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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

1936.

4,000 ARABS KILLED IN IRAQ REVOLT

Tribe Marooned By Floods Wiped Out From The Air

ASTOR CASE AT

NIGHT COURT

TO SUIT STARS

Los Angeles, Aug, 24, 1

Hollywood celebrities packed the. Court here to-day when Miss Mary Astor, the film actress, continued her fight for the custody of her four-year-old daughter Marylyn.

The Court held a special night session, thus giving film stars an opportunity to attend.

Mutual accusations were the main features of the evidence to-day.

was given the Dr. Franklin Thorpe, Miss Astor's former husband, custody of the child last year, but he allowed her to stay with her mother. He

he hoped that Marylyn would be "a gond influence."

RELATIONS

sald

WITH NURSES

He now cuses Miss Aster of lie ing a person of "tress and immoral conduct,"

Priest

Invents

Mig Astor's counsel questioned Submarine

Dr. Thorpe regarding his relations, with purses who attended the child.

Attempts to prove that Dr. Thorpe was niready married when he beentie: Mise Astor's husband linve been lift-

heressful..

Detector

Home. Aug. 20,

A revolutionary discovery in the feld of short waven is claimed by a priest, Father Suinttes), who is an eminent relentisi,

It is rumoured that prominent fila ancials--fearing that the care may lend strength to the meent charges, His Invention in cafleri a valo-

AIRMAN

HACKED TO DEATH

FOUR THOUSAND Arabs

That No-Child

Vogue Is Going

BR

(By GRACE WILSON)

have lost their lives DRITAIN needs more babies, says the Government. in a revolt in the desert. D Britain is having more babies, I was told at Somerset The revolt broke out in May House.

-in the Middle Euphrates During the first three months of this year, the latest period region-but the news of it for which official figures are available, 2,343 more births were has only just reached Da recorded than for the same period last year. mascus,

Five hundred Iraqi troops Coronation

also lost their lives, and two

Iraq Air Force bombers were Claims That

| brought down by tribesmen

and their pilots and crews killed.

Our oßeer who jumped with a parachute from his blazing 'plane, was hacked to death with daggers

May Be

- Conceded

when he reacked the ground, and The Court of Claims, which is to bombs exploded in the other burn-dead with appluations to render set- ing machine, blowing to atoms is; vlees at the Coronation next year, Is pital and observer.

lay the Vatiem, alfrise "immoral analyser and is stated to be a wire- Why They Rebelled

fluence from Hollywend--hre doslers defreting-rod which reveals the premner under son ofculanurines or Is the utmost to rettle the netion.

Who Is Mary Astor's George?

New York, Aug. 25.

HOLLYWOOD is agog

to learn who is Miss Mary Astor's "George." Her former husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe--who seeks in a Los Angeles court to prove that the fm star is not a fit) person to have charge of their child, Marylyn, aged 4-bas elated that Miss Astor's asso- cintions with "George" chronicled in her diary.

***George,” he has stated, isa married man of whom she is enamoured."

are

Mr. Joseph Anderson, Dr. Thorpe's Jawyer, hints that the revelations in the ease so far are nothing to those coming.

He talked mysteriously of six famous lovers of the aereon - being. called to give evidence and de- clared, "I cannot make their names. pubile now, but. believe me, when I do that will be a bombshell."

While the family reunion was being; held De. Thorpe presented the court with another affidavit, charging Missi Astor with fraud in connection with the present suit,

"TO HEAR PLENTY" Miss Astor's lawyers Intend to fight any effort to gut her diary into thei court recoils.

However, Judge Knight suggested last week that if he failed to per- suade the couple to settle the case out of court he would have to hear] evidence based on the iness C

wreela

The device is worked entirely by wirelern waves.

It includes a wheel with several "legs." This wheel is submerged. and one of the legs makes ennvul- kive movements when an object has bren fouth.

This invention is said to be valti- able for salvage work and to times of war.

By it air the priest, it I fald, has found petroleum deposits in Tuscany.

Menntare Mavern, whom he visited yesterday, expresseri grent interest in the invention.

GETS ALLOWANCE

Mrs, Gladys Luckenbach, who asked $1,000 monthly allowance for herself and child, was award- ed $250 a month, pending trial of her divorce suit against Lewis Luckenbach, San Francisco, Vice- president of the Luckenbuch shipping firm.

Cruiser Takes Mail

To Two

elther parent to take care of Marylyn, Hermits

The

outlook now Is, as one of the

lawyers said, that "Hollywood will

hear plenty."

Aliss Astor. Dr. Thorpe, and little

not likely to be troubled with may submissions of a controversial nature. At the 1910-11 Coronation twenty- three claims, involving twenty-pla to the werks.laimants, were submitted Five cases are given, for the rebel | Court. Or that number, twenty were

on-

The fighting later six

Shriks wanted to have land, power, and position like Abdui Waddle Sukar, who rebelled in 1935. and was thats rewarded;

They did not want their sons to be cumscripts;

They did put want to pay land

allowed, two were referred Executive Committee and afterwards

d allowed, and two were refused. Among the cams which, it

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derstood, will be made and which will not be eriested, are those of the Bishops at Durham and of Bath and Wells to support his Majesty and to have certain privilegen." on all previous occasions when these claims have been submitted: they will undoubtedly be enneeded without question, for the duties of the two ikeappellant bishops are

are laid down in the Liber Regalus, at the Coronation of Richard 11. That record is to be seen at Westminster Abbey.

The appileation of the Dean and

Taxes:

"They asked for religlots liberty: Rumour had spread among them that their women were to be rande to wear hats and to dress European.

Ministers out of flee are known to have Instigated the revalt. The Dhawalim tribe were chiefly concern-

art.

is now

| Chapter of Westminster "to instruct

In thousands of homes all over Britain, in Mayfair, Paradise-row, jand country coliage, babies are ex-

¡nected this year or early in the ! spray.. The

only child

waiting to jwele a brother or sister.

The only child vogue, the no-child ¡ vogue of the smart set has gone.

In fact many more bables pre expected that--as une London general prictitioner told me--doctors anti- eipaling maternity cases are having ito curtail or cancel their holidays.

They began operations by remov- the King in the rites and ceremonies"

Colonel O. C. Wymnn, Stock- ing railway sleepers, and paralysis also unlikely to be contested.

ton, Calif., appointed Other claims which will fall in the

to Call- the servier between Bagdad ich Harra. Thes then.

fornia's new position of state took

uncontested.category are:

administrator of public welfare. strategle position similar to that of i The art of Shrewsbury-To carry the British when they advanced on white wand an Lord High Steward

1017

Ireland.

the Turks

up

The

be

For several days tribes and troops;

Trustees-To Walker sent against them just watched one Present, by deputy, by virtue of the; another. Then the Iraq soldiers ofler of Hereditary Usbre curried out on encircling movement White Rod of Scotland. jandi surrounded them.

Tribe Bombed

the battleleht.

of the

"Claudius" To Be Filmed

Mr. Henry Serymgeour-Wedder- MR, A. KORDA'S BIGGEST burn-To carry the Royal Standard

of Scotland, as Hereditary Standard Bearer for Scotian,

VENTURE

the

In an effort to break through, the

The Barons of the Cinque Ports- By A Film Correspondent tribesmen opened are. The troops To bear the canopy over the King or The most ambitious film in replied with machine-guns, and two alternatively to be assigned a station history of British production-cover thousand rebels were left dend on within the Abbey in attendance on for the vast canvas of the Roman

the Kin

Empire from Caligula to Negro-will The trouble moved further south, attend and bear the Crystal Mare.

Lord-Mayarof London To start at Denham Studios next month.. TU will, I learn, be Alexander Korda's ; The tribes people, to prevent the

farewell gesture before retiring The Earl of Erroll-Tu can definitely from film direction. advance of troops, breached the

Lord High Constable of Scotland, and awollen Euphrates, surrounding

The first details to be made públic to have a baton. with water the elevated ground on The Marquess which they stood, near Rumantha. Lord Great Chamberlain, to which Koru

ess of Cholmondeley (as but this great undertaking were

Mr. by

Alexander trike was wiped out by Iraq Alr office he has succeeded, in this reign) Kordu, Mr. Vincent Korda, who is Force planes, which rained huu-To perform the duiles of Lordesigning the settings, and Mr. John Armstrong who is engaged fis T- Great Chamberlain.

search on the costumes,

'It was a bad more; the entire

dreds of bombs on them,

In addition to attendance at the The Arabs tried to carry out aeremony the Lord Great Chamber surprise attack on Diwaniyah by Jan also formally claims 40 ells of Inight. But they were betrayed. crimson velvet and 73 seats in the When they arrived they were met Abbey. He was successful on the last by machine-gas fire, and next morn-Loccasion in securing the ells of in the field was littered with dead, velvet, but the spats.claim was dis-,

Callowed:

Finally Shelk Shalan Attiyah Trebelled. His fort was stormed, his

men surrendered, and he fled.

The Minister of the Interior, Sayia Nude Swimmers Along

Rabid Ali el Gallant, was on the scene throughout the revolt. A good deal of money and to be given to the sheiks from the secret funds of the Treasury before they would submit to the authorities.

There is talk now of abolishing the feudal system among the tribes. it is carried out, shells will be plain feitizens, with no men under their

command.

A gendarmerie corps, several thou Auckland (NZ), Aug. 21. sands strong, is being formed. It 4500-ton cruiser Dunedin has will he trained on military lines, and visited Sunday Island to deliver will be stationed in remote districts Marylyn took part to-day in annil to two men who are living on to enforce law and order. dramatic reunion at the film star's

home.

the island is hermits.

As the cruiser was about to set out on her nanuni eruire to the ls- Ipods, Mrs. Robinson, mather of ong of the two men, asked Commodore the Hon. E R. Drummond to call nt) Sunday Island and deliver letters to her sen, Bruce Robinson, and his com- panion, Roger Bacon, both of Auck- land.

Rio Grande Irk U.

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The film will probably be made in wo paris, each of full length. This experiment is being considered as it is felt that the field is too great for n single film to cover. The two parts may be shown on alternate days, or the second part may be released as u sequel a few weeks after the first,

It is based on the novels, “1, Clug- ius" and "laudius the God," by Robert Graves, and the parts will be known by these names. Charles S.Laughton is to plny Claudius, Merle Oberon Meannfinn while Hugh

Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 30. Nudists are giving U.S. Border Patrolmen no end of trouble along the Rio Grande.

Williams and Flora Robson are tenta- (tively cast ns Caligula and Livin.

"MY GREATEST"

The

" think it will be the greatest The patrolmen frequently "nab" thing I have ever handled," Mr. Ale- naked men on the banks of the river. xander Korda, famous as the director Recently T. E. Phillips, a border of "The Private Life of Henry VIIL," Klory is intensely two men, both aid. patrolman, arrested

and there is # great nude, and then wus faced with the dramatic,

parallel between The conditions problem of bringing them to town.

The men had stripped to swim of the times then and now; on the the river with stolen goods. one hand, dictators; ua the other, the demands of the masses. I shall be too busy producing to do any more direction after 'Claudius. anyway for a long time. I will not say that I all never direct again,

United Press,

'I'll Make Supermen' -Scientist's Claim

It was staged by Judge Knight an attempt to solve the case.

But Marylyn's Innocent prattle in the setting of her luxurious Holly wood home failed either to solve the Judge's problem or to bring reconciliation to her parents. Miss Astor has alleged that her former husband

ayrant mised to anchor off the island for a .was Inther,”

night so that the men would have "GIVE me a team of Third Division professional footballers and in All Marylyn would, any to-day, every chance of seeing the warship. three seasons I can put that club in the First League, capable however, was! "I love mummy....

When the cruiser dropped anchor of holding its own with Britain's' best.” I love Daddy."

glad to see you,"

added,

The Commodore consented and pro-i

"there's

seen running down to the bench.

A whaler was manned and the game played by 22 men. pair were taken on board the war-

in

L

Workers

co-ordination of two

t

the laboratory

have even a plan by which Jack Petersen might regain

The period the film will cover is from the events preceding the nu der of Caligula to the end of the Britannic Wars, about 10 years.

In marked contrast to see Ameri- can reconstructions of the period, the settings will be characterised by ex- treme simplicity. "A false iden has arisen as to the size of many Homan Mr. Vincent Korda said. buildings, "The Circus then in use was only 240 feet long, and there was no open place in Rome as large as Piccadilly Circus or street as wide as Regents Atreet. There will be one or twe big sets, such as the Cireus and part of the Foruin, but we are hot concentra- ting on magnificence, but telling our story in simple, beautifol and authent tic interior. I plan simple back- rounds of subdued tones which will show up the beautiful togus of the crowds.

off the island ovary eye on board was These words were said to me yesterday, writes, a London When Dr. Thorpe arrived Marylyn Straits after few short Press reporter, not by a brilliant sporting manager-but by a

to catch glimpse of ran to him, crying: "Daddy, I'm so blasts on the siren, two figures were grave scientist who knew no more about Soccer than that it is a

"Look," munmy,"

GLANDS. And the secret of his claim is. But her father drew the child to ship. One was clad in singlet, shorta sand heen, where she played at and an old straw hat. The other

worked Scientists have

"In this at making

mud-pies. Her beautiful man, with a huge crop of hair and a British biological laboratory, spending sounds les the secret of the sports mother strolled up, und remarked long ginger, beard, wore only a pair more than £60,000 in seven years of superman." that she was unable to get enough of shorts.

gland research, toys for Marylyn's sand heap. Dr. "It's all right boys, I'm civilised," Thorpe' said nothing.

thot They have now discovered he called as he sented'n Indder up the Marylyn, followed by her parents, side of the ship.

glonds have everything to do with took newspapermen to Bee her The men were taken to dinner in the difference between the man who nursery, painted yellow and white. the officers' quarters and later is "just good at sport", and the

shore party was arranged.

sporis sters. The child's self-confidence made

"If Petersen would allow The two men on the island went Miss Astor remark with a smile there in the middle of last year.

PLAN FOR PETERSEN ・・・・ doctor to administer a short course cinth specially woven and with the a "Little lady, I don't think you are There were originally three in ther

of injections after special consulta-propriate red or purple border, Be going to grow up to be a moyle party, but one returned to

"Everyone knows that the perfect tion, there would be little doubt of use if there is a seam it will not Auck-athlete must have perfect synchroni- his ability to attain world cham; The breast plates were of singu star." Dr. Thorpe frowned.

fand,

sation between mind and muscle," ho ploriship. When he left the house Marylyn

lar beauty, and we are copying them Mr. Bacon first lived on Sunday said. "That is to say, synchronisa. There is no such thing as stale- from copper-plates made during the waved her hand, calling, "Come and Island about 40 years ago with his tion between the pituitary and the ness among sportsmen submitted to Classical Revival in the Eighteenth seg us soon, Daddy,”

adrenal glandsqva

:: I hormone therapy," he added.

Century,"

parents,ficuter.

Intensive research into the hun- dreds of fonas taken by the toga has been carried on by Mr. Armstrong. for Great Britain the heavy"The toga was a strip of aloth vary-

the championship of

welght world.

his

ing in length from 18 to 30 feet and of various widths. We are having

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