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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936.

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Bette Davis Bares Story of Notorious

Signalling Secrets On Maginot Line

PRECAUTIONS FOR CIVILIANS

From WALTER G. FARR

Plappeville (Behind the

Maginot Line, Near

Metz), Apr. 8.

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Another striking feature of the de fence measures here is the intensified Instruction being given to the women FROM the crest of a 1,000 ft. and children living near the frontier hill overlooking the under-zone so that they will be ready in the ground fortresses near Metz 1. In the schools and in the public lec saw iq-day one of the most ture halls courses are constantly be- spectacular phases of the ing arranged.

French manoeuvres, which are being carried out in an aren extending for approximately 300 miles near the Franco-Ger man frontier.

In the morning cunshine field arliliory manoeuvred rapidly over the rough ground, each gun being drawn by six horsen

Some of these guns, capable of fire ing 20 rounds a minute, were directed at white canvas targets neatly five miles away, and for two hours their thunder was heard in the heart of a

event of gas attack.

The

elvil population throughout the region may be described as just as alert as the garrisons themselves. Every 1 тап of military age and physique near the Maginot line is a reservist

Following warning from the frontier messages can be sent along special lines of communication to the gendarmerie of each district, calling on the reservista. These men have their uniforms in readiness, and their rifles are stored in the forts near their homes,

region noted for the production of the ARMY SENTENCES

famous Moselle wine.

for operating with the ground

were large bombing aero-

and detachments of signal. Tommy's Extended Chance

lers in the woodland clearings prac.

tised "geometrical_code,"

Amail ground forces

which not

Of Remission

Two proposed amendments to the

noch with radio-transmission Army Regulations are contained in sets to reply to messages sent by the Army and Air Force Annual

BU issued recently.

Juge

pieces of white canvas were being used. A square piece of canvas placed beside an oblong piece may, for example, mean "Battery is ready" or "Battery has fired," according to the corte.

SECRET TANKS

One makes it clear that the senior officer at a place abroad whether navai military or 'Air Force, can commute ur remil a court martial sentence.

המוח

The other amendment' refers to the disqualification of Regular officers The pliots swoop down to read the and

to serve on municipal canvas signs, and can reply with corporations. further signals based on their recon- naissances of the imaginary "enemy" Lines.

In the afternoon came the order, "Cease fire, and the field units gal- loped back to the barracks in Metz barracks which, built by the Gér- mans before the war, were used for the artillery of a Bavarian regiment.

A few miles away tanks and armoured

curs were manoeuvring in co-operation with the men stationed in the underground fortresses.

Great RECFCCY with regard to the design and ap

appearance of these tanks is being preserved, and I

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Vatican City Forced

To Ban British Petrol

Rome, April 10.

UNDER pressure from Signor Mussolini, the Vatican has from to-day stopped buying petrol from British

understand they have only recently sources-hitherto the Vatican's sole suppliers-and will been drafted into the Metz arca. Inside the forts the men in charge! buy instead from America.

of the defences against the tanks sat¦

Since sanctions came into

in control rooms, and telephone mes-force the Vatican has been and sages from observation posts an oasis of low prices set in an nounced the position of the enemy motorised units.

expensive Italy. Outside the

Kingsford

The officers made hurried calen-Vatican petrol cost 58. Id. a lations on blackboards, consulted maps and charts, and then

tele- phoned firing directions to the guni turrets.

gallon; inside 1s, 9d. Smith

"In any future war," said a mill- tary authority to me, "the men re- sponsible for directing the defences will be able to do so without moving from their posts, without seeing the battinfield, and without coming into direct contact with their own guns.

LECTURES FOR CHILDREN "The system may be described

"No More

FRONT-PAGE War" Song

Banned By

WOMAN The B.B.C.

Man-Hunter Turna Thrill-Huns ter and Spills Sensational Truth About Famed Love Slayer,

HER MOST DARING ROLE

Geo. Brent Tries To Tame Her in Warner Bros.' Headilna Dramatic Shocker

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George Arliss in

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High Italian Government ofli- cials, forced to give up their own ears, have watched enviously the expensive curs of the pre- Intes still running freely

"Officially"

cheap petrol. They decided Dead

must stop. ---

Until to-day the Italian sub- sidiary of Royal Dutch-Shell sup- plied the Vatican with petrol t an average price of 91⁄2d, a gallon, anThus, while underselling Italy, the Vatican still made handsome pro- fits.

Sydney, Apr. 10. GRANTING leave to Lady Kingsford Smith to swear

to the death of Sir Charles Sales in Vatican City are Kingsford Smith, Mr. Justice strictly controlled. Petrol is Nicholas, in, the Probate Court sold only to Vatican citizens, to-day, brought to a legal end Vatican officers.in Rome, and to the romantic life story of Aus- members of the Diplomatic tralia's greatest aviator. Corps accredited to the Holy

Italian Ministers and officials objected, wnd approached Musso liui. He, in turn, made strong re- presentations to the Hol Sec. "No More War" is the title of We don't have to work."

See. No leakage outside the It was all over in less than 30 Vatican is tolerated.

minutes--an epic of aerial adventure emerging from a heap of affidavits that traversed, step by step, the last tragic flight of Sir Charles and his co-pilot, John Thompson Pethybridge.

From to-day,

Sir Charles is legally dead; the next step in the the lodging for probate, within a few administration of his estate will be weeks, of his 15-lines will, a legally-

Signed By Ulm

a new song that was ban- It was pointed out that British ned by the B.B.C. recently.

tenders were accepted in open Following instructions that competition with other groups. nothing must be broadcast that The Pope saw no reason why the drawn document.

Vatican should not continue to might have political repercus-buy in the open market and sell at sions during the present interna- its own prices. tional crisis, the B.B.C. arc Mussolini insisted And the taking every possible precaution. Vatican gave way,

The victims of the ban are the "Two Leslies". (Sarony and Holmes), who had arranged to sing "No More War."

Here is the refrain:—

No more war! No more warl Let the rattle of subres cease Let our friendship to all increase, Let us live in eternal prace,, With no mare wort

No more war! No more warl Lel our Air Force a strong.

one be,

Let the Army, and the King's

Navee

Keep us all in security, .

With no more wear!

May they hear our plea,

before it is too late,

For every victory, means sorrow

for some who wait

So, no more war! Na more war!

It contains the following direc tions:

"This is the last will and testa- ment of me, Charles Kingsford Smith,

Gas-Mask Makers' of New South Wales, company

Two Shifts

The employment on two day shifts of women and young persons over 16 years of age in making gas masks at the works of Messrs. Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Com- pany, Golden Hill, Leyland,” notified in a recent

WON

"Gazette."

The Home Secretary gave notice that, in pursuance of the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act, he has authorised the two shifts.

managing director.

(1) 1 revoke all wills and testa- ments, at any time heretofore made by me.

(2) I appoint my wiło, Mary Kings- ford Smith,

sole executrix and trustee of this my, will.

(3) 1 give, devise and bequeath the whole of my estate, both real and personal, of whatsoever nature and

wheresoever situated, to my wife, Mary Kingsford Smith, ab- solutely.

The witnesses to the document, which was executed in September, 1031, were Charles T. P. Ülm and Sir Charles's secretary, Miss Nell

Rogers.

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Describing his search for the miss- ing neroplane, Gurdon Urquhart Al- lan, aviator, in his affidavit, stated

Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jun, has been 28, and Ho Hing, aged 40, charged that the whole of the area over assigned the defence of five Chinese with the murder by strangulation of which Sir Charles in his fight from who will be arraigned, before the widow on the ground floor of 302, Allahabad was likely to have flown,riminal Sessions on Monday next January 31 fast. The accused were Cheungshawan Road, on the night of amone others who come under this B.B.C. had been thoroughly combed." No more losing our Jacks and ban.

be accused are Wong Wing, 41, Chan committed from the Kowloon Magis The judge granted leave to swearHo, 25, Choi Ming, 20, Ho Chuen, tracy. Jims,

They were to have broadcast after November 7, 1935" The plane, the death of Sir Charles "on or in connection with the "Scrap-he found, had probably come down

No more pandering to mad men's William Goodenough are

whims,

No more shattered and mangled limbs,

·Please, no“ mára war!

Lady Oxford, and Admiral Sir

to

book for 1914"; and to have told off the west coast of the Malay Pea- FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria

Printed and Published for, the Proprietors: by FREDERICK PEECY! of some of the, 1914 events In insuls, or somewhere in the Bay which they partfcipated..

Bengol,

Hongkong.