1934-10-22 — Page 12

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"

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With FLORA ROBSON αad. SIR GERALD ouMAURIER 1

"Directed by

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4 SHOWS

DALY

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feured by ALEXANDER KORDA

"SONGS OF YESTERYEAR”

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It begins where the world-famous

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GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS

RUDY VALLEE - JIMMY DURANTE ALICE FAYE · ADRIENNE AMES GREGORY RATOFF - CLIFF EDWARDS

China Mail

NINETIETH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

HONG KONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1934.

INTERCESSION NOT WANTED

Dillinger Henchman Awaits Death

CRITICAL FLOOD. CONDITIONS Dykes Collapse In South Chihli

As a result of the shifting of the course of the Yellow River Columbus, Ohio, Ont, 15. Silent and sullen, Harry Fierpont and its constant rise, the dykes sat in the death chamber of the jat Yangkengmnino in southern State prison to-day awaiting the Chihil collapsed recently. Water summons to pay the supreme penis pouring into the villages from alty in the electric chair, some time the great gap thus created.

IMMENSE NEW FILM - STUDIO

Twickenham Recalls Early Days

£400,000 STRUCTURE

A story of the earliest days of British films, when famous West End artists threw custard pies at each other in the back garden of

between midnight on Tuesday, and Although the flood prevention Thames riverside villa in the midnight on Wednesday, for the authorities are doing everything process of making two-reel "etap murder of Jeas "Sarber at Lima, possible to check the floods, they stick comedies, les behind the Jofficial opening in September of Ohlo, a year ago,

Jare helpless in the face of the This murder cleared the path for river's constant rise. The situa-a magnificent new £500,000 studio Dillinger's short-lived and maraudtion at Shihtouehuang and Shih-by Twickenham Films-a ing freedom, with Pierpont at the hsiangting is also reported to helpany which is now claimed by Mr. Julius Hagen, who controls it, to trigger.

be the biggest independent pro- duction unit in Great Britain.

Pierpont's parents visited him on Saturday. The warden said that Pierpont refused to embrace the re ligion of his parents and asked them

not to attempt again to obtain the Governor's intercession..

U.S. CORPORATIONS DUNNED

Treasury's Drive To Collect Taxes

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

critical.

YOUNG TARZAN OF

TWICKENHAM

Fire Brigade Rescue Boy

After Climb

com-

The first studio at Twickenham was an ordinary private house, where films, were made as far back as 1910. Two well-known screen artists of the present day

Henry Edwards and Chrissie

White--were the "aters" of dozens of those pre-War pictures, while Jack Raymond, one of the Seven-year-old Peter Weaver, leading directors in England to- of Twining Avenue, Twickenham, day, began his film career there has a penchant, for tree-climbing as a comedian.

It was a common sight to see! half a dozen actors in a wild!

and more than his share of nerve. He climbed 30ft. up a tree near his home, one evening last chase along the towpath at Twic kenham, culminating in a specta- month and looked down with some cular dive into the river. Thrills (B Telegraph, Copyright. Telegre pride on the people who gather like this used to satisfy audiences phic tenaga Ordinance, 1896. Red below, wondering how he when the "epica". |ceived October 22, 8.27 a.m.)

Washington, To-day.

could have climbed so far.

Then Peter's supply of nerve PROFESSOR EDDY TO

The drive by the Treasury to ran out. collect back taxes so far this year No one in the crowd would jhas resulted in the collection of attempt the climb and the fire U.S.$1,147,000, which is U.S.$29;-brigade had to turn out to bring 200,000 more than in the corres-Peter down. *** ponding period of last year.

The Treasury is continuing to

collect U.S.$1,000,000 daily and is POPE OFFICIATES AT WEDDING running scores of large corpora-

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COME SOUTH

Lectures In Kwangsi Province

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