1939-06-14 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1939

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'PLANE DASH TO FIND GIRLS FOR U.S. FAIR

Last-minute 'plane hunt through American cities to find beautiful girls to go on show at the New York World's Fair, is being made by the American night club impresario, Nils Granlund.

The World's Fair policy seems to have under- gone a sudden reversal. In the last few days ten amusement concessions have been granted.

PEEP-SHOW

Billy Rose is starring 300 swim- ming girls.

We can

"We're going to have the smallest "I'll have only whole-hearted sun one-piece bathing suits worshippers in an outside arena. get," he said "The girls shall have disporting themselves

a the greatest benefit possible from railing," he said.

the healthy rays of sunshine."

Other shows include:-

behind

A glorified peep-show with an undraped girl in a huge glass room

with sixty-four mirrors and peep- APPOINTMENTS FOR K.C.s

holes to accommodate 600 persons

shire Quarter Sessions and Mr. C. B. Marriott, K.C., deputy chairman of Leicestershire Quarter Sessions.

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Mr. H. St. J. D. Raikes, K.C., has at a time. "It will be on a highly been appointed chairman of Derby- artistic plane," the designer said.

Parisienne. Circus Follies, with "for fullest performers dressed freedom of motion."

Winter Wonderland, with skaters `wearing 'little else but their skates.

The Fair Publicity Department DAYLIGHT RAID ON JEWELS had been instructed to abandon the

Thieves using a car took furs and name "Amusement Area" for the district where these concessions jewellery valued at £1,000 in a day- light raid on Thatch Cottage, Hur- are to be found.

of Pilot- The authorities now call it "Play ley, Berkshire, home

Officer and Mrs. Beaumont, Centre."

Children in Scotch SCOTCH DANCES IN SOUTH AFRICA. national costume was an unusual sight to the citizens of Johannes- burg, South Africa, when youngsters of Scotch parents took part in a childrens' dancing competition three. Photo shows two of the chil- dren dancing, admired by some of their companions,

"POSTAGE STAMP" SIZE

The abbreviated bathing costume

quarrel

idea has caused the first between Rose and his fiancee, shapely Eleanor Holm.

All day Eleanor refused to join rehearsals for the swimming spec- tacle because he would not allow her to wear a bigger suit than the one he had selected for her.

"I am no prudé," she cried, stamping her feet, "but this suit is no bigger than a postage stamp. Billy must think he has got mid- gets working for him."

Eleanor threatened to walk out of the show, but it was reported that a bathing costume was being designed which might satisfy both of them. .

Nils Granlund is going to stage the "Cavalcade of the Theatre,” with 100 girls.

BARON LOUIS ROTHSCHILD.—Baron Louis de Rothschild, de- tained in Vienna by the Nazi authorities ever since the annexation of Austria last spring, and released on May 14, has arrived in Paris. He was accompanied by his brother, Baron Eugene de Rothschild. Photograph shows:-"Smiling Again" Baron Louis de Rothschild photographed with his sister-in-law, Baroness Eugene de Rothschild, on their way to his brother's home in Paris, after a family dinner to celebrate his escape.

OPEN BIBLE OUTSIDE CHURCH

encas-

PRESENTED FROM COURT

To commemorate the four hu

hun- dredth anniversary of the open Bible in England, a Bible ed under glass on a stand of oak has been set up outside St. Paul's Church, Portman-square, W. pages of the Bible are turned daily, and at night the case is illuminat like leaving my wife at home by ed. Many people stop and read.

The

An injunction ordering the pro- vision of a Bible in English in all the churches was issued in Sep- tember 1538 during the reign of Henry VIII,

HISTORIC OAK CASKET

RAISES £20

A casket made from the Boscobel Oak, in which Charles II hid, was sold for £20 89, at Christie's.

A Malacca walking-stick, tradi- tionally held

to have belonged to James II, realised £5 5s.

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"SHAREHOLDERS”

the

From London police courts:

Man at West London: I don't

herself in case she suffers from mass hysteria.

Woman at Uxbridge: We could not think what to do with the money until I hit on the idea of giving a quarter to my husband and quarter to me, and keeping the other half for myself.

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Man at Tottenham: I tried to come to some arrangement with my creditors. But they insisted on being paid.

LEAP FROM BLAZING HOUSE

A 300-year-old house at Panel Farm, Pett, near Hastings, noted for its fine oak beams, was destroy- ed by fire and the occupant, Mr. A. Sokoloff, escaped by jumping from a bedroom window.

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Dr. Spisiak has been appointed

have

Members of the congregation of Cathays Methodist Church, Cardiff, will become "shareholders' in church under a scheme initiated by their pastor, the Rev. W. Sawkins, Slovak Minister to Budapest. to balance its finances. He intends Exploratory conversations to float a company known as Ca- begun between the United thays Methodist Partnership, with

and Poland for a trade agreement. shares in denominations of £1 and 109, which may be bought by in- stalments. About £400 is needed.

CLAIMING A SEAT AT WHIPSNADE. The occupants of the tiger pit at Whipsnade had a lively time deciding who would have

· possession · of the only ́chair. 'After the scramble it was of little Photo shows the chair in the centre of battle in the tiger-pit.

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States

Germany refuses to compete in the 1940 winter Olympic Games at St. Moritz because ski-ing is omit. ted from the programme.

A number of South African edi- tors have been invited to meet Gen. Hertzog, the Prime Minister, to dis- cuss the proposed bill to control the Press and maintain public order.

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CHILD'S BODY FOUND

Boy's playing near1à reservoir at Chingford, Lambourne - gardens, found the body of a baby girl lying under a sack near a pylon.