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Edgar Wallace Suspect
A BAN on British popular novels, which normally have a big circulation in Germany, is foreshadowed in the "Essener Zeitung," Goering's mouthpiece.
"Even in Edgar Wallace books and in those of John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir)
Flax Is
British propaganda is inserted in, such a subtle way that it poisons the minds of Ger mans," the paper declares,
"An end must be put to British anti-German propa- ganda by means of apparently harmless novels"
Ulster's
Weapon
"Secret
Wednesday.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
0 0
January 17, 1940,
By Walt
Disney
Daily Working Parties for Front Lines
B.E.F.
UNITS
By DOUGLAS WILLIAMS "Daily Telegraph" War
Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH
ARMY IN FRANCE. Since the adoption of the Bren gun as an infantry arm, machine-gun battalions are com- paratively scarce in the British Army, but I found one to-duy snugly ensconced in billets be-
been digging.
Every day a working party goes She has decided to increase forward to complete the strong points The acreage devoted to flax-under construction which, in the
event
of emergency, the battalion growing from 20,000 to 50,000 will occupy with their guns, by next Spring.
FLAX is Ulster's "secret weapon" in the economic hind the positions they have war on Germany.
CURSES KEEP THEM AWAKE
More Important still, she is to suspend, as far as possible, her 3inen manufactures for home consumption, and to concentrate on exports to countries such as the United States and Canada.
Her overseas linen market is the second most important, itein in the of the Unitel "Stone walls do not a prison trade of the whole
Kingdom with the United States. make
During the last 11 yours it fins
about £2,750,000 a year.
Nor iron bars a cage
his sentiments.
term Jail.
Warning Given
from speelally-trained
Neatly-Made, Beds
MACHINE-GUN
FRANCE
IN
FATHER WON'T LET HIM HAVE A MASK
A BOY living at Eastwood, Renfrewshire, is sent back from school every day because he hasn't got a gas mask. His father, a conscientious objector, won't let him have one.
Renfrewshire Education Committee discussed the boy-and when a member asked how many at the meeting had brought their gas masks there was silence.
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fudio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 ke'n. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 pm. and 8-11.16 p.m. on 9.52 mic's. per second.
H. K. T. 12.15 p.m. cossion,
Short Service of Inter-
12.30 Variety with Harold Ramsay, Sam Browne, The Bles and
Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamußins.
1.00 Leo Time Signal and Wea- titer Report.
1.03 Musical Comedy Setections, 1.30 Reuter, rugny press, weather forecast, announcements,
1.45 Gracie Fields and Arthur Askey In a Programme of Latest Dance Music. You're The Only Star.į
2.15 Close Down.
6.00 Robinson Cleaver at the Or ran--Medley (Ca d'esl Paris; Har- Lights: Massed Bunds of the Guards; Hoo-Hoo: Little old Lady of Poverty Street: Red, White
Blue); and Musical Sweethearts (Polly; Dinah: Nola; Dainty Miss; Mias Annabelle Lee, Somebody stole my Col).
The men, moul of them Londoners, live in one of the best billets I have! reen here in two months of visiting the British positions. A large park holds a number of pavilions, and in these
company officers sleeping STRANGE FOODS FOR quarters, sergeants' ness, canteen
SOLDIERS mess have been in- and 'officers'
6.13 Light Symphony Orchestra.— siniled.
The German occupation has Drills and exercises go on all day
JAMES SHERIFF, 40-years-Homage Murch (HayJn Wood), Con- (11aydn Waltz-Joyousп255 Krass plots, where so denuded Western Poland that. on adjoining
car dealer, told Cardiff cert the commonest articles uld N.C.0.9 and newly-joined officers, oven
Masque (Fletcher). averaged
without distinction of rank, receive cannot be bought in the shops. Bankruptcy Court to-day that Wood). Mon Reve (Waldtrufel), Bal
6.30 Closing stock quotations. SO wrote Colonel Lovelace,
6.32 Harold Williams (Baritone) the Vickers Kuns with which the laugh about on the home front, captive by gunmen in a London and Exeter agrees heartily within Exeter, which is normally a short-sergeant-majors in the handling of Nazi humorists, with nothing to he and a friend had been held.
battalion is equipped.
make merry over the plight of fat and robbed of £1,800, which and the London l'alladium Orchestra. they had paid for a secret pow-The Merry-Go-Round, When the the Poles.
der to turn water into wine and Harvest's In Harold Williams; Belic Prisoners in the city's all are A warning that trouble which hud
Discipline and good spirits
Across The Meadow, The Phantoin telling householders in adjoining developed in a number of prisons
The "Koelnischer Zeltung" tells petrol.
Melody, London Palindium Orchestra; roads all about their grievances. "will become serious as time goes like excellent. Cheery smiles and
Old Fashioned Town, If I Their shouting and foul language on" was given by Mr. W. J. Brown, busy work go happily together, and gleefully how a peasant near Cracow
re-as Colum-road. Cardiff, had läbili- Might Come To You, Harold WI- have made sleep impossible during general secretary of the Civil Ser-long experience in different parts of tried to enlist the help of a Nazi Sheriff, whose address was given In An
the Empire has knit the regiment soldier in buying some leather
liams: These Foolish Things Selection, the night.
vice Clerical Association.
London Palladium Orchestra, Speaking for the Prison Oficers' together in cordial comradeship be-pair his wife's shoes. The peasant ties of £434 and assels of £16
stopped the soldier in the street and, tween offleers and mica.
In his preliminary statement he sold Association, he
Incidents at
7.00 Dance Muslo by Maurico Win- In the sleeping quarters that I unable to speak German, presented said that about eight years ago he Exeter were not exaggerated, as was visited beds were neatly nude up his plea in writing.
was asked by a friend, Mr. Garcia, nick and His Orchestra with Young cinimed by the llome Office.
"Sone two months ago," he added. with straw mattress tied
The newspaper quotes this pathetic who was a wine merchant and gar- and Forsythe on Two-anos-Did I age proprietor, to Investigate a pro-Remember?, A Star Fell Out Of "I wamed the prison authorities that pallasse bought locally, I was toki,
which the writer declared his ad-j
On Toast (La Cucurucha; សុខភាព hul been scrubbed scrupulously
Inez; The Carioca; Siboney), Arthur number of prisons,
the the Home clean and
walls duly white
Young and Reginald Offee has tried to cater for prison washed. reform by worsening the curditions
A Pretty Girl Forsythe You
of the prison offecrs."
The residents have had enough. They say that their nerves are on edge, and that something must be done about it
They have decided to petition, the prison authorilles.
are
Inside a
Leader of the jail uproar are men trouble was going to develop in a for only 1s. 1d. The wooden Buort note, full of grammatical errors, ess to turn water into cheap wine Heaven, Maurice Winnick; Rumbas
transferred to Exeter from Wands- worth since the outbreak of the war.
Accustomed to certain privileges applicable in long-term prisons, they object to the lack of these facilities
The trouble is that
PARLOPHONE
miration for the German "berators" and petrol, and ended with the request, "So will The process, carried out by means hup me buy some_leuther_to_mend to a Doctor Martinez......____ In the canteen local beer of exceto please go with me to a shop and of a secret powder, was known only lent quality was oblinable in in my wife's shoes." usually large bottles at about 40.. white clgarettes, chocolate, biscuits "Of course," adds the report, "the and other delicacles were being sold German soldier at cost price.
Trial Run
quickly sent the Sheriff asked for a demonstration peasant packing, but he got huge en-land at the doctor's request got a
the letter. It was petrol tin and filled with water. Hut tea was available every day joyment out of
In the morning and afternoon, and written, no doubt, by sly Jew, who at night hot dogs in crisp rulls could go moncy, out
Maurice Winnick; More. Rumbas On Toast (Tony's Wife: Side walks of Cuba; Green eyes; When Yuba plays Arthur the Rumba on the Tuba), Young and Reginald Foresythe; Same Island, Other Time, On Treasure The doctor then gave him a slip Take My Heart, Maurice Winnick. of the peasant for of paper to get a powder from a
7.30 London Relay-The News. chemist. He did so and tipped the
2.00 Time signal, weather repart, powder into the tin. £28 Punch and Propaganda
amounecmenta. TWO MOST POPULAR DANCE ORCHESTRAS were, i was fold, not uncommon.
They went for a drive in Sheriff's
8.03 Plano Soles--Prelude in G The regiment possesses ያንተን
Topien Punch and Judy shows for car, and in the country the tank was un- usually fine football team, which rethe troops and the titler Youth have, drained and the contents of the tin Minor, Op. 23, No. 6 (Rachmaninoff), Mischa Levitzki; Prelude In B Flat cently defeated the local French made their appearance on the pro-poured in.
PRESENTS
-KAY KYSER'S
F1521-Tears from My Inkwell.
Concert In The Park.
F1454-East Side of Heaven,
That Sly Old Gentleman,
F1450-Chopsticks,
All God's Chillum Got Rhyllum,
F1393-lurry Home.
Between A Kiss and A Sigh.
VICTOR SYLVESTERS
F1553-Love Never Grows Old.
In the Middle of A Dream
F15—We'll Meet Again.
Your's for, A Song,
(No Vocal)
Waltz,
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Q.5,
F1534-Wish Me Good Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye.. Q.5.
I poured Aly Heart Into A Song.
F1533-Wilte Sails.
Cuban Laly.
F1508-I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak.
There's Danger in The Wallz.
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team by the remarkable score of 10paganda front. A week-end broad- 10 my amazement," said Sheriff, (Rachmanino) Polichinelle (Bach-SOUTH CHINA MORNING goals ló 2. while the officers have
ve enst performance introduced an un-"the car fred as usual, and we con-maninoff), Leff 'quishmaff. discovered an abandoned golf course familler puppet-the lie-bird, who tinued on our Journey I felt this 8.15 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. where, despite overgrown fairways screeches us loud as Mr. Churchill." could not be true, and asked for an-2 In E Minor, Op. 27.-Eugene Or- and uncut greens, they are able to The Nazi Punch, a heavy-fooled other demonstration.
mandy and the Minneapolis Sym-
noun.
9.05
Events.
Het a good game on Saturday after-humorist, announced that Germany "As a result of the second test Iphony Orchestra.
had a new weapun walch, the Aliles became fully convinced that water In one hall, formerly a cubarel, could not use.
could be turned into petro).” decorated with large wall paintines
A test of turning water into wine of Old King Cole, a stage has been
was also carried out in the presencemary, erected consisting of a stout plank 1
"No," was the reply, "the truth!" and to the satisfaction of Mr. Garcin. platform raised on lorge, beer bar-
Borrowed £600 rels, and here every week concerts Collapse of bird. and sing-songs are held.
Propaganda which touches troubles
OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS
"What? asked the lie-bird cager-
"Is it a lie?"
The doctor. Sheriff
Studio-Comments on Recent
9.15 London Relay-News Sum-
9.30 An Hour of the Latest Danco Wrong MusicThere's Something With The Weather, Billy Cotton; Int The Middle Of A Dream, Love Never ; continued, Grows Old, Victor Silvester; Lady, As I was leaving a staff car drove nearer home may be expected from
other marionettes who made wanted £2,000 for the formula, but play Your Mandolin, Havana Novelty up and my escoring officer hurried two
Heaven aff to meet it. "Probably someone their debut in the sume performance eventually it was agreed that Garcia else hoping to pinch our billet," he These were Mr. Grumbler and Au should and £1,200, and he provida Orchestra; I Never Knew
Could Speak, There'a Danger In The mitered as he wrat off. "I always, tie Strounger, a Indy who tries to get £600.
Waltz, Victor Silvester; The Daughter food without a ration card.
He borrowed the money from a thought it was too good to last."
Citric Acid and Salt Beverago firm of solicitors, and accompanied of Mademoiselle From Armentieres, by Garcla, he went to a dat in Pad-Harry Roy; Boom, I Get Along With- Campaigning in all climes la evi dington with the money in dollar out You Very Weil, Jay Wilbur, Beer Barrel Poika, Harry Roy: Roses Arc dently foreseen by the German com- notes.
Blooming In Loveland, The Organ, a list of Before discussing the formula the The Dance Band and Mc; Tears From missariat. which issuCK special food and drink being prepared doctor said he wanted the money, My Inkwell, You Grow Sweeler As Among these are It was handed to him and he gave The Years Go By, Jay Wilbur; Sum- "All Quiet on the Western Front"; for the troops.
P'emmican Erusage, based on the another demonstration-washing the (King's) Uncensored version of Erleh
print off one dollar bill and making mer evening in Santa Cruz, The Moon When experiences of Polar explorers;
remembered bul you Forgol, Max- Maria Remarque's fattous book. the nim
well Stewart's Ballroom Melody: was shown in Hongkong] A drink prepared largely from it into one for 500 dollars.
Then the door suddenly opened Merry and Bright, Keep Young!, Boveral years ago, certain scenes were!
cirle acid and cooking salt-"an cut by the censor. Following declara) excellent specise against gunstroke and two men with revolvers walked George Boulanger; F. D. R. Jones, tion of Second World War, Universal
and fatigue":
in.
Stairway To The Stars, Carroll Glb restored scenes, re-edited and modern.
Whalo-meat-"as good as beet"; "We were cornered," said Sheriff, bone. ined entire film. Law Ayres given
Cheese-powder, which is mixed "and we offered no resistance.
10.30 Selections from "HMLS. particularly brilliant performance mo
(Sullivan), with water to make Dutch cheese; were kept prisoners in the flat for a rinatore"
Coldstream Pant Haummer.
day and a night, and when we left Guards; "Monsirue Beaucaire"" Vocal and
Dried potatoes and cabbage in we immediately went to Scotland Gems (Messager), Light Opera Com- Yard. When we returned with de- many; "Lilac Time" Selection, Organ packets the size of half-a-brick.
These last, it is sald, are scarcely tectives the men had gone. The men Solo by Harry Davidson: "The distinguishable from fresh vegetables, in the flat spoka in a forelyn langu-Miracle Selection (Humperdlack),
London Symphony Orchestra. (Alhambra) and are just as nourishing. Nene of ago." Паркет" Texas rangers. Bob Allen atare at the dishes is to be compared with the Answering Mr. Reginald Betts, the 11.00 London Relay-Phillip Baker rough-riding ranger who avenges the artificial foods which were un Ometal Receiver, Sherlif said:
on: "Mallers of Bloment.” death of his twin brother. Blx-year old popular with the troops in the last
11.15 Close Down, Buddy Cox, a newcomer to the screen, war. proves to be an excellent rider.
"Poll Confession" (Queen's): Murder melodrama. Story of Catholic priest's efforts to make murderer confess to crime revealed under scal of, confo signal. Starring Victor MeLaglen, Bally Ellers and Joseph Calleia.
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family audiencen, The characters, are
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"We were not exactly prisoners in: the
flat, but we were told to keep quiet"
The examination was closed, The greatest treasures of the Ger- Sharif undertaking to pay strip. Penny Singleton taken the title man theatre are being dissipated by month out of his earnings to his role with Arthur Lake as her irrepressi-the impossibility of obtaining material creditors.
for staging and dressing new plays. ble young husband,
"Gra
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Post Office Building. : offenders.Excellent performance by forcing managers to cut up and ro of Berlin's largest theatre in a week the Medical Department, second Boor, Jany Bryan in leading role, on
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