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LONDON, June 19.
Tuesday,
HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH
June 20, 1939,
Gloria Stuart En Route to Colony
FILM STAR HERE EARLY TO-MORROW
TWELVE-MONTHS-OLD
Gloria Sheckman is arriving in Hongkong to-morrow.
Which isn't really news, although her photographs show that she's a fine, bonny baby.
But Baby Gloria is coming with her mother. Which is news. Mother, is Gloria Stuart, who has long ago captured the hearts of local film-goers in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". along with 2 score of other pictures.
Hubby Arthur Sheekman, who In enormously proud of his beautiful wife and equally beautiful daughter,
DESPITE GERMAN denials, reports of's u Hollywood scenario writer.
He was the man who wrote the for the Marx Brothers in "A Day at the Circus."
hilariously funny scenario
been recent developments of bring the Hollywood couple and their
The Far Eastern tour which will
Hongkong 10-
10 tiny claughter
heavy German troop movements through Slovakia are persisting. Large numbers of tanks,
special significance in Slovalcin," transport
and vehicles
Mr. Butler pointed out that under! armoured cars are rumbling the German-Slovak Treaty of March, morrow was not embarked upon on
23, German armed forces have the the spur of the moment: through Prague, the former right to enter Slovakia and to build capital of Czecho-Slovakia, fortifications.
Mr. Henderson had asked whether in constant procession, ac-the Prime Minister had any informma- cording to reports from tion as to what extent Slovakia is Correspondents there.
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Under German military occupation and also whether he could give any
Ambition Fulfilled
I has long been one of Gloria'k ambitions to see Shanghu, Hong kong and other places about which she's heard so much.
Friends told them they were crazy
One report this morning Information as to the present internal to come to the Far East while a war claimed that nearly ten divisions situation.-United Press,
of crack German troops were now concentrated on the Slovak- Polish frontier.
German press-
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BERLIN, June 19.-Dr. Joset Gobbels' week-end speeches Danzig are regarded in German poll- lical circles as the "beginning of a final spurt for the reincorporation of Danzig in the Relch,"
There has been hitherto, however, no indication of the manner in which plished.
was in progress.
Bul, far, they've enjoyed every minute of it.
They will remain in Hongkong until Saturday, when they will em- the Burns Philp liner bark in Neptune for Australia, via Salgon, Manila, and British New Guinea.
Mias Stuart will shortly be seen in Hongkong in "The Three Mus- is coming to the King's Theatre.
repot move-it Is contemplated this will be accom- : keteers," which
Meanwhile, the which adopted the same attitude with reference to reports of troop concen- trations just before the invasion of Bohemia and Moravia-is bitterly attacking "alarmist
Categorical denials of
Germany's ments, and of
nileged in- tention of partitioning Slovakia be tween herself
Hungary, were given
statements this in inspired morning, which declared that the re- poris in
newspapers were
and
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the general framework of encirclement policy."
Following the calling-up of 25,000 students to help with the harvest, members of the Hitler Youth Corps have now been mobilized to assist in this Important task-Reuter.
Commons Questions LONDON, June 10-In the House of Commons to-day the Under Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, answering a question by Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Labour Mem- ber, sold: "I understand there have
the Tientsin blockade, and the Danzig In the meantime the Moscow talks,
problem are represented in the press as considerably embarrassing Britain and her "encirclement partners." Reuter Special.
Opposition Leader Sees Chamberlain
Germans Scale Himalaya Peak
LONDON, June 19. Three German mountain climbers, Herbert Palder, Ernst Groh and
Ludwig Schmuderer, have reached the summit of the 26,700-foot Tenty Peak in the Himalayas, according to
Gloria Stuart is one of Hollywood's intellectuals. She took a de- gree in Philosophy al California University before completing an exten- sive education. She edited a literary review. She appeared at an Art theatre in plays by Tehekov and Shaw.. And she married an art student. Yet she la human enough to confess that her favourite novels are "all kinds of mystery stories," and because both she and her husband prefer the vio de Bohere she still does her own cooking and housework.
Miss Stuart played her first important screen part in "The Old Dark House." Bho appeared subsequently in "Airmail," "Private Jones," "It's Great to be Alive," "The Girl in 410." and "The Kiss Before the Mirror."
LONDON, June 19.--At the in-reports received here from Darjeeling RAID ON LONELY HONGKONG ISLE
vitation of the Prime Minister, Mr. The German expedition, which left Arthur Greenwood, acting leader of for India two months ago with the the Opposition, called at 10. Down- intention of climbing this penk, as ing Street to-day to discuss with Mr. well as the so-called twins of the Chamberlain the state of Parliament-Himalayas, have thus attained one of
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ENOUGH HEROIN TO MAKE MILLION PILLS
SUFFICIENT crude heroin to make over one million pills the largest haul ever made by the Import & Exports Department-was.seized in a raid on a matshed on a lonely island off Lantau on May 17, it was revealed in Court this morning.
Three men and two women on what appeared to be the top of
another malshed, appeared on charges of being in possession of dangerous drugs.
The case was heard at the Criminal Sessions before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, and a jury of seven..
Accused were. *
Wong Kwong. Yu Yu, Li An, woman, Chu Wat and Ho Yung, woman. They were charged with possession of 48 ozs, of diacetylmor phine, 50,200 heroin pills and 930 ozs. of pink moss,
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He gave instructions to the party to remain while he himself went to this place. In order to escape ob servallon, he crawled on his hands and knees, and when he got to within 15 yards noticed the strong pungent generally associated
with smell heroin
pills in course of being dried.
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Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown Counsel, was for the prosecution, and Mr. D. J. N. Anderson, instructed by Mr. M. A. de Silva, was for the defence. The Arst and third accused pleaded guilty. On May 17, said Mr. Whyatt, the Department received ecrlain In- formation, In consequence of which Acting Chief Preventive Officer A. W, Grimmitt, together with Senior Re- venue Officer W. Word and a party, went on a launch to the north-east of Lantau Island...
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