1940-05-21 — Page 2

SHOWING

TO-DAY

AT 2.30; 5.10,

KING S 7.15 & 9.30 PM

PRIDE THE BLUPARISS

NO HORSE CAN:

MATCH HIS SPEED...

NO MAN CAN MATCH HIS COURAGEI

Americo Is Cheering

GANTRY.

THE BLIND HORSE Rucing Sensation

with EDITH FELLOWS - JAMES McCALLION • Directed by WILLIAM McGANN Original Screen Play by Vincent Sherman » A WARNER BROS. PICTURE

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DAILY 2.30 - S 20 7.20 -9.30

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# 'THE UNDER-PUP? with Robert Cummings-Nan Grey

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RONALD REAGAN

(MARGOT STEVENSON EDDIE FOY, Jr. Presented by WARNER BROS.

Directed by TERRY MORSE •Original Screen Play by Anthony Coldaway and, Reymond Schrock • From an (des by Jonathan Finn • A First National Picture Vitagroph, Inc.

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LATEST MOVIETONE NEWS Directly After The King's Theatre.

THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY

The Most Terrifying Historical Drama of All Time!

DARK FASCINATING SECRETS LURK BEHIND THESE GRIM TOWERS!

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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 21, 1940.

BEF CARRIES OUT ITS TASK IN BELGIUM

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THE TASK OF THE BRITISH - AND; BELGIAN TROOPS HAS BEEN TO CARRY OUT A STRATE- GIC WITHDRAWAL TO MEET ANY GERMAN ATTEMPT TO TAKE THEM IN THE REAR FROM THE “SPEAR-HEAD" IN THE SOUTH. THIS WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT WITH SKILL BY BOTH ALLIED FORCES. The British got back without having to abandon any material and the Germans have at no time made even a "dent" in their positions.

It is true the British have not had

to face the terrifla mass attacks the French have

encountered further CANADA TO

south, but it would be wrong to im- agine that they have not had to fight. They have been fighting all the time and had to stand up to intense bombing..

Our losses are not 'on a large scale and it is believed that with reason- able precautions they need not

due expect heavy losses.

to such bombing. Every time the Germans have attacked they have suffered losses.

IMPORTANT DEFENCE

The Belgian troops, too, have been fighting magnificently. There were no breaks in their lines, while Liege and Namur are still holding out.

These two forts are of considerable importance, because they command the main railways to the present Ger- man front and the Germans depend largely on these railways for their supplies.-Reuter.

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| EGYPT TAKES STEPS

AGAINST PARACHUTISTS

Cairo, To-day.

Preventive measures against. "Fifth Columnists" in Egypt are well in hand and special squads have been detail- ed to keep track of suspects. ....

Precautions against parachute land- ings-have-been taken in Cairo-Reu-

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EXCHANGE, CONTROL

IN:D.E.I.

Batavia, To-day. Foreign exchange restrictions have come into force in the Netherlands East Indies to safeguard the guilder. -Reuter.

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