Reports from Gibraltar indicate that beautiful Rosita Diaz (above), Spanish screen star, has been executed as a spy by a Spanish Govern- ment firing squad. Hollywood starred Miss Diaz in two Spanish-language talkies in 1934. Since then she has been engaged in film work in Europe.
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 8, 1937.
MORRO CASTLE
SENTENCES ON
CAPTAIN
OFFICER
AND
QUASHED
New York, To-day.
An echo was heard in the United States Cir- cuit Court of Appeals yesterday of the "Morro Castle" disaster when the Court unanimously re- versed the decisions of the trial court.
BOMBING OF H.M.S.
GALLANT
The trial court had found the acting captain of the vessel, Wil-
liam Warms, and the chief engin-
eer, Eben S. Abbott, guilty of negligence on the high seas, and had sentenced the officers to two
Statement. In House Of years and four years, respective-
Commons
London, To-day,
ly.
Now the Appellate Court has set aside both verdicts and sentences. The "Morro Castle” disaster was worst in the United States and occurred in while the vessel
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Havana to passengers
New
and
The First Lord of the Admiralty the replying to a private notice ques-maritime history tion, told the House of Commons September, 1934, that reports had been received that was bound from the British destroyer, Gallant, York with whilst on passage yesterday be a crew of 231. tween Valencia and Alicante, was The liner took fire while of Ash- twice attacked by bombing aircraft | bury Park, New Jersey, and the belonging to the Spanish insurgent toll in human lives amounted to 84 authorities, presumably in mistake passengers and 31 crew dead for a Spanish destroyer belonging | seven missing-Reuter. to the Government forces.
The destroyer suffered no dam- aircraft. age.
and
Sir Samuel Hoare added he was In accordance with the instruc- not in a position to make a further tions which had been issued to Bri-statement but steps had been taken tish warships to protect themselves to bring the matter to the notice of against attacks of this character, the Spanish insurgent authorities.
-British Wireless. fire was opened upon the insurgent
Se
was take Governm
The lovely Kay Francis, who stars in "Give Me Your Heart," which opens at the King's Theatre to-day. Most of the action of the film takes place in England.
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