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An application was made to a King's Bench Divisional Court for the release from prison of Mr. Aubrey Trevor Oswald Lees.
Mr. Gerald Gardiner, for Mr. Lecs, said he moved for & Writ of habeas corpus directed to Sir John Anderson— "to bring up the body of Mr. Aubrey Trevor Oswald Lees, one of his Majesty's subjects, who has been imprisoned
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The Most Important Announcement
in This City's Entertainment History
PREMIERE TUESDAY
OCTOBER 29
1940
Regular Performances Start Wednesday, October 30th
GONE
WITH THE WIND
SEATS ON SALE
NOW
PREMIERE $5, $4, $2, $1.
REGULAR SHOW'S 54.40. $3.30, 52.20, $1.10
2 SHOWS DAILY
AT
2.30 & 8.00 P.M.
3 SHOWS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS from 10a.m.
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
All Seats Reserved.
Mr. Gardiner said that Mr. Lees had been detained in Brixton Prison and prisons in Stafford and Liverpool.
In his amdavit Mr. Lees referred to a document handed to him u manth after his detention.
PARIS IN SADDEST SUMMER
--Woman Escaped
PARIS must be looking lovely under the summer sun.
Paris with few signs of war; sand- bags removed from public buildings and statues, air raid shelters pulled down.
But a Paris that is the saddest in Europe, whose shops are city closed, its people, cowed and des- city lacking milk and pairing-a butter and vegetables, its streets full of German soldiers sightseeing and taking photographs.
woman
Mosley Meatings Mr. Gardiner said the document
was a form on which some police oficer had alled in the name of Mr. Leas. It looked as if the police were given certain forma and then some- body filled in the names.
The document stated that the rea- sons for the order being made against Mr. Lees were:
that the Home Secretary had rea- sonable cause to believe he had been a member of the British Union and had acted in further- ance of objects;
unce that he
bad
expressed
pro- Fascist views and had furnished material for propaganda; and that he had attended meetings at which Sir Oswald Mosley was pre- whic
others Interested in sent with negotiating a peace with the leader of the Reich, and in propugating anti-British views, hindering our war effort, with a view to a Fascist revolution.
This is the picture drawn by Mrs. Mercia Symondson, the first Brilish
Mr. Leeds said he did not know to escape from German whether the allegations made against occupied Paris and reach Britain. the British Union and Sir Oswald
Penniless
Mosley were true or not. He him- self was not and never had been a member of the organisation.
She was wearing the blue suit and hat in which she had made her dangerous and weary journey from Parls by goods train, to Clermont- Ferrand, Marseilles, Spain, Portugal
and home.
She was penniless on arrival but cheerful. This is what she said:
"It was terrible to be in Paris during that firat month of occupa-
tion.
Radical Views
So far as he had any political views they could best be described
Radical.
D
s He had been in the Colonial Civil Service and the Army Reserve of Officers and was a member of the United Services Club ps well as of "Germans flooded the city, take- Masonic lodge.
Mr. Justice Humphreys, who sat ing all the main hotels and come with Justices Oliver and Croom- mandeered flats.
Johnson, ask: "How can we go into the question whether the Home Secretary is justified in forming the view that this person is member. cide is
is whether. rally detained."
prima that he
he is Mr. Lees further stated in his amidavit that he had never su scribed to the funds of the British Unlon, and attended union meetings only-out-of-political- -curiosity.
"They cleaned the shops of luxury goods, allik stockings and perfume, and commandeered all cars.
"Both money and food soon be-
scarce for
came
de-
Reads Bible
Lesson
"THE Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo's ~Charles Coborn, the comedian, reads the Lesson in St. Peter's Church, Edgware.
HE TOLD THEM
They're telling the story in London of the busy bar in the West End which was suddenly electrified when a foreign sol- dier-nationality unknown- suddenly went berserk, whip- ped out a revolver, and In broken but forcible English told everyone to go.
"Clear out," he shouted.
"Go away. you blue-pencil people.'
Hurriedly, they departed but for one soldier, who leaned forward and said-
"lings, felly, ye telt them that time. Did ye no' see them scatter?"
The nationality of that sol- dier is not unknown.
He has done it regularly for the past ten years, and wants to continue for another te
Usually Charles spends his birth-| days in an ecroplane above the clouds. "It'll have to be in my dreams this year," he says.
During the last war he sometimes gave four concerts a day to the troops.
RADIO POST OFFICE
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Fourth Act of Puccini's
"La Boheme" Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 645 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per sec.
H. K. T. 12.10 cession.
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The Imperial Airways Service be- tween Hongkong and Bangkok is temporarily suspended. Air mall correspondence will be accepted at the existing raics of postage and will be forwarded by the first opportunity by steamer to Singapore to connect with the east and west bound air services.
Small Pocket Post to all countries
p.m. Short Service of Inter- 12.30 Puccini's, "La Bohemo" <Act is suspended. IV.
Sung by Artists and Full Chorus
.Oct. 23.
INWARD MAILS Java and Manila
(Vancouver B.C. date, 5th October) Oct. 24.
of La Scala, Milan, with Orchestra,
1.0 Local Time Signal and Wea-Canada, USA. Japan and Shanghal ther Report.
1.03 Dance Music by Roy Fox & His Orchestra,
1.30 Reuter & Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Light French Music.
2.15 Close down. 6,9. Dance Musto
6.28 Closing local Stock Quota
continued.
lons
0.30
Music Dance 7.0 London Relay-Tha 'News, : 7.15 London Relay-Topical Talks, 7.30 De Groot & His Orchestras and Frank Titerion (Tenor).
80 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 This week's programmes. 8.00 SchumannTrle in D Minor,
Op. 63.
Cortot, Thibaud and Casals, 8.38 Mozart-Symphony in D No. Į 35.
Sir Hamilton Harty conducting the Halle Orchestra.
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways. Direct Servies," San Francisco date, 10. Oct. 25. 18th October.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
hal (San Francis
Francisco date, 4th
October)
SA and Manlib-(San Francisco USA and
date, 6th October) Australia and Mallo Calcutta and Straits London and Straite London and Straits US.A., and Manila-
..
30th September) Java and Manila London and Straits Australia and Manila
Oct.
20.
Oct. 28.
oattla.
.Oct. 92 Oct. 28.
.Oct. 20.
Oct, 20.
Oct, 25.
UCt. 20.
Oct. 30, .Oct. 30. ..Nov. 1.
C
4 date
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
"hal
(San Francisco. date 15th October)...
.Nov. 4.
OUTWARD MAIL, TIMES Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes earlier than the 0,0 London Relay-The News & time given below unless otherwise News Commentaries.
stated, and where malls are advertia- 9.45 Selections from Gilbert &ed to close at or before 8 n.m. regis- Bullivan.
tered and parcel malls are closed at 10.10 Reginald Foort at the Orgun, 3 p.m. on the previous day. When Illis from the Shows, Cloister mails are advertised to close after he spends the whole of the day fixing Shadows (Hope), "The Staging 5 p.m., Registered and Parcel malls up concerts, broadcasts, and hospital Marine"-Selection, "Broadway Melo-are closed at 6 pm. shows.
dy of 1038" Selection. This year his son, Major Duncan 10.31 Albert Sandler McCollum (Charles's real name is Orchestra, McCallum), was elected M.P. for 11.0 Close down. Argyll
Nowadays he is up at eight, and
Remedies
·
Charles has plenty of ideas of what he would do if ever he got into the House of Commons,
"I'd have all those Belicha sluds removed from the roads, for one thing. There are thousands of them. And there's a shortage of metal, isn't there? Very well!"
"
Evacuation Session
It's
It is notified for general informa- tion that a public session of the Evacuation Advisory Committee will
Sandakan
..8.30 a.m
Wednesday, Oct. 23 Straits and United-Kingdom.
G.P.O. & K.P.O. Parcels,....
RCE
Ord.,
.Oct. 23, 3.00 p.m.
Oct. 23, 8.00p.m.
Oct. 24, 8.30-0.m.
Friday, Oct. 25
and
U.S.A.,
Europe via Chamber,
American Airways and Allanllo Services." who
"Pan
Trans-
K.P.O.
.Oct. 25, 5.00 p.m. Oct. 25, 5.30 p.m.
be held on Tuesday, October 22, at D Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, am in the Council Colonial Secretariat,
Only the cases of women have applied to the Committee for a On his birthday a year ago Mr. hearing in person and have been re- Coborn appeared before the micro-quested to attend the meeting will be phone for the first time,
ALL CLASSES RALLY
Lawyers,
Make War
considered.
AGAINST
HITLER
Financiers, To
Supplies
LAWYERS, FINANCIERS, STREET SWEEPERS AND WOMEN Parisians. Food of All we ma face ARE GIVING UP THEIR EVERYDAY JOBS TO TRAIN FOR WAR
were a daily sight.
Qued were about 1000 British Case tried to escape but had been turned
Clothing Wanted For
Refugees
London, Aug. 20.
·Clothes, of every kind, especially for men, are needed by the W.V.S. clothing centre in Eaton Square for refugees now in London from Malta and Gibraltar.
residents there. Many of them had
back by the Germans.
Underclothes are also needed, for women and, children, The WVS. also want to re-stock some of their depote, from which they supply air rald vlätims with clothes.Toynund books are required for the children.
"On the whole, the Germans
there a
left us alone through, and it was
He served in the last war, and rather the French who began to resent us, because of the subtle was walling to take up a new post on the Gold Coast when he was anti-British propaganda spread
arrested among them.
Frightened
Complaints against him appeared to be that he was anti-Semitic and "The French people who remained that he had written a letter stating behind seemed to be resigned and that he did not like Lord Halifax. rather frightened.
The Court adjourned the applica- "For the English people stranded tion to order that notice of the mat- there one of the most terrible things ter could be given to the Home was the lack of news.
"It was not possible to get any money either and many were suffer- ing terrible hardships and taking any job they could to make a living." Mrs. Symondson, who worked in the British Leave Club in Paris dur- ing the war, managed to escape by getting herself smuggled on to a Koods train with a consignment of potatoes.
Secretary.
Habeas Corpus, the name given to a writ ordering the body of a per- son under restraint to be brought into court for full inquiry into the First legality of the restraint, Habeas Corpus Act was passed in 1073, although nominally such a right had existed from Magna Cărta.]
Descendant Of Kings Had Title, "The Fox"
A DIRECT male descendant of Maine, fifth son of King Niall, of the Nine Hostages, Monarch of All Ireland in the fifth century, has left property in England valued at £20 78. 6d.
He was Major Brabazon Hubert Maine Fox, of Galtrim,
Co. Meath, the bearer of the Is Learning To
ancient Irish title The Fox.
When he and his wife were present at any function they were always announced as "The Fox and Modam Fox."
Fly At 81
WORK. SOON THEY WILL BE DOING THEIR PART IN MAKING THE GOODS WHICH WILL BEAT HITLER.
In Manchester the Ministry of Labour outlined its plans for training the thou- sands who are needed for war work.
"This is a vital and special appeal to everyone in non-essential jobs to turn themselves over to war work," said Mr. H. N. Grundy, Divisional Controller for the North-Western Division.
POLISH SOLDIERS
Anti-Semitism Alleged
COMPLAINTS have been made of anti-Semitism among the Polish forces in Britain. These are not densed in Polish quarters.
It is denied, however, that this feeling or its manifestation touches more than a small minority of the
"Every man in this area, be he
a professional man or not, who is not in an essential job is ap. pealed to go to the labour ex- changes, put his name down for training as an engineer, and wait In his normal job until the call
comes.
"We need thousands-and we must have them. Our plans for dealing with them are ready."
Councils Move
He stated that Liverpool and Man- chester are giving a lead to the rest of the country. In these two cities the municipal authorities are releas ing men for engineering training.
we are probing our hidden re- serves. Men who were skilled en- gineers have beer. hidden away in olher jobs. We are asking for them recent and finding them now in different order of the day, dealt with
theways. matter.
soldiers.
General Sikorski, in B
It points out that Jews serving here have given proof of their patriotism; and says that any, soldier using even expressions of contempt, will be punished.
General's Daughter
"A lawyer in Manchester came to us and asked us to train him.. He The General's only daughter, Mile. told us his partner would carry on Sikorska (the final "a" is the the business until the war was over, feminine variation of the nome) is company director is also donning
overalls" now in Scotland
Union's Help
PISTOL
SCARED ITALIAN
.Reg. Ord.
Reg.
Ord.....
G.P.O.
¡Oct. 25, 5.00 p.m.
Oct, 25,.7.00 p.m..
Saturday, Oct. 26
Manila, Macasser and Sourabaya
8.30 o.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South
Africa and United-Kingdom. :
G.P,0. & K.P.O.
Parcels,...Oct. 20, 6.00 p.m.
Ref..
Ord.
„Oct. 28, 8.00 p.m. Oct. 20, 8.30 am. Monday, Oct. 28
Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Central and South. America and Unlied Kingdom via San Fran- elsco. (No Mall for Canada).
K. P. O.
Parcels Reg.
Ord.
G. P. O.
....Oct. 28, 4 p.m. Oct. 28, 5 p.m. Oct. 28, 4.30 p.m. ...Oct. 28, 4 p.. Oct, 20, 8 p.m. .Oct. 28, 7 p.m.. Manila, Australia and New Zealand
via Thursday Island.
Parcels
Reg... Ord.
Reg. Ord.
Reg.
Ord.
-K.r.O
.Oct. 28, 5 p.m. Oct, 28, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
Oct. 28, 5 p.m.
.Oct. 28, 7 pan,.
Tuesday, Oct. 29
Straits and Calculto.
Parcels.Oct. 29, 11.00 a.m. Leiters
..Oct. 29 Noon. .12.30 pm.
Sandokan
Bangkok, Madang. Salamaus, Rabaul 1.30 p.m. and Tulagi
Thursday, Oct. 31 Shanghal, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., and United Kingdom via Vancouver B.C. (Parcels for Canada only) Note: All Malls for United-Kingdom HIGH over Cagliari, Italy's|*- will be forwarded with or without seaplane base in Sardinia, the crew of a Fleet Air Arm bomber found an Italian fighter flying
them alongside
fifty yards
away.
Neither plane could bring its guns to bear, so one of the British crew drew a revolver, fired "three rounds "We could see that fighter pilot rapid," and the Italian made of, grinning at us from his cockpit," the bomber pilot, back at his station, sald recently.
superscription
G.P.O. and K.P.O. Parcels .......Oct. 81, 5 p.m. Reg.
-Ord
Nov. 1, 0.15 a.m. Nov. 1, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, US.A., Canada, Central and South America and •United Kingdom vis Son Francisco (No Farecls for Canada).
K.P.O.
.Nov. 2, 4 p.m.
Parcels Reg. Ord.
Parcels Reg.
Ord.
Nov. 2, 5 p.m.
Nov. 2, 6.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Nov. 2, 4 p.m.' Nov. 2, 8 p.m. Nov, 2, 5.30 p.m. Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA., Canada, Central and South America and *United-Kingdom via San Francisco
The other day we found a porter of the raid, in which Fairey Sword- at Blackpool railway station who was fish bombers power dived from 10,~ formerly a skilled turner," he said. 000 feet almost to sea level to bomb "He is now doing valuable war work. Cagliari's harbour and airfield, the "Another a coppersmith-was en-pilot said: "It was not spectacular.
tidying a
"The harbour was incredibly gaged in sweeping and building. He is now back at the crowded. Our first load dropped bench.
lato the water but the second one
G.P.O. and K.P.0. disposed of two flying boats. They
Reg.
.Nav. 2, 5.p.m. were there one moment, but had
Ord.
„Nov. 4, 8.30 a.m. vanished the next.
Manila, Rabaul, Australia and. New "Out of the five seaplane hangars Zealand via Brisbane there we left three smoking."
G.P.O, and K.P.O. Parcels Flying is not only a young The Legend
ITALY'S LATEST WAR
Reg*** man's game, according to Mr. She is helping in the establish- Legend has it that when The Fox William Clarke, a chemist of ment of Polish hostela Colonel Local authorities and employers WHEN the inhabitants of Rome dics all his four-legged namesakes in the county gather round the house Tacoma, Washington, for at the Mitchell, MP., and Lady Warrender were sending in lists of men who recovered from the
age of 81 he has become the and her committee are doing work were able to transfer to war work. recent outburst of anti-aircraft fire
One loent authority had sent thou- to mourn his passing.
there which is warmly appreciated| The ancient title is in danger of oldest student pilot in the U.S.A. by the Poles.
sands of forms, out to its employees over the city, they gave the visitation asking them for details of their pre-There was no British aircraft there, becoming extinct as the 'present bearer, Mr. Niall Fox, a nephew, a
but the falling shells MUe. Sikorska, a dark, petite girl vious jobs. "Learning to fly isn't as tough as
noted horsewoman. The Amalgamated Engineering wounded a fairly considerable num- South Staffordshire full-time A.R.P. it might be," said Mr. Clarke. "My of 24, was a
Probato of his will has been grant eyesight and general health are fine. She won more than a score of prizes Union was giving very valuable as ber of people.
Bistance. and I am sure I can match co-ording at gymkhanas. ed to his brother Caplain Arthur tion with many of these young people James Fox, of Tisbury Wiltshire, who are helping to make America said that in spite of his title The Fox's air conscious. chief recreation was for-hunting.
worker, has no male heir.
1
a new name,
results of the
killed and
All men who respond to the appealThe new name is "In guerra Halo-
Italiana'the Italo-Italian war. will be trained either at Government centres, or technical Institutes or by ling expenses if he has to travel more of employers who have the necessary than two miles.
plant.
Driving Farm Wagon
more recent experience A merry-faced man with a white horses was of a different kind,
A married man with two children beard, Mr. Clarke soon learned to She stayed in Poland untli March
All over 16-with the exception of who is being trained away from his land an airplane, and, according to to help to organise the food supply those who are registered for milltary home town will receive 058. per week, his instructor, has 'n real knack for Mlic, Sikorska lived on an estate service or who are in reservedt dc-plus lunches. nyingg
100 miles from Warsaw. She used cupations--are needed now.. to load a wagon with produce, and
Ord
**
Nov. 2; 5 p.m. 1.Nov. 4; 8.45 oun. .Nov. 4, 9.30 n.m- Monday, Nov. 4
Boiro, Lourenco Marques, East and South Africn via Durban..2.30 p.m.. Baperscribed Correspondence Only.
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mombasa,
HOME GUARD
for
Free Travel To Rifle Ranges Lord Croft, Under-Secretary War, announced In the House of Lords that it had been decided that members of the Home Guard Wavol- At the end of the training, which ling to and from duly and rifle varies from a few weeks to five ranges should do so at the public ex- Mr. Grundy gave examples of how months, there is a good job ready, pense, and instructions to that effect
Within the next three months in were about to be issued. a national emergenty Mr. Clarke The single journey took the two men will be paid.
I do not imagine they would draft | drive it to Warsaw.
me for the air corps in the event of
60,000 Women
confided, fibuty maybe they would horses several days, and Mile. A single man of 21 and over who this North-West Region 50,000 wo- The proposal of a direct train want me as an instructor or a courier, Sikorska put up at nights with is being trained in his home town men will be needed for war work service to Bisley was underton- I would not find a bit til atrag |baazantāzināremote villigtas, AA: will get 22s, a week, lunches, travel-They need no preliminary training, alderation.