1935-09-25 — Page 3

TO GUARD COASTLINE

U.S. Tightens

Grip In Pacific Skies

“IF`ASIATIC POWER 'ATTACKED AMERICA"

Washington, Sept. 20.

was

The United States hus tight- ened its acrint grip on the Pacific Ocean with the first step toward establishment of what may be a series of powerful air bases stretching from the Pacific const to Guam.

This

the interpretation placed by competent observers upon President Roncavelt's execu- tive order transforming the entire Western end of the Aleutian ixlands, off the Alaskan coast, into military and naval reservation where civilian flying is prohibited. These observers believed the dream of the Navy admirals for the past ten years-establishment of a powerful naval, air base on the Aleutian Islands from which the Navy's long-range patrol and bombing planes could operate in conjunction with the fleet-16 about to come true.

Similar plans are known to he under consideration by high naval officials for establishing naval nerlal outposts on the Pacific islands of Midway, Wake and Guam.

Navy officials consider it likely that when the United States relin- quishes the Philippines the home base for the U.S. Asiatic fleet may be established at Guam. This! island has a splendid harbour and could be more onally defendet, from a hostile Pacific power than the Philippines. many Navy ficials believe.

of.

Military and Naval officials were non-communleative regarding the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1935.

BEACH BEAUTY

SCIENCE'S NEW ROBOT

Wonder Lung Machine Cures

MANY LIVES SAVED. BY MARVELLOUS RESPIRATOR MIRACULOUS-machine which takes over the work

of the human lungs in cases of, extreme illness is now aving Hves almost daily.

It is called the Drinker Respira-

tor.

Here are a few of the medical miracles the artificial lung has performed recently

Enabled two patients to re- cover from the extreme stage of diphtheria, accompanied by complete heart-block.

two

Saved a child under years of age who collapsed from measles and bronchial- pneumonia.

Cured

collapse of the lung'

in a girl of four who was suffering from whooping cough, pneumonia and other complications.

The artificial lung is only brought into use in extreme enses

Miler of blue ocean rollers, pounding rythmatically on the benches of New South Wales. A scene from where hope of saving life by all

Bulli Paas, noted north coast resort,

Public Enemy No. 1 Sends Lethal Shock

Death Threat To "G-Men's" Chief

Washington (D.C.), Sept. 10.

EDGAR HOOVER, chief of the "G-Men," has been

J. threatened with death by Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy

President's executive order, insaed Number One, who is still at large.

at the White House without com. mont.

"Public Safety"

The order stated that "for rea sons of public safety," the areas liated had been set aside as air- space reservation within which civil aircraft are forbidden fo operate.

For years the Navy has sent surveyinir and mapping expeditions to the Alaskan coast, along with

observers. metereological

Both have

army and navy acroplanes made numerous experimental and training fights in that area. For the past several years the annual manoeuvres of the U.S. Fleet have the been working steadily from Panama canal to Hawail and thence toward Alaska.

Attack From Asia

Naval officials have indicated the 1936 Naval manoeuvres may be held almost entirely in the waters be tween the Alestians and Tügel Sound Navy strategists have king anticipated that if an Asiatic power that attacked the United States. attack would very likely be ruade by way of the great Circle route aver the North Parife. The Aleu- tinn Islands He almost astride this route.

Fortification of the islamis or the establishment of naval or of mili- tary bases on the Aleutians, Mid- way: Wake or Gunni Islands are specifically prohibited under the

BUSTER'S ROMANCE

BUSTED

No similes for Buster Keaton, latest Hollywood til netor with a divorce on his hands,

Sullivan Inspires

Washington naval treats. Japan Jazz Melodies!

however, has renounced this treaty and it is due to expire on December 31. 1996.

There is no prohibition, however, on much of the preparatory work, such as dredging the harbours, the

radio stations, erection of other equipment which later could be taken over by the naval and military forces.--United Press.

A Dam

May Bend

The Earth

and

TRAILED BY TUNE.

DETECTIVE

"I GUARANTEE to take any popular tune and to show something in the background from which it has either been

This threat came about a Imonth ago in a letter mailed

from Ohio by Karpis.

He is a slender, blue-eyed man who looks harmless, but he is quick on the trigger and relentlessly vindictive. He has never forgiven Hoover, whose orders "G-Men" have shot and killed three of his underworld friends.

at

He was been sought for a year and a half since he kidnapped a mun. The police trailed the desperado across the United States.

Cornered, But- ile was cornered by them in an Atlantic City hotel, but be got away. It was found he had lived in Havana, Cuba, and spent

the kidnapping money there.

Last year. when "G-Men" shot and killed the notorious """Ma" Barker and her son Fred in Florida it was learned that they had harboured Karpis. Thit was the last known about him until Hoover got the death letter.

Ex-Kaiser To Get

Chance In Movies

EF

New York, Sept. 6. Two residents of Hollywood ailed for England to-day, one of them with high hopes of inter- viewing former Kaiser Wilhelm. He is Monte Bell, movie direc- tor, who wants to glean some in- formation from Wilhelm to in- elde in a picture called "War." On the same boat was Brim, movie actress, who appear in a Landon revue.

deliberately or unconsciously Big

copied ... you can find an echo in every tune."

Mary win

Bookings

America's "Tune Detective" was For The

talking.

Ho is Dr. Sigmund Spaeth-- musician, author, and lecturer on radio, screen, and stage on the "secret history" of the origins of music,

He has specialised for yours -to use his own phrase-In "trac- ing the popular tune to its lair.”

Queen Mary

RESERVATIONS POUR IN FOR FIRST VOYAGE

America's gigantic Boulder He has been on a three days' PPLICATIONS for reserva- Dam, which is now nearly finish-holiday in London-his first visittions in the 73,000-tons won-

chance to test strange theories Amerien again last night.

her maiden voyage next May' of the earth's mystery,

"Just Twelve Notes"

have reached the Cunard-White Eventually 41,500,000,000 "American song-writers," he tons of water will be impounded said, "have taken a lot of stuff Star offices from all parts of the behind the huge dam. The from your Gilbert and Sullivan world.

the fina! A speeding-up on weight may bend the earth's

"Sometimes, too, it is possible stages of construction is taking to trace. Sullivan's music back to place at Clydebank,

The army of workmen on board other sources.

n.will increase overy week during

ed, will give scientists their first sinco 1908-and aniled for der-ship the Queen Mary, for

crust.

Sciontlats DTO preparing 10 measure this. Bench marks are to be carefully placed over the area, and the levels will be measured before and after the! Teservoir is filled.

The surface of the earth, accord- ing to science, consists of granite layers that float in heavy, stleky material below us an iceberg fonts in water.

According to the theory of isoatnay, great mountain chains-- which are really floating on this heavier core must be balanced by equal weight underneath.

If more weight is added to that which nature placed at Boulder Dam, the crust must yield until equilibrium is restored,

operas,

"When he wrote "When Merry Malden Marries' hef the next few months. imitated the music of “Love's

4

Old Sweet Song.'

Meanwhile the great French liner Normandie, holder of the "When Sullivan was questioned Transatlantic Blue Riband, will about the similarity he is said to be taken off the run and laid up

we had for repairs next month. have answered: "Well,

UB. only twelve notes between And not a bad answer it was.

"Many of our most popular American tunes are based on

· And English, Scottish, ballada.

French Line officials deny that this means any financial failure.

The Normandie was never in- Irish tended for use in the slack win-

ter months,

Average when the

Is only passengers number of about 500,

Between May and August sho carried an average of 1,157 pas-1

·songers on each of nine trips.-.

number, too, of the "A great maudlin songs so much in vague in the United States in the 'nino- ties wera directly inspired by British music-hall melodies."

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Tested To End

All Termites

San Francisco, Sept. 6.. A new "death ray" which may give the pestiferous termite the shock of his life, literally, has been developed a result of a SERA termite survey undertaken last year at the request of Chief Administrator Alfred J. Cleary.

contractors Local buiklera and will see a demonstration some time soon. Experimental work already done shows that two en- tholes of electricity shot through n pleee of 6x planking leave the termites inside the plank dead.

The treatment, Cleary said, is nb more complicated than the painting of an infested plece of

wood.

Pick-A-Back Aeroplane

For Britain

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS ORDER UNIQUE MACHINE

London Sept. 3.

are FURTHER particulars

made public of the new "pick-a-back" aeroplane from which much is hoped for in long-distance.commercial_avia-

tion.

Imperial Airways have on order an experimental aircraft of the new type which is specially design- ed for the purpose of overcoming the problem of "Lake-off" under heavy load.

If it proves successful in the

tests to be made before the middle. of next year, it will revolutionise long-distance flying and bring. nearer the possibility of a regular transatlantic service.

The proposed aircraft is the in- vention of Major R. E. Mayo, con- sulting engineer to Imperial Air- Ways.

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other means has been abandoned.

On Loan

"

"About seven of these machines are now available in Britain." an official of St. Thomas & Hospital- salt.

"The cost varies from £90 to £200, but we have a system whereby smaller organisations can borrow our apparatus in extreme cases, provided it is not already in use here.

"It is actually out on, lonn at the moment"

Briefly, the apparatus keeps the lungs working when the physical strain of breathing would cause death.

an

Outwardly, the apparatus looks like a large cabinet on wheels with bellows electrically driven underneath. It can be regulated to suit the most delicate variations of pressure necessary.

The immediate effect on the patient after being placed in the cabinet is remarkable. At once his rate of breathing adjusts itself to that of the machine. ^ Then the pulse speed falls; and very often, after being relieved of all breathing strain, the patient falls into a deep and restful sleep.

In a short time it is expected that few large hospitals in the country will be without the wonder machine.

ROYAL INTEREST-

It will consist a large four- engined flying-boat with four-engined seaplane mounted on its wings, and interlocked with it so that the combined load rises under the propulsion | ---But not all the Duke of Gloucester's of all eight engines.

interest is centred in the objects for When the appropriate speed and sale on the table before him. The height have been attained, the sea-photograph, taken a week before the plane will be released and continue royal engagement, shows the Duko under its own power, the bearer with his fiancee, lady Alice Mantagu. 'plane returning to its base.

Douglas-Scott.

Actor's Daughter to Marry

U. S. Author

MISS FORBES-ROBERTSON

Lovely Miss Diana Forbes-

Robertson, youngest daughter of

Sir Johnston and Lady Forbes- Robertson, is to marry Mr. Vincent Sheehan, the American author.

The wedding, which will probably take place in the autumn, is the sequel to a friend- 'ship of about a year.

Miss Forbes-Robertson who is twenty, is attending the Salzburg music festival with her fiance, and the news of her engagement wan' contained in a letter to her relatives.

Although she comes from a distinguished stage family, sho herself has appeared only once as an actress as a page, at the age of fifteen!

Mr. Shecan is thirty-five. He studied at Chicago University.. and as author and journalist has China, travelled in Morocco, Russia, Persia and Jerusalem.

His Intést book, "In Search of History," was published last May.

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A ROMANTIČ VAGABOND RETURNS

"To "rescua" his

daughter from her RICHARD

mother's devour-

ing love!

He knew about life from the froth to the, dregs... this half-mad cavalier who lit his cigarette on the stars, then threw thestarnaway.

DIX

Live courageously, dangerously, wil qut regret. This was the fatherly" advice he gave her.

GREATESTA GAMBLE

With

DOROTHY WILSON BRUCE CABOT ERIN O'BRIEN MOORE Directed by Jolin Robertson Pandro S. Berman, executive producer

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