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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1936.
"ACE" FLYER ANCHORED BY RED TAPE Swain, Stratosphere Hero, Not To Make Second Altitude Record Bi
HAS
TO ATTEMPT NEW HIGH RECORD
RECAUSE HE
BEEN PROMOTED
Risked His Life To Make Glory For Somebody Else
By An Air Coorrespondent.
AFTER risking his life "to blaze a trail to the stratos- phere," Squadron Leader F. R. D. Swain is to be deprived of his chance to make the most spectacular altitude flight in flying history.
The flight will be governed by dala he prepared, in a machine) perfected on details supplied in hla altitude record fight.
But he will not be in the machine: and the reason is—| red tape.
Everybody machuted with Hying expect the second attempt on the alratosphere to be "overwhelmingly successful."
And it will be mainly the result of Squadron Lentler Swain'a plonger
work.
Wanted To Be A Warbird
Like England, Austria is having a recruiting "drive" to bring its ite- fence forces up to sirength. Much
as they dislike discouraging keenness, Royal Australion Air Force officials have just had to reject one applies-
tian.
The
Iis agonising battle against danger
would-be fightlog pilot was and death in his record flight did not stop him from presenting a report of young, enthusiastic, medleally, M. such clarity that already many dim-and and already done a existdurable Only one thing: cult technical problems kave been amount of flying.
WIN! wrong the applicant WTOR IN
overcome.
The offelul reason why Swain will not pruft by them himself when the recard is broken
They made him squadron teader In June and now fie la due to be
"pasted" somewhere.
THE BEST MAN
girl.
Protests, tears and the citation of! Russia's and Spain's amazonu were tavaline. She is still a civilian, says Austral Neck,
One young woman has, tuwever, been connected with The R.A.A.F. alnce 1933. She is a raiber of the
On grounds of effeleney, divorced wireless reserve, an auxiliary body.
from Kentiment, Swain is the best man of the moment.
Flight Lieutenant M. J. Adam, who has been selected for the next-n1- tempt. Is n fine young man, a brit- lant plint, who will no doubl greatly ødd to'plar knowledge in the exhause Uve experiments, which pre mate ai 50,000 feet and more
to be
But Swain has the experience.
by Just few feet.
The fault was not his
It was believed thist the umeline could reach 51,000 feet in 63 mloutes. Probably if will now— because of Swain.
Now he will not get that next shot, But one good thing may result.
The Air Ministry may be forced to
He falled to "rezeli 50,000 feel lchange its altitude.
A
To Decide
Plebiscite To
H
If Otto
Is To Be King
SCHUSCHNIGG
SURPRISE
Vienna, Nov. 1. JERR VON SCHUSCHNIGG, the Austrian Chancellor, who has long considered the restoration of twenty- three-year-old Archduke Otto to the Hapsburg throne, made a surprise statement to-night.
He said that Austria would hold a plebiscite on the monarchy "at the proper time," and repudiated reports that he had promised Germany not to permit u restoration of the Hapsburgs.
Dr. Schuschnigg, in making Government's disappointment with his declaration to the Father the pact made with Hitler In July.
NEW MILITIA CHIEF land Front, the Austrian putrio- Dr. Schuschnigg announced the tic association, said:
resignation of Major Barenfels from Anolution of the monarchist the post of commander-in-chief of problem is a purely internal affair. the militia. Field-Marshal Ludwig Gwynne Johns, 20-year-old There is no place for any foreign Hulgerth has been given the post- fronmonger's clerk in Aberystwyth, Interference. It is a question to be Reuter.
Exiled at the age of seven, Otto, by the people of Wales, is making preparations for decided only
has been brought up by his mother, a new work record parachute drap.]
ex-Empress Zita, to the idea that He intends to ascend 20,000 feet,
"NOT UN-GERMAN" and fall 18,000 feet before releasing "Monarchist propaganda and the one day he will return to Vienna as his parachute.
monarchist movement will be allow-kets.
At Strenockerzeet Castle, in Bel- ed within the Fatherland front, but; not as a special movement outsidem, where mother and son have lived for the past six years, the the Fatherland front.
Soviet Funds For Spain
Moscow, Nov. 11. The newspapers publish a report of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, according to which the collection of funds in aid of the women and children of Republican Spain by the tours of the USSR. ave by the 11th, of October over 20 million roubles, Including 14 million roubles reported by the 2nd, of Octo- ber.
Austria.
were
"It is a lie to say that the Haps- atmosphere of a regal Court has been bargs
un-German, and a maintained. Otto has been treated monstrosity to say that they be as if he were already crowned. trayed the country.
"A section of the Austrian people are in favour of a restoration because they expect Improved conditions from it. The question can only be settled by n pirbiselle.".
the
Nazi Germany's hatred of Hapsburgs in well known, and to
MARION DAVIES
night's declaration may be regarded BRIDESMAID
na an expression
the nt
Austrian
"WHAT STARS FORETELL"
The fourth steamer is enving Odessa on the 11th, of October, carry- Ing about 2,500 tons of foodstuffs purchased with the funds collected. HIGH COURT RULING Besides, the Trade Untons have ordered from Moscow and Leningrad clothing factories 27 thousand warr outfits for the children of the Spanish toilers-TRA.
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APPEAL ON
IN A LITTLE WELSH CHURCH
Cowbridge, Nov., 8. IN a countryside of Hulle økt
colourwashed cottages, that- chel roofs and brackenbronzed hedgerowa, Hollywood had a wet- ding to-day.
Neither event nor background could have chosen a better con-
The question whether the contents of it article in a London Sunday newspaper headded "What the Stars) Foretel" came within the mischter trast to show off its own delights. Mr. Willium Randolph Hearst, of Section 4 of the Varrancy Act. 1824. was discussed before Lord, fabulously rich American newspaper Bewart and Justices du Parey and proprietor, was host at the wedding Goddard.
King's Bench at handsome Harry Crocker, one of
his Hollywood publishers, to Divisional Court recently.
Elizabeth quisitely Pretty English Jenns.
R.
Mr. the
(X-
The article was written by Mr. C. Naylor in the Sunday Ex-
Two fairy stories had been com- St. uress, and nainst him a summons bined to lead Miss Jenna to had been issued by
Maurler Donnt's castle. With these and Mr. "Psychle tearst an fairy sodfather, Marion Barbonell, editor of Neus, alleging that he was "n person Davies as bridesmaid, it needed only who pretended or professed to tell an Ogre of a wind which whipped the tests Paris clothes and Bond- street coiffures into tangles to make a complete fantasy.
fortunes.
A magistrate at the Mansion House dismissed the summons, having come to the conclusion that the matter in question was too vague and general in character to constitute an offence against the Act. This decision the Court upheld.
Glibert Beyfus, K.C.. for Mr.
te 19th, sold that the case was one!
af first impression, and not sus reptible of
much
armument. He asked the Court to hold that the mugistrate was wrong.
du
asked Paren Mr. Mr. Justice whether anybody had ever been pro- secuted for forecasting-the winner of a horse-race?
Mr. Beytus said he did not think 50. He explained that Mr. Naylor purported, by astrolory, to tell the tortunes of people whose birthdays he enumerated.
TRANSFORMATION
At three o'clock a slender blonde in a short-sleeved blue blouse and navy blue trousers sat racing her fance before a cracking pyramid of
the castle. logs
Firl-sized At half-past four. dandelfon "clock" with starry eyes and a delicate nose peeping from it, floated through one of the old onk duors into the courtyards.
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a
A Bimousine rescued her from the tenring arms
Oore and of the bumbed her down the steen. Jenty 10 the eleventh-century lanes church.
There was room for sixty guests sounshed in the little gem of church. This allowed at the back for eight villane, women. two men "He tells them," said Counsel, and a child. Miss Wild. the village "what may be their fortunes in organist and the man who pumped Anance or love affairs, which I sug- the organ all the time.
"THE ROAD TO AMBITION"
stock-in-trade of the Rest is the ordinary fortune-teller, For in-
CLASPING OF HANDS
the
and
stance he tells people. born about a The other three parts of particular time, that the ambitious church contained suave men 'go-getter' will whizz along the road] women all so perfec'iy made un to ambition." (Laughter.)
that it was impossible to tell which Quoting from the article Mr. Alm star, and which director's wife Beyfus said that one pasauge in- was which. cluded n birthday prediction which
Into these two worlds walked the ran: "The arrows of fate will whizz link a sweet. blushing bride on the past your head this year." (Laugh- ter:)
The article predicted that certain persons would have luck If they gambled on "near-dead" shares but their luck in love might be poor. (Laughter.)
"Hus the proprietor of 'Old Moore's Almanack ever been prosecuted?" Mr. Justice du Parcq asked.
of
Mr. Beytas and he was not aware
any such prosecution.
Without calling on Mr. Christmas Humphreys (for Mr. Naylor) the Court dismissed the appeal, with costs.
The question is not whether the article is a collection of imbecile and
arm of Mr. Hearst, who looked as if it was all the same to him.
When it came to the clowning `of hands it took two minutes fumbling and whispering before the vteur, the Rev. W. D. Rees, was sallehed.
"I will have these things done the right way," he said afterwards.
And so they were married, and the vicar gave them a little talk about love and sticking together.
JEAN HARLOW:
NOT MARRIED"
"I'M
repulsive twaddle." said Lord He- William Powell Croons A
wart. "If that had been the question there could be only one answer. The question.
on. however, is whether the article came within the mis- chief of the enactment.
"The maelstrate came to the con- clusion th
that the statements were too vague and general in chorneter to bring the article within the Act, and we think he was right."
Juating du Parcq and Goddard concurred.
Denial
From A Special Correspondent New York, Oct. 10. As all Hollywood is buzzing with the rumour that Jean Harlow secretly married William Powell three days ago I rang them up.
Jenu chuckled: "I don't remember any wedding," she said, "but shall watch the paners, They always tell me what I'm doing.”
For Mr. Barbanell, Mr. Cillbert Bevius, K.C., and Mr. Harold Sim- Powell crooned over the 'phone: mons (Messrs. Henderson and Sim- "It's not true what they say about mona): for Mr. Naylor, Mr. Christ- Bille mas Humphreys (Messrs. Lloyd and Armstrong),
Then added, seriously, "But I'm not caying it won't."
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