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Two tough muggs muscle in on the hearts of your favorite "MR. AND MRS.“
Boy TROUBLE"
Babad Paket vik
CHARLIE RUGGLES MARY BOLAND DONALD O'CONNOR Joyce Mathews Bity Le
Distant by Bunge kukakkund
Rudyard Kipling's
"THE LIGHT THAT FAILED"
Starring RONALD COLMAN
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Rudyard Kipling's
"THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
Starring RONALD COLMAN
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MARGARET SULLAVAN • JOHN BOLES
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MYRNA
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LUISE RAINER
TO- MORROW ONLY
THE GREAT IEGFELD
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The drama of a man with a devil's soul!
"Peter Lorre
Frances Drake
“MAD LOVE”
"KING OF THE DAMNED"
COMING EVENTS
APRIL
24-Tides: High 10.20 nim... and 11.50 p.m. Low 1.55.m. and 5.10
Sunrise: 5.58 s.m.; Bunset: 6.43 p.m. Meet. Army Inter-Unit. Athletic Pole Ground, 9.90 a.m.
St. Paul's Girls" College Anniver
sary Celebrations, 6 p.m.
GENERAL
Library, Sterpron.
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
Cathedral Women's
Fellowship
Working Party, Cathedral Hall
10
Z
On Wavelengths of 355
a.m
B
motros (845 k.a's) $1.49
Macao Electric Lighting Co. Ltd, Annual Mtg Lowe Bingham and
W
motros (9.52 megacycles).
Matthews, 11.30 a..
R.K
Exhibition University:
of
Paintings, 10 am-6 p.m.
Y.M.C.A.: Badminton (all day),
S. and S. Home: General Commit- tee Mig. 3.30 p.m.
Doubles and Mixed Badminton Doubles anals, KC.C. 8.30 pm.
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF.), Govt. House. 9 am-1 p.m.
St. Andrew's Working Party (Medi-
call
10 8.772.
Col 17 Tennis Championships. Pen anus Hotel: Piano Recital by Miss Yao Techin-schin, 9 p.m.
.
Cheere Club: Dance. 8.30 p.m. Kowloon Union Church: 'Women's Gulld. 10 am.
25-Tides: High 10.55 am.; Low 4.26 a.m. and 5.55 p.m.
HAYDN "SURPRISE" SYMPHONY NO. 6 IN G MAJOR Variety and Dance Musle 12.15 p.m.
Short Service of Inter cession.
Ferlin), Long)--Bing Crosby with pick
McIntire and His Orchestra.
8.42 New Mayfair Orchestra."" "Casanova"-Selection (J. Strauss, BIT. Beratasky). "Twenty Milton. Selection Sweethearts"
(Dubin and "Evergreen" Selection Warren); (Rodgers and Others).
$.00 Some Walsh Songs, Olwen Mine (Crwys); Song of the Flood CHiralthog and Fychan) ment William Edwards (Tenor) with Earp Accomp. Where are you going to? The Bittern from the Banna (Weish Folk Songs); Titrwm. Tatrwm; Sleep thou, my pretty child (Welsh Folk Songs-Mable Parry (Soprano) with Plano. Land of My Fathers James (Bari- JamesDavid Brazell
tone) with Orchestra.
9.13 London Relay-News Summary. 9.30 "The Valce of the NazTM-3, Talk recorded by Professor W. A (Sinclair.
12.90 Robert Ashley (Tenor) and the London Piano-Accordeon Band, and
Wine Song (film 'Caravan'); Happy, I'm Happy ·Clim "Caravan"—The London Plano-Accordeon Band under the direction of George Scott Wood. Thanks a Million (from the flm) Robert Ashley (Tenor) with Orches tra. Bix Hit Medley No. 3-Intro: In
9.45 Compositions of Scriabin. a Little Gypsy Tea Room: Rehearsing
Etude, Op. 2, No. 1; Prelude, Op. 11. a Lullaby; Kiss me Goodnight; Lur
No. 10-Josephi Sunrise: 5.57 .m.; Sunset: 6.47 pm. laby of Broadway: Little Golden Loc No. 2Anatole Kitain (Piano). Study Anzac Day: Ceremony at Cenotaph.ket: Call Me Sweetheart The Lon-in Thirds Op. &
don Plano Accordeon Band under the Sziget (Violin) with Nikita de Ma-
galon at the Plano, direction of George Scott
Wood With All My Heart film Her Master's Voice"); Bird on the Wing (Kennedy and Gross)Robert Ashley (Tenor) with Orchestra. Six Hit Medley No. 1-Intro: Roll along Prairie Moon; Gurl with Dreamy Eyes: My Dance: Easter Parade: Dancing with My Shadow; She wor a little Jacket of Blue The London Piano-Accordeon Korsakov. Band under the direction of George Scott Wood.
11 a.m.
Army. Inter-Unit Athletic Meet, Polo Ground. 2.30 p.m.
H.K. Eugenics League, Annual Mtg. Gloucester Bldg., 6 .m.
H.K.. Canton and Macao Steam- boat Co., Ltd. Annual Meeting. 12
noon.
FLK. University: Exhibition of Paintings, 10 RM-6 p.m.
B.
Y.M.C.A.: Games Morning. 10 a.m. Legislative Council Meeting, 2.30
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.) Govt. House. a. p..
Colony Tennis Championships. K,K. M.C.L. Annual Meeting. Helena Mav Inst. 11 a.m."
Cheere Club: Mahjong and Con- tract Bridge.
A
Theosophical Society Meeting, p.m.-Speaker: Mr. R. K. Laing "Miclus and His Teachings."
26-Tides:
High 12.33 1.m
and 11.30 am. Low 4.56 a.m. and 6.46 p.m. Sunrise: 5.56 am; Sunset: 6.48 p.m Softball
League Presentation
Night Dance: ".
Inter-School Sports Finals), Caro- line All.
er:
Referees Assn. Dance, Hotel Certi RAO.C. Monthly Meeting-Speak- Mr. Justice R... Lindsell on "Meanings of Place Names in F.K.
Diocesan Old Girls As Meeting and Dinner. 7.30 pm.
Cheers Club: Concert, 9 p.m. F.R.
9.51 The Don Cossacks' Choir.
How Greatly Out Lord Is Glorified (Bortnjansky). Dance Song: Song of the Cossacks: Barynja; On the River (Arr. Dobrowen) cond. by Serge Jaroff. Unaccompanied.
10.04 Compositions of Rimsky-
Chanson Bindone-Sidney Torch at the Organ The Prophet, Op. 49 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea-Theodore Challapine (Bass) with Or- chestra cond by Albert Coates. ther Report.
Op. 35 Leopold 1.03 A Song by Elizabeth Schumann Scheherazade,
Stokowski and the Philadelphia Or- (Soprano)..
chestra.
On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn). 1.06 Haydn Symphony No. 6 In G Major (The "Surprise" Symphony);
CON- Boston Symphony Orchestra ducted by Serge Houssevitsky.
1.30
11.00 Close down.
SHORT WAVE
G.S.FL
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DAVENTET
Wavelength 17.796.6. (16.9600.) 1.51m.c (31.55xi,) #1.67m.c. (31.87m.) 15.18m.o." (19.70m.)
NEWS IN ENGLISH Transmission I-News Sum-
mary
Beater & Rugby Presa. Wear ther Forecast and Announcements,
145
Greta Keller, Calls Variety with
0.4.0 Max Miller, Rale da Costa and R. E.
G.S.B. McPherson.
Vocal--A Little Ramble In Spring-0.8.0.. time with You (Barony and Others); Trust In Me (Aber and Others)- Greta Keller with Fred Hartley and Plano-I've Got You His Quintet. General
On My Mind (from 'Gay Divorce"): Thanks (alm Too much harmony) Rale Da Costa Comedian-Just An- other Sally (Carlton); The Christmas Dinner (Miller) Max Miller with Vocal-Have You Forgot Orchestra ten So Soon? (Nicholls, Gilbert); Did You Mean It? (Dixon, Greer)-Greta Keller with Fred Hartley and His Quintet. Organ-Ninette (Maud): A Javancee Sunset (Deppen) R. E. McPherson.
University: Exhibition
10
of
a.m.-6 p.m... Paintings.
YMCA: Badminton and Mixed Swimming from 6 p.m.
Annual RA. Gol Meeting at Fan- Hng.
Annual
Victoria Recreation Club, Meeting, 6 p.m.
Ladies' Working Party (BW.O.F.). Govt. House. 9 am-1 p.m.
Colony Tennis Championships. 27-Tides: High 1.35 am, and 12.05 pza. Low 5.30 p.m. and 740 pm,
Sunrise: 5.56 am: Sunset: 648 p.m. REO.C.A. Grand Cabaret Dance, 8.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's Club Hockey and Badminton DinnerDance, St. An drew's Hall, 7.30 pm,
St. Andrew's Club, Mixed Seven-A- Bide Hockey Tournament, Park. 3.30 p.m.
King's
of
HK. University: Exhibition Paintings, 10 am-6 p.EL
Mountain Lodge: Entertainment to Girl Guides Association, 3 p.m.
28-Tides: "Eigh 3.05 am, and 1249 pan, Low 6.04 1.0 and 848 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.55.a.m; Sunset: 8.49 p.m. HK. Golf Club, Adamson Cup Final due to be completed.
2.15 Close down,
FOL
Pull Bulletta Trans, II & III-News Sum-
mary
Full Bulletin
do. dc.
Transmission V-News Sum-
Full Bulletin
mary
4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.
6.45 p. 1.30 p.m. $15 p 12.00 mid- night
1.30 x 8.30 a.m.
SHORT TALKS -
FROM B.B.C.
(All Hongkong Timel Mondays Background
to the News.................. 11.00 pm. Tuesdays - Background
8.15 8.m. to the News
11.00 pa
In England Now
Cards on the Table 800 p.m.
Wednesdays In Eng.
6.15 2.1. land Now Cards on the Table 3.15 am. Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m. Thursday"—Matters of
8.00 An hour of Dance Music. Fox-Trots Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (from. Top Hat'); Cheek to Cheek (from Top Hat")-Phil Chman and His Orchestra. Fox-Trot My Little Buckaroo (Alm Strange Laws"); Tango Fox-Trot-Don't Play with Fire-Bert Firman and His Orches tra. Fox-Trota He Kissed Maggie, Maggie Kissed Him Back: Just As LODE
As The World Goes 'Round and Around-Jack Jaskson and His Or
the Waltz chestra.:
Moonlight on Prairie (from the film); Slow Fox- Trot When Budapest Was Young- Joe Less and His Orchestra. Trots - Gypsy Violin: Some other Time Jack Jackson and His Orches tr Slow Fox-Trot-Will Love Find & Way: Fox-Trot-A Little Bit In- Tennis dependent Carroll Gibbons and the
Bavey Fotel Orpheans. Tango Nora: Love's Loneliness-George Bou- langer and His Orchestra, Fox-Trots My First Thrill (im She shall have Music; May All Your Troubles Be Little Ones (Alm 'She shall have Music') Jack Hulton's Orch stra Waltzes The Last Walts (from The Last Waltz'): I Give My Heart (from the film) The Cavallers. Fox-Trot Mrs. Bowrey, of No. 57, Gran-
There's A New World (from Pallaville Road, appeared Cheers Club: Gala Dance, 830 pmdium Flay')-Ambrose and His Or plainant on behalf of Mr. Bowrey "Chlidren's Playgrounds Asst. An- nual Mtg. 6.15 p.m.
KOO. Mixed Doubles Tournament 2.30 p.m.
Military Band Concert at Peninsula Hotel
Six-a-Side Hockey. Tournament. 29-Tides: High 4.22 .m. and 1.50 p.m. Low 6.45 am, and 9.52.p.m.
Sunrise: 5.53 m; Sunset: 649 pm St. Patrick's Hall, Garden Road: Lecture by Rev. W. P. Mac- Donagh "The Faith in, Europe."
30-HK. Telephone Co., Ltd., An- nnal Mtg.. 12 noon.
St. Andrew's Church Hall: Drama- tle Performance, 9.15 p.m.
HK. Agency for Netherlands In- surance Co., Ltd., to be discontinued
SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT
The fatal accident when Oz- curred in Garden Road on Sunday afternoon had a sequel before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central when the lorry Court yesterday driver, Leung Fan, was charged with driving without due care and caution. Leung pleaded gulity to the offence.
chestra..
7.00 Closing Local Stock Queta.
tions.
7.02 Albert Sandler (Violin) and His Orchestra
Moment Background to the News Fridays Now
In England
Saturdays-In England
Now
8.45 1.71.
Landon Log London Log Bundaya--London Log
11.00 plza.
11.00 p.m.
6.45 a.m. 3.30 p.m. 11.15 p.m. 6.45 2.111
CYCLIST FINED
ds
-1203
at Kowloon Court yesterday in a case against Cheung Shun. 29. rice-shop foki, charged with driv- care ing his bicycle without due and caution near the Central, Black Eyes Russian Impression (Ferraris): Bouvenir 'D'Ukraine (Fer British School on Monday, raris-Albert Sandler and His Or Cheung was said to have collided chestra. Allegro Fiocco, arr. Bent with Mr. Bowrey, who had his and O'Neill-Albert Sandler CVIO-
me
lin) with Jack Byfleld at the Plano trousers turn and sustained slight Tell Me Tonight (Theme Song "Tell injury to his legs. A fine of $10
tonight? Where the Woods arewas imposed. Green Brodszky-arr. Weninger)
Orchestra Albert Sandler and His Spanish Serenade Heykens): The Child and His Dancing Doll kens)-Albert Sandler (Violin) Samehtini ('Cello) and Byfield
(Piano),
Jealousy
'Hey- with
Live,
THEFT OF CLOTHING
Appearing before Mr. E Q (Code); Laugh and Love (Theme Song Con- Sheldon at the Central Court yes- Albert Sandler and terday on four charges of theft ress Dances") His Orchestra.
of clothing from his fellow 7.30 London Rey The News.
tenant. Chan Ki-cheung, 19, un- 8,00 Local Time Signal, Weather employed. was sentenced to a total Report and Announcements.'
term of one month's hard labour.
The clothings were stolen at divers dates between the April 17
Sub-Inspector Clarke, who pro- Becuted, said that the defendant
8.03 Varlely with Bophic Tucker. was coming down Garden Road Stan Holloway, Charlie Kanz and about 12.15 p.m. on Sunday and Blag Crosby. when nearing the Murray Parade Vocal-Summer Time (from Porgy and 20.
Of Band Bess-Gershwin); Deep Purple ground, rạn
(De Rose Parish)-Bing Crosby with John Ambulance men and injured Matty Malneck and His Orch. Piano two members. The lorry then-Kunz Revivals No. 2-Intro:
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Homorous
HEALTH RETURNS
A total of 171 cases, with 93. deaths from tuberculosis were re- "King of the Damned," GB's ported to the Health Authorities newest production, which comes to for the week-ended at midnight the Majestic Theatre tomorrow is of April 20. During the same
Someday T a vigorous melodrama providing period there were six cases (five, swerved to the left and crashed in the Bud: Boeak to Me of Love;
a tree, knocking down Conrad Veidt with a new and deaths) of small-pox, 11 (sever:
pedestrian who succumbed to in-se powerful role... Cast as the leader deaths) of diphtheria, two of tropical settlement convicts, he scarlet fever, six (fatal) of enteric juries. brings to the screen a vivid fever, 11 (three deaths) of mens. (13 characterization of a man tortured les." 11 of chicken-pox, 15
of cerebro-spinal fever, deaths) in soul and body.
24 dysentery, and one of puerperal Walter Forde's direction
of fever. "King of the Damned" is vigorous The returns for the 24 hours and virile. Besides Veldt, Beery ended at midnight on April 22, and Miss Vinson the cast in show that there were 16 cases of" cludes Cecil Ramage, C. M. Hal- Jard, Raymond Lovell, Percy Walsh, Peter Croft and Gibson Gowland.
tuberculosis, 11 of dysentery, five of cerebro-spinal fever, three of enteric fever, four of diphtheria and one of small-pox.
The defendant said that he swerved in an attempt to avoid a collision with an on-coming car which was overtaking a bus
NO EVIDENCE I Never you:
Ruling that the police had only Realised: BIT
Birth of the Blues: Pink circumstantial evidence against
UZ.
being (Hogan, defendant, such evidence
statement Holloway only defendant's own Constanduros) Stanley with Plano. Comedienne-Virginia in regard to the incident, Mr. 2. There's A Blue Ridge In My Heart,
Philios & Others): He's Tall DarkA, A. Macfadyen at Kowloon Court and Handsome Tobias Sherman) yesterday dismissed Sophie Tucker Asiated by Ted Sha- brought against N. A. E Mackay, ptra with His Orchestra. Piano of the "China Mall," who was Charlle Kurz Piano Medley No. R
charged with driving without due 11-Intro: I'll See You Again: The "It would be a very good thing Desert Song: My Hero: The Merry care and caution in Nathan Road Widow: Love will find a way; The near Bowring Street on Mar. 21. if, at the end of the war, British
Blue Danube Charlle Kuns Vocal Mackay pleaded not guilty to the and French troops were seen in Me and the Mom (Hirsch, Hand-
charge, Germany Geoffrey Mander, MP. man: South Sea Island Magle (Tom-
Á time of $40 was imposed.
B
gummons
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1940. -PAGE 3
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LIZABETH- The Virgin Qual The Teder Wunch!·
NOT AS A JOFEN, FUITING PHIOŁ BULDRE CLASE RUPAS A WOMAN, PUTHMA LOVE BEFORE ALL DESE"
BETTE
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king meaning mind
DAVIS FLYNN
"The Private Lives of
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Mutiny of the Murderers on the Isle That Forgot! CONRAD VRIDT
HELEN VINSON in "KING OF THE DAMNED
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