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`THE. CHINA MAIL, MAY 22, 1939

Young English Beauty, Found In Paris, Does Not Know Who She Is

Victim Of "Lost- Memory" Drug

Who is the strikingly beautiful young English girl found wandering in the early hours of one morning on the outskirts of Paris, scantily clad and suffering from loss of memory?

The name Kathleen and the return half of a

GERMAN ENVOY

R.A.F. SPEED-UP AHEAD OF PLANS AT THE

QUAI D'ORSAY

"I can say that the strength of the R.A.F. is to-day exceeding our plans."

Captain Balfour, Under Secre- tary of State for Air, revealed this at Broadstairs.

He said that aircraft statistics received this week enabled him to make the statement.

NAVAL

fifteen-day excursion ticket from London to Paris OFFICER'S

are the very slender clues with the aid of which

experts of the French Scotland Yard are trying to SUDDEN DEATH

solve the mystery of the girl, who was found by a police cyclist patrol just outside the city.

COLLISION IN BORROWED CAR

War- died

Alfred William Matthews rant M.A.A., H.M.S. Tamar, Without shoes or stockings or any outer clothing, the girl's sole suddenly early this morning, after official naval wear consisted of light undergara brief illness, an

morning. ments of good material, from which statement disclosed this

in the tabs and laundry marks had been The funeral will be held removed.

Happy Valley Cemetery this after- noon at 4 o'clock.

TICKET FROM LONDON There was nothing whatever to Mr. Matthews, who was a native give a clue to her identity unless of Portsmouth, was acting as Fleet the return half of an excursion Mail Officer at the time of his ticket pinned to one of the under-death. garments can aid the police in tracing her.

The girl had lost her memory FRENCH PIPE LINE

completely and appeared to be under the influence of some

drug.

Asa Thor Hoyem, a 17-year old student, of 18, Pak Tai Street, was fined $20 by Mr. E. Hims- worth in the Kowloon Magis- tracy this morning on charges of driving a car up Shan Tak Road without a licence and of driving All she could tell the police the car without the owner's per-[when an interpreter was found was mission.

that her Christian name was Kath- According to the prosecution, leen and that she had been in the conducted by Traffic Sub-Inspector company of another girl named J. Serim, Dr. C. S. Rother, the Elsie.

owner of the car, licence No. 5181, She had forgotten her home ad- left the vehicle on Kai Yan Road on dress or that of the hotel where Saturday evening. Mr. V. A. she had been staying in Paris. Garton, driving his own car, was Though hundreds of hotels have proceeding from north to south been visited by the police, none along Shan Tak Road at about 9.50 were able to help in identifying p.m.. when Dr. Rother's car, driven her or her friend. by the defendant, turned out of Kai Yan Road and collided with it. She is described as being still The front bumper of Mr. Gar- under twenty, 5 ft. 7 in. tall, oval ton's car was torn off, while Dr.[features, striking beauty, and with Rother's car suffered damage to the side, front mudguard and bumper.

Defendant pleaded guilty.

RUNCIMAN HOME

London, Yesterday,

The Lord President of the Coun- cil and Viscountess Runciman re- turned to London to-day on the conclusion of the three months rest cruise which Lord Runciman un- dertook on doctor's orders.

Australia, New Zealand and Car- ada were among the countries visit ed.-British Wireless.

POLICE POSTED

Warsaw, Yesterday. Strong detachments of police have been posted before the Bri tish Embassy as a precautionary measure in view of possible hos- tile Jewish demonstrations. Trana-Ocean.

PLATINUM BLONDE

every indication that she has been used to a life of luxury. Though her hair is platinum blonde, the doctors say that it was originally much darker and has been recently dyed.

The medical report also proves that she has been "doped" with one of the few drugs that pro- duce serious loss of memory.

It has been established that a girl answering her description ‘ar- rived at a well-known Mont- parnasse night resort about 10 o'clock, in the company of an- other English girl, who may be the mysterious Elsie.

Neither spoke French, but they two got into conversation with young men of the "gigolo" type, in whose company they quitted the establishment towards three in the morning. According to the hall porter they entered a car in which the two men had arrived at the establishment and drove off rapid- ly in the direction where the mystery Kathleen was found wan- dering more than three hours later.

The police can find no trace of Elsie, and they do not rule out the possibility that she may have met with foul play or is being detained somewhere against her will.

has

Paris, Yesterday,

The French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bonnet, yesterday re- ceived the German Ambassador, Count Welczeck, and the Soviet Ambassador, M, Suritz.

One report said that the ques- tion of the extraterritorial status of the Czech Legation in Paris was discussed between M. Bonnet and Count Welezeck, though there is no confirmation of this,

circles French Foreign Office declare the visit was of no im- portance, and was more in the nature of a courtesy call after the Ambassador's prolonged absence. However, it is stated that the discussions centred on inter- national affairs,

The meeting between M. Bonnet and M. Suritz is believed to have concerned the Anglo-Soviet dis- cussions. Trans-Ocean.

PAKHOI BOMBED AND SHELLED

Szewui, To-day. Suikai, south of Limkong in the Luichow Peninsula, was bombed by 12 Japanese planes on Saturday. Pakhoi was "raided three times. Heavy property damage was caus- ed.

Paris, Yesterday. Construction of an oil pipe line from the Atlantic port of Donges to Montargies, via Orleans, now been definitely decided upon.

The line will be about 450 kilo- | metres. long and about 1,000,000 Simultaneously, a Japanese war- tons of oil will pass through it ship heavily shelled the town. each year-Trans-Ocean.

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