THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH
1938.
PROTECTING WARSHIPS FROM AIR ATTACK
K SHOES
Actress Tells Of 'Crazy"
'OGPU BOYS
MULTIPLE MACHINE-GUNS, specially developed to defend British capital ships and cruisers from air attack, photographed while firing. The six-barrelled pompom unit on the left, designed for use on low-flying torpedo or bombing aircraft, fires high explosive sbells at the rate of many hundreds a minute. In the picture shell cases may be seen falling to the 'deck, while some of the firing barrels are in various stages of recoil into their water-casings, (From the London Daily Telegraph).
Ten
WERE
Months In Soviet Jail
"
VERY SWEET'
But They Got No 'Confession'
Helsingfors (Finland)
EVA LOWENBURG, dark-haired, vivacious, London-born variety actress, told me to-day the story of her ten months' imprisonment -in Leningrad's huge Ogpu jail-a story "so crazy,” she said, “it might
be something out of 'Alice'in Wonderland,'
says a correspondent.
'ADMIT IT' PLEA
Within two hours of our conversation Eva was in a ship bound for London and for the grand home- coming party which her mother, Mrs. Linden, of Mount Pleasant lane, Clapton, E., is preparing, Also awaiting Eva is her ten- year-old daughter Sonia (of whom she heard not s word while in jail), and her sister Ivy, who was also arrested in Leningrad, but released after a few hours.
Ogpu agents brought Eva to the Finnish frontier, and while awaiting a ship to Lake her home she has been staying tiny family hotel in
in Helsingfors.
"I'll tell you all about it." Eva said, "right from the night last April that I was hauled out of bed.
mony
"I don't remember how | cross-examinations I had, but it must
to five hours each. have been about twenty, Iosling three
50 YEARS' SUSPENSE IS ENDED
New York.
i
EMPIRE NEWS
KING'S MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIA
Sydney.
RÁDIO BROADCAST
Helen Lockhart (Contralto) From the Studio
IRISH PROGRAMMES
Radio Programme Broadcast by 2.B.W. on Frequencies of 845 k.c.'s, 9.52 m.c.'s. per second. H.K.T.
12.0-12.20 Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral.
12.30 Variety Programme. VocalFather O'Flynn (Graves-- Stanford); Off To Philadelphia A message from, the King was read) by the Governor-General, Lord (Temple-Haynes).... Billy Scott- Gowrie at a New South Wales State Coomber (Tenor); Organ Solo The
Irish
T Organist-Medley (Arr. banquet, given at Sydney Town Hall risi Lo-day. The banquet formed part of Casey Back Paddy Reily (arr. P. Terence Casey: Vocal- the 150th anniversary celebrations. Come
Flynn Little Bridgit French); (Words. P. French; musle arr. M. French).... W. F. Watt (Tenor) with Violin, Cello
The Bor morous-B
Hands Across der (O'Donovan, Hayward); Sketch. Jimmy O'Dea, Richard Hayward Vocal-Be- and Harry
'Dose ·
Endearing lieve Me, If All Young Charms (Moore, arr. Chut- sam); Mother Machree (Olcott and Ball).Signal
Danny Malone (Tenor),
His Majesty wrote that he felt beth pleasure and pride in sending a mes- sage to the people of Australia "They told me I could go home
pleasure because of the recollections the minute 1 had confessed every- A sealed package marked "Not to of the Queen and himself of their thing. You know your husband is be opened for fifty years" was de-wonderful experiences during their
"What posited in the city vaults of a Trotskyist, they told me.
Wate-visit 10 years ago, and pride in "the remarkable achievement of our race exactly them.
is a Trotskyist?' I asked ville, Maine.
in building up such a great nation You know he has been conspir-package has frequently
That was fifty years ago. The ing against the State, they'd reply. eussed in Waterville; recently excite-
in a comparatively brief historical been dis-
perlod." the Soviet Union,' they'd plead.
Now admit he's an enemy of
The King mentioned the develop- ment became intense, And
ment of Australia's population and To-day the mystery so it would go on for hours. They
Was solved her primary Industries,
and
the never got any further.
1.0 Time Signal and Weather. 1.03 Irish Programme.
Phil The Fluter's Ball (French);
The mayor, in the presence of city change from the autocracy of the With My Shillelagh Under My Arm " was allowed to dress properly,-wap-cross-exaruined, sometimes officials, solemnly broke the seal. carly. Governors to a true democracy,(O'Brien and Raymond Wallace).
Peter
18FT. CELL
and they took
me in a fine, big Limousine to the Leningrad prison.
"Yes, I'll say it was a mighty com- fortable car, and I would have liked riding in it if we hadn't been going to prison.
"Anyhow, they stuck me in a cell, and it was several days before they gave me an idea what it was all about. It seems that it was because my husband In young Russian to whom she was married two days be- fore her arrest] was a 'counter- revolutionary.
"I answered them pretty sharply, and let them know that I was born in Great Britain.
"I tried to find out where my hus band was, but I falled. I still do not know where he is
and found... Australia
an
nt by two or jøpened the packare by one, three young officials, all looking very smart in elegantly cut suits.
work of Hannah Moore, "The rooms they took me to were divorce crusader of the '80's. very elegant, more like drawing-
rooms
than poller quarters-nice furniture, bookcases, flowers, ensy chairs and they never ill-treated
me.
were very
"The young follows sweet and polite about trying to get me into signing a 'mad' con- fession of things I'd never done. I refused to sign: I knew that would have been my own death
warrant.
"They Have me London news-
"The foxtrot and tangoes I com-
+
owed much
to her
Dawson (Bass-Baritone); newspaper cuttings describing the pioneer statesmen, he aded, and to Irish Rhapsody (Herbert).....
anti-the Old Country which reared them, light Symphony
Orchestra; The but
she had repaid her debt, both in Fairy
Tales of Ireland (Eric Contes). peace and war, many times over by
Essie Ackland.
(Contralto); generaous co-operation
the Londonderry Air (Traditional).... Motherland, He and the Queen Albert Sandler (Violin Solo) Sydney prayed that Australia would ever Torch at the Organ: She is Far From enjoy increasing prosperity
The Land (Hughes); The Dear Little happiness.
Danny Shamrock (Jackson). Malone (Tenor).
CHANGE YOUR
WEAR TO BANISH CARE
ARE you ghum? Yes?
1
with
and
A
Rugby Press, Wea-
The King's message concluded:
1.30 Reuter "People with so great a spirit, happy ther Forecast and Announcements. in a country so richly endowed by Nature,
140 Irish Programme (Cont'd)." can look forward to the
Groen
Isle Of Erin (Bingham- future with confidence as they look Roeckel)..John McCormack (Tenor) back on the past," Router and Ex-with Orchestra conducted by Law- Then change that suit or change.
Lord мога
rance Collingwood; Medley Of Jiga Gowrie's Leave After papers and English novels to read, that dress you are wearing.
binet meeting to-day, Mr. Lyons Wants To Win The Sweep....Jimmy Sean Nolan (Violin); Everybody and that helped me along.
Dr. Jane Lorimer Hawthorne, lec-announced that Lord Gowrie
Was O'Dea Comedian; Buying The Fur- turing on clothes and character a pro March 21. England on furlough niture....Jimmy 41 tried to find out where my posed puzzled the Ogpu boys. They St. Margaret's Church, Lothbury on March 22. He proposed to accept Drago & Harry O'Donovan; Kathleen O'Dea, Kathleen husband was, but I failed. I still thought it was some kind of cypher, B.C., sald that certain garments] an Invitation to
and that I must be a 'master spy." could be worn too long and too con- Indies coute, Vialt the Dutch East Mavourneen (Mrs. Julia Crawford "My cell wasn't too bad at all- "I'm feeling fine-now, but I must tinuously till they became saturated Dutch Air
N. Crouch). Service The Federal (Tenor); Bacca Pipes (Greensleeves Richard Crooks about eighteen feet by nine, with a pack. I'm catching a bout in a with moods, both good and bad, and Government has decided to authoring fieadington Arr. Cecil J. Sharp) barred window, plain bed, a chest of couple of hours for London-thank "weighed down with thought."
the Royal Dutch Air Line to extend drawers, and a chair,
heaven. It all doesn't seem too bad
Elsie Avril and Everal de Jersey Its air "For this reason," she said, "there simultaneously with the Inauguration
service towards Australia, (Violin and Plano); Shannon River now."
(Continued on Page 5.) Eva, in March 1937-while is much to be gained by putting one of the Empire Flying Boat service. touring Soviet theatres with her change of clothes after a long day's sister divorced her first husband, work. Reinhard Lowerburg. 1 German living in Leningrad. She married a Russion named Sabarovski on April 14.
do not know where he is.
"I found the mattress a bit too bumpy for my liking, so I asked give another.
me
the wardress to It startled her. She told me pri- soners didn't generally ask for such things. But the new mattress came. "Then I naked for carpets to cover the floor. But that was too much.
SENATOR PITTMAN'S
"WAR MUST COME IF-
STRAIN AND WORRY
"If you wear your office clothes at home you are bringing back from the City the business atmosphere strain and worry.".
X
of
was ́ also important to be particular about underwear.
The girl who wore a kizárt frock and up-to-date cost over shabby underwear was the type of
who would fall in anything she
took up in life.
route.
Record Rainfall-Between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. to-day Sydney had six inches of rain-the highest single day's rain for 20 years. It caused damage estimated at £100,000, India
BOMBAY EXCHANGE
CRISIS
Bombay.
HOW TO DRIVE A CAR YOURSELF AND BE
FREE FROM
A. Mechanical Repair Bills.
Assembly to the crisis on the Bombay
Referring to-day in the Legislative B. Costly Tyre Replacements.
Stock Exchange, which rull remains C. Monthly Olling & Greasing. closed for forward dealings, the Fin-
Washington. and conditions were growing_pro- Similarly, the girl who left home ance Minister Mr. N. R. Barker, said THE United States has so alllance gressively worse. The authoritarian at the last minute for the sake of an that the idea was prevare ad D. Replacements Of New Parts. Twitter or his; no agree Governments were strengthening the extra dve minutes in be and had was due solely to manipulation, and ment relating to a possible war; and means of war, and if the democratic no time to attend to loose buttons if the Government had acted vigor-E. Depreciation In Car Value, no agreement or understanding with ones continued their policy of retreat or laddered stockings, would never ously normal conditions would have any Power in connection with the the result would be continued con-succeed in business life or as a home-been restored. The situation was
HIRE A CAR FROM US AND the American Navy. operations
quest by the dictatorships, and maker.
«LIT-US WORKY: These statements
ultimate were made by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, Admiral
Chief of Naval Operations, continued his evidence
war.
Leahy,
In a letter read to-day in the Be the before the Naval Committee of thei
chairman
by Mr. Pittman, Senate's Foreign Relations Commit House of Representatives to-day, tee. The questiona to which the Battleships, he asserted, were the letter formed a reply were put by best of all defensive weapons, and Senator Johnson in a resolution sub-unions the United States continued mitted to the Senate yesterday.
to build them "the country's ses
Elephants Kneel. In Church
yanal jasthan Rome,
however, due morb, to fundamental economic edunes, pa
The iron and steel Industry rec
received
a tremendous filip from heavy armao *ment
ment panes, pelees soared and Inevitable reaction came in indik
Control The Gi
Mr. Pittman, after reading the frontiers would not be safe." Tatler, said it was the plain duty of They could be sunk by nir bomb the United States to rearm without Ing if hit "In the right places," he regard to cont
admitted, but they had the protec Pussy "If the present trend of world".
tion of their anti-aircraft guns and TWO elephants were made to kneek May affairs, continues,” he declared,
Fill in the nave of a Rome › church' those of other vessels near.
What was the purpose of when the yearly Roman Catholic rite. hald Wk2,"In: whilch the zi democracies, the submarines at "Asiatle of "The Blessing of Animale.”)
she inevitable romit will be av
on the feast day of
FIS
Trastien be si a clasăvaniagotan / adations. " he declined. to TOPIVA anda frelebrated).to-day AAA / 1003,
A Silowhere. ---
of India is reported to have dedload
of
to form an al-India organisation control sugar on the line Indian Central Cotton Committee with headquarters at Cav
¡Skull
Ludles
Natur Hundreds of dogs, cute and carrier. | to: all: SETYON TI are pigeon, las tellier à compléte, sroupa time mapallor like but he declined off
Oli performing" animale),
LAM'S GARAGE.
It is wisdom to look ahead
when buying shoes.
Plenty of shoes look good
when new, but, if you think
shoes ought to look good when old, you'll appreciate
K'L
K's keep their good ap
pearance, desplie Bardest
wear, because they're good shoes, and because they real- ly do fit The Plus Fiting principle ensures this,
From $25.50 Less 10% cash discount
A fow odd lines to clear $17.50 net.
MACKINTOSH'S LTD.
K SHOE AGENTS-
K
The WHISKY
Spey. Royal Scotch Whisky
A blend of the React Whiskies
ALL OVER TEN YEARS OLD
Bented and Buuristana de l
士披
---
SPRATT'S DOG REMEDIES Spratt's have an effective remedy for "most"doggy ills and allments. Those famous specifics are used and · recommended in all -parts of the world.
That's
Asked
for
Again
Sole Agents:
THE CENTRAL TRADING CO.
Bank of Canton
Building.
LUCKY DOG |
HEALTHY DESPITE THE TROPĮ. CAL HEAT. ALWAYS FULL OF ENERGY AND GOOD SPIRITS. THRIVES UNDER ALL CONDI- TIONS! WHAT'S THE SECRET ́· OF HIS FITNESS ? JUST SENSIBLE FEEDING. A REGÜLAR DIET. OF SPRATT'S—THE BISCUITS, THAT (ARE LIKED-BEST BY ALL DOGS.
THAT MEAN HEALTH AND LONG LIFE TO YOUR PET, SPRATT'S HAVE A FEED FOR EVERY NEED OF EVERY BREED
Stocked Throughout. Hongkong.
Trade enquiries to: W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (China) LTD, Distributing Agents, Hongkong
MEAT FIBRINES
SPRATTS DOG FOODS
THE
HONGKONG
PENINSULA HOTEL:-
HONGKONG HOTEL?":REPULSE BAY HOTEL;"
& SHANGHAI
HOTE