THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1938.
TANKS PROVE WORTH IN TWO WARS
CALIFORNIA'S NEW CHAMBER OF SPAIN,
DEATH FOR EXECUTIONS
THIS IS CALIFORNIA'S new fe hal chamber, authorized for San Quentin prison by recent California law, in which condemned persons will be executed by gas. Constructed In Denver, Colo.. it is shown In San Francisco en route to the prison. Executions in the chamber are reported swift,
TRINIDAD GOVERNER WAS NOT SACKED
CHINA SHOW VALUE
By OTTO JANSEEN (United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington.
Operation of tanks in the Chinese and Spanish ware has shown that one of their great- est contributions is to crush enemy lines after two powerful forces are stalemated, army officera here commented..
Observation of tank activities in these two confilets has demonstrated that the fanka "cannot win wars by themselves," "but ure valuable as
J
auxillaries to manpo Prese military
experts said to United
These two wars have served as "testing grounds" for tanks and have brought out certain weaknesses both ta use and construction which military strategists and engineers are now striving to correct.
be
urm-
They have disproved, some army observers believe, the contention of
tank enthusiasts that future tank enthusiasts" that future
urm- les would be completely meet
mechanized, War reports have shown, they assert, that the bulk of the fighting, particu- Jarly in a
a drive to gain territory, must carried on by the men on foot. The present trend, army officials bellove, is toward lighter, smaller und faster tanks, such as the German und Italian types used by the insur- gents in the Spanish war and the Russian models employed loyalist side. The Japanese are said to be using a similar kind in China.
SPEED OF 5 M.P.H.
be These light models are said to
hour over rough terrain.
Practically all of the 400 tanks in
un
the
The suggestion that Sir Murchison Fletcher--who capable of speeds up to 50 miles an was recalled from his post of Governor of Trinidad after the riots of last summer-had been dismissed was in-the United States army are of the "Hight" variety, weighing between dignantly resented by Mr. Ormsby-Gore (Colonial Secret-eight
eight or nine tons and usually ac! ary) in the House of Commons last night, writes a Parlia-ommodating four men. They carry mentary Correspondent,
Labour and Liberal members had asserted that because he had expressed some sympathy with the workers he had lost his job.
This aroused the wrath of the Minister, who attempted to draw a fine distinction, which appeared to satisfy nobody, be- tween sacking a man and telling him that it would be very difficult for him to go back to his work.
Bergner Film Dispute
PICTURE THAT WAS NOT MADE
He said that after certain vacilla- tions in policy-such as asking for troops, although Sir Murchison had always been against using them be- fore-he asked him to come home to
guns of 30 and 50 calibre, although some also are equipped with 37 mil- limeter guns.
these models are 'very efficient" and believe them to be as good or better than those used be other countries.
Army, officials
Say
The medium sized tank, weighing
5 or 10 tons, is not favoured as much in this country as the smaller tanic: is more heavily armed but slower. It is reported that some countries are experimenting with still heavier type of tanka "mobile fortress". Army officials, although interested in any developments along this line, are said to be sceptical of such a wea- pon's value.
CLAUDETTE IN SWISS SNOWS
WOULD YOU know the Ameri- can screen star, Claudelte Col- hert, in this get-up? She is shown at Davosdorf, Switzer- land, where she is spending a vacation. She is wearing a one- plece sports costume, with heavy mittens and leather strapped ski shoes,
HUMOUR IN
THE ARMY
RIGHT AND WRONG WAY FOR TROOPS
RADIO BROADCAST
Relay of "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
GREIG CONCERTO Radio Programme Broadcast by 2.D.W. on Frequencies of 845 kes, 0.52 m.c.'s per second.
8.03-11.0 Chinese Programme,
5.0 Relay of Dance Orchestra from the Root Garden of the Hongkong Hotel
n) Got a pair of new shoes; b) Getting some fun out of Bfe; c) Bug House; d) Love is never out of Sea-
sou.
6.15 Interval of recorded Dunce Music from Z.B.W.
5.20 a) Now they call It swing; b) Hawalian Hospitality; c) High
Society; d) Sunday.
5.35 Interval of recorded Dance Music from Z.B.W.
5.40 a) It's the Natural thing te do; b) Do
b) Double or nothing; c) Tango Negro; d) A
d) A Media Luz.
5.55 Interval of recorded Dance Music from Z.B.W.
0.0 a) When I grow too old to Dream: ) Only a Year ago; e) Blue Danube.
0.15 Interval of recorded
Musle from Z.B.W.
Dance
0.20 ) Cotton; b) Truckin'; c)
South American Joc.
6.30 For The Children.
"When
We Were Very Young"
Songs (A. A. Milne, II. Fraser- Simson). 'Happiness', 'Missing', 'In
Fashion,
The
Hoppity,
Baker
Haitway Down',
sp Up'..... George accomp. by the Composer; "The Hums Of Pooh" (A.
Sabit
Milne-H. Fraser-Simson).
was bigger'; Here lies n tree"; Christopher Robin Is Going'. George Baker (Baritone) accomp. by Composer; Nursery Rhymes (Wal- ford Davies) Matthew, Mark, Luke and John'; 'Bless You, Bonnie Bec. Masters E. Lough and R. Mai- lett, Messrs. Capel Dixon and Frank Hastwell accomp. by G. Thalben Ball
* ་ | (Plano).
6.45 London Relay-Walt Disney's 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs'. A broadcast version of the Arst full-length film cartoon, Words by Larry Morey; Music by Frank Churchill,
Leigh Harline, and Paul Smith; Radio adaptation and
John tive lyrice by hts Watt; Orchestra- tions by Wally Wallond (By per- mission of Walt Disney Mickey Mouse,
Lid.)-
Characters: Snow White, Wynne. Ajcilo; The Queen; The Slave of the Mirror; The Hunts-
man: The
ed
nurra-
by Styx Gibling Compered and pro- duced by John Watt.
tions,
ince: The Prince; Dwarfs Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneczy Grumpy and Dopcy. The Augment- The War Office is introducing Standford Robinson--Special effects Variety Orchestra Conducted by humour into military training. report onUST MAN NEEDED"
Recognised that u picture will often
7.45 Closing Local Stock Quote- Sir Murchison then produced a The United States has less tanks in make a point more forecfully than medical certificate. "When he pro- proportion to the rest of its military many words, it has prepared a new of manual in which the formal kind
7.48 New Light Symphony Orches- duced it," said the Minister, I felt strength than most oher major power, writing and diagrams of previous tra that I had no option but to accept it. army officials believe, but they con-manuals are abandoned.
Two Symphonic Rhapsodies (Eric The circumstances in the colony tend this country's high industrial seemed to have upset his nervous development could assure speedy many simple, and sometimes amusing, van; 2. Bird Songs At Eventide; Instead, the soldier will find a great Conteg), 1. 1 Pitch My Lonely Carn- time of crisis. A flm company's £100,000 con- system. Quite frankly I was con-production in a
skelches accompanied by brief I heard You Singing; Spanish Dance, that They also point cut of Elisabeth vinced it required a physically, more tract for the services
it probably captians, to teach him the right way No. 1 (Moszkowsky); Spanish Bergner,
bust man, and a more determined would be wasteful to produce cage and show him the wrong way of Serenade (Bizet), and her husband, Dr. robust Czinner, in the production of two Governor, to put through the reforms quantities of tanks at present because
carrying out a variety of wartime 8.0 Time, Weather and Announce- films, only one of which was made, recommended in the Royal Commis- of the rapid obsolescence of such
duties.
ments, was mentioned recently in the Court sion's
comparatively new war weapon. Sion's report.
The Oficials also hate
manual is to be issued free 0.03-11.0 Chinese Programme- of Appeal.
"I am bound to say that I put it to
watching him that it would be extremely dif- closely the developments of anti-tank down to section leaders of infantry, Relay from Lee Theatre, Trafalgar Film Productions Ltd.
Nos, 1 of artillery and corresponding
11,0 Close Down. These include three inch appeated from an order made by Mr.ficult for him to go back and face a weapons. Justice Hillbery in Chambers con- very difficult situation in Trinidad." guns to be used in direct fire against ranks in other areas, and are expected Mr. Wedgwood Benn (Lab., Gor- tanks and a rapid-Bring weapon to to be of the greatest value in the cerning an action brought | against |
obvious that pierce the tanks heavy armour. Was them by the Dramatic and Cinema-on) thought it Them
damissed Another anti-tank weapon which Sir Murchison had been tograph Association Ltd.
been
Mr. Gilbert Paull, for th Trafal- because he had liberal ideas and did has proved effective is the ground not say "Shool 'cm" when the mine which explodes when the tank car company, said that the order natives gave trouble.
passes over It.-United Press. stayed a counter-claim raised by the defendants in the action, on the
xround that the malters in dispute, under a cinuse in on agreement of April 27, 1938, should go to arbitra- tion.
Mr. Paull explained that the plain- compuny were exclusively en-
titled to the services of Miss Bergner
ducer.
HOBOETTES" LATEST
IDEA IN TRAVEL
and Dr. Czinner, who was a pro-LEARNED a new word from Jeff Davis, King of the Hoboes,
who has just arrived in London from America, says a Corres pondent.
In 1930, said Mr. Paul, the defen-
It is "hoboette."
dants
were anxious to produce two films with Miss Bergner as chief actress. They undertook by the "There are 40,000 hoboettes in the States," said Jeff proudly,
agreement to pay to the plaintift
company £50,000 for the services of Arthur Hayday, M.P. Miss Bergner and Dr. Czinner res- pecting each of two films. Only the Arat Alm, "Dreaming, Lips," was made, and £50,000
when we met in the House of
"THE BOY DAVID”
The dispute
Was
Irish was paid over,
Hospital Sweep Riddle
whether it was Trafalgar of the
company
the fault of
or that of the other company that! the second film was not made,
The Association counter-claimed for the return of £20,000, which had been paid by the Trafalgar company to the plaintiffs in respect of the second
Alim. There was also claim for alleged breach of contract.
It alleged
Was
Trafalgar Film
Productions that
Telenso Mian
by
that they paid £2,000 to Bergner from contract
Dublin.
An official report just pub- lished discloses that, out of more than £10,000,009 available for
from the hospitale
the Irish sweep up to Dec. 31, 1930, less than £3,000,000 had been paid out to them
nut
The Government will consider the
with Mr. C. B. Cochran to perform report, which draws attention to the
in "The Boy David." They claimed decline in voluntary subscriptions to
the hospitals after the sweeps began,
Territorial Army.
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZEK on a Frequency of G40 Kuo- cycles.
8.03 Variety. Orchestra. Ballads We Love Selection..... Debroy Somers Band; Humorous Silly,
Bennett Phono-Fiddle
It is the first manual designed to be of Interest also to the general public, who can buy it for 6d. from the Stationery Omce.
Isn't It? CARE OF EQUIPMENT
and Williams The deals with the care Plic The first lesson
Comedians; Vocal- of arras and equipment. Two ple- Sam Browne Requests. Sam tures show the right way and the Browne with Orchestra; Vocal-Take wrong way of cleaning a rifle. Badly- My Heart (Ahlert, Young): Would trained
You? (From San billets
with good soldiers who keep themselves, their Orchestra-Queen Of Hearts--Selec equipment and their clothes in order. tion; It's Love Again Selcetion.
A picture of a soldier smashing a Sydney Kyte and His Piccadilly Hotel carriage window with his rifle butt Band with vocal chorus.
troops
ore
carousin
Francisco).
Comp in sloveny Greta Keller with Orch. Accomp.;
as he entrains points the moral that 8.35 London Relay-Empire Ex-
it in Ca
in caster to enter the train in the correct way.
change".
Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and Colonies.
8.50 Grieg Concerto In A Minor,
A section is devoted to safe and dangerous methods of using cover and camouflage. Two sketches of an Op. 16.
it billets and the same billets in and The Royal Albert Hall Orches- chemy aircraft flying over brilliantly- Played by Arthur De Greef (Piano) darkness-need fewer than 20 words tra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald. of explanation.
Gitana,
Gitana
Commons as the guests of Mr. Obviously hoboette is the feminine of hobo, but you must know the meaning of hobo before you can tell a hoboëlle when you see her.
Scouting and sentry-duty, night; 1.23 Bongs by Raquet Meller. "Most people,"
explained Jelf, work, anti-aircraft defence, field- "think of hoboes as tramps, beggars, craft, small arms fire and transporta- and vagabonds. Nothing of the sort. tion are dealt with in the same graphic
NEW BRITISH BRANCH "The name-it was originally "hoe- boy', an itinerant agricultural hand -belongs to respectable men who wander from place to place to earn a livelihood.
"In the same way the hoboettes are itinerant girl workers."
fashion.
Arab Gangster İs Arrested
Mohamed
Jerusalem.
Khalil Darwas, Ra mapped convict, on veested to-to
price of £200, was arrested to-day He was tracked by police dogs
unci
(Prado Romero); La Pena (From 'Violettes Imperiales').
9.30 London Helay-The Newa.
9.50 Efrem Zimbalist (Violin). Romance In G (Beethoven-Op.
40).
10.0 London Kelay-In Town To- Night.
10.30 Dance Mario, Fox-Trots-The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down; Sweet Lellani (From Waldki Wedding')... Billy Cot- ton and His Band with vocal chorus; We Gonna Do With Baby?
Britain will soon have. Its hoboeties, if Jeff has his way, On Tuesday Jeff, in association with this sum as damages.
Mr. Hayday (a Supreme Knight of For the Association, Me. H.-C. and to the increasing tendency of of the Hoboes of America) and other
that the £20,000 the public to demand free, or par prominent leaders in the movement { from a Jewish settlement in the Jor I Saw A Ship A-Sailing; What Are claim involved all the points which tially free, treatment.
The financial returns from volun-are to hold the first world conference dan Valley which was raided by 30 were expressly said in the agreementary hospitals, the report says, "gurul of the hoboes in a room of the House ormed Arabs. One of the Jewis Brian Lawrance and His Orchestra,
Marks submitted
to be matters for arbitration.,
The hearing was adjourned.
of Commons.
that the reduction in certain sources of income is accompanied by an un- propedented increase in expenditure.”
A British branch is to be sponsored.
BOY FINDS HE'S IN REVERSE
Turlock.
HIT BY SAME TRAIN TWICE Walford, In
LETTER DELAYED 13 YEARS
Buffalo, N. Y.
settlers was killed.
vocal refrain by Brian Lawrence Mohamed Darwasi was the leader Tangos-Land Of Magic; Lamentol Heinz Huppertz and His Orches- of a gang alleged to be responsible tra; Fox-Trois-A Sailboat In The for several murders, including that Moonlight; Love Is Good For Any- of Squadron-Leader Alderson, who this Alls You (From The Hit was shot dead ten days ago.
My
During search operations in which Parade')...... Orlando and His An sppendectomy. on Zerl
If Willam Stursa, Watkins, Io.,
The Great Lakes Transit Corp. has RAF. planes co-operated, Kassam Orchestra at Gleneagles Hotel with revealed the fact that his internal proaching railroad crossings, he can mailed from the Detroit offces of the forint bands in North Palestine, was Ever And Rule MS Steert (Paganini Klaproth, a 19-year-old farm youth, appears unduly cautious when ap- just received. atelier, which was Muhammed Assad, a leader of ter vocal refrain: Waltz-Love Live For organs are in reverse, or what is always say he has good reason. Pere Marquette railroad back in killed, knowning medical science us Twice during the same month he col- July, 1920. It was one of three
mirror picture. The boy enjoys lided with the Milwaukee railroad missing letters which were found in ticing High Commissioner, left for
General Sir Arthur Wauchope, r0 the best of health and surfers no i train No. 108. He was injured only the Buffale post once building in a Egypt in an RAF plane today effects from this raversal,⠀
renovating Droones,
his 64th birthday.
onco.
Girls Were Made to Love And Klas Hylton, and His Orchestra with vocal (Herbert and Lehar), refrain by Bert Yarlett..
11.0 Close Down
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