Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 26, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
NANCY
SLUGGO'S AN AWFUL
SCENE GRABBER!
YEAH-- HE WANTS TO PLAY EVERY
SCENE HIMSELF!
NOBODY ELSE GETS
A CHANCE
WELL HE CAN'T DO THIS NEXT SCENE ALONE THE SCRIPT CALLS FOR HIM TO BE PLAYING CARDS WITH ANOTHER MAN!
HEY, SLUGGO!.. GET YOURSELF A. PARTNER FOR THAT
POKER SCENE!
MOVIE SET
KEEP OFF
SCHUSCHNIGG IS
IN BAVARIA-
Still In German Custody
Kurt Schuschnigg, last Chancellor of independent Austria. who has been a prisoner of the Nazis since just before the Anschluss was proclaimed on March 13, 1938, has been moved to Bavaria, according to Vienna Information.
There, in an undisclosed vil- lage, the former Chancellor lives with his wife, still in the
cus-
tody of the Germans, it has been disclosed by Baldur von Schirach. Nazi Statthalter (Governor) of annexed Austria.
For more than a year after his imprisonment, Herr Schuschnigg was under guard in the Metropole Hotel in Vienna. headquarters of the Gestapo, German Secret police, There had been subsequent reports,
Refugees
Swarm Into Portugal
Three thousand, five hundred
however, that he had been moved persons, representing virtually elsewhere in Germany.
Married By Proxy He married the former Countess Vera Fugger von Babenhausen in ceremony he could not even attend, on June 3, 1938,
Herr Schuschnigg. then the first ex-Chancellor of a Nazi-absorbed country,
ry, already had disappeared
every European nationality, are NOW in Portugal sécking pas- sage to the United States and South Amerienbut their
of getting there chances
any time soon are slim.
Since the war In Yugoslavia
from his Belvedere Palace and his an even greater flood was ex- brother, Dr Arthur Schusetimi,pected by the American Lega- bride, It was belleved, knew then tion and Consulate.
acted as his proxy. Not even the
where her husband was being held.
This Cinema Is Showing "Smellies"
over
The American Export Line has at- tempted to get additional ships to boost its present maximum enpuelty of 900 passenger a month but that fell through.
The Red Cross, collaborating with the State Department at Washington in repatriating hundreds of destitute Americans in France, sill has 200 of them conventrated at Sintra, near Lisbon.
American Exodus
If United States relations with the Axis become much more strained it
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ON COAST-British troops proparing for possiblo Nazi Invasion attempt are in training somo- where on British coast, in above picture, Exorcises, in which they move to take battle positions, are for seashore fighting.
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Indian Troops
England Are Popular
Of all the forces from oversen now stationed in Britain one of the most interesting, certainly one of the happiest, is the Indian contingent which served with the B.E.F. in France and is patiently waiting to strike another blow for the King-Emperor, writes a correspondent of "The Times."
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NURSING DIPLOMAS
Commencement Exercises,
dire
At Turner School
completed the junior middle course but having had at least two years, It is planned to offer in the not too distant future a three-year course for
senior middle graduates of school.
Nobility of Profession The Rev. N. V. Halward, of the Church Missionary Society, spoke of the nobility and the essentially On May 12 gratifying number of religious allignment of the nursing interested friends of the Hackett profession. Mrs Chung Trol-man Medical Centre, Canton, joined the brought a stirring message from the staff and students of that Institution life of St Paul and made a plea to to make the thirty-second commence-avery nurse to Christianise her pro- ment exercises of the Turner School fession. of Nursing a
Diplomas of the school were pre- memorable occasion. Dr Ross Wong as master of ceremon-sented by the Chairman of the Board ies introduced Mr
yder, of Directors, the Rev. H. F. Thomson, P. Snyder, director of the institution,
who and diplomas of the Nurses Associa mentioned some salient facts. The tion of China by Mrs P. J. Todd, who first graduate of the school of nursing was the first principal of the school, was Miss Fanny Lee (Lei Fung-The seven women who received
who was granted chan),
her
these diplomas entered school in diploma) on January 10, 1908, after two years September, 1937, and were sent away of training. In round Rumbers there soon thereafter because of bombing
been have
200
men in Canton, young the school who are from graduated
About a month later they were re- now scattered throughout eleven called and they continued their provinces of Ching, in Thailand, studies throughout the intensive Indo-China, Macao, Hongkong, and bombing of the city. Their course the U.S.A. About 160 of the graduates was ùgtin interrupted at the time of The contingent, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel R. W.
are actively engaged in their pro- the occupation of Canton, when all fession. W. Hills. is self-contained and consists almost entirely of pack
class work had to be suspended in favour of service in transport companies which had to abandon their animals in
the refugee The present course of study re-camps and in the hospital. Special France but have now been re-equipped with mules and ponies.
quires three years and nine months credit is due to students who under and, in the case of one company, with motor transport, Units
for completion by those bearing the circumstances have met the re- are either hard at their training-and-that-means-a-12-hour-junior middle school diplomas, and quirements for the completion of
five years Гог those day or are working directly with formations on the beaches.
not having their course,
lithe: figures have become a familiar | *** sight in the countryside of Because, 21 years ago. Peggy Devon and Cornwall, as they
then a Bridlington farther; special ones going with each With brilliant sunshine brigh: Loader.
shire and Scotland. Nearly all tening land and sea, and Nor-schoolgirl, was puzzled by the had previously been in Derby- The perfumes of Hedy Lamarr wegian flags waving in the wind term "seedless orange," her
the men are Moslems from the Clandeile were distinctive: from
steel-grey warships, a family are now making marma Spencer Tracy had a whiff of pine-large contingent of the Lofoten lade-from oranges they have
volunteers, who recently arrived grown themselves.
"Smellies”—ilms put with odour accompaniment in the auditorium-have long been jokingly expected as the next development in the cinema. Now they are a fact.
is expected that an exodus of Ameri eans will begin from Germany and Italy, adding to the number there. i There were some 19,000 Americans
in aly tast year, of whom
For several weeks they have 2,000 have gone home. been regularly in operation at the Vogue Theatre. Detroit. U.S.A,
A coffee pot is seen. boiling over, and the fragrance of burnt coffee assails the nostells of the audience. The "Sen Hawk" is about to sail, to the
- aroma of ozone and turred rope.
And so on.
Personal Touch
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For "Boom Town," odours went
principal character.
and Clark Gable reeked of tobacco, and
system.
With Emotion
Lofoten
only
Meanwhile, its members are making the most of their stay in England. They like themselves are welcomed the country and, because of their fine bearing and gay smile, they wherever they go, as I found during a visit to their present headquarters in the West Coun try.
She Grows
Volunteers Her Own
On Parade Marmalade Their turbans and
needles. The invention of Swiss chemist, in Britnin to join the Norwegian
This is how it happened. "smellies" consist of cartridges Alled
Peggy, now a nurse in a Lon- with volatile compounds, crushed and Navy, paraded for the first time sent round in the cinema's ventilating recently before their command- don hospital, asked her father ing officer. It was a solemn to explain the difference be tween a "seedless" orange and Skilful operation has produced five and unforgettable moment. different smells in B0 seconds.
A captain took the salute, and any other kind of orange.
Mr Loader told her that the term
orange, like any other fruit, must They had, he said, by their pre- contain seeds or it would never de- sence here proved that the will to velup. resist and the faith in the Allied vie To prove his point he gave Peggy to wat as strong in Norway as it some pips from a "seculess" orange is in Britain.
and she planted them in their green- The captain also conveyezi a meg-house.
and sage of congratulations
good
22 Trees wishes to the Lofoten men telegraph. ed from Crown Prince Olot.
Emotional scenes, rather than switin, a short but stirring address | #ccediess" was a misnomer; that an
action, are most suitable,
An audience poll disclosed that 60 per cent. of the customers approved, but 20 per cent, thought the effect not strong enough,
General im trade opinion, how ever, is that good fims are not to be sniffed at.
STUDENT'S CHOICE Students in American publle schools are swinging, away from French, choosing Spanish for their foreign Language course, German Is drop ping off fast. Three more registered for Greek thon took it last year.
welcomed the men,
Soon there were 22 tiny orange trees growing in the greenhouse and about 15 years later some of them
the North-West Frontier be- hind them.
Punjab with years of service on
Evening Classes
The splendid opportunity of Im- planting a sense of citizenship that should bear fruit when the contin- gral returns home is not being lost. The men are very keen on evening educational classes; many of thein ard to speak English, and |
accept opportunities
they cape
to study various aspects of munt- cipal
government.
Their loyalty has a child-ke sim- helly hout it. They are aging. will tell you, for the
Emperor,
and that is a great honour, Their joy and pride were unbounded when the King visited their camp in the North.
The whole contingent is deeply A staff ofcer then read out the with
grateful for the welcome they have formalities of service., and, bared heads, the satiors repeated the began to bear fruit.
Mr Loader told a reporter recent-received in this country and, in their their King, promise of loyalty lo
ly: "It would take most fruit trees own words, do not wish to return country, and flag, ending with the about 15 years to bear fruit if they home until they have done something
in return. were grown from seed. Normally,
Gides To Charity our trees, 9ft. high and 7ft. across,
On being told that they owed their produce 50 or 60 oranges a year.
"The oranges we grow are quite safe passage to France to the Royal as big as the normal Jaffa orange, but are not as sweet, because they lack sufficient sunshine."
words: "God save the King and the Fatherland,"
Canadian National Registration Facts
Seeks Ban On
N. Y. Times
Navy, they immediately subscribed £50 to naval charities; since their arrival in England they have given nearly £100 towards the relief of air rald distress in London,
Colonel fills is not only
unto his mon but
a low
and he is philosopher and friend, much their Five-sevenths of the 7,862,920 Canadians over 16 who
proud of them. They hore them- selves splendidly under fire and the were counted in national registration last August were born in')
The adjutant general of the United Incalculable influence of dive-bomb- Canada, it was revealed in registration statistics tabled in the states Army was asked by the Rev. Ing. They may be strengthened by Dominion House of Commons by War Services Minister Gar Edward Lodge Curran, president of further detachments of the Indian diner.
only 1,190 Chiness women, reflect the International Catholic Truth Army before long; the days of pack Ing the effect of Immigration Society, to place the "New York transport are not nearly over. barrier against admission of Times and the magazine, "Soviet Russia To-day," on the list of publi-
Native sons numbered 2,896,- 500 and native daughters 2,977,- 610, making the total 5,874,110.
Chinese women,
Japanese-born numbered 5,000 mentations banned from US. Army posts und all camps under the jurisdiction of the War Department.
Of the 978,000 others born in the ❘ and 3,000 women. British Empire, 601,710 were men and 473,980 women: Men' who came to Carada from the United States num- bered 145,610 and women 184,320. Poland gave Canada 133,180 men and women and Russia 150,240. From Germany and Austria came 103,410 and from 'Hungary 30,280.
Canadian-born parents were To ported by 4,108,500 of those born in the Dominion; 100,240 reported a Canadish father_ard British mother and 144,330 d. Canadian father and foreign mollier,
Chinese Checked Chinese-born men in Canada numbered, 31,070, but there were
Father Curran charged the "New York Times" with being "an agency of Communistic propaganda” because
Italian Officers Executed
Italian officers, court-martialled
It accepted a full-page advertisement for inefficiency in the Albanian cam- of "Soviet Russia. To-day" in a Sun-paign, have been executed by firing A British father and a' Canadian day magazine scellon, and with try- squads. This was learned in Athons mother were reported by 325,880 ing "to give an air of respectability before the withdrawal from state- persons, and 1,607,140 wald both to the totalitarian tyranny of Soviet ments of Italian prisoners, did parents were British. Those who Ruszia "
Some of the officers were said to had both parents foreign born were
New York Times Itself gave have: Inflicted wounds on themselves 1,390,800,
* the request::.
so that they could be invalided roman
women
on
June
17.
1940,
the
Bomber Fund was commenced .
the first week produced over
$1,000,000
. will you
help
to double that figure before
June 17, 19412. $29,000 is
all that is required
Donations to Date:
812.02
Remitted to London: £116,889.19.64
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