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FAY WRAY and PAUL LUKAS In

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NEXT CHANGE EDMUND LOVE in "Mr. DYNAMITE"

"The Countess Of Monte Cristo”

BARBARA STANWYCK WANTS DIVORCE

End of Yet Another "Perfect Marriage" in Hollywood

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"Redheads On Parade"

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DECEMBER 17, 1935.

TUESDAY,

TENNIS

JAPANESE AND SILVER

TO-DAY

ONLY

At

The K. C. C.

Over the week-end the following events were completed:-

Ladies Singles' Handicap (Final): Mrs. Bosford beat Mrs. T. G, Stokes ☎-8. 6-3, 6-4.

Smuggling Activities In Shanghai

PressTM (Copyright.)1

Mixed Doubles Handicap (Fin: | [Special to the “Hồng Kong Daily al E. C. Fincher and Mrs. Goodwin beat V, Freeman and Mrs. Hostora 6-2, 6-4.

Junior Championship (Final): A W. Ramsey beat F. Broadbridge in five sets,

Men's Handicap Doubles. (Final): E. C. Fincher and E F. Fincher beat A. E Guest and A, W. Ramsey 7-5, 6-3.

YEN CURRENCY IN SHANGHAI

COMMERCIAL ASSOCIA--

TION'S DECISION

Nipponese Banks To Co-operate

Shanghai, Dec. 11. The Japanese community of Shanghai will place itself on the "yen standard" beginning од January 1, the socal Japanese dall- les reported yesterday.

The decision to adopt the yen us the unit of exchange in all commercial transactions was made by the directors of the powerful Japanese Commercial Association three-hour on Monday, after

discussion.

The Association, which unites the small and medium-sized shops

ready the understanding of the Japanese consular authorities here, the paper said.

Shanghai, Dec & During the present transitional period, after the adoption of the managed currency policy and be- fore the achievement of the in- tended economic stability the be- nefits of the policy have already been noted by the public. But its further success depends on the co- operation of the people, for with her long coastline the white metal can easly be smuggled out of the country. However, few Chinese nationals engaged in this illegal trade, most of the smuggling being carried out by: well-organized groups of foreign nationals whose -operations are protected by extra- territoriality, or are carried out under the protection of military forces.

MORE SMUGGLERS ARRIVE

The considerable disparity be tween the present legal price of aliver in this country and its world price continues to cause complica- tions, especially as the result of the arrival on Wednesday Novem- ber 4 of 500 Japanese from Japan on the Tatsuta Maru, most of thei said to be here for the purpose of taking silver out of the country, expecting to reap handsome pro- fits.

It's laugh week at the Queen's Theatre this coming week with the Irrepressible Charlie Ruggles and the effervescent Mary Boland capering across the screen in "People Wil Talk" Paramount's new and highly diverting comedy of domestic manners. The players the Hongkew District has al-hibited from sailing on Wednesday have become something of institution in their good-natured. marital disagreements appear to be greater and funnier then before. If you enjoyed them in "Ruggles of Red Gap" and "The Pursuit of Happiness” you'll foar at them in "People Will Talk" This new film If the story another suburban couple who have their disagreements.

ever

"THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1936"

Amos "

of

Andy, world famous black face radio comics, took 3 Another of Hollywood's "per-

course in screen writing from Jack fect marriages has been wreck- Mintz, Paramount scenarist, and proved suck, apt pupils that they

ed...

the

Miss Barbara Stanwyck, am star, announced last month that she has instructed her law yer to open divorce proceedings against her actor-husband. Mr. Frank Fay.

She stated that the alleged Kund would be "mental cruel- ty."

TH

A property settlement was. 37 ranged several weeks ago.

Other "perfect marriages" that have ended in Holywood recently were those of Ann Harding and Harry Bannister John Barrymore and Dolores Costello.

Japanese banks here and in Hankow have also agreed to allow temporary

accounts in

yen

current

The movement, according to the "Shanghai Nichi-Nichi" has also the spread to Hankow, where Japanese tradery are negotiating with consular officials and banks to adopt the "yen standard." The system has been used with com- parative success in Tsingtao.

3

The decision to appraise goods in stores in yen, rather than the Chinese dollar, has been caused, according to Japanese. papers, by the recent violent auctuations m the Tokyo-Shanghai CIDSA rate were advised to devote additional and the "sudden enforcement of effort to the Alms to supplement the currency reforms on November their radio writing. assigned to aid the comedians in "screen" "technique when they com- posed skit for their specialty number in Paramount's "The Big Broadcast of 1938, now at the Queen's Theatre with Jack Oakle, Burns and Allen, Lyds Roberti and Wendy Barrie in the leading roles

Mintz waS*

.**THE GIRL FRIEND”

"He sings, he dances, he's a top- notch comedian, he's an

ex-

"REDHEADS ON PARADE" perienced actor-and he's good

Rhythmic, fast-paced, gorgeous- ly mounted, filled with gay tunes and glamorous girls, Fox Film's musical extravaganza. "Redheada on Parade," showing at the King's Theatre to-day.

looking with a Bikeable personality. to boot!

Which, in fewer words, makes Jack Haley, who is co-starred with Ann Bothern in Columbia's musical comedy, "The Girl Friend," show ing at the Alhambra on Thursday, a discovery-a real, genuine dis- covery! His latest film, "The Girl Friend," "makes his discovery pos-

'DEATH FLIES EAST"

"The burden of the action of this hilarious new musical comedy falls on the capable shoulders of sible. John Boles and adorable Dixie Lea who carry out their assignments in fresh and admirable style. Supported by Jack Haley, "Alan "The Countess of Monte Cristo." Dinehart, Raymond Walburn, Her- elusive mythical creature, sought man Bing and William Austin, and by the Continental police, was by gorgeous ensembles of adorable checked and double-checked" and redheads, they play the romantic certined okay by more than half leads in this rhapsody on red.

a dozen technical directors in the Universal studios. This gay Eur-

*pean' tale

Star Theatre.

opens to-day at the

"DIAMOND JIM"

The shroud of mystery that cloaks a murder in a speeding con- timental plane provides the mein- dramatic theme of Columbia's new mystery drama, "Death Files East," which is showing at the alhambra to-day and tomorrow,

BILIBID GAOL BREAK

Notorious Convicts Make Getaway In Daylight

Manila, Dec, 11,

|

The Japanese Consular "Police yesterday" continued to keep a close watch over the activities of the new arrivals, and it was re- ported that approximately 100 of them had been questioned and de- tained." This includes the 55 pro-

night on the N. Y. K. freighter Maya Meru," and another 12 pre- vented from leaving the same day of the Dairen Maru, as well as yet a further eight arrested on the N. Y. K. Mail and S. M. R. wharves. As a result of all this activity, the Japanese Consular Police have been kept very busy during the past two days and with three or four hundred Japanese still to be questioned, the next few days pro- -mise to be even busler-for them.

CONSULATE'S BAN

While some of the 500 who ar- rived on Wednesday may be here on other business, it is believed that most of them plan to buy up silver and return to Japan with It. News of the Japanese Consu- late's ban on the illegal expiolta- tion of silver has apparently not been received in the districts around Nagasaki from which this group came and it is likely that more of the Arrivals will “return home minus the big profits they had hoped to make and be out of pocket over their passage.'

Since the Nanking policy nation- alizing aver was announced, a month ago, Japanese travellers be- tween Shanghai and Nagasaki have been considerably more num- erous than usual, and it is pos sible that other groups of large size will arrive in this city during the next week or so. It all de pends on how rapidly the news of the Japanese Consulate ban is éir- culsted in Japan.---

In broad daylight two notorions convicts serving long terms for rob- bery have staged a spectacula China United Press (by mail), break from Bilibid Prison and suc- cessfully eluded the prison guarda by disappearing into the "under- world dives", around: Manila. was the first break from Manila', famous prison in five years.

It

Daughter Born To

U.S. Ambassador

BABY 81 LB TO BE NAMED

BETTY JANE JOHNSON

:.

AMONG SCHOOL GIRLS The fugitives, Mauricio Reyes, better known as “Young Dempsey," and Marciano Silvestre, both of whom have previous gaol-breaks to their record, owed the success of their escape to the fact that ther took shelter, in a park adjoining Bilibid where schoolgirls were play-'

Shanghai, Dec. 11... ing games. The "trustles" in the fo

Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, fathe guard towers were forced to hold their fire and look on helplessly and Mrs. Johnson are parents of American Ambassador to Chinà,

the two criminals made their way, through the park to a taxi, whose a daughter born yesterday at 8.30 driver they compelled, at the point in the Peining Union Medical of a dagger, to take them to one

College Hospital according to a of the suburbs, where all trace of telegraphed report received here a few minutes after the event by them has been lost completely.

Judge and Mrs. Milton J. Helmick CHAINS AND MANACLES CUT in the course of their fight for of the U, B. Court for China. liberty, Reyes and Bilvestre broke their leg chains and hand manacles with ares" supplied to them for chopping wood, cuimbed over a 10- toot barbed wire fence and scaled an 8-foot wall. Both were covered with blood from deep suratches and cuts by the time they reached the young nurse is held suspected the taxi, according to the driver, because of her record and because, who is being held by the authorities she had violated the California pending an investigation- parole by leaving the state.

Reuters mail service.

The story concerns a young Call- fornia nurse, paroled on a polson- The story, dealing with the ex-| A western Union telegraph blanking charge, who rushes east by ploits of a little film extra girl, actually used in 1880, the entire plane to obtain a confession from who rides out of scene and studio. Pacific Coast railroad at San Luisa Sing Sing convict, doomed to die goes to an exclusive hotel and Obispo, tools from the Union the following day, which is certain poses na & countess, features "a Pacific system, rare pictures which to clear her, At Tucson two lavish and spectacular New Years hung on the wails of famous eat-strange men join the motley pás- Eve party, for which more than ing places and saloons in New senger group. Arriving in Dallas 300 "bit' and 'atmosphere people York City, bars: 100 feet long, an one of the passengers collapses and were used. Every detail had to entire operatic production of the is found to have been poisoned, be perfect and director Karl gay nineties, a rare o'd'automobile, He is sent to a local hospital and Freund, himself a continentalista jewelled bicycle and a raffroad and a stickler for authenticity, coach brought to Callfornia In brought in a group of European 1871 are just a few of the "pro- technical experts; each to super-perties used in building up the vise a particular scene In that glamorous background of "Dia way Freund accomplished what mond Jim," Universal's lavish he wanted: the correct and pro- production" mirroring the gay per appearance and action

of nineties which comes on Wednes things.

day to the King's Theatre.

the plane continues without him, After a few hours in the air how- ever, a detective on an unknown mission, is found dead-poisoned The plane returna to Dallas and

Both mother and the child, who weighed 8 lb. at birth were re- ported to be doing well. The baby, who will be christened Betty Jane, is the second child born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson who were married in 1931. ---

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Death Flies East

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GOLF

Services v. Ex-services Match

The results of the Services v. Ex-Bervices match were:-

SINGLES

A. E. Lissaman v. Major Shannon, 1 up D. B. Edward v. Col Bake. 21.

R. Young v. Lt.-Comdr. Broome, 2 & 1 Dr. Newton v. Capt. Trumble. 1 up E. J. R. Mitchell v. Capt. Michell, 3 & 1 D. R. Walker v. Comdr. Breaks, 2 up W. J. B. Key v. Lt.-Comdr. Barry, 3 & 1 D. W. McEwen v. Capt. Law, RN., 3 & 1 A. Sommerfelt v. Lt. Col. Williamson, 1 up G. Marseille v. Major Wren, 4.& 2 D. Fraser y. Comdr. Haines, 3 & 2 Dr. Valentine v. Comdr. Hussey, 7 & 8 R. L. Moncrief v. Lt. Pack-Beresford, 2 & 1 J. 8. Dykes y. Lt. Kempthorne. 1. up B. K. Valentine v. Comdr. Rowland, 1 & 5 R. B. Harrison v. Lt. Fraser, 2 up-

FOUR BALLS

Lissaman & Edward v. Maj Shainan & Col. Blake, 1 up Young & Newton v. Broome & Trimblé, 3. & 1 ........ Mitchell ́ & Walker v. Michel & Breaks, 1 up ... Key & McEwen v. Law & Barry.46 8..... Sommerfelt & Marseille v. Williamson & Wren, 4 & 3..... Fraser & Valentine (D.J.) 7. Halnes & Hussey, 1 down Moncrier & Dykes v. Kempthorne & Pack-Beresford,

Valentine (RK) & Harrison V Rowland & Fraser:

What's In a Name? The other child, a son, Nelson: Beck Johnson is two years old. "A"man"""" being "charged" "az, the Mrs. Johnson was formerly Miks police station,・ was

·Jane Thornton Beck ∙of Cody name.

**Van der Merwe," he replied

Points Ex-Ser-

Ber. Vices

177

“I want your real name,”

Well, put me down as Ramsay MacDonald T

That's better" the uncer told him,ou can't bluff me with that old Van der Merwe sum”

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