1939-07-31 — Page 5

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1939'8

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STAND UP AND FIGHT

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Direct from New York via Clipper... Special Items of the Attempted Raising of the U.S. Submarine "SQUACUS."

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AT THE ALHAMBRA UP THE RIVER Preston Foster Tony Martin

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'MURDER IN THE FLEET

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• SPECIAL FOR TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY ! •

BOBBY BREEN MAKE A WISH"

Marion Claire

RKO-RADIO

Picture

70 m.p.h. Airships To Spot Submarines

LONDON, JULY 13 (BY AIR MAIL)--THE ROYAL NAVY IS NOW ENTIRELY ́RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFENCE. OF OUR COASTLINE, AND, IN CASE OF WAR, FOR THE SAFE CON- DUCT OF TRANSPORT SHIPS. BEFORE .

THESE

· DUTIES

WERE SHARED WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

A complete new defence scheme has been worked out 'pra- viding close co-operation between ships and aeroplanes.

Submarine spotting" and chasing will be most Important, but it has been found that modern coastal reconnaissance ma- chines such as the Avro Anson and large flying boats are too fast for effective work in this direction.

The Admiralty are, therefore, It is considered that small air considering using small airships ships of 100,000 to 200,000 cubic for submarine spotting and bomb-feet capacity with speeds of perr ing around the coasts. During

do much the war they were used in. large, haps 70 mp.a would do quantities, and did magnincent more effective work than coastal

reconnaissance aeroplanes: ¿work:

Today's Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

CINEMA & GENERAL

The Return Or The Ciaco

Kid"

QUEEN'S:

"Stand Up And Fight" ORIENTAL:

"College Swing” CATHAY:

"Walt Disney's Features"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"

"Stand Up And Fight" STAR:

"Salling Along"

MAJESTIC:

"Submarine Patrol"

| KING'S.

Coming

"Romance Of The Redwoods" QUEEN'S:

"Ben-Hur"

ORIENTAL:

*Test Pilot"

"Duke Of The West Point" CATHAY:

"Make A Wish"

ALHAMBRA:

"Up the River".

STAR:

"Murder In The Fleet" MAJESTIC:

The Lady Objects"

NEW BACKGROUND FOR EDWARD G. ROBINSON

Tense melodrams of the attempt of an innocent prison view: tim to lead a new life, and of his resantance, second escAPO "Blackmail" "and revenge, after the real criminal tricks him,

brings Edward G. Robinson to the screen in a characterisation res miniscent of many of his former successes, but with an entirely. new background.

Robinson is seen as John Ingram," former ship's mate who builds up a business as a dynamiter of all well fires, but who de-` velopa a callona brutality when sent back to the horrors of the prison, sad makes revenge his "sole sim in life, le

The part has some of the ele-| ments of those in which Robinson

· scored in "Kattle Caesar." "Five Star FinalSilver Dollar," and "Last_Gangster," his most recent previous film for Metro-Goldwyn-] Mayer, but it is completely "Indir-j idual in setting, in development and in final rounding out.,

Film Stars Have Exciting

Experience

Best Opportunity '

SWINEMUENDE, July 30 (Trans- Ruth Hussey receives her best ocean-In the Baltic Sen, the opportunity to date as the wife German alm stars. Emil Jannings, who sticks by Robinson and who werner Kropss and other members Ands herself forced to prevent his of a film expedition of the Tobla becoming a murderer, after he has company

aboard the steamer broken his promise and escaped a "Rether.". had an exciting ex- second time for the sake of re-perience, when a bomb exploded venge. She recently completed in the immediate vicinity of the role in "The Women," following ship while the pictures for a new appearances in the second fem- Jannings film, the Last Appeal," Inine lead of Maiste and the lead af were being taken in. co-operation "Within The Law." "It was with units of the German Navy of "Rich Man, Poor Girl" that she swinemuende on Friday. first won attention.

The bomb caused a large leak Henry C. Potter, director of junder water and the ship had "Blackmail," and a stage director immediately a bad list. In view before he came to films, has a reof the critical situation the actors cord of four important productions and cameramen were taken aboard in the past two years: "Tom Saw-the lifeboats

of the destroyers. yer," "The Shopworn Angel,” “The

The artillery... Cowboy and The Lady and The "Bremse" also participated in the training ship

175 | Story. Of "Vernon And Irene Cas-

rescue work. tle." "Blackmail" is his first pic-: ture under a new Metro-Goldwyn- |.. Mayer contract.

"Stand Up & Fight" Splendid Action Film At Queen's

*Boss"

characterisation of Capt. Starley is carried out with all the necessary bluster, they make a rare

combination.

非

Gripping Melodrama Gripping melodrama with solid psychological approach, "Blackmail" presents a picture of

COMING EVENTS

31-Tides: High 9.30 am and 10,55 pm. Low 226 am, and $.57 p,m,

Sunrise 5.53 am. Sunset 1,03 p.m.. Rates for Third Qtr. payable. In advance,

Crown Land Sale 3 pm.

A.R.P. Lectures. — Wardens' and Instructors Class, Tun Mui Middie School in Chinese 7. p.m.

Pizal Lecture on A.R.P. Voluntary Ald Course by Mrs. Potera at TM, 0.6 11 D

Military Police YMCA. Whist Drive 8.30pm.

Mess-Whist and

John W. Considine, Jr.. producer, established his reputation with JULY "Boys Town," high mark of a pro- Real "two-fisted" action has been qucing career which started in Introduced into the M.M. picture 1924. Among his other recent suc- "Stand Up and Fight," which open-cesses are "Broadway Melody of ed to crowded houses at all shows 1936." "Of Human Hearts" and at the Queen's on Saturday, to "society Lawyer." make it a production which is not only outstanding for its excellent plot, but also for its splendid cast. Robert Taylor makes the most of his first tough role and in play-a man who is forced back into the ing opposite Wallace Beery, whose degradation and brutality of a Tombola 8.30 p.m.

convict gang after his attempt to AUG. lead a useful upright life. Des-

1-Tides: High 9.43 am. and 11.23 pite his determination that his pm. Low 3.10 am, and 4.38 p.m.

Sunrise 5.54 am, Sumset 7.04 p.m. second Incarceration shall not A.R.P. Lectures: In English, Club Florence Rice supplies the

break his spirit, he finds himself Lusitano 3:30 pm., in Chinese, Chi- romantic, theme and the directors, sinking to the level of the filth nese Chamber of Commerce 7 pm,

Kowloon Residents Association, in handling the production, clever and despair around him, until his

Qrtly. Mtg. St. Andrew's Hall, 6 pm. ly infused humour, tragedy, adven-only purpose is to escape and win H.K. Rotary Club, H.K, Hotel, ture, action and tenderness into a

p.m. Speaker: The Hon. Mr,” s gripping story. »

Among the thrilling highlights Caine on "Income Tax in Hongkong.

YM.C.A.: Moonlight Picnic (Bad- of the action are the opening fight

minton Section) 8 p.m.; Bridge. 10 of Robinson and his helpers to am: Mixed Swimming 0 p.m.; Bad- dynamite blazing well, amid minton 8.30 pm hazards which may mean instant loss of life; the trickery by which Robinson, as Ingram, is turned over to the police; the operation of the road gang, shown in all its breadth escape and the death of sordidness; Ingram's second hair-P his convict friend, Diggs: his fir-10 am By the end of this year, it is ing of the öll well to lure his enemy. Ramey, there; the confes-) learned, Hongkong will have one slon he tortures out of Ramey in of the most up-to-date buildings the heat of the fames, and his of this kind. "

rescue of his wife as she falls into The premises, which are to be the bolling mud while attempting erected in a site overlooking Happy to prevent her husband from com- Valley, will consist of quarters mitting murder.

NEW H.Q. FOR COLONY A.R.P. Plans have been approved and be

construction work will soon commenced for the building of a new Air Raid Precaution Head quarters in Hongkong, It is under stood,

for AR. P. Officers and class rooms

and club-house for

the

revenge.

training and amusement of the ing can be equipped and turned personnel.

into a arst aid post in the time build-or actual war emergency..

Quickly convertable, the

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fish (6)

4 Improve-

ment (6)

? Pesce pro-

posial (9)

B. Shell fruita

·(4)

10. College (4)

11 Coquette

(6)

13 Dangers (6)

14. Fright (6)

15 Approsch,

(G)

17 Attack.(6)

19 Hoard (5)

20 Fastened

(4)

22 Ink

smudge (4),

23 Sleeping "ward (9)` 24 Romances

(8):

25 Bird (8)

DOWN

1 Root;

plant (6)

2 Barriers

(4)

NO.

(6)

departee

5 Front (4)

6 Way (0)|

7 Drawn to

(CD).

8 Ever-

Tastingly (9) Loose allk

(5)

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30 Tempta

tions (6)

12/Concise (5) SOLUTION TO-MOBRÓW

15 Season (8) 10: Matl

charges (6) Polar (region (6)

Recently (6) Bird of peace (4) Corn waste

Craigengower 0.0. Tombola 9 p.m. Cheero Club Whist Drive 8.45 p.m. St. John's Cathedral Sale of Handwerk 11 am to 8 pm.

HKRA, Annual Meeting 5.30 p.m. 2-Tides: High 10.11 am and 11,45

Low 3.40 am. and 8,05 pm. Sunrise 6.54 8., Bunset 7,04 ping

YMCA. Flag Whist and Mahjongg

Firing Practice from Stonecutters 18 am-4 pm.

3-Tides: Fgh 10.40 am, Low 6.05

am

YMCA, Mahjongg for Beginners 10 s.m. Flag Whist 8.30 p.m.

HK. Y's Men's Club Meeting. St. Francis Hotel 1 1 p.m.

Helena May Institute entertain- ment to Missionaries.

YMCA "Keep" Fit"

Class 10.30

8.14. Badminton 8.30 p.m.; Mixed Swimming 8pm.

5-All-Cycling Meeting at Caroline

YMCA, Launch Picnic 2.30 pm. T--St. David's Boalety Launch Pic nic 2.15 p.m.

All Cycling Meeting at Caroline HIL

■ Piring Practice from Stonecut era 6 pan-midnight.

Rotary Club Tiffin Mtg. HK, Hotel 1.p.m.

10 Piring Practice from Stonecut tera p.m. to midnight.

HE Y's Men's Club Mtg., St.

Hotel Francis

1 pm

11-Crown Land Bale (D.O. South)

| 11' am....

14 HK and Shanghai Bank Half-

Yearly Interim Dividend payable. „ Crown Land Sale, P.WD., 3 p.m.

· 15--Crown - Land Bale (DO, North, Taipo) 11:30 am.

Co. Ltd,

17-Star Ferry Co, Ltd, Interim, Dividend payable.

18-HE.Tranways. Ltd. Interim Dividend payable.

Three

floral tributes graced Hedy Lamarr's dressing room on the first day of production on Lady of the Tropics at Metro-

|Goldwyn-Mayer. One was from her husband, Gene Markey: another from her wardrobe girl, Margaret Woods, and the third from Myrna Loy

Solution No 373

AGROSB: 1, Speck. 8, Perfume, 9, Henna. 11, Ogre, 12. Clean 14, Caper 15, Creed. 17, Echo19, Better. 21, Bestow, 24 Over. 27. Grape, 28, Route: 31, Cruel, 32. Soon. 33, Rival 34, Restore, 85, Unity *

DOWN 2, Preface, 3, Canoe, 4, Speech, 5. Brace, 6 Cured 7, Being. 10. Agree 13, Leas, 16, Robe. 18, Crop 20, Tire, 22, Error. 23, Outcast, 25, Vessel, 28, Scare. 27. Guest 28, Allow, 30, Onion,

MONDAY, JULY 31, 1939. --PAGE

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O. Henry's gay bondit.... mast gallunt gun-ighter of them all...arindenemlig new and greater danger „with the original Cisco. Kid in his famous rašel

WARNER BAXTER THE RETURN

OF THE

CISCO KID

· LYNN BARI - CESAR ROMERO

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THE UNTOLD DRAMA OF THE HEROIC

"SPLINTER FLEET"!

The "Splinter Flow!"" tiulust, Früh

asf crew of civilion odds and ends avar

to man a fighting shipt The grand- and love ever to the rough perits:

SUBMARINE PATROL

RICHARD GREENE-NANCY KELLY PLESTON FOSTER GEOLDE SANCROFT

VALERIS DOUGLAS FOWLI

20th

JOHN CARRADINE

ARJET

FAXKEL SAXE

Jobs 'ford

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Derry! F. Zonach Cher

NEXT CHANGE A Fascinating Story of A Woman Lawyer Defending Her

Own Husband Charged With Murdering The Other Woma

LANNY ROSS

GLORIA STUART in" THE LADY OBJECTS

A Columbia Picture

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