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CLAUDE RAINS JOHN GARFIELD
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JOSEPH CALLEIA GALE SONDERGAARD GILBERT ROLAND - HENRY.O'NEILL Directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE
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"SMASHING THE MONEY RING"
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CROSSWORD NO. 611
ACROSS
Game
5 Measure
8. Oddments
Expensive
11 That's you!..
13 Artery
16 First man
18 Nymphs
20.... Insect
21 Genuine
23- Reason
24 Press
reports
28 Persecute
29 "Cheat
30. Merit
31 Run in
DOWN
1 Nuisance
2 A number
3 Fish
4- Wanted
6 Value too
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7 Needles
are
19 Renown
12 Comfort
14 Compel-
ling
SOLUTION TOMORROW
15 Odd
17 Clever
19 Attracted
22 Reply
25 Fünch
28 Blemian ·
27 Brought up
COMING EVENTS
MAY
20-Tides: High 8 am and 8,21 pm; Low 1.53.2.m.
sam. and 2,49 p.
-Sunrise: 640–4.m.)-Sunset:-4.58-p.m.- Peak Gub: Bridge and Mish- Jongg Drive in aid of B.W.Q.P. 3 p.m.
Shek-O. Development Co. Ltd. An- nual Meeting, at office of China Un- derwriters Ltd. 6.15 p.m.
Cheero Club Dance lào 5. Crown Land Sale, P.W.D., 3 pm. YM.C.A.: War Work; Camera Club Meeting, p.m.: Plag Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's Working Party (Medi- call 10 am. ((B.W.OF.) "8 pm.
British Relief Dalt for Chins "At Home", p.m.
St. Andrew's Club: Cómmittee Meet- Ing. 8.30 p.m.; Social 9 p.m.
Exhibition of Oll Paintings by Kine Freedlander, St, John's Cathedral Hal, -7 pm.
Military Police Mess, Whist Drive. 8.30 p.m.
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF. Govt. House, 9., am-1. p.m.
21-Tides: High 8.39 a.m. and 10.15 pan; Low 210 am. and, 334 pm.
Sunrise: 5.40 am; Sunset: 6.38 p. Rotary Club Tifin. Meeting. 1 HK International Medical Reller Committee Meeting at Chinese Mer chants' Club-Speaker: Bishop Y. Y. Tsu. 6.30. p.m.
p.m.
YMCA Bridge Class. 10 MEL: Badminton and. Mixed Swimming, 6 Paz.
Crown Land Sale. DO. Tal Pa. 11.30 a.m.
Cheero Club Whist Drive."9 pim. Colony Chess Championship. 22~~~~Tides: High 9,19, a.m, and 11.09 p.m.; Low 2.45 a.m. and 4.19 p.m.
Suurise: 338 am; Sunset: 6.59 pm. Canton Insurance.. Office. Ltd.. Annual Meeting, (Jardine, Matheson
and Co., Ltd.), 12 noon.
HK. Students Relief Asan. Welcome to British Relief Unit to China, at St. Francis Hotel, 3 p.m.
Y.M.C.A.: - Gramophone Recital, p.m.: Swimming Committee Meeting, 6 p.m."..
Cheero Club Dance. 8.30 p.m. ** Ladies' Working Party (BW.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 a.m-1 pm.
23-Tides: High 9.56. a.m.; Low 3.21 am and 5.02 μm.
Sunrise: 5.39 a.m.; Sunset: 6.59 pim. Diocesan Old Boys' ASSTI. AD- nual Meeting. 6.30 p.m.
Claims against estate of Dame Mary Ann Ackroyő due,
Colony Chess Championship. Y.M.C.A.: Games Morning, 10 a.m. Compulsory Service Tribunal. 4.15
p.m.
Cheero Club Bridge and Manjong. 24-Tides: High 12 midnight and 10.31 a Low 3.55 am, and 545 p.m. Sunrise: 538 a.m.; Sunset: 7 păm. K.C.C. to present "Orders Are Orders." 9.15 p.m.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
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RELAY OF TALK FROM LONDON BY DR. A. D. LINDSAY
Beriles Symphony"
Spring Had Come ('Hiawatha')— mnie Suddaby (Soprano) with Orchestra. Four Characteristic Valses: 1. Valpo Bohemienne, 2. Valse Rustique, ́3. Valse de la Reine, Valse Maures- que-New Light Symphony Orchestra. Life and Death Peter Dawaon (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestra,
8.30 A Dance Programme. Fox-Trots TE Martina And Coys; When A Lady. Meets a Gentle man Down South-Ted Weem and Orchestra. Blues--The Scene Changes: Quickstep-Got To Dance My Way
To Heaven (film It's love again)Joe Loss and His Orchestra. 11.15 p.m. -Short Service of Inter-Fox-Trots-There's Something In The cession...
Wind: The Old Oaken Bucket-Riley- 12.30 Les Allen (Vocal) and Primo Farley and Their Onyx Club Boys Seala's Accordeon Band.
WAI12-A Waltz Was Born in Vien- na Slow Fox-Trot Would You- Whoops We Go Again (Harvey); The Music Makers (from The B.B.C. I The Old River Thames Were The Dance Orch.). Por-Trots - Sammy Danube (Butler and Others)--Primo
Saxophone: Meet
the Boys-Scott Scala's Accordeon Band Josephine Wood and Flis Six
Swingers Tango (film 'Little Women')-Lea Allen Caramba; Stow
Fox Trot-Gypsy (Vocal) with Orchestra. Riding The Violin-Mantovani and His Tipica Range In The Sky (Carlton); In A Orchestra. Slow Fox-Trot-Rouge Et. Gypsy Caravan (Myers and Others) Noir: Fox-Trot Intermezzo-Will O' Prime Scala's. Accordeon Band The Wisp-Otto Debrinds and His Don't Ever Change (flm Rhythm in Plano Symphoniats.
the Clouds'); Once In A A While (Green 9.15 London Belay-News? Sum- .and Edwards)-Les Allen (Vocal) mary. with Orchestra. Six Dance "Hits." Intro: Alone: Poor Little-Angeline;
3.30 London Belay Belleve in Goody Goody: The Touch of our Democracy" A tak by Dr. A. D. Lind- Lips: Three Minutes of Heaven;
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say,
little: Rendezvous in Honolulu Primo Scala's Accordéon - Band;"
9.45
Selected Piano Solos Valses Nobles, Op. 77, No. 7-12 1.00 Local Time Signal, and Wea- (Sehubert)-Li Kraus. Minuet and Trio (from Fantasia Sonata in G ther Report.
Major, Op. 73 Schubert). Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 1 (Rach- maninom)—Arthur Rubinstein
"
10.02 Twa Songs by Georges This (Tenor).
1.03 Dance Music, Fox-Trot Someday Sweetheart; Quickstep That's A Planty-Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins. Fox-Trota It's Love Again (from the Alm); Slipping Through My Pingers-Lew
"Werther"-O Nature, Full of Grace Stone and His Band. Pox-Trot Just Massenet): The Damation of Faust" Dance: Comedy Waltz Dandelion. Vast Nature (Berdoe-Sung In Daisy and Daffodil Sydney Lipton French with Orchestra. and His Grosvenor House Band Fox- 10.10 Berllor-Symphonie . Fantasti- Trats All My Life (from Laughing que. Op. 14. Irish Eyes) Every Minute of the Orchestre De La Scolete Des Con- Hour-Ted Flo Rito and His Orches-servatoire cond. by Bruno Walter. tra. Swing Fox-Trot-Three Little Words-Gene Krupa and Füs Chien-
goans.
130 Reuter and Bugby Press, Wes- ther Forecast and Announcements.
with 1.45 Variety
Clapham and Dwyer, Frances Day, Bing Crosby and Others.
11.00 Close down,
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTEY
NEWS IN
Wavelength 17.78b.a. · (10.96mm.) 9.5)ma. (21.58m.) ZLAïvn.a.
13.18m. (18.797.)
ENGLISH
Calls Vocal-Song of the Islands (arr. G.&Q King);
Aloha De Kennedy)-Bing 0.5.B Crosby with Dick McIntire and His G.S.H. Harmony Hawaiiana, Vocal-50 Must G.5.0. Out Love Remain (im Dreams come true'): Love's Melody (film Dreams
true") Prances Day (Vocal) Transmission I-News Sum- conte with Orchestra. Descriptive Sketch-
mary ay's Broadcasting Another
(Clap Pul Bulletin ham
Dwyer) Clapham and Trans, 11 & 1-Nowa Buar with Daver
Effects. Vocal-Over On. The Sunny Side (Nichols and Others);" Masquerading In the Name of Love Houman and Goodhart)-Hugh Mor- ton (Vocal) with Orchestre. Vocal am. andAlexander's Ragtime Band (from the Alm: Dipah (Akst and Others) The Boswell Sisters with Orchestra and Gultar accomp.
YMCA: Business Girls' Swimming 8.30 p.m.; Mixed Swimming 6.30 p.m.:. Badminton 6 p.m.
Cheero Club: Darts, Table-Tennis & Blliards.
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25---Tidrs: High 12.58 þ11.08 am -Low 129 am and 630 p.m. Sunrise: 5.38 a.m. Sunset: 7 paz. Y.M.C.A. Swimming Gaia. 8
PJITI.
K.C.C. to present "Orders Are Or ders." 9.15 p.m.
B.K. Jockey Club's Sixth. Extra Race Meeting, 2 p.m.
Exhibition of Paintings at Cathedral Hall, 10 am-7 p.m...
26-Wah Yan Past Students' Assn. Sports Meeting,
27-China Emporium, Ltd. Annual
•Meeting and third drawing for de- bentures 4 pan.
Exhibition of Paintings at Cathedral Hall. 10 a.m.--7 p.m.
28-Sino-American Inst. of Cultural Relations. Annual Meeting. Chinese Merchants' Club, 6.30 p.m.
Wm. Powell, Ltd. Annual Meeting. 6; 'Des Voeux Rd. 12.15 p.m.
Exhibition of Paintings at Cathedral Hall, 10 am-7 pun
29 Choral Group to present "Cavalleria Rusticana" at Theatre.
King's
and
2:15 Close down.
Full Bulletin
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Transmission V-News Sum
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Full Bulletin
4.00 11.3. $.00 p.
6.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
$15 pum 12.00 mid- night
7.30 1.3.
1.30 *..
SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.
6.00 "For the Children." Medley of Songs from Shirley Temple Pictures-Maw Questal (The
(All Hongkong Time) with Orchestra. Betty Boop Girl)
Greetings. The Studio Birthday
"Under Nazi Rule"-On Mondays at Bonnie, Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomon 10.30 pm; reproductions on Tuesdays (Trad.) Dora Labbette (Soprano) at 4.15 m. and 2.45 p.m. and co
Piano Studio In the Giant's Wednesdays at 11 p.m.
"The Empire at War"-On Mondays Garden" A story by Aunt Busan Wedding of the Painted Doll (Brown) at 11 p.m.; reproductions on the same Leslie James (Organ) Three Rus day at 2.45 am, and on Tuesdays at slan Pork Songs (arr. Dobrowen)-9 p.m. and 245 p.m
"Cards on the Table"-On Tuesdays Don Cossacks Choir. Unaccompanied
Studio 8th Instalment of "The Cir- 9.30 p.m.; reproductions on Wednes
a.m. and 2.45 p.m. cus that. Came to Tea" Goodnight, days st Little Skipper (Noel and Other)- In England Now"-On Tuesdays (Vocal) with instru and Fridays at 11 p.m.; reproductions Denny Dennis
on the same days at 8.45 pm and on accomp.
. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4.15 p.m, and 8 pm.
6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations. Masic Hall Parade 6.32 Jubilee 1910-1935.
Matters of Moment" On Wednes days at 11 pro.: reproductions on the hus- 6.52 Ketelbey-In A Fairy Real same day at 6.45 pm. and on Th Sulte.
days at 12.30 am, and 445 a.m.
Background to the New-On Albert W. Ketelbey's Concert Or
reproductions chestra conducted by The Composer, Thursdays at 11 pm.
7.05 Variety with Frank Crumit, on Fridays at 9 am, and 2.45 pm,
World Affairs-On Fridays at 9.30 Hildegarde and Sydney Terch.
pm; reproductions on the same day present
Vocal-There's No One With Eat 2.45 am and on Saturdays at 12,30
Whoe, p.m. King's durance (Crumit, Curtis);
(Crumit, Burt) - Frank "London Log"-On Saturdays at Josephine Crumit with Orchestra. Organ-In 3.30 pm; reproductions on the same Indo-China BN. Co. Ltd, Annual, The Stim Of The Night Kalm day at 11 pm, and 8.48 am, and on
KK Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Annual Meeting. Cathedral Hall. 5.15 p.m.
30-Choral "Oroup to
"Cavalleria Rusticans"
Theatre,
Meeting, 12 noon.
at
Half-Year General Meeting of BK Jockey Club, 530 p.m.
31-R.A.O.C. Monthly Dinner Speaker: Major R. D, Walker B plosives and Their Use"
1.
Cheero Club: Grand Variety Enter tainment, 9 p.m.
estate of Paul
Claims
Bguinst Jerome, Todd dus,
Congregation of HK
Great Hall, 6.30 pm:
University.
Recital for Two Pianos,. Peninavia Hotel, 9.30 p.m.
There will be a brand new system of illumination established for the 1940 Golden Gate Interna- tional Exposition. which opens May 25. General Electric Company engineers are working on a new more brilliant illumination and than the spectacular one used last year,
7,
Solution No. 610
ACROSS: 1, Ceremonial; Arabs; B, Caleb; 10, Tithe; 13, Lays; 15, Myth: 16, Tussore; 17,
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Rosalie): You're A Sweetheart from Bundays at 12:30 pm the film)-Sydney Torch. Vocal "Vive La France" On Thursdays at Tours and Mine
Broadway 9.30 pm; reproductions on the same Melody of 1938); I'm Feelin' Like A day at 2.45 am, on Fridays at 11.45 Million (mBroadway Melody of a.m.. and on Mondays at 2.45 p.m.
Orchestra. "Political 'India”-On Wednesdays. 1938)-Hildegarde with. Organ-There'll Always Be An Eng at 7.30 pm; reproductions on Thurs land (Parker and Charles); Lords of days at 2 p.m. and on Saturdays at the Air (North and Burnaby) Syd- 2.45 p.m. ney Torch at the Organ
.
1.30 London Relay The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal and ther Report
Wed.
8.03 This week's programmes.
"From the Western Front”-On 18undays at 9.15 am. 3.45 pan., and
1.45 BJ.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES Religious services are broadcast on Bundays at 430 mai, 11,30 am. and 8.07. Music of Coleridge-Taylor.
3.30 pm, and on Mondays at 11′′a.m. Unmindful of the Roscs-Arthur The Epilogue is broadcast every Bun- Reckless (Baritone) with Orchestra.day at 6.45 pm.
FILM RECORD OF VICTORY
***There are always dirty old men."-Vivian Van Damm, of the Windmill Theatre."
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CHUNGKING, May 18 (Central)
"When you are dealing with Actual scenes of the recent Honan-Rupeh battle which result police officers, the best thing" to ed in a sweeping Chinese victory do is to keep your mouth shut have been taken by crack camera-until you have had legal advice." men of the China Motion Picture-Solleitor at Chatham. Studio in a full length newsreel
which will be shortly shown In "Oh, Blast It."-B, B. O, man. who went on the alr by mistake Chungking and elsewhere.
last week:
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Arla: 18, Lawn; 19, Reptile;" 20, General La Tsung-jen. the noted Gort: 22, East; 24. Adage: 27, military strategist who directed
A Normal Bchool for Girls will Rival: 28, Dream, 29, Inconstant, the Hupeh-Honan campaign, made
DOWN: 1. Chary; 2, Rest; 3, a personal appearance and also established under the Chinese Mcst; 4, Nice; 5, Alley: 6, "Tail- autographed one of the titles in Ministry of Education and be for- mally opened by the next scade-
wagger;
9. Behind time; 11, the picture.
mic terra. A preparatory commit- Many copies of the film will be tee of three has been appointed by Insipid: 21, Houting: 14, Start; 15, Meled; 21 River; 23, Agent; 24, I made to be sent to and shown in the Ministry to make the necessary Also, 25, Ayes; 20, Ednu.
foreign countries,
preparations
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