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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 4, 1936.

"ICY BLONDE'S"

DANCER SUES A STUDENT PRINCE

£3,500 "BREACH" CLAIM

Paris, Apr. 30.

The romance of a Prince

of Cambodia (French Indo- China) with a beautiful Bel- gian dancer with whom he fell in love while he was a law student in Paris, was re- vealed in a breach of promise case heard in the Paris courts to-day.

FIERY

TEARS AS THEY WERE READ AT MURDER TRIAL

Shot Banker's "I Miss Your

Lips, Your Kisses"

New York, Apr. 20.. PASSIONATE love-letters, written and received by Vera Stretz, the "icy blonde," were read during to-day's dramatic hearing of the New York "skyscraper murder" charge.

One passage brought tears to the oyes of the statuesque secretary of 31 whose iron composure has earned her nickname and who has confessed that she shot her employer-lover, Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, a wealthy German economist and banker, in his 21st-storey flat. Mlle. Gellhan, whose slage

Women, most of them young, in broken sentences of eventa name is Vera Barlow, claimed

occurred in Gethardt's £3,500 from Prince Norindeth who thronged the courtroom, which

219 Miss apartment on the fatal night of! Norodom, of Cambodia, alleging craned their necks that, after promising to marry Stretz, neatly dressed in blue November 11, when she killed him

with 4 revolver shots, her, he suddenly hurried back silk, took the witness-stand, to his kingdom and became priest in the Elephant Moun- tain."

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The action was brought on be- half of the dancer by her father- in-law, M., Tryena, who declared: "This young Prince feil pas slonately in love with Mile. Gell- han. He said they would live happily in Cambodia.

Then a sudden fit of mysticism seems to have assailed him, and

They watched her counsel, Mr. Samuel Leibowitz-"America's Marshall-Inll-plck up an un- expurgated version of 1. 11. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover." and noted her nød as he asked if she had rend "this glorification of physical love," Passages from the ok were included in letters which passed between the lovers while Dr. Gebhardt was in Europe Inst year

LETTERS

AIR-RAID WARNINGS.

Crowds screwed up their fades and plugged their ears at Hendon one day last month, when types of air raid warnings wore tested. The syren; one of these tried out, is of the type used by French firemen.

"LIKE A CIRCUS TROUPE”

She declared that Gebhardt in- ce duced her by a telephone call to visit him in hla room on the pre- text that he was ill.

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When she appeared, with cont thrown hastily over ber night gown, he abused threatened her. As he seized her by one hand, the revolver which she held went off. Gebhardt fell on the bed and she shot at him.nguin.

After making this stateme it,

vulsive sobs,

he left l'aria to journey to his visit to his wife and two Vera Stretz broke down in

country to take the secret order."

YOWA of a

For the Prince it was pleaded that the case should be decided in the courts of Cambodia, and judgment was postponed for six weeks.

5,100-MILES "HOP" IN

SUB-STRATOSPHERE

ATLANTIC AIRMAN'S

PLAN

New York, Apr. 30. Mr. Clarence Chamberlin, who

în 1927 flow from New York to

children,

Vera Stretz Aquirmed in em- Imrrassment

extrnets fream!

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Gebhardt's letters were read; she became even more unconfortable when her own letters to him were produced by the defence in 201 elfort to prove that she Was CX- greeting to be married to thet doctor.

"I Miss Your Voice"

In one letter she described! having found a dat which would' enable Gebhardt, to live on one flour and herself on the other, and !added:

"When you feel you've · had enough privacy you may descend winding steps at tive back and find me waiting.”

Dr. Gebhardt replied: "Every

every gesture."

Berlin, accompanied by Mr. Cir is a piece of you-every word, Lovine, announced to-day his plans for 5,100-miles sub-strato- sphere flight from Dallas (Texas)

to Paris in June.

Mr. Chamberlin says he wishes to:

benefits of flying in the text the lighter air. The aeroplane will carry a navigator and a radio set and 1,500 gallons of petrol. "Two thousand gallons of fuel will be needed," says Mr. Chumberlin, "se I shall probably

refuel over New York."

Liquid oxygen will be sealed in the aeroplane for use at high altitudes.

Australians Seek To Solve Problem Of Young Hobbes

Sydney, Apr. 30. The depression brought into existence in Australia a new class -the "boboes" of the road-and now, although economic recovery has been largely achieved, the "hoboes" remain as a social prob. lem with which the Australian Governments have to wrestle.

The swagman ("swaggle") or "sm-| downer" has long been a feature in the outback-generally he is a lone elderly man, humping his swag of blankets from settlement to şeitle- ment, from farm to farm, doing a Tittle work now and again for food, sometimes an educated man fallen from high estate through drink, dis- honesty, or other cause.

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In a second letter. hoping for word at Hamburg, he wrote in

rhapsody:

"It is very difficult to live! only on your letters or your words of love, I do miss your voice, your lips, your kisses, Vera my dear,"

It was the reading of this note which brought tears, to the "icy blonde's" eyes.

Again, the lovesick man wrote: "Your letters are a wonderful| mource of pleasure and power. You suit me in your letters. Love and a hundred thousand kisses all] yours.Eritz.”

On another occasion wrote:

Vera

"Thea" Gebhardt's wife] "loves you too much for us to hurt her! all our lives. Our dreams must be forgotten."

Without sparing any details, Vera Stretz testified with sobs and

Diviner

Hunts For Treasure

Portsmouth, Apr. 25. TWENTY members of a unique expedition are to sail in search of buried treasure, and

Trousers, In New

Queen Mary

Stewards

Complain

Their Jackets And The Cost

Are Too Far Too

Gay

High

Cor:- STEWARDS on the Queen Mary are to have special uniforms, and

there is laughter and annoyance at sea about the matter.

Not R.A.F.

Breeches, Uniform

THE Air Ministry yesterday issued details of the R.A.F.

"dress reform" to be introduced this year.

The Old

Trousers, or "slicks." will replace breeches and putters for all ranks on all ocen- sions, Field boots are to go.

Open-necked tunics, of the type now worn by officers and sergeants, will be worn

by all ranks.

Blue-grey collars and black ties will be worn by all ranks. The present white, collars worn by officers will be scrapped in the interests of laundry economy.

The present peaked cap will be retained for cere monial occasions. On all' .other duties a field service cap of the old Royal Flying Corps type will be worn. This can be adapted for use as an improvised flying hel- met.

In bad weather, men will wear blue canvas gaiters of naval-type.

The New Officers will begin to change uniform on May 1. The order for change becomes compulsory on September 1, at which date the other ranks will change.

VIEWING THE NEWS

San Francisco, May 1. Scanning the horizon with the News-o-scope reveals some out of-the-ordinary happenings that might be worth giving a second glance.

The laughter is caused by the Istyle of uniforms prescribed. Some of the men will be dressed in mess jackets with red collars, with, in some cases, lettering in other contrasting colours.

"We shall look like a troupe of eircus horses," writes one of the men Jikely to be transferred to the boat.

The annoyance is due to the com- pany's insistence on special uniforms. After the war, the abipping com- panies got together and agreed en n standard uniform.

For the Queen Mary, however, the Cunard-White Star management has broken away from that arrangement, and, men transferring to the ship will find their present equipment uscless.

There is to be a new type of tuxedo jacket for day wear and k mess jacket for evening wee, and walters and public raun attendants will need four of cach.

The eight will be supplied for £129., and £1 will be deducted from wages at the end of each of the first five voyages and 128. at the end of the sixth. The men will be required to sign a hire-purchase agreement,

Bedroom and engineers' stewarda are to have a new pattern cont simi- lar in colour and material to the waiters Jacket, but with a red collar, and each man is to carry at least

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A-similar-coat-but-with-lettering in contrasting colours on the collar must be worn by bathroom stewards, bonts, clothes-pressers and gardener. The suggestion has already been made to the management that the proposed financial arrangement is a contravention of the Truck Act, which forbids any interference by an employer with the way his employoo spends his wages,

But, apart from that, tharo in strong resentment at departure from standard uniform, na this means further encroachment on the men's pay.

In New York, the Frank Bouchera of modern machinery. In usking for have announced that Jerry, their art increase of payroll, he

abad, bold bandit fired one close to charged Linkin's head during a coffee-drinking sparrow-very littlethit addressing, Gilling and posting Lipkin swang a baseball bat to the robbery, cream, please-now is on a regular machines purchased two years ago bali's head in anger. diet of steak. potatoes, eggs, butter for $100,000 were slowing down the bandit is said to drend bats,

Now the

home-life of this "feathered phenom and sugar. Delving further into the work in his office.

it's learned that the Bouchers ne- quired Jerry four years ago, and that

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Clarence Warren,

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And a Chicago judge has ordered

one of their local bad men to have of Newhall, his head examined. Recently Bernard after months of training he now (ME), still shivers at the sound of Wilson, 18, robbed a candy if they fail to find the treasure comes to the table and eats whatever a train whistle. Recently Warren's clerk of $6. Later he returned half But while the "swaggie" st is they will establish 4 self-they have for dinner. Jerry does, truck skidded at a crossing, and

Many Companions

store

found, with his roll of blankets, supporting colony on South however, draw the line on two things train ripped off the fenders. Warren take care of pressing obligations.

country.

panniken, and (nearly always) a Sens island. dog, to-day he has many companions of the road--the youthful to middle- The leader of the band is Mr. nged adventurers, who, unemploye: George Cooknell, a diviner, of in the cities, some of them unum Coventry. He feels certain that ployable, have ventured into this methods will locate the These men live on Government-treasure which pirates are said provided food rellef, to which unem-to have left on Cocos Island, in ployed men are entitled; increased the Pacific Ocean, by food begged, bought, or stolen as the opportunity offers. They steal rides on trains and often goods in Mransit--often they get enught 'and spend a few days in lock-ups. There seems little doubi about the manence of this class, and authori- ties are concerned about means to bring them back into society.

per-

The expedition is being capitalised at about £10,000, and negotiations are ΠΟΥ going on for a suitable ex-

at pedition vessel

Ports- mouth.

the money, saying $t was enough to with which ho'll have nothing to do got out, wiped perspiration from his Judge J. M. Braude ordered a mental

onions and beer,

brow and noted that no damage had test for Bernard. been done to his cargo, and heaved

So much for bird life.. Now ponder a sigh of relief. Oh, yes, his cargo

the word!

there man gets in last was 7 tons of dynamite.

J. W. Cargile, of Tulan, Okin., had

Visalin, (Cal), contributes

this:

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Ogden, Utah: An irate Idaho father who sat in a car drinking his beer while his daughter sat in cafe drinking her milk on a recent Sunday puzzled over Utah laws that split his family at mealtime.

an argument with his wife at home Civilian Conservationer Ray Willams but finished second in the close-ups. eyes bulged when he opened his par So being manager of a sound equip-envelope and found a antary check for ment advertising firm, Mr. Cargile ($250,000.22. But not for long-gov. commandeered one of his own cars, emnment officials took back the check drove back to his home and through before Williams recovered his equill the loud-speaker, geared loud enough brium, explaining a slight emistake to be hoard by all, blared out: had been made in the bookkeeping "Mrs. Cargile, I won't be home until sector. They did promise Ray would 6 o'clock and that's final." Some re-get his regular $36 salary check for parteol.

his month's labour a little later. it outside," he added.

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"I can't sell a bottle of milk unier Sunday closing ordinances here, but if you bring your little girl in, she can drink a glass of milk," the cafe proprietor told him. "And I

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sell you a bottle of beer, but under the liquor laws, you will have to drink

"What kind of a town is this any-

Mr. D. D. Curle, of Burlington Mansions, Southsea, is one of the In Cleveland, 0. John Boyle, Fessel Lipkin, of Kansas City, way?" the father snorted.-United party setting out on this modern county treasurer, doesn't think much dreaded guns. Always had. So when] Press. The Queensland Minister for La-version of Treasure Island.

Conference At Sydney

bour, Michael P. Hynes, speaking at;

a recent conference in Sydney on

class mostly, comprised youths who'

THE COLONISERS

"If the treasure is recovered,” |

unemployment, said that this hobo he sald recently, "the wholo left school and were without em-Party will return to Britain, but ployment, who were too independent should we fail the whole party to stay at home and take the bread will proceed to an Jaland G00

•pul of the mouths of others, and who|miles, south of the Cocos Island, ultimately embarked on the adven- and there form a self-supporting turous career of jumping the rat-colony which it is hoped to make

They now actually, had an organ-

Independent of all outside sup- isation of their own,, with a direr-pllos."

Her

tory, explaining to them, for ex- ample, where they were to go, whère they could get food, clothing · and |

The states are awake to the prob-'

gifts at farms and sheep stations, and are endeavouring to find a and how they could evade restrle way out for the benefit of the Wan- tions in their applications for relief, derers and the slates themselves.

WATSON'S

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per

BABY WATER B

Bottle

ENSURES PEACEFUL SLEEP

Society

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AT THE MOMENT

PRINTED

ALBENE:

IS THE VOGUE

Only two to three dress lengths of each design.

OTHER FINE FABRICS and good

hosiery.

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