THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1938.
Library, Supreme
Girl With the "Golden Voice" Fights
Illness, Seeks Panto Job
HER RECORD EARNS
£1,700 A
A WEEK
Recently a voice whose beauty is known to millions earned £1,700. The slim, fair-haired girl who owns the voice was lying in a London nursing home, ill. The voice is the "golden voice" of Jane Cain. It tells the time to every Londoner who dials TIM, and is making a fortune for the Post Office.
Tim, the talking clock, brought fame to Jane Cain. She was known as the girl with the golden voice. A new career lay before her.
She was chosen out of 13,000 tele- phone operators to be the voice of the talking clock, made 130 records for Tim, and was paid ten guineus.
That was three years ago. Since then she has known kuccess, glamour .. and hard work.
She has met celebrities, travelled, been mobbed for her own autograph. Now she is recovering from illness and is determined to go on
the
Immediately after making record for the talking clock, Miss Cain had dozens of offers of stage work. Famous playwrights urged her to go on the stage.
Two flm companies signed her up, beautiful because besides having a vulce, she is pretty, has an attractive personality.
"LEFT HER JOB"
Miss Cain oblained leave from the Post Ofice to make flnis,
I've been taking elocution stage. lessons since I was 18, and ever since I can remember I've play-acted, first as a child in make-believe, later on in amateur dramatic companies.
"STICKING TO IT"
"It was like a dream come true-
Then the hard work eame, at first. and 1 found it was even harder than working from 9 till 6. But I've l made the break now, and I'm sticking to it.
"I have been taking singing hope to lessons recently and
pantomime for
get a Job in Christmas."
Miss Coin hus asked the Post Office for share of the profits muule by TIM.
She thinks that she is entitled to some of that £90,000 year that is spun out by, her golden volee.
The Post Offee is considering her The Alms she had made were so claim. And while her voice murmurs successful that Jane Cain left her soothingly into the telephone all day Joh, and appeared for a whole season long Miss Cain is fighting her way the Open Air Thentre, Regent's back to health and new success in her stage career. The show must go
at
Park.
Since then she has had a succes-on. sion of stage parts. She was under- studying Ursula Jeans in "People Like Us" this summer. Then enine illness
Three years ago," Miss Cain said, "I said that I would have to be a very big contract that would tempt
me from the Post Omce.
"I hud all my life to think about-
Lemons Big As Pumpkins
Pasadena, Cal.
Newell Hayden displayed at the
not just a few years of glamour. Chamber of Commerce proof of what
Each of the Big Four notional leaders at the Munich peace conference was halled here of the heur, when he returned to his war-dreading people. Here is how Rome welcomed Premler Mussolini. in the Piazza Venezia. In a speech Il Duce said: "1 Muulch we worked for peace according to jus tice. Isn't this the Italian ideal?" The crowd roared, "Yes!"
GOLFER, 74,
DIES
AFTER
BEATING MAN OF 24
of
Mr. Walter Blackwell, the 74-years- St. Andrews, who is in his twenties. | old golfing veteran, dled at St. None of the crowd who watched him Andrews recently, four days aller realised he had a temperature contesting the final of the Jubilee mare than 100. Vase of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews.
Mr. Blackwell was
taken
Later Mr. Blackwell was removed into a nursing home suffering from double pneumonia. The Royal and during the competition, but refused Ancient Club flag was at half-must. to withdraw.
In the semi-final, he defeated_a man half a century his junior, Mr.
excitement, and big money. I held Easterners will not believe in the J. T. Blackwell, a Londoner, who WITNESS ASKED
out on it for a long time. Then I form of three lemons the size of the three gave way. I left my safe, steadypumpkins. He declared
would make enough lemonade for an job for the footlights,
"I'd always wanted to go on the lentire elreus.
was not related to him.
He put up a great struggle in the and two by Mr. A. L. McEwan, of
Annt, when he was defeated, four
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FILM HELD UP AGAIN
The Unluckiest Film-"Lawrence, of Arubia”—has had yet another set- back.
The Colonial Office has advised London Film Productions that it will be impossible, because of the situa- tion in Palestine, for a Im unit to take shots there.
Mr. Alexander Korda recently suld: "It is true that the Colonii Office; has been in touch with us, advising us not to go to Palestine at the needed that moment-not that we
holding ndvice. Therefore, we are on the
Alm for few weeks",
ABOUT "CHINESE
MYSTERY MAN" up work
The hearing of the case
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play the part of Lawrence, Since then he has gone into production for him- self, and Mr. Korda said:
NOT LESLIE HOWARD In March this year it was an- in which three men are, nounced that Lesile Howard would charged with conspiracy to defraud the director of a Paris arms firm was con- tinued at Bow-street recent- lly.
"I do not think now that Mr. Howard will play the part in the film which we are to produce in conjunction with Paramount. But as yet I have not decided on his successer."
Here is the long history of
the
re-
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The men. described 28 Frederick Willing, aged 50, metal merchant, of Tavistock m
April 1933T. E. Lawrence Court, Tavistock-square. W.Gjected an offer of £10,000 from his son. James Oll Herbert Will-American syndicate to appear in a ing, aged 24, metal merchant, picture of his life.
of Dorset House, and Dennis February 1931: Permission to film Michael Corrigan, aged 46. agent Lawrence's life story in a picture of Park-lane, W., are charged called "A Fugitive from Glory" was
refused. with conspiring with Chou Tin
1931: Alexander Korda May
the Shu and others unknown to secured
flim rights. Lesiio cheat and defraud M. Theodore Howard to play Lawrence.
June 1934; Walter Hudd to play Lafitte of £7.250.
Lawrence.
March 1017: Clifford Evans to play
They
further charged with are obtaining the money by false pre-Lawrence. tences and attempting to obtain a further £4,000 from M. Laffitte.
MACHINE-GUNS
July 1937: Leslie Howard to play Law, snee.
August 1937: John Clements to play Lav rence.
The case for the prosecution, ast September 1937: An "unknown" to outlined by Mr. E. Chiylon, was that play Lawrence,
March 1938: Leslie Howard to play: the accused put forward Chou Tin! Shu as important official at the Lawrence ("later this year"). Chinese Embassy in London and And now-October 1938--anoller head of a Chirere commission for "unknown" is to play Lawrence. buying arms in Europe.
It was alleged that M. Laffite,
But when?
director of Paris arms Arm, was because ull his relations with Mr. shown fictitious documents purport-Shu were through "Mr. Willing."
ing to come from the Chuese Em-
bassy. M. Laffite agreed to buy 50 machine-guns and half a
million
"PRESENTS OF £500"
M. Lamite aald that he agreed to with Mr. James rounds of ammunition, and he paid go to Marseilles £7,250. AL Marseilles the
casca Willing, and said that if the goods
were
found to contain brick rubble, were all right he would give Mr.
old motor parts and tyres.
At the heuring Mr.
Willing's wife a present. He did not G.. L. remember mentioning Du Cann, for the Willings, stated
that they were of excellent charac
perfect answer to
sum 1
ΟΙ
so rich
£500.
Mr. Du Cann-Are you
Many
nothing to
ter, and their firm had always been that a sum of £500 is known as a highly honourable one. you?--I am no richer than anybody Their case was that they themselves else, but in business one makes many were victims of the conspiracy and presents. that they had a
presents of £5002-Some- times larger. the charge.
He did not go to Marseilles to look Mr. Walter Frampton, for Cor- rigan, said that be did not agree with at the goods as he had other work the accuracy of Mr. Du Cann's state ment.
MET AT EMBASSY
to do, but sent his secretary.
In further cross-examination by Mr. Du Cann, M. Laffitte said that th January he was concerned in a M. Laffitic, who gave his evidence £300,000 deal for armaments through an interpreter, Was cross- were in France and America. examined by Mr. Du Cann.
that He
was acting as an intermediary be Asking what M. Laffitte knew of tween Mr. Willing and a London Chou Tin Shu, "this Chinese mon of firm, and he offered the Willings 0 mystery. Mr. Du Cena gald, "Were per cent, commisalan.
you told that this man was n brother- Mr. Du Cann-Was the amount! in-law of the Chinese Prime Mints-which you were willing to pay them ter, Dr. Kung?"
no commission £18,1902-Yes, to the
M. Laffite-By Mr. Frederick Willings and Shu,
M. Lafitte agreed that he gave the Willing and it was confirmed by Mr. James Willling that Mr. Shu wa Willings £8,000 of the £18,000, and, related to Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. tubsequently he gave £2,000 to Mr.
Shu. Kung.
M. Lamite sald that he met Mr.
All the defendants were remanded Shu in the Chinese Embassy, both for seven days. Corrigan was again in Paris and In London. He did not refused ball, but ball for the Willings write to Mr. Shu at either embassy continued.
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