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DEMOCRATS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIL MONDAY, JUNE
CONVENTION
MAY SEE FIREWORKS
America's DIZZY VENUS ROOSEVELT
"Devil's Is. Is In the Limelight
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San Francisco, June 10. Vague, persistent rumours about America's most mysterious prison-Alcatraz-were partially dispelled recently by Sanford Bates, national director of Federal prisons.
Bates, on a tour of inspection, talked with about 80 of the 260 prisoners at Alcatraz.
Only one complained that the food was not good enough. Some wanted to get out from under the iron discipline. which has made the prison bated. Most, however, were eager to bo moved to another institution because of the stigma which attaches to imprisonment in Alcatraz, Bates said.
Alcatraz, built on a ruck In San Francisco Bay from which escape in but hopeless, has been called the Devil's Island of the United States. Al Loomis, recently released after
- 16 months in Alcatraz, spoke bitterly
of the hardships the prisoners had to
endure.
ESCAPE ATTEMPTS
"Why a man can talk only six minutes a day in that place, he'sald. "Three minutes in the morning,
and free minutes in the afternoon"
It's the land of mistreated men."
Louvre, the famous Muscum of Art in Paris, has undergane mindernian tian. Among other things the light ing, has Ireen improved. Dur pic-
Ahows the famous ture
Venus Milo stateo pliced on which rotates.
pedestal
SURE OF NOMINATION THIS WEEK
Philadelphia, June 21.
The Democratic party in its pre-election convention here this week is expected to feature with pride the achievements of President Roosevelt in the fields of pan- Americanism, foreign trade and neutrality.
1936.
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Relay of Hongkong Hotel
Dance Orchestra.
ZEK. PROGRAMME
From Z.BAV. on a wavelength of 355 meher (115 kutneycles): 2.15 pm. Close Down,.
5-8 pm. Furopean ProgramNIC. 5-7 pm. A Relay in the Hongkong. Hotel Dance Orchestra.
pm A Violin Recol by Yehudi Menuhin,
1. Hungarian Dance No. & in 13 reś milor (Brahms;
Romanza
Andaluza (Spanish Dance) (Sart- sate); 3. Minstrel (Debussy); Flight. of the Dumble Dee (Rimsky-Kor sakov); 4. Dance Espagnole (De Falla).
7.15 m. "The Three Men Sulle" (Erie Contes). 7.28 p.m.
A Recital by Richard Crooke (Tenor)'
and
Willelm Backhaus (Pianoforte),
1. Songs-Killarney (Balfe), Gond- Bye (Toat!); 2. Pianoforte Solo...
Roosevelt's foreign projects have met with varying success, according to many observers, due partly to thei disturbed state of, world affairs and partly to devotion of great energy to domestic economic recovery.
Military March in E (lat. (Schubert); 3. Song -Macushin (owe). Too Lute to-morrow (Langenberg); 4. Pianoforte Solos-Moment Musicale in F Minor. (Schubert), Impromptu. in B flat (Schubert); 5. Soug Nirvana (Weatherly),
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But the Democrats themselves, and many impartial experts, regard as successes the president's now-famous policy of "Good Neighbour" in Latin American affairs; the gain of 41 per cent, in exports during the Democratic Theatre (Chinese). regime and the formation of a neutrality policy designed to reduce the chances of the nation being drawn into war.
Against these developments. erities of the Democratic foreign policy contend that there were numerous failures, such as the London economic conference for
Public Enemy No. 1?
"Bad Politics-Hoover which Roosevelt prepared by
at New
from
many
Orleans, calling notables
not nations to Washington; the re-
¡cnpturing him New York, June 4. Corrupt politics, instead of were called "yellow rats," Soon it will be the island of mad any particular criminala, is deserving any titles, distinction fusn! of the Senate to approve men. It's the monotony that does "Public Enemy No. 1," accord- or rank."
Sheer fright seized the gangster Roosevelt's plan to join the ing to J. Edgar Hoover, chief whom federal agents under Mr. Hoo-World Court, and the lack of "It is interesting that Bates referred of the Federal Bureau of Inver's personal leiership surrounded results from various disarma- to Joe Bowers, recently shot downvestigation.
it."
in un attempted encape, as "ní least
temporarily deranged. "For a man Gangstera ke Alvin Karpis,
to attempt escape from Alcatraz mus whom Mr. Hoover has just turned be insane," Bates said. He added, over to St. Paul officials after however, that no insanity had come to his attention during the inspection_
Bates vigorously defended Alcatraz 45 a method for ridding society of the danger of long term prisoners, notorious public enemies, esempers and men not amenable to discipline in other prisons.
Setting at rest rumours which sur- round Alcatraz as result its
Mountains May Rise
silence regarding its female of From Bed
events within its walls, Bates praised the management of the prison,
"Going into every nook of Alcatraz,
I found it more cleanly, frimly
well disciplined
managed and more well
than any prison. I have seen in 12
Of Ocean
NEW HIMALAYAS ·
foreign countries and 30 states. No New mountains may be grow- expense has been spared to make ing under the sea, according to
his car in New Orleans. Ils previous boastings about never
being taken ment' proposals. olive slidi not even nerve him to reach for rifle In the back of the ear.
The Democratic convention; in The picture painted by Mr. Hoover speeches, resolutions and eam- of Karpis, and others
who have wrongly been dignified with the title paign platform is expected to first of "Public Enemy No. 1," left little concentrate chiefly on the room for mock heroics in connection three' developments which are with the sordid misdeeds of crime.
more widely regarded as successes.
-ARE FLABBY AND WEAK
crisply.
Gangsters turn out as a rule to be They are expected to cite as flabby and weak, Mr. Hoover said, evidence of the success of the
"The lives up," he explained read soften them Rooseveltiin "Good. Neighbour" pra- So far as the Burenu of Investi-gramme, the favourable and frequent- pation is concerned, there never hasily enthusiastic replies of presidents of been a "Public Enemy No. J.” Mr. American nations to the. Rooseve Hoover told the newspapermen who proposal for a Pán American peace interviewed him that the real conferener. As other evidence of a public enemy in crooked politics.
it as safe and secure as possibly en Professor F. A. Vening Meines, DRUNKS,
be"
Bates refuted the elurge of some of the State University, Utrecht,
.convicts that imprisonment is who described the results of his BEWARE
Alcatraz brands a
viet beyond latest submarine survey recent-
hope of re-entering society-
Sone of the men are bad and willly at the Royal School of Mines,
be bad always," he said. "Some are London.
Blood Tests Will Give You Away
concrete and effective good neighbour attitudo they, are expected to men- tion the abandonment of right to Intervene in Cuban affairs, with con- sequent favourable comment widely through Latin Amerien, the with- drawal of marines from Haiti and the adherente so...a Pan American.con= vention adopted ut Montevideo for
the abandonment of
principle of
Delibes in Vienna (arr. Walter); Love's Last Word (Cremieux); Le
Chaland Qui Passu (lix(o); Entry of SING WITH SHIRLEY TEMPLE
the Spring Flowers (Rockert); You shall be the King of my heart (Stolz); Milestones of Melody,
6.30 pm. Excerpts from "To-night 8.30 (Noel Coward) sung by Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Co- ward
8.55 pm, "Love, forever Indore you" and "Ninen" played by Reginald King and his Orchestra, with Cavan O'Connor (Tenor).
p.m. A Relay of the Daventry, News Buletin and Announcements (Copyright by Reuter)..
9.20 p.m. Variety and Dance Music.
Fox-Trois-Ridio Times. The Phantom of a Song: Song-3ny_that you will not forget.... Joan Cross (Soprano); Quick-Step-Who's been polishing the Sun; Fox-Trol-I couldn't be mean to you; Vocal- Jump on the Wagon: Me and the Old folks at home".... The Hill Billies: Fox-Trots-Song of the Cello, You
give me ideas; Song-My shadow's Where my sweetheart used to be Sam Browne (Baritone); Fox-Trol- Alone at a table for two; Waltz- Lovely Lady.
10 p.m. Big Den from Daventry. Close Down.
ZEESEN PROGRAMMES
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Exist for Far programin isteners will be broadcast frum Zersen fallows
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DJI 19.74 15.200 ke 1.30-3 D301 19.74 15.200 . 4.45-8.10 p.m. DJN 31.45 m 9,540 e 4.45-8.15 p.m. DIB .19.7 m 13.290 hc 9 p.m.12.30 a.m.
HOUTH ASIA ZONE South Aala Zane, bruadrom D3D, (19.74 metres) and DIN (31.45 metres).
4.55 p.m. German Palk Kong
Intervention in the American Maric by the Reichswehr,
hemisphere...
FOREIGN TRADE
In the foreign trade field, they will clalm chief credit for an increase of national exports from $1,011,000,000 in 1932 (the last year of Republican
there by force of circumstances. He travelled through large arons of Some when subjected to constructive the Atlantic and Indias Oceans in discipline may become, respected Datel submarine, recording variations citizens.
in the earth's The prison is devoted to
rth's gravity as he went, the From these records he deduced that grim business of taking care of men there are at least two areas on the used to flouting the law and who earth of special Instability—the East have been brought to book, and yehand West Indies. we must look forward to the time
Blood tests for people sus-administration) to over $2,201,000,000 they are turned out"Putted Press,extension of the Himalayas, are pected of drunkenness are last year. This is a gain of over 41 probably still rising. That is the advocated by Dr. H. Kenneth per cent. In three years. They will conclusion which he draws from the, MILKING TO MUSIC ir variations in the earth's V. Soltau, in the British Medical cite as part of the work done to
· FARMERS' COWS LIKE
MUSIC
The East Iniles, which are but an
gravity, as measured in neighbouring Journal.
"If the person in charge could Millions of years hence, he said, this rely on the certainty of the police extension of the Himalayas may be as surgeon tuking a drop of his lofty as the mountains which explor-blood at the time of his urrest, the . London, June 15.
ers now know. Milking to music is the latest In the West Indies a new mountain test carried out in due course at idea for English dairy farmers.
chain may also arise, and as the line central laboratory would be Mr. Harold Green, of Wals-f the West Indies leads directly conclusive evidence sometimes in grave-on-Stowe, in the Midlands, through Trinidad to Venezuely, the the accused's favour," he says,
mainland also may be affected. has installed a 22 guinea radio. gramophone in the cowshed, and he finds that his cows benefit from
it.
-
masses,
miles.
Dr. Soltau has stutlied this method in uso in Sweden, where it has beon in vogue for some years.
promote world trade, the conclusion of a dazen trade packs in which the United States secured nearly 500 concensions In tariff rates, quotas and other trade restrictions. neutrality programme arises from the passage of laws which prevent ship-
prevents loans or credits to such inents of munitions to nations at war, nations and restricts the dealings of individual citizens with those states. These incasures to reduce felction warding nations, ami contact with
Democratic satisfaction withi the
MONETARY WAR
Finally, they
regarded
are
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The other general observation which Professor Meinesz has made in that
A drop of blood is taken from receive considerable popular sup there is an excess of gravity over the
prick on the finger or labe of the car, port on the theory that they severed oceans and a deficiency over the great
and the percentage of alcohol in it lies with belligerents that history land
where common senge Mr. Green says that there is suggests that the force of gravity estimated The presence of 0.26 per had shown were likely to draw a cant, denotes drankenness, 0.15 per neutral into war. With war in pro- always noise from the milking watt be
This discro Interprets S
cent, moderate intoxication, and round gress in Africa, and threatened! In machines which worries the
there about 0.1 per cent. ankes it difficult central Europe and Asia, the Demo- beasts and the
Music men.
the and more general variations from to tell whether the man is "under. crats contend they took ighly charms it all away,
valuable steps in their neutrality equilibrium within the earth. The influence" or not.
to Some people are able
recover action. A radiogram is installed near pleture which he puts forward is that
from the effects of the stalls and the cows listen, of moving currents, far down within very rapidly
alcohol. It is possible for a man' contentedly, to records and radio. the plastic layers of the earth, per-
who lins become habituated to alcohol They go quietly while the music haps extending to a depth of 700 to
to consume in large 805
quantity, commit. is played,
This idea of deep moving currents an offence, and be taken to a police kely to claim credit for devaluation Mr. Green says he gets more has also been favoured by Professor station, where he is examined by the of the dollar and setting milk.
Arthur Holmes, of Dunham Univer police surgeon, and perhaps certified stabilisation fund in order to ruisé It has to be the right music. Cows *ity, from quite another point of hours of his arrest he is seen by his kela and compete with nations who as under the influence. Within two domestic prices, regain foreign mar- are not highbrow, do not appreciate view-int of the distribution cf sic, or any are singing, awing mu rocks over the earth's surface and then doctor, who pronouncer him as tid luken zimilar steps.
dance music, but waltzes, varying temperatures of formation sober. A man who has acquired
Thla monetary programme may be with which they arent ease.
a tolerance for alcohol which their naturce indicate.
also THAY come intoxicated (though on a smaller charply attacked, however, by the Republican, opposition, along with amount) and remain under the inthe neutrality policy and the foreign fluence much longer, thereby making trade programine. Already prominent
conviction much more probable. "The smell of alcohol, in the breath have attacked all these Democratic Republican individuals or groups is quite
compatible with a low pero centage of alcohol in the blood: A stoves. They attacked the stabilisa- man whose breath smells of drink on fund a $2,000,000,000, used "to
in specuinte
foreign may find himself in danger of being secretly they charged the
currencies Demo- arrested, though he has only a very crats "failed to maintain a sound small blood alcohol content.
currency" and they charged that the In Stockholm, every police station tarif policy incans "the home mar- and hospital is supplied with special ket being surrendered to forelga pinettes (for the test) products." They cited an increase Tho. advantages of this test over af imports and 400-500 import con- other methods is that the amount of cessions granted foreign nations In bload required is small-literally only fade pncts. a.drop and it can be kept for some
Italians Propose Statue of Christ for Addis Ababa
A proposal to erect a large statue of Christ in the centre of Addis Ababa to “symbolise the beginning of a new Christian era for Abyssinia" hus been presented to the Italian Govern- ment by the Executive Committee of the Anti-Blasphemy Society, of which King Victor Emmanuel is honorary president.
Xe
In Addis Ababa this month a batch of chained Abyssinian prisoners awaiting execution tried to escape and were mown down by Italian machine-guns. Reports that Abyssinians aro' being shot in batches of 50 by their Italian, executioners are. denied in Rome. --British United Press and Reuters
be-
days if desired' arid sent to a central"} -Debate of foreign issues promises laboratory. The text is thus brought to be lively, even though it may be. within the reach of any person secondary to domcallo isnies during throughout the country.
the election contest-United Press.
2.30 p.m. News and Review.
4.45m, Homething of Everything,
6.23 p.m. Aports Iteview,
8.43 m News and Review. 3 Be
B 1.7.
Concert of Light Musle, News In Kailala.
3.15 p., Groetings to our Listener in
Australis.
8.3 p.m. Concert of Light Music (ron.
tinued),
EAST ASIA ZONE East Alia Zone broadcast through DAQ on 19.03 metro (15,280 k.c.) 1.30-3 p.m. Concert, news at pam.
9.03. p.m. German Polk Bong- 9.10 p.m. Grenting to uur Lialenery In
the "Tar Enst."
9.15 pm, News and Review. 9.30 p.m. ililer Youth: Companero In the Be Youth: Georg Blumenissai. 9,45 p. Sanmin for Cello and Piano by
Haydn.
10 p.m. News and Neview. 10.16 p.m. To-day in Germany, 10 p.m. Dle Bergknappen." 11.45pm. Spurts Review,
· DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
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31.30 esetres
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9,510 k.c.
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11.700 k..
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21.470 k..
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metres 13,97 mutires 19.60 metre 13.560 k.c. 16.64 metres 6.110 .c. 49:10 metres Transmission 1
(..N., 0.3.3.)
12.10 p.m. ig Ten, " Cares Tumbling
After!"
liyde
1.5 p.m. Londant Bernee. No. 4.
Park, by Clough Willams-Ellis, 1.28 p.m. The B.fi.C. Empire Orehesten, 2.10 b.m. The News, and 'Announcementa.
Greenwich Tims Blenal at: 3.15 p.m.
Transmission 2
(0.8.6., 0.5.1.1.
7 pm Rig Ben, Kayin' Heard and hist
Bend, 7.10 p.m. "Englah Humorists," No. Hi
Ilats,” "In
by Harry. Gralum. 7.25 p.m. Munteni Interlude. 7.38 m. The Narbert Wethmar Trio. A path "War Is Dream
Greenwichy Time Signst at 5 p.m.
The News and Announcements, 9,20 p.m. Arthur Salisbury and his Or. Car cheatro, #tom - the. Savoy Hotel,
Lendan.
Transmission 3
(0.9.0, 0.9.F. 0.4.D.)
The following programmes may be inter. rupted for commentaries on the Lawn Tennis Champions from Winckleden.
10 p.m. niz Ren, Gramophone Records. 16.23, p.m." "Living in the Pasii ere, Courtship, and Starvinge," G. JI ..Harrian.
11.55 pin: Musical Interlude,
SONG ALBUM.
BABY TAKE A BOW.
WHEN I GROW UP.
ON THE GOOD SHIP LOLLY POP.
ON ACCOUNT—A I LOVE YOU. LITTLE COLONEL.
OUR LITTLE GIRL.
CURLY TOP.
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.
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In connection with the King's Birthday Parade at Happy Valley to morrow, the public are reminded that unless hey are in their places by 5.15 pm, at the latest they will And it very difficult to gain acces to the ground. His Excellency the Gioventor will be arriving about thal time and the entrances to the ground will be closed.
Chief
Inspector F. E. E. Booker, European Sergeants and Constables, Inspector Fazal Ahmed, Indian and Welhalwel constables.
Mr. Wilson will be in charge of No. 2 Company, comprising Inspee tor W. R. Chester. Woods, Inspector.
Wei- Chiang Jen-yu, Chinese and haiwel constables.
"A company drawn from the Hong- kong Police Reserve will also parade..
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE
Secretaries of the Brit WITHOUT CALOMEL
Hongkong and
Chinu
that accommodation for members will be available in the publle enclosure.
For the Arst Time in the history) of the Colony the Hongkong Pollee Are taking part-In the King's Birth-
Hoview.
Police, represented by two
And You'll Jump Out of Bod Fool ing You Could Push a Bur Over The liver abould pour out two pints of llauid ble into your bowels daily. If this bile ir not flowing fresly your food docan't digest. It Just decays in the bowela, Gan bionts op your lomach, You get constipated. Your whole system is polsoned and you feel sour, sunk and the world looks punk,
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No, 1 Company, with Mr. Cal- the red package throp In command, will comprise
It mm. A Henata Recital by Perry_Rad-
mall (Violin) and Pezay Grum mitt (Pianoforte),
11.30 p.m. The
Brass.
· Northern Ireland land. 11-56 p.m. The News and Announcements,
Greenwich: Time Bignal 12 m
12.4 m. Kipling Reading,