TO
LAIK-CONDITIONED THEATREN
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This girl will work at
a machine
all her lugl
- MORROW M.G.M. Pictura
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
Bul...this girl will be tamp!. ed by wealth
This girl will marry a poor man and keep on workingi.
she bad
DRAMA OF A SHOPGIRL AND
dreamed of A MILLIONAIRE!
and hoped for!
JERAWFORDSTRACY
Mannequin
ALAN CURTIS-RALPH MORGAN
AF BOR
•Dicocted by Frank
Joanotto MacDonald - Nolson Eddy in
TELEGRAPH
WEDNESDAYA
RANDOM RAMBLINGS
By "John Blunt"
Drowned To Let Friends Live
Clinging to a capsized sailing yacht in the Firth of Forth, togethot with two girls and two schoolboys, a young student saw that his weight was dragging the waterlogged eraft down.
Cheerio, I'm off," he gasped, and
struck out for an island a mile away.
Years spent in the East have fashioned me after that "Wise old owl who sat on an oak; The more he heard the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard... and I took "a patterning at Cramond, near Edinburgh, from that old bird."
It was the last they saw of him.
He was David Hepworth, aged 19, Thomas neighbour, schoolboy Cranmore, unable to hang on any longer, was also drowned,
A
That excellent axiom is unfortunately a thing of the The girls and the other boy were past. Having recently returned to Hongkong, I resigned saved by a party out for an evening's sull, Who at first took distress siguals myself to settling back into my inarticulate niche, but for ducks.
They found Ruth and Valerie alas! life has changed so depressingly that one feels goad-Sandeman, sisters, and the boat's owner, 16-year-old David Wilcox, ed into uttering his cry to swell the pandemonium of blinging to the mast. All were saved, A sudden squnll had overturned strange wailings.
the yacht.
Society, In the generally nccepted sense, has disintegrated into so many diametrically opposed fragments. Young men with communistic Jean- ings weakly prench insidious fallacies) in which they have become en-) mashed. Bereft of loyalty, devold of common-sense, they imagine that by sailing athwart convention they will bring about the millenium.
Cleries delve into political crazi- ness and prench anything from "red" doctrines to the creed of dictators.) They wantonly sacrifice the simplici- ty and beauty of the Divine and
the material and spiritual for t
the
snobs and then wonder why are not permitted to patronisc ail men. Humility is as foreign to them
is is vanity lo a leper. I am, course, speaking of the unfortunate examples... the noise-mongers, the insincere, the hypocriticnl.
STOP PRESS NEWS
KIUKIANG HEAVILY BOMBED
"The GIRL of the GOLDEN WEST" | secular. Some of them even bee by Japanese airmen over
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Gena Raymond - Olympe Bradne "STOLEN HEAVEN"
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the
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"The
LITTLE COLONEL
A B. G. De Sylva Production with, EVELYN VENABLE - JOHN LODLE
and BILL ROBINSON
Directed by David Butler
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"THE LADY IN THE MORGUE”
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Klukiang, July 20. bofore At least 300 bombys were dropped parlementaires who are expected to 41 wide be back either to-day or to-morrow aren around Kluklang in one of the unless they are killed by the Soviet Hunchun severest air ralds experienced there troops, according to
that the two yesterday.
parlementaires,
bearing prominent Commencing at 8 a.m. two Japanese message which says raiders flew over a point west
of parto
white flags, left a certain point on the Sinkang and dumped their cargo.
eastern border of Manchukuo terri- Much plety is being spilt over the At 11 o'clock, Chowklamen to the tory at 6.50 on Monday night to refugee problem. As long as i can cast of Kiukiang was raided by deliver an offelul note to the Soviet remember, Hongkong always has had squadron of Japanese aircraft which
authorities.
This official note was addressed by its masses of destitute beings, who, released about 60 missiles.
machines dropped 20 missiles in the early hours of the morning!
the Japan-Manchukua military au- Tomelshan, 10
south-west at can be seen searching the garbage
of Sinkang, nt 2
Later, they thorities on the spot to the. Soviet bins for snacks
food. or some lew
Sinochilapna, west ef commander at Novokievsk, discarded trifle which may fetch a
It has now actually been ascertained Sinkang
and
unloaded 00 more few cash at marine dealer's store!
More anissiles.
than 30 civilians that the two military parlementaires What of these? The Street Sleepers there were either killed or malmed were received by the Ogpu at Karan- Seclely was founded some years ago while rows of houses were blown up, chih, to whom they banded the note. to assist them. The S.P.C. cares for
Pellipu, south-east of Kluklang, Dumei. the children, but both of these
tack
and Moutashan, near Sinkang, were societies complain of of funds
afternoon. regularly, being utterly unable to also bombed in the
Central News. their
the
оп
of
over
the
p.m.
Deny British Protest
Hankow, July 20.
al
w
New G.S.O. 2 Arrives In Hongkong
Kokfong-quarters.
cope with the demand
1 remember na! meagre resources. great impulse stirred to assist these and the poor within our gutes, und, yet, people are thinking in terms of refugees, apparently foreign blind
Indifferent to
fter or
the prior claims of those born (many
Major G. R. Way, R.A., General them) within our gates. Let us dis-
The Foreign Office spokesman has Staff Officer II, a new appointment courage cant and humbug and take denied that the British Ambassador, in the Hongkong military command, stock of ourselves and sur Colony Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, has pro-hus nrrived in the Colony and taken before we invite China's destitutes lo
se tested against the Chinese occupation up his duties at Command Head- I know the strict sense of British property Bock here.
Chiness United Press. of justice Inherent in our
am sure that they will friends, and
If a handful of foreigners and a sprinkling of Chinese wish to reed, house and clothe refugees, let then put their hands in their own
and then announce pockets, limit to which they are prepared to But Arst of all, let even flem go. assure themselves that their is no for transport to Hankow, will leave Education Officer
not Captain G. W. P. Kimm, and Captain prior claim to their charity in Hong- for Welhalwel to-morrow, and
Hyde will assume the new post of kong itself.
Let us be sensible and to-day, as originally scheduled.
been Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, 143 let
H.M.S. Daring, which has and moreover, practicn), not forget that all crents, in no mat- stationed at Swatow for some time, and will be in charge of the entire
milltary police. in due in the Colony to-day. ter what sphere, are a menace.
the
H.M.S. SUFFOLK
It is also notifled that Captain F. Captain C. H. R. Sale, A.E.C., and
1cft Regiment, Hyde, Manchester LEAVES TO-MORROW Liverpool for Hongkong on July 9 aboard the Blue Funnel liner Sarpe- H.M.S. Suffolk, the British cruiser don, which arrives here on August which brought down 100 ratings and 12. offlcers from Welhaiwel to Hongkong
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ANNABELLA
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Henry FONDA⚫ Leslie BANKS
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TUINGS MORNING
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THE WORLD-FAMOUS TENOR
JOHN MCCORMACK
Directed by Harold Scherer. Produced by abed T. Kane A 20th Cent Fox Relenie
RAFT
GARY COOPER - GEORGE "SOULS AT SEA“
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Gay excitement returns to the screen as Arsene Lupin out-thrills, out-romances and out-bafles ace G-men.
Romance races with mystery ..... as Arsene Lupin
and an American G-Man; match wits...to win a girl... and solve a double murderl
ARSENE LUPIN Returns
MELVYN DOUGLAS VIRGINIA BRUCE WARREN WILLIAM JOHN HALLIDAY NAT PENDLETON
Directed by GEORGE MIZMAURICI Produced by 10HH W, CONSIDINE, JE
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