THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1936.
Mrs. X' In Baby Race Tells All NEW MOTOR
AGE 24, CLAIMS
TEN CHILDREN,
WANTS DIVORCE
(BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT).
Toronto, Oct. 1.
Mysterious "Mrs. X," the latest dark horse entrant in Toronto's £100,000 "Stork Marathon," to-day revealed herself as Mrs. Pauline Clarke.
She has braved gossip to try to win the prize for bearing the greatest number of children during the past ten years.
She said. to me "It is all a gamble. I am gambling a lot now out in the open, giving people a chance to gossip, but I think lawyer Charles Vance Millar, who started this race, liked a gamble too. That's why he made such a will."
Mrs. Clarke, red-haired, pret.
ty, and only 24 years old, has
had ten children in the past ten years.
At present she ties for first place with Mrs. Nagle, Mrs. Timieck, and Mrs. Kenny.
Mrs. Chrke looks like a well- groomed college girl. She
simply.
WHY NOT?
dressen
"I had never thought of entering « claim for this murathan," she said. "but when my twin boys were horn in July my doctor said, "What's the matter with you? Why don't you: enter for the stork Derby?'t rea lised it would cause a lot of talk and bitterness, but then I thought "Well, I've never been afraid of talk, and
I'm not afraid now,"
"I went ahead. I asked them to
call me 'Mrs. X but now I have decided to come out in the open. It
will all come out sooner or inter any Why."
Mrs. Clarite, an orphan, married a 10-year-old railway worker at the age of 13. Two years ago she fell in love with another man, but she could not afford a diy
divorce.
"I would rather not tell his name.
57 OIL
WAR 'PLANES
IN GERMANY
GERMANY'S Air Force
already has at least 57 airplanes powered by Diesel engines. Many of the Ger- an Lufthansa air liners have similar engines.
Diesel-engined bombers could reach any European capital without landing on the way to refuel.
Oll fuel is practicafly Are-proof and drives an engine far longer than corresponding weight of petrol,
It's been hard enough, as it is, and, NON-STOP
after all, I love him.
"At Orst we thought my divorce would come through and we would be married, but my husband did not go through with it. And I didn't have the money, so we just went along and kept hoping.
"It hasn't been fun, I tell you, There were friends we could not see, any more, but we thought being ta- Eether more important than anything
elsc.
“IF I WIN”
"If I win this prize, the first thing I will do will be to establish a trust for my children. I would like them to be independent when they grow up, and to have a chance to do the things I have wanted to do.
"Then I would like to buy a ̧ nicel
home.
"Most of all, I want that divorce so that we can hold up our heads Renin
"There are lots of things I would like to do if 1 should win, but I
An all-metal Germán Junkers air; liner has just cruised non-stop from Dessau, Germany, to Bathurst, British West Africa,
It averaged just under 209 m.ph. over the 3,750 miles, landing 18 hours after leaving Dessau,
It is Germany's Intest triumph with heavy-all airplane engines.
When the 'plane landed Its banks still held many gallons of ell fuel, Its two special 600 h,p, motors had run faultlessly throughout the high-speed cruise.
German engineers believe they can run regular Transatlantie plase per- vices on their new heavy-cil engines,
Existing world's long distance record is held by a petrol-driven Plane-about, 5,500 miles. Practic- record bids for ally all distance Atlantic flights, however, have ended in forced landings through petrol ex- haustion.
have learned never to count thing LOAD DANGER- until they lippen. It's all a gamble, and anybody who gambles should. not be afraid to lose."
"He must have been a funny duck, that Mr. Milfar; it's too bad he couldn't live to see all the excllement he stirred up."
They have also started with dun-| gerously overloaded planes.
RAYS TO REPLACE RADIUM
LINER ARRIVES
LEFT.---Mr. K. Watenabe, local manager of the NY.K. Line, with Captain T. frobe, commander of the Akagl Maru, on the bridge of the Akagi Maru on the occasion of the recep- Uon held aboard the vessel, shown above, on Friday to cele- brate her maiden voyage to Hongkong. The vessel is one of a fleet of five which will comprise the Japan-North Europe Line.
U.S. COLONISATION OF PACIFIC ISLANDS WILL MEET OPPOSITION
San Francisco, Oct. 10.
Any further attempt by the United States at annexation and colonization of islands in the Southern Pacific are likely to pre- cipitato international incidents, according to numerous advices received in shipping circles here.
While it is how regarded certain that no dispute will arise with England relative to the colonisation of Jurvis, Baker and Howland islands that are to serve as bases for an aviation service between the United States, New Zealand and possibly Australia, adviccs received here show that all other islands are now being carefully watched not only by England, but by New Zealand and Australia as well.
ever
Advices Just received here an thein hove
been culonized. nounce that two New Zealand patrol Howland, Jarvis and Baker Islands boats have just been aighted off with a few schoolboys from Hono- Christmas Island. The news has tulu, has, it is declared, awakened
here as the fest been interpreted
all of the Pacific powers to the
pubile knowledge that the British necessity of taking more serious government might be starting an steps to establishing their claims lo investigation of American coloniza-islands than merely asserting that tion plans as well as a round-up they belong to them. survey of the hundreds if not thou- sauds of other small islands in the
Japan, for example, has thounds
Pacific that heretofore have not of such islands in the Pacific, the even been regarded as worth visit-bulk of which still remain un- ing but which with the sudden deve inhabited but which might be easily lopment of Pacific aviation might colonized for any eventual use she at any moment become potential might want to make of them,
aviation buses,
IN the heart of a fortress of insulated bricks, a million-volt machine has been built at the X-ray department of St. Interested Bartholomew's Hospital. London.
new by
High-voltage X-rays of un- The German believe they can put precedented power will soon be treatment, 000 miles cruising range into a applied in cancer heavy-oil engled "plane and still and specialists are eagerly
The appearance of the two New dots have been claimed more or less Island,
While most of these little island Zealand patrol boats off Christmas Wi almost simullaneous one or another of the powers with the visit of the British Cruiser In the Pacific, none of Wellington at Jarvis island. While the latter visit was carried out in a strictly official manner notice is be fingTMgiven ̈lu” advance" "that "the visit would be one of pure courtesy, and same spirit, expert authorities here the call itself taking place f
the.
U.S. Lines Open Bids
To Build New Vessel
declare that it is significant of the interest that Great Britain and her dominions is suddenly taking in the possible colonization of islets in the Pacific.
New York, Oct. 10. The United States Lines opened is yesterday for construction of a passenger liner of the same size aE the Manhattan and the Washington, Further notice has also been re- ace ships of the U. S. merchant feet,ceived here that in the eventual ex- tension of an American air line to- A bid of $12,005,000 for a duplicate wards Australia, the American con- of the Washington was received from tract will go no farther than New the New Yorit Shipbuilding Corpo- Zealand. The final Inp from New ralian, Camden, N. J. The same Zealand to Australla, it has been new fleld of research In the company submitted a bid of $13,005, announced, will go elther to an Aug-
000 for a similar boat with improvedtralian or a New Zealand concern. engines.
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RAF. or on the air lines.
tive powers of radium. Appointment of special commis- Some experimental engines have sloners in London and Paris. to buy been bullt, but our engineers have thoroughbred horses to Improve found this type of engine too heavy, horse-breeding in Japan was
A 400 hp, oil engine weighs nearly nounced to-day by the Japanese 1.000 lbs. Petral engines are now Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. built welghinit practically 1 lb. per
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