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Universal's presentation of Erich Maria Ramamqua ́s Greatest Naval Directed by Lewis Milestone A Now Universal Picture
RICHARD GREENE in "HERE I AM A STRANGER" with Richard Dix Brenda Joycu.
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A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Suspenseful Hit! REVELRY ... MUSIC... ROMANCE... MURDER ! Strangest of all mysteries . 40 floors above Park Avenue !. Until a society lawyer and a silken siren match hearts... and
wifo... for the thrilling solution.
CIET LAWYER
with
WALTER PIDGEON VIRGINIA BRUCE LEO CAREXIO EDUARDO CLADICEU Les Boamen
Morta
Produced by
SIDINEK.
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Lucille Bello of notorious "Lenora's Placo"- BALL
AND THIS HER LOVE STORY!..told to the tom-tom's beat..the bark of jealousy's
gunshots!..
PANAM
ALLAN LANE
EVELYN BRENT
STEFFI DUNA
DONALD BRICES
Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 17, 1940.
Billions For Warships
Colossal Estimates For United States
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Reu- ter), - New warships costing $2,270,000,000 will be needed by 1945 in order to complete the navy's current and proposed construction programme, accord- ing to Admiral Harold Stark's testimony before the House of Representatives' Naval Com-
mittee.
New Army Also Wanted Meanwhile, the Secretory of War. Mr. Woodrings, appearing before the House Military Affairs Committee, appealed for the Committee's support for the new arms funds.
"Up to this winter, our army bes not been an army in being,'" sald Mr. Woodring, adding that such an army.us opposed to one on paper would enable America to "speak with authority for peace."
Odd Coincidence?
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 16 (Reuter) --- An old coincidence is the subject of much unofficial comment.
ROBENT: LUNAT and Greer tiarson in "Goodbye, Mr. Cmps," walch is opening at the Queen's and Alhambra theatre shortly.
OCTOGENARIAN WOMAN
REGAINS HER SIGHT
SALT LAKE CITY, (UP).—The world is brighter to-day During the last Lowland scare in C. Mine who proclaims she feels like starting life anew-al 91 and surely more wonderful than ever in the lifetime of Mrs. Ann November, 3 Dutch ship. thei Sueanck, was sunk. Promptly on years of nge,
Patient Mrs. Milne, one of Utah'a
the heels of the present tension, the! Arendskerk has been torpedoed by a carly pioneers, can see to-day after Nazi U-boat.
Nazis Admit Sinking LONDON. Jan, 10 (Reuter).-The German wireless broadcast this after noon news of the sinklag of the Arandskerk.
15 years of total blindness. She finds the world full of coloura and familiar Salt Lake City sights are woman who first came here in 1859. now more exciting than ever to the
An operation which is not often The master of the Aremiskerk, the successful when a person has yeach- anncumetr said, had reported thated Mrs. Mine's age removed
a's ship had been topped and tor cataract from her right ece and re-j. pedoed by a German submarine.
stored sight to both. No comment was made.
Nurses and hospital attaches what sitended the muted woman wille abej van preparing for the operation said she had been one of their best
LATE NEWS patients. Success of the operation
depended greatly upon her willing-| ness to be motionless for six days. She never complatried,
And when the operation was Anished and she was given a new pair of glasses Mrs, Milne was Kreeted outside the hospital. byl nutumn.
The world is filled with colours-
the prettiest in any lifetime."
She expressed only one disappofest- ment. She wanted to see again thei
:
He Arrested Molotov- Worse Luck
THIRTY years ago when the Czar still ruled in Russin a young student named Molotov was arrested, ac- cused of revolutionary activities.
Borrisov was the name of the policeman who made the arrest. Molotov is Soviet Prime
Minister now. Burrisov has just been sent to prison for ten years- charge not stated-accord- ing to the Moscow radio.
pid Salt Lake Theatre, which her )********..............................******* husband, the late David Milne, and building. Regardless, she exclaimed his partner had painted when it was the beauties of the new structure, pass ructed in the 80s, During her Mrs. Milne stes few familiar fuces; absence from the world of sight, the but despite. their absence the says. theaire had been demolislied and "I can't express my joy at seeing replaced by A modern business {: ogain."
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DICK WALDWIN RAYMOND SCOTT QUINTE RUTH TERRY'. DOUGLAS FOWLIT CHICK CHANDISE
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"IF I WERE KING"
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