Crown Prince. Erederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Den-. mark who arrived at San Pedro, Cal., recently. They will open the Danish bullding at the New York World's Fair and will be guests of President and Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park.
Doesn't Know What
To Do With Fortune
To-Do
New York.
MISS HELEN WINTHROPE WEYANT, who sang and danced in Broadway choruses ten years ago for £5 a week, has been left between £4,000,000 and £6,000,000 by multi-millionaire Colonel Jacob Ruppert, brewer and owner of the world champion New York Yankees baseball team.
Helen is thirty-seven, looks tenj years younger:
She is bewildered by the legacy. Besides the £4,000,000 she has also inherited a one-third interest in the New York Yankees.
That is a gold mine in itself and she does not know what to do about it.
Already she has received £80,000 ne specified by Colonel Ruppert's will, but Miss Weyant, who is now classed with such rich young women na Countess Haugwitz Reventlow (Barbara Hutton) and Doris Duke, su shares a modest Manhattan flat with her mother,
Colonel Ruppert was a bachelor. "NO ROMANCE"
"He never asked me to She said: marry him and there was no romance.
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 13, 1939
EMPIRE NEWS
ANTI-NAZI PARTY IN
S.W. AFRICA
Capo Town.
Branches of the now German politi- cal party in South-West Africa the Deutsch-Afrikanische Partei-have -been- established in three towns," "be
sides Windhoek. The party is openly
the Deutcher Bund, which opposing
supported by German
by Germans with Nazi
leanings.
The objects of the new party are to share in the political life of the terri lory, to co-operate with the authori- ties in its economic development and to link the South African and German sections in cultural and social natters.
The lender of the new party in Mr. Martin Maler, a prominent farmer. who became naturalised in 1924. He believes that acceptance of orders from the German authorities os to how local naturalised Germans should conduct their political detivities is most undesirable. AUSTRALIA
LOUD SPEAKERS AID SURF RESCUES
Sydney.
The undertow of an exceptionally
big wave carried out 50 bathers into roaring surf at Manly, one of the best
known surf beaches.
Rescue work was organized by means of a newly-crecled 74ft obser-
directed 35 members of
vation tower at the bathing pavillon. 4923 Loudspeakers
URSULA JEANS ARRESTED
the voluntary surf Hfe-saving club. Seven men swam out with lines and others launched surf boat.
All the 50 distressed bathers were found and brought to shore.
200 bathers on five Sydney bees were carried out to Sydney beaches WAS
sea and all were rescued.
Ursula Jeans, the actress, arrested recently as she was leaving her home in Fairhall-road, B.W., for rehearsal at the Old Vio
Darwin Radio Station The Com- monwealth Government has decided Install at Darwin two long-range Shortly afterwards the stepped ta- radio stations at a cost of £40,000 Court dock for use by the Royal Australian to Blow-street Police wearing a light brown coat and Navy. They will be among the most smartly tailored pin-stripe Bannel powerful stations in the world,
NEW ZEALAND
trousers.
Miss Jeans was charged on a warrant in her married name, Mrs. | Ursula Liveser, with exceeding the
speed Imit 20 mlle-an-hour
at Constitution H), a Royal park.
She had been arrested by Police Constable Johnson.
SCOTTISH REGIMENT TO BE FORMED
UF
General Hugh S. Johnson, spokesman, presents American Hebrew medal to President Roosevelt for promoting better un- derstanding between Jewa and Christians.
'Phone Threat To Relative Of Dr. Benes
MYSTERIOUS threats and warnings “not to talk politics" have been received by Mme. Bohus Benes, wife of the nephew of the former President of Czechoslovakia, at her Putney home.
Behind locked doors, Mme. Benes told how one man tele- phoned and warned her, describing himself as "Inspector Alison of Scotland Yard.”
man.
The Foreign Office and Scotland Yard are trying to trace this who may be a member of the Ger- man Gestapo.
There is no Inspector Alison Scotland Yard.
at
"The man spoise with a pronounced! German accent," Mme. Benes said. "He was rude in manner and voice as only a German can be.”
Deeply hurt at this attempt to in- timidate her and her husband, Mme. Benes is taking no chances.
Auckland. In announcing that the Government
She has been receiving phone calls had approved the formation of a New
Scottish Zealand
regiment, the accusing her of spying and inform- After it had been stated that her Minister of Defence, Mr. F. Jonce, Ing. .-
SAFE IN ENGLAND We never tried to define our friend-speed over a measured furlong was stated that the kilt would be brought
"In England I feel safe," she said. ship, but it was just like father and 31 miles an hour, Mr. McKenna naked back artong New Zealand troops!
her why she did not answer to her for the first time since the various "I am as happy as I can
be, but daughter."
summons. She repiled that she sent Highland units were disbanded on the these calls and threats have been a letter to the court on the first dispersal of the voluntary organisa- very worrying. They have been 20 hearing.
lion in 1910.
and vindictive.
Helen came to New York from Springfield, Massachusetts, nineteen years ago. She studied dramalle art and dancing, but her parts were gnali.
Her father, a Springfield brick manufacturer, died several years ago,
1.
She was fined £1 and 23, Gd, corts and later said, "The letter to the court was brought by a friend, thought everything would be right.”
1
all
The new unit would be organised on a basis of four companies, cach of six officers and 119 men. The com- pantes would be formed in Auck- (Continued on Next Column.)
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TEETHING TOPICS N°5
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The man, who said he was from Scotland Yard, said I would be deported if I did not stop talking politics.
I was
very upset and phoned Scotland Yard."
She smiled. "But I am not afraid. You do not have terrible things in England like We have
in Czecho-Slovakia,“
had
Two Recoveries
SAN JOSE, Cal.
Mrs. John Steinbeck, wife of the novelist, was surprised. Recently,
"Tiger Girl' Is Left Fortune
AN Income for. life from half ils residuary estate, and both his "zoo parke"-worth thousands - of pounds have been left to Ninon Bunyca, "Tixer Gl)" of the silent film by American millionaire Charles W., Beall, who died on February 15.
Beautiful blonde Ninon WAS secretary to the millionaire, Vice- president of the Chase Nailonal Mank until he retired to join Frank Buck in film work, Beall had tigers, lions, Jaguars, bears, Ico- pards, and wolves roaming; about his Long Island estate.
Tatricia Reynolds, his ex-accre- tary, receives nothing in the will. Two years ago Patricia went to court to fight the "Tiger Girl" alleging that Ninon was keeping her employer prisoner on his estate.
Mr. Beall himself told the judge. that he was perfectly contented with his mode of living, that he wished to be left alone-particu- larly by Miss Reynolds. The case was dismissed.
her pet Airedale ran away and she No Drinks If Clad
paper.
a lost ad in a inserted Promptly the dog was returned. day or two later, the dog ran away again. Before she could insert a new ad, howevre, the dog was re- turned by a man who had read the first one.
land, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
Only In Swimsuit
No person clad only in a bathing will be allowed in the costume licensed parts of Hove Corporation's Inow schfront batha and sports
pavilion.
The condition was imposed by Hove Licensing Committee recently
The Black Watch had agreed to the when granting an application for a New Zealand Scottish being allied to licenco. them and wearing the Black Watch
tartan.
CAFE AND TERRACES
Mr. Eric Neve, K.C., for the Cor poration, said the seafront scheme, Radio
Contact with London now being carried out at a cost of Direct radio communication was recently obtained between the Air 50,000, provided for two swimin- Ministry, London, and a Royal New ng baths tennis courts, putting Zealand Alr Fores Airspeed Oxford greens and indoor bowls, during night-flying manoeuvrés over Christchurch, New Zealand. Short- An underground car park with ac- wave transmission was used. Recep-commodation for between 450 and
Housing Scheme Progres-Since 500 cars was included.
The Corporation asked for a the inauguration of the Government's licence for a saloon bar for the cafe, housing scheme about 2,400 houses the terraces on each side of it and have been completed and let, and for the cafe roof garden. The appli- more than 2,200 houses are under cation was granted for all these parts construction. The main difficulty is except the saloon bar...
tion was excellent.
to obtain skilled workers. About "We do not consider it desirablo," 10,000 artisans are required. The said the chairman (Mrs. A. E. Bur Government is recruiting men Intenshaw) "that there should be a Australia,
saloon bar on the premises."
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