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SAVED FROM HANGING THEN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT

Nearly Kills Man Found In Wife': Company

Paris: Learning that his wife wis no longer in love with him, Angouleme,

Martial Cadet of hanged himself from a tree. Friends discovered him

-and

cut him down in ume to save his Efe A few hours later Cadet went home and found his wife in the company of another man.

He attacked the latter

and

beat him so severely that he is now in hospital in a serious cor- dition.

Cadet is under arrest.

DIAMOND GOSSIP

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY-28, 1936

TENNIS STAR WINS

NEW U.S. TITLE

BEST DRESSED

WOMEN OF

AMERICA

Helen Wills Moody As One Of First Eight

New York--The eight best- dressed women in America re- presentive of various profes-}· sions and occupations were chosen recently in the annual poll conducted by the Fashion Academy and its director, Emil Alvia Hartmani

The women include Miss Kay [Francis Princess Ketto Mike-) ladze, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, Miss Jane Pickens, Miss Sheila,j Barrett, Mrs. James J. Farley, Miss Helen Gleason and Miss lika The Japanese are fielding their

Chase; usual team and will start with Women selected were chosen Mikuni pitching. This player did from the motion picture indus- very well against the Chinese retry, society, sports, radio, night- cently. He then strugh out & and club life, public life, music and waked 2. The Canadians will the stage. The winners will re- find him troublesome as bis tricky ceive the Fashion Academy balk..if not properly connected medals. are generally hit e inteld.

All types, budgets and varieties! Yasoda will be catching and bis of apparel were represented in) forrt this season has stamped him this year's selection. The quali as one of the outstanding players deations included style, in-

team. Amasaki.

quality

field

The fielders will be chang-i

ed as required during the game.

LATEST "BEAUTY QUEEN"

The lack of a really good pitcher

Mrx.

Helea Wills Moody (above). the tennis champion. has been adjudged one of the eight best-dressed

women America

of

ADMIRAL PREDICTS HIS TIME LIMIT

"I Shall Be Dead In

Nine Years"

AMERICA MUST

To-day's Complete Short Story

PAY MORE FOR Dangerous But By Dorothy Marie

BRITISH FILMS

Rental Returns From U.S. Insufficient

WILL NOT BE SHOWN UNLESS BETTER PRICES GIVEN

-Hollywood.

Passable

Davis

LL right, all right," Roger] Lacking along, the new highway "AL

Travers Fielded, but crept northward through the [added severely, "You can come, Sierra Nevadas. At K Cattle daughter, if you let all my Canyon the new grading curled engineers alone."

over the backbone of the ridge) "All right, all right," Rogerjabove until only a deep gorge sep- Mountain. Britain is about to launch her Travers yielded. but added severe arated it from Lara biggest drive for film prestige in. "You can come daughter, if There a monstrous fll world leap the gulf, consuming in six grace- the American market, -

you let all my engineers alone."

So Daphne Travers, otherwise ful miles a former tortuous 20. Hollywood officials were told

The old road and present de- known as Dippy, packed her Paris this in a strong speech by Mr. Jeffrey Bernerd, general manager

frocks and what-nots and turned tour plunged downward into Kil

blue Cattle Canyon, zigzagged a short: Froadster northward along the space and hurtled on beside Kill- Cattle Creek in a mad race only Sierra Nevadas.

Old man Gray had just closed to meet the bulk of Lava Moun the control gate on the Hill Cattle tain. There road and river ᏚᏳ detour when Daphne came. Gray parated, the former twisting and waved after the young

the Bagman. scrambling over As an instance of the poor re-lowed through the control

who accompanied the last car al-rock-ribbed side.

each Dippy whirled the roadster downj turns received from United States

thejat a great rate. The wind swirled exhibitors Mr. Bernerd quoted the trip, and was fussing with

padlock which held the flimsy lather curls back in a frieze of gold case of "The 39 Steps-the sea-ice rate when Daphne braked the over the blue cap. "Too bad," she

at the Gaument-British Distribu-the chromium mose of her

ters. London, who recently attend- led conferences in the film city.

"In future. America must pay a fair price for our films; other wise they simply won't be shown,” the said.

son's most popular British picture shown in America.

"In 2,000 theatres in England) that 5m brought in a revenue of nearly £150,000, while from 4,000 American theatres

scarcely derived £60,000.” he claimed.

we

“KING'S ENGLISH" American "A" Used By King Edward

There is a лет note in "the King's English" nowa- days, and it is a very realis- tic one, in the opinion of Dr. W. Cabell Greet of Barnard

College, USA. »

"When Edward VIII prozounced

mountain's

blue roadster before his tent. thought as the narrow way levelled "Please," she called, wasting her out in the gold and green of an "Too bad they had smile on his squint, "will you open aspen grove.

to put their road up there the rate for me?"

"No, ma'am, I won't," said the miss all this. I wonder why?""

old man.

TERRIBLE BUSH FIRES IN VICTORIA

Miraculous Escape From Death Of Thirty People

Helbourne.

After being driven fren- tically from their homes by raging bash fires, thirty men, women, and children from the township of Gunyah recently escaped with their lives by lying down in a shellow trench and covering themselves with wet rags.

roared The flames

Over them like a furnace. They are still alive, but they are all in hospital with burns and smoke-blindness.

of

Firca throughout the State Victoria destroyed 30

houses and timber mills.

CIVIL SERVICE

PROVE TOO GOOD

FOR 'VARSITY

and

(Continued from Page 4) The Varsity were unable

to

ет

He pointed to a large Thirty... thirty-five... the turn out their best team as they sign obscuring the glory of cloud-speedometer rocketed. Dippy just have just completed their plumed Mount Dana and recited in had time to read the big wooden aminations, but they, nevertheless, melancholy sing-song: "State high-sign, "Ge slow. Narrow. Curves save * promising display and Kill Dangerous but Passable." The should in time become a formid-

un-car roared out on the cliff shejable combination.

way

under, construction. Cattle Canyon detour 22 miles ider control. Northbound leave only on even

closed growled in conclusion. "It's 10.15."

Shute and Todd were a forceful cars barely above churning water. hours. Gate

"Fast enough." decided Dippy. pair and experienced little diffi- at quarter hour.” He skillfully coming out of a skid on culty in outpacing their oppon

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "The Policeman's Tie-Pin." by John Rickards.

a hairpin turn. Then

(Continued on Page 11.)

TEMPERAMENT HAS IMPORTANT ROLE

(Continued from Page 51

ents, the former cleverly varying the length of his drives to great jadvantage.

Agafuro's height and speedy

recoveries are his malo, assets,

while Bendall's steadiness greatly laided their success.

in Hong Kong. His accurate de-'dividual personality, charm and liveries to second base will pru- the ability to wear clothes. babit catch many, players nap- Prineus Mikeladze, leader of ping, Takeda, Isat year's catcher, society group, prefers simplicity, When Admiral Sir Reginald will be at first bum, Where he is She is opposed to tailored mas-Paron presented nine-years' ser- very safe, while he is also one culine suits and prefers a mark-vice medals to special constables of the hitters of the Tum. Ir. ed feminine

her at a recent sitting of these three players the Japanese clothes"-

Įthe Hemsey (Hampshire) County have the muelez

+ Strong Miss Barrett, the night-club Bench, he said that he hoped they short. stup. girl, prefers tailored mannish would received, in another nine Kawaluma, tad lase, and Mame Mlothes, going in for tweeds and years' time. bars for their medals 'broadcast" with the American

Bradley and Pengelly were a pam, at shind. vomplete the in-rich colour contrasts.

From someone else.

'a'. which is also the north-coun-

hard-hitting pair and very rarely The clerk of the magistrates, try pronunciation of the '3'

allowed anything to pass them... Mr.

Montague Chandler, asked in England), there was

a stir,"

The individuals are not playing Bradley was driving well on both why he thought there would be Dr. Greet said, "and there were Dippy hit her lip and contrived for a side, and so there is no hands and made the openings for is greatly felt by the Canadians. Ofise Sahara" is the latestjanather Chairman of the Bench those who said it was a slip of to face him again with

great urge to win.

Pengelly, whose "kills" at the net Muir, was tried out in a friendly beauty queen. She was elected next time.

the tongue.

diminished radiance. "Please. They are playing merely for and from the middle of the cours game recently, but proved Very ex- (at the Algiers Fair, and was "The reason is very

"Well, if the royal tongue slip-rm Roger Travers' daughter and self-glorification, and there arajwere a delight to watch. pensive. Alltree is about the best dressed in rich silks and em-replied Sir Reginald. "It is be-ped, it was in a democratic direc-I only want to go as far as the occasions when this egotistical Jack Hau and S. Ling were the they have. His deliveries, though broideries with a long white veil cause shall be dead. If that tion. For King Edward's pro- construction camp.”

attitude is not good for the side. pick of the Varsity side, but, zut fast. are varied and over her head, heavy necklaces were not distributing the bars nunciation hâs about it a truly im- Ok man Gray blinked and look. The only other trial match of being a new partnership, they fail- with good backing in the hung round her neck, armlets on for the medals to these worthy perial quality.”

ed forward and leaned against her is the Gentlemen v Players' ed to settle down comfortably, feld, he should do well, though both forearms, and beautiful men."

"With radio offering kings the car. Well now, Miss Travers, I'd he may not be able to strike very rings on every finger,

Sir Reginald Bacon is 73.

opportunity to become again the like to do something for you, but match of the old style. That used while the same applied to the two Trang out. It may be possible!

personal leaders of their people," control is a control. Sorry. It's to be the severest trial for ajother pairings.

youngster outside an actual Test said Dr. Grect, it is important a bad road; one-way, curves. that the voice on the air should turn-outs, precipitous. We dont latch, and those in which I play-

were of far! not speak a class dialect.

take chances. Next control northed before the war

more value than any "Test- trial" "We are becoming more and at 12 o'clock.”

that Divets may be tried and i"; will be interesting to see how

he will shape following his cric-:

·ket experience.

simple"

Hypnotic "Subject" 'Who

Obeyed Too Thoroughly

Budapest. A hypnotis giving your enemies. You

ja demonstration was stabbed by because he has stolen away your

ja man he had "put to sleep" at sweetheart."

Izsak (Hungary).

The tentative line-up of the! Canadian cam is Walker catch- ing and Alltree pitching, and I feel sure that this is the best; battery they can start with these two have played together for over a season and understand each other. Muir has been shifted from short stop to second base, while Goldstein will fill the im portant position. Smedley, one

A young farmer, Karoly Szani, The farmer sprang - at the of the safest players in the team,

invitation and was hypnotist. accepted the will be in his usual position at soon in a trance. third base. The fielders will bel

notise.

list.

talkies.

כני

use

Chance For Youth

FILIPINO BOXERS TO FIGHT HERE Olympic Team At Lee Theatre

action

more conscious of pronunciation.” But that's idiotic." snapped in which I ever took part. he said "We travel more; we Dippy. You certainly don't ex Young English cricketers never listen to the radio; we go to the pect me to sit in the sum for two hate him

hours just to drive five minutes or had such a chance for fame as "This makes for more unifor+|30.”

they have to-day." them pines I can remember the time when The farmer responded perfect-mity. What eventually will be the Pull over under

standard, no one In his performance the hypno-ly to the orders of the hypnotist that standard will not be based

Janows. But there," suggested old Gray. Orjan England XI automatically pick- Local boxing enthusiasts will be you might walk it in 15 ored themselves, while there were interested to learn that the Fili- tist appealed to the audience for "Look out, your foe is going to a volunteer whom he might hyp-attack you," shouted the hypnoto elegance; it will be determin 20 minutes. It's only two miles always another half-a-dozen just pino Olympic boxing team, who

ed in the interests of intelligibi- down hill"

as good waiting in case anyone will be passing through the Colony lity."

Dippy eyed the frail gate and dropped out. seemed resigned. She started the Young men just down from the on their way to Berlin early next

week, will be seen in against local amateurs. ¡engine. Gray stepped back, grin Varsity walked into the side. different now. ning apologetically. But the road. Things are far ster did not back toward the pines. Don't think for a moment that I It shot forward, straight into thejam unduly pessimistic.

Crashing. splintering We are going through a lean the fights and arrangements have įsite

been completed for an exhibition As the result of having many of playing for them, has now de-struck the hypnotist close to his

wrenching it was through in time and shall emerge from it as players of the same

strong as ever we were, though to be given at the Lee Theatre, on class and cided that baseball interferes with heart.

a second.

the night of June 1 between the standard, the Volunteers do not his bowls.

Risky? "Of course," thought must admit it is going to be a The hypnotist was taken to get know what their line-up will

The following are the Craigen Dippy. But she wasn't one to sit very difficult job in Australia nert Philippine team stars and local As far as fielding is concerned hospital in a grave condition. gower Cricket Club's bowls teams for be. Pereira and Bowen are the Eastern

two blessed hours for a two-mile winter. have

fears. They The farmer's trance Was 80 Saturday two pitchers.

However, I am sure there will The former is

pin. She was smiling archly s 2 have no less that six Indian Re-deep that the local doctor

*A* Team v P.R.C. (Away)

a time when we shall be lightweight), Simplicio de Castro A. A. Razack, L. C. R. Souza, A. E. she whirled into the dusty quad come

(welterweight), Felipe Gabdico Coates, R. F. Luz (Skip), C. S. Sum- between tents and weathered clap able to face them again with con(featherweight), Oscar de Larras- mens, A. S. Gomes, E. el Aralli, Uboard buildings which the idence, and whack them.

chosen from Mueller, George, commanded

Divett and Oliver.

Volunteers Uncertain

The audience, in two minds as a knife. Take it,"to whether it was part of the

the hypnotist. show, hesitated before going

one of his help.

"Here is

Stand up. here comes

At that

moment

the

good start pitcher, but he cannot creation Club cricketers in the difficulty in rousing him. jast more than four innings- team, among whom are A. E Is- Bowen, a left-hander is very valumail, A. K. Kitchell, and able with his natural in-curves. Abbas. George Lenz is a good while he is a good hitter.

youngster, while Tong Kwan, the

game.

to

knife!

c.c.c.

LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE

TEAMS FOR SATURDAY

had

M. Omar (Skip), J. S., Landolt, Dr.

A. R.

ONE WAY OF DESCRIBING

FROSTBITE

5

V. N. Atienza, Base (Skip).

"P" Team v Recreio (Home)

The United States Government

once.

was

short-ston. First base is 3 L038 Eastern are entering the relief employee, who asserts that, C. S Rosselet (Skip), J. Rwfullest thing. But his office Happily, in sport things don't

has shown up well-he will pro-useful team bably be kept in that position.

The third base will fall to Hus-

sain. The outfielders will be

years ahead.

Soares, K. M. Omar, W. K. Way, W. was.

Second Division ▼ KC.C. (Away)

2

Battleship Becomes

Boys' Training Ship

and

-

Mr. S. M. Fernandez the local physical culturist has promoted

amateurs.

The boxers, Jose Padilla, jun

४.

jabal (bantamweight) and Felipe If we take a line through recent, Nunag (flyweight), will arrive 1. Cavanagh, and R. camp. Victory, especially when

dangerously won, delighted Dippy.form--South Africa beat us last from Manila aboard the President D. Leonard, the captain and the South China footballer, played for

confess She expected to

the summer, and Australia then pro-aft only player who has

J. W. Leonard, H. W. Pandall, A. whole escapade to her father at ceded to beat South Africa easily had any South China before and knows the jis investigating the compensation M. Omar, W. V. Field (Skip). A. J. "Rodge, dear, I did the-we have no earthly chance. baseball experience, wil be, at

claim of Mato Majajie, a work Coelho, B. Whiteman, M. A. R. Sou-

closed. He was out up between V. Costa and A.-League for the sole purpose of his nose was frozen while he was Gill (Skip).

...work out that way. You see upsets interest this summer.

Read And Capson Costa's height and reach obtaining baseball games

vaguely, acmewhere. He did not in form in the football season Aonas.

which at work.

had till she come

unpacked; every week. Early in the last One is E. D. Read, the Essex are bis greatest assets, but Abwould be otherwise difficult if

"Too cold. Nose too big" wrote D. E. Kharas, H. L. Fox, W. J. showered, dressed. re-dressed soccer geason Arsenal beat Chel-amateur, who, as you all know, bas is faster with the ball in tight they only tried to arrange friend- Majajic on his claim sheet, in the legal, Phelps, W. Ward audiod a well manic

Bagley. A. Kitchell (Skip), J. Paz,

become sea, Gritasby beat ́Arsenal, and has been on the recent Australasia play.

Beltran, who has improved be of the organisers to give as many of Accident."

ly games, and it is the intention column reserved for "Description (Skip), Dr. N. P. Karanja, E. Mc- thoroughly disillusioned concern then Chelsea beat Grimsby! tour. The other is Copson, of "Machines In The Field" Derbyshire, who broke down last yond recognition, is

Nay, Y. Abbas, H. V. Pearse (Skip). Jing construction camps. now being youngsters a chance of a game tried at second base, where he and thus be able to build up

One might expect men in

There was some excuse for the summer. gineering camps, she had reasoned defeat of South Africa on their Possibly these may tam out to for twa or three

be the two fast bowlers for whore So far there were two Mexicans own wickets. chopping stove-wood and an excit Bell and Vincent did not play, we have been looking. The following are the probable

able Filipino cook who seemed to and there was the lamentable There is another point I think teams :-

fall apart at the joints when death of Cameron, which, we all we should be considering; the A. K. Omar, Delgado, Earras, (p-), Pearce (1st b.). Muir (2nd b-). The Ramillies, one of the Fleet's complement.

spoken to. Of course, there was felt very deeply. Meanwhile, the selection of left-hand batsmen. I also a handful of Rodge's stan ́. rest were unable to reproduce should include as many as pos- Hassan. The last Smedley (3rd b.), Baleros and

Goldstien (15),)

sible for Australia. There are very named is a very safe fielder and Mueller (r.). Dirett (e), and older battleships of the Royal There is no intention of "de-all grey, tired, dusty, spectacled their England form.

Sovereign class, first commission- militarising" the Ramillies as was and uninteresting.

cam bowl ás in practice has brought off several George or Oliver (li).

Bill Ferguson, who was scoring few bowlers who spectacular catches.

Folunteers:-Wing Lee (c.), Per-ed in 1917, is now to be used as a done with the Iron Duke, Jellice's the bronzed, strong allent merlin South Africa and is now well to left-handers as to right- iera and Bowen (P), Costa or Abbas training ship for boys.

scorer and baggage expert to the banders. This is one of the curio- Reserve Catcher

(1st b.), Peltrao (2nd b.), Hussain

former flagship at Jutland. The with chiselled features? Recently, the Ramilies has been Iron Duke was so dealt with on Rodge Travers found his daugh-Indian team here, told me, "The sitics of cricket. A. C. Soares is another player (3rd b.), D. Leonard (2.6), Hassan,

Grimmett No. Bogy-Man A. K. Omar, De Sa, N. Leonard, Del- more or less out of service because becoming over age under the terms ter just as she measured the dis- Australians were extra-good; and gado and Barros (felders).

of the shortage of men, and has of the Washington Treaty, but, tance on the wall map and de-ike machines in the feld.”

Grimmett did well in South Japanese: Mikoni (p.). Yasuda been lying at Sheerness uned instead of being scrapped, as was cided that Conifer Creek Lodre This means they snapped up all Africa and is still going strong, (e). Takeda (1st b.), Kawamura (2nd by a nucleus crew. Once ake, is usual with, over-age ships, was the nearest resort, was 24 miles their catches; and that is what but our players must not make a b.), Amataki (s.s.), Maruyama (3rd

we shall have to do next winter. bogy-man of him. new service, however, she will The Royal Sovereign, the type She saw in a second that England's batting for Australia is He is not quite the force in Aux- Eastern To be chosen from the actually be more ready for active ship of the class to which the was in no mood to hear about the not worrying me a great deal. We tralia that he is over here. out, but from the 16 players following: C. L. Lee, K. Ram, Wai-employment than at present. She Ramillies belongs, Was also control gate. "Rodge, dear." pur-should be able to select, batsmen available they should be able to tak, G. Lenz, In Bank-kay, AK. I will once more be fully fitted out, paid off to reduced complement red Dippy, "I'm driving ap to this who can score heaps of runs. It is from that big fellow, get together a good side after a mail, O. Arcilli, A R. Kitchell, A and in case of need the boys under some time ago, and used for train Conifer place." And she sallied the bowling that raises doubts.

R. Abbas, S.-Hames, B. Woo, Tong few games. A. M. Omar, who had Kwan, Chan Yne-tin, and Leung In-training can be quickly dispersed, ing boys. She also will be avail-forth to find adventure in her In this respect there are two an excellent foil to his now 212- previously signified his intention chan.

players I shall follow with great)ous leg-trap.

chosen from N. Leonard, De Sa, Canadians: Walker (c.), Alltree

who is coming on well, and be has

been ear-marked as reserve cat

cher to Wing Lee. Not a hard hitter he is a good basemen

Eastern have not really had an opportunity of trying their team

and

azam tri), Yajima (d2).recommissioned and put to her converted to a boys' training ship.north by the detour.

(LL).

land her crew brought up to fulllable for active service at need.

itwinding roadster.

Where

were

The chief trouble, will come

Bill”

O'Reilly, and left-handers would be