1941-07-07 — Page 4

TO-DAY ONLY

THE GREAT

MOTION PICTURE!

written for the screen by

LOUIS BROMFIELD-

AT 2,30,-8.10,

7.16 & 9.30 P.M.

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 7, 1941.

INDIAN INFANTRY AND

BRIGHAM SLOOP CAPTURE RED SEA ISLAND APPEAL TO

YOUNG

POWER DARNELL DEAN JAGGER

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ALSO LATEST FOX WAR NEWSREEL

* TO-MORROW *

OSA JOHNSON'S (Mrs. Martin Johnson) "'I MARRIED ADVENTURE” A Columbia Picture

DAILY

3.30-8.13

7.19--9.30

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Her Escapades Were The Talk Of The Town!

She

don't was told: "nice girls

Airt with hand- some bachelors don't stay out 'til five in the morn- Deanna did all this. ing

don't drink campagne.”

She Said: I'm Sick Of Being A Nice Girl!

DEANNA DURBIN

Nice Girl?

FRANCHOT TONE

Walter BRENNAN Robert STACK

Robert BENCHLEY Helen BRODERICK

FOR TO-MORROW & WEDNESDAY

A Louis Joseph Vance Thrilling Detective Story!

AN

WILLIAM PERRY

Stakes

THE LONE WOLF C

Matinees: 30c., 400.

Evenings: 30c., qvc., Jac., 70c.

LEE THEATRE

COOLING SYSTEM

Showing To-day

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Victor McLaglen

IN NO OTHER SPOT ON EAUTI

JON HALL Frances Farmer

SOUTH OF PACO PAGOC

Also Coloured Short "UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS”,

STAR

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GRETA GARBO ROBERT TAYLOR

in "CAMILLE”

An MGM Picture

4 SHOWS DAILY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

TO-MORROW.

Cary Grant Jean Arthur

"ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS”

FURTHER DETAILS ARE NOW AVAIL- |ABLE IN SIMLA OF THE COMBINED OPERA- TION IN WHICH A SLOOP OF THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY AND A FEW MEN FROM THE MAHRATTA LIGHT INFANTRY WORKED TO. GETHER IN CAPTURIING AN ITALIAN IS LAND IN THE RED SEA.

On a morning at the end of April, a party of Mahrattas went aboard the sloop in Mas- sawa harbour, setting out for the island of Nokra. On arrival off the island the sloop found white flags flying from every available flagstaff.

The party went ashore und a long parley took place a rather one-sided parley in which all de- mands were backed up by guns pointing menacingly at the Gqv- crnor's house.

About 900 Germans and Italians were collected and shipped to Massawa s prisoners and also considerab'e quantity of rusty

arms.

В

LATTIMORE LEAVING

FOR CHINA

Mr. Owen Lattimore,

CUT DOWN

ON SMOKES

Lord Dulverton, Chair- of the Imperial man Tobacco Company, broad- casting yesterday as re- presentative of the princi- pal

British tobacco

manufacturers and with the approval of the Board of Trade, appealed to smokers to voluntarily reduce

their consump- tion with the object of making possible a reserve of stocks.

"If from to-morrow onwards for two months every

smoker would reduce consumption by 20 per cent., shops would be able to build up a reasonable small re- serve of stocks, obviating queues, overbuying and hoarding.

"I am not suggesting that you go without your

after

no personal political adviser should

breakfast or after work cigarette,"

Demands for the surrender of all money on the island were met by a piteous explanation that money had been received for long time, in fact none had any pay for several months,

Not So Truthful

had

a to Generalissimo Chiang said Lord Dulverton adding:

Kai-shek, left Washing- ton for San Francisco by 'plane yesterday after during the day. I suggest that you

The Governor's word was ac- cepted and after a search it was revealed that the safes were bare.

but subsequent

events proved that

main he had not tained a strict regard for truth.

noon.

After arriving at San Francisco he will board the China Clipper on Tuesday to fly to Hong Kong en route to Chungking. the

Interviewed at the

An Italian prisoner, who had a grudge against the Governor, lat- er told the story of how a party of

high Black Shirt officials were escaping in a dhow from the other side of the island with all the island's treasure.

A pursuit party set out. An empty dhow was secured, sail set and the dhow manoeuvred to wards the Italian dhow.

Loot In Bags

As the two ships approached, a havildar trained a machine-gun on the Italians. Soon white flags ap- peared on the mast at the stern and a prize crew of one boarded the enemy ship.

Aboard was the Italian Gov. ernor, a General, two colonels and varlous A.D.C.'s, and many Maria canvas bags filled with Theresa dollars.

The prisoners were transferred to the British dhow and the prize dhow crew sailed the captured with all its booty round the island to the sloop.-Reuter.

CECIL'S MESSAGE TO CHINA

LORD CECIL, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE CAMPAIGN; SENT THE FOL- LOWING MESSAGE TO: CHINA ON THE EVE OF THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHINA'S WAR OF RESISTANCE;

"In common with a vast major- ity of my fellow-countrymen I om watching China's great strug- gle for freedom and independent. with immense admiration and the most cordial hopes for her suc-

·cess.

-Central News!

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"The ones you can reduce on are those you smoke at odd times

keep a daily tally to see for your own satisfaction how successful. you are in cutting down smokes.

we are

"There are enough cigarettes

for all if and tobacco airport by moderate."-Reuter. Central News, Mr. Lattimore de- clared: "In the midst of all fluences in the world situation and has come to speculation occasioned by the in- the United States ternational situation, two things count on Chinese resistance.

With reference to Generalis- are certain.

"Britain won't give up in the simo Chiang Kai-shek, Mr. Latti- West and China won't break more said: "The Generalissimo is in the East."

a man of modern times who has The German invasion of Russia grown in importance until he is serves to emphasise the

great im-rated to-day

among the portance which Chinese resistance statesmen of the world and bears upon the United States. Mr. very conspicuous symbol of the Lattimore said, adding that China whole Chinese nation.-Central

is one of the great steadying in- News.

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CATHAY

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TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

ONE OF THE ‘10 BEST OF THE YEAR!

starring

THE NEW ACADEMY AWARD WINNER GINGER ROGERS

Giving the best performance of the year

Christopher Morleyla censation:

GINGER ROGERS

as America's White-Collar Gir

Katty Joyla

DENNIS MORGAN

¿ JAMES CRAIG 0 Eduardo Ciannelli, Ernast 0 Cossart,:Gindya Coopor

Directed by Sam Wood

FOR

"KING SOLOMON'S

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THU. PAT

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