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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER
1936.
"BACHELOR FILM STAR'S
Shirley Catches
Salmon
SECRET WEDDING
Victoria, (B.C.), Sept. 21. SEVEN-YEARS-OLD Shirley
Girl Who
Inspired Fight to
Fame
86-STOREY
JUMP
Now York, Sept. 15. DOGERT ERSKINE, of Bronx-
alouted, "go long
folks," and Jumped to-day from the 80th flour of New York's Empire State building, the high- est building in the world.
the He made his leap from
fell observation platform, and
feet inlo .1.000
busy Firth
Templo has caught her:
Hollywood, Sept. 21. first salmon-an 11-pounder
IKE a Olm theme is the story of while fishing at Vancouver the romance just revealed by Island during a holiday visit. the announcement five months after
Avenue. She explained, in true fisherman their secret wedding of Ran- style when displaying her catch, that dolph Scott, Hollywood's "confirmed star, and Mrs. the one which got away was much bachelor" screen
du Pont, Somerville, д larger extending her arms to their Marlono full length to indiente its size,
member of one of the world's rich- est familles.
During her stay on the Island, Shirley received an Invitation from the Chief of the Squamish tribe to become one of their princessca.
To her disgust she has had to re- turn to Hollywood before arrange- her ments could be completed for ennoblement.
"Soviet's 5,000, 'Planes A Year"
Bre
They knew one another na child- ren, but Scott hund to win famé and fortune before aspiring to the hand of Mariona du Pant who mean- while married Thomas Somerville.
Scott left Virginia University as a star footballer for Hollywood, where In the course of years he played in many Western hims. But stardom still loomed far ahead,
I swan
the first case of a the street, others having struck parapels in their death fall.
suicide falling into
JOAN CRAWFORD
FOR ENGLISH
STAGE
Hollywood, Sept. 21. JOAN CRAWFORD is
One day someone remembered Scoll's prowess at football when a leading man was wanted for "Robertn," which tells the story. of
going to make her football star. Sentt emerged from
stage debut in provincial the film with fame and fortune: he
atarred
theatres in England in "So Red the Rose" and "Follow the Flect."
פריזר
And last spring he went home
"Yes, I think it's all set," she said "I have been wanting
to Montpeller and asked his eliit- 10-day,
hood playmato marry him; she to go on the stuge
and her husband were divorced, Franchot
a long time. (Franchot Tone, her and I have thought of
in
Paris, Sept. 21. "At least 5,000 aeroplanes being built annually in Kits,
It was on March 23 that the husband) where 200,000 specialised
couple silpped off to Charlotte, all sorts of ways and places. Now workers are working day and night to make:
South Carolina, and were married we have decided. at the home of a friend. the Soviet Republie the world's
Mrs. Scott is the air force and builder of nero- greatest
owner, of a planes,"
it is declared in a report by finous racing stable. She was a M. Louis Breguet, the French air member of a syndicate which bought expert, on behalf of the French Benhelm for £30,000 from the Aga Government aeronautie mission which Khan. has just returned from Moscow,
"With ten times more workers, than in France," he continues, "Russia is building 20 times more aeroplanes than France. Russian aircraft and motor Factorles Arc working three eight-hour shifts daily, Factory No. 2, with 25.-
"Leslie Howard interested me the Idea of going to England for my first attempt behind the footlights. I will probably make mistakes, but if the audiences can put up with me I know I shall learn in time."
P. AND O. PRECEDENT IN
TRANSFER OF SKIPPERS
000 workers, turns out four bi-, AN interesting precedent, which may have far-reaching
motor bombers capable of two miles
a minute dally.
effects in the huge Inchcape group of liners, is the "The Niini Novgorod plant bullds transfer of two former P. and O. Branch Line captains
ave pursuit planes daily. Twenty
and 21-tone quadri-motors are being to the first two of the five new 11,000-ton liners which built in series. Russia is fast becom- will replace the scrapped vessels of the old P. and 0.
ing the world's greatest air force and
builder of neroplanes."--United Press. Branch service..
PLAN TO NAME NEW STREET
AFTER CHARLIE CHAPLIN NAMES proposed for street Worth old boy," at the oldest of the
Hanweil, Middlesex, are:
Chaplin-circus; Last-fano; Abbolts-avenue; and Holmes-way.
on
These names would be in memory of old-scholars and officials of the Cuckoo Schools, which stood on the site:
Mr. Charles Chaplin;
Mr. William Lost;
Mr. Walter Abbott; and
Mr. Harry Holmes,
Mr. "Bill" Lost,
The lines in the group in the
Australian trade include the P.
and O. Mail line, Orient line, Union S.S..Co., Eastern and line, Australian
the local
A.U.S.N. Co., the New Zealand
sa first pupil in the schools Shipping Co., and the Federal Lost was a when they moved from Norwood Hanwell in 1853. He was lost by Steam Navigation Co.
to
his parents at the Grent Exhibition The five vessels are being built for in Hyde Park in 1851, and got his the Federal Steam Navigation Co., it He was was reported and the two name because he was lost, handed over to the City of London skippers appointed to supervise the Guardians and adopted by them. En-construction of the first two-liners. tered in the books ns "dost," he be- the new fleet are Captain J. N. Sheep- wash and Captain F. N. Wyatt, both came, and has remained Lost.
long-service P. and O. Branch Line
Mr. Walter Abbott was superin- | mçn. tendent-storekeeper at the schools for a generation.
Mr. Chaplin, with his brother Sidney, became a pupil at the school Mr. Harry Holmes was lodge 33 years ago. On his last visit to keeper for 38 years, officially received London Mr. Chaplly entertained the all the boys, and once boasted that scholars and gave them 红 cinema be remembered every one of them equipment.
by name.
This is said to be the first occasion since the formation of the Inchcape transfer of the Group Lines of a executive personnel of any one com- pany saliing out of Britain to the ships of another feet in the organisa- tion.
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·PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
The total Expenditure In 1938 on behalf of sick and destitute children is estimated at $22,000, against which the Income to date is $20,000 only.
In order to continue ila work, the Society asics for the balance of
$2,000
before the close of the financial year on 31st October,
Hon. Treasurers:
Mr. A. MCKELLAR, C.Aku
c/o Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.,
P. & O. Building.
Mr. KWOK CITAN,
c/o Banque do L'Indo Chine,
Hongkong.
September 18, 1930.