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"Angels With Dirty Faces" QUEEN'S: '`

"Gracie Allen Murder Case"

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"Midnight"

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"Suzy**

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"Oracle Allen Murder Case". STAR:..

"Son Of Frankenstein"

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"Valley Of The Giants"

KING'S.

Coming

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Suzy

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"Jeanette MacDonald

·Allan Jones

"HONOLULU

"FIRESIDE CHAT"

"ON "WUTHERING

HEIGHTS"

Eleanor Powell Robert Young

Solution No 365

ACROSS: 3, Studs, 8, Funny. 9." Upper, 19, Miner, 11, Section, 13, Limit. 14, Idle. 18, Fillage. 19, Goal. of 21. Slur. 22, Resolve. 24, Scan, 26. President Franklind D. Roosevelt. Spine. 28, Frantic, 29, Ivory, 30. delivered a "fireside chat" on Alone. 31, skill 32, Enter.

• Mr. James Roosevelt,

50X

"Wuthering

Samuel Goldwyn's

DOWN; 1, Cured. 2, Unite. 4. Heights" over Radio Station PTT, Thin, 5, Duel, 6, 8prings: 7, Remit, Paris, recently, *...*

10, Monitor.. 11, Singe. 12. Clear, 15.

This re-enactment of a radio slavery 17, Elect. 18, Franz, 20, role made famous by his distin-Leonine. 23, Spell. 24. Snake, 25, guished: father, was one of the Alsle. 27, Even, 28. Free special events attendant upon the

premiere of "Wathering Heights"

at the Blarritz Theatre, París.

was

Earlier in the evening, Mr. The appointment of the first Roosevelt, who is Vice-President of Chinese envoy to Rumania Samuel Goldwyn Productions, was approved by the Executive Yuan among the celebrities who shared on July 13. Mr. Liang Lung, Cze- the spotlight at the gala premiere former Chinese Minister to

of the Emily Bronte classic which choslovakia, was awarded the ntw stars Merle Oberon, Laurence post. He will hold the rank of Olivier and David Niven.

Minister.

"The Lady's From Kentucky” STAR:

"Topper"

"Teat 'Flot".

MAJESTIC:

"Four Daughters"

"ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES"

"Angels With Dirty Faces," A sensational melodrama of the slum districts, co-starring the famous team of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, and featuring the Dead End" kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan and George Bancroft, will be the feature at- traction at the King's Theatre. starting to-day.

An intensely powerful story of two boys, brought up together in!

Ilves the slums, whose

become widely divergent when one 48 sent to reform school for a prani in which both took part. becothes a bigtime gangster, friend enters the priesthood.

Be

his

Their paths cross again when the gangster, part of the mob that runs the city, bucks the priest, who is heading a "clean- up" campaign, his object being to save the thousands of slum boys in his parish from lives of crime. The strong bond between

HAZARDOUS 20,000-MILE

TREK ACROSS INDIA

sre

While you

comfortably reading this in the ·PAPER, alm and is making a hazardous 20,000-mile zetor" - trek across India to photograph material for another of the popu

United lar "World Window" subjects

through

Artists...

released

The expedition is led by Count and Countess Keller, who have with them Bans Nletar as director; John Hanza, duction chief; Jack, Cardiff, the technicolor · pameraman,

a crow of other technicians.

In a letter to the UA offices in New York, Count Keller writes: "We have Just completed 800-mile ride in 25 hours with- out a break, over. desert, vast azıd mountains, and platna through jangles, with wild beasts of scuttling out of the beams our headlights. The unit had fre.. quently to cut its way through the jungle with long knives, look- ing out the while for deadly snakes.

en-

"On another occasion," be

cameraman adds, "our countered a panther, but * few feet away - fortunately, without harm' to himself and was lucky enough to get some close-up shots of a fight be- tween a make and roos."

Monkey Invasion

mon-

pro-

And

MR. FRAMPTON'S DEATH

Bar Loses One Of Its Richest Personalities

The Bar has lost one of its richest personalities through the death of Mr. Walter · Frampton.

Mr. Frampton was a man of massive bulk with a choleric complexion, a rolling gait, a broad, deep voice," and a warmth of humour which endeared hlm to counsel. solicitors and clients alike.

Few men at the Bar could com- On the return journey, it seems,

carpete with him for shrewdness, for when they got back to their

short expedition. they worldly wisdom, for ingenuity in after a found that it had been invaded extracting a client from a tight by monkeys which had eaten all corner, no matter what his trouble. His closest friend and his equal the food they carried. At the

next village, the only supplies in bulk and wisdom was the late Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett. And they could get.

cocoanuts were

the pair of giants used to make a Say,

and

they

bananas. Now, they do not like that particular formidable Impression as they sat together in court hotmobbing over kind of food any more,

a ticklish case.

of

To add to the other troubles of the enterprise, every member the expedition has been down with malaria.

travel," Perhaps armchair

of the kind provided by "World Windows" in the theatre, is best after all!

ANTI-EPIDEMIC WORK IN CHINA /

Continuance Of League Grant Urged

LONDON, July 20 (Reuter)- Asked by Mr. Geoffrey le" M. Mander (Lib) in the House of Commons. yesterday regarding the League grant for, anti-epi- demic work in China, Mr. R.A. Butler, Under-Secretary for that Foreign Affairs, said 1,500,000 franes had been voted

Ells Mistake On one occasion, at the Old Bailey Mr. Frampton's impassion- ed speech "onsiderably reduced the sentence of a guilty client.

The next prisoner who was just coming up from the cells heard the speecch but only had a view of Mr. Frampton's broad"robed bark:

The case ended. Mr. Frampton went out of court, and another large figure took his place.

The prisoner was appearing on what is known as a "dock brief," and the judge told him. that he might come down to the front of the court and choose whichever counsel he liked.

"Oh," said the prisoner. pointing to the massive figure, "I don't need to come down. I'll have that Big 'Un there."

At that the figure turned round and revealed herself as a well-known lady barrister.

"Help!" said the prisoner dismally, "Tre gone and chosen ȧ blinking woman.”

by the League Assembly last COMING EVENTS

December for the egrrent year.

The Government fully recognized

JULY

21-Tider: High 12.52 am, and 12.21

Sunrise 5.50 sm. Sunset 7.09 p.z. HKRA Ann Gen. Mtg China Fleet Club 5.30 p.m.

the two men makes their con- the value of the league's anti-p.m. Low 5.46 am, and 6.54 p.m. Hict doubly exciting, and leads epidemic work, but they must to the unique and thrilling climax await a discussion of the matter! which lifts the picture high at the Assembly meeting in Sep- above the rank and file of gangs-tember, ter stories.

A.R.P. Lectures Instructors'

Class St. Paul's College to Chinese) 7.30 and Instructors class, pm: Wardens An attempt was made to pin the run Mai Middle School, in Chinese Girls School in Advance preview critics have Government down to advicaté a 7 pan.: Diocesan heaped praises upon the acting continuance of this support, but English, 6 pm.

Final date for renewal of motor car sextette of Mr. Butler repeated that the value

licences. End" kids. of this work was appreciated and

EK, Waterpolo League Mig. V.R.C 5.30 p.m.

of that famous toughies, the "Dead

Ann Sheridan 15 said to handle her that the questionem must draw Arst stirling dramatic role with their own conclusions, as it was remarkable anlity, and Bogart not customary to announce the and Bancroft are halled as the Government's attitude before, par- most menacing of menaces, ticipating in the disenssions.

CROSSWORD NO. 366

ACROSS.. Device (5) #Hindered

9 Impression

(8)

.(5)

10 Motherly

(8)

Il Oar (5)

14 Finish (3)

16 Servile (6)

17 Bet afre (8)

19. Amuse-

ment (3)

20 Cereal (5)

24 Rite (8)

25 Bet (5)

28 Prevent (8)

27 Thick (5)

DOWN

I Friends (5)

2. Et (5)

3 Tired, (5)

4 Keep back

(8).

6 Uncom

municative

*(8)

7. Whole. (8)

12. Diminish

(B)

13. Without

mercy (8) 14 Sprite (3) 15. Noise (3)

SOLUTION TO-MORROW

15

19 Rugged (6) 21 Tiecease (5). 22 Moslem

Bible (5)

23 2:00

animal (5)

Kowloon Junior School Prize giving 5.30 p.m.

Exhibition of Chinese Cartsons, 20 Caine Road.

Y.M.C.A. Badminton 8.30 p.m. Mzd. Swiraming 6 pm.

Talkoo Docks: Breconshire Trial Trip 11 am.

23-Tides: High 1,36 am. and 1.23 Low 6,45 am, and 7,35 p.m Bunrize: 550 m, Sunset 7,09 p.m. YMCA. Launch Picnic 230 pm. V.D.M.A Christ Church

Group Mash Plenic 3 p.m. Launch

ARP. Lectures-Air Raid Wardeni. in Chinese, at Chinese P&L.C. Eridges Street 7.30 p.m.; AR.P. In structors Class P.WD. Board room, in Chinese 8 p.m.

Craigengower CC. Whist and Tom-

bola

p.m.

Baseball Caroline H-2,30 pm, 23 Tides: High 277 am and 2.38 p.m. Zow 8 am and 8.11 pm.

Sunrise 5.50-8 m. Sunset 7.09 .. Baseball Caroline H-10.30

am

Lawn Bowls Open Rinks semi- finals

TMCA Discussion Group, Speak- er Major J. Willocks on "Prison Reform

24-Military Police Meas Whist and" Tombola, 8.30 p.m.

Left Book Club open- Mtg. Speaker:

Harry Talbot,

Dr.

pza.

Crown Land Sale 3 pm.

structors Class,

Middle

ARP, Lectures-Wardens and In-

Tum Mil School, in Chinese; 7 pm.

YMCA Voluntary Aid Course for, ARP, 11 11,277.

at

Y.M.C.A. Whist Drive 8,30 p.m. HKPA Counch Mtg. 25 Ladies

Summer Meeting

Golf Valley. Chinese Chamber of Commerce. New Ouicers Take Over

28-YMCA Bridge and Mahjongg

10 a.m.

27-Legislative Couneti Mtg. 230

p.m.

FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939. -PAGE 5

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