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SUN LAN CHOW and WỤ DIP YING
IN
"BLOSSOM TIME"
A CHINESE PICTure in Cantonese dialogue, PRODUCED BY
GREENVIEW CO. OF U.S.A.
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UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE CO.
.COMING
DO THE DEAD STILL LIVE?
SUPERNATURAL TM CAROLE LOMBARD
(BY THE PRODUCERS OF WHITE ZOMBIE") RANDOLPH SCOTT, VIVIENNE OSBORNE
H.B.WARNER
What strange, unknown power took possession of her soul as she sought to bridge the gap between life and death? The buming answer to the question, "Will millions now living never die?"!
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THE HONGKON
EGRAT
THURSDAY, JANUARY
BANKS" PROFITS.
CANAL DUES DOWN.
BIG FIVE REPORT GOOD YEAR
London, Jan. 10.
REDUCTION IN BUEZ RATES ANNOUNCED
FALLING DOLLAR
U.S. FINANCIERS SEE MORE
DEVALUATION HA
London, Jan. 10,-
New York, Jan. 10. All loading Britian banks, conn The Suez Canal Company an Loading financiers expect that by titating what are known as the nounces u reduction via murit of February 1 the American dollar Big Five, have now declared re-us on ships passing through the will be devalued and stabilised "at sults for the past year and in overy Canni.. Dues on ships with carge Its current foreign exchange value. case dividends hive been main will be reduced by 25
contimes The consequent gold profit, they tained at rates paid for 1932.
god per net register ton, Suez anticipate, will be transferred from Three of the banks show a mio-ana. measurement, and on abips the Federal Reserve to the Trea derate increase in profits and two passing through in baliast by 12% sury, states the Journal of Com- a slight reduction, but in the
Centimes gold. aggregate profits compared with
At the same time, President The new rates will thus be 5.78 the previous year increased from francs geld on ships with cargo Roosevelt will probably retain the £8,232,167 to £8,378,720,
and 2.8/ franes gold on ships powers of
When the low money rates dur- Ing the greater part of the year are considered, the results are generally regarded in the market as very good. Ona compensating factor for low money rates was the decrossed provision necessary against bad debts.
The amount of £8,882,000 paid in income tax during first week of the current year is described as highly satisfactory. It com pares with £9,476,000 produced in the corresponding week of last year, but a year ago three-quarters of the amount payable was due on January 1, whereas this year only one tenth of the amount payable is dus this month.-British Wire- less.
GERMAN COLONIES
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MANDATORY 'POWERS'
Berlin, Jan. 10.
A series of legal actions against mandatory governments of the former German Colonies, is fore- shadowed by a meeting of holders of German colonial loan bonds to day, who will be requested to finance such actions.
Horr Wolgelt, chairman of the Committee of Banks, which issued the colonial loans before the War,
LAST TWO
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DAYS
A: 2.30,
5.10, 7 15 8
9.10 p.m.
.n ballast
merce.
the famous Thamna Amendment to the Farm Bill,
cur-
At the last general meeting of which authorises a further fifty the company in June, hopo was par cent, reduction In the value of expressed by the chairman that the dollar, In order to discourage of the economic situation would soon the Immediate repatriation
mprove sufficiently to enable a capital and secure a basis for in- reduction of dues. A month ago tarnational negotiations on Sir Alan Anderson, who is a rency stabilisation, Reuter British commercial director of the company, reported an improve- mont in canal traffic. For tho months of 1938 the first eleveN
mount, he said, had exceeded that of 1932 by 8 per cent, and was even slightly above that of 931. He described this develop ment as ancouraging the belief that world trade was beginning to improve.
The Times says tho present re- vision of rates will certainly be welcomed by all payers of dues as a step in the right direction and as encouraging for traffe between Countries which normally passes through this waterway-British Wireless.
will invite bond holders to guar- antee the requisite 200,000 marks for the actions.
now
R.F.C. Wider Power
Washington, Jan. 10.
has The Government secured extensive control, through the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, over a third of Amar- ica's 15,000 banks, through the issue of preferred stock, carrying voting powers.
A typical instance of the Ad- ministration's widening powers is the recent action taken with re- the Illinois National spact to
R.F.C. holds. U.S. Bank. The $50,000,000 of proferred stock in the Illinois bank, whose head off- ces are in Chicago, The R.F.C. recently Insisted upon the appoint. ment of its nominee, Mr. Walter Cummings, as chairman of the bank, while the bank directors valaly urged that stock-holders be allowed to elect their officers,
own
The committee will probably at first endeavour to reach friendly Mr. Jones, chairman of the R.F. agreements with the governments C. bluntly announced that Mr. concerned. It is indicated that Cummings would be elected, add- the first action will probably being that he enjoyed the confidence taken against the South African Government in the South African
of the President, the Secretary Court-Reuter.
of the Treasury, and the Comp- troller of Currency-Reuter.
KINGS
A Million Laughs
Jimmy Dunn trims the trimmers
double-crosses the crooks and then finds a girl has stolen his heart
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Thrill-Romance of Hollywood's Death-Defying Stunt Men.
LUC
DEVIS
AIR INJECTIONS FOR PNEUMONIA
American Experiment's Success
Wich
BILL BOYD
DOROTHY. WILSON, WILLIAM OARGAH, ROSCO ATES An RKO-RADIO Picturo
The patient was trouted
on
the third day of the disease. Dr. Ston-
over abruptly, and subsequently made a speedy and uncomplicated recovery.
lobar
el said, "Within a few hours his
"In the treatment of paoumonia by this method two or throo Injections of air are usually given at intervals of 18 to 24 hours, depending on the rate of absorp tion of the air administered at the previous Injections.
Now York, Dec. 10. Artificial phoumothorax lias boon sused successfully in the treatment of heute lobar pneumonia at the
"The impressiveness of the ro- University of Pennsylvania Hos- pital in Philadelphia, A report to salt llon not alone in the high per this offeat. waa confirmed by Dr. centage of recoveries, but also in Alfred Stongol, Professor of Modi- the dramatic promptness of the cine and vice-president in charge patient's response, indicating an carly artificial limitation of infec- of medical affairs,
Dr Stengel explained that thation, which under ordinary condi- treatment was aimilar to that used tions of medical treatment is golf for many yours in cases of, pul- Umited after the usual duration of
onary tuberculosis, and consisted seven' to ten days." at injecting a cartain amount of air through the chest wall in order
Dr. Stengol added that the treat- mont should be used only when one
to compress the diseased lung. June is diseased, and in casca in The experiment was the first which the effect of Introducing the time the treatment has been used air will not throw any burden on In this country for pneumonia, the heart,
TO BROADWAY
WITH
Directed
JAMES DUNN by
JOAN BENNETT
James
Tinling
HERBERT MUNDIN
SAMMY COHEN
BING CROSBY
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A LOVE STORY that spans time to live through eternity.
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