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TODAY AND TOMORROW ̧

HOLD EVERYTHING!...... The Army givas football and femmes a play!

THURSDAY

A Paramount Picturn

DAILY

1.16—8,00

TOUCHDOWN ARMY"

JOHN HOWARD MARY CARLISLE

Robert Cummings

Mulan &• vaky•Uzos, Baker

Jack Benny

ad to Hub NIGMINY

•

Joan Bennett

in the love-and-nugh show of the season

'ARTISTS AND MODELS ABROAD "

TAKE ANY THAM DR HAPPY VALLEY NE

ORIENTAL

'THEATRE.

ALESHING

ROAD

-SPECIAL FOR TODAY ONLY! DON'T MISS IT! YOULL ENJOY SEEING THIS GRAND PICTURE AGAIN ↑ The screen's most delightful comedy with the famous Vienna Boys Choir, Cappy Barra'a Harmonica Band, great song hits, music. laughter and witty story that keeps you laughing.

DEANNA

DURBIN

HERBERT

MARSHALL

madabout music

FOR TOMORROW & THURSDAY

A FAMILY DISCORD IN A SYMPHONY OF LAUNABTER !

YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE

O MATINEES: 20-30e

with

LEWIS STORE

CECILIA PARKER MICKEY ROONEY

Charts Criand

by Aurania Maserat Fornos Play by May Vam por Oraci

by George B. Salty.

EVENINGS: 20e.-30c.-50c.-70c.

HANKOW

ISTARS

TODAY ONLY.

LONDON MIzseb provat un ALFIANDER KORDA production

MENGL

with IRIS VARNÉs ABCPM TICHARDSON NCETON SELLIN

TECHNICOLOR

TO.. MORROW :

OBERON

LAUKTHEE

OLIVIER

KOWLOON

57795

"The DIVORCE OF LADY X

“THINGS TO COME"

United Artists Release "

50 CONSTABLES TO ARREST ONE MAN!

A Chinese gave the Binga- pore police, a spot of bother recently when he roamed several rooftops of South Bridge- Road, brandishing an axe. « The CPO, two other European police officers and no fewer than 50 constables were at the spot to see that the man came to no harm and did no harm to others.

Solution No 215 ROCTONCE VAST

ATA

REAROLIO NIP CAVALCADE ACTUATE TO ABES ITSARALTTI

"CINEMA & GENERAL

Today's Screenings

Hongkong

KING'S.

"The Baroness And

Butler"

The

Touchdown Army"

QUEEN'S

ORIENTAL

"Mad About Music"

KowlOOD

ALHAMBRA

"White Banners"

STAR:

"Divorce Of Lady X"

MAJESTIC:

The Adventures " Of

Sawyer"

KING'S:

Coming

"Beg. Borrow Or Bleal" QUEEN'S:

Tom

"Artists And Models Abroad" ORIENTAL:

"You're Only Young Once" ALHAMBRA:

"Artists And Models Abroad'

STAB:

"Things To Compe" "Vogues Of 1938"

MAJESTIC:

"The Little Tough Guy"

What The Stars

Are Doing

Rouban Mamoulian has been Eleanor Powell will have a real engaged by Columbia Pictures to all-star supporting cast in "Hono- will include Clark direct "Oolden Boy," the picturi-lulu," which zation of Clifford Odeta' Broadway Gable. Spencer Tracy, Hedy La- stage success. Mamoulian is marr, Mickey Rooney and Frank known for his direction of a num- Morgan. They will be shown at- a picture der of outstanding pictures, among tending a preview of them being "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. within the picture in which Robert Hyde," "Queen Christina" and Young appears as a film star. "The Gay Desperado."

*

"Broadway Serenade," starring Jeanette MacDonald, has gone into production with a cast that in-

UNIQUE CAT IN cludes Lew Ayres, Frank Morgan,

SHOW

Male Tortoiseshell

Kitten

Ian Hunter, Rita Johnson, Virginia Grey, William Gargan arid Kathe- rine Alexander,

Rex Ingram, who played De Lawd in the film version of "The Greeri Pastures," has been signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for an The surprise of the day at the important role in Mark Twain's National Cat Club's 46th annual "Huckleberry Finn." Ingram is show at Paddington recently was a one of the leading Negro actors in male tortoiseshell eight months-old America, and his stage roles in- "Stevedore" and kitten, Harlequin of Corytan, owned clude "Haiti," by Mrs. Sharman, of Hampton-on- "Marching Song." Thames.

Joe E. Brown, in his new starring

•

sensa-

In the history of cats, only about Alm, incites controversy in scienti- 16 male tortoiseshells have been c and medical circles, but it's ali bred, and they have been freaks in fun. The Gladiator," from which it has never been lonal novel by Philip Wylie. In possible to breed, whereas Har- which superman, JE created a perfect through scientific formula, makes specimen.

a hilarious vehicle for the wide- The show comprised 358 cats of mouthed comedian.

Persians, 25 breeds, including Chinchillas. Abyssinians, Blamese and Mánx,

Уро

WEST POINT AND lequin of Coryton is

FOOTBALL

military West Point

academy. forms the background of the new football drama. "Touchdown

STATUE OF

Capt. W. H. Powell's "Ch. Biscuit LATE KING

Army," which is being shown at of Hanley" won the champtonship! the Queen's Theatre to-day. for the best cat in the show for Robert Cummings, John Howard the Afth time,

and Mary Carlisle head an im- pressive cast of younger players in this story, which combines a romantic triangle with an action packed football yarn and shows the excitement, loyalties. con- ficts and triumphs of West Point life."

The atory deals with Cummings, a cocky footballer who gets" into the military academy through the political influence of his guardian. His self-confidence has an unexpected effect on West Pointers and on Miss Car- lisle. who tum a dear his advances.

the

ear to

Special police precautions fol- lowing the bombing outrages have extended to Sandringham, where the King and Queen, and other members of the royal family are staying.

1

IF BRITAIN

BROKE OFF

WITH JAPAN

If Britain and the United States were to break off trade relations, Japan could not carry on, declared Miss Freda Utley, the well-known writer. in London recently.

to

Japan, which set out crush. China, is beginning to realise that she is up against it.

"I was impressed in China,” she added, "hy the stoicism and uncomplaining herolsm of the Chinese soldiers and the mass of the people."

CROSSWORD

NO. 216

ACROSS Territorial

→ division in

Denmark

4. Gymnastic

13 Cubic metre

14. Free to be

entered

15. Negative

16. Seragllo

3

4 → +

2

149

10

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APPROVED

The King and Queen and Queen Mary have approved the design for a memorial statue to King George V, to be sel up on a site between the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parlia- ment.

A 10ft, high gure in cream- coloured marble. by Sir William Reid Dick will portray. King George V. In naval uniform, and Garter robes. The statue will be sheltered by a stone canopy.

Lord Macmillan, chairman of the King George V. National Memorial Fund, said: "Work on clearing the ite will begin immediately, but it will be more than a year before the memorial is ready."

AIRPORT MOVEMENTS

The Denebola and Delphinus. of the Imperial Airways service. will take off from Kai Tar to-day' at 7 and 7.30 am, respectively for Bangkok. One plane will return here to-morrow with mall from all ports, arriving approxi

mately at 5 p.m.

The China Clipper is due at noon to-day from Manila, and will leave to-morrow morning about 8.30

a.70.

The Air France plane from Hanoi 13 due on Thursday at noon,

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY

ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS

-St. Timothy. Bishop and

#3

apparatus

16

17

10

11

Always

तुम

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22.

12 Merry-

maker

23

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26

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32 33 34

35

36

37

17. Through

Martyr. AUCTIONS. —

at Crown Lands, District Omce, Tal Po, 11.30 2 Stamps," at a.m.; Postage Connaught Road Central, Room 205, at 5.15 p.m.

18. Make lace

38

34

19. "Italiani

42

43

goddess of

harvests

21 Seethe

22. Hindu queen

23. Golf mound

24. 100.000 "

Tupees

24.

Garden

-.. shrub

28. Fondle

2. Edre of a

wound 28. Rush basket 31. Chatter 32. Findu prince

35. Land held in

absolute inde- SHOESTE TEAR

pendence POUSSE SHELVE 36 Wind instru- YES PENTIBOAT

ITAPAITONTT

CHAMELEONTALE

ASPIC PLUNGES

TORE ERNEITAT SPED EYEDIENS

In addition, a large crowd had gathered to see what was going on.; down, but their entreatles were

The man eventually came on to met with a shower of stones,

Coming one storey lower, the the roof of the Chinese temple near Pickering Street and refused to man jumped on to the floor below descend. A European officer and and sustained alight injuries. He some policemen clipbed on to the was immediately arrested and sent roof and asked the man to go to hospital for treatment.

S

ment 37. Canticnut

tree

38. Irritate 38. Sphere 40. Swift 42 King of

Bashan

43. Street

urchin

44. Range in a

ZOW

48

45. Shine

47. Bound

quality

48. Singer

Female 49

sheep

DOWN

1. Opposed 2. Only this

and nothing more.

3. Quivers

4 Circle of the

celestial

sphere

5. Drive back. 4. Declare

7. Writing im- plement

8. Hebrew

Dame for God 9. Part of ‘a

dwelling in India

10. Amatory 11. Public

storehouse

13. Missile for:

44

firearms

18. Fibre of the palmyra palm 21. Seed of a

cereal grass 22. Tear

SOLUTION TO-MORROW

25. Free 26. Cushion

27. Lick up

28. Prance

29. Sour ale

Receptacle

30.

31. Speak in-

articulately

32. Flunder

33. In chemistry

| CINEMAS.—(Bee Column 3 of this

Page).

LECTURES.-Dr. French Oliver on "War in Heaven" at: Kow- Joon Union Church, 7.45 D.IIL: Anti-Gas, at YMCA., Kow- loon, 6 pm. A.R.P. at Volun- teer Eqrs.. 10.30 a.m.; at Mary- knoll Convent, Kowloon, & p.m.;

Club, at Lusitano

18. Ice House Btreet, 5.30 p.m.; at Am- bulance Hqrs., for the General Public, 7.30 p.m.; First Aid at Queen's College. 7.30 p.m.; at King's College, 8. p.m.; at Am- bulance Hqrs.. (Dr. Areulli), 8 p.m..

MAILS)-(See Page, 16).

·MEETINGS. Rotary Meeting.

Hongkong Hotel, 1 p.m.; Kow loon Chesa Club, Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS YMCA. Wɔ" .10 men's Section Sewing Bee,

Yaumati Government 11 am.. School Prize-Giving, Distribution of Prizes at Bt. Joseph College, 5.30 p.m. MOON.--Chinese XII Moon, 6th,

Day.

A series of Balte

0.21.:

34.

Green stone 38. Utter 1001-

ishly 39.

Verbal

41. In a lower

position

43. Be affected

with pain

46. Make

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1939. --PAGE 5

RELIGIOUS.—Prayer and Fellow- ship Meeting at the 8. & 8. Home, 8.30 p.m. |BOCIAL-Old Tonbridgian Din

ner, in Jacobean Room, Hong- kong Hotel, 8 p.m. for 8.30 p.m.:| Crafgengower Cricket Club

KING'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

"DAILY AT 2.30, K38, 7.15 AND 9.30 F.M..

Butlers (she believed) are

born to obey... BUT

BILL OBEYS SUCH UN-BUTLER-LIKE

IMPULSES

•WILLIAM POWELL ANNABELLA The BARONESS and the BUTLER

The year's romantic comedy sensation from 20h Century Fox

ALSO EDUCATIONAL SHORT "RHYTHM SAVES THE DAYS"

TOMORROW

M.G.M. PICTURE

•

BEG, BUKROW OR SIEAL"

with FRANK MORDAN • FLORENCE Hier * John BELL.

ALHAMBRA

WTOON-60KY K 2,30-320-220 & 9,30 «TAL. 50054

TODAY AND TOMORROW

VICTORY! NEW LIFE ROMANCE! WISDO) Ɑ !

Out of a Woman

Ebve-Scarred

WHITE BANNERS

by LLGYO C. DOUGLAS CLAUDE BAINS FAY BAINTER JACKIE COOPER - BONITA GRANVILLE

KERRY (IMEILI - KAY JOHNSON « JAMES STEPRCKSON « Busind by Edmond Bundlag • tune by Man Peter Posted by WARNER B109. • Kasvur plug by kamena Cañas, Jesamus Ingers and Abus Padar » & COSMOPOLITAN PARIZU

"THURSDAY

A Paramount Picture i

DAILY

130 $30 730-9.30

Jack Benny • "Just Bennett

in the love and laugh show of the season ARTISTS AND MODELS AB·OAD".

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

MATINEES. 20« »30% • EVENIN65.

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

SGAR

TOLSTOIR

MARK TWAIN'S BELOVED CLASSIC IN TECH ICOLOUR I

To touch the Heart of the World

.......with thrills, tears and laughter

#

Selznick International presents

ADVENTURES of

TOM SAWYER

DAVID O. SELZNICK

In Technicolor

́DEFECTED OF MEERAN TAUROU SELLASED TERU UNITED ARTISTE

TOMORROW AND THURSDAY

in

"""THE LITTLE TOUGH GUY"

THE "DEAD END" 16;

KIDS

A Universal Picture

TO-MORROW MOON-Chiesa XII Moon,

Day.

Weekly Tombola, p.m.; Cheere Club Whist Drive, 8.45 p.m. 8PORTA,(Bes Page 2). SUNRISE.-7.05 m, SUNSET.—

6.06 p.m. TIDES.-High at 12.17 and 23.10. TIDĖS.-High at 11.57 and 22.40.

Low at 05.50 and 17.09.

SUNRISE.-7.05 am. BUNBL

6.05.p.m

Low at 05,20 and 12.32.

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