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LITTLE MISS BROADWAY
A 20th Century-fos Musical with
Georg MURPHY Jary DURANTE Phyllis BROOKS Edna Mss OLIVER
George Barbier » Edward Eilis • Jona Dorwell
El Brandel Donoid Mark « Patricia Wilder
Orig
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As Trying Cummings
Brader of Dand Mary was
Bag Play by Harry Togout and factor
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The Private Life of HENRY VIII
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On the Screen
Inventor
PREVENT WAR Says
MIGHTY FLEET
Enormous Addition
By America
$
London, Dec. 4.
carly next year,
Sets Planes
On Fire
Jurors Weep
At Air Liner Crash Inquiry
A Scene of pathos met the eyes of the twelve jurors recently when they
stepped from the motor-coach in the
kane there the air liner crashed at
ALHAMBRA
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• TO-DAY & TO-MORROW CRASHING FROM UNCHARTED SKIES TO SET THE JUNGLE AFLAME WITH THRILLS!
FLAMING BULLETS
JACK HOLT
An enormous addition to the naval strength of the United States is fore-
Behind barbed wire fences to ConTM shurlowed for submission
a secluded estate at Jersen. Kress
reports. on
White Waltham (Berks.) there little things lay on the Government experts will trampled grass among the strips of shortly see a demonstration metal and halfburnt wood.
Also to be seen were a fragment THURSDAY of a death ray.
flector Bywater, the Daily Telegraph plan
nnval correspondent. The
which, Mr. Bywater is reliably in
formed from Washington, is likely to
A top bricks and some
of a woman's hangle, a spectacle ense, The inventor, seventy-years-old, and a book.
sclentist, Mr. Arthur
When the jurors returned to view self-taught Coxhead, who has worked for more the victims some broke down and than eight years perfecting his ap- wept as they gazed at the bodies. paratus in part of a disused munsion on the estate, believes that his ray will end war for all time.
of
Mr. Coxhend claims that by using the ray over a part of Berkshire re- cently he was able to cause a violent storm over Dover.
be adopted unless there is a speedy and marked improvement in the world situation, provides, he says, for battle creation of an entirely new Reet to be stationed permanently in the Atlantic. Consisting wholly of ships built specially for this service, i would comprise 12 battleships of
In addition to its destructive between 33,000 and 45,000 tons, six nircraft carriers, 17 heavy and 18 light potentialities, the ray, he claims, can
at will hundreds cruisers, 77 destroyers and 30 sub-produce rain marines Attached to the fleet would miles away. be 58 auxiliary vessels such as fnat and tankers, destroyer. submarine aircraft depot ships and floating of the workshops, Estimated cost new fleet is 100,000,000.
The first steps have already been taken to prepare for the building of this Altantie armala, Dockyards on both coasts are being enlarged and rost of modernised at an initial
for the £7,000,000 to equip them construction of buttleships. Should the new Atlantic feel be built its the United completion will make States by far the mightiest naval power in the world.
The enrispondent
Mr. Coxhend's apparatus concen- trates the sun's heat, directing on the 7 thermal ray of intense target power.
It is claimed that it would make the iron bulwark of a battleship o hot that nobody could survive on board. Its terrifle heal would boil the sea around it, and any ammuni- tion aboard would explode.
If an aeroplane Bow into the range, it would burn up like a fly in a can- de flame.
no more war.
"I can make
rain whenever please with the ray, and in that way I could prevent war. By operating
"t do not intend it to be used to also under-destroy the human race," Mr. Cox- starts that the British navy estimates | head said. "I believe there need be for 1939 to be presented to Parlia ment in February provide for con- siderality larger additions to the fleet Chan have been expected.
The
requirements defensive Euripran, zamiet and Far Eastern waters have been duly weighed and certam items are likely to cause sur- prese. It will be found that the Bri- tish Commonwealth will no
longer
in
be disposed to entrust the security of vital trade roules and lines of com- musBeation 10 the goodwili fareign Powers. There is evidence tivat the standard relative naval strength has been revised to conform
with changes in the international
situation.—Reuter.
RA.F. RECORD PLANE CRASHES
which
One of the three record-breaking Vickers-Wellesley bombers made record fights from Ismailia to Port Darwin has crashed at Rich- mond, N.S.W. Six weeks will be needed to repulr the damage. WATERSIDERS WON'T LOAD STEAMER Australian waterside workers
18 invoked Article
of the Lengur Covenant against the steamer Dallram, which they refuse to load with a 7,800-ton cargo of pig-iron because they suspect the destination is Japan.
have
my apparatus in this deld I could sel up a terrifle storm, which would in- undate a whole country oversens."
AIR SERVICES
Arrivals and Departures 'Of . Plane
Outwards
For London, Australia, British Countries and Europe: Imperial Air ways Della, Dardanus 7 a.m. Duc. 6. Imperial Airways 7 an. Die. 9.
Chungking. Sian, etc.: Eurasin and C.N.A.C. servleesa indenite.
For U.S.A.. via Manila, Honolulu, Guam: Pan American Philippine Clipper Nov. 10.
For France, vin Hanoi: Air France Dec. 10.
Inward
From Londen, Australia and Bri- lish Countries: Imperial Airways 5 p.m. Dec. 7. Imperial Airways 5 p.m. Dec, 10
From France, via Hanol: Air France noon Dec. 8.
From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwei- lin: C.N.A.C. Eurasia Services inde- finite.
From U.S.A, via Honolulu, Guam, Manila: Pan. American Philippine Clipper 12.30 p.m. Dec. 153.
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COLUMBIA FICTURE
A 20th C. Fox Picture
RAGAINST POISONED ARROWSIN
Fligh
INTO NOWHERE
"WALKING DOWN BROADWAY" CLAIRE TREVOR - PHYLLIS BROOKS LEAH RAY - DIXIE DUNBAR
LATE NEWS QUEEN'S
CONDOR STARTS RETURN FLIGHT
Shanghai, Dec. 6. The German Condor monoplane starled in its retum flight from Tokyo to Berlin at 8.37 p.m. G.M.T. yesterday, nying vin Manila, Batavia, Bangkok and Basra,-Reuter,
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ANNUAL PANTOMIME
Y.M.C.A. Production Of "Cinderella"
The production of the pantomime The General Officer Commanding,,
"Cinderella" by the Amateur Drama- Major-Gen. A. W. Bartholomew and ic Society has pride of place on the Mrs. Bartholomew, who are to leave December educational and entertain- this week, were the guest at a dinner ment programme of the European at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday | YMCA. It will be the sixth Christ- given by senior officers.
mas pantomime Society.
presented
by the
These invited were Brig. R. Bur-
"Cinderella" will be played_from, rowes, Mrs. Irwin, Col. J. F. King. I Mrs. Farren, Col. J. T. Simson, Mrs. Wednesday, December 21, to Tues-
Mrsday, December Tibbs, Mr. G. F. Costelor,
27, Inclusive. The Murray, Brigadier A. B. Thomson, performance on the first day will be Mrs. Gowlland, Col. N. M. S. Irwin, gin at 5 p.m. and on Saturday, De- Mrs, Simson, Col. E. S. White, Mcember 24, at 3 p.m.; otherwise the Richardson, Lieut.-Col. E. P. C. Col-
U p.m. The December programme at the lins, Brevet Lt. Col. P. W. Richard curtain will go up at o son, Mrs. Cusiclór, Itev. W. M. AY.M.C.A. includes other special Farren, Mrs. Collin, Col. V. R. Burk events, To-night there will be a hardt, Mrs. Rogers, Col. G. C. Gowl-Events,
Services' dance, and on Sunday, lund, Mrs, Burrowes, Mrs. Thomson, Capt. P. J. Howorth, Mrs. King, Col. December 11, at 9 p.m. Captain A, B. 1. L. Hogers, Mrs. Dobbs, Mr. B. A. Whatman, a member of the Oxford G. Willis, Men, Archer, Major H, W., University Arelle Expedition in 1935- R, Williams, Major G. P. Murray, 36, will deliver a lantern lecture. On Mrs. Hyde, Major F. C. Tibbs, Mrs. Sunday, December 25, at 0 p.m. there Hopkinson, Major J. P. Renoy, Miss will be a Christmas carol service. Burkhardt, Major E. 1. Way, Capt. R. E. Moody, Capt. C. H. R. Hyde, Capt.
C. I. Boxer, Major P. 5. Whitehead, Major J. M. Smith,
The Hun. Sir Henry Pollock will Major C. E. 8. Doble, Mrs. White-! head, Major F. H. Balnes, Mrs. Wil- distribute the prizes at the Central Jams, Major G. T. L. Archer and British School annual prize-giving at Major H. S. P. Hopkinson, * 16,30 pm, on Thursday, December 18.
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