1936-05-21 — Page 17

SHE IS 106

AND WANTS TO LIVE DOWN MODERN DRESS

Australia's oldest inhabitant, Mrs. Sarah Musgrove, of North Auburn, Sydney, has just celebrat- ed her 106th. birthday with publicly expressed wish that she will "live to seo all this tomfoo- lery in modern girls' dress ended." |

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"I am incensed at many of the present day forms of women's attire," she told Austrul Newa "especially those disgusting ohorts 'and tight-fiting bathing costumes, It is all immodest and shamoful. Clergymen should speak

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from the pulpit on this offensive state of affairs and endeavour to bring about reforms."

THE HONGKONG

Y.W.C.A. SECRETARY

Mins Mary Curwen secretary of the Y.W.C.A. of Great Britain, was photographed on her arrival in

New York on the liner Berengaria. She went over the sea to attend the international Y.W.C.A, conference that will bo held at Colorado Springs.

HAS SEARCH FOR

TELEGRAPH.” THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1936.

NO MORE AMERICAN ACCENT AT B.B.C.

BRITAIN'S Broadcasting

dignity has been re- stored and the Canadian announcer with "that shock- ing American accent" has been silenced,

The accent belonged to "Bob" Bowman, who announced for the Olympic ice-hockey-games Garmisch.

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He has been amply compen- sated for his loss of status ás a British announcer for he has now become a star sports re- porter on the London Daily Express.

As an announcer he bad all the gusto and scale-climbing excitement of the American announcer, replete with "here we are, folks, huddled right down in front in the clear, brisk cold waiting for... oh boy, what n I wish you could have seen it, folks?"

'GRAIL" ENDED? shot! What a shot!

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It was shocking to the powers of the B.B.C. The next day à flood of letters came to Broadcasting House complaining about the American ac- cent.

MUST BE PONTIFICAL

was removed to New York for safel Philadelphia, May 8.

has since become the The Great Chalice of Antioch, keeping. I

of Fakin property

Kouchakji, which encloses à smaller silver through whose courtesy it is exhl- cup connected by many with bited.

Grail" the legendary "Holy

Experts date, the chalice, supposed to have been used at

Istructed around the earlier mail the Last Supper, now stands silver cup, as First Century. It re- So Bowman, nn announcer for 18- known months, was gently put off the air, majestically on a softly illumin-sembles, they say, various ateil Grecian pillar in the een-essels of the period in the Roam and it was announced that hereafter tre of the Impressive rotunda in pire. The figures worked upon it all broadcasters will maintain the

wald to be the earliest known official B.B.C. manner of speaking- the Franklin Institute. It will portraits of Jesus and his followers. pontifical and superior to the way “remain until June 3:~

Gustavus Augustus Eisen. archaeof any emotion—----- ologist, and curator of the Californin This vessel, symbol of the quests | Academy of Sciences, has written n of Sir Galahad and other knights munograph on the subject. In the

the Round Table of Athurian says: Legend, was unearthed in 1912 by Arab workmen digging in the ruins! uf Antioch, in Syrin. It was taken to Paris, but on the eve of the Marne

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Smallest Planet Temperature

TINY MERCURY

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Mt. Wilson, Calif., May 10. Tiny Mercury, the smallest planet, appearing like a bright orange glow over the horizon, was pictured here by two tronomers as a half-hot, half- icy ball, totally incapable of life. Dr. Elison Pettit and Dr. Seth B. Nicholson, in a final report 打點

ineasured years' research, said they the scorching temperature of 774 de. grees Fahrenholt on the sunny side af Mercury.

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It confirms, they snld, that the little planet lacks a life-giving blanket of atmospheric gasses such as cloaks-the earth. The great hunt would drive any gasses or moisture off into space, inaying Mercury bare and bleak.

The temperature Mercury's

of opposite extreme, the side away from the sun, is believed to be colder than 400 degrees below zero.

The 774-degree tomperature, they found, was reached once in every mer curini year of 88 days when the planel swinga closest to the sun. At the coolest, the sunny side 'never dropped below 821 degrees.

By measuring the planet's power to reflect sunlight to the earth, the, selontists also found evidence that its surface is rough, but probably

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"That chalice, as we have abund- antly proved, cannot be later than the First Century, at a time when many who had known Jesus in the leah were still living, the inner cup wns enshrined as the noblest Christ in relic."

The only cup which explains such reverence, he continued, would be! the one used at the Last Supper..

WORLD TO GET CABBAGE MINUS ODOUR BY 1938

But Bowman's departure failed to settle domestic quarrels na to correct pronunciation.

AT

NEW WORDS- Next Change THE KING'S

RESIGNS POST ·

IN THE ARMY

A rift is reported in the British cabinet after the resign- ation of Lord Eustace Percy, minister without portfolio. Lord Percy stated his resignation was for personal reasons, but obser- ཐས་་ vers believe it arose out of cabinet discussions on the Locarno security part. Lord Percy had been taken into the cabinet tant June to give intellectual direc- tion to the polices of the govern- ment."

Rumanian State Secrets

GIVEN AWAY WITH

POUND OF TEA

The Rumanian secret police discovered that delicate Sinte secrets are being literally given away with a pound of tea and other groceries.

When searching the rooms of a As long as a town with a name like suspected person they found a highly format pronouniece kontidential docament. It Trottiselife "Tressly" and the natives of Alder-art of the papers of a Parliamentary which, behind closed! wasley call their heath "Allerzier," Committee the tongue.twisting announcers of doors, fast year investigated a muni- the British Broadcasting Corporation Mbrister was alleged to have con- lons seanut in which a former Wor

teneted an illegal con

contract for the supply of munitions.

are going to have their troubles.

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Every time some announcer calls Dulwich a lot of infuriated listeners. write to ask why he talks like some bloomin' foreigner" and why doesn't he call it "Dullige as it should be 321310.

BUT IT GROWS WORSE It's even worse than that. When an announcer is talking about the section of Greater London he

safely can call it Bromley, just as it is spelled. But if he's talking about Bromley in Kent it's "Bruly Ihnen. N.Y., May 7.

the same way with Romford, Kent, Odourless cabbage, discovered and Romford, Essex. One is "Rom at Cornell University a few | Ford," the other "Rumfon)." months ago, probably will go on the market in about two years..

In an effort to standardize pro nunciations of place names the B.B.C., It will be that long before after months of research, has issued enough seed is produced to make little book called "Broadcast Eng it commercially profitable to grow the new type cabbage, ac- cording to Prof. C. H. Myers, who spent six years before he found a way to take the odour -out of the vegetable.

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lish A special commission

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Challenged to explain how he had been able to buy or steal this secret information, the nan replied that he had no idea where it came from uri- Tree

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paper in which his was the grocer had wrapped half-a-pound of bacon.

Investigations showed, according to

Bungariasi the

newspaper, Magyarszag, that this

apparently absurd excuse was correct. In the

2,000 sheets of these secret documents Crucer's នយូរ the police discovered being used for wrapping up parcels. they found that potatoes and carrots A neighbouring greengrocer's were being wrapped up in the secret report of the military experts in the same case.

The explanation given by the news- paper is that at the end of the in- vestigation, which lasted a year, a linguists worked months in its pre-member of the Committee decided to paration.

earn an honest penny by selling the voluminous reports to waste-paper dealers,

Heading the commission was the literary wng and "he puller," George Bornard Shaw, who ordinarily might be expected-to-go out of his way to give the wrong pronunciation name.

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The secret police are now going from-shop-to-shop-nnd recovering such of the State secrets as have not been used for packing prokale pur- chases.

More than 1,000 heads of the odourless cabbage have been HUXLEY ALSO SERVED produced in Corneil Jaboratories i and are guarded to

Others on the commission included preserve their seed from contamination Julian Huxley, Lord David

Cecil, PROOF

THAT THE with smelly relatives. It is Prof. Lascelles Abercrombie and re-

WORM WILL TURN estimated that 15,000 seeds will presentatives of the British Academy. be obtained from the cabbage.

the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Several small lots are being used to produce the cabbage for seed.-United Press.

The place-namo guide is based on the theory that every lown should be known as it is to the residents, and it is admitted that there isn't a ma?!

Lindsay, Calif. May 15. Proof that a worm will turn has been offered by the State department

'DEPLANEMENT, AND

'EMPLANEMENT”.

HORSE STILL VITAL

IN WAR

The introduction and develop- ment of new arms has made necessary a comprehensive re- vision of Field Service Regula- tions, and now words have been added to the military dic- tionary.

For instance, as a result of mechanisation "ebussing" and "debussing" are now used to describe infantry joining or leaving transport vehicles, and since troopa might be transport- ed by air, the words "enbarka- tlon" and "disembarkation" have been replaced by "emplane- ment" and "deplanement.'

Since the last edition of Field Service Reguintions was published intensive. study of the characteristics of the various arms and their en- ployment, especially armoured. fight- ing vehicles, the air and gas, has enabled the Army Council to provide more detailed guidance for conman. ders.

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It is pointed out that the range of action and the mobility of tank brigades are greater than any troops have ever possessed. Those qualities give them frequent oppor- tunities for surprise, and canble them to strike a blow, not only nt the apks of an eneniy, but also at his headquarters and rear services,

NEVER-FAILING_JNFANTRY. Armoured troops, however, cannot move should supplies of petrol, fail, whereas horses can continue to move for a time on short rations or' even without food, floraes can also, to a certain extent, live on the country.

Although nearly all cavalry regi ments are to be mechanised, a few will retain their horses, for the re- gulalious state that although "more vulnerable and less mobile than arm oured troops in areas favourable to the movement of mechanical vehicles, horne soldiers are much less sensitive to ground and can go practically any rective duties horse soldiers are often where. For reconnaissance and pro-

invaluable.

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Nor have armoured troops

"Practical- placed the foot soldier, ly all success in war," the Regula- tions state, “which is wòn by the proper co-operation of all army, must in the end be confirmed by infantry...

most generally

"It is the most adaptable and the since it is capable of operating over useful of all arms

night, and can find or take cover for almost any ground either by day or itself more readily

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than the other

MERLE OBERON CLAIMS. £25,000 DAMAGES

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Hollywood, May 10.- ERLE Oberon, the British film actress, is demanding £25,066 from the Selznick Inter- national Pictures Company bo- cause she did not get the Flor- ence Nightingale role in a film about the famous British nurse.

Her lawyers have entured a suit against the company for this

WHAT A SPOT FOR CLARKI

Two gorgeous girls crazy about him ki and doós he, love the irouble: they gat him Intel Got gay with these thros merry-makers

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FAITH BALDWIN'S

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Wife Secretary

A CLARENCE BROWN Production

with MAY ROBSON

GEORGE BARBIER

JAMES STEWART HOBART CAVANAUGH Diracted by CLARENCE BROWN

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that pGOLDEN LAGER"

logy In a little brochure on easier and damages, claiming that Miss ways

to be found in the whole United King-wind means of getting wore Oberon's contract specified that she

dom who could

which to catch fish. The

nitted for the seeply ridged and Sub. Stratosphere of the town once correctly tomologists suld digging up the yard was to have the starring role hi

face moon.

They concluded that the planet is dark-coloured, probably composed of blackish igneous rock, despite its whitish appearance through the teles- | cope-United Press

FOUND MESSAGE

FROM ENGINEER

Flight Across

The Atlantic

names.

If there are

any to contest the assertion, det them try out their tongues on Ugham, Garboldisham, Hardenhuish, Hautbois, Piddletren. thide, Punchnowi or Meols.

for worms was passed as well as "Florence Nightingale," and that hard work.

the company is not producing the Angleworms, although sensitive to film now. to red light," explained the expert against the Selznick concern, claims most light, apparently are insensitive The suit brought by Miss Oberon "Inshing an ordinary light will caure that it abandoned the project for the worm to turn. But If the light has a red glass the worn will pay Florence Nightingale because an-

a film on making

the life

The way to get the worm to the other producer was making a SOMO of these now, he surface where he may be taken similar film, plans for a 5,100 mile Datlas, Texas, reachies for the little book "Broad- easily by the light of a red lantern is The nuit also declares that the

Shreveport, Louisiana, May 10.

MUST REFER TO BOOK

When an announcer runs

Col. Clarence Chamberlain, pioneer against trans-Atlantic flier, has announced

to Paris sub-stratosphere flight ins June.

Sheriff Trezise, of Pacific County nance the fight himself. He an-

Chamberlain said he plans

chat English."

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no attention."

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to sprinkle the ground just before Selznick company selected "The sundown. That will bring him out Garden of Allah" as a film in which transla-unless there is a wind or the tempern- ! the pro-ture falls below 40 degrees, the en- the should star instead, but that

tomologists say.United Press.

when she reported for duty she was not assigned the. lending rolu which, she claims, she had been promised.United Press.

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South Bend. Apr. 19.

Here are a few of the A message purporting to be Chamberlain flow from New York tons," the spelling first and from the first engineer of the to Germany with Charles Levine in

nunciations seconil. steamship Iowa, wrecked on the "Columbia" in June, 1927. That

Badgworthy, "Bajjery" Harwich, Peacock Spit in January with fight required 43 hours. He expects "Harritch" fiefghington, "Tayton;" loss of thirty-four lives, was 20 hours.

DECIDED FINE to make the new, longer fight in Brambletye, "Brambelti," Eltring→

ham, "Eitrinjam;" being investigated to-day by

Greatham,

POINT OF LAW "Gretam." to here, who at first believed it anounced he would use a Douglas air landin Hampshire,

There are four Southwicks in Eng Man on Gangplank Is Aboard

Northampton- llner with two 1,000 horsepowershire, Sussex and Wiltshire-and

Ship, According to De- The first engineer was V. Cinherty, motors. The plane would carry a there are two pronunciations. Two

cision of Judge of Tacoma. The sheriff sought a navigator and radio, be sealed for are "Suthick" and the others are

liquid oxygen specimen of Claherty's Imndwriting.

Seattle, Apr. 21. In the high altitude, "Southwick." Ingvild Hansen, dredge worker, and carry 1,500 gallons of gasoline.

When a man is on a gangplank found the message in a wine bottle, "Two thousand gallons of fuel will The little book hasn't settled the reaching from the decks of a cast ashore near here. The bottled be needed for the flight," Chamber-biggest controversy of all, however. vessel to the wharf, where is he neck had been sealed with candle lain said, "so I probably re-fuel In it "South-Hampton" or just "South-aboard ship or ashore?

over New York."-United Press.

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BABY WATER

25 cts. per

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PREVENTS BABY'S LITTLE TUMMY TROUBLES

Federal Judge Jeremiah Neteror answered this unusual question yes- terday in an opinion holding that the gangplank is part and parcel of the vessel,

The point was raised when the Jurisdiction of Admiralty Court was

A LEADING PART

It had previously been stated that Merle Oberon had declined the leading part in "The Garden of Allah," and, at her own request, was transferred to play the lead in "Dark Victory"

Marlene Dietrich is taking Miss Oberon's part in the "Garden of Allah" film, it was stated.

A film about Florence Nightingale, under the title Angel of Mercy" is being minde by Warner Brothers, with The Alm has been in preparation for Kay Francis in the leading role.

over a year,

First Medals

challenged in a libel suit brought by With King's Head

M. Prestlen, Everett longshoreman, against the Chinese steamship Shang lo, of Taingtno, for $50,000 for in- juries sustained when he was hurled from the gangplank. Prostlion snj the vessel was moved while to was still on the gangplank, throwing him to the wharf.

The gangplank is n necessary part of

the vessel as much as the engine used for operating the ran hoist or derrick in loading cargo," the court held..

London, May 10. Medals and medailions of Onder conferred by the King on his first. Birthday Honours List in June will be the first tokens to bear his head. No date however has yet been fixed for the investitures at which the that they may not be prepared for King will confor the decorations so.

some time yet.

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