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THE DEVIL WON THE GAME!
› Hillaher and Higherl
Faster and Fasteri
She gave herself to the great god Speed, and tried to run away from the fires" within herl
300 miles an hour Then the crash!
CHRISTOPHER STRONG
RADIO
Picture Sm
Scicen ploy by Zoe Akins from the novel by Gilbert froskou. Dovid O Selznick executive producer
The personal story of a million doughters
The girl who set the world. aflome in "A BILL OF Divorcement stumphs In time, a thrilling rola
Katharine
HEPBURN
With COLIN CLIVE BILLIE BURKE RALPH FORBES, HELEN CHANDLER.
NEXT CHANGE
HYO>WELLS'
STAND OF LOST SOULS
Ignoring the god
Who Made Thou, They Stormed the House of Dr. Mor ses, Basking-the Girl Who Was All-
Human!...A Tale of
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Romanos, Adves-
ture and Teror as
Only H, G.Wells Can
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...
CHARLES LAUGHTONÁK
- BELA LUGOSI
RICHARD ARLEN *LEILA HYAMS
and the
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER * 20,
GERMANY'S BID ALLEGED BOGUS
FOR TRADE
SPECIAL COUNCIL INSTITUTED
MINISTER ON TARIFFS
Berlin, Dec. 19.
A big drive to improve Ger many's dwindling foreign trade was inaugurated", to-day: at the first meeting of the newly in- stituted Foreign Trade Council.
The gathering was attended by Baron von Neurath, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and by Herr Schmitt, the Holch Minister of Economics..
The Foreign Trade Council will, it is understood, act in a purely advisory capacity, but it is ex pected that its recommendations. will carry considerable weight with the Government, whose organ it really is.
Herr Schmitt, addressing the Council, pointed out that Ger- many's exports had declined by 7.1 per cent, since 1932, while the
POLICEMAN
THEFT AND ASSAULT.
CHARGES
Charges of impersonating a police officer, theft of $150 and Assaulting Loung Mul-san, at Queen's Road Central, werò pre- ferred against Lam Pui, 25, coollo, on his appearance before Mr. Balfour at the Central Magistracy this morning.
BLAZING SHIP IN THAMES
1
AMERICAN SHIP'S
RUSH TO SAFETY,
BURNS FOR 24 HOURS
Defendant said he was instruct- ed by a foki in regard to the first
London, Dec. 19. offence. He denied the theft, and ⠀' In connexion with the assault
As the result of dramatic. charge stated that ho merely push-wireless signals received ed the man.
from an American freighter It was intimated that Mr. J. M. Remedios is appearing for the in the English Channel, most defence, and the case was adjourn-of London's fire-floats were ed until to-morrow.
concentrated at Greenwich to-day.
BIRTH
YEO-On 20th December, 1933, at the War Memorial Nursing Home to Dr. and Mrs. K. C. Yeo, a non.
DEATIL
average of world exports had in-REMEDIOS-At his residence, 29, creased by about one per cent. Other countries were, therefore, clearly taking not only what new! business was being done, but capturing Rome of Germany's markets.
CHIEF TASKS, He emphasised that the German Government was ready to enter into close economic relations with any country which did not shut The themselves out of the society of trading nations by short-sighted protective measures,
One of the chief tasks of the Council will, be the organisation of German Chambers of Commerce abroad and the training of a generation of young men na for eign salesmen--Reuter.
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monument to-morrow p.m:
ANNOUNCEMENT.
marriage between Reginald
The signals came from the 9.5- Topatopa, on which a fire had been raging for at least twenty-four hours.
She was carrying a highly in- flammablo cargo, consisting of cotton and timber, from Florida to London, and although magnificent work was done by members of the crow in the face of a perilous situation, the flames had obtained completo control hours before the vessel arrived in the Thames.
She Bailed up with flames and Emoke issuing from her holds, but by the time she reached Green- wich, the fro-fighting floats had Charles Butler and Norah got to work, pumping thousands Winifred Leaton will take place of gallons of water into the ship. at. St. John's Cathedral on Mon- The flames wore subdued after day, January 1st, 1934, at 2.30 two hours of strenuous work. p.m. No invitations are being
issued but all friends are invited The Topatopa, a steamer of to the ceremony, and afterwards to the reception to be held at 5,856 tons, was badly damaged, Lane Crawfords. Restaurant at but is in no danger.--British Wire- less. 3.30 p.m..
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