THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1936.
FORMER H.K. NEWSPAPER-WOMAN IN "JAIL" Mary Knight Tells How It Feels To Go To Prison
"I HAVE BEEN IN A JAIL
IN
CHINA"
NEWSPAPER people-men and women-get all sorts of
queer assignments from their Editors.
Miss Mary Knight, Staff Reporter for United Press in Hong- kong for almost a year until her recall to the United States last May, was told to go to prison for a day almost as soon as sho reached her destination.
The following is the story she wrote about it.
By MARY KNIGHT
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Now York, July 13. work they prefer and have a wide I spent this morning in range of choice--from fancy sewing to sedlery mail. Their lipstick and women's prison with the seventy-
powder are taken away when they nine prostitutes whose testimony enter the prism, as they might con- helped to convict "Luckyan narcoties ur poison, but they are Luciano and the gangsters, who allows to bag -und-14, cosmetics fem the commissary. Cigarettes bossed the brothels of Manhat may be bought there, and candy, kamikerchiefs and knick-kuncks are for smile.
tan.
Later today, the mathurit valį begin to telete them, secretly and s few at a time for they will leave the gaol in minent danger, of undere world vengeance, perhaps assassin- tion
They gave evidence against Now York's Vice Lord, now facing a long prison term. And well any they Tear retribution, for the vice trust they helped to smush was powerful: enough to offer an assistant prose." entorn supreme coort judge-ship or $250,000 to sell out the case against Lucina, Testimony AL the trial brought out rath threats against giri witnessen,
Special
Thomas E. posecutor Dewey has no husions alientel The probable future hin star witnesses, but seeint welfare organisations have hopes of helping them to inore_re- spectable positions society. The girls will be urged to return to their hauses and special rniirund rates have been arranged. Most of them are from the States, +
in
ean truthfully say that I would rather be inside looking out thin outside looking in if I were their shoes, not only because of the danger they face, but because of of their the comfort and Jail quarters as comp their past and probable future existence.
CHINESE JAILS.
I have been in Freuch and Chinese Jails, but when it comes to the comforts of home there is no jail I have been like the New York House of Detention for Women.
When I went in this morning asked the matron to "put me through, to give me the "works." 1 didn't actually strip off my clothes, take the compulsory bath or on the three-piece jail semble of unbleached domestic. But I saw how it was done, and there was no bad dazing of the prisoners, not even a harsh word. The matrons are mat- ronly enough; one of them even border on the motherly type,
The cells are spacimis, each with its own window and private lavatory. There is A rug on the for, a table and a wall bef with a ‘rabber-envired mattress. sheets and pillow. The girls are allowed to embroider special | lines if they wish. I sale on such set neatly decorated in blue cross stitch,
BREAKFAST AT 7.30 Breakfast in served at 7:30, an hour- after the rising ball, Limch At 11:45 and dinner comes at 5:30. For the hours of recreation there is an outdoor playground
El 517)
rout where shuffleboard, tennis and volley ball are offered. For musicians There are pianos, for artists there are paints and canvaA. Paintings by In- inates decorate the reerenikin rooms,
Four of the "Luciano girls” were. sitting together in a recreation room, Two of them were amazingly pretty, almost beautiful I had seen them anywhere else I would have thought they were debutantes,
THEY WANT TO STAY
The matrin told me that mony of them do not want to go back home, but prefer to stay here, keep under cover for a while and eventually take. up
old their
profusion. They wouldn't tell me their names, which do nụt matter anyway, because they are changing them, and the nues They use are not their wal ones.
This is a big moment for most of) these girls. Most of them have more. than $200 from their $ a day Tees
witnesses, NA
Several
who were users of narcotics have been cured, And the ones who drink- and most of them do can now get all they want instead of the liquor "rations" given them by Mr. Dewey's men to keep their nerves from going to pieces.
Heiress Is Richer by $150,000
Ann Cooper-Hewitt, helters to the 10-million-dollar estato of Peter Cooper-Hewitt, has been awarded $150,000 by the company bonding her mother, Mrs. Maryon Cooper-Hewitt. It was announced in Enn Francisco Meanwhile, trial of two doctors accused of mayhem in connection with the sterilization of the girl has been postponed.
"THAT IS THE ROOM IN WHICH
I WAS MURDERED" Bride's Amazing Statement
DR. CANNON'S NEW BOOK ON
"POWERS OF KARMA"
DR. ALEXANDER CANNON, student of the occult and former Hongkong University lecturer, is a firm believer in the an- cient rites and ceremonies of the East,
RADIO BROADCAST
Vocal and Instrumental Recital from Studio
RELAYS FROM DAVENTRY
4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.
7. p.m. A Relay from Daventry. Big Ben: England v. All-India. A cominentary by Howard Marshall on the second Test Match. From Old Trafford, Manchester.
7.15 p.m. Russinn Melodies. Tasen-Waltz (arr. Schwartz): Broken Life Waltz (arr. Schwartz) ....Russian Novelty Orchestra; Pro- lude Stav: From Sunrise to Sunset; Beautiful Moon: Along the Petrograd Road and Bake no Briad.........Russian Vagabonds,
7.25 p.m.
From the Studio.
A Jazz Plano Recital by Pamping Vila.
Programme.
1. Chinatown, my Chinatown; 2. 1 found a Dream; 3. On Treasure Island; 4. Sophisticated Lady: 6. Rose Marte; 6. My Sweet; 7. Dinah. 7:45 p.m. "I'll see you ("tter Sweet!) (Coward) sung by Peggy Wood and George Metaxa.
7.50 p.m. From the Studio, "New Books worth Rending" by D.E.A.
p.in. Tline, weather, Stock Quo- tallons and Announcements.
8.05 p.m. Nelson Eddy (Bari- tone), Fritz Kreisfer (Violin).
1. Songs-When I grow too old to dream; I'm falling in love with someone; 2. Violin Solos-Jata (da Falla: Serenade Espagnol (Spanish Serenade) (Glazdunov, arr. Kreisler): 3. Songs--Ahl Sweet Mystery of Life. Auf Wiedersehen.
8.25 p.m. A Relay from Daven- try.
England v. All-India. A commen- lary on the second Test Match by Howard Marshall. From Old Traf- ford, Manchester.
8.35 p.m. Excerpts from Operas by Creatore's Bond,
(Verdi);
Selection Traviata - Selection-Pagliacci (Leoncavallo); Selection Cavalleria
(Mascagni).
9 p.m.
Daventry
and Announcements.
Rusticana
News Bulletin
9.20 p.m. From the Studio,
A Concert by Doris Blair (So- prano). Mme. Eville (lanoforte). M. Evelic (Violin).
Programme.
....
1. Songs Voi Che Sapete "Nozze Deh Vieni non tarde di Figaro." (Mozart)
Doris Blair; 2. Plano- He is now a Harley Street mental specialist. He was on the forte Solo-Papillons Schumann. Ame. Eville; 3. Songe-Air do L.C.C. mental hospitals staff, but resigned last year. The story Louisé
.... Charpentler. Air du ..Doris of his life was told in the Hongkong "Telegraph" last week. Dr.Rossignol....Saint-Saens .... There were 498 imates of the Cannon tells some uncanny stories, which he claims have all been Blair; 4. Violin Solos-Berceuse
Faure. Etudo...
Mme. Scriabine prison to-day, most of them "delin-i
authenticated.
Eville; 5. Songs My Lovely Celin quents" and far worse off than the
An Englishman investigated the........Munn. A Pastoral arr. Lane Luciano trial witnesses, More than MANY people on visiting a half-were-Negrees and two-thirds --place-for-the-first-time-have story and discovered that in the town Wilson.
and at the address givinTM by the child" were under treatment for sucial dis-experienced a feeling that the lived a widower whose wife find died The girls are asked what kind of gases. Those under treatment wear
brown dresses, those whose health new scenes are quite familiar to records are clear wear white, and them.
HONGKONG
CENSORS
SHOULD
DO THIS
נ'
Dy "Telegraph" Film Correspondent
MYSTERY invariably sur
those who are to be released within Dr. Cannon suggests that this the next twenty-four hours wour experience is a demonstration of brown and white checked model.
reincarnation..
I have seen a lot of misery in a
lot of countries besides this one. I
10 p.m. A Relay from Daven-
on the date the child stated, and that try. every incident concerning the mar rig life of the man and the woman who had died as stated by the child was correct.
The strangest coincidence of all Here is one story which he was that the woman had died nine have seen how women are punished tells in his latest book "The Power; months before the birth of the child, for getting the straight and of Karma", just published in! narrow. But I haven't Bech niany places where I'd rather go for a few London.
years' visit if I'll just been convicted of a crime.
THE QUEEN MARY
FOG AND HEAD WINDS PREVENT RECORD
London, July 27. The Cunard-White Star liner Queen
A young lawyer of Budapest had recently married and set off for his honeymoon trip along the| Danube. The bride had never visited, the locality. But, arriv ing at Passu, where they changed steamers, she displayed consider- able uneasiness and declared that every scene was familiar.
LOST KEYS
Speed-Up On Far East
Air Lines
AUSTRALIA'S PLAN
Commentaries by Captain H. B. T. Wakelam and Colonel R. H. Brand, on the Davis Cup Challenge Round. from Wimbledon, and by Howard. Marshall on the second Test Match, from Old Trafford, Manchester.
10.15 p.m. "Foreign Affairs," by Sir Frederick Whyte, K.C.B.), l.
10.30 pm. Commentaries (cont'd.) (as above).
10.45 p.m. Dance Musle. 11 p.m. Close Down.
ZEESEN PROGRAMMES
Special
Fer for programmes
Kaplern Histeners will be trendleast from Zerren follows 1
DJT 1.74 m 19.200 ke 1.36-* R.M. VJB 19,74 m 1,200 ke 4.47-0.35 p.m. 31.45 m. 8.540 ke 4.45-8.15 p.m. 19.74m 15.100 ke p.m.-12-30 ..
SOUTH ASIA ZONE
DJN
DJB
South
Asia Zeno roadrant from general (18.74 metros) and DJN (31.46 metres),
rounds the work of the film censors in Hongkong,
In conjunction with 13 As they proceeded further, she speed-up of air services throughout owing to their refusal to Mary made a notable crossing of the described the curious landscape, the Far East next year, the Austra supply newspapers with the Atlantic despite heavy head winds and even the meadows hidden lan Government is planning to organise ' dally high speed air ser- names of films that have for were encountered throughout from view by the hills,
exists in
throughout the voyage while belts of
Saturday and necessitated redaction speed and continuous use of her airen.
An announcement made at the hend offices of the Company states: "The Queen Mary passed Ambrose Light at 4.23 a.m., .M.T
been prohibited or cut.
No such secrecy Singapore.
Names of films that have been censored are published periodic ally in the Government Gazette. of 3,098 miles from Cherbourg break-
Here in the latest list of pic Lures banned from the Singapore
years.
4.56 p.m. Germen Polk Bong.
..
Hitler Youth Programma I
2.15 pm. Elisabeth Blacholf plays
Vielle Hanala in D.
.10 p.m. News and Review in English. 4.45 pm. Cheerful Chorusks,
DJD
the
4,15 p.m. Famous Musicians: Carl Dittmer. with ITarpsichord. A Thema Variation In B-fat malor by Handel: Prelude and Fugue Fiebig.
5.43 p.m. News and Economic Review in
Gerinen. : p.m.
Concert of Light Marie, News In English. * p.m. 3.15 p.m. Greetings to our Listener
New Zealand.
8.20 p.m.
Littl German A.B.C.
מן
Broadcasing
1.35 pm. Concert of Light Malc
(con.
She told of a castle some dis- vice, linking the six capitals of the tance away, describing the place Commonwealth and carrying all first accurately, and in order to calm class oils without surcharge.
The new high-speed services will be his bride the husband made in-timed to link up with arrival of mails quiries. The castle existed ex- from Europe and Hongkong, and will actly as the girl had described, co-operate with Imperial Airways' and the pair visited.
feet of giant flying-boats which are She had covered the total distance
The bride was able to guide the to be placed on the Far East roule water to Ambrose Light in four days him that in a certain part was a
caretaker round the place, and told shortly.
Expenditure of a further £100,000 eight hours 37 minutes, at an average room which had remained lockest for on the improvement of aerodromes screens:
speed of 29.01 knots.
for the scheme is expected to be in-
tinted). "Les Yeux Mysterieux" (Egyptian
EAST ASIA ZONE- "From noon, ship's time yesterday, The caretaker admitted the exist- cluded in the Federal estimates for
East Asia Zoo bromicant through DJQ on m):
until she passed Ambrose Light sho ence of the room, but declared that 1934-37. The First World War" (Fox); travelled three hundred and ninety the keys had been lost.
Cabinet tentatively adopted the 19.68 metros 116,250 k.e.) 1.30-8 pm. Concert,
news at 5 pm "Tough Guy". (M.G.M.);
at an average speed od 20.14 The bride, however, was able to plan last year, and allocated £100,000
9.05 m. German Folk Bong.. "Never Too Late" (Universal); knots,
tell him where, the keys were hidden as a first Instalment for the equip. "Inws of the Jungle":
Cunard-White Star would make no and they were found as she had ping of aerodromes with night flying "Robin Hood of El Dorado"; official comment on the run this, said.
apparatus and other improvements. (M.G.M.);
morning, and would neither confirm'). On entering the room she ex-1.
£250,000 "Woman Trap"; (Paramount); deny whether any record had been claimed, "There are two bodies in It is now regarded as inevitable "Walking Dead" (Warner); broken.
there." The skeletons of two people that the Federal Government will "Mary Berns, Fugitive"; (Para- trip compares as follows with were found in the room, and by thengree to co-operate in the British mount);
the
maiden voyage and recoril trip of site of one, a rusty dagger.
Government's service with flying "Show Them No Mercy." (Fox); the Normandie, which established the
"It is the room in which I was boats from London to Sydney and the Singapore's authorities also record.
murdered," she exclaimed, and then necessity for a speedier internal sur atate the reason for banning. Normandie travelled 2,971 miles) fainted.
vice to link with this scheme is re- "The First World War", which from Bishop's Rock, to Ambroke } Dr. Cannon anys: "It is scarcely
cognised by the Government. was screened in Hongkong with Light, in four days three hours necessary to add that the medicul out deletions, was banned-because minutes. There was a tragic episode
miles
пог
it was too "political", "Tough an Queen Mary approached Ambrose
Light-British Wireles.
Record Not Broken
New York, July 27.
men
SCHEME
5.10 p.m. Greetings to our Listeners in the Dutch East Indies. 9.15 p.m. News and Haview In German. 1.30 p.m. Aboard the Rtherbys through
Germany,
10, p.m., News and Economie Review In
English on DJN. 10.13 p.m. Te-day in Germany. 10.30 p.m.
Among the Lakes and Woods of Brandenburg.
11. p.m. Ellabeth Blachtaff will play the
Violin Sonate in D.
11.30 p.m. German Mariéru.
DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
The followng www.tengile and frequencies
Frequency Wavelength
$,500 k.. 49.5 metres 1,510 h.c.
31.5 metres B.Sc. 31.10 metree 11,750 k.. 28.03 martte 11.945 Le. 25.38 matres
Blen
GRA GST
GRC
OBD
GBR
GBG GOR
16.140 37.790
13.82 metro
.
11.00 metres
21,470 k.c
13.97
matree
GAL
16,24) X.e. 21,500 k. 15,00
19.68
metres
malies
4.1.c. 4.30 metres
Transmission 1.
(OS.N., 0.8.D.)
The inter-capital scheme was pro- (who attended the bride in
poned by the Post Office, and is estim int to involve capital expenditure ofre observed by Daventry. hospiinl) were quite unable to ac count for the phenomenon."
£250,000. The annual cost of air scre Guy," "Never Too Late" (serinl),
CHILD'S "PAST LIFE"
down at £150,000 vice contracts is "Woman Trup", "Mary Burns,
Dr. Cannon tolls of a child of eight and the additional annual expenditure Fugitive" and "Show Them No Mercy" were banned bernime they the Queen Mary's time from Cher strange stories of her past life, how
Sir Edgar Britten announced that years living near Delhi. The girl by the Civil Aviation Branch would
from the Lote she could speak, told be about £25,000,
The Post Ofice suggests that the depicted gangsters and excessive bourg to Ambrose Light was four she was the wife of a certain man intor-capital air mail should first be gun-play. "Robin Hood of El days, oight hours and 37 minutes, living at an address which she gave established and carry malls at the Dorado" was banned because it, which is three hours and five minutes in n town many miles away, depicted "excessive gun-play and less than the Normandie's time
for
She declared that she had died present 26. rale for about a year.
A fleet of multi-engined neruplanes, on a certain date, and had left i with a cruising speed of 160 miles an slaughter". "Jaws of the Jungle" the longer route from Southampton.
sorrowing relativen, whom she hour, is envisaged in the plan. was "most gruesome" because it The Queen Mary's average speed was
named.
The Journey from Brisbane to and 29.01 knots, compared with the Nor
"Neither the man whose name | Perth would be flown in two days, Les Yeux Mysterieux.. Was Thus-the-French-liner's record-to--she-gave_ner_the_town_was known bringing Hongkong within four days. "gruosome."
mains unbroken--Reuter,
of the western cápital. -
deplated human sacrifices
mandle's speed of 20.04 knots.
to the child's parents."
1.15 p. 11. The 1.3.C. Danes
Orchest -1.50p.m.!!Pithead. Sincias1-
Mankger's Tale."
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2. p.m.
A Recital of Beata "Songs. 2.10 p.m. Davis Cop Challenge, Raundi 2.55 .m. The News and Announcements,
Greenwich Time Signal at 3 pm
Transmission 2
(G.9.0.. (4.8,IL)
* ..
Den. England v. All-India. 7.10 p.m. The New Victoria Cinema. Ore
chestra,
7.45 p.m. A Rohale Iterijal,"
8:25 pm England ♥: All-India.
#.38 p.m. A Polk-Rong Recital.
Greenwich Time. Blana! at 9 p.m.
3. p.m. The News and Announcementa.
9.30 p.m. The Birmingham Theatre Royal
Orchreira.
9.30 p.m. Commentaries by Captain H. B.
T. Wekelam and Colonel R. B
10.18
CHEVROLET
Manchester.
m. "Foreign Affula" 20.30 p.m.
Commentaries. (cont'd),
11.45 km. The News and Announcements.
Greenwich Time Signal st 12'a.m. 12.15. The Vario Trie,
Kill Kidney
Trouble Quick
Throatode of
mufferer front
Kidney
trouble and Fischter weaknews have stopped Brand of the Bavia Cup Challence Getting Up Niable, Leg Palna, HervODEDEED, Round, from Wimbledon, and by
Lora of
Howard Marshall on the second humalam, Dixliness, Lumbar Darnto Test Match, fran Old Tenderd, itching. Smarting. Acidly and Manchester,
Vigour by Doctor's new discovery, called Cystix (Biantax). Gently soothes, tones. Transmission 3
| cleans, "kift - heaks, raw sore kidneys. In IB Ţininulém Cystex - starts purifying your blood. (G.B.G., (1.5.P., -G.S.D.)
Brloge, new health, youth and. Thalliy · In 18 Commentaries by Captain FF. n.
T. Wakelam and Calanal #1. 11. höyry. Garkoseed in and your troubles in B Brand on the Davis Cap Challenge days or money back. Get Cyien at all Hound, from Wimbledon, and by exemiata Howard Marshall_on_the_second Loun Text Match, from Old Trafford,
10 p.m.