THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936.
BRITISH BOY RELEASED.
THE FOREIGN LEGION
Flood Control System Balks Three Rivers on Rampage
FARMS AND CITIES IN PATHIS MT. SHÄSTA
OF FLOODS SAVED DY CONTROLA
Sacramento, Calif., Apr. 3. Weirs and by-passes that divert fluos waters of the Sacramento, Fontier and Americna rivers- three of California's greatest streams-into emergency river beds have saved countless thou sands of dollars during recent Road singes.
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Without the emergency outlets which divert surplus waters by-ponses, rivers would have over flowed levees and probably in undated valleys.
As shown by the accompany ing map, the floud control system
mainly сотнікі
of by-passes, wetra and levers. The first weir, Moulton, is several miles northi of Coluss, on the east sile of the Sacramento River. 11
diverts water into Suiter by-pass, which parallels the river intil it meets the junction of the Sacramento and the Feather rivers,
Major emergency. diversion point auth of Knight's Landing is the Sacramento weir, live miles north of Skeramento,
During londines, the Yola by-pass west of Sacramento was n river three miles wide, flow. ing through bottopi huds which normally are dry.
test
The system pot Be first during recent torrential slown
pours and engineers and
folks
WATERSHED
REDDING.
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· KNIGHTS LAMPING
SACRAMENTO.
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[YOLO BY-PASS
SUTTER BY-PASS
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who live in the Sacramento Val- SAN FRANCISCO
ley are satisfied that it is
succeka.
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Turkey To Build &£160,000
Monument
To
Ataturk
Istanbul, Apr. 1. Turkey is to put up a monument to her dictator- president, Kemal Ataturk. It is to cost one million Turkish pounds-£160,000.
It will tower above the heights of the Bosphorus. It will be visible for miles out to sea.
The monument is to symbolise the rise of Mustapha Kemal, one of the few efficient officers in the old Turkish Army, into the only leader who stood out against the collapse of Turkey, thence after his victories into Kemal Ghazi (the Conqueror); and now into Ataturk (Father of the Turks), the autocrat,
The design will be chosen by Turkish and foreign ort experta frem an international competition in which prizes
of more than £1,000 will be awarded-Reuter.
Rotary Club
Idea Was
An Old One
in
--In China Shanchal, Mar. 37. Luncheon clubs, zentrally regard. ed as an American contributing to civilisation, were Hourishing China long before America was dis- covered, and still enjoy great popazj Jarity. Although two of the inter- national service clubs founded in the United States have branches ini the larger vilies of China, their; membership is far outnumbered by the purely-Chinese clubs which exist in even the smallest towns.
ITALIAN ACE
In ancient days Chinese scholars desirous of meeting regularly al-j waya organised such clubs to writej poume, ballads and classical proge, Count Ciano, who is directing Italian Wine was lavishly served for in-1
nir operations in Ethiopia spiration purposes, and the teel-
ings were featured by elaborately-
prepared dishes. One scholar, World-wide
famous for his skill in drawing Chinese ideographs, is credited with consuming no less than 100 whole crabs during one of the luncheon-club meetings, and has!
Peace Day
grone down in history as "Hundred At Lourdes
Crab LI.!
Lourdes, Mar. 27. More than 150,000 men, repre-
The clubs in modern times havej developed several variations, not- ably the "bring your own" spirit. In one type of club each mendier ist required to bring to meetings a pol senting 20 nations will come here of wine and a dish of food. Bin September to participato in the cause the Chinese characters for "International Peace Day spon- "pot" and "digh" when combined sored by Monseignor. Gerlier, are pronounced the same as the Bishop of Lourdes. characters for "butterfly," these or- ganisations have come to be known. as "Butterfly Clubs."
Like thier western counterparts, the cluba meet at stated intervals, but the meeting dates are fixed by
Most of the delegates to the three day ceremonies will be for-
"THANKS,
I'M JOLLY
GLAD"
"I SHALL be jolly glad to
get back home..." Arthur B. Conway, aged 19, joyfully said these words over- |2,000 miles of telephone wire
from Africk recently, when. informed that he was to be re- lensed from the Foreign Legion.
Conway, whose parents live at Valley-road. Ipswich, rau Kway from home after failing in an ac countancy examination.
Attention was called to the fact that he had curvature of the spine, |which caused him pain, and he was admitted to hospital at Algiers in January with a poisoned hand.
The King (as Prince of Wales), the Prime Minister, Lord Derby, and the French Ambassador in- terested themselves in his case, and a question was asked In Parliament by Sir John Ganzoni, M.P. for Ipswich.
The French Foreign Office yesterday advised the British Embassy in Paris that the Foreign Legion was prepared to release Conway immediately.
"FIT AND WELL" "I'm feeling very fit and well, but
FROM
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RADIO BROADCAST
Relay of the Daventry News Bulletin
RECORDED PROGRAMME
From 2.B.W. on a wavelength of 365 metres (846 kilocycles):
4-7 p.m. Chineso Programmic, 66.30 p.m. Children's Concert.
Studio
p.m. Now, Light Symphony
Orchestra.
Egmont Overture (Beethoven); Kamennui-Ostrow, Op. 10, No.2 (Rubinstein); carts and Flower- Intermezzo (Tobani): Glow Worm Idyll (Kincke); Irish Rhapsody (lor
Lert
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Son-I know of Two Bright
"I'll sing the Songs of Araby ....Ben Davies (Tenor): Pianoforte. Solos-Pierrette (Chaminade); Dansu Creale (Chantinnule)....Una Bourns; Song Down Vauxhall Way (Oliver) Mavis Bennett (Soprano); Violin Solos La Clochette (Paganini); The Testifying before the British mu.Dance of the Goblins (Bazzini).... nition inquiry
Alfredo Role; Songs-La Paloma-- which Wee aitting sinultaneously with
The Dove (Yradier); La Golondrina the Senate The Swallow
(Mexican Air).......... munitions committee of the U.Sentilio de Gogorsa (Baritone). also probing urnament intes; Capt.
8 p.m. Time and Weather Report. John Ball, director of Soley Arnia-
8.03 p.m. George Scott-Wood and ments Co. Ltd,, admitted sales of grazing". "People war material were aided by "palmis Piano Accordeen.
Lulu's Back in Town: In Little not going to do anything for nothing." ha
Gipsy Ten Room: Stars over Devon; Speak to me of love: The Big Brond. Ball' plained. Capt.
cast of 1936-Selection; Top Hat- prominent in the Washington in
Selection. when A quiry
letter purportedly
8.23 p.m. Song Memorien, www produced. it | written by him
that his firm could #ell stated enough surplus
rifles from tire
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was
I shall be jolly glad to get back stocks of the British war office "to Thome," young Conway said.
alier the political balance of power
"This is a grand regiment, but | of smaller states,“
I am coming home on Tues-
day, and expect to be in England
by the end of the week.
"I am travelling 'back with a mani Famous
from Birmingham
who bas
just
Ifinished his five years. There are) few Englishmen here, some Scota- men, but mainly Frenchmen and Germans, with it sprinkling of
Italians.
"I am in a motorised section, and |
I had to go out to one of the desert
ut-posts to do my training. The. hat there was terrible.
NO GRUMBLING
American
Song-Writers
RECOGNITION
to
Violet Loraine Medley: Tom Ce- tello in Song Memories: Drury Lane Pantomino Memories; Herman Lohr; There is a Tavern in the Town,
9 p.m. "In a Fairy Realu Suite"
(Kotelboy).
9.15
p.nt.
9.30 p.m.
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Daventry News Bulletin,
Jaze sn Two Pianos,
10 p.m. Big Ben.
10 p.m. The Mills Brothers. Misa Otis Regrets; My Headache; Lazybones; Nagasaki.
10.13 p.m. Inwalian Music.
Kohala March; Honolulu March; On the Beach at Waikiki; ile Ilana- kahi; All Through the Night-Waltz: On Little Street in Honolulu Waltz.
10.30 p.m.
Dance Music.
II' p.m. Close Down.
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thusiasm fostered by the Pan- American Union.
Washington, Mar. 6. The discipline here is very
Stephen Collins Foster, most strict, but I have done everything famous of North American com- I was told to do without grumbling. posers, in to be introduced
"There is no romance about the music lovers abroad as result of
musical Legion to-day. 1 an' 'really inter- American chauffeur, but I have often to carry big boulders or bags of cement on my back when we are making a road. It is a hard life, and you Foster is the best loved of must be hard to stand up to it. American song writers because of "I haven't seen my fighting.| his four great songs which reflect. There is no fighting in Morocco, ed kindly sentiment of old planta- All we have to do is drill tion days in the South and inspired and work. It will be grand to American pioneers in their trek get home again."
into the Western plains and de- serts,,
ກາ,
British Ships In
The Pacific
EMPIRE TALKS IN LONDON
Canberra, Apr. 1.
Among dozens of songs which he wrote prior to his death at Now York in 1864. those best known are Way Down Upèn de Swanee Ribber,"
***My Old Kentucky Home," "Massi's in de Cold, Cold Ground" and "Old Black Joe." Another of his hits, "Oh! Susan: na attained modern popularity as the theme song in the Western "The pioneer epic of the, films, Covered Wagon."
TENTATIVE arrangements Arranged For Concert Band
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have been made for a con- Through the talent of Luiz Guz- ference in London in April to man, a Colombian by birth, now discuss proposats by which the member of the United States "AIL Red" Trans-Pacile ship. Marine Band, 20 of the best Foster ping route may continue to be melodies have been selected and operated on a paying basis, arranged for concert band.
All the Governments with ship result of the beneficence and ping interests, concerned in the enthusiasm of Josiah Kirby Lilly. route will be represented-Great manufacturer of Indianapolis, Ind. Britain,
Canada, Australia, and 500 sets of the "Stephen Foster Melodies," for. 17-piece bands, are | New Zealand
about to be circulated to musical The principal business of the organizations throughout Latin
conference will be to discuss
America.
Plans for a subsidy to British;
to Introduce shipping:
The movement The number of years and the Stephen Foster abroad recipro manner in which it will be con- cates the generous contributions tributed by the various Govern- made by musicians of the southern
this republic to ments; and
country for Proposals for the reservation popularization through a series of Union concerta. of local passenger trade on Pan-American Hues similar to the "constal These frequently were nationally traffic" reservation made by the and internationally broadcast. United States in' favour of
Franklin Adams Alded American shipping,
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12,03 metree 4,110 k.e. 49.10 melye
Transmission 1
(G.S.N., 0.3.11.)
215 pm Bg Ben. "Eight Petla."*
Greenwich Time Signal at 3.15 p.m. 3.15 p.m. Tatki "Foreign Affairs."
3.30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4.35 ..
A Recital of CogHsh Songs of Soring, Uld and New, The News.
Close down
Transmission 2-
GA-GA, GR-DA) .......... 7 Pa
7.30 p.m.
Ben. A Programme of New Gramaniane Hecords.
Talk: "The Spice of Life." 7.50 p.m. A Pianoforte Interlude by Emmest
Greenwich Time Signal at 8p.m. Np.m. The B.C. Empire Orchestra.
pm. The News.
9.15 p.m. The 1.B.C. Dance Orchestra. 0.45 p.m. Closs down.
Transmission 3
{G.I.G., ().$.5.) 10.
Ble Den, The Composer at the Tisnoforte=9: Frank Beldge. A recital of Frank Bridge's song. 18.23 p.m. "A Countryman's Diary." 10.40 p.m.
"All Fares, Please!" .11.10 p.m. Bustral Interlude.
1145 pm. The Bournemouth Municipal
Orchestra. Greenwich Time Slystal al 17.30 a.m. 12.30 a.. The News. 13.43 .m.
Jan Berenika and his Orchestra. 2.M. Close down).
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mer soldiers. A special train will British steamship lines opernt- The movement for Pan-Ameri- Oct. bring Geratin soldiers fruming the service between Australia, can, musica! co-operation is cre- Cologne to Lourdes and a similar New Zealand, and San Francisco, dited here in large part to Frank Jan. the old lunar calendar. One Shang- train will carry Portugese war have for some time suffered from lin Adams, former counsellor of
Spot hai club is known as the Full Moon veterans from Lisbon. At the severe competition from United the Union, himself a musician, Club, as it convenes every fifteenth last pence demonstration in 1934, States shipping.-Reuter.
who for 25 years spared no effort day of the lunar month," when the more than 600 British soldiers
to popularize woth of the best moon is full.
were presont but it is anticipated
Latin American composers In the United States. Adams, now re tired, resides at Athens, Greece,
of The internationalization Stephen Foster is said to be the result of a suggestion by Adams.
Another is named for the figure that the English attendance - will) three. It meets three times he doubled this year.
piness.
Cardinal Villeneuve, Archbishop
New York Cotton.
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Total sales:
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Lilly, an ardent admirer of Foster, Mar wrole to the Pan-American Union Jaily .55 asking that a biography of the September
composer po deposited in the Monday's Union 1lbrary.
01%/04%
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Buying
month. The thirty membera alt at three tables and honour the thres gods of longevity, wealth and hap-of Quebec, is bringing a delega
Lion of 400 Canadians who will As in other countries, the "Dutch visit Lisieux, the battlefields and T-T treat"
system prevails and has Nevers before coming do Lourdes. Demand
the TT. Shanghai caused the clubs to be nick-named¦ A large delegation from
T.T. Singapore "Dragon Fly Clubs." A dragon-fly United States is expected us well. TT Japan Is reputed to suck its own tail; nj The feeding and lodging of T.T. India .... luncheon club member pays for his 160,000 people will be a difficult T.T. San Frisco & New York own food, and the Chinese consider problem for this small down. In T. Jova the facts analogous.
order to accommodate everyone it 1212.
TT.. France Most of the clubs in Shanghai has been decided to scheilule no TT. Bankok TT. Montin avoid foreign food, which is con other pilgrimages to the shrine TT. Salgon sidered inferior in taste to the during the three days of the peace T.T. Lisbon Chinese dishes. Some of the more demonstration. epicurean groups make special är-
The programme will consist chief-4 m/s. L/C.
04/0414 82478474 8174/86 63%/837% 831/837% sales: 18,225,000 bushels,
Chicago Corn
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Adams, alert to musical possibl- May 4.08lities, counterod with a suggestion July that Foster's music be arranged 435 for the use of United States sor 7506vice bands and Latin American May organizations which are partici- July paling in the Pan American musi- October rangements with restaurant owners
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movement. Lilly replied. to dispense with fruits, dessertsy in prayers for peace. One of 4 m/s. D/P, 10 L/C.
A Dinner Dance will be held at and the traditional water-melon the speakers will be a German m/s. San Franco New York 3 favourably and Lula Guzman, a
distinguished composer, under-Ropulso Bay Hotel, to-night, Wednes. Boeds, substituting additional innin priest who served during the wormis, France;
iday, April 8, at-8.50 p.m.".. United Press,
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