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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1936.
J. OWENS MAY TURN PROFESSIONAL
RECEIVES OFFER OF
$2,500 FOR
VAUDEVILLE TOUR
Berun, Aug 10. Dusse Owena record-breaking sprinter from Qilo stale university track sensation of the dla lale
EVLILO น this year's Olympic Games, to-day termed the United Press that he may turn profession- 31.✓
Speaking by long-distance tele- phone from Cologne, where he 13 engaged in a series of exhibition events. Owens sald that he may abandon his plans for a European tour and return to the Staica 10 consider professional offers.
United
Among the offers received, ne said, was one for a vaudeville tour at $2.500 per week, with a guar- antee of at least ten weeks.
Owens said he would attempt to book passage on the sis. Roosevelt, sailing Wednesday for the Untied State. "I am pretty sick of all he told the this competition," United Press Interviewer. "It was swell in the Olymple Games, but now there is a sort of relapse."
It was worthy of note, in this connection, that at Cologne in an exhibition race over the 100 metres course Owens was defeated by his fellow-American and fellow-negro competitor. Ralph
Metcalfe, or Marquette University. United Press.
ANOTHER PRO
Berlin, Aug. 11. The German Olympic victor and world champion in cycling. Toni Mertens, has turned professional after winning all possible cham- ploriships 18 an amateur-Trans- ocean Kuo Min.
"CHINESE PIRATES" IN WILTSHIRE
FILM OF BRITISH FORCES IN ACTION
"Queer things going on," said the Oldest Inhabitant, gazing gloomily from Amesbury way towards the
River Avon.
The Oldest Inhab,tant was right, The goings on to-day have beer. queer indeed, and to-marrow they promise to be even queerer, writes
the "Daily Telegraph im corres- pondent from Amesbury," Wiltshire. The fields beside the river-not to be confused with Stakespeare's Avon are embellished with Chin- ese arches of an ornamentai kina, and across the river stands a big single-arch bridge with a tall two- storey pagoda astride of it.
CRIME DETECTION BY
LONDON CORONERS
Special Study Of Forensic Medicine Planned
London
totuners and police
surgeons of the future may have
to take a post-graduate course at the London University..
This is the sim of the adviserý Committee
ROYAL NAVY
on the Selentine In- CAPTAINS COMMANDS TRUCULENT TAILPIECES
vestigation af Crime which has reconamended the creation of a
London, July 25. London medico-legal institute..
Three changes in câptains" com- The Board of the Faculty f Medicine at the London Univer-tands afloat become operative to- sity welcomes the suggestion that day. Rear-Admiral W. J. Whit- should be established there, and worth, D.S.O., who was promoted Sir Bernard Spilsbury has been to Hag rank with effect from suggested
the institute's arst Monday inst, gives up command of
the battleship Rodney, and is suc cceded by Captain R. H. C. Hall- tax. The latter has attended a tactica course since his return from South
professor
MODERN DISCOVERIES The present coroners, and po- lice-surgeons may be invited to take the course, for it is felt that everyone connected with the in- vestigation of crime should keep in touch with modern discoveries Ir. forensic medicine
America, where he was Naval Attache for 21 years.
Captain G. W. T. Robertson, who has also attended a tactical course." takes command of the new cruiser Penelope, fitting out at the Belfast The course is likely to be on shipyard of Messrs. Harland and given to Wolff. Captain Robertson dust ser- higrier level than that students at the Metropolitan Police red as Deputy Director of Naval laboratory, because the members | Ordnance. Captain E. A. Aylmer, 01 the institute would be men DS.C., is to assume command of holding university degrees either | HMS. Cyclops at Captain (9), 1st in law or medicine.
It would. however, embody the tuition which is being forensic given to detectives.
The creation of the Institute is kely to raise the old controversy whether the position of coroner, should be occupied by a legal or medical man.
Since 1919 candidates have been required to hold legal and medical qualifications. It is now proposed by the LC.C. to discontinue this dual requirement and only to ap- and barristers. point solicitors This step is being criticised by many experts in forensic medicine.
'the
* OVER-SPECIALISED "Medicine," said one expert re- essential cently, "should be the knowledge of the coroner; legal aspect is not so Important It is to be assumed that in future the authorities will send a barris- ter to the Institute for the course then in forensic medicine, and make him a coroner,
Submarine Flotilla, Mediterranean
Fleet, He succeeds Captain D'Oyly-Hughes, D.8.0., D.S.C., who has held this command since May 1, 1934.
REAR-ADMIRAL 'CLEGG Rear-Admiral J. HK Clea OBE., who has retired on his promotion to flag rank, has been. 38 years in the Navy. He was awarded the O.BE in March, 1919, in recognition of valuable services aa commander for signal duties on the staff of Commodore Tweedie," commanding the Grand Fieet des- troyer flotilas. Earlier in the War he had served in the Canadian cruiser Niobe "and as Flag Lieuten- ant-Commander to Vice-Admiral A H Christian in HM8. Europa in the Eastern Mediterranean. As a captain he has commanded the and ist Destroyer" Flotillas, the Cardin as Flag-Captain on the Africa Station, and Portland Dock- yard. His last appointment nas been as Naval Member of the
7th
"The public will be puzzled by a policy which puts a proper value.V.R. Committee, in which Cap- upon a single subject in the curri tain RR. Stewart will relieve him culum of medical training and yet on Tuesday next discovers
disadvantage in some the full study of medicine.
"Our coroners of the future may
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technicalities when presiding at that the review of Service condi-Amer. Smelting ..... an inquest in a case where death tions should take their place. The Am, Sugar Renning-1743 has taken place during' an opera-first of such reviews will be held Amer. Tel & Tel.... tion."
in all commands during, September, | Amer. Tobacco 'E... and October next, On a date Amer. Waterworks... 391 selected Dy the senior officer Anaconda Copper... each fleet divisional off-cers watchison, T. & S. Fe. explain to their men the oppor-Atlas Corpn.
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N.Y.K. TO BUILD NEW
SHIPS
A Ane-looking 'bridge, if a bit unexpected in the heart of Wilt Big And Fast Liners For The
1940 Olympic Games
shire. But it will not be there long. Completed to-day by the. Gaumont-British carpenters, it will be blown up to-morrow by Chinese bandits, to be replaced by a pon- toon bridge thrown smartly across the stream by the Royal Engineers under fire.
Tokyo, Aug. 11. Anxious to secure the lion's share of the fares to be paid by the es- timated 100,000 visitors to the 1940 Olympic Games, the Nippon Yusen Kaishi to-day tentatively decided A thousand men from the to build an unrevealed number of Queen's Royal Regiment (West large and fast passenger liners. 81% Surrey), the Royal Engineers, the The vessels will displace 22,000 1108) | Royal Warwickshire Regiment and ton each, and have a speed of the Loyal Regiment (N. Lancs) twenty knots. The "present ships have had the time of their lives. on the Europe-Japan run, the m.v. First of all, as a British expedi- Terukuni Maru and the m.v. Yasu- tion clearing up Chinese pirates in. kuni Maru displace only the Army flim entitled "O.EMS.," tons, with a speed of eighteen they had to advance with tanks knots.-Domel. against the Chinese position across the river...
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Then they retired and assumed pirate garb-old straw hats, bando- liers and antiquated rides. Moun't- ed on New Forest ponies--the near- est equivalent to the shaggy Mon- gollar variety--they came charging against
the British, yelling Hike
London, Aug. 11. The defeat of the former world champion, Dr. Lasker, by the young American maestro, Mr. Rubin Fine, in 35 mayes, was the sensation of fiends, brandishing rides, and ex-
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31 and these will be called together Borden Co. under his presidency to formulate Blyn Manbattan divisional requests. The men of Trans Corpn. ...... 51 the division may individually in- Exlyn Manhattan Icrm one or other of their repre- $8 cum. pf. ................ 102 * sentatives of any questions they | Cass. J. I. L wish brought forward but organiz- Canadian Pac. Rly. 11 ed meetings for this purpose being Chase Nat. Bk. contrary to the regulations, are not Chesapeake Corpn. 841 344* permissible. Divisional representa- Chesapeake & Ohio 67} tions will be considered by a ship Chrysler................. 1131 committee, presided over by the Columbia Gas & E' 211 commanding officer, or in destroyer | C. G. & E-6% 'A' pt. 106) and submarine flotillas a fotilla Commercial Credit, 711 committee. The reports of these Comi. Solvents 16 committees will go to the C-n-C. | Comm. & Southern of S.N.O., who is to appoint one of (ord.)
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MEDIATION
Montevideo, Aug. 18. The Uruguayan Foreign Minister has telegraphed all American po- wers, suggesting friendly mediation by them with a view to ending the
the start at Nottingham yesterday pending prodigious quantities of civil war in Spain.
ammunition.
To Engage In Lumber a ceremony in white the sheet of American Army on the map in within the framework of the Pan-
Trade And In Mining
of the chess tournament.
The blank
Mr. Raou! Mediatory action might be ar- tournament opened at 2 pin. with Walsh, the director who put the ranged at Washington, he suggests,
"What Price Glory?" and is now American Union, or in some other performing a similar office for the capital.— · British Army, issued to every man Reuter. a pint of beer, 100 cigarettes, and 20 rounds of blank..
Nottingham and the Councillor for Derbyshire participated. the two officials mainly responsible for the successful organization of the games-Havas.
Two big corporations were regis- tered at the bureau of commerce recently, one to engage in the rigues and Rosalina 8. G. de lumber business in Lanas and the ¦ Andrada. other in mining in Iloilo,
The other new corporation is The Diwata Lumber and De- the Minas de Panay, Inc., with Its. Bu- velopment Company, with offices offices in Holle city. in Tigan, has an authorized capi-thorized capital stock consists of tal of P40.000 divided into 400 20,000 shares without par value, of Of this which 4.000 shares have been shares at P100 each. amount, P10,000 has been subscrib- subscribed and the amount of ed and P9,000 paid up in cash. P20,000 paid up "in cash
The
The backers of the new firm are origina: incorporators and directors B. B. Andrada, Gregorio Lluck,are Claudio Adecoa, B. D Dillow, Senen Adeva, Juan D. G. Rod- Juan Isasi and Jesus Isasi.
BOMB THROWN FROM TRAIN
Jerusalem, Aug. 10.
MINES LAID AT MAJORCA
73
feet committees. presided Comm. & Bouthern when practicable by dag (ord., $8 cum. pf. Afficers. Commanders-in-Chief Consolis. Gas of N.Y. (42) will send to the Admiralty the reconsolia, Onl
ports of Beet committees, together Continental Oli in with their own covering remarks, Corn. "Products
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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT
London, July 21. The Duke and Duches of Kent lett Croydon by air yesterday for Farts.
gramis Douglas Aircraft
Du Pont de Nemours 150
131 Electric Boat
$5 pt.......
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They are #pending a Elec. Bond & Share 227 month's holiday on the Continent. Elec. Band & Shan They will make a motor, tour, go- ing first to Munich, where they will Elec. Bond & Share spend a few days with Count and
$5 pt. Countess Toerring-Jettenbach. The E'ec. Power & Light 15+ Countess is the Duchess's alster. Filatkote Co. Gibraltar, Aug. 18, It is learned that the Spanish From Munich the Duke and Du-Gen. Clear insurgents at Majorca have laid chess of Kent will go on to Bled. Gen. Electric
There they will Gen. Foods mines at all the important quays in Yugoslavia.
...
A bomo, believed to have been and coves of the island in order to stay with the Duchess's other sis-Gen. Motors thrown from a train passing a prevent Government expeditionary ter, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia, Gen. Rly. Bignal level crossing, exploded in the forces landing from the sea.
and her husband, the Prince Re-Gold Dust main street at Tel Aviv to-day.
Foreign shipping has been warn- gent... A. Jewish, girl, was fatally injured led by the insurgents of the presence and one woman and six men less of the mines and has been request seriously hurt Reuter
ed not to visit the island. Benter.
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Goodrich Tyre Co.. According to a “Router's” message, | Goodyear Tire fc B. 221 22 the Duke and Duchess stayed in a. Nthem Rly.. pt 418 411. Paris last night. Their visit was
of an unofficial nature.
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