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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

Today's

QUEENS Screenings

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TODAY AND TOMORROW:

ROMANCE

FERIL. ADVENTURE {" Across The World For A Packet Of Letters!

Richard

DIX BLIND

ALIBI

KKO-RADIO Pietura

WHITREY BOURNE). EDUARDO CIANNELLI]

ADDED! Walt Disney's "MICKEY'S TRAILER”|

SUNDAY "The MYSTERY of the WAX MUSEUM'

Warner Bros.

Picture

DAILY

starring

Lionel. Atwill Fay Wray

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4 SHOWS

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SUN.

2.30-5.13

7.15-9.30

ORIENTAL

DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW

ONLY

WHEN THIS GREAT ROMANCE UNFOLDS

You'll hold your breads. You thrill ta

the most exciting lovecking ever de

picted in all the exotic beauty of techn color. It's the greatest sensation since the Garden of Eden.

Maline DIETRICH

Charles BOYER

ja

The Garden of Allah

IN TECHNICOLOR

SON BOBBY BREEN in "HAWAII CALLS"

MON.

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TOMORROW

MM Picture

Stan

Oliver

LAUREL HARDY Our RELATIONS

Eleanor Powell

·BORN TO: DANCE”

GAOL FOR STAMP DEALERS

Forged. Coronation Day Postmarks

What was described by Mr, had been able to ascertain the Justice Charles at Stafford Asmen, between them, sold 3,283

covers. sizes, recently as a "widespread forged

and the total and" wicked "scheme" resulted; in amount for which they were sold two Birmingham stamp delers was £2,119.. being sent to prison.

Addressing Whitehurst, Mr.

covers.

They were charged with con-Justice Charles sald "You en spiracy to deftand and with-forg-gaged in a very clever and very Ing Coronation Day postmarks on wicked scheme to make money Colonial stamped envelopes which for yourself out of other people were sold as genuine first-day by fraud, and you are a forger.

To Harris, the judge said: "I George Whitehurst, 55, who was am sure that at the commence

the perfectly described as "the fountainhead of ment, you had this conspiracy was sentenced honest intention of getting gen- to 18 months imprisonment in the uine sets and selling them to your. second division and John Drts customers, as you have done for -coll Harris 44, was sentenced to 28 years

nine months in the second divi-Unfortunately you met this slon.

man, who had only entared upon

For the prosecution it was stated that the prisoners forged postmarks on envelopes ? bearing. Colonial ::Coronation, stamps purporting to show that they had "been posted on May 12, 1937,

Hong Kong

KING'S:

"Navy Blue And Gold"

QUEEN'S:

"Blind Allbi"

ORIENTAL:

"The Garden Of Allah"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Ex-Lady"

STAR:

"Our Relations" MAJESTIC:

"The Good Earth"

KING'S:

Coming

"Man-Proof"

QUEEN'S:

"The Mystery Of The Wax

ORIENTAL:"

"Hawaii Calls"

ALHAMBRA :

Museum"

"Oll For The Lamps of

China"

STAH:

"Born To Dance"

"Cafe Metropola"

MAJESTIC:

"Riptide"

PANORAMA OF

CHINESE LIFE

In The Good Earth," the story of the impoverished farmer Wang Lung and his wife O-lan, who fight against locusts, against famine.

against revolution, is unfolded a panorama of Chinese civilisation.

The Alm, made from Pearl Buck's

famous novel, is now showing at

che Majestic Theatre at: popular prices

Sidney Franklin, who has made many fine pictures. directed, and the cast, headed by Paul Munt and Luise Rainer, includes Tilly Losch, Charles Grapevin, Harold Huber, Jeasle Ralph, Soo Young, Keye Like, Roland Lul, Lotus Lui and Suzanne Kim

BLINDTM ALIBI

CINEMA

SHOWING AT THE MAJESTIC

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1938.-PAGE 5

Luise Rainer and Paul Muni, who co-star in the fim, "The Good

Earth," now showing at the Majestic Theatre.

Lost Indian City Lost Again

Lost City, ancient home of prehistoric Indian tribes, which for centuries was hidden by sand, was swallowed up recent- ly by Lake Meade-and is now: lost forever."

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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TODAY

Anniversaries and Holidays,—St. Lewis Bertrand of Toulouse...

Auctions-Household Furniture,

35 Hankow Road, Kowloon, 2,30

p.m.

Cinemas-(See Column 3 of this

Page).

Lectures-Air Raid Precautions, Several years ago Fay Perkins" Maryknoll Convent School, Kow- Jr.." discovered Lost City and underloon, 4 p.

the auspices of the State of Nevada, Malls. (See Page 16). carried on considerable excavation. Miscellaneots.--Claims

"

against

A number of relics were uncovered.. the Estate of Banta Singh, late of some of them dating back to 400 90 To Kwa Wan Road, Kowloor A. D., according to archaeological due. experts.

Moon-Last Quarter, 4.30, a.m. direction of James G. Scrugham,

About 10 years ago, under the VII Moon, 24th. Day,"

Social Whist Drive and Tom- then Governor » of Nevada.

bola in the R. E Warrant Officers gigantic pageant was staged at and Sergeants Mess, Wellington

Lost City,

A village was" reconstructed to show the existence of a former day, and manners and customs were "reenacted by a

of trained group

players. Thousands of visitors came to see the remains of early Indian huts, arts, and pottery.

During recent years, excavation has steadily progressed, bringing to light skeletons, huts, pottery, bas- kets, and many varieties of beads. Richard Dix returns to the

Most of these relics have been screen in another of his powerful preserved in a museum, operated dramatic characterisations as the star of "Blind Allbi," an RKO- Radio picture which opens at the Queen's Theatre today.

Sharing honours with the virile star are Whitney Bourne, as his romantic interest. Eduardo Clanelli. a the menace. and "Ace, the Wonder Dog."

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Dix. as a struggling sculptor. pledges his aid in recovering from blackmailers certain letters that his sister wrote. While prosecuting his exciting search, he pretends bindness behind a pair of smoked glasses and uses a guiding dog to further carry out his masquerade. Romance develops during his perils when he meets Whitney Bourne.

OXFORD MAN IN CHINESE ARMY

AS PRIVATE

Mr. Henry Peterson, who served in the British Army in the Great War · and · later graduated at Oxford University. recently passed through Singa- pore on his way to China to entist as a private in the army of General Chiang Kai-shek. He has changed his name to Per Der Chen,

Mr. Peterson was born of a Dardsh father and a Chinese mother in Hong Kong 18 years ago. and has lived in England for the last 27 years. He is seeing the East for the first time since his de parture from China in 1911.

He served in the Great War with the Royal Fusiliers and later was a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corper

Mr Peterson was at Oxford from 1919 until 1921 and graduated with first-class honours In English literature. Under the name of Peh: Der Chen he has written a book Honourable and Peculiar ways.

·SOLUTION NO. 4 LACT8 M I LETHAS

the stamp business for the sake)E TA¶TITANJULE of acting as a fraudident rascal":

The Department of

Education

of Honan, has established in once each at Nanyang, Loyang, Cheng-

A typlat gaye evidence that she-chow and Hauchang to register aw Whitehurst postmark" a num the names of students from Ja ber of stamps with a dippanese-occupied areas preparatori Police Supt. A. J. Callinor to the formulation of effective stated that so far as the police reliër measures.“

VERDUN¶PORTER ANNA180111

HAYASHEVILLE AR¶RHO¶BANTIN

MANHATTANTBED. BAT UIT A‹E·B I· DE NE PINO TANT LAI 11 CABELLVÍ AMBIO

A DOTLEMANTOVA ITAXIATORE¶GADE

Barracks, 9 p.m.; Cheero Chat Bridge Night.

Sports-(See Page 101. Sunrise.-6.02 am, Sunset,-6,5o

D.m

Tides.-High at 02.10 and 15.45. Low at 09.56 and 1943. TOMORROW

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Moon.-VII Moon, 25th. Day.

Sunrise.-6.01 a.m. Sunset.-6.53

Tides. High at 01.16 and 14.09. Low at 08.10 and 19.11

by the State, which is high beyond Thomas several weeks ago. These the reach of the spreading waters. two old towns, obliterated forever, The Boulder lake swallowed up have now. become a part of the the ploneer 4ommunity of St. lake floor.

CROSSWORD

NO. 85

ACROSS

1 Italian city. 5 Military as-

sistant

9 Dressed pelt 12 Object of

worship

13 Passage in

the brain

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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

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YOU'LL CHEER M-G-M'S GAY AND THRILLING LOVE STORY OF ANNAPOLISI

Army-Navy Footballi All-American Romance!

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M.G.M.-Picture-

CAST OF THOUSANDS: with ROBERT YOUNG

JAMES STEWART LIONEL BARRYMORE

FLORENCE RICE BILLIE BURKE TOM BROWN

MYRNA LY-FRANCHOT TUNE ROMALIND RUSSELL

in "MAN-

PROOF"*

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TODAY AND TOMORROW

A DARING REVELATION OF A WOMAN'S FREEDOM IN LOVE I Lots of Girls Could Love Like Her ........ But How Many World Dare ?

BETTE DAVIS WITCHING AS YOUNG LOVE-

in

"EX-LADY".

with

Gene Raymond Frank McHugh Monroe Owsley Claire Dodd

A Warner Bros. Picture

SUNDAY

Warner Bros. Picture

* AND AS HARD-TO KOSAMI

"OIL FOR THE LAMPS OF CHINA" Josephine Hutchinson - Pat O'Brien.

123 124 125 126

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18 Pertaining to the air 20 Range of : perception

21 Require-

ments

23. Of great

stature...

27 Unfavourable 30 Weird 31 Contend 32 Moham-

medanism

34 Electrified

particle

35 Angry 37 Baws for

perforating the skull 39 Mark for

omissión

40. Putaon

guard 41 Mineral

spring 43 Wise say

ings

47 Devoted ad-

herent

51 Fail to keep 52 Australian

#bird

35' Mile red

deer

54 Hair on the www.necks of some

animals

56 small nap': 56 In this place 678tik!

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1 Bize of type 2 Unemployed

3 Fly aloft

4 Pertaining to a lofty mountain

5 Without

a goal

6 Noun suffix; citizen of

7. Articles of

office furni- Itine

8: Gaelic- 9 Tire by

Jabour

10 Rubber tree 11 Thing: in

lay:

17 Poker

player's stake 19 Nest of a

bird of prey 22 Alluvial

deposit at the mouth a tiver

Melody

King of

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20 Part of a caméra

27 Eager

23 Dreadful

29 Flesh of a

calf used as food"

30 T, free from

faults.

33 Put in

proper order 38 Trial 38 Sacred

songs

40. @quander

42 Exclamation.

of contempt

44 Hollow-

harned

ruminant Angio-

Saxon slave

48 Appear 47 Fondle 48 Candlenut

40 Subject

pressure and friction 50 River in

Bwitzerland

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THE

OD

EARTH

STARRINGS.

In all show history, there has been nothing to compare with the giant picture it took M-G-M three years two

fortunes...to make from Pearl Buck's world famed hovel!

MUNIRAINER

with WALTER CONNOLLY, TILLY LOSCH

Charley Grapewin, Jessie Ralph Beved on the Novel by Pi & Back Adapted for the Sage by Owes Davis and Donald Davis Directed by Sidney Franklin

TUESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY

AN "OLD" "FAVOURITE”: YOU'VE BEEN WAITING. FOR!.

NORMA SHEARERT....... in

BOBKET MONTGOMERY

RIPTIDE

dwyn-Mayer Picture

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