NANCY
HM--- THERE'S THAT DUMB
NEED
KID WHO SOLD ME A WHOLE,
ANY
BARREL OF APPLES FOR
MORE
A QUARTER,
APPLES
YESTERDAY!
TODAY, MISTER
Cave, 1991 by United Feature Brushesta. Jo00
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
By Ernie
WELL--- I'LL TAKE THEM OFF YOUR HANDS--- BUT I'M JUST DOING YOU A FAVOR, YOUNG
MAN!
OH, SURE--
YOU GOT
A VERY KIND FACE, MISTER!
August 26, 1939.
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SILK SHIRTS
FOR
BOYS
WITH
SHORT SLEEVES
JULY 20
-FANIK BL
TELEGRAPH American
SPECIAL MESSAGES ON THE DANZIG CRISIS
and Japanese Nationals Prepared To Leave Europe, H.K. Departures
Jean Parker is evidently trying to high-pressure her screen father, Oliver Hardy, into some deal in this scene from Hal Rouch's "Zenobia," showing to-day at the King's Theatre.
Has This Foat Ever Been Equalled?
Has the feat of Alma Hunt, Aberdeenshire's coloured pro- fessional from the West In- dies, ever been equalled? In a recent match against West Lothian, who were dismissed for 48, Hunt took seven wic- kets for 11. When Aberdeen- shire. went in he won the match off his own bat, for he scored all 49 runs, his partner being O not out!
AVIATION PROGRESS
Sino-American Institute Sees Interesting Films
THE German and Italian Consulates officially informed the "Tele- |graph" this morning that no instructions have yet been issued to their
nationals to evacuate Hongkong.
Malay Boy In "Iron Lung"
፡
Evacuation of American subjects has not yet been ordered, although the U.S. Consulate has advised Ameri- cans "to take their vacations as early as possible.”
The President Cleveland, George Raft and his wife Audry, which
arrived from Manila Gloria Stuart, Constance
and Norma Shearer, all famous film yesterday and which, it was stars, Accident Victims thought, might be held here for
Being Treated
•
evacuation purposes, has been released, and will sail for Shung- hai to-day.
Hongkong Evacuation
Bennett
Most of them are stranded in Eng- land and France
German Reporters Ordered To
Leave London And Paris ONE of Singapore's three "ron
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ¡lungs," donated by Lord Nuffield, hus [been put into use for the first time in Malays to treat two patients at
BERLIN. Aug. 25 (Domel).—The The evacuation and an interesting German Propaganda Ministry to-day Tan Tock Seng's Hospital: a Malay Usually morning ten tables are at porters at London and Paris to re-
reflection this [social
morning ordered all German newspaper re- youth and a Boyanese.
premium in the Gloucester
and
Due to injuries reerived in acel-Hongkong Hotel lounges. which turn home immediately. dents, both experience difficulty in usually resound from 10 a.m. to mid- breathing and age in a grave condi-day with the hubbub of
rossip and tion
conversation. To-day tlicy were
0
Duke Of Windsor May Go To Hawaii
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Each is being given a spell of six quiet, comparatively empty places. hours in the "iron lung." In the Selecting a table rather than seeking NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UP) —Mr. case of the Malay youth, Sunce bina table was one's problem, Over Eimer G. Leterman, Vice-President Salich. improvement has been hundred women who might be and United States lepresentative of been present were undoubtedly tea-ing on the Empress of Japan about that time.
shown,
PARALYSED Near a tipping truck in Kallang on Sunday, 18-year-old Sance fell down and the truck went over him.
Both his lower limbs were paralysed.
The
Cormans To Leave: Britain SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Aug. 26, (UP). The
Germans Leaving
Macadamia Nut
Van's Hawaiian Company, has revealed that the Duke of Windsor has purchased the Maca- several damia Nut Mantation of hundred acres on the Island f Hawail for $153,000.
He sold that the Duke plans to visit:
Embassies Prepare To Leave SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Aug. 20 (Domel)--The
at Berila started on Friday prepara- All German journalists in London tions for evacuation In view of the Increasing tension in the European situation.
Evacuation Of Japanese
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
Radio communication between countries Berlin and many foreign
At Tan Tock Seng's Hospital his German Embassy has advised all there this winter, accompanied by the condition was diagnosed as a frac-German nationals to leave Britain, Duchess. ture of the cervical spine. A paraly-as soon as possible." dis of his chest muscles caused dim- culty in breathing and he was begin- ning to develop pneumonia in both German Embassy has advised all LONDON, Aug. 25 (Router).—The lungs. Mr. Phil S. Delaney, Trufle Repre-
Formerly employed by a Singapore Germans to leave Britain immediate-British, French and Polish Embassies sentative in China for
the Pan doctor to look after a
motorboat, or as soon as possible. American Airways System, entertain- Sante will not walk again. ed members of the Sino-American Although he has improved since have been recalled. Cultural Institute at their tima meet- being treated in the iron lung, hisi ing yesterday at the Hongkong Hotel, condition is still considered grave. with two Alms entitled "Celling
HAWKER'S ACCIDENT Unlimited" and "Flying Down to Rio."
Boyanese, Bagong Swita, a "Celling
Unlimited, wh
TOKYO, Aug. 26 (Domel). The has been interrupted since Friday, which dealt satal seller, was knocked down by a
instructed the
D.M.S. Statement... with the progress of aviation, was lorry on Aug. 3. He was taken to Foreign Office has af in sound, and, the Rio film was hospital with paralysis of both legs. abroad to start preparations for the Japanese Embassies and Legations interesting made doubly
In order to clear up the confusion by дп His neck had been fractured and.
of Japanese excellent running con
evacuation like the other patient, a paralysis of frum Europ
nationals existing in Hongkong regarding the The
Inoculation and smallpox impression
from the chest muscles made it hard for. rum Europe in case of a war, It was cholera "Celling Unlimited"
vaccination requirements for persons is that modern him to breathe. He breathed only announced here to-day talk of air liners carrying up to a with the aid of the diaphragm.
Director of Inquiries carried out by the For-leaving Hongkong, the eign Office
that there are at Medical Services issued indicate
an official thousand passengers and travelling He also showed signs of contract- in the stratosphere at speeds of over ing pneumonia and his condition was countries in Europe, including 504 in
various statement this afternoon. present 1,533 Japanese in a thousand miles an hour is not a poor
It emphasised that with regard to France, 1,312 in figment of the fertile imagination of
in England, 564 in Ger-
from Hongkong to Five "ron lungs" came to Singa-
passengers
the nuvelists. It will be the logical out- pore recently as part of Lord Nut-The NYK. liner Yasukuni Maru tificates are
18 in Poland
official cholera cer- [come of the amazing volume of field's gift of 5,000 to every hospital is standing by at Hamburg, while ficates must be on the official form.
scientific research and human brain in Great Britain and the Empire. as well as brawn that
the NY.K. liner Kashima Maru, duc are being Three of the lungs are for the in Hamburg on September 15, will cates, those issued by private medi- devoted and applied to the aviation General, Tan Tock Seng's
Middleton Hospitals, two for Christ-Japanese evacuees. industry throughout the world,
and also be ready for New York, Aug. 25. Neither seeing nor flying in modern mas Island and Labuan. Several matches in the Major planes is sufficient to give one any- Baseball League were postponed to- thing like an adequate idea of the day on account of rain. The follow-months of patient endeavour that Ing were the results of matches were needed to make the plane the played:
safe thing it is. This romantic story. beginning with a small model, then expanding to a bigger one and, finally, Etold
full sized air liner is gra
graphically in "Celling Unlimited.” "Flying
CURTAILED BASEBALL PROGRAMME
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York
St. Louis
It. I.
11
JT
4 1
the
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial Summary issued yesterday says:
and 75 in Italy. Philippine potired, and the cert-
transport
With regard to smallpox certif
of cal practitioners are valid, provided they are not more than one year old. They need not be counter-signed by the Port Health Officer.
Japanese To Evacuate
For all other ports it is stated that TOKYO, Aug. 25, (Reuter) --The where cholern inoculation and small- Government is understood to bepox vaccination certificates are re- making arrangements for the evacua- quired, certificates issued by private tion of Japanese residents from medical practitioners are valid. Europe.
The liner Yasukuni Maru, which was to have left Hamburg to-day,
Down to
to Io" is an excel- There has been a good deal of was ordered to cancel salling and to Gordon homered twice for the from Miami to Rio in a Pan Ameri- as a natural corollary to the alarming tionals.
tent travel Alm, and tells of a trip nervousness in the market this week stand by to embark Japanese na- Yankees, Battery.-Yankees, Sundra can Clipper. During the two days polliical
run, calls are made at Trinidad and doubts as to the true intent of our news from Europe, and o other places of which the film gives visitors over the border. Anxiety on isome ne studies,
this latter score has been somewhat
and Rosur,
New York
11
St. Louis
2
3
Battery-Yankees,
Gomez
and
• Dickey.
Philadelphia
0
Cleveland
B 11
2
Trosky homered for the Indians. Battery-Indians, Eisenstat,
Boston
Chicago
5 3 15 1
200 Japanese Evacuate
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Aug. 26 (Domei),~Two |
Sir Shou-son Chow, who presided allayed, inducing bargain hunters to hundred Japanese women and chli-
at the meeting, thanked Mr. Delaney, appear in the market. It is, however, dren will board the N.Y.K. liner
Impossible to forecast the trend of Yasukuni
Spain's Stand
Burgos, Aug. 25. The trend of Spanish policy as in- Foxx and Vosmik homered for the divated in the Press is complete neu- Red Sox. Battery. — White
Detroit.....
Knott and Rensa.
Washington
Battery-Tigers,
Tebbetts
2
Newsom
12
Sox.
trality.
Hitherto there have been no troop 2 movements, nor Indications that Gen- 6 eral Francé is recalling the men re- and cently demobilised.
The general opinion of the Press The matches New York Giants v. appears to be that the scaler weighed Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in favour of peace, and much seems v. Boston Braves in the National to be expected of Italy as the de- League were postponed owing to ciding factor-Reuter, rain Reuter.
Foreigners To Leave
Madrid, Aug. 25. The British military authorities in
Veteran Lives 20 Years Gibraltar it is reported, has-ordered
With Shrapnel in Heart
LONDON (UP)-For 20 years William Cox, the sole survivor of a. exploded in 1918. had a piece, of shrapnel in his heart without know-
all foreigners to leave the Colony within 48 hours/Trans-Ocean.
Lewis fun team among whom a shell Honour For Cowboy
ing 11
recently developed heart
Artist
GREAT FALLS, Mont,
опе at... Sun
sand the shrapnel, which was A school here and. nearly an inch, long, was discovered Valley are to be named after the late and removed. After a brief recovery Charles M. Russell, the great cow- he died of throat wounds.
boy artist, whose home was here,
the markel, though a favourable turn
the
U.S. COMMODITY
PRICES
LATEST CABLED
Maru carly to-morrow
with in politics would probably be followed morning in accordance by a quick upturn in price levels.
evacuation instructions of the Japan- "Business Done During The Week
ese Embassy. HK. Bank $1,258 $1,150
Japanese Embassy authorities оп Friday
! October 300 gas-masks December Docks $16
distributed among the remaining Japanese
re-January sidenta in Germany.
March
Providents $4.15 Hotels
$42
Lands $324, $321⁄4, $9134, 381 -.- .Realties $4
Yaumall Ferries $224
China Lights (old) $7.90 $7.80, 87,
China Lights (new) $4.90, $4.80,
$4.40
Electrics $53, £52, 351 Cements $12.80, $12% Dairy Farms (old) $20 Watsons $7.00, $71⁄4 Flaubs $8.60
Govt 3% Loan $100
Buyers H.K. Lands $30° H.K. Tramways $131⁄2
Sellers Sandakan Lights $11
Salma H.K. Banks $1,150/1.100 H.K. Docks #141⁄2 Providenis $314
H.K. Hotel 2914
H.K. Lands: $30
H.K. Tramwayя $14/1311⁄2 Yaumati Ferrios 322.
China Licht« (0%) R$1⁄4%/0.35 FX. Electri»g $48/49 Watsons $7! Whee
Evacuation Of Turkay SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ISTANBUL, Aug. 25 (UP),—The{' American Embassy here has advised) [all Americans to leave.
May
July
Spot
QUOTATIONS
September December
March
New York, Aug. 23.
New York Colton
Opening
Closing
8.61/61
0.61/01
8.50/51
8.35/35 8.3ZN
9.40/47
8.29/20 8.23/23
8.14/15 8,07/09 7.08/98
New York Rubber
18.55/55
10.29/85
7.93/93 D.1IN
16.75b/76a 16.48 748
14.35/38 IG.A1b/46e
16.35/35 16.37b/42a Total sales for the day. -1,870, ions.
Chicago Wheat
All Amoricans May Go SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH” WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UP) — May The Maritime Commission and the Navy. Department have prepared to evacuate thousands of Americans in] Europe if the normal shipping facili-|September ties are inadequate.
December
60/70 684/08 70/70% 88,08%
68 /09
Chiesgo Corn
The Maritime Commission has pre- May ................ pared on elaborais plan to mobilize Thursday's' sales.-60,350,000.- the merchant marine, divering all vessels in the inter-coastal and South
| American trado
September 44%%/447% 434/43. December ... 4342/451434/48%%% May
4835/48%
Film Stars Evacuate SPECIAL TO (THE "TELEGR@PH" 'HOLLYWOOD, · Aug. 52 - (UP),— Hollywood studios have cabled to book a passage on the first available October. Amintonny chin for Tyrona Power and December Annabella, his wife, Madeline Carroll, May
Winnipeg/Wheat”
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