1936-03-20 — Page 2

Thwats go Ah!

Hearts go thump-thump!

SHE'S HERE!

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MARCH

20,

1936.

National.... String Instruments

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The starlet

of "Top Hat"

sings, dances and ro mancesinamoontime adventure by the au thor of "It Happened Ono Night."**

GINGER ROGERS

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In Person

AVITH

GEORGE BRENT

ALAN MOWBRAY GRANT MITCHELL SAMUEL S. HINDS

#2jrected by 19 tiltum A. Selters

fit from the novel by

"Samuel llopkins,kdami v

Hear her sing: "Don't Men tion Love.is Aft". "I've Got a New Lears On Life"

"Out of -Sight Out of Mind.**

SHOWING SUNDAY

AT THE

RKO RADIO PICTURE

Pandre S. Berman Production

ALHAMBRA

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In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Poking

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Refreshment Rooms. (near summit station) 1 Railway.

"THE ISLAND'S MOST EFFICIENT SERVICE" RUNNYMEDE HOTEL

On Sea Front.

Private Cars for Excursions Anywhere.

Caterers etc. to Imperial Airways,

Meals are interchangeable, no extra cost wherever you have your breakfast, luncheon, tas, or dinner.

Hos of both hotels have private bathrooms and modera sanitation. At the Runnymede esch rooms has its own public telephone,

The Bonnymede Restaurant has undeniably pride of place among hotel of the Fast with Ite cuisine, and justly claime by its association to offer the traveller such me is not to be found elsewhere.

Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker as they are seen in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's film version of Eugene O'Neill's great American draina, "Ah Wilderness" filmed under the distinguished direc- tion of Clarence Brown, and opening on Sunday at the King's Theatre.

LORD READING LEFT

ESTATE OF £290.487

net personalty ESTATE of £290,487 gross, with

£262,371, is understood to have been left by the late Marquis of Reading, whose will is in course of being proved. He died last December.

Widow Fights Death Decree As Vague

Law

LOOPHOLE OFFERED BY JERSEY STATUTE'S OMISSION OF 'SHE'

AND 'HER'

Salein, N. J., Mar. 11. New Jersey's so-called "one-i sex" law may be the basis for a successful appeal to save Mar- guerite (Peggy) Dolbow from the electric chair.

They

The int.xom farms widow was.com- victed with Norman Driscoll, her) alleged paramour, of the murder of her husband, Harry Debow, well- to-dio Salem County farmer. are in the death house at Trentun. Their-electrocution-first-was-set- for next föday, but filing of^ap=" peals automatically delays the date. in New Jersey's The "law" capital punishinent law first was discovered five years

when Mra. Hattie Evans was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to die.

Aro

Sentence Commuted To Life Failure of the law to use the words "she" and "her" in referring to a convicted murderer resulted in Mrs. Evans having her sentence commuted to life imprisonment.

Attorneys revenleil that all ferences to women were omitted in the law when the electric chair was substituted for the gallows in New Jersey in 1906.

re-

Thomas G. Hillard, attorney for Mrs. Dolbow already has indicated that the appeal for her will be based un the "one-sex" law. He is ex-1 pected to contend that New Jersey's law makes no provision for the electrocution of a woman.

Driscoll Sells Farm Attorneys for Driscoll also are planning a determined fight to save his life. Within 24 hours after his, conviction, Driscoll gave instruc- tions to sell his farm near here to fance his appeal.

are

Legacles

made to the Barristers' Benevolent Associa tion, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, the Jewish Board of Guardians, and the British Empire. Cancer Campaign.

In addition, Lord Reading direct. ed that sums of money should be

to every servant in his em ployment for four yours before his death.

The remainder is apportioned between his widow and his so71, the major part being subject to trusts.

Besides planning roads behind the front in Abyssinin the Italians are also arranging telephone connections between the different stations. Here two Italians are working with the wire.

her arrest, but she repudiated the confession in her trial.

The state charged that the couple killed Dolbow so that they could continute an alleged licit romance and collect a $144,000 estate.

'Driscoll's cell in the death house is near Bruno Richard Hauptmann's, Mrs. Dolbow was placed in "Hattie Evans' cell" in the prison hospital... There are no accommodations in Throughout the trial, Driscoll the New Jersey death contended his innocence. Mrs. for a convicted murderess.--United Dolbow "confessed" shortly after Press,

SALESMAN SAM

house

Legend Links Air Crash And Lava Bombing

FIERY DEATH OF ARMY

FLIERS PELE'S VENGEANCE, SAY HAWAIIANS

Honolulu, Mar. 13. To the army board of inquiry the mid-air collision of two bombing planes over Luke Field which plunged six men to fiery death in January may have been due to "extenuating circum- stances" but öld Hawaiians shake their heads and vow the were victims of the wrath of Madame Pele, Polynesian god- dess of fire.

men

The old wanaan of myth who jealously Ruards Bowall's vol- cances blasted those planes from the kien to revenge man's viola- tion of her will in bombing the Mauna Loa hava flow just the month before, natives assert.

Three of the fliers killed in the worst disaster of island army avia- tion participated in the bombard- ment which is credited with hail- ing the boiling river of lava before it reached the water supply of the city of Hile. A fourth. Lieut.) Charles Fisher, was one of the two men who escaped in the Luke Field crush

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Hawaiians when they learned in He's more likely to be chught ̈- man-made mensures were to be napping in Bengut than

taken in an effort to divert the

where else.

crawling lava shook their heads, 11 Making a clamour. astonished and horrified that any-12 Unite once more,

or prevent

one would dare challenge their 13 These may help you to solve

a erossword, sacred Pele.

from doing NO in

Island folk, who assembled little clusters as close as they dured to the lava to chant and pray, warn- ed that the bombing would be an ill omen.

When the crash came it only confirmed their superalitions.

Skeptical though they profess to he, baoles, (white folk) have duo respect for the baffling superstitions of old Hawaii.

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It might save your life al-set,

or threaten it in a deserted line thypleen, 4, 9).

10 Before filling the hut you will note that it is not for formal

ccasions,

13 Home of a noted pofficina,

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there's a sh.

18 The rats (utag,),

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it,

you

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short journey, it holds comfortably.

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16. Search for this in the star-lit

henvene.

16 A great noise about a concealed

Hun.

17 We states they are craftsmen is right, though it sounds wrong. 20 One of thirteen playing whist, 22 A pull, right enough, but very

weak.

23 This view is the subject of many

newspaper articles, 25 but thin would always be less Airways Milly.

When Pan-American started to erect its Honolulu radio 96 Though the interrupted burglar

(two

had! to leave in #hurry, he had time to take this words, 3, 4).

base at Mokapu Point, workmen discovered the site was an ancient Huwalian burial ground. The base. was moved to a less desirable point 27 As Crude (anag.). in deference to the tradition that 28 Bang the bones of the dead must not be disturbed.

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Disregarding superstition, Honolulu newspaper seven years ago erected a new plant over a Hawalian graveyard. Shortly there- after, an executive and two ployees of the paper died. In- walinus blamed the spirits of the dead, angered at being aroused from their slumbers.

And Sam Lost

cleverness! Trust- worthiness is what is wanted. DOWN

2 First. 3G in here: Lake an attempt

anyway,

4 it's back in the hole and not a

bit friendly.

in nervous husto.

Quite a good shot, though made

It must be admitted that its ends are grand.

21 Sometimes above the captain on

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THERE'S BEEN A LOTTA

•ICKIN' ABOUT' THAT WRESTLER IN 171 HE'S PRACTICIN' UP THERE IN HIS ROOM AND MAKIN' A DISTURBANCE}}|

WELL, I'LL HAFTA TAKE TH': BULL BY TH' HORNS AN' TALK

TA HIM!

SUCEN

(?)

GOOD GOSH,

SAM! WHAT.

HAPPENED?

AW, ME AN' TH' WRESTLER HAD A DISAGREEMENT WHETHER HE WAS GONNA KEEP QUIET

OR GIT OUT.

By Small

AND HE TOSSED ME FOR IT!

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