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WOMEN'S PAGE

SMILED-AND THE NAZIS ARRESTED HIM: STRIPPED AND SEARCHED

LONDON. July 30 (By Air Mail) -- Because he smiled on reading the headlines of a Germán newspaper while sitting In a cafe in Germany a young London salesman, tauring the Continent on his bicycle, was arrested by 8. A. men, stripped naked and searched, and flung into an underground prison for the night.

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The man. John Bonner, aged twenty-four, of Wolseley- garden, Chiswick, told, the Sunday Pictorial that he will make

protest to-morrow to the Foreign Office.

He entered Germany from! Luxemburg. He cycled On to Neuerburg, and entered a cafe.

On the table was a German newspaper.

The headlines splashed thel names of

Stephen King-Bali, Anthony Eden and Lord Halifax, Lower down was the name of Dr. Goebbels..

"I picked up the paper and could not help smiling at the headlines," said Mr. Bonner. smiled. them

paper.

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threw down the

"Members of the Gestapo, were watching me closely.

" considered my smiles an Insult

to Hitler and Dr. Goebbels.

his.

Pointed to Word “Spy"

CORPSE OF BRIDE IN JUNGLE

STRANGLED TO

DEATH

Forty-six witnesses are likely to

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Captain Y. Planert, Captain R. Lissau, Radio Officer K. Stern and Engineer H. Papenbgen crew of the "Ulrich Neckel,” a Lufthansa plane which arrived from Berlin on Monday bound for Tokyo.

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be called before Mr. R. C. Rednan. the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur. in the Inquiry against a Tamil couple, stitute will hold Commencement the Chinese Chamber of Commerce John and Papa, brother and sister Exercises and a concert on Sunday who are charged with the murder) of a five-months old

at 9 am at the Queen's Theatre.

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Mr. Pel Yi-kwang, Chairman of in Stam, arrived by plane in Rin ming. Yunnan, from Chungking on Wednesday, accompanied by his private secretary, Mr. Su Tsung- tseh

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"He picked up my English-Mariammah, on May 18 at Sentul.! Chinese in Singapore have con- German dictionary, pointed to the!

Mr. J. N. D Harrison, who is tributed $15,000 for the relief of word 'spy, then pointed at me. shook my head, and he nodded lined the facts of the case.

conducting the inquiry, briefly, out- widows and children of officers and men of the Second Route Army

The death occurred on Aug. 5, 'killed in action.

at 14. Millway, Mill E, NW.. 7. The girl Mariammah, who had "An interpreter was brought recently been married, he said, was

of Mr. John Ashby Offor, of Bidden- and while Ave Gestapo men stood left at home on May 18 while her'

den, Kent, and of Shanghai, son of Chungking residents without the late Henry and Margaret Offor. around me I told my story. They husband went out to sell beans permits must leave the city before The funeral took place on Aug. 9, stripped me and searched me and her father-in-law that day August 12 After that date, persons after a service at Hendon Park, at Then they said I would be allowed was following his vocation. The staying without permits will be 3 p.m. to 89,

mother-in-law had gone to Bukit punished.

"I rode about twenty miles to-Bintang to visit a daughter, leav- wards Cologne when Gestapo.mening Mariammah alone in the jumped out of a car, and bundled house. me into it.

"Then they took me by car to Prum. It was now mid-

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Deceased Not At Home

The magnificent sum of $4,481 A Central Highway Transport, in Straits currency has been hand- Bureau, of the Ministry of Com- ed over to the Penang China munications of the Chinese Gov- Distress Relief Fund by the Wem- ernment, was formally inaugurated bley Hostesses Dramatic Troupe, in Chungking on August 1.

who gave a very, successful charity performance on April 30.

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"was rushed to St. Victi where another search

When was

the husband returned made.

from work he found that the girl was not at home. He learned from

Mrs. W. F. Hast, of Kowloon, will jhia mother, who had returned be leaving the Colony at the end little earlier, that the girl had not of September by the Empress of been seen in the kampong since Japan for

a trip and a visit to 1.30 p.m. Accordingly, the husband, England of several months.

the police station andi

night. and they had been molesting me since lunch time.

"At Prum they took me into a went to dark, underground cell. I was left made a report. there until ten the next morning. "When the mother came home in force in the International Set Emergency measures were stili without any food. Then they took from Bukit Bintang," said Mr. tlement and the French Conces- me again before the Gestapo. Harrison, "she Eventually I convinced them that

made some sion on Monday, according to a enquiries and a small girl named Shanghal report. The day passed "I was no spy."

Bolliammah said that she had seen quietly. Mariammah at 1.30 p.m. walking under a railway bridge with the woman who is in the dock.

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QUEUES FOR

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TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE

LONDON, Aur. 3 (By Air Mall)-A big quene of people anxious to buy the special 3d envelopes for the first British Trans-Atlantic air service stretched across the hall of the Imperial Airways building at Victoria. §.. W., last night. This was the third issue of en- velopes. The first lot, of 15,000, was sold out rapidly. This in-! cluded 4,000 sent out to the United States and 3.000 to Canada for the first return mail

On Tuesday à second Issue of 5.000 was sold within an hour and a half. This experience was re- peated yesterday with the last issue of another 5,000. But ordinary envelopes miay still be used.

There were several applications} for 50 envelopes, but most were! for two or three, or even only one. A fair number of people took a dozen..

One of the batches of 50 was bought by a man who said he was going to post them all to America and have them reposted by the, first return air mall.

"Shock" To

Be A Father

LONDON, Aug.' 2 (By Air Mail)-Many men have break- downs, simply because they are emotionally disturbed when their wives are going to have their first baby.....

A large number of people "Do not realise the implica- tions of becoming a parent and consequently they are пов prepared for the emotional efforts of having à child what happens after the child has arrived."

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*Offer Gold"

Unprepared sponsored by the Chinese General That is what Dr. A. Maberley.j Chamber of Commerce in Hong- of Tavistock Clinic, told the Bri- kong has so far netted" a total of tish Social Hygiene Summer $46,118 (Chinese Currency) and School at Oxford yesterday.

Besides cash, a number of silver psychologically he or she may H.K.43,989.34, according

"A person ruay be capable phy- forination. from the Chamber.sically of having a child, but |

be completely unprepared and undeveloped." added the doctor. great deal of harm to a child, not "Unprepared parents may do

also in their attitude only in their handling of it, but another."

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The Compagnie des Messagaries Maritimes (French Mall) advises The Central Mint has opened which was scheduled to arrive here, that the mv, President Doumer branch in, Kwellin, operation be on August 17, has been delayed in "The mother-in-law went to ginning from yesterday. All the shanghai and will therefore only Papa to make inquiries and the auxillary issues and cons are arrive in Hongkong on Saturday. evidence will be that she denied handed over by the branch mint August 18, about 9 am and will having been with the girl at the to the Central Bank of China for sall the same day about noon, time. However, a little later Rama- circulation,

Mr. Hsu Kan, Vice-Minister of samy, the father-in-law of the

Finance of the National Govern- girl, came home and heard about

The Air Raid Precautions Officer ment of China. left for Chungking Charged with trespassing on the announces that a course of ARP on Monday after conferring here Military property. namely, the lectures in English will be given on the currency situation with Mr. "He took the girl Sollammah O.C.'s garden, at Scandal Point. at 5.30 pm on Thesdays and Fri-C. Rogers, finance expert of the with him to Papa's house and in on August. 14, Hung Kam. 40 days. commencing on the 25th in Bank of England who has been in the presence of this Uttle girl coolie. was cautioned by Mr. R. stant, at the Chief Air Raid War- questioned, the

Edwards at the Central Court ges-den's Office, 20 Ice House Street, accused, Papa replied: I was at the bridge with terday. Defendant said that he Hongkong. Mr. S. v. Boxer, B. Sc.. this girl, but I did not see her went there to gather herbs and will give these lectures, and any after I left the bridge, I went into medicinal roots and he did not members of the public wishing to the jungle by one way and she by know that he was trespassing. another."

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Pungent Smell

Continuing, the prosecuting officer added that on May 27 Sikh noticed a very pungent aïell |in the kampong and discovered

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Setting ап example for his fellow-countrymen, Mr. Chao Hent. hai, Chairman of the Human Pro- vincial People's Political Council, has offered one of his four sons to the State. Mr. Chap who is a native of Hengshan, Hunan, has

what appeared to be the foot of written to the magistrate, asking

& body lying under some ferns. He that his heir re taken in as a con-

did not touch the foot but came'

to the Police Station and informed; the police, as a result of which he (Mr. Harrison), a doctor and the

script.

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The Air Raid Precautioris Officer announces that a demonstration

Third Magistrate went along and of the methods of controlling In- found the body. Some leaves had evidently been cut and placed on cendiary Bombs will be given out- the body. They were not lying side the P.W.D. Offices, Lower Al- there naturally.

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bert Rd., at 5.30 pm. on Friday. All persona who attended the The body, although very badly course recently held at St. John's decomposed, was identified by the Cathedral Hall are cordially invit- husband and his father.

ed to attend.

DUKE OF WINDSOR SINGS

AS TRAMP PLAYS

LONDON, Aug. 4 (By A'r Mail)-With two distinguished guests an his hands, the proprietor of a restaurant in the little. Riviera village of St. Paul de Vence hurried anxiously out when a stroll- ing accordion player approached.

"Go away," he said, "go away." But one of the distinguished guests told the accordion player: "Come here."

It was the Duke of Windsor. With the Duchess he had call-

ed in at the little restaurant for dinner.

And the accordion player found himself getting orders for songs which the Duke proceeded to sing.

Then the Duke handed the musician “a nity-franc note, and told him to bring his accord'on to the Riviera Chateau, where the Duke and Duchess are staying to play to their guests two, nights later:

attend this course are requested to sent their names to the lecturer at Morrison Hall,, Hatton Road, Hongkong.

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adviser the Far East for several weeks as the Anglo-Chinese Etabilisation Fund Committee.

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Personal instructions requesting that the newly-promulgated.Chin- ese Government optum-suppres- son measures be strictly enforced in their respective provincial areas, have been sent by Generallestmö Chiang Kai-shek, Executive Gen eral of the Kuomintang. to the Szechuan, Kwelchow and Bikong provincial chairmen.

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