NO SUCH
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY,
PERSON AS
"THE NORMAL MAN"
Crime Clinic Doctors Report Inquiry Result
Investigators of the psychological treatment of criminals have come to these conclusions:
The more human behaviour is studied the more difficult it becomes to determine normality, and the more probable does it seem that there is no such person as a "normal man";
to
to
The task of the investigators, results of whose work will be revealed to the Prison Commissioners before long, has been select those who might benefit from mental treatment, and discover how many patients have in fact benefited.
Information
gained during the
past four years at a special clinle at Wormwood Scrubs Prison is being reviewed by Dr. W. Norwood East, until recently Medical Commissioner, and Dr. W. H. de B. Hubert, psycho- 'therapist for the Commissioners.
The work has been purely experi mental, and so far only a proportion
prisoners
who might derive benn-
At from treatment have been selected
of
for it.
Generally
they have
unt men under 40
year
Headmaster Blames Sport And Speed
Brighton. described 11.9 "potted youths/HAT be €18 arte.
knowledge" and "knowledge
were criticised Prisoners suffering from neurasthenia, | under compulsion" hysteria and similar mental illnesses here by Mr. J. Jandson, headmaster have been chosen as well as adoles cents of good intelligence who ap
be developing peared anti-social lines for some reason.
to
of
North Haminersatil mixed schools, at the national conference on long commercial education. unknown
THE MALINGERERS
The doctors difficulties have been increased by malingerera eager necute the comforts which:
pany clinical treatment.
It is felt that in certain cases
adolescente
The a average modern boys and girls
anions"
he
of
of from fourteen to seventeen, sod. Hved in an atmosphere constant mental tickling--wireless, cinema, sport, speed, raucous shout- an environment en- to ng crowls
cul - and - dried arcom-couraging
Teuchers, he went on, had to enst for a new method of approach For it is necessary for
to appeal. and a new offender
der to be help by an unde- with which
medium
which to build, in standing menter or ductor, so that le
Lo combat the "instinctive can view bls problems in their pro-order
{barriers" which youth set up to much per perspective
Dillculties of selecting prizonces of what eruention had to offer them. The examination "grind" was the for treatment are illustrated by the fact that patients may be suiteringleat way for all teachers; that was But teachers from one or more of over 40 mental why it would die hard.
ought not to boust about their so- "complaints,"
It is understood that the Home called successes in that line. Secretary and the Prison Commis- sioners have shown increasing in-much of what was done in schools being under terest in its work, which is continued pending the completion of personal the report.
A
RICH MAN'S SON WEDS SERVANT
Newenden (Kent). MILLIONAIRE'S Bon married gkl from the servant's ball of his mother's mansion home here. At the altar in St. Peter's Church, stood Mr. James Henry Gunther, 21- year-old son of the late Mr. C. E. Gunther, the Argentine canned food magante, and Miss Marjorie Trill, on 18-year-old housemaid.
Marjorie drove to the church in
a hired car with her father, a gar dener.
ener, She wore white satin and
wurd curried ກ bouquet of Hiles of the valley
Her father wore his Sunday
sult of grey homespun.
James arrived in his own high- powered car, driven by one of his mother's chauffeurs.
His mother, wearing a flowered silk dress and eart-wheel hat, snt by his side. She is the owner of Tongs- wood, a 50-roomed house near Hawk- hurst, where 20 Indoor servants are employed and 10 men work on the eslate.
Brillo and bridegroom first met two years ago, when Mar forio went to work at the big honse straight from school. It was love at first sight,
Marjorie has been taking lessons on how to run a huge home from her mother-in-law. She has been taught how to engage servants.
You'd get dizzy if you watched these graduation exercises long enough. It's a special show put on by the first class to Anish the course at the U. S. Army's new autogiro school at Wright Field, Dayton, O. The unusual pleture shows five of the wingless planes Rying in formation,
lie find come to the conclusion that BIG INCREASE
domination or compulsion of Influence left little per- |manent impression,
tile
Ons could see, for example, connection between literature as Im- posed in school and what the general run of pupils read after they left school.
"We see tidy school rooms and dy school playgrounds, but muses of Jitter everywhere when our pupils become adults," saldi Mr. Jamison,
"Hear moderately correct speech in
IN
LONDON
CRIME IN 1937 .
Metropolitan Police Chief
Defines Causes
shopbreaking the percentages were even higher.
JULY 18, 1988
ERADIO BROADCAST
Rev. C. B. R. Sargent On Opera from the Studio BEETHOVEN CONCERTO
Brondeust by
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Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 145 ke's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. 9.62 m.c's. per and 8-11 pm, on
second.
H.K.T. (ML).
12.00-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service
of Intercession
from St. John's
Cathedral.
Booth
12.70 Alfredo Campoli and Ills
Webster with Orchestra (Tenor).
(Arr. Sidney With The Classica Crook); Intro-Polonaise (Chopin); Moments Musicals (Schubert); Rosa- munde Ballet (Schubert); Nocturne (Chopin); March (Tchaikovsky); Waitz of the flowers (Tchaikovsky); William Tell Overture (Rossini); Dance of
sugar-plum
Minute
the
fairy
Waltz
Rhapsody
Tchaikovsky napoli and HiS
(Chopin);
Dawning
(Liszi)....Alfredo Concert Orchestra; A (Cadman). Webster Booth: Obatl- nation (Fontenailles, nrt. Crook); Tango Habanera (Payan, arr. Hart- Alfredo Campoll and His Orchestra, Land Without Music Medley To. Straus); Intro:-Heaven
Sleepy;
py: You must have in simple little Melody; Heaven Music; Simple
in a
The ....Webster Booth with
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Call in at
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and get their advice
on the coolest things
to wear Three; An Old World
Garden; Intro:-Marigold;
Pansy
Faces: Narcissus: Whispering of the Flowers; Honeysuckle and the Bee; Forget-me-not Alfredo Campoli
and His Salon Orchestra.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.
1.03 Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye on two Planos.
Medley No. 2: Tin Pan Alley Intro:Goodnight my Love: So do 1;
I Need You; Boo-Hoo; Love Marches On: What will I tell my Heart: Mid- night in Mayfair (Newell Chase); Four Hands On A Piano (Moreton and Kaye).
1.15 Reginald Dixon at the Organ. Paince Theatre Medley; Intro:-- She didn't say 'yes' (Cat and the Fiddle); Night and Day (A Gay Divorce): You're the cream in my
Coffee (Hold
old Everything): Anything Goes (Anything Goes); Blue Room (The Girl Friend); Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette); Bells Across The Mea
The Mall dow (Ketelbey); Down (Belton); Waltz Selection; Intro:- I'll see you again; Falling in Love Again; Love will find a way. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Weather Forecast and ments.
Press, Announce-
1.40 Latest Variety Numbers, Plano Solo Manhattan Music Box --Selection; Intro-Mama, I wanna nake Rhythm: Have you ever been in Heaven? I owe you; Dizzy Fingers Patricia Rossborough (Confrey)
Solo);
Ano Kenneth Binm).•****
Comedian with Plano-
.Arthur
Askey: Banjulele and Orchestra-He Said "Kiss Me (Ted Waite); You're At Blackpool By The Sca
(Ted Tessic O'Shea with her Waite..... banjulele and Orchestra; Orchestra -Twelfth Street Rag-Fox-Trot; Jack The
Merry Mill-Fox-Trof.. Wilson and His Versatile Five; Come- dan and Plano-The Dee Song (Ken- .Arthur Askey; Organ "Some experienced police officers," noth Blain). remarks Sir Philip, "ure inclined to and Dance Band-Sweet As A Song
Irene and attribute the increase of crime among-Fox-trot (From "Sally, the young to the removal of many Mary); Cry, Baby Cry-Fax-Trot). this in-of
the unpleasant
The Organ, The Dance Band And consequences
Me which previously followed defèction.'
with vocal refrain; Orchestra He adds that perhaps the most fer- Sugar Foot Stomp-Quickstep..... tile cause is the lack of employment.
Roy and Orchestra.
school, with a speech outside school An increase of more than 6,000 so careless and lazy as to be almost indictable crimes in the London area another language."
during 1937 is disclosed by Sir Philip Police Com- Game, Metropolltun missioner, in his annual report.
Contributory causes crease are given as:-
In solitary confinement in Los Angeles jail is Mrs. Anna Laura Barnett, above, widow of Ounge Indian multimillionaire. Mrz. Barnett, whom joll keep- ers found "unco-operative," was vited for contempt after ignor-
court orders in legal wrangling over disposition of her late husband's estate.
Blind, He Golfs, Swims, Boxes
(By Janes Curls)
Irish pluck and determination made it possible for Captain Gerald Lowry to be playing golf at Hythe to-day. Blinded by a German sniper's bullet through his temples in 1914, Captain Lowry boxes, rldes, yachts, skis, golfs, beagles, and plays bridge.
Last year he aniled his
HIS DAILY SWIM
own
.
of
Easy access to houses on modern building estates; and
The need for drafting large rein- forcements of police to certain areas to deal with political demonstrations. thereby denuding other areas.
Crimes totaller 92,192, compared with 83,777 in 1930. The number of cases in which proceedings were taken was 20,202, an increase 1,000.
of
The total of 92,102 is divided us follows:
Preventable crimes "which come
or may come within the range of police supervision,' 38,705, against 35,787;
Detectable crimes "which the police can do little or nothing to prevent." 53,487, against 47,990.
CARELESS OWNERS
MOLLISON'S AIR
LICENCE
An Air Ministry official comment- ing on My Jim Mollison's stud. flying recently at Le Tourquet, said: "No communications have yet reached us from the French authorities.
"Dut if a serious breach of the nir regulations is alleged against, Mr. Mollison, the Air Ministry would, of course, look into the matter.
2.16 Close Down
6.00 Relay of The Dance Orches- tra from the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel.
(a) Mama, [ I wanna make Rhythm; (b) You're the Night; (d) The Girl Precious to me; (e) In
The Still of
with the Dimples.
0.14 Recorded:-Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris and Young); Poor But- terfly (Golden and Hubbell).
The Dixie Devils with vocal chorus.
0.21 (a) Romance in the Darks; (b)
0.44 (a) Thanks for the Memory:
and as it is valid internationally, contravention of flying rules in any) You took the words right out of part of the world might jeopardise y heart; (e) Moskow; (4) Good-
night, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight, the future of a licence."
7.00 Arthur Rubinstein At The Plano, Consolation No. 3 (Liszt); Hungarian Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 (Chopin);
Rhapsody No. 10 (Listi)
Here comes the Sandman; (e) Cry Baby Cry; (d) A Gypsy Told Mc.
6.35 Recorded:--Popular Melodies; Intra-Shoe Shine Boy; When the poppies bloom _again; No regrets;
heart: Take my
South Sea Island Magle; There isn't any limit to my love. ....Len Green (Piano Solo, with "A rise in the number of indictable.
Drums "The British flying licence is issued (Reser).
Wedding Chimes Accomp.); offences," writes Sir Philip, "would
The Brothers Bertini seem to indicate either a lowering of by the Royal Aero Club, which lain Banjo and Guitar Duet). the standard of honesty or an in- close touch with the Air Ministry, ercused general car
carelessness In the protection of
of property, or more prob- ably both combined.
"As has been often sald, oppor- tunity produces crime. Houses and Mr. Mollison achieved prominence flats with doors that can be pushed in 1931, when he made the first days open or left with windows unfasten from Australia to England in 8 days ed or casily unfastenable, unlocked 22 hours. In 1932 he made a record cars with suitcases und rugs in them, fight from England to the Cape in unchained bicycles leaning against 4 days 17 hours, east-to-west across The wall, all these make things easy the Atlantic the same year, and in for the criminal.
1030 west-to-cast in 131⁄4 hours.
7.10
7.17 Closing Local Stock Quota- tlons
Variety Including
Gracte Fields, Sandy Powell. The fÜll Billles. And Jack Hylton's Orchestra..
"There seems to be some justin- cation for the conclusion that the In July 1933 Mr. Mollison and his
Little Drummer Boy (Noel, Pelosi): acquisitive Instinct 19 becoming wife became the first married couple Lambeth Walk (From 'Me and My stronger than the urge to honesty. to By the Atlantic, They set off Girl')....Grocie Fields with Orches- Statistics of juvenile crime appear
from Pendine Sands and crashed attral Accompaniment; Everything Bridgeport, Connecticut, while at Stops For Tea-Fox-Trot (From tempting to break the long-distance Come Out of the Pantry') When The
to support this conclusion. 18 the percentage of arrests of persons up to 20 years of age shows u progres- sive increase."
HOUSEBREAKING ♣ Housebreaking figures show that 50 per cent, of the total occurred in 28 police divisions. tho arcas In
boat at Burnham-on-Crouch, "I had a go at boxing in the gym, Blx of the
the other morning," he said, "and Broadly, they cover
winning both the handicap for found that I was getting out of con- which housing estates are being lald the season and Burnham week, dition. That isn't good enough. After out most rapidly, and to which com
munications by road and rail are. This year pressure of work will all, I'm only 48," prevent him from entering, since he Ho Ukes a daily swim, too, though
communications of the Marylebone he has given up championship work most highly developed. Borough Council, as well as being one
other than local thieves,"
is a member
of England's best-known osteopaths.
a poor
Easy
trlet
tend
record.
IT'S ALL 'OLLERING
The Bishop of Southwell (Dr. H. Morley) told this story to the Con to ference of the National Association
"When I was Rector of Poplar. Ì was called to the bedside of an old coffee per at the door, and foole me that high pro- costermunger who was very ill. His
he won the Bath Club Cup twice facilitate housebreaking in these dis-of icad Teachers, at Nottingham: -and he holds the silver and bronzo medals for life-saving.
"Golf is the best game for
by other states the report. ind Tho
report Deportion
(Continued on Page 5.)
Quicker
and a shine as bright as lightning
BRASSO BRASSO
Two nights. 3 week moms to him sightiess," he mld. It helps our portion of shopbreaking, and house- to be treated free ne lila Weri End sense of visualisation."
1 putt without any help other breaking is the work of local inside to see the old man. consulting rooms
than the saddy, giving me the general Juveniles. In one typical division. 30 Bronzed and healthy, Captain direction of the hole! We per cent of the arrests for house- Lowry told me that he had run soven
He never realised his gifts until hottaking were of people under 18, that 'e 'as lorst isoller. Y'see, 'in Bole Agentsi Amperial Cummies) Industries
and 00 per cent. under 20. For trade is like yours--it's all 'ollering miles in Regent's Park that morning lost his sightedge
"She said to me, "The trouble is:
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Music hath charms
Sunday Classical Concert
at Repulse Bay Hotel
Under leadership of
Geo. Pio-Ulski
Programme for Sunday, 17th July, 1938.
1 p.m. -
2.30 p.m. PROGRAMME
1. Vienna Blood. Waltz
2. Serenata Braga
3.
Capriccio Italien
.Strauss. ¡Smith. .Tschaikowsky.
4. Robert lo Diable. Selscilon.Meyerbeer.
5. Believe me if all those endearing young,
charms.
7.
6. Quand l'amour meurt
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