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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1937.

NAVAL OFFICER FOUND GUILTY

OF THEFT DISMISSED SHIP AND REPRIMANDED

COURT-MARTIAL'S SENTENCE

STRIP TEASE”

IN LONDON

TURN ON DARKENED STAGE

THEATRE CROWDED

Diane Raye, the “strip-tease” girl who was banned by Mr. George Black from appearing at the Palla- dium was presented at the Victoria

Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Reid, captain Palace in London. of H.M.S. P:C. 74-a patrol vessel There were large crowds at each -attached to H.M.S. Woolston, house to see her turn, which lasts was sentenced by a court-martial

a little over two minutes.

at Chatham to be dismissed his Although described on the

proTM ship and severely reprimanded.

gramme as a dancer, Miss Raye He was found guilty of stealing does not dance. Wearing a gown and attempting to remove from the of green georgette, she appears be- dockyard one electric torch battery, hind a gauze in a somewhat dim four electric bell-pushes and one light.. lampholder.

After walking up and down the

A charge of neglect in not hand-stage once or twice she removes ing them over to the proper autho-first a light cape; then after an- rity was found not proven.

other walk takes of a portion of

It was stated that he had pre-her gown." viously been tried by court-martial Finally she stand for a second or at Malta on a charge of theft. On two, wearing a brassiere, -holding that occasion he was acquitted. the last portion of her gown in

Lights

Lt.-Comdr. Reid was

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charged front of her. with stealing 401lb of paint, six that's all. electric lamps, a steel file, electric bell-pushes and other Government property to the total value of £1 188 13d. He pleaded not guilty.

Articles Found In Car

Some Hissing

out,

and

There was slight hissing from the gallery, but the act as shown is almost entirely innocuous, Соп- siderably more nudity is to be found Police-Sergt. J. M. Beck, of the at several places in London. Royal Marine Police, said that on It is understood that Miss Raye's March 25 he stopped Lt.-Comdr. turn has been considerably modifi- Reid's car at the gate of Chatham ed. Her husband said in the inter- Dockyard. In it he found the arti-val that "when in London she de- cles mentioned in the charges.

cided she should do as Londoners

Lt.-Cmdr. Reid said: "The paint do.”

I got from the paint shop and It differs very much from the the remainder of the articles T'exhibition which was seen by Mr. scrounged in the dockyard for my Black at the Palladium rehearsal. ship."

The final alterations were made Det--Con. W. C. Cornock said that when Miss Raye appeared before when he asked Lt.-Cmdr. Reid to Mr. R. H. Gillespie, who holds the account for the possession of the licence from the Lord Chamberlain, articles he replied: I collected Charles Killick and Victor Payne- them for my ship. I got them from Jennings, the present licensees, and various department in the yard. Kurt Robitschek, to whom the thea- One or two of the articles I was tre has been leased. taking and fitting up myself. That is all I have to say.”

is

Mr. Robitschek made the follow- ing statement during the evening: Petty Officer P. H. Herbert, "The policy of the Victoria Pal- formerly. coxswain of R.C. 74, said face

to give the public pro- that on March 25, on the order of grammes representing the best and Lt. Cmdr. Reid, he obtained some most modern vaudeville talent. grey and white paint in two drums similar to those produced. He put the drums Into the captain's cabin.

Public Can Judge

Later the captain "ticked him "I offer it strip-tease dancing, off" for not knowing where the not in any desire to profit by notor- steward was. As the steward could lety, but simply to give the Press not be found he put a suitcase, the and public an opportunity to see a drums and a raincoat in the capt-widespread type of variety ain's car..

judge it for themselves.

Wanted Ship To Be Smart

and

Vie Oliver introduced Miss Raye to the audience. He said she was there to show people that there was

Mr. Marston Garsia, defending: a charming way of disrobing. From your experience of serving

The Victoria Palace took about under the captain, was he an officer £600 at the two performances. The who took great pride in his ship? takings for that fine comedy "The Road to Rome" which was with- Did you know whether the ship drawn from the Savoy-were £380 was to take part in the Coronation for the eight performances. Review?—The captain told us that

-Yes.

we were.

A mine, said to be of British origin Lt.-Comdr. Reid, giving evidence, and to date from the Great War, has said he desired his ship to have a Belgium, and brought ashore by a fish-

been fished up întact off La Panne,' smart appearance and to be as effi-

ing boat. cient as possible. He did not con- sider that the illumination of his The South African bill intended to ship for the Jubilee Review was debar white women from working for satisfactory, and therefore he felt Asiatics has been dropped, at any rate

for the present. it necessary to undertake lighting experiments..

termaster's table.

He obtained from the dockyard a He knew nothing about the file, supply of lamps, and it was his and had never seen it until it was Intention to take these to his house unearthed in his car. He had to carry out his experiments atjasked for a “drop” of paint for use home. He would have returned the in his experimenta, but he did not lamps to the dockyard. The bell know that two drums of paint had pushes were required for fittings been put in his cabin and after- for the officers' mess and the quar-[wards in his car.

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