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TO-DAY KINGS

ONLY

The story of the

"percentage" girls

of the hot spots!

TO-MORROW

NEW UNIVERSAL

A

PICTURE

• SHOWS DAILY

230-6.20 7.20-30

*

AT 2.50, 6.10,

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

LADIES MUST LIVE....... EVEN IF MEN MUST DIE!

Cafe

HOSTESS

Preston FOSTER

with

Ann

DVORAK

Screen play by Harald Shemale

Directed by Sidney Salkow

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

"LA CONGA NIGHTS

CONSTANCE MOORE

HUGH

HERBERT

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

"

NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON TEL 57222

MATINEES: 20-30«° EVENINGS, 20-30-50×70%

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

CHILL-JAMMED TALE OF A MONSTER ! ! !

KARLOFF LEARNS THE SECRET OF

IMMORTALITY:

as his victims lie

cold in death!

His brain discovers how men may live forever...as his hands make men die before their timel

BORIS

KARLOFF

in

BEFORE I HANG

with Evelyn KEYES - Brucu BENNETT

Screen play by Robert D. Andrews · Directed by NICK GEINDE A COLUMBIA PICTURE

* TO-MORROW, 1 DAY ONLY ! RETURN SHOWING EY POPULAR DEMAND!

"DESTRY RIDES AGAIN"

MARLENE DITRICH JAMES STEWART

A UNIVERSAL SUPER PRODUCTION!

STAR THEATRE

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1941.

R.A.F. ASSERTING

THEIR SUPREMACY IN MIDDLE EAST

THE LATEST R.A.F. communique from the Middle-East Headquarters contains news of successful raids on Calato, on the island

AWARDS

of Rhodes, Tepelini and Duki, while in Italian TO H.M.S. East Africa, the South African Air Force con- KIMBERLEY

tinues to harrass the enemy.

The communique states that during the lull in North Africa, R.A.F. activity has been continued on other fronts.

Heavy bombers again attacked Rhodes Calato on the island of

on Monday and dropped several tons of bombs on the aerodrome and the dispersed aircraft around it.

Buildings and aircraft were seen on fire after the explosion of the bombs and it is confirm

de. ed that ten aircraft were strayed, while many others were damaged.

TURKISH MILITARY

A

MISSION

THE EXPLOIT OF THE BRI-

TISH DESTROYER H.M.S. "KIM-

BERLEY,"

IN.

TORPEDOING

THE ITALIAN DESTROYER

"FRANCESO NULLO" IN THE RED SEA LAST OCTOBER, IN THE ACTION WHICH FOLLÓW - ED AN ENEMY ATTACK ON A BRITISH CONVOY IS RECALL- ED BY AWARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED IN THE LONDON GAZETTE.

to

message from Peshawar states that three officers of the These are: the D.S.O. to Lieut. Commander John Sherbrook Turkish General Staff have pro-Richardson, the D.S.C. to Engineer ceeded to Kabul to take up their Lieut. Commander Gordon Ed-

of ward Sedwick and the D.S.M. appointment as new meinbers the Turkish Military Mission | Chief Engine-Room Artificer Wil- Henry Hallison, all of which is imparting military edu- liam

-Reuter. In Albania, buildings at Tepe-cation to Afghan youth.--Reuter. H.M.S. "Kimberley. lini and Duki were set on fire by bombs dropped by other R.A.F. bombers.

Air Battle

A large

enenty

formation

at-

composed of bombers and escort- ed by twenty fighters tempted to attack all;" on Monday. They were intercepted by a formation of British fighters which shot down two bombers and damaged several others.

It is now confirmed, that as a result of the engagement in the Kelcyre area which was an- nounced in a communique on Monday, three further Italian aircraft were destroyed.

In Italian East Africa on Mon- day, a motor transport yard near the station at Asmara was attack- ed by British bombers. Stores in a wood near Keren were also bombed and in the same area during the previous day, bombing attacks had been made on rail- way tracks.

In the Kalan arca, native

concentrations were troop

at- tacked by a South African Air Force squadron which dive. bombed road-bridges and pontoon-bridge at Dolo. The squadron then visited Lugh- ferrandi where they destroyed hangars on the aerodrome.

the

From all operations our air- craft returned safely.-Seuter.

SOLDIER CLEARED OF WIFE MURDER CHARGE

Ralph Gordon Barstow, a twen- ty-four-year-old soldier, of Plea-, sant Street, Preston, was acquit- ted at Birmingham Assizes on a charge of murdering his wife, Mary, whom he married at Gretna Green three years ago,

The couple had stayed at Bir- mingham the night the wife was shot and Barstow was said to have told the police he loaded his rifle to have a shot if any bombers

HANKOW DO. KOWLOON. DAILY AT 230-5-20-720-920 TEL.57795 came over. It went off as he was

**

TO-DAY ONLY

Q

EBB-TIDE starring RAY MILLAND

with OSCAR HOMOLKA

· FRANCES FARMER,

STEVENSON & GREATEST SOUTH BEAS ROMANCE comes to the screen in

Technicolor

A Paramount Picture

TO-MORROW: “ONE NIGHT OF LOVE”

unloading it.

Mr. Maurice Healy, K,C., pro- secuting, said Barstow's wife had fallen in love with him when she was sixteen or even less "and". it:): was a love match.. When Barstów was called up last April his wife. began to go to public houses and became familiar with men.

·· ́After a gun expert had said, the gun' might have been fired accl- dentally in the unloading position, Mr. Healy said it would be a. great responsibility to ask ́a^jury. for a verdict of guilty,

The jury found- Barstow gol guilty and he was discharged.

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EVERYTHING THAT IS AN

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1.50-5.15

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Tang ANY TRÅM ON HAPPY VALLEY BUB

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•2DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW.

ONLY

A Swell Cast Stars In A Very Funny Comedy!

Here's a grand successor to last years comedy riot "Brother Rut" its the same cast with a new baby star that starts the fun by swallowing a diamonds ring. this

leads to a hundred surprising complications.

DUST OFF THOSE

WELCOME MATS,

HERE COME THOSE

BROTHER RATS Again!

Brother Rat and a Baby

QUUAN. ICH

PRISCILLA LANE WAYNE MORRIS JANE BRYAN EDDIE ALBERT JANE WYMAN

RONALD REAGAN ·

and

PETER B. GOOD (Drocher Mowe}"

Directed by RAY ENRIGHT-A WARNER BROS.—First National Picture

FRI.

SAT.

Original Scrom Play by John Monks, Jr. and Fred F. Finklchoffe

"MEET NERO WOLF"

EDWARD

ARNOLD

Rex Stout's famous comedy detective story MATINEES: 20c.-30c ● EVENINGS: 20c,-30c.-50c, 70c.

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS, W.

CATHAY

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.15..7.20 & 9.30 P.M.- MATINEES:-206, 30c EVENINGS:-20cm 30c; 90c., 70c

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY !

Thundering over the plains! Sweeping through the sky! An idol of the screen becomes the terror of the range.

as the guns of gangland roar!

GEORGE O'BRIEN

in the story of a moula ater whe, became the terror of the plains",

HOLLYWOOD COWBOY

CECILIA PARKER

GEORGE HIRLIMAN PÅ

TNINE DAYS A QUEEN" Nova Pilbeam

ONLY 13

STARTINGS/ "B'WAY MELODY OF 1940"

SATURDAY.

· Fred Astaire “Blešnor Powell.

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