HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1939.
MOVIEDOM GOSSIP 27 Years Ago This Month The
Lucky Escape
DOLORES DEL RIO has the dis-
tinction of having her portrait painted by Diego Rivero, the great Mexican plater, famous for his murals.
Dolores, tells how Rivero begged her to stay in Mexico one more day
nasignments. Fannie Brice will have
comedy role in the new film,
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Death Of Conway Tearlo
Titanic Disaster Occurred
so that he could make a few last years he was unable to get satis-Newfoundland. A light shock was
on
changes in the portrait, but she was determined to take the train which she had booked reservations.
If she had yielded to the artist's pleadings, she would have been on truly which was wrecked with Kreut loss of life.
Romance Resumed
EVERYONE was surprised when of the night clubs with Sonja Tlenie recently. These wo had been sten together constantly for a whole year, unil Tyrone transferred his atten- tons to Janet Gaynqr.
Power made the rounds
IN
Junct, meanwhile,
redtantly happy. Her marriage to Adrion, fashion expert at M.-G.-M., look place recently,
Hedy's New Venture
JEDY LAMARR wil make her H
next serern appearance opposite Spencer Tracy In "New York Cinder-. elin." M.-C.-M. was auxicus to co- star her with Clark Gable in "New Orleans," but that will have to wait until Gable Anishes his many other
most important people in
Twenty-seven years ago next week, movies turned out for the funeral April 14, 1912, the 5.5. Titanic of Conway Tearle, matinee idol of was plowing through the North pre-war
Ilitse
Atlantic 800 miles of Cape Race, yours. Yet
many
felt by many of the 2,224 passengers and crew aboard. The largest ship the world had struck an iceberg. At 2:20 A.M. on the morning of the 15th. Just 2 hours and 40 min-
factory fm work,
His last real success was on the Droutway stage in "Dinner at Eight, when he played the passe autor who committed suicide,
Syd Hur.“
In
He has played opposite such actresses an Ethel Barrymore, Grace George and Tallulah Bankhead,
Adele Howland, his wife, was at his side when he died. He had two former wives. He was sixty years old.
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If any part of the vessel should be damaged and that section flooded. the compartments could be closed and the remaining water-tight compart- ments theoretically would keep the ship afloat. But this theory was ex- ploded when the Titanic's starboard side was sheared by the submereged compartments were flooded and the
giant berg. Wirm of
Nine of the 15
remaining σ were insufficient to keep
boat, then stepping back smiling as he waved goodby.
Then there were other stories, not of the herole kind. Survivors told of a Areman trying to knife Phillips, the radio operator, so he could steal his lifebelt. The fireman was shot dead, according to survivars.
Col. Archibald Graele, army offleer, was one of the men who leaped over- bourd a few minutes before tho "Have struck leeberg - badly Titanic sunk. He seized a wooden damaged-rush help," the Titanic's | grating and was supported by it un- dlo Bashed at 11:40 one night, just til a raft floated alongside. Gracle 25 years ago.
climbed on the rott,, pulled another man aboard, and the two then rescued J. G. Phillips, wireless operator several others as they swam helpless- Was at the key. He sent out thely about. But many others were not "CQD" distress call. Ile informed the Atlantic seaboard and ships in the area that the Titanie was list ing as water poured into a 300-font gash in the liner's side.
He got his first important lead inutes after the crush, the pride of the.
the vessel afloat. in 1901, when he appeared White Star Line plunged into a long, slanting dive, never to be seen again. elisaster had ec- The greatest B curred, tajnsinkable
a toll of 1,513 lives. The
Titanic" had sailed from Southampton, England, on April 10, on her maiden voyage to New York. A sister ship of the S.S. Olymple, the Titane was the last word in ships. The super liner was 002 feet long, of 80,000 tons displacement and was capable of carrying 2.500 passengers and a crew ɔf 860.
Can't Spank Shirloy
deference to the wishes of her fans, Shirley Temple will receive | no spankings In her future pictures. According to character-actress Mury Nosh, who played the hard-hearted governess" in "Heidi," hundreds of fans have written to her and to the studia profesting against the scene in which Miss Nash stapped Shirley,
Because of these letters a scene In the new flim, "Little Princess," in which Miss Nash was to administer a spanking to Shirley, was cut out of the peript.
New Type Construction
Ships Heard Call
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The Cape Roge wireless station The mighty floating mansion had
heard the distress call, as did the required three years to build. De-SS. La Provence, the S.S. Mount signed by the late Lord Piric, the Temple and the SS Carpathin. Tianie was supposed to be the world's fest truly unsinkable ship. She was divided into 15 heavy steel, water- tight compartments from the bottom to the top of the hull. Doors, to these bulkheads could be closed automatically or by hand.
I'm nearly 40
AT. THE
what's going to happen to me?
The firm's cutting down staff. I don't like the look of it
[Neither do 1....
(THINKS)
THEYRE SURE TO PICK ON ME, MY WORK'S 'NOT BEEN TOO GOOD LATELY. THEY'LL PUT ONE
DOCTOR'S | My dear Mr. Jones-
ja man shouldn't
even begin to feel
I feel done-in old until he's 60.
Iall the time,
You've got your doctor. I even of you. No, from
best years in front wake tired... what you tell me, sign of old
I'm pretty sure your! age, I suppose
'trouble is Night Starvation.
OF THESE YOUNG FELLOWT WITH MORE DRIVE
IN MY PLACE
AT HOME
But Betty, what would we do? Weve nothing behind us. If only ! were five years younger! Oh, this ghastly tiredness
always...
You see, even at night you go on using up energy heartbeats breathing and other automatic actions, In your case, this has also led to an excess of acid waste products in the blood. All this causes you to wake fired, feel run-down. So of course you can't do your best work. Now recent tests have proved that it's Horlicks people need for this condition.
Start tonight
But darling, anyone'd think you were an old man. It's absurd -- this tiredness of yours is something to do with your health, not your age! You ought to see a
doctor
UNDER 40
40-50
BENIN 50-60
OVER 60
MRS. JONES SAW TO IT THAT HER HUSBAND HAD HORLICKS EVERY NIGHT
so fortunate us Gracle, who was saved. Among those who were last in the water were C. M. Hays, pre- sident of the Grand Central Railroad and F. D. Millet, noted artist.
Investigation of the Titanic disaster, Including a senate inquiry brought gut few more facts than those gleaned from survivors. Most of the investi- gators were agreed that the super liner was travelling too fost, probably around 21 knots, through a sen tri which it was known that bergs were floating.
Ice Warnings Ignored
The senate committee found that lee warnings had been ignored by the Titantie officers; that the liner was under-equipped
10 lifesaving
The first vessel to answer was the Carpathia, 58 miles away, enstward bound on a world cruise. She turned about and steamed at full speed for the Titanie. But at 2.20 m., the Titanic foundered, and the Carpathia did not reach the scene of the wreek until 5.30 am. The Titanic carried 20 lifeboats and a few rafts. Two of the lifeboats were wrecked in launch-apparatus and that the crew was not ing. Flaus,
when the Carpathia trained adequately in launching and reached the scene, only 705 survivors.handling life-bouls, were found of which 210 were mem- bers of the crew. Several died Inter of exposure.
Sur-
day in believing that another catus- Sea-faring men are unanimous, to-
trophe like the sinking of the Titanle will never occur. The U. S. Coast Guard has developed a thorough system of ice patrol, warning ships of danger zona. Const Guard cutters in the late winter and carly spring patrol the North Atlantic steamship Innes, Iorate bergs, blast them apart or follow them, sending hus-out advice to all ships as to the bergs
positions.
It was this pitiful group that the Carpia foot aboard. The vivors had suffered from exposure in the opin boats. They were hysteri cal, grief stricken und suffering from shock. Families had been separated by the rule of the sea, "women and children Arst." Fathers and
bands stood aside on the water-wash- ed Titanie deeles while they saw their children and wives lowered in life- boats, John Jacob Astor was one of these men. Other famous men who went down with the Titanic were Isidor Strauss, Benjamin Guggenheim, Grorge D. Widener und Major Archt. bald Butts, military alde to President Taft.
News of Disaster Lale While
this
great tragedy
Was occurring the world had only frag mentary news. On April 15 news- papers had few vital facts concernnig the disaster. It was not until April 16, more than 24 hours after the Titanic sank that the first detailed news was available. At that time the passenger list was printed, but no -accurate information could be tained as to the identity of most of , ови the survivors. It has been said that the White Star Line oflees did not have official information of the dis aster uni after 6 p.m. April 15, more than 12 hours after the Car- pathia had taken the survivors aboard,
The rescue ship arrived at New York on the night of April 18. It i was not until the ship docked and the Carpathia passengers and survivors of the Titanic came ashore that the full story of the disaster was told.
There was the story of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus, The code of the sea, "women and children first," would have separated thern, but having lived their lives together, they chose to die together. Mrs. Straus refused to enter n lifeboat.
Told af Astor's Heroism There was the picture of Colonel Astor, helping his wife into a life-
Horses Nurtured
On Ale
Few people realise the amount of car lavished upon the team of Fremlia's grey horses used for the delivery of beer in Maldstone. When it is wet there is a special diet for the horses when they get buck to the -stables, together with pint of old ale! All of Fremlin's 20 horses re- celve this ration after they have been out in bad weather, and it is con- itirred one of the secrets of their fine appearance.
Passenger liners of to-day also have greatly improved lifesaving equip ment. All carry sumelent life-boats launching them. These boats now and crews are drilled thoroughly in
are Jaunched by motor driven winches on almost all the bigger ships. This system is designed to eliminate perils of upsetting Boats be- fore they are lowered to the water with their cargo of human lives.
Many of, the Ilfeboats now are power driven and some have small wireless sets. All passenger ships must have wireless operators un duty at all hours, too, a precaution designed to speed rescue of ships in
distress.
The SNAPSHOT GUILDY
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EASTER PICTURES
Daughter's now Easter Rabbit-an intimate, revealing close-up, A portrait attachment tote you get close-ups like this. Note the sketch below. To-morrow the Easter Rabbit have now Spring outfits to display! will prowl around the corners of The children's Exator fun should be the backyard, tucking brightly tingly recorded in talimato coloured eggs and baskets of close-ups (a portrait attachment' - candy, into anug, concealed spots. Easter baskets and the brown er halpa thero showing them with We will be seeing the annual auffy white Easter bunnies they re- Spring fashion parade to church, and yellow flowers will be nodding
colve. In every bronze.
Make sure that you get an "off to church" picture, a snap of Mother April is Easter, and the ques-pleking or arranging the first dog. tion now is-have you your cum-quot of Easter Rowers. Let your cam- era polished up and loaded, ready ora write the day's history. Don't to memorialize that eventful day include too much in each picture in pictures that you will treasure keep your camera close, and get In later years?
the fittie, interesting dotails that
There are dozens of pictures that make a picturo live! And when you can be made on occasions Bko this, put the pleturns in your album, dato and each one has memory value, euch one. A memo of day and year You probably need now snapshots given added value to the family's of members of the family--and win]plcture-history book. they pose onthusiastically when they
John van Guilder
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8, subject; C, camera. Lower two cameras with portrait attachments.
With many cameras, you must be six to eight feet from your subject to gat a picture. But slip a portrait attachment on the fene and you get pictures at three feet six inches, or even nearer with same camotas. Result big images of little subjects, and betler pleturos.
FRIGIDAIRE
Leads
The
World
See The 1939 Cold Wall Models
SIX WEEKS LATER JONES FELT ON TOP OF THE WORLD AGAIN
SIX MONTHS LATER
Guess what, Betty! They're sending me to Singapore for
a very special job. Old Smith said I was the only man who could handle it
Oh, darling!
(THINKE
NOW WE'RE
SAFE - THANK
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