THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1932.
EXCITING SCENES DURING CLOSING DAYS OF B. E. F. IN WASHINGTON.
A threat of serious rioting hung over Washington when this picture was taken, showing surging thousands of bonus marchers who staged a last, despairing protest.
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"Mr. Zero" was among those present during the attempt to atage a bonus demonstration in front of the White House. Here ho was protestingly led from the scene... Mr. Zaro-whose real name is Urbain Ledoux-had led a contingent of bonus marchers in parade before the Executive Mansion. He's a familiar figure before the camera's eye when unemployment demonstrations are held in his native Now York.
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Arms folded in an attitude of defiance, Walter W. Waters, commander of the "Bonus Expedi- tionary Force," is aeon (second from left) as police led him from the scene of the menacing demons- tration which his followers staged before the Capitol on the day Congress adjourned. At the right in Doak Carter, B. E. F. chief of staff, also arrested.
While scatter groups of veterans continued to join the Bonus Expeditionary Forces in Washing- ton, hundreds of those who had become discouraged by the fruitless singe took advantage of the $100,- 000 loan fund appropriated by Congress for railroad fares to their homes. rived bonuscera building huts almost in the shadow of the Capitol.
At left you see newly ar On the right are departing
veterans applying for tickets.
LEAP YEAR BRIDE
by Laura Lou BROOKMAN
GEBIN HERE TO-DAT
used to think a fellow gave up a Cherry Dizon, 19 and pretty, falls in love fot when he married-freedom, the with Dan Phillips, newspaper reporter whom right to come and go as he pleased her wealthy, aristocratie parents have for hidden her to mee When Cherry learns Dan's and all that. Well, its the bunk! telephone monnages have been kept from Iner she steals out of the bouse to meet him. Ker The past two weeks have taught father discovers this and threatens to rend me that much. Of course not many
inen have wives like Cherry-"
ler to Callfernia. Cherry deflew him and he urders her leave.
Freed after tha sensational trial that stirred London, Mra Dolores Elvira Barney is pictured abovo as she returned home upon her acquittal of a charge of mur- dering her lover; "Michael" Stephen.
ner served was obvious. The whole meal must have gone up in flames. "Louk here," he said, addressing Dan's tweed back. "1 run along and drop in some other evening. You don't want company to-night. Some other evening-any time. Tell Cherry it's perfectly all right| with me."
Dan faced about. "Don't go. Max," he said. "There's been a lit- tle accident. Something wrong with the oven. We'll all have to eat somewhere else. Just as soon as Cherry's ready we'll go out to- gether. e three of us. But you mustn't leave. Neither of us would ever forgive
you. Would Cherry?" V
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The girl's face was not visible. Pearson heard her say, trembling as though to keep back the tears, "N-no."
sot a
The descent of mdora than 25,590 foot which M. Rene Machenaud (France) claims to have made by parachute from Military plane over Paris will now world record if the distance is verified. Here you see him at Villacoublay Aaro. drom as he put on his jumping equipment, which included an oxygen tank, before the long plunge. The previous record was set by Coppans of Belgium, who leaped from a height of slightly less than 21,000 feet.
soul writhed in mortification but Dan she determined to conecal ft. had been sweet ta pretend every-j thing was all right!
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"Well, of course if you'd rather,"
Before the mirror in the "dress- There was no answer. A frantic, he agreed uncertainly.
ing room" (it was really the bath- seemingly endless moment and then the Intch gave. The two men in which Dan
There were a few more minutes room), he brightened her checka pushed the door open.
touched her lips flourished a large with rouge and white handkerchief and drew cold with scarlet paste. A cloth dipped Smoke in thick grey clouds, fill-water for Cherry to bathe her eyes. in icy water and held to her eyes ing their
throats and smarting Presently she appeared. She even had removed the red lines about their eyes, swept past them. The managed to stile as she made her the rims. roum was filled with it. There were apologies to
Cherry slipped a slim, no tlames they could see.
Pearson. Her eyes
lustrous frock of black satin over were red-rimmed and swollen.
her head. It was collared with a "Cherry!" Dan called again.. While she "Where are you?"
was changing her froth of creamy lace and there was Pearson
dreas and repairing the damage of sapphire bow On one shoulder. crossed the room to raise the win-selves with cigarettes. Dan ex-though she had not thought much closed the door and the tears the two men settled them- Altogether a most becoming dress dows higher. "It seems to be com- plained what had happened, Cherry about it when she had ordered fe at ing from over there," he said, paint had put a roast and vegetables into Madelaine's two months before. in another fit of coughing. ing toward the kitchen, He stopped the oven. They were nearly done small black hat and bluck satin
when she remembered that she had Jacket completed the costume. "Cherry!"
not enough cream. It was only a
"Ready," sho called as she en- block to the grocery store and she tered the living room. "Ught-- I can They were half way up the stair- Yes, that was where the smoke wasing could happen to the meal in discussion where they should dine
Dan had the kitchen door open. hurried all the way, certain noth-still smell that smoke!" Daper ssis the story and Dan's boss threatene, way. Suddenly an odour, strange coming from. It "One more wily and you're fired."
The men rose. There was some Dirle Bbaanon, movie efftic, hetge Cherry and unpleasant reached their non-in dense, almost suffocating clouds. longer than Cherry realized. The as the three went down the stairs a
poured forth her absence. It must have taken) And leapenaive apartment Cherry more from the hotel. Cherry Ande
Dan and trils. It was certainly a penetrating Pearson saw hobeawork and cooking trying. Max Po odour and it seemed to come from around an indistinct figuro. "Why, of blazing up higher and these two
Dan's arms go flames under the oven had a trick was parked at the curb.
few moments later. Pearson's car handsons friend of Dan's. is the first guest above. whom they lasite to dinner.
darling." Dan was saying. "You circumstances Dan sniffed. "Wonder if some-mustn't stay in all this smoke. create disaster. When Cherry re-
had combined
(Continued on Page 10.), thing's burning?" he said uneasily. You've got to get out of here! turned to the apartment she found "Smells like-like rubber or some- What in the world happened? Tell the roast burned to a cinder and fumbled in a pocket for the key.
ho thing, docan't it?"
mo about it"
the rest of the meal as black. "Not rubber," Pearson anid. "But "I tell you there's nothing like it," there does seem to be something the words were so muilled Pearson here, you aco."
The girl made some answer but "You're the frst guest we've had could not hear them. Dan spoke "Naturally she's rather hard hit. Dan went ou.
She goes to Dan. tell him what has happened asul naks him to mary her. The agreed.
"She's a pretty girl." Pearson ceremony is performed that night by a Juntice of peace.
"Pretty? Say, Cherry's got every Cherry looks for an apartment but in din-thing! Beauty, brains, a wonderful
Nu expenzive. Dan works late one night on a tip that Tony To disposition. And the way she's
couraged to find them
Calll, anziand efiet, a coming to Wellington. taken to housekeeping—!”
Cherry unconsciously given the news tip, te
a reverter on the viral newspaper. The other
CHAPTER XIX
'Dan Phillips grinned as
to
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They had reached the second floor again. "But it's all right now," he She's really turned to cook awfully CENTRAL RADIO
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he sald to Pearson, beside him. "It's wrong." Ho coughed. great to have a home to come to when you're through work-to landing. The fumes were heavier urged. "Don't cry, honey! Bo glad well. Last night you should have know someone is waiting for you and they wore certainly coming it wasn't there glad to see you and hear from the roar apartment.
worse. Lord, I was soon the dinner she had ready for how the day's gone."
frightoned-1" "It's smoke!" Dan exclaimed, tak
imal" The key was in the lock now. ing the last, atops in two
The situation was embarrassing Dan swung
Cherry, when she appeared 16 KING'S BLDG for Pearson. The living room was minutes later, did not look "hard (Og her the door open and "Cherry!" he cried, rattling the gradually clearing of the heavy air. hit." She had been taught that stopped back for the other to enter doorknob. "Are you there? Open drawn out and laid with dishes and in which you receive guests rather RANO EXPERTS-WORK. GUARANTETO
"You know," Dan continued, "the door! It's Dan-!"
He saw that the table had been hospitality consists of the manner ativer. That there would be no din- than what is set before them., Her
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