THE HONGKONG
FLASH! THE ONLY COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE ATTACK THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD!
Mighty governments at bay! A WORLD IN DISPUTE!
Is Certain OfMachineGun
JAPS TRIP UP
Fire at Panay EACH OTHER IN
Tokio Denies Surface Craft Fired on Panay
SEES U. S.-JAP
DUEL LOOMING
PANAY REPORT
What Happened
EXCLUSIVE!
Aboard the Panay floo- Ing Nankingl
EXCLUSIVE! American refugees des- perately signalling the Panay from the shorel
Japs Deny Army Eired on Panay
inued from First
Japanese Army RetractsCharge PanayUsedGun
Japs Change Panay Story Third Time SHANGHAI Déc. 21 (UP)~ wing split between the Jap
APS TO PROBE
EXCLUSIVE!!
Abandon ship! Rescue boat roaches shorel
NORMAN ALLEY'S
MACHINE GUN
high command and
PANAY ATTACK
Produced by
CHARLES E. FORD
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BOMBING OPANAY!
SENSATIONAL HISTORY HAP- PENING BEFORE
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the
EXCLUSIVE!
The attack sinks the Paray-actual sinking!
truth! EXCLUSIVE!
The crow goss over- board!
EXCLUSIVE!
The side of the Panay destroyed-you see itt.
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RE-SHUFFLE IN ROUMANIA
CAROL DISCARDING - FASCIST FACTION
Bucharest, Jan. 17. An early reconstruction of the floumanian government is forecast us a result of reports that King Carol has offered Alexander Valda-Voevod the vice-Premiership in succession to Alexander Cuza, the leading pro- ponent of a complete anti-Semitic programme.
It is also reported that King Carol Intends to replace George Cuza, the Labour Minister, and other Rightist members of the Cabinet. Politicians believe that such netion will stabilise the Government, and dissipate fears aroused by the present Rightest course and by the decreased inflow of forelim monies.-United Press.
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Hongkong Audiences See Greatest Scoops
RAMA—the drama of the
DRAMA
most sonsational inter- national Incident in the Sino- Japanese war-unfolded before the eyes of a small group of newspapermen and theatro man- gore at two previews hold in Hongkong yesterday.
To secure the pictorial and written record of that incident
the sinking of the U.S. gun- boat Punny-an Italian news- paperman laid down his life, and two American cameramen set a
now standard in the traditions of a profession noted for its heroism and courage in the face of death.
The stark realism of the cellulold record of the bombing of the Ponny,
A long queue waited at the Wolver-as obtained by cameramen Erle hampton football ground to-day. Meyell for Movietone-Metro-field- when the ticket office opened at 1.15 wyn-Mayer and Norman Alles for p.m. for the sale of tickets for the
Universal, must rank with the match between the Arsenal and world's greatest news-reel records of Wolverhampton on Saturday
events that have shocked the world. All tickets were sold within an hour. victim of Hollywood "ballyhoo" and Alley, unfortunately, has been the
Many in the queue had walted at his record of the actual bombing and the gates since last night, one of sinking of the Panay will suffer from whom boʻight a dart board and passed public reaction. the time
playing a game.-Reuter Buliciin.
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have been the world's greatest news- life aboard the Panay some days cludes, in addition to Meyeli's record, reel subject into a three-reel feature, before the actual bombing. Meyell, some terrifyingly realistic shots Extraneous matter, such as shots of too, has obtained shots that are from the northern front by ace Alleys dash across the Pacifle by missing from his rival cameraman's camera-man "News-reel" Wong. China Clipper, the ridiculous shrick-record. Most brilliant of Meyell's The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer news- Ing-siren police motor-cycle escorts shots were those of the actual rain rest is being, currently screened at Js. 2% in the United States, all accompanied of bombs around the doomed gun- the ordinary sessions at the King's 1s. 3 by grandiloquent dialogue by the boat. He has a vivid shot that tells, Theatre in conjunction with the 1044 commentator, savour too much or without words, of the awful concus London Film producton "Elephant
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the cardinal sin of "padding" sion of explosive meeting its objec-Day". 100% Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wisely used tive. No need for raucous commen- The Universal Panny feature is
.82 no such
umecessary ballyhoo in tators, in either cameramen's story, being screened at the Queen's 3011 presenting Meyell's record of the to bringing home in an audience the Theatre, at 11 a.m., noon, 1-p.m. and 8131 tragedy, and stark reality grips the stark realism of the suffering of the 4.30 p.m., daily, as programume 654 audience from beginning to end in dying and wounded, and of the separate to the ordinary daily pro- 14914 a picturisation that takes less than terrible journey down the river to grammes. Nominal admission fees
sanctuary. .91% 1,000 fect of film.
of 50 cents and 20 cents are being .9.15
For the sake of continuity, it will Neliher picture should be missed charged at the Queen's.—NS. .76% always be a matter of regret that by cinema-goers in Hongkong 133 the shots obtained by Meyell and because, as was bound to be the case pooled. The under the titanie difficulties otten- result would have been a magnificent dant upon working under a hail of and continuous record of the event death from the skies, neither film The following ships are expected that came nearest to bringing about presents in itself a complete record to be in wireless communication 1/3% foreign intervention in the Far of events,
with the Hongkong radio station: 1/3.5/32 Eastern dispute.
Alley has contributed a fine recordVan Heutsz, Chaksang, Sulsang, .311⁄2 Alley has obtained shots that are of the evacuation and bombardment Eclipse, President Hoover, Potsdom, .8.00 | missing from Meyell's record. In of Nanking as a prelude to his record | Taiyuan, Taksang, Empress Of 831⁄2 this he was fortunale, for he obtained of the Panay bombing, while the Japan, Hakozakt Maru, President 4.00 a graphic and interesting record of Mstro-Goldwyn-Mayor news-reel in- Jefferson, President' Garfield.
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