THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY,
SPAIN'S EX-QUEEN SELLS
£250,000 JEWELS
For Her
Personal Needs'
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By A Correspondent
New York.
THE ex-Queen Victoria Eugenie (Queen Ena) of Spain has engaged a young New York jeweller to sell her jewels, valued at a quarter of n million pounds.
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The jeweller, Mr. Paul Flato, whose famous firm is known in New
jewellers to royalty, recently showed letter from Queen Ena în which she tells the history of the Em- press Eugenie's emerald and the other historic gems in the col lection..
The letter was written from an address
I'orchester-terrace, Paddington, London, W
her
"Queen Ena is not selling Jewels to raise money for the In- kurgents In Spain," sakd Mr. Flato. "but for her personal needs. I want to impress on you for the pre- sent that none of the crown jewels are for sale. That may or may not come later."
Mr. Finto arrived back from Europe yesterday after conferring with Queen Enn. He does not expect the Jewels to fetch £250,000, but belleves that their historieat value will keep The price high.
£15,000 CROSS
The Empress Eugenie's emerald cross is valued nt £15,000. The sixty-five carat stone is probably the most famous emerald in the world, Four queens have worn It.
"The Duke of Windsor in ex- pected la be in the market for IL,” Bald the Jeweller, "as the Duchess is extremely Cont crosses."
Warner Oland, the renoward actor, who has oblnined great popularity with hi, Charlie Chan films. is coming Mms is "Charlie Chan on the Olymplade."
Parents To Tell Secrets
THOUSANDS of parents
are shortly to receive a questionnaire from the newly formed Population Investigation Committee, asking them to state:
1. The number of children
they have..
2.
Whether they propose to have any more.
3. If not, why not. And numbers
of
newly-
Man Shot Down At Mother's Side
ESCAPED CONVICT DRAMA
DE
New York, June 10. EATH has, after all, taken her son from a little,
white-haired old,
woman who yesterday per- suaded him to surrender to State troopers besjeging her farmhouse in Sutton, Mas- sachusets.
An escaped convict, Homer Robbing, had defied the threats | of the armed men to burn down the place he did not himself up.
with them
His mother pleaded for Lime, and
in three hours brought out the
man.
The troopers advanced to selze him. But at the moment of cap- ture he changed his mind and dashed for liberty.
bullets.
There was a fusillade of Homer Hobbing fell dead at his mother's feet.
£44,182,471
Year's
From
Milk Sales
of jewelled married couples will also HE Milk Marketing Board ati
The gems were locked away in a sate in Mr. Flato's ofce to-day. Any one wanting to see privately these diamonds, rübles, pearls and emeralds of a former queen lus first to con- vince the jeweller of his eredentials. "Queen Eng," said Mr. Flato, "first discussed the sale with me when she came to New York to visit her sick son, the Count of Covadonga. Then a few weeks ago she telephoned me from London, und I hastened to Europe in the Normandie.
GIFT TO EMPRESS
"It grieved her to part with them. Here's a note from her;, read it,"
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I rend: "The emerald cross given to the Empress Eugenie Isabel II, of Spain on the occasion of the Spanish official visit to the Court of Napoleon III, and brought to the empress by her husband, Francisco de Assisi.
asked what their intentions are
in the matter of children.
FOR BIGGER FAMILIES
the general meeting of regis- tered producers will again report huge figures of milk sales,
The quantity sold through the
This is not a new piece of Nosey- Board in the year 1938-37 as com- Parker officialdom, but part of a 'pared with the figure for 1035-30 was scientific Inquiry which is being us follows; organised to ascertain why Britain's population is decreasing, and to draw up measures to prevent it and encourage bigger families.
When the scientists have con- cluded their Inquiry. Mr. Nevlile Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, will get up. A Eoyal Commission
to devise legislative encourage- ments to bigger families.
These may take the form of extra
dren's allowances or subsidies.
Figuren show that a steep decline four years time unless there is in Britain's population will begin in sharp Increase in the birth-rate.
DANGER TO EMPIRE
1936-37 1935-36
1,011,822,112 gall,
991,312,005
Increase ...
20,589,203 gall Or this great tolal' 609,372,377 gallons were sold for liquid consump- iton, and 342,500,735 gallons went in- to manufacture.
The liquid figure increased in the 124 million year by more than
FORD
This is a recent pic- ture of Henry Ford. 74-year-old_motor magnüte and hend of the "automobilje factories where organizers of John L. Lewis's CIO automobile workers have instituted a unionization drive. The Ford Company re- cently issued "Fordisms" to em- ployes, stating views against unionization and urging the men not to "put their necks in an Iron collar." Union leaders charged coercion.
40 GIRLS BATHING SWEPT TO DEATH
Berlin, June 14.
FORTY young girls were swept out
at a swimming-hath into mill race after a cloudburst at Lan- dau. Bavaria, to-night. All are be-
lieved to have been drowned,
Twelve bodles have already been
tax remissions for children, or chil-gallons, and the manufacturing milk
by nearly 8 million gallons.
The value realised from sales under wholesale contracts last year in-recovered. creased by £621,373. The total sum The girls, members of Hitler's received was 144,182,471, the whole Union of German Girls, were in of which sum, excepting d. per bath fed by the Moder River. months for expenses, Babilities, and almost instantly into a torrent. gallon, which was levied for seven
The cloudburst turned the stream reserves, and the publicity levy In May 1930, went back to the pro- flood only just
The girls could have scen the before it engulfed ducers,
The costs of administration of the entire scheme in Englund and Wales men were called out to recover the Soldiers, storm-troopers and, fire- worked out under 1-10d. per gallon bodies.
through the Board.
At the present moment there is no sign of any such increase, although the number of marriages is increas-
"The Empress Eugenle gave the cross to Queen Victoria, and Queen | Ing. Victoria left it in her will to her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice. 'From Princess Beatrice ex-Queen Victoria Eugente received the cross," The note was signed Victoria Eugenie,"
The emerald cross will not reach New York for two weeks. The other Jewels-which Mr. Flato refused to list-are here now.
Blind For
>
22 Yoars-Now
Sees Wife For First Time
Ogmore Vale, June 10. AFTER being blind for 22 years a Tonyrefail ex-miner
AL Icagl iwo children are necessary from every married couple if the present population is to be maintained; and the pre- sent average birth-rate is below
level.
that
Side by side with the big increases
In the population of Germany and Italy.
this decrease may easily fore-
pire.
on all milk wed a decrease for the
Expenses year of £17,540.
Milk publicity carried on with great activity during the year was the main cause of the big increase of more than million gallons sold for liquid
shadow the eclipse of the British Em-12mption.
there be in-
them.
Rev. Pat McCormick
Ordered Long Rest
The Rev. Pai McCormick, vienr of For not only will
The number of milk bars is now St. Martin-in-the-Fields for ten years, sufficient man-power available to do 044, while the Industrial milk cam- has been ordered a complete rest. fend this country, but there will be paign hos 2,719 firms taking part in fe has a "red heart." .no surplus with which to maintain | it and at the close of the financial year
the British population of the 2 million children were taking mill
Dominons.
JEAN
regularly on school days.
ARTHUR TO QUIT
QUIT FILMS
JEAN
Mr. McCormick, who is sixty, will be away for three months and my go abroad. He Is not seriously i
THREATENS
[EAN ARTHUR, who reached the peak of her soreen popularity when she played opposite Gary Cooper in “Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" and "The Plainsman," is talk- has recovered his sight and seening of leaving the screen for good.
his wife for the first time.
The man, Mr. Gwilym John, of High-street, Tonyrefail, was blinded in a colliery explosion.
"I despaired of ever seeing again," he said to-day, "and an operation was performed at Llwynpia Hospital in the Rhond- da Valley."
"I ALMOST CRIED"
"I did not keen to be any better until ns I was unlacing my shoes i suddenly found that I could see.
"I almost cried for jay.
"After being married for 15 years I saw my wife for the first Ulme and ran to klas her,"
Mr. and Mrs. John met at a dance. They have two children.
She claims that she is so between her and Columbin in 1033, sickened by the parts provided when she told them that "I will not for her in recent pictures that back into pictures just to make
miney. she has had a nervous break- down.
Protesting against her present con-
tract with Columbia Pictures she has minde a deposition to the court in
which she say
"I think that being forced to do the kind of thing you are aslanied to do is about the worst III-treat- ment one can possibly go through."
Miss Arthur was too ill to attend court to voice her protests, but her husband, Frank Moss, appeared for
"QUALITY FILMS ONLY'
Her deposition referred to a con ference which, she says, was held
her.
something or else nut be in the busi- ness at all."
Unless some agreement. Is reach- ed Miss Arthur threatens to abandon her film career entirely and con- centrate on radio and the theatre, If the carries out her threat it will be the second time she bus walked out on Hollywood.
1930 when
She entered alma as a professional model in 1928, left In talkles came in, and after three years on the stage returned to carve out a aw career for herself as a blonde.
"I told them that I wanted to make quality pletures that amounted to Age twenty-eight.
JULY 3, - 1937..
RADIO BROADCAST
Oxford and Cambridge Cricket Match
DOREEN MA AND LEE WONG
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres 31.40 mctres (0.52 (815k.'s.), 'm.c's.).
H.K.T.
12.30-2.15 1. European Pro-
Framme.
12.30 p.m. Orchestral Musle. Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (Deelno- ven...B. B. C. Symphony Orches
Doult; tra, Conducted by Adrian Night on the Bare Mountain Mous- sorgsky)....London Symphony Or chestra, Conducted by Albert Contes; Sangerslust (Strauss) ......Johann Strauss and Symphony Orchestra; The Two Impa (Alford), Dancer of Seville (Grunow)...Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth Muni- cipal Orchestra.
1 p.m. Local: Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 p.m. Light Opera.-
The Geisha"-Vocal Gems (Jones) Light Opera Company: "The Gondoliers" (Sullivan)-(a) of hap- piness the very pith, (b) itising early In the morning, (e) Take a pair of Oldham, sparkling cyes....Derek George Baker and Chorus.
1.20 p.m. Efrem Zimbalist (Vio- lin).
Burlescu (Suk); Persian Song (Glinka); Tallahassee (Scott).
1.30 p.m. Reuter
Press; Rugby
Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time
and Announcements,
1.40 p.m. Leslle. Hutchinson
the piano.
Ist
Blue Moon; You and the night and next the music; May I have the
Watching the romance with you?
stars.
1.53 p.m. Fox-Trots. Goodbye, little
When a
dream, goodbye.
woman smiles; When the
sun mays "Goodnight" to the on- tain, l sing you, a thousand love songs: Gone, When is a kiss nat a kiss? There's a small hotel, On your toes.
2.15 p.m. Close Down. 4-7 plm. Chinese Programme. 7-11 p.m. European Programme,
Pianoforte Recital by Ignaz Friedman.
Song Without Words (Mendelssohn) -Sadness of soul, Lost illusion; Venetian Gondola Song, Lost hap- piness; Minuetto from Suite, Op. 21 (Suk); Berceuse (Chopin); Mazurkas --Op. 33, No. 4 and Op. 24, No. 4 (Chopin).
7.30
Jocnl Stock p.m. Closing Quotations and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.
7.35 p.m. Slavonic Dances by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. "Con- ducted by Vaclav Talich.
No. 10 in E Minar; No, 12 in D Flat Major; No. 10 in A Flat Major.
7.50 p.m. Songs by Herbert E. Groh (Tenor).
Water Lilies (Zander); Only for you (Amberg): Isola Bellal (Backers).
8 p.m. Local: Time Signol, Wea- ther Report and Announcements,
8.03
1pm. Military Band Music.
(Alford). Colonel Bogey-March
Youth and Vigour (Lautenschlager)
..Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards; The Bells of St. Malo (Rimmer), Semper Fidelis March (Sousa)...Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards.
0.15 p.m. London-Big Ben. Cricket: Oxford v. Cambridge. A commentary during play-by Howard Marshall, from Lord's Cricket Ground, London.
8.30 pm. Cinema Organ Music. Free, Night must fall... Quentin M. MucLean; Parade of the Weddings, Wedding of the Parades....Terance Casey: The song of songs. Standchen (Heykens)...Quentin M. MacLean, 8.50 p.m. From the Studio. Doreen Ma (Piano) and Lee Wong (Vote's
1. Lee Wong-So do 1, something in the air; 2. Doreen Ma
Under your spell; 3. Lee Wong-
Where the lazy river rolls by; 4. Doreen Ma-Medley: Thanks for Inspiration. Tain't good, One never knows, does one? 3, Lee Wong- Goodnight my Love; . Dorean Ma-- Supposin'.
9.10 D.m. London-'AL The Thentres Descriptions and Songs of London Shows by Dudley Glass and Dorothy Brunton.
9.30
p.m. London-News and An- nouncements.
0.65
Haydn Quartet in A Major, Op. 55, No. 1, Played by the
Pro Arte Quartet,
1st Movement--Allegro; 2nd Mo- vement Adaglo cantabile; 3rd Mo- vement Menuetto and Trio; 4th Movement--Finale.
10.12 p.m.
m. Light Orchestral Items. Fairy Tale (Heykens, orr. Fioul- kes), In the shadows (Finck).... Tom Jones and his Orchestra; Songs without words--potpourri.........Marck WA Weber and his Orchestra; Traumerel A
(Schumann, orr. Walter), Willam Tell-Andante arr. Walter)....Massed Orchestan of (Pastorale), (itossini, Cellos
10.33 p.m. Dance Music
In
happen; Fox-Tret-Just say Aloha'; Fox-Trot Miracles somelimes
Waltz The whistling waltz; Fox- Trot The Fleet's Port again; Lights out: Fox-Trot--I'm shooting Tango La Carenjada; Fox-Trot-
high Fox-Trol-Front Page News: Waltz-Close to me.
11 p.m. Close Down.
At 32, She Has 12 Children DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
nine girls and three boys, and no triplets or twins.
Ashford, June 10, To celebrate her husband's 381 birthday, Mrs. Elizabeth Wiggina,
"Our doctor` has prophesied that aged 32, of Harmondsworth, Middle- my wife will have 24 children," said sex, to-day, presented him with their Mr. Wiggins. ·
12th chilld.
**TY. WRECK are just over £2 a Married 15 years, they have had week and we live in three rooms, but 13 children but one died. There are i alt my children are in perfect health,” I
The following wave-lengths and fro- quencies are used by Daventry:
Blen Frequency Wavelength: OSA 0.000 k.. 49.30 metres · GHA
#810 k.. 31.45 metres 76C
GSD
CSE
OMF
ORA
0.383 k.c. 1.33 meires 11,750
k.c. 25.42 metre 11.843 k.c. 23.28 metres 13,140 k.c.
17.0
Csir
081
15.200
GRI
JBL
6,110
matres
k.c. 10.88 metres 21,470 K.U. 13.97 metres 19.06 metres *19.00 metres 40.10 metres
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