The
Hongkong Telegraph
EIGHTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
June-September, 1938
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To be awarded to the best action study, including sequence shots. Open to all classes.
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Second Prize: $25 Cash, donated by The Hongkong Telegraph,"
Third Prize: $15 Cash, donated by The Hongkong Telegraph."
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SECTION ONE: FOR STORY-TELLING PICTURES Bell & Howell Filmu First Prize: Double 8 Camern, Streamline Modul,; four speeds self-setting footage indi- cator, built-in exposure guide, single picture device. Complete with case. Donated by Filmo Depol., Hongkong. Second Prize: $40 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
Third Prize: $20 Cash, donated by "The Hongkong Telegraph."
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SEVERE BORDER BATTLE
Japanese Dociaro Attack Repulsed
Yukl, Aug. 7.
A message from Reuter's speclu} | correspondent gives details of a very severe engagement which occurred at dunk yesterday when Soviet forces nally launched an attack un the Japanese lines.
The Soviet used two battalions in a flanking movement south-enst of Changkufeng. One battalion making ॥ frontol Attack succeeded in penetrating the Japanese front Ines after flere hand-to-hand fighting, but the Japanese Bnally ejected the Soviet troops. Tanica were also used by the Soviet to assist their altack.
SOVIET LOSSES HEAVY
Tokyo, Aug. 7. Intensiñention of fighting in the Changlufent area following deter- mined Soviet attempts to dislodge
MONDAY.
AUGUST 8, 1938.
CLIPPER
WRECK
WARNER
OLAND
DEAD
Passes Away In Native Land
Stockholm, Aug. 7. Warner Olund, film uctor, famous for his characterisation of Charlie Chan, Chinese detective, died here to-day-Reuter,
Born at Umen, Sweden, in 1880, Oland was known personally in Hongkong, which he visited in 1930 with his wife. He migrated to America at an early age and was educated in Boston, going on the legitimate stage as a young man. He made his debut in "The Christian," with Viola Allen, and for many years played character parts in stack com- pantes.
His screen debut was in "Sin." in the silent ins era before the great
FOUND
Japanese Ship To
Investigate
Tokyo, Aug. 7. The Hawaiian Clipper ot Pon- American Airways which has been missing since it left Guan Island for Manila on July 20, has been found) drifting near a point abon 975 miles off Shionomisoki Toint on the south- eastern coast of Japan.
Upon receipt of an urgent message from the American authorities ask- ing fur co-operation in the search, the O.S.K. freighter Cumberra Maru rushed to the scene from Dumet,
Kobe.
The point indiented is about 350 miles south-east of Manila and pre- tieally on the usual course nown bes tween Guam and the Philippines.
PRESUMED LOST
New York, Aug. 7. "After eight days intensive search we regretfully are forced to assume that the Hawail Clipper and all aboard were lost at sea." The above
the Inpanese is reported in a War Jyan," "The Mystery use," "Don statement was issued by Pan Amert- į
!
can Airways here.
Larking the recovery of any post-
ve evide
evidence, it Is impossible at this
There are no details at present on the losses sustained by bol sides.-war. He was most noted playing Reuter.
heavy roles in the prolific
Fenri White-Antonio Moreno serials of the war years, and was nino in "East Is West
Pride and
of Palomar," Other films in which he was featured were "Don " with Douglas Fair- banks, "The Marriage
Club."
Infatu- Omer communique issued at 11 am
ation" and "Old San Francisco,' to-day.
The advent of the Taktik mim It say that the Soviet troops yes-
made on difference to land, who time to assign any cause to the loss terday persistently nitoked a 62. Jumped into prominence in the first of the Clipper. smetre hill about 1,500 metres south-
experiments. ploying Al Folson's Intensive investigation 1 Rabbi further in The Jazz Singe continued with the full co-operation being Charkuteng east of
Fighting ས་་ close quarters ensued in which hand fir Fu Manchu in several films of all interested, uching the Con
at Sax Rohmer's stories grenades were thed At 9.30 m
ernment and other agencies The two eles faring
Although generally cast in Chinese Aghiting! enet other as thus area were separat in many straight thing until 1931. uten, bad was a featured player and y distance of 850 yarts They exchangest
when he hit played Charbe Chan The Bilder y at the neframed that about 50
"Cherde
Corries Soviet tard were destroyed or lis
vetsdon uf ale dar war yesterday
!まるしおいでい after 'scess that adaptations of several Alghting
Jolzer novels featuring the Chinese comburiye deterlive were produces with Cant soklis in the lead and when the supply of
Der Mugiter's stories ran out, special Japanese steamer i driven bakt
Clam had leaving two illed lacht: WWE were written.
played
Chan 18,
U.S. REQUEST cizes: assisted in the more recent by Keve
Washington, August 7 Juke, a young Honggivorus 'b
The State Department has led the light relief who played the detective's son and gquested Tokyo to order a search for
the
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ind
A Kwantung Amy states that dozen Soviet who violatral the herder th Surferggho were
STAR WARS
moumation
20 lauter
med flek telephone apparatus
The War
Issue onesque at 3:30 pm yesterday 26:
con Stavier
+
Must at
10 planes
machine-gunned the around the north Korean age of Hyu
Subsequently 27 Fight Mane bomba Changkateng de
orth Korean village of Koja
for
tten-
BRITISH POLICE MURDERED
wounded
SE
11 ambushe south
Such
De
its
OF TARTAR STOCK
Ben moet of las in roles were Clansa an Chitontal, it was generally composter vel that Oland was of orientat extraction Te naftural appearative bare the mut, anal when he visited Hongkong he explained that district in Sweden team With ise' came was on the border of Ruda ant centuries before often subject to raids by Tatars, some of wisomy and remained His features. Oland declared, were typical et Swedes from that district, as were obviardy the legacy of the vid Tartar invaders.
For these many years, one of Fox's i sture money innkers had been Charlie ¿Chan. 'The Just
the series, "Charlie Chan at the Ringside," hardly had started early this year when Oland walked off the set, ap- parently in daze.
A tribute was paid to the valuable co-operation of the War Department and the Navy-United Press.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
Honolult, Aug 7. Enter exeltement has been enus-! ed here by a report that the Pan- Aneriem dying-hout, Hawan Clip- per, using since Judy 28 hot been seen BUG miles south of Japan by a
Router.
thet
Aneruan
- יזין
Hawab Cispper which Par Airways believe is pos- sibly near Doughts Reef Reuter
NEW CAMP SITES FOR REFUGEES
The Government has dreaded not to proceed with the eruction of re- fugee camps on the Marina und Kowloon Tsal sites, and will instead bald them at Ma Tau Chung and Danger Hill.
Haifa, Aut d A Brdosh coluble was murdered in an Arab bus at Nablus this morn-
The North Point scheme will be *་་་ H
shot Wan
dead by
proceeded with as planned originalty. passenger who sat behind him
Ofielais found him at home, suf-
Mo Tau Chung is bounded by A Britanda julier sergeant WAS
fering from a ne vole breakdown, Argyle Street and Tam Kung Road. Allled jord i Beitish constable slightly roused by ill health and marital and Danger Hill, is in King's Park,
cafeties Fox was forced to pay on the Gascoigne Road side. off the cast and to hope against hope
The Marina and Kowloon Tsai that land would recover. Physites will be kept in reserve, A British other was lied in an sicians Indiented that it might be Ambush action on the Jerusalem-months before the wily Chan was Jeniche highway, when troops en-
able
to discover who murdered the countered a gang of baartus, who prize fighter.
This left the studio suffered several casualties
with exhibitors elnouring for more Charlie Chan, atat ተን ሊያ chance of Calder mutrages
alex the delivering. because Oland's char- winding of a Moslem detective at Jerusalem and the shooting dead of successfully.
acterization could not be imitated Jewish watchon and the wound- The film was eventually finished ing of auther in the Plain of Sharon. 1
Ding the past week 26 audits equally famous fletion detective, but have been killed and 25 wounded. Eight were captured in nebons with piter and military.
Energetic round-ups f Karas leaders continue with the confiscation
as "Mr. Mato's Gamble," with Peter | Lorre playing Mr Moto. another
Japanese, Marquand
Invented und
by J. P.
of arms and aminuution, for which being in possession of a bomb, was police and military are continually executed on Friday. searching the villages. Reuter.
DOCS ON TRAIL
REFUGEE CAMP TENDERS Tenders for the refugee camp at Kowloon are invited in the Govern- ment Gazette. They lose on August
The tenders call for the erection of temporary wooden huts for sleep- first aid, surface water ing, dining kitchens, latrines and
drains and fences.
channels,
Deserted By His Wife 42 Years Ago
The Military Tribunal in Haifa has passed the sentence of death 011 another Arab for a like offence. London, Aug. 6
Two goods trains, one of the The High Commissioner for Pales Inta-Lydda and ether on the Lydda-
Deserted by his wife 42 years ago, tine, a report received at the Haifa The were deralled, The year after their
marriage, John Colonial Office to-day, states that derailment in each instance is believ- Allen, retired farmer, aged 73, of curly yesterday Jewish super-ed to have been due to sabotage, Southfield Field Parin. Sandford St.
shol was numerary
and Fatally
The number of lives lost as the Martin, Oxfordshire, was granted a wounded near where the Jewish lorry was wrecked by a land mine on
result of the outrage on the Haifa- deeree mist in the Divorce Court by Thursday,
Tel-a-viv highway. when a motor-London.
Police dogs yesterday followed the lorry carrying 17 Jewish workers hit The wife, Mrs. Annie Jane Allen, trail from the scene of the encounter and mine, has been increased to did not defend the suit.
on the Acre-Safed road, It led to right. Twe more of the severely The marriage took place at Duns arted Arab in injured occupants have succumbed to Tew Parish Church, Oxfordshire, In
where an eave. uniform was shot and killed.
Early this morning wo Arabs were fired at in Tel-a-viv boundary, One was seriously wounded.-British Wireless.
ARAB EXECUTED
their wounds.
A Jewish motorcar driver was red at un Friday when travelling along the road south of Haifa.
September, 1805, and Mr. and Mrs.
Allen had a farm at Westcot Barton in the same county.
The case for Mr. Allen was that when their only son was about a month old his wife went back to her own people.
A Jewish Auxiliary policeman was killed on the Halfa road north of Tel-a-vly in the course of an ex- change of shots between a detach- He wrote, inviting her lo return, ment of Jewish police and a band of but she did not reply. She was now to death by a Military Tribunal for Irregulars.—Trans-Ocean.
Hving with her son,
Jerusalemn, Aug. 6. An Arab who had been condemned
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