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12'

CENTRAL

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The girl who danced in

the side-show laughed

at the high pressure

press agent. But he was

a master of bunk and

ballyhoo. Before night. fall she was famous!

The

"Brighteyes, the earth's axis is greased with banana oll. With your figure and my brain, we'll fly high!"

HALF NAKED TRUTH

A million-laugh-power romance...exposing the startling publicity tricks of the man who made

- stars in a day.

Vinh

LUPE VELEZ LEE TRACY

Eugena Pullatta,frankMorgan Direction and Dialog by Gregory La Cava, Superated by the book, Phantom Fame," by David Freedman, David O. Selznick executive producer

FIERY "LUPE"

Sings & Dances.

Sco Her at Her

Best !

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MAN'S FATAL LEAP

A CHINESE WHO TRIED TO ESCAPE

TUESDAY, JULY 4. 1933,

| He landed on a parapot. While the constabla went to the Mortuary to tolephone to the Police Station for an ambulance, pedestrians carried the injured man up to the street.

A Banishee?

did

not

f

HELP FOR CHINA.

LEAGUE HEARS SOONG'S CONSTRUCTIVE PLAN

Geneva, July 0.

Sitting as Coronor at the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon, Replying to the Jury, the Mr. Wynne-Jonos, assisted by a detective said ho

The Council of the League of jury comprising Messrs. Ahold on to the deceased. They Nations this morning discussed McKellar (Foreman), A. F. Paul walked together. Ho held out no the request of the Chineno Govern- and B.C. Randall, Jnr., investigated threats to him and treated him well, ment submitted by Mr. T. V. the death of Wong Chung, 35, who lo did tell him he was taking him

was killed when he jumped over a back to the Police Station. Witness Soong, for technical collaboration retaining wall, a height of 20 feet, did not know he was a banishco. between the Chinese Government in attempting to escape from Pun Lin, married woman, who and the League with a view to the custody at Clarence Terrace on was an eye-witness of the tragedy, execution, as soon as possible, of June 17 Inst. Deceased at the gave evidence, as did Kwan Sze prepared plans for the reconstruc time, was under suspicion as to also a married woman, who stated;

The

M.

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tho possession of a pair of black she lost two pairs of trousers, both tion of certain model Chinese pro trousers, which ho had attempted of which were found in the dead vinces. to pawn. Enquiries wore being man's possession.

Supporting the request, Dr. made at Clarence Terrace.

Detective-Sergeant R. Davies, Addressing the jury, the Coroner who had charge of the investiga Wellington Koo sold the idea was said that it was necessary to hold tions also testifled. He said that for the appointment of a tochnical the enquiry because the man was with the permission of Dr. Dovey expert to act as liaison officer be- actually in custody and they had to he took the finger prints of the tween the League and the Na- make certain of the actual circum-deceased in the mortuary..

tional Economic Council in order to stances of his 'death.

Dr. Thomas, of the Government that it was alleged by relatives that experts assisting China.

Inspector Hourihan mentioned co-ordinate the work of the various Civil Hospital, sald there was no deceased was a Singapore banishee, braising or marks externally: A but there was no record of that. post mortem examination showed

Secretary-General, that both collar bones, and the first, turned the following verdlet time in this capacity, suggested Without retiring, the jury re-Avenol, who attended for the first second and twelfth ribs on the right"Accidental death while attempting side were fractured: The man was to escape from custody." They the appointment of a small com- semi-conscious when brought to did not consider the constable was mittee to consider the request. the hospital but could not speak in anyway responsible for his nor hear. Denth was due to shock death. and hæmorrhage as a result of the Foreman of the Jury-Wo would injurica.

like to know, sir, whether it la part Detective Constable Tsol On of a constable's duty to hold on to C.291, who detained the 'man, said, that when accosted deceased and

|a man under arrest, the trousers were his own,, then were various degrees of arrest. In the League.

The Coroner, replying, said there stated he picked, them up in the this case it was merely suspicion. street opposite 14, Clarenco It could not be said that the man The President of the Council, Terrace. Enquiries were mado at was strictly under full legal arrest. the Mexican representative, Senor the house, but no loss was reported. The question was more

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Herr Koller, Gorman member of the Council, supporting the pro- posal for a committee, said It was desirable, owing to the importance of the questions involved, that the committee perhaps should include representatives of states outside

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CHARLIE CHASE

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On returning and when near house matter than a legal matter. A colleagues before making a decl No. 6, deceased suddenly dropped a constable had a right to detain asion regarding the composition. of parcel, fled

across the road and person, and it was wrong to try to the committee, which he approved jumped over the retaining wall. break that detention.

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