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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1936.

WORLD'S GREATEST LINER ON MAIDEN VOYAGE

A composite photograph of the Queen Mary, as she will appear when she commences her trial run shortly

ATLANTIC AIR ROUTE RIVALRY

ta

Germans Ahead

LIBERTY!

One of the many political prisoners

iberated in Spain by the insis tence of the population. Free, at last!

Suicide To Avoid Giving Evidence

SOVIET MASS TRIAL Moscow, Mar. 15. There was a dramatic start to the spectacular trial of 39 ex- nobles, Tsarist officers and mer- chants accused of engaging in capitalist industry,

Ahead Of All Its Competitors

FLIGHTS WITH

THE

MID-SEA BASE

SOON TO BEGIN

Washington, Mar. 12

THE international race between Great Britain, Germany, France, and America for first honours in the establish- ment of a Transatlantic air service has begun, Germany

at present looks like taking the lead.

Irish

use of

Two months ago British, Canadian, and aviation officials obtained permission for the terminal facilities near New York for the western end of the air line they intend to inaugurate next summer.

Woman Bites

Doctor's Finger As "Sample"

A DOCTOR, who allowed

woman to bite his finger in jarder to compare the

results with marks on the finger of man necused of holding up elderly woman with a pistol, gave evidence at Iristol-AsSİZES [recently.

an

Last night the German delega-i tion obtained Identical rights in exchange for similar privileges in | Berlin for American transport

cumprties..

Now the French Government has made formal application,) through the French Anibnssador, for terminal facilities on Ameri ca's cast const.

Government aviation experts in Washington were to-day convinced that the Germans are best fitted

to head the race.

Catapults

This conviction is based on cun- fidential reports which show that Germany, alone is equipped with giant flying boats ready for im- mediate service.

The experts declare that no

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Electronic Eye That

other nation--not even America Pierces Dark

has flying boatsrendy to make; such long distance fights.

The leaders of the German de-

William John Hancock, a 38-year-legation make no secret of their de-

old labourer, living at

termination to begin experimental Kendall-fights across the Atlantle almost rond, Bridgwater, was charg immediately..

fore the State Department, the

AN AID TO SHIPS

St. Louis, Feb. 18. An electronic eye capable of piercing the dark and offering in-

ed with being armed with an offen- Under tentative plans placed beestimable possibilities as an aid sive weapon, a pistol, and assault-Westfalen. Germany's floating air to air and sea navigation, war- ing Miss Lottle Pollard, aged 60, plaue base, will be moved from the fare and science was introduced with intent to rob. He pleaded [South Atlantic to a position near before the 'American Association not guilty.

the Azores.

for the Advancement of Science. Trans-oceanic "planes will be pro-j Developed in Radio Corporation

Zqorykin and George A. Morton, the "eye" was said to have its greatest practicable possibilities an an Interchangeable telescope miscroscope.

The one woman defendant, Vera Petrova, calmly announced that her, brother, called as a witness against her, was unable to appear because he committed suicide inst night rather than give evidence. Miss Pollard, of Mount Brad-jected from this vessel by catapults. laboratories by Doctors V. K. The woman, who is 30, is accused (ford Cottage, Wemblon, Bridg-

of organising a pseudo-co-opera- water, stated that she saw a head tive manufacturing enrte! and

making a

hugo profit. She is stated to have corrupted tax

come round the front door, fol-

lowed by a hand grasping a pistol.

Egypt

collectors by drunken revola, The intruder entered the hall And The

The others are accused of operating privately owned facand said, "You know what I am go- torics and defrauding the State of ing to do with this," pointing the £60,000 in income-tax. Three at pistol at her. He seized her least face death sentences and all arm, and twisted it so that it was long terms of imprisonment. Three pleaded not guilty, одо guilty and the rest guilty on some counts.

They are being tried before two worker judges and ane profes- sional juriat.

fractured in two places, took her into the dining-room, and forced [her into a chair, dómanding to

know where her money was.

BIT HIS FINGER

Suez Canal Company

CLAIM TO SHARE

CONTROL

Cairo, Mar. 15. Conversations are taking place By this time, she said, the pistol between the Egyptian Govern- was no longer in his hand and shoment and the Suez Canal Com-

WEEK END managed to bite the second finger pany concerning Egypt's interest

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of one of his hands very hard.

The intruder left the house. Three days later, she attended Jan identification parade, and pick

in the working of the canal can- cession.

The Egyptian Government holds that Dgyptians should be nominat-

or

In telescople form, it is tubular, its objective end looking much like a camera lens and its forward part like an old-fashionod stereopticon. The image strikes a photo-electric surface and passes into an electrical field which transposes infra-red |(black) light, producing the image

on a phosphorescent screen.

Since Infra-red rays are corol- lary to radiant heat, the electronic eye on a ship at sea could plerce the image of a smoke atack of an- complete darkness and reproduce other vessel, Dr. Morton believes.

In war time, a landing feld could be illuminated”” with Infra-red light, making it in- visible to the enemy but in clear relief to planes equipped with the electronic telescope. Such "illumination" would mean

ed put a man other than Hancock/od to the board, on which there is only the insertion of black filters in

no Egyptian director, Dr. Alexander Reid, of Malvern The president of the company Is jordinary flood lights.

In microscopic work, Dr. Morton House, Bridgwater, gave evidence always French. In addition there that he found a scar on IIancock's are 20 French, one Dutch and 10 said, the "eye" may permit the British directors. Three of the bacteriologist to see minute organ-. finger on the day of the identiBritish directors represent the isms which now have to be painted fication parade, consistent with Government and the others vari- with a luminous substance which

sometimes kills them. ous shipping companies. this having, been bitten..

It is also claimed that, under "The component parts of the In order to check the matter he certain clauses in the concession, eye," he explained, are a photo- allowed Miss Pollard to bite his Egyptian shipping is entitled to electric cathode and a glass-disk- preferential tariff, and that the coated on the side opposite the own finger.

company should make an annual optical lens with a semi-transpar- "When she bit my second finger payment on account of the reducent layer of luminescent material. I had to tell her to stop." he said.tion of debenture charges due to When the infra-red light passes "Her tooth would have punctured payment in paper instead of in through the glass disk, electrons

gold.

aru released from the layer of my

The company, the Government photo-electric material. The elec urges, should employ a percentage trons then onter the field of an of Egyptians on the staff, which is electron lens which focuses them exclusive in the same manner as an optical- at prosont almost French. " The Government has lens focuses rays of light,—United every hope of an early strooment, Press,

Angor. Cross-examined, the doctor said that the mark on Hancock's finger might possibly have been made by alipping screwdriver.

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