TORTURE
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STORY UNTRUE
"There Is Something
Behind All
All This"
THE magistrate at Bow Street, Mr. Dummett, re- cently characterised as a tissue of lies the story previously told by a German of torture and persecution.
He had before him Siegfried Simon Gembicki (39), a German financial agent, of Forset Court, Edgware Road, charged with Elizabeth Lensing (39), a German student, of the same address, with making a false state- ment to an aliens officer.
Lensing, wearing a black hat with eye-veil and a squirrel fur cont, and whose case was taken first, pleaded not guilty.
Det-Sergeant Griflin
sutel that
Lensing had been living with Gem- birki since December
31. IL was diflcult to say how she obtained her money
Mr. Dunmelt: There is something behind all l-Yes, there definitely
s.
"Then perhaps 1 hed better not inquire," commented the magistrate. Lensing, glving evidence, sald in reply to Mr. Dummelt that Gembicid had asked her to stay at the flat asį his visitor.
Mr. Dummett: But you are living there with him?-No, I am not living with him. I was only a visitor there.
"AFRAID"
The solicitor: Have you heard of cases in which people from Germany
"Stick Pin In Me!
Not Yet'
TAHIBA BEY is an Egyptian faldr
posacssing strange
pl powers
mhtd over matter. He recently virlied LONDON at the invitation of medical men who want his advice.
In 1027, one hundred people fainted
in Mr. Gembicki's position have been at his gruesome demonstration in the followed, or have had inquiries made) Scala Theatre and the Lord Chan- about them by agents of the Secretberlain forbade repetition. Police?--I am certain that they have.
Did you think Mr. Gembleki had reason to fear that?--Yes.
Were you afraid?--Yes. Lensing said that she had private
He said that King Victor Emmanuel į
of Italy, King Carol of Rumania, ex- Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, Mussolini, Poincare, Hindenburg and{
cx natural,
March 2. 1939.
AK CHURCH
WEDDING
Bridal group photographed after the receni marrince of Mr. R. A. McKenny and Miss Nina Peart.
King's Studio.
RECTOR KEPT OUT OF
PULPIT
Village Hides Church Keys
the Duite of Windsor have received FTER the morning service in the means. She got money every month him and been impressed with his A parish church of Mellis, Suffolk, from Switzerland and sometimes, M
powers. He dislikes the recently, ometals locked the two from her relatives in Holland,
doors, took the two keys away and When invited to demonstrate by do-hid them.
that others could not do, They had already hidden the keys
These precautions were taken in say; I do not want him to get intouch fents require preparation, other-
wise they might be anly partly suc-keep the Rev. Benjamin Appleyard, cessful or,
might do him Rector of Burgate, Diss, out of the
pulpit. harm, For
Mr. Dunmeit: From whom do you word get your money?-From a friend of Wen
ing What is his or her name?--1 cannot belly declined. ile suld “That | of the rectory.
mine.
trouble.
Lensing left the court white Mr. Dummet heard the case gainst Gembicki.
FLOGGING STORY
Mr. Douaneti read a medical re- port, and commented: "This means that the police medical efficer does! about not believe Gembicki's story hh having been flogged."
Chief Inspector Salisbury said that Gembickt's story of having been) brought here by boat on January 3 was untrue. He arrived on Deceni- ber 11 at Newhaven from Dieppe with a fake passport.
Mr. Dunnett; Apparently he was able to ro freely between here and
worst,
a man who has allowed doc- Mr. Appleyard has been put in tors to stick knives into his chest charge of the parish by the Bishop without hurt some think that dis-of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, appointing.
who docs ΠΟΙ
intend to appoint a new Rector of Mellis.
In answer to proteals by the vll- lagers the Bishop has postponed his plan for a month, but offelals of the church
FEELS NO PAIN
They wanted only to stick a few plus in him, for he asserts that he can into a cataleptic state in a few seconds, during which he feels no
pain,
A demonstration "if it eun be are
anged" will be held during the
r's stay in London.
fakir'a
Royal Courts This Year
The King and Queen are to hold three Courts within eight days--on March 0, 15, and 16-and Court dress-
makers are preparing for their big- Best rush for 20 years.
Although it Is customary for the first two Courts of the season to be held on successive evenings it is rarely that three are held within so short a time as eight days.
Two more Courts will be held on July 12 and 13, bringing the total for the season to five instead of the usual The reason for the extra Court is the exceptionally heavy number of applications for presentation of de- butunles, married daughters, and daughters-in-law.
four.
EVENING PARTY
English Version Of
The Bible
OXFORD,
MONSIGNOR RONALD KNOX, VE Chaplain to the Roman Catholic members of Oxford University, is to resign his post in June to himself to a new English translation of the Latin Bible.
devole
Catholic filerarely in Britain to re- He has just been authorised by the
ranslate the Vulgate, the fourth en- tury Latin version of the Bible made. by St. Jerome.
To carry out this task Monsignor Knox will go to some place in the country where he can work in quiet. "Our present Bible was translated The March Courts have been ar- into English about Lie same time as fcarert trouble, and moderanged ro that the King and Queen the Authorised Version for the An- their own arrangements.
ruay officiate at them personally. Į glican Church," he said. During May and June, months
"It was revised a le about the which Courts are usually held, their Majesties will be in Canada and the end of the 18th century, but for United States.
long time wa have had nothing Attendance. at each Court will num-equivalent to the Anglican Itevised ber between 1.500 and 2,000.
HOUR EARLIER
To avoid scenes they held the morning service an hour earlier than usual, and got the Rev. F. Cory Elvin, rector of the neighbouring parish of Brome, to conduct it.
Germany and this story of torture months old. He is now thirty-eight each Sundiny until we get a new will hold an
Tahira Bey has been brought up in the Yogi teachings since he was four
He is short and plumpah, black and persecution is untrue? Yes, sir.)
Gembicki then gave evidence after bearded and olive skinned. His fore- taking the oath in the Jewish fashion. head is high, with a mop of black Abrahams (defending) was hair. He his those look through questioning him about a number of your eyes usually called "mugnetic." letters and documents when Mr. He does not claim to be different Dummett intervened.
merely that is "What has been proved about your training enables him to "develop the
Mr.
client," he said, "s that he come over here and told a whole tissue of{
lies, witich makes his statement ex- traordinarily difficult to accept.
"TISSUE OF LIES"
"So far from having escaped, no far from having got a kindly ship master to bring him over, and so far from being able to establish that he had ever been flogged, the whole of the evidence which we have been able to find out against him shows that that is a tissue of lies."
Gembicki said that he was charged with exporting 400,000 marks, and the penalty was 2,200,000 schillings.
He was different concentration
camps.
Mr. Abrahams: Were you -trent-
from other men,
powers natural to every man."
Tahra Bey has ardent admirers.
Also doublers. He sums up his philosophy in these four rules-
1. To believe in everything is
an error.
3.
Not to believe is another.
J. We should admit nothing
without proving.
4.
We must acknowledge loyally
what is proved.
I am in the third stage.
Coaches Get Together
Bellaire, O.
Version,
3
con-
"We shall have only one service In addition, the King and Queen "The task will be a full lime one,
evening prezentation and I shall have to sever my reelor,' one of the officials cald party in November for ladies who neetion with the University. I am have pulled to make the presenta-¦starting with the New Testament. afterwards. intend that Mic, Appleyard or his lay their daughter nos daughter-in-law.
Another offelal said, "We do notition of a married lady who is neither That alone will take a year or two." reader shall conduct the services in church. The iceys of the church and ment from many pacts of the country. third will be kept in hiding until Feeling in the parish has been fur-
dispute in settled.".
aggravated by an intimation ther that the local church school will be messages of sympathy and encourage-Junior school outside the parish.
The parishioners have received closed, and the scholars sent to a
SCHOOL THREAT
Strange Bird Which
No Expert Can Name
•
Joey Knew His Piece
For three hours Cage Bird Show Judges in a private room at the Ro- yal Horticultural Hall recently tried in vain to persuade talking birds to display their vocal powers.
But parrots, enckatoos, budgerigars and thrushes alike refused to open their beaks.
No! n murmur was there, despite floodlights, darkness and all other tricks the judges knew ol.
They had just decided to postpone i the judging when a budgerigar own-
A BIRD which has baffled the ornithologists at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, is on viewed by Mr. S. J. Howard, of Maldon,
at the National Show of Caged Birds at New Horticul-
ed in the concentration camps?--Yes, Twenty-five Ohio valley footballtural Hall, Westminster, und a thousand doctors say to the couches-enough to comprise wo
contrary, they are wrong.
rood football teams-attended a stag
Mr. Abrahams: Were you charged dinner given their honour by. a
Eight experts examined the bird, but none was able
with forgery in Berlin? Gembleki keat country club. Francis Wallnce to define its species or country of origin. said that he bought some shores was master of ceremonies.
which were afterwards discovered to
be forgeries. The charge against him wac concelled.
for deportation, remarking: "Maybe Mr Dummett said that nothing he the Home Office will be able to and had heard about Gembicki redounded out more about you than I have." in any way to his credit.
Lensing was sent to prison for
He centered him to six months' seven daya, with a recommendation hurd labour, with a recommendation (or deportation.
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Its owner, Mr. Allen Silver, of Newport, Monmouthshire, who has had in his hand practically every rare bird that has reached Britain in the past 40 years, said that he had never seen any- thing like it.
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The bird is the size of a canary. bul bas extraordinary Jel-black markings on its rulphur-yellow body, and jet-block Miglit feathers, · With its golden crown and sleek lines is most attractive.
It was brought by a anilor ezturn- ing from Africa to England 18 months ago. Mr. Silver, who acquired it In Oclober, went through all the books оп birds in the Museum, and examined the thousands of bird skin
Airman Drowned At Seletar
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