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Andy Hardy
Meets Debutante
with
LEWIS, STONE • MICKEY ROONEY CECILIA PARKER FAY HOLDEN
...ANN RUTEZ9FARD
Nyer
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DAILY
2.30-5.70
7,20-9.30
PLACA LEWIS
an JUDY GARLAND Directed by GEORGE B. SETZ
"TWO GIRLS ON BROADWAY"
JOAN BLONDELL & LANA TUENER
MAJESTIC
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SHOWING TO-DAY
MORE THRILLING
MORE ROMANTIC THAN "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO"!!!
Slashing his way to fame
greater than Dumas' dash ing adven turer!
Edward Small
presents
The SON OF
MONTE CRISTO
starring
LOUIS HAYWARD JOAN BENNETT
GEORGE SANDERS
FLORENCE BATES
MONTAGUE LOVE
straplay by GEOR BAUCT
by ROWLAND V. LED-C
taleased the UNITED ARTISTS
LEE prodactics
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A Thrilling Spy-Drama Replete With Action!
TRAPPED IN THE SKY"
JACK HOLT KATHERINE DE MILLE ● C. HENRY GORDON A Columbia Thriller
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STARTLIG
TO-DAY
A FIRST RUN PICTURE NEVER SHOWN BEFORE IN THE COLONY!
Universal's Mighty Production
"Now Showing At Our Popular Admissions!
10,000 THRILLS AND ADVENTURES »FROM THE HEART OF WILDEST AFRICA! SEE The Most Amazing Picture Ever Filmed!
AFRICA BARES
ITS FANGS!
Hundreds of jungle man-eaters. battling to the death in
nature's arena!
ZANZIBAR
NEVERIAL
Lola LANE
́James CRAIG Eduardo CIANNELLI
Samuel S. HINDS and a Cast of Thousands
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COMING EVENTS
MAY
17-Tides: High 3.19 am, and 122| p.m. Low: 124 am, and 8.55 pm.
Saarise: 542 am; Sunset: 656 p.m.; H.. and Yaumati Ferry Co., Ltd.. Annual Meeting, Company's Offees. Jordan Road. Ferry Pier, 11 am
Far East Flying Training School Students Union Graduation Ten Dance. Peninsula Hotel, 5 p.m.
Entries Close for "Show Jumping | Competition” of HK. Polo Club Gymkhana, noon.
Chinese Australasian Assen. Supper Dance, HK. Hotel, 8 p.m.
Canton Women's International Club, H.K. Branch. Meeting. Colden City Restaurant.
Lecture: Dr. Clift on "Prophecy." 77 Pokfulam Road, And floor, 8.20 p.m.
Cottage Club Paper Hunt.
18-Tides: High 4.30 am and 223 p.m. Low: 231 am and 9.57 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.42 am; Sunset 6.57 p.m. YMCA Discussion Gr. 9pm. HK. Police Rifle and Revolver Cinb Annual Championships. Taikoo Range Athletics-Army (Medical) v. Sough China, Caroline Hill.
19-Tides: High 6.52 a.m. and 351 p.. Low: 9.32 .m. and 10.52 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.42 am; Sunset: 6.57 p.m. HK. Amateur Cinema Club Film
show. European Y.M.C.A.. West Lounge, 7 p.m.
Crown Land Sale, P.W.D. 3 p.m. St. Andrew's (Medical War Work, 10 B.
St. Andrew's Club Committee Meet
ing. 5.30 pin,
VDM.A. Annual Meeting. St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5.30 pm.
20-Tides: High 620 am and 3.21 pim. Low: 11.25 am. and 11.39 p.m. Sunrise: 5.41 a.m.; Sunset: 6.58 p.m. La Salle Old Boys' Assen. Lecture. Religion and Life, & pm,
H.K. Police Reserve Tea Party to Commissioner of Police, H.K. Hotel 5.15 p.m.
H.K. Nurses and Midwives Assa Meeting. Helena May Institute. 5.30 p.m.
Solution No. 886
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GENERAL
Library, Shpres
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1941.-PAGE 3
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TODAY
"HAPPIDROME" AND OTHER
12.15
LONDON RELAYS
New Dance Music
p.m. Short Service of Inter-|
cession.
12.30 Saint-Saens, Concerto in G Minor Op. 29.
Vocal— Kiss mẹ Goodnight Sergeant Major (Noel & Pelos)-Arthur Askey
· With Orchestra. Fox-Trois -- The Old Tin Helmet: Wings over the Navy [filma "Wings over the Nan - The Organ, The Dance Band and Me w. Male Voice Qungtet · Fox-Trot—Lords of the Air-The Organ The Dance Band and Me with Male Chorus. Vo- cal-There'll Always Be an England (Parker and Charles)-Dennis Noble
Baritone) with piano accomp.
2.15 Close Down.
5.45 Indian Programme.
6.30 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.
8.33 Auber-Crown-Dlamon.ls Ove - ture.
London Philharmonic Orchestra cond, by Constant Lambert. 1st Mor: Andante sostenute; 2nd Presto-Arthur de Greef (Piano) and Mov: Allegro scherzando: 3rd Morin, Cello and Harp-Op. 91. New Symphony Orchestra.
13.56 Saint-Saens Song. - Samson and Delilah Act 2: "Amor!, Miei Sini Protegg!" - Ebe Stignant! (Mezzo-Soprano) with Orchestra.
1.00 Local Time Signal
1.01 Light Orchestral Selections w. Richard Crocks (Tenor).
In the Shadows (Finck>: The Skaters Waltz (Waldteufel-Victor {
6.42 D'Iady-Suite for "Flute Vio
Entree en Sonate-Air desuct-- Sara- bande Farndale; variee-Quintette Instamental de Paris.
7.00 London Relay-The News. 7.35 London Relay "Questions of the Hour,"
1.30 London Relay-Special Broad- cast to the British Forces in the Far East.
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8.00 Local Time Signal and An-
Silvesters's Harmony Music. For Love nouncements, Alone (Selvier-Thayer); The Unfor- | 8.02 Selections from the Shows. gotten Melody (Lockton Wood) - Lights Up-Selection (Clay)- Geraldo
Richard Crooks (Tenor) with Orches and the Savoy Hotel Orchestra with tra. Napoli- Tarantelle (Mezzacapa): Vocal Chorus. New Moon Vocal Chant de Sirene (Volparti)Orchestre Gems (Hammerstein 2nd & Ramberg) Napolitain. One Alone (The Desert-Light Opera Company, The Great Song"-Romberg Richard Crooks Waltz Selection-Rawicz & Landauer (Tenor) with Orchestra. Lehar Waltz plano duet). Bitter Sweet-1'll See Potpourri (arr. Robrecht)-Orchestra | You Again (Noel Coward)--Hildegarde Mascotte.
1.30 Reater and Rugby Press and Announcements.
(vocal) with Orch.
(Bratton
8.30 The London Piano-Accordeon' Band and Kitty Masters (Voral), 145 Popular War-Time Variety. The Cubalero (Cuban Rhythms Dance Vocal Old Soldiers Never Diet-Banker and others); Campus Mooc Intro: Fail in and Follow Me Let the (Smith and others) London Piano- Great Big World Keep Turning: Hel-Accordeon Band with Vocal Chorus. lo! Hello: Who's Your Lady Friend? Sweetheart. Let's Grow Old Together Mademoiselle from Armentiere: There's
and Edwards); When the a Long Long Trall: Take me Back to Swallows Nest Again (Stevens and Ed- Dear Old Blighty: 1 You Were the mund)-Kitty Masters (vocal) w. Orth. Only Girl in the World: Is a Long The White Cliffe of Dover Leon, and Way to Tipperary: Fall in and Follow Towers); Log Cabin Lullaby (Byme & Me-Gracie Fields with Orchestra "and others) - London Piano-Accordeon Male Chorus. Swing Fox-Trot Oh Band with Vocal
Stardust Johnny, Oh! Johnny, Oh! - Arthur Covered Bundle Hodges-Kitty Mas
(vocal) Young and Hatchett's Swingtette fea- tera
with Orchestra. turing Stephane Grappelly and Beryl Ashore HB: Goodbye to Summer Davis. Piano-Accordeon Band - All (Botterell & Phillips)-London Piano- Fals Together (Sloan)-London Piano- Accordeon Band with vocal Chorus. Accordeon Band wth vocal Chorus.
9.00 London Retay-The News and News Commentary.
CROSSWORD
NO. 887
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13 Burning
20, Type of
balsam
21 Quagmire
21 Card with
single sport
24 Mournful 25 Era
23 Observe
28 Note in the
scale
30 Withdraw
from
32 Monetary
unit of the United States
34 Bymbol
Неоп
35 Machine for
spreading hay
37 Assam
'silkworm
38 By means of
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awiftly
40 Flightiess
bird
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47 Old English
coin
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50 Long, loose
overcoats Cleanse repeatedly 53 Earth
goddess
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forward little by Httle
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title
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water
43 Goods
thrown overboard
16 The one-
thousandth of an inch
46 Level with
the ground
Symbol for nickel
10 Small bottle
11 Pale brown- Ish color
14 Anything
that
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21 Building
for grain storage
22 Pointed
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28 Card game, 29 Melody 31 Newspaper
paragraph 33 Small
rodent'
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42 Gulle
49 Pots
44 'Dry
46 The
turmeric
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Society..of
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51 Symbol for
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9.15 The Royal Artillery Band Calling All Workers-March (Eric Costes). Sons of the Brive Quick March-Bidgood); Song of the "Old Contemptibles Watson, and others Home Guards on Parade (arr. Dut holt).
9.30 Local Sport Results.
9.33 Light French Songs.
Je T'Aime-Waltz Song (Willerretz and Marchand); Qui Je T'aime O Paris Waltz Song (Willemets and Marchand)-Yvonne Printemps (Bo- prano)
VOUS Orchestra SI L'Avies Compris (Denza and Bordese); CONTINUED PAGE 8. COL &
NEW RECORD FOR RADIO:
SALES
A new high record for sales of
radio receiving sets in Cañada was set up last year. The increase over 1939 was 18 per cent, Produc- tion of radio receivers in Canada. increased by .over 40 per cent while imports declined. Similarly imports of radio receiving tubes decreased, but production in the Dominion rose by 63 per cent. "Eighty-eight per cent. of the re- ceiving sets sold in Canada last year were classified ga between short wave and standard broad- cast band. Of the number classified 57 per cent, approximate: ly were broadcast band and 43 per cent, short wave..
In the first half of the year 39 per cent. of the number so class- fied were short wave and 61" per cent, broadcast band. For the nine months the proportion, of short wave was 44 per cent, while 36 per cent were classited as broad- cast band,
The number of radio receiving sets sold by producers in "Canada' last year totalled 438,978. The previous high record had been jestablished in 1939 at 370,668 -set3. As between 1939 and 1940 sales increased in three of the quarterly ¡perioda.
FIRST QUARTER
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DEANNA'S ROMANTIC DILEMMA!
Deanna
DURBIN
"Nice Girl?
"with
FRANCHOT TONE WALTER BRENNAN ROBERT STACK ROBERT BENCHLEY HELEN BRODERICK
יי
A JOE PASTERNAK Production Directed by WILLIAM A. SEITER. Based on an original story by Phyllis Duganne A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Also Latest UNIVERSAL WAR NEWSREEL
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REX HARRISON in MISSING TEN DAYS gith KAREN VERNE. C. V. FRANCE — A Columbia. Picture
4 SHOW'S
DAILY
1.00-12 7.5-8.50
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CHAPLIN'S COMEDY SENSATION, .
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Charlie Chaplin
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The Great DICTATOR
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
PAULETTE GODDARD
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POWELL LOY IVE YOU AGAIN
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SMKU LOVE AND XXY IN LOVE AND XX15
LOVE AND Xxx
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An MGM Picture"
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For the first quarter production (short wave and broadcast band. rose from 83,611_to_91,751_gets: Of this number-218,485 were broad-
In the first quarter sales rose second quarter froin 68,199 to 143,-east band and 186,869 short wave. from 40.073 to 71,503; second quar- 577; third quarter from 130,952 to The balance of the sales, last ter from $2,895 to 85,937; decreased 134,787; and in the last quarter year consisted of 16,332 portable, In the third quarter from 139,448 from 115,755 to 122,540. Production 8,726 phonograph and combination, to 116.866; but, the last quarter had also set up a new high record and 28,561 automobile sets. The Increased from 138,152 to 164,670 In 1939.
number of sets classified in the Of the total sales of radlo re-half year was 131,728, of which celving sets in Canada last year,,80,766 were broadcast" band and 385,357 were classified as between 50,963 short wave.
The production of radio receiv ing sets in Canada. advanced from 348,507 u 1939 to 492,655 in 1940.