Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 15, 1940
By Walt Disney
JUST
DONALD DUCK
R-RACKI
Sige, taky, Wak The Peak 214
DUKE ON C-IN-C.'s STAFF HOLLYWOOD
The Duke of Windsor, fourth from right, following his Commander-in-Chief "Somewhere in France." The Duko joined British G.H.Q. in France in September.--South China Photo Service.
EDEN AND NAZI AIMS
Warns Australians Of Their Task
LONDON, Jan. 14 (British Wireless).The Hon. Mr. S, M. Bruce, the High Commissioner of Australia, and Mr Anthony Eden, British Dominions Secrd- tary, to-day inspected the R.A.F. coastal Command_headquarters. In the personnel of the station is a unit of the Royal Australian! Air Force the first complete Dominion air unit on service Overacay.
After warmly welcoming the Aus tralian airmen in a brief speech, Mr. Eden said: "There is no doubt of the task that lies before us and no doubt of the nature of the struggle in which we are engaged. The present leaders
of Germany want world dominion. To be fair to them, they have been quite frank about it, and they have told us that Hitler enth it peace un- der the protection of German power.
This "Protection"
*There are several small nations who have already learned what pro- tection of that power sueans. pence for them to the death.
I 1
M. P.'s Are Warned
M.PS those
ABSENTEE Members who are frequently absent from Parliament are to be taken to task by the Party Whips for slackness which be- came too apparent in recent big debates
In many of the voles on the Budget resolutions the absen- About 10 ALP.33 are serving tees numbered nearly 180.
National Service capacities, but with the forces or In other.
when account is taken of these there are still too many absent to please the Party Whips.
ARRIVED T AROMA (BRAND)
BRITISH EMPIRE
FRESH FRUITS
LEMONS 12c. each. ORANGES 15c.
GRAPEFRUIT 25 ch.
oach.
PROVISION DEPARTMENT.
LANE CRAWFORD® LTD.
TEL. 28151
STAVES Look Through High Heels
OFF STRIKE THREAT
GERMANY'S MARKETS
Allies Declare War On Insurance & Cotton
1
Munich
But Stars Will Walk Off in February
A
The "Telegraph" Would Raise
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 10, 1800.
Small Men
By A Special Correspondent ENGLISHMEN are very con-
For Now York. The 3/3 LIL. Ameri can Bhip "Imperial" (J. E. Cronby, Master) will lead here for the shove port and will have quick despatch. For servativo (with a small.c). For freight apply to Bussoll and Company instance, they always wear low heels. If a rubber heel is added
25 YEARS AGO
Jan. 14, 1916.
Ca the occasion of the Russion New to the shoo a layer of leather is Year. HM the King has appointed the taken off first. Hecla must be Grand Duko Nicholas, the Russian an inch and no more. HOLLYWOOD, (UP).—Hollywood's labour Crass of the Bath,
Commander-in-Chief, a Knight Grand troubles, which are so complicated they are funny, seem Staff, General Daniluff,
while General Yarouchkovitch, Chlet of the General Royal Society of Medicine that the Now Dr. Janies Mennell tells the to be smoothed over for two months more and there isng the Southern Armies, have been
Operations, General Bunski, command some men as a heel of three inches Director of very low heel may be as boneful for appointed Knights Grand Cross of St.
or more for some women, Michael and . George.
no danger of a strike until
February 15.
1
On that date the picture pro- ducers promise to prove to the entisfaction of their help that they are on the verge of starva- tion, corporately speaking. They will demand that the 10 per cent. pay raise they granted be | abandoned."
RELISH
Brief Flashes From "UP"
Joseph M. Schenck and the other PIERRE, South Dakota, (UP)- movie moguls even promised the W. T. Girion is free on his own re- union workers a peek into the books cognizance, and also out of a job. to see where the $1,000,000,000 (B) He was arrested by a South Dakota, spent annually by, movie fans actual- State Game and Fish Department ly goes. In all the history of motion warden on charge of hunting decr pictures the ultimate landing place without a licence November 2. Gle- of that billion dollars has been a ton was Director of the State Game [deep secret.
and Fish Department.
Not Enough Pay
The studio workmen claim that Lewis Cottern was proud of his job NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio, (UP). even with their 10 per cent. raist, when he finished varnishing the Kit- they average $600 a year each. They chen ficor. But his pleasure was say this is hardly enough to keep spoiled when his wife returned and body and soul together. They say told him he had used the wrong can furthermore that of the 60-odd and had applied maple syrup from salaries in the United States of her uncle's form. $200,000 a year or more, some 49
them are reported to the Income tax bureau from Hollywood movie pro- dusera.
Em-
PEORIA, ILL. (UP).The National Grange, representing 1,000,000, farm ers in 38 states, proposed that foreign The workers Insist that a movie trade be rogulated by a non-partisan SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH. executive who earns $200,000 every producer-consumer board LONDON, Jan. 14 (UP). The 12 months is not the man to be trying hen by U.S. reciprocal trade agree- rather world's biggest re-insurance com-to shave $90 off a $000-yearly payments. pany-the
Re-Insurance check. So keep na Company-may soon be toppled from February for newn of more movie would represent both producing and eye openin The proposed non-partion board; is pre-eminence as the result of an strike threats. It will make interest-consuming interests and would have Intensified British attack.
ing,reading. And that is not all.
authority to regulate and promote The Ministry of Economic Wartare Big-Wigs-In-Trouble- advantageous-exchange of goods." is laying plans to drive German in- No telling where some of the big. The board's
control would replace surance companies-including the big wigs will be. William Bluff, Holly al of trade treaties negotiated by Munich concern-out of neutral wood agent of the International As the U.S. State Department. territories throughout the world. sociation of Theatrical Stage
ployees, is free under
MUNCIE, Indiana, (UP) City $1,000 ball now There are believed to be 101 Ger-on a 17-year-old charge of pander-Councilman H. Harald Stanley huts man Insurance companies writing ing in Chicago. He was
lis way; the display of unclothed insurance abroad, while there are less in 1022 and served only six days of wax store window models will be n
convicted **than 60 foreign companies writing a six months sentence. The Illinois misdemeanor. He proposed, such un
insurance in Germany.
Appellate Court, which confirmed models are so life-like and true to
ordinance, asserting: German compables operating his conviction, wants to know why abroad include 34 in Holland, 18 in he did not serve the rest of his time colour." Belgium and 12 in Denmark but, The records do not show, according to insurance eireles here,
CLEVELAND, (UP),A zellet client. Then there is the little moiter of unable to pay his rent due to lack of Germany especially exploits the re-the $180,000, which Bioft is supposed county funds, faced a hard cholco insurance field partly because of: in- to have borrowed from Schenck, head marriage or eviction. "My Inndlady creased prestige and partly because of 20th Century Fox and president of said I could stay if I married her he It produces a net balance of foreign the Producers' Association. A Grand told Miss Bell Greve, county riet exchange.
Jury has looked thoroughly late this director. "But transuction.
evicted Arst!".
Humanitarian Gesture
-
f
German Life-Saving Apparatus Released
In accordance with this policy Ger- Insurance and re-insurance
understand why we do not want it manufacture ordered by the lecandle many became worsened British and
Before Britain's relations with Ger-growing oranges.
that
ac
I
***T
new
won't be
астова
Scoring At The Match
Reuters correspondent in Rome re- parts that
He says there are men who will a sharp been exporionced
earthquake has never walk in comfort with less than Ancona to Naples. Avozzano has been
Italy from a two-and-a-quarter-inch-heel completely destroyed and the surround-adventnge to the little man, especial
Such a heel would be a tremendous ing country devastated. A aster is feared at Potenza, with whichly at n communication is entirely interrupted. fashion began probably every little football match. Once tho. Reuter's Rome correspondent parts man in the country would follow it, that there are twelve thousand dead and twenty thousand injured.
*
grave din-
They did so when James I., a small man, built up his heels to two inches, Onto more we wish to direct attention make themselves look tall," he said, "Men wear them in America: to to the annoyance and Inconvenience
from Kowloon to Hangkang on tho, here. Low heels are much more enused to passengers making the trip but I doubt if they would be popular ferry steamers leaving just after the suitable to the feet." arrival of the Canton train.
We do no ngain In the hope
that some better: arrangement than at present exists will GOOD be put into unasongers who come down. by train, force. Chicco being entitled to a free ride across the harbour, warm the first-class section of the ferryboats,
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 16, 1930.
Сохлдо
(Racrelo) sets). (Club) Scott (Club), Butcher (Bomer- Capt L Galdraan
Everest (K.0.8.B.), Bowley-Bull (Somor- The reserves are T. Pile (Kowloon), sets) and Wallington (Club).
loon residents who live in the residen-Members of Parliament, all Labour, An Interesting development fa con- A new motor bus route which should tection with naval tial area between Nathan and Chatham
disarmament ac- be of the greatest benefit to those Kaw-curred to-day when seventy-seven Roads is to be opened by the Kal Tack to make the abolition of warships over with the exception of one Liberal, Company on Friday.
Bigned a statement urging Government
have not been served by buses, but the
Hitherto, the many ronds which is 10,000 tons one of the principal aims between Nathan new Teuta No. 5 will bring moat re-
and Chatham Roads of the forthcoming Nara! Conference. sidences rear to the buses.
5 YEARS AGO
Jan. 16; 1935. The Cabinet to-night surveyed from The following footballers have been every angle the intest developments and
(0.9.8.), C. Pile (Kowloon) Healey moment is nelected to represent Hongkong against alignment in the international political Shanghaf
(Kowloon), West
situation and it is believed that the Rodger (Club) Vice-Captain; Reeves opinion of the Ministry is that the favourable for a further (Kowloon); D. Gonamo-(Rrercto), A. V. Eeneral European agreement.
(Somersets). His effort at world disarmament, and...a.
PARLOPHONE
RECORDS EXCLUSIVELY RICHARDS TAUBER
THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR TENOR RO 20433 Goodnight...
RO
For you alono.
20447 Love Serenade (Drigo)
Don't be cross NO 20187 One song (Snow-White?
You're mine
RO 20318 Roses of Pleardy.
Berenade (Student Prince) RO 20331 Sleep song (Pagliacci)
Serenade. (Pagliacc) RO 20231 A brown bird singing
I love the moon. Becauso..
RO 20200
Bird songs at eventime.
RO 20256 Once there lived a buy fair (Blossom Time)
'Love lost for evermore. (Blossom Time)
NO 20381 Ginninn Mia (Firefly)
My gipsy dream girl,
GOATS JOIN THE A.R.P.
Rosalle.
ure London's
RO 20382
In the still of the night RO 20367 Sympathy (Fizely)
Can I forget you.
MARINA HOUSE
LONDON. Goals
LONDON, Jan 14 (British Wire- less)The Minisiry of Economic man "Curiously these people. are quite Warfare nanounced to-day that the companies enjoyed enviable freedoman to buy a fruit ranch, but gave
Investigation By G-Mon sincere when they say to us that they Enemy
Bloll says he borrowed this $100,- Exports Commillee
have in moving funds into and out of the Schenck back his check when it want to give us the protection of given permission for the delivery of country. German power, and they cannot quite a Hght and whistle buoy of German
developed the land was no good for But we don't. We have our own authorities.
Schenck view, which is just opposite:
and 11. other German The decision to allow the passage of re-insuring with each other as did gated by G-men in connection with companies did a good deal makers, meantime, are being investi- movie peoples, great and small, should be of this life-saving material accords aisa Germany and France, allowed to live their own lives in with the Committee's polley of not
their Income taxes, Another section latest .R.P. recruits. freedom as would.
els, therefore, struggle
interfering with humanitarian
The Ailles, it is pointed out, now of the Justice Department is looking. for livllies on which civilised life inve substantial re-insurance bus-into the organization of the 20th world civilization. The outer de. Unsed.
ness to offer other insurance markets Century-Fox while a third contingent horses out of their stables to safety They are being trained to load, fences of some of the small pallens It may be remembered that Geron a backs of reciprocity. have already been over-run and it man airmen three days ago attacked is concerned, it is argued that a work-the whole movie industry on anil-before rescuers can save them.
jot Federal As far as normal business abroad whether to seck indictments against a fire, and have to be blindfolded Inwyers is wondering when fire bells sound. Horses panic the great bulwarks which are now lighthouse tender while she was being attacked. If they were to fall, conveying relief crews to light vessels agreement between Brilish com-trust charges. there would be no lasting peace for off the east coast.
punics and Lloyd to pool their in- freedom-loving nallens
But if a goat is near, a horse will These accusations are based upon calmly follow the imperturbable anywhere. The struggle in which we are engaged respondent in Friday Times" con drive and deprive the Greater Reich Drst-class movies
Referring to the incident, a
formation about foreign markets the claims would make possible an intensified owners who say they cannot rent animal to safety.
of numerous theatre is one not only for ourselves but for tasted the attitude of King Louis of a largo purt of its current income losing their patronage. They charge but their owners for no our children and children's children. XIV, with whom we
and kence are Tragger-tempered goats who will were at war from auch sources, Joined In Common Effort In the eighteenth century when his
In this connection It is estimated amiluted with the studios, are trying when danger threatens
Qicaires, reason are docile and self-possessed of "It is because you understand that men captured some British Ughthouse so well that from Australia and cistinen. The King ordered their release, Brilla's income from foreign in- to freeze them out of business. And condence calms horses.
durance is about where in the British Commonwealthying: "Their work is for the bene-
£10,000,00 per that is only, the beginning of the annan. you have come to join in a common of all nations. 1 am at war with effort. It is because of that fact, beagland, not with humanity," cause you are hero..nd because countless other..thousands in the British Commonwealth are in this. struggle that wo are
confident
ak
GIO
cor-
Want To Sell Ships
Former Gorman Trade
that the chaina
1
story of strife in Hollywood..
The IATSE of Bloft is an American Federation of Labour organization. SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" John Lewis' CIO la trying to pry
Its way Into the
the movie busness,
···MANCHESTER, Jan. 14 (UP) ~~
Leaders of the British cotton trade while Dieff has just emerged the losur
are now consulting the Government fight to gain control of the
apparent
and their
Stone Age Man Discovered
Angl victory."
LONDON The skeleton of a man Mr. Bruce, addressing Australia To English Firm on plans for a big export drive to Screen Actor's Guild, made up of the of the Stone Age, interred fr a slono airmen in particular, sold: "We
apture rearkets formerly held by the world's highest paid union members. ceffin hes been dug from a sandpit all in this was. We are going to co- WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Reuter). German Reich, as well as markets at
Union rules, like those in the build-ut. Banhill, Scotland: operate and see it through, and weThe American-Hawaiian Stean esant held by Japan and other ing business, sometimes seem to verg: When the stone comp was found, are going to win. The honour and ship Company has applied to the rations.
on the fantastic. The head camera Mr. Ludovic Munn, the archaeologist, prestige and rood name of Australin Maritime Commission for permission In some cases an export subsidy man cannot touch his camera His was called in to give expert opinion reside in your hands. We are took to sell the cargo ships, Delawarean, may be necessary, but with companies assistants do that. An actor cannot on the value of the discovery ing to you with conndence to uphold Leubionan and Indianas, to an making fair profits in the home trade powder his own face; a union make- it as did, the men of the AEF. in English firm.“
Hébris decided that; therondalns, for the first time in many years, it up man has to do it. Newspaper must be about four thousand years the last war."
is bellaved gent of the Australian Government, arranged.
a subsidy can easily be photographers cannot tako, pleures old. Oparating Flying-Boats - remained for duty with the RAF Shipping difficulties are regarded men are hired to stand by. There bortance in his tribe. People of
on movio acts unless studio camera Thin mon
have been. An Australian squadrop operat together with the personnel. The as even more important than price ara scores of similar situations that period did not ordinarily bury
of Im ing the flying boats, which, it will remainder of the trained personnel margins. The recent withdrawal of These regulations, the union chler- their dead, furre be recalled, were ordered for the to bring the squadron-in to full, Swedish and other Scandinavian tains insitt, are not ridiculousley The teeth in the skull were in per- Royal Australian Air Force early strength arrived from Australia on nters was due solely to shipping are necessary, to prevent chiseling tech condition when the comb wat last year not which, with the con- Bloxing Day.
idimeuifies rather than prloë.
on the part of the bosses.
opened,
TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY
, QUEEN'S ROAD 0;"
PHONE 24645
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz
Investment Bankers and Brokere
...
Members of New York Collon Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg Grala Exelinngo
Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York
Canadian Commodity Exchange, Ino, Montreal
New York Coffee and Sumar Exchange Manila Stock Exchange
Hongkong Sharcbrokers Association
میام
Shanghai Stock Exchango
SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA and BUENOS AIRES
Cadis Address: SwansToCIE