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THE

1932 UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

SINCLAIR LEWIS'S GREATEST NOVEL BECOMES SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S CREATEST SCREEN ACHIEVEMENT.

HE FOUGHT

FOR MAN... and lost a woman!

No other age could have

told this story... No other world has known such a man-fighting humanity's battles...his restless mind searching for truth... his steadfast heart clinging to the woman whose love he lost in his hour of triumph.

presents

SAMUEL, GOLDWYN RONALD

COLMAN Arrowsmith"

WITH

HELEN HAYES

FROM THE NOVEL BY SINCLAIR LEWIS

★ JOHN FORD AROSUCTION UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

A Dramatic Story of a Woman's Love and Redemption. EVELYN BRENT & ROBERT AMES

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"MADONNA OF THE STREETS"

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THE NAVYS BIG PARADE

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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1932.

HONGKONG

HOME FLEET “IN ACTION"

BRITISH DISPUTE WITH FINLAND

NAVAL "BATTLE” OFF SCOTLAND

London, June 20. A Kreat "naval action" was "fought off the coast of Northern Scotland on Tuesday. Actually, it was a tactical exercise for ships of the Home Fleet-divided so as to represent two battle teeks--and was the Spring of which the Fleet is ΠΩΣ carry-i ing out, with invergordon as its base,

part

SHIPS ACQURIED - DURING THE WAR

Geneva, May 18.

in respect

SOCIETY GIRLS' LATEST

OFFER TO WORK AS

CHAMBERMAIDS'

dod Wella.

Eight Society girls who offered The dispute between the British their services for a season as Spa and Finnish Governments concern hotel chambermaids were mention- ing the claims of certain Finnished by Mr. R. C. Vaughan at the of vessels conference of the British Health altipowners used by Great Britain during the Resorts Association at Llandrin- war is nearing an end.

The matter was brought up to- exercise

Thele obiect, he said, day at the League Couneli meating.

had tunes," but the Reporter was able to nn-"reinforce their nounce that the two Powers

in "Here in Llanrindon Wells agreed on May 10 to submit to a legal examination the question whe- ther the Finnish shipowners had or Vaughan continued, "is a young

charge of a hotel garage." Mr. had not exhausted the legal re- medies placed at their disposal hy of superior education who finds her present work more in- the British Government.

Tox-hunting teresting than

The main feature was destroyer attacks by the Blue Fleet upon the Red Fleet in which the Fifty and Sixth Destroyer Flotillas, making in all eighteen destroyers, took part amt fired their full outfit of tor-

the opposing fleet.

pedues--six each-nt the ships of

Nelson, flying the flag of the Coromander-in-Chief. Admiral Sir John Kelly, led the Red Fleet's Une, comprising Rodney. Malaya and Vallant, which, with Nelson itself. are all ships of the Second Battle Squadron.

was to

depicted for.

or

were

The matter is complicated b case while the British Govern-driving her own car."

Many public schoolboys ment has honourably discharged all obligations in respect of the char-entering hotel service and he men- tering of the vessels in question, tioned that a young peer and

Among recent the Finnish shipowner have never judge's non were been paid. This situation has been recruits. brought about by the default of the Russian Government.

Mr. Vaughan is chairman of the Hotels and Caterers' Association The ships were chartered by HMS. Roar!. the great battle Great Britain through the inter-and a director of the Hollywood

Hotel Company. cruiser, represented the opposing mediation of the Russian Govern-

The young woman referred to by battle squadron. and directed the ment before the establishment of operations of the destroyers of the the independence of Finland, and Mr. Vaughan is employed at one in Lland- of the biggest hotels payment was duly made to the Rus-indod Wells. She is in charge of the Blue Fleet,

The two alreraft carriers, Pori-lan Government. That payment of the motor garage. ous null Courageons, were neutral, was never passed on to the Finnish

the revolu and supplied reconnaisance' planes | shipowners, and, after

tion, the new Russian Government For both Fleets.

Many thousands of pounds worth | refused to endorse the liabilities of ferpefors were fired, but they incurred by its predecessoTH. were all recovered

NATIONAL FINANCE

SER DONALD MACLEAN'S

CAUTION.

Press

DANGER TO BRITISH SPEED RECORDS

ITALY'S NEW CLAIM

M

her bani

but

repor-

When Neira-Chronicle ter saw her she refused to give chalter happily about her work and said she liked her "place."

CONGRESS OF OCEAN FLYERS

ROME MEETING MARRED..

BY TRAGEDY.

Rome, May 22.

making 1 At the moment of landing et Rome aerodrome yes- terday to take part in the Trans- reale Aviators Congress the Hungarian "Ree." Endresz, and his

Rome, May 21. Sir Honald Maclean, President s

Great Britain is in danzer of the Board of Education, ad- dressing the Liberal Association sing one of her speed records..

General Bafbo, The Italian Miniss aaid that the warnings of the

in the Chancellor of the Exchequer and ter for Air, announced

trials Senate yesterday that the other high financial authorities the new Schneider machine for recently published in the

breaking the record of 4071 wore a clear indication that the mpl set up last year by Flight mechanic. Bittay, were killed. The

England

Lieutenant G, H. Stainforth had consideration, 1-be so sucressful as te

Justify withstanding

Jess than a mentin bad langed ince the inthe claim that Haly had regained

the world's speed record. trochuction of the Budpart

General Balle said that Much

financial position

regairmil new

that

that we

chine took fire and the nee pants were burned to death.

a falso The aeroplane made

when only 200 yards from the ground, swerved violent- Both Signor Mussolini and Sir 4625 mph)Arthur Whitten Brown expressed the ocean flyers all stood and ob- deep reret at the tragedy, and served one minute's silence.

Taking what comfort we could From the fact that we werk en Mogress had been made in avia-y, crashed, and burst into flame. partners with the rest of the worldtion that he predicted a speed of In find troubles, and further, 11000 flometres

C*Ki 11

the inst would be attained within the next stable, political and man-iat unit ten years, in an unstable world, we must be clear that the nation bad to fer Jan unexpected Situation.

were

-

In replying in the name of the Congress to Signar Mussolini's his fellow countrymen, when ather welcome, Sir Arthur Brown paid There wore many theorists toll. [things had falleil, that "Economy tribute to all those who have pald is in itself a real source of re-with their lives the price of their i 21 what to, and all were

devotion to the cause of the interested audience xente." tre of an

Here, at any rate, was a field in rience and progress of aviation." whether they advogated inflation.

Awhich there were still good crops. He said how deeply he regret- deflation, 11" renation. search into history would dis to be gathered for ratepayer anted that the comrade of his At close the fact that highly organis- flaxpayer alike. Clearly, in many estic Right, Sir John Aleock, was ed communities, such as Greece | respects, we had reached a point not at that moment by his side.

After the funeral of the two and Rome and others. I later where increased laxation would

returns, been subjected lead to diminished

In Hungarians, the Congress eentories 1d ever to not dissimilar icinds. It was a short, the more you taxed the less frontinue its pre-arranged rrent Rooman who pointed out to

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