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Grey-Haired Woman
For Pensions at at
Lorry Load of
Petitions
London, July 22.
A decorated lorry will drive to London from the Midlands a week to-mcrrow, carrying a petition to the House of Commons signed by a million people.
This will be the climax to months of intensive work by the National Spinsters Association in their campaign for pensions for spinsters at 55.
Directing the campaign has been a small, grey-haired woman working in a Bradford sweet-shop. She is Miss Florence White.
Sergeant's Wife Was
the Private'
"The movement is spreading front its native Midlands all over Brilal," said Miss White in an exclusive Interview with the Sunday Chronicle.
"Although Sir Kingsley Wood has turned down our demands, M.P.5, lawyers, doctors, and others are sign- ing our petiiton in thousands.
Here is Miss White's case: "Our 4,000,000 spinsters pay nearly £5,- |000,000 annually to the pension fund. They receive only £2,000,000 in pen- sion benents. The surplus goes to-
this mir?
AN Army sergeant's wife, wards the cost of widows pensions
who said her husband took a delight in "telling|Spinsters' Demand
"in making this allocation the Goy-
her cff" and treated her as a private on the barrack-ernment wrongly assumes that every
spinster will be able to marry.
square, informed the no perled would that be true.)
At
To-day there are more spinsters
"Thelt demand Is molest -enough-a pension of 10%. a week, at the age of 55. The Govern- pent.
that the country
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY,
Carries Battle
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55 To The Commons
Riddiad with shrapnel and bullet indentations this enr, abandoned on a main rond in the Shanghai International Settlement attracti considerable attention from passers-by. Such sights, however, hava now become common in Shanghai where the Sino-Japanese fighting
is raging.
AUGUST 26, 1937.
RADIO BROADCAST
Relay of the Hongkong Hotel Orchestra CHILDREN'S CONCERT
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.D.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (145 k.c's) 31,40 metres (8,62 m.e's). 12.30 The Band of ÌLM. Cold- strésm Guards,
Tannhouser* March (Wagner); Marche Aux Flambeaux (Meyer beer); The Soloist's Delight (God- Irey); Marche Heroique De Szabady (Massenet, orr, Dan Godfrey).
12.47 Bing Crosby (Vocal).
Just One Word Of Consolation (WIlliams, Lemonier); Dear Old Girl (Buck, Morse); Robins And Roses (Leslie, Burke); Would You? (From: San Francisen).
3 Time and Weather. 1.03 Scottish Music.
Songs Of The Hebrides-Kishnul's Galley; In Hebrid Seas (M. Kennedy- Fraser) Muriel Brunskill (Con- tralto; Willie's Gape To Melville Castle (Stephen and Burnett); The Lea Rig (Burnett) Robert Burnett It's A Room Th Toon (Baritone);
(Bar- (Lauder)....Harry Lauder tone); Hieluri Laddle Carruthers) ....New Mayfair Orchestru: My A Polk (Lemon, Mills).... Mary" Kay
(Cuntralto).
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Weather and Announcements.
Press;
. 1.10 Light Variety,
Novelty-Covered Wagon Lullaby: The Trail of The Lonesome Plie (From film).The Hill Billies; Vocal-A Pretty Girl Is Like A Study (Film The Great Ziegfeld'); I Don't Want To Make History (Film
NEW DIABETES TREATMENT Palm Springs). Frances Day (So-
PUT TO TEST Completely Negative Results
in this country than at any other period in the past. Thousands of THOUSANDS of sufferers from stages of this illness. Insulin in- Them are war spinsters,
diabetes had their hopes jections would have been the next raised high last month when instead.
step; they were given amber acid
two German scientists an-
the current British Medical nounced a new, simple treat. Journal the doctors report their re- have sults and state. "We feel we should
publishi ment which seemed to
the most successful results,
completely negative and clear-cut results we obtained. It is
is clearly too son tol
magistrate at the South. Western Matrimonial Court recently of her dis- covery of a love-letter. from an unknown woman. Mrs. Violet Jennings, of can't afford it.
"Yet it would rest the Exchequer Brantley-road. Tooting, applied only an annual £4,000,000, rising to for a court order on the grounds 28,000,000 in 10 years, that her husband had deserted her and was persistently ernel to
her.
LIPS GLUED BY KISSES! Extracts from the letter, which the magistrate, Mr. Claud Mullas. read in court, were: "The kiss you gave me is what I have often longed I realise that I did care for you Indeed, and I went
for.
"If a widowy can have a pension at, the age of 25, surely a spiaster who has paid National Health contribu- tions for 25 years is entitled to one." fob in Danger
Miss White gave me an example, know of a woman whose sweet- heart was killed in France the day before he was due for leave for the
glued by your ke time with my lips wedding," she said. "Now, at 51, r }
job is in danger because of her age.
"What is to become of her and the many thousands like her? All we spinsters ask ly equality with the widow."
The letter was signed "Freda," and was from an address at Southend.
Sergeant Jennings, who lives at North-roud, Clapham, spid, that once he saved a nun's life in Gibraltar, nnd
The association, In its campalgo, is! when the acetats of the Incident up-stressing the fact that it costs a pound peared in the English Press he had a week to keep a person in a public more than 100 leiters from girls all institution, but a pension would be
Jonly half that.
over England.
VERY IMPRESSIONABLE
He saved some of the letters in a trunk, and unfortunately his wife got hold of them. With regard to the letter from Freda, he declared, "I had i a good laugh when I read it. It is! very
ridiculous. She was very im- pressionable Kiri. was only with i
her for an hour."
E
Mr. Mullins, dismissing the wife's application, said: "I have two sug- gestions for Sergeant Jennings first, that he should be more careful of receiving letters from strange wument second, that he should keep barrack- square manners from his wife. Thei trouble is, I think. that he has been a bit of a fool, and probably just likes! to appear attractive to wonen."
Instead of the recognised method of insulin injections, treatment was by doses of amber aeid, taken as easily as ordinary medicine.
Own
at
advise, treatment with amber acid instead of insulin.”
|
prann): Charlie Kunz Plans Medicy No. D: Intro: I Need You, What will I tell my Heart; The love Bug will Bite you With Plenty of Money and You. Let's Put our Hends To- gether, Moonlight and Shadows, With Plenty of Money and You....Charlie Kunz, Humorous-Scientifically, of Course! If You Pretend You're Blue ....Murgatroyd and Winterbottom; Vocal-Pourquoi Quand Je Te Dis Je T'Aime; Vons Qu'Avez-Vous Fait De Mon Amour? .Tino Rossi (Tenor): Orchestral L Paloma (Yradier)....Magyari Imre and its
tungarian Gypsy Orchestra.
2.15 Close Down.
8-11 p.m. Chinese Programmnie, 5 Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof-Garden of the Hong- kong Hotel,
6 Stud Children's Concert, 6.45 Chopin, played by Rubinstein (Piano),
and
Accordeon
The German doctors were successe In London, the diabetic depart fut with four Cases, the English ment of King's College Hospital was doctors unsuccessful with two.
All pestered their
word - gy
are experts on dialpies.
Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 61, The Journal comments: "The idea patients anxiousty inquiring for the how amber acid treatment. The is revolutionary and, coming from No. 2; Polonaise No. 5 In F Sharp doctors knew nothing about it, were such a source, commands
serious Minor, Op. 44, septical.
attention. It is
6.58 Choruses malter of en- ་་ The Medical Research Counell golf ormous importance to thousands of
Band.
The White Cliffs of Dover (Leon busy, asked the hopsital's diabetic patients with diabetes. It is clear department to examine the
Lullaby new that many more cases must be fol- and Towers); Log Cabin tratament Thoroughly,
towed under strictly controlled con-(S. and G. 11. Byrne and Schurter) ditions and by other observers."
....London Piano Accordeon Band directed In labeles the
by Scott Wood: Rosalle (Thomas and Engleman); Our Days Together (Kennedy and Carr): One
'NEGATIVE RESULTS'
IV.Cr
of the Dr. R. D. Lawrence, physician- fmuscles and other tissues to
in-charge, and lus.sociates selected simitate sugar circulating in the Night In Monte Carlo (Silver, Sher- for the tests two elderly women who blond is diminished or lost. Insulin
no tonger, showed improvement from injections enable the diet treatment used in the early fabsorb the sugar.]
ZIP AHOY! Fashion Notes
For The Navy
ABOVE all things Jack Tar must be chic. That is his preoccupation-and
"You cannot use your fists on a the Admiralty's too. For instance:
woman, su to teach her a lesson.
I used to spark my wife." admitted; He apusin' wear son'westers ashore when it rains Oswald Gale, a bus ronductor, of Pin- Chey're not simərt); zenite suits instead of cloth suits nington-road. Gorton, pummoned by when on short leave.
his wife Mrs. Edith Gate, of Hewitt- He may wear zip-fadened jumpers and a blue pullover street, Gorton, Manchester, yesterday
-for persistent cruelty.
Her husband sakd his spanking hadd
instead of a serie wniserat;
He's got to wear those bell-bottom trousers,
That's the gist of to-day's fashion notes (or Result-
never hurt his wife, who spent too of - Review - of - Service - Conditions-1936,-issued-in- much time with her parents and never Admiralty-Fleet-Orfers; if you want to be particular.
Here's some more of his requests-and the answers
*
*
hours he was working. She prepared he got:
knew what days he had ofT or what
his breakfast, then sat down with
book and cigarette, smoking until R.--May civilian clothes be worn going on leave audi
luncheon time. Is meals were not
rendy when he came home.
He was ordered to pay her 15s. a
week and 5s. to the child.
£11,632
Plane Crash
Damages
DAMAGES.amounting to £11,-
returning to ships"
A.--Certainly not. No ratings may do this but
well, chief peity officers and petty officers may, pro- vided they wear hats and do not appear on board out of uniform..
R.-Could
•
seamen's Jumpers made to open down the front and be fastened with buttons?
A-That would not be smart; nor would it maintain traditional ap- pearance. But zip-fasteners will be tried.
632 were awarded a Manx LIKE THE OFFICERS' farmer and his wife in the Douglas High Court last month R-Ratings who wear jackets would like collars with ponits-like the officers'.
receive
for injuries received in a plane crash.
William Edward Teare, of St. A. The present collars save wear und John, iste ot, Man, Is to £10,000 and £37 special damages,
tear on shirts. The possiblity of and his wife, Kathleen Isabel Tesre,
Introducing a semi-stiff collar (not £1,500 and £85 special damages.
too expensive)
being is
in- Monx vestigated.
They were passengers in Mo Airways plane which crashed when laking off from Ronnidsway airport.
the tissues
MADRID ATTACK RENEWED-Waves of infantry, headed by ronr- ing tanks, were brought into arion in the new Insurgent drive on Madrid, Spain. In an effort to capture trenches near Brunete. This shows Loyalist trench under the walls of the model prison in the northwest quarter of Madrid, where fighting has been bitter. The city has resisted for eight months.
LOVE LETTER AT 71 TO WOMAN OF 36
mau and Lewis); Ther?'ll Never Be Another You Harry Woods). London Plano-Accordeon Band directed by Scoft Wood; Gipsy Laugh- ing Chorus (J. Bell)... Rhonddu" Welsli Glee
In Singers: Down Demerara; Riding Down From Bag- gor; Solomon Levi (Traditional).... Raymund Newell and B. B. C. Male Chorus: Drinks All Round: Intro; Vive la Compagnie; Come, Landlord F3 the Flowing Bowl; Little Brown Jug: Drinking; Old King Cole: What shall be do with the Dranken Saltor? Columbia Vocal Gem Company. 7.30 Stock Quotations and Hong hong Exchange Markel.
7.35 Variety.
Vocal-No More: Sing Something In The Morning (From Home and Heauty. Gitta Alpar (Soprano); Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes Heddle Nash, ....Hubert Eisdell, Dennis Noble and Norman Allin; Novelty-A Melody From The Sky (Film The Trail of the Lonesome Pine)....Les Allen and Ills Cana- dian Bachelors, Comedian-How The So-And-So Can I Be Happy; The Girl Next Door.... Max Millör; Vien- nese Orchestra-Die Czardasfurstin-- Potpourri....Edith Lorand and Her Viennese Orchestra.
8 Time, Weather and Announce- ments.
8.03
Chinese Programme.
11 Close Down.
8-11 p.m. European Programme from Z.E.K. On a Frequency of 610 Kilocycles.
8.03 Cesar Franck, Sonata In A Major-Corlot (Piano) and Thibaud (Violin).
8.35 Light Orchestral.
Liebestraume (Liszt); Albumblait
(Wagner, orr. Mulder)....De Groot und The Piccadilly Orchestra: Romance In E Flat, Op. 44, No. 1; Melody In F. Op. 3, No. 1. (Rubins- tein)....New Light Symphony Or- chestra; Old Vienna (Geins from Lanner's Waltzes) Lanner, brt. Kremser); Amorettentanze-Waltz (Gung)....Marek Weber and His Orchestra; Come To The Ball (From "The Quaker Girl')....Orchestre Louise.
for
D London Relay-Food Thought'. Three short talks on mat- ters of topical interest.
0,20
Dennis Song by
Noble
The Gentle Malden (Baullan and
"I WAITED and waited and DRUGS ALLEGATION
waited, and presently there that Mr. Skelton invited Mrs. Booth (Baritone).
The case for the prosecution was eame to me a. beautiful lady to help him là his quarry business. dressed in powdered blue. Her Subsequently she and the others went to live with him, shit by keep- face shone with love and hap-inglim n prisoner, In his house piness, and I was happy too." continually under the influence of A man of 71, Mr. John Skel-sign sheques, so that his bank ne- drink and drugs they Induced him to
Manx Airways Company is owned t-Could we please have a better ton, of Brierley House, Glend-count fell from £2,000 to £17.
by the Isle of Mon Steam Packet
Company and the Londen, Midland
quality serge for our uniforms?
duced.
30,
less, Sheffield, admitted at Leeds Mr. Skelton gave evidence, and,
and Scottish Railway Company.
A.-A heavier quality, costing about Assizes recently that he wrote this cross-examined by Mr. Clive Salter. Teare told the Court that he was
3d. a yard more, is to be intro-message last May to a woman now for Mrs. Booth and Danson, agreed In the dock, Mrs, Melna Booth, aged that he and Mrs. Booth had been shot through the roof of the plane,
away on holiday together as Mr. and when he got to his feet the
and Mrs. Ward. machine was ablazo. He saved five
Mrs. Dooth, together with her Cross-examined by Mr. A. "Starp, other passengers by pulling them There's only one place in the Navy father, James Danson, aged 67, and for Batty, Mr. Skelton said he did through the hole he had made, where these answers do not matter. William Datly, aged 44, were charged not want Batty to live at his house.
The defence was that the passer In the galleys the cooks wear vests, Skelton and with forging and utter Mrs. Booth. You were infatuated
with conspiring to defraud Mr.
Mr. Sharp: All you wanted was get travelled at their own...... risk, although the
admitted flannels, and shirts of their own (oring chequer. They pleaded соmраnу
not with her. Do you all love her?— negligence in taking off.
guilty.
You.
their wives') choice,
Somervell): Possing By (Herrick and Purcell): She Shall liave Musle (Brandon and Murray).
9.30 London Relay The News and Announcements,
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