1939-10-24 — Page 3

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

A ĐẠO 35 70 530-M

KOWLOON

AT· 230-5′10-7:20 2 9:30 PML

SHOWING TODAY.

TOMORROW

AT THE QUEEN'S "TELL NO TALES" Melvyn Douglas Louise Platt

•

An MGM Picture

4 SHOWS

DAILY

7.11--4,20

"VAGABOND PRINCE"

A Chinese Picture

1

starring

MA SZE TSANG'

and

CHEN YUN SHANG

NEXT CHANGE AT THE ALHAMBRA "THE SUN NEVER SETS" D. Fairbanks, Ir. - Basil Rathbone A New Universal Picture

TANZANT TRAM DE HAPPY VALLEY BU

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

FLEMING

ROAD

WANGMAI

TEL, 28472

RETURN ENGAGEMENT-TODAY ONLY-BY REQUEST

THE WORLD'S MOST SENSATIONAL THRILLER! The beat gangster picture since G-Men." It combines tense and thrilling action with plentifully interspersed humour and a big surprise cading.

Is it Murder

To Kill the

· King of Killers?

HUMPHREY BOGART

King of the Underworld

KAY FRANCIS James Stephenson John Eldredge •Dowd by Lewis Seiler

Baron Playby Grange Bieder und Viewer Metris » Frans a Story by W, R. Bunu • A WAKNUR BR0S, PICTURE

FOR TOMORROW AND THURSDAY

ANOTHER BIG EXCITING ACTION PICTURE! ·

JACK HOLT

Cleaning up the boys "Pen” in

REFORMATORY

with BOBBY JORDAN

MATINEE5: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 20.-30.-50c,-70c. ℗

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.20

720-9.30

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD KOWLOON

TEL 37222

MATINEES: 20c-30‹ · EVENINGS: 201.-30<-5070) TODAY AND TOMORROW

Five Time as Lovely! Five Times as Talented! In Their New Feature Picture That's Five. Times as Entertaining !

GROWING UP!

You'll live with them .......... laugh with them... love them as never beforel Real entertainers now... each a different personal ity... singing, dancing, talking, trouping!

The Dionne Quintuplets

Yvonna

Cecila Marie-Annette

Emeka

1930

KIA KEPAČI, IN

FIVE OF A KIND

New York's wo ata

aborter strop for

·Fam scoop of their

lives and wind up in

•ugch other's ormal,

their third and beat feature picture

JEAN HERSHOLT CLAIRE TREVOR CESAR ROMERO SLIM SUMMERVILLE HENRY WILCOXON - INEZ COURTNEY JOHN QUALEN JANE DARWELL ́PAULINE MOORE

Delea

the Toskan Superea at Dr

Executive Product Bui M. Weriał Dected by bonded become phys

20th Century Fox Picture,

NEXT CHANGE

RETURN SHOWING FOR ONE DAY ONLY!

►

GARY COOPER

"ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO".

A United Artists Picture

CURRENT FILMS

KING'S:-Jesse James (20th Century- Fox). The life and death of a bandit, and well-known American character. made into a handsome young man by Tyrone Power. Some impressive and exciting moments are offered in, this picture, as well as some embarrassing ones. Gen- erally well-acted and good in parts, QUEEN'S AND ALHAMHRA: -- The Vagabond Prince. A Chinese pic- ture, in the Cantonese dialect. Stars Miss Chan Wan-sheụng, who has alled the place on the Chinese screen vacated by Butterfly Wu, and Ma Bza-taang, popular stage player. „ORIENTAL: — King of the Under- world (Warner, Bros). Humphrey Bogart in the kind of role he manages best. a quietly sinister breaker of the law. Kay Francis in the feminine lead. CATHAY:-Delage (RKO).

Imagina-

tive fantasy, from the best-seller of the same name, of the last men and women after a great cataa- trophe befalls the world. MAJESTIC:-Five of a Kind (20th Century-Fox}, The Dionne Quin- tuplets appear in their second motion picture. The infants are captivating, and the picture wil interest mothers having, or hop- ing, for large families. STAR-The Kennel Murder Case (MGM). William Powell solves another mystery as Philo Vance. the "detective.

"FIVE OF A KIND” AT THE MAJESTIC TO - DAY

2

W

GENERAL

Radio Programmes

HONGKONG

On Wavelengths "of 355

metres (845 kb) 31.49 metres (9.52 megaṇycles).

RECITAL BY LIYA GUBEVITCH FROM THE STUDIO Haydn Symphony No. 96 12.15 p

Short-Service of Enter- cession.

"

In Dixieland Teddy Foster and His Kings of Swing. Quickstep You Couldn't Be Outer (Pim Joy of liv ing"); Waltz (flm The Hurricane')—–— The Moon of Manakcors-Henry Jae- {qizes and His Strict Dance Tempo Or-

chestra.

Fox-Trots Goddnight To You All-Jack Harris and His Or chestra.

LL

7.00 London Relay......"On the Dot." A Variety Programme:

J 750 Cloring Local Stock Qusta- tions.

.7.52 Reginald Dixon at the Organ

Dixon Hits No. 2-Intro: Call me Sweetheart; When I grow too old to

12.30 Brahms Variations On A Dream; Rehearsing a Lullaby; la a Theme By Paganini, Op. 35.

Little Gypsy Tea Room; Me and the Old Folks at Some; The Oregon Kgon Petri (Piano).

Trail. Dixon Hits No, 24 - Intro: 12.47 Brahms-Hungarian Dances. How'dja like to love me; Love walked Hungarian Dance No. 6 In B Flatin: Meet me down in Sunset Valley; Major Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) with won't tell a soul: The sweetest song Plano accomp. by Marcel Cazelle.n the world: The Chocolate Soldiers Hungarian Dance No. 5 in P. Sharp Daughter. Minor Royal Opera Orchestra, Co 7.43 | Variety with Ruth Etting, BD- vent Garden, cond. by Dr. Malcolm ty Mayeri, and Turner Layton. Sargent Hungarian Dance No. 12 In Vocal-There's A Lull In My Life D Minor...Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) from Wake Up and Live"?-Ruth with Plano accomp. by Ferguson Etting. Webster.

Piano-Billy Mayer's Own Selection Billy Mayer). Vocal änd 1,00 Local Time Signal and Wea-Plano-I Have Eyes (Ellm ther Report.

Honeymoon'); Day After Day (Green 1.03 Tino Rossi (Tenor) and the and Himber)-Turner Layton.

8.00 Local Time Signal Weather

Orchestra "Mascotte,

8.03 HaydnSymphony No. 34 In

8.30 Studio-Plano Recital by Liya Mas Gurevitch,

Idylle Passionnelle Waltz (Razi-Report and Announcements. gude); Souvenir De Mona Lisa-Waltz (Schebek) Orchestra Mascotte. Le D Major. Rol DY-Aubade (Lalo-Bian)—Tino

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, con- Rosa (Tenor) with Orchestra, Even ducted by Bruno Walter. ing On The Rhine-Waltz (Richartz); In Dreamy Night--Waltz (from "The A question which vies with world Vagabond Lehrer)Orchestra

cotte. Le Bonheur N'Est Plus Un events in interest is-How much Rave (Poterat and Colson); Tchi! alike are the Dionne quintuplets at Tehil (Koger and Others) Tino four? Jean Hersholt, who makes Rasi (Tenor) with Orch. Die Schon- brunner-Waltz (Lanner-arr. Hohne); his third screen appearance' with

(Jos. Aquarellen-Waitz

Strauss-are. them in their third 20th Century-Hohne)-Orchestra Mascotte. Fox feature picture "Five Of A Kind," which opens at the Majestic Theatre to-day.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Preza, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.

1.45 Light Variety.

ing

(Bach); 2. Sonata in D Major, Op. 14 1. Prelude and Fugue in C Minor

Beethoven).

9.00 Orchestral

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (Beetho ven)-The_B.B.C. Symphony Orches tra cond. by Adrian Boult

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1939 -PAGE

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

SHOWING TODAY

DAILY AT 2.30, 5,10 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

THE EPIC OF A LAWLESS, EXCITING ERA!

DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S

JESSE JAMES TYRONE POWER

Photographed

in TECHNICOLOR

HENRY FONDA NANCY. KELLY RANDOLPH SCOTT Kenry Hall - Siim Sommarville 1. Ebrard fromberg - Beton Bondeg John Carrarizo · Hunatý Mosh Jahu. Russell - Jane Karwall

Directed by Henry Kieg

A 30rk Contury, Fax Pichew

ALGO MPKHAL ADDED ATTRACTION !..

LATEST. FOX MOVIETONE NEWS

EUROPE AT WAR

NEXT CHANGE

GUARD

"with Randolph Scott Frances Des Ralph Bellamy Walter Connolly

A 20th Century-For Picture

DAILY AT

2.30

5.20

9.05 Studio-Comments on Recent Events.

7.20

9:20

9.13 Londen Belas-The News, 9.30 Monssorgsky-Pictures At An Exhibition.

by Serge Roussevitsky.

Boston Symphony Orchestra cond.

"Five Of A Kind" furnishes real

Humerous", Sketch The Lodger visual evidence of their growth (Greatrex Newman) - The Fol-de- and development. This picture re- } Röls.” Orch-Sousa On Parade (arn veals them as real entertainers and Marches; March of the Bowmen (frons King Palmer)-A Selection of Sousa's provides an accurate measure of ot

Robin Hood Sulte-Gurzon)-London their individual personalities. They Palladium Orchestra cond.

by Clifford

10.00 Violin Solon by 'Yehndi Menu- sing, dance, make music and per- Greenwood. Comedy Sketch-Motor- Minstrels (Debussy); Flight form like real veterans and even

(Harry Tate)Harry Tate and Company. Orch-Southern Holiday-The Bumble-Bee (Rimsky-Korsako?); try to steal scenes from each other.

Danse Espagnole (La Vida Breve'- A Phantasy 01 Negro Moods 20th Century-Fox has surround- (Foresythe) The BBC. Dance Or De Falla-Kreister). Notturno, Op. 228. No. 1 (Szymanowski); Tarantella, Op. ed them with a superlative cast chestra cond, by Henry Hall, with Re-

28. No. 2 (Szymanowski). Caprice In headed by Jean Hersholt, Claireginald Poresythe at the Plano.

O Minor, Op 1, No. 8 (Paganini- Trevor and Cesar Romero, with 2.15 Close down.

Enesco). Silm Summerville. Henry Wilcox- on. Inez Courtney. John Qualen. Jane Darwell and Pauline Moore also featured.

6.00 Dance Mule.

10.20 A Light Orchestral Concert Bohr's Argentine Tango Orchestra. Derek Oldham (Tenor).

Tangos Jingle Bells; Twilight-with Mavis Bennett (Soprano) “and

Waltz-Secret Rendezvoils (from 'One Because (Gade); Why? (Gade)~~Al- Rainy Afternoon"); Fox-Trot-The One Root Victor Young and His Or-fredo Campoli and His Orchestra, The

Doll's Song (Tales of Hoffmann- chestra. Fox-Trots Chase The Blues

COMING EVENTS AWAY: I May Be Wrang-Chick Webb Offenbach); Wine, Women and Sorg

OCT.

24-Tides: High 6.25 am, and 7.55 pm. Low 12.30 and 12.45 pju.

Sunrise: 6.23 a.m. Sunset 5.52 pm. 24-Claims against Estate of the Rev. John Keers and Lee Chang due.

**** | (Btrausà) - Mavis Bennet (Soprano) and His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Any- thing Goes (from the film); I Got A with Orch. Moya, Lovely Moya (D

Anytin Brien and Peter); Come To The Bell Kick Out Of You (alm Anything (elm The Quaker

Ounker Girl"Monckton Goes")-Ambrose and His Orchestra. Ord

Orchestre Louise with C. Fitzgerald Something In The

Love,

I Give You My All

Waltz (Luana-Bealy);

Song ('A

otsing

(0. B. Cochran's Review Vocal). Home and Beauty): Waltz-No More

Grinzing (C. B. Cochran's Peries Home and Waltz Dream. Straus)-Derek Old-

HK. Rotary Club Timn Mtg, 1 pul Beauty')-Roy Fox & His Orchestraham (Tenor) with Orch.

| Speaker: Mr. T. B. Wilson "Southern Waltz-A Garden Of Tilusion; Tangoenatzky)-Jack Hylton and His Or-

Pacific Streamliners" (Cinema).

The Tango of the "Mula"-Orquesta chestra. at St. Andrew's: Moors-

Wedding Silgalu, 3 p.m.

YM.CA-Bridge Class 10 am.; Bad- minton and Mxd. Swimming, 6 pmL

Kowloon Chess Club. Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m.

de.

B.W.O.Work Centre opens at Club

Recreio 3 p.m. (weekly),

Bore May Inst: Knitting and

p.m.

Maxing, 3.30 am. Cheero Club Whist Drive 3.45 p.m. 25-Tides: High 7.15 a.. and 8.06 Low 118 am and 1.25 p., Sunrise: 6.24 am: Sunset: 5.51 p.m. HK. School for Deaf: Annual Demonstration at Heep Yunn School, Kowloon City, 5 pm,

Cheers Club Women's Advisory

Committee Bridge and Mahjongg

Drive, 3 p.m. Dance 8.30 p.m.

Theosophical Society Mtg., 8 p.m.: Speaker Mr. D. O. Silver "Hypno- Blom.

HK.RA, Shoot, 1.45 p.m. YM.CA-Badminton from 10 am. Lawn Bowls-HE.'s Team v. Kow- į loon Dock RC, 3.30 p.m.

St. John's Cathedral: Wedding - Whittaker-Wilcocks, 5 p.m.

Kowloon Union Church: Women's Guild, 10 am.

A Little Love. A Little Kiss Nocturne (Curran)-Dereit Салаго Francisco

Comedy (Silesu); Tipica

Sweet One Step Fancy Meeting You; Fox- Oldham (Tenor) with Orch.

Sue (Young)-Jack Hylton and His Trot Yours Truly Is Truly Yours

Orchestra. Jack Hylton's Orchestra. Fox-Trots--

11.00 Pagan Love Song; 1 Happened Down

War Of Nerves Of Chinese Guerillas

by

tae-

SHANGHAI, (Reuter, -Mail) "War of Nerves" tics are not confined to the Chinese capitals of Europe. guerillas are reported to be deliberately using methods the calculated to play nerves of the Japanese soldiers. A foreign mission worker; ar- riving from North China, says there has been a steady increase

on

S. and S. Home General Commit of suleides among Japanese out- tee, 5.30 pm

Knitting and Bandage-Making: Tal-post garrisons, caused by acute koo Club. 10 a.m.; USR.C., 10 a.m.; nervous tension.

Helena May, 10,30 sim

ing, 9

DOL

p.m.

Close down.

DOMINION STATUS FOR INDIA

STATEMENT BY VICEROY NOT ACCEPTABLE ·

(Ben-

"NEW DELHI, Oct. 23 ter)--The Council of the. In- dian National Liberal Federa- tion have considered the state- ment made a few days ago by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow. They held that his statement is unacceptable,

The Council regarded as "in- Every night, garrisons are kept 26--St. Andrew's Club Social Even-sleepless and in a state of sus- definite" his promise that Do- YMCA. Fantomine Rehearsal, 8.30 pense by mock attacks, constant minton Status for India would be sniping and occasional surprise considered at the end of the war 16 and that his inability to announce ralds.

During the day. Japanese soldiers any war alme left the Indian Na- holding outpost villages are vir- tional Congress in a position of no tual prisoners unless they venture responsibility for the duration of out in large armed parties, the in-the war...

Y.M.C.A. Ladies' Night, 7.30 p.m. YMCA Games Morning, 10am: First Aid Lecture, 10 am

Cheero Club Contract Bridge Les

sotus 8 p.m.

1

by the Indian population.

27 YMCA Lecture By Mrs. A. M, Peters First Aid for Gas," 6 pm. formant reports, owing to the The Council also urged the need "Keep Pit Class, 10.30 am: Badmin- danger of ambush and hit-and-for larger participation in defence. ton and Mxd, Swimming, 6 pm,

Central British Ass Dance at run" attacks by guerillas. Peninsula Hotel, 9 p.m.

Another constant source of irri- Police Branch of British War Ortation to the Japanese is the su sanization Central Fire Station, 10 perior intelligence service of the ! HK University Union Medical So- guerillas, which enables them to ciety-Lecture by Father G. Byme, forestall Japanese activities. S.J. "Where Doctors Meet Psycholo- !! gists The Neurological Law" 8.15

8.m

Harda

CHINESE MISSION

ΤΟ

Cheera Club, Darts, Ping-Pong, Bil-

Stubb's Cup Polo-Final 3 p.m. St. Joseph's Church Wedding:

SHANGHAI, Oct. 23 (In')—An D'Oyly-Gregory.

Important Chinese mission will Supper Dance

shortly be sent to the United Bowls-Althenhead. Shield, States in order to strengthen fur- ther the ties between the United

28 REO.C.A.

Peninsula Hotel

Lawn

1.0.0.

at

Y.M.C.A. Badminton, 10 8.11. Entries Close for Mixed Double States and Free China. It is said Tournament' at 'O.R.C.

29-HKRA. Shoot, 9 ain.

the mission will include leading

CONGRESS DEMAND WARDHA, Oct. 23 (Reuter) The Congress Working Committee passed a resolution calling on all Congress Ministries to tender their resignations in consequence of the Viceroy's statement.

It is not expected that the ministries" - win. resign und the resolution... recommended

by the Congress High Com- mand, expressing dissatisface › tion with the Viceroy's state- ment; has been passed by the provincial legislatures./

figures in military, political and dor Joseph C. Grew and the con- Mixed Doubles Tennis Tourney at economic circles.

centration of the American, fleet. REC.C, in aid of War Organisation,

While no official confirmation of in Pearl Harbour

11 AJU.

20 Y.M.C.A.Pantomine Rehearmal. the mission is possible, President A Chinese mission to the United 6.30 D...

Roosevelt 1g taking considerable States at this time will achieve interest in the Far East as seen definite results, well informed In the Tokyo speech of Ambassa- circles here belleve.

HE.C.C. annual Meeting 5.30 p.m.

1-Licencing Board Meeting.

HK, Rotary Club Tima Mtg. 1 p.n

HANKOW

STARE

TODAY ONLY

in "THE

HOWLOON

57795

KENNEL MURDER CASE

It's Guess-Proof!

TO-

MORROW

WILLIAM

Powell

Warner Bros.' thrill bit, from S. S3 Van Dine's sensitional Cosmopolitan serial, with Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan,

20 MILLION SWEETHEARTS

Ginger Rogers

Dick Powell -

TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS, W

CATHAY

DAILY AT 2.30.5.15, 7.20,&9.30.P.M. MATININ 1–20%, 30%, 40% EVENINGS1–201 30m 60% 70, 994)

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY !..

SEE HE MOST AMAZIN, SCENES EVER SCREENED I

THOUSANDS

EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN! ·

FOR

∙DISY

Staggering imaginative spectode romance!

Blood lus rules the waile of civilization!

Peggy Shannon. Lois Wilson, SidneyBlackmär Matt Moore, EdwardYenSloan Ralf Haralde, Samvel Hinds Directed by Felix E. Frist from the book by 5.Fowler Wright, Samost Bischoff, escociate producer ·

M-G-M's Swell New Love-&-Lough Hit

.TO-MORROW **ACATION FROM LOVE Dennis O'Keefe

ONLY

America To Build The New World

AMSTERDAM-H. G. Wells, sur- eying Europe's war, declared, he saw "an outcome less hopeful than in 1914" with America perhaps the likeliest originator of an im- proves world,

Florence Rice

FRENCH INTERN `SIXTY GERMANS IN ALGIERS

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 (Reuter) Sixty Germans, bound for the United States in the Italfan Imer Conte Disavola, were removed by the French authorities to Algiers, it was revealed when the liner docked here to-day.

Officers reported that after the liner had left Naples, a French For me it is not merely winning seaplane flew over her and sig- the war, only whether the world nalled her to put in at Algiers, will know better times after it is where she was conducted by a ended." the English historian said French destroyer. Here the pass- in an interview.

ports of all the passengers were Speaking at random of various examined... features of the international

It is understood that the Ger situation he said: "I know my mans were put into a concentra people and they say they are tion camp in Algiers for the dura- ready to fight three years, then tion of the war. they are ready"

Russia's biggest problem is in the Far East" and it will; not": “effectively mix into European affairs”

"A neutral Italy will be less wel come in the present situation than as an antagonist. Italy is a closed door for us at present. I am as

ing myself whether this can last, considering Brenner ass and the problems of the Mediterranean

The war now, is not a "new war's but a continuation of the conflict of 1914 and its unsolved problems,