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ENTERTAINNS

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 515, 7.20 & 9.30

All hands surrender to Dick and Ruby as Warner Bros. great romance of Annapolis bombards the town with laughs and thrills! It's your best show bet for to-day !

Shipmates

with

Forever"

DICK POWELL RUBY KEELER

NEXT CHANGE

The merry tale of a singing sailor's adventures

"SHIP CAFE”.

with CARL BRISSON—ARLINE JUDGE

SHOWING

TO-DAY

KINGS!

AT 2.30, 5.10

7.15 & 9.30 pm

THE SCREEN'S MOST LOVABLE.PAIR!

"The Chamy" and his pal are back again to show you the way to

adventure--to lasche and twe

in this hand-warudury story of a father and son. It will live lang in the aungis of the screen?

Metro- Goldwyn-

Maver Picture

SNOWS DARY

2

FRY&COOM Shaughnessy's Boy

SPANKY MCFARLAND

ho

ORIENTALE

MORE-

DAYS

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

A 30-RING CIRCUS!

"In all the world no fun-fest like hi! Cirks and music-

yes!

But comedy is King, and $1,000,000 was spent to give you the Laugh of a Century 1.

GROUCHO CHICO HARPO

MARX

BROTHERS

NIGHT

AT THE

OPERA

with

- HOLLYWOOD

SAYS: Greatest

Comes

Since

KITTY CARLISLE ALLAN JONES B'Servon May by

Directed By Sam Wond

A THOUSAND HILARIOUS SITUATIONS M Prices - Matinées 20c.-36c. Evening: 20c-30c-50c-70€,

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MAJESTIC

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rence

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TIBBETT METROPOLITAN

ARRYLFZANUCK VIRGINIA BRUCE

ALICE BRADY

AFRICA

RUARI 24, 1938

Another move in the international drans, which threstoms to reach a climax in another Buropean war wis staged when an ali- sace of Great Britain, France, Turkey, Greece and YugoslavİR was formed to resist any attack by Italy on one of the members of the pact. Bumanis and Czechoslovakia, who form the Little Entente together with Yugoslavia, were considered virtual men- bers of the, pact because of their mutual sssistance agreement with Yugoslavia.

APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS

· Geneva Committee To Meet

**CHINA. MAIL" SPECIAL

Geneva, To-day.

The President of the Sanc- tions Committee, Senhor Vas- concellos, has convened a meet-

ADVANCE OF ITALIANS

Badoglio Faces

Abyssinians

12-MILE ADVANCE CLAIMED

** CRIMA MAIL" SPECIAL.

Asmara, To-day.

EXCITEMENT IN BULGARIA

Army Officers In

Late Revolt

AFTERMATH OF COURT MARTIAL

“CHINA MAIL":SPECIAL

Sofia, To-day. Tense excitement. "prevails] throughout Bulgaria at the out- come of the secret trial of 27 per- sons accused of complicity in the plot against the Crowne

| The trial lasted for over, two

months, and the Court spent - no|| less than three days in deliberat-† jing before giving the verdict which, as already reported by Trans-Ocean, involved the death sentence against the chief plot- ters, Col. Weitchef and Major Stincheff, former Adjutant to the cominander of the Sofia garrison who were found guilty of organis- ing the revolt in the army and of attempting to overthrow the Tos- Jcheff Goverüment.

Marstal Badoglio, with three ing for March 2 at 430 pm to divisions of the First Army Corps, deal with, firstly, proposal is reported to have reached the referring to the export em-

Two officers were each sentenced to 10 years penal servitude mi eight of the accused received su - tences of eight years each, while) one former officer, Captain, Laza-i roff, who was accused of having{ acted as courier between the plot- ters in Belgrade and Sofia, was sentenced provisionally to оде year in gaol

Fourteen others including the former Finance Minister, M. Todoroff, General "Saimodi and Colonel Macheff, were acquitted.

This verdict shows that the plot was carried out by a very small group of army officers but had not extended beyond this narrow cir- de.

bargo being extended to ben-northern sphere of Amba Aladchi zine, mal, iron and steel, and which means that he is now fac secondly, the report of the Com-ing the formidable bulwark of the mittee of Experts on the super-Abyssinian defence between his vision of the application of the troops and the reputedly good overthrow sanctions.

TUGOSLAVIA INCENSED Belgrade: The judgment in the Balgarian secret trial of those ac cused of complicity in the plot to⠀⠀

the Toscheff Govern- to ment barst like a bombshell here, where Col Weltcheff, who is one

to Dessie, and then on The actual significance of the roads coming session is impossible to Addis Ababa. - gange at this juncture, since very Marshal Badoglio's forces ad-of those sentenced to death, is contradictory views are heard in vanced 12 miles on Friday and it exceedingly popular.

The text of the official coun-¡ the various League of Nations is declared that the Abyssinians

abandoned their positions between monique was posted on the win- circles.

It is not even certain whether Amba Aradam and Amba Aladehidows of all- cafes and shops as

though of world importance.. Mr. Anthony Eden himself will without a struggle come personally to the confer Reports from the southern front Several political, organizations lence or not, but he if does M. state that an Abyssinian force planned to hold mass meeting to Flandin is expected to attend also. 18,000 strong was attacked by the protest against the sentence, but intervened.-Trans- Should this not be the case, then Italian motorised section at Foca the police France is expected to be repten Bali province, on the caravan Ocean Service. sented by her permanent League road to Magale. The Abyssinian of Nations delegate, M. Paul-forces were cut to pieces and rout- ed by Italian fire, the Italians Boncour-Trans-Ocean Service.

capturing three armoured lorries.

MAN BLOWN TO ATOMS

Explosion On Board Steamer

· CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Rome, To-day

An explosion occurred in Naples when the freight steamer Antoin- etta

ETHIOPIAN REPORT

12 MONTHS FOR MANAGER

Libel On Insurance Solicitor

GRAVEST RECORDER HAD

EVER KNOWN

Addis Ababa Eas Muingeta cupied the defence positions sumta of Mille und east of Antalo, no- cording to plan, this seeming to mark the end of his retreat move. ment. Reinforcementa azzived from the Danakil arms. Mountain" de 10 fences are being thrown up Sentence of 12 months' imprison- great haste. This army is now ment was passed at the Old Bailey believed to number 80,000.

recently on Henry William Wicks, Ras Desta's army was also re aged 42,

«equipment

an insurance manager,

concerning Mr. Francis James

was loading ammunition inforced by 5,000 men with the for publishing a defamatory bel One case containing bombs allp-most modern ped of the crate hook and crashed Addis Ababa, including down on to the afterdeck, where craft and anti-tank guns

Ocean Service. it exploded.

One man was down to atoms, while four others were seriously injured, the vessel-Itself being badly damaged. -- Trans-Ocean- Service

· IMPORTANT FIND AT COLCHESTER

Pottery Of Norman Times

anti-air-Ward Gurney, a solicitor, retain- Traused by the Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada.EVAT?

POISONED TOOTH

POWDER

Actress's Death Mystery

POLICE ENQUIRIES

Sir Patrick Hastings, KC, pro- secting, said Wicks was formerly

mmployed by the Sun Life Cou pany, and after leaving he had been engaged in unsuccessful litigation between the company and its servanta Mr Gurney prosecuted a” man named Chap man, former

agent of the Sun Life Company at Northampton, who was sentenced to three years' penal, servitude: The police are enquiring - Anto

Peak Received Letter the mysterious death of Miss Tita While the case was pending in Cristesco, daughter of George the police-court Chapman received Cristesco, leader of the Emosnian from Wicks the letter on which Socialist party..

the charge was hased a f She died from potassium Wicks referred to "this man Gur-

poisoning, and a quantity hey, who, sccording to my High-street. One potis 5in in of this was found mixed with the perience, is a man-of-depraved

Colchester

Two Norman pots of very types were recently discovered by workmen excavating in Colchester

height and the other Ilin “High tooth

with two handles and a apost..

Only four or five vessels of similar date have been previously discovered in Britain, and these pzesent, aner," of rough grey WAIE and well baked, are of a type not previously recognised in there islands,

"They are derived from what

known as Merovingian wart, on the Continent between the 9th

to the 11th centuries.

discovered on the

time stood the

Fado Dapifer, sto

Bucharest

wder the med It

added to the pow before she went to br

on the night of

moral, character even more than This criminal associate, Falles”

Sir Patrick said that the libel | was the culmination of a campaign ona - zifacis for VERTE ONL believed she had the

Life

SHORT-LIVED STRIKE

anville Brown, defending,

"was the case of "a]

man who had nds of things withe the seriousness of

ALHAMBRAN THEATRE

TO-DAY

Rain

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BORSTEY LEE

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and it's a cloudursa

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Brightest Stars of Screen, Stage and Radio

· Reval in the special

"THE BIG

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(nes presented by Bing Crosby Richard Tagle

Ethel

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Jack Oakie George Burus Gracie Alles Eyda Tobert

Westy Barrie

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