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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936.

SHY WOMEN OF A FAMOUS HOUSE Girl Who Is Her Royal Mother's Best Companion

SIMPLE LIFE WITH Broker Accused

Sees War Peril SIMPLE LIFE

John W. Troy, governor of the Territory of Alaske, pictured leaving the White House in

Washington where he discussed Alaska coast defences. He said Alaukana were fearful that Alaska would be the "theatre of The next war."

New Film War Brews In Hollywood

Hollywood, Aug. 30

A new threat to talent lists of major studios, already battling for services of a dwindling supply of box office names, is

Been in

£300,000 A YEAR

THEY CYCLE, SKATE AND

WALK TOGETHER

The Hague, Sept. 9.

ANNOUNCEMENT of the betrothal of Princess Juliana

of Holland has drawn the eyes of Europe to one of the most remarkable royal families in the world.

Princess Juliana and her mother, Queen Wilhelmina, are at present holidaying together at Bad Wiessenburg, in Switzer- land.

These two women, the last repre- sentatives of the historie House of Orange, are Inseparable cumprunions. They are among the richest women In Europe, yet their style of living t one of simplicity coinpared, with their wealth.

Queen Wilhelmina Bas a private Income of £135,000 a year, and her income from the Gavernment is £160,000. Princess Juliana's income is £27,100 your.

Here is a pen picture of aspects of their life together, Their, Palace

Is Just A House .

SOMA

Their atare" at The Hague is an old-fashioned, yellowing build- ing in the Noorheinde, a narrow street widening into a square.

When they go out they have to pass;

the houses of their neighbours-

a tobacconist. a vacuum cleaner maker, a banker, and a jeweller.

A Boy Who Longed To Parachute

PRAGUE, Sept. 5. A boy on holiday at Prerant on an exhibition by parachutists and longed fo make such jumps.

He dreamt of it at night and woke up in a flower bed under his bedroom windane, -Exchange.

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Because of this and to safeguard her much AX possible From draughts and chill winds. 1 wonden tunnel has been built from the palace to the roadway.

The Queen and the princess are ex-|

pert

in skaters. They skate winter on a moat behind the

palace, accompanied only by a make aide-de-camp.

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Joseph

Hopkins, C0-year-old brokes,

acerised by several wealthy Los Angeles society women of windling them out of $200,000 In Jewels. fle prrested after म nationwide search.

America Now Has

The Tallest

Man!

was

Alton, Ill., Aug, 30.

Queen Wilhelmina disapproves of ROBERT WADLOW, a shy,

bespectled youth now public sports en Sundays, and

She

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only stirs outside the palace on years old, has become, according Sunday to attend church.

to a consensus of available re- hardly ever goes to a theatre.

cords-the tallest man in scienti- fically recorded history.

The royal car is a 1931 Cadillac, 1 She mabitains a very small Court,

is not used every day.

The democratie Dutch ritle musily on bicycles and the Queen and Princess Julian ride with them. She

it

is no unusual. sight to see the Quern and her daughter pedal- ling along a street or walking to

churelt

During the past three years there have been virtually DO social

functions at Court.

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From a staunch base of size shoes he now soars upward to a towering 8 cet 5 inches, a peark, gain of one ingh in six months. estimated to have cost nearly And despite the intense heat he has put on an additional 35

possesses inagnificent

£185,000.

She has an extensive knowledge of pounds, bringing his weight to

mathematics and economies.

the rise of Grand National Pic-Queen Wilhelmina suffers acutely Her paintings have attracted more tures, an ambitious organization just four months old.

Grand National, a producing and distributing company in- corporated in Delaware last. April, has just announced an $9,000,000 fifty-picture pro- gramme for the coming year. Inevitably it will require stars. and just as inevitably must join the talent war.

́CAGNEY-SIGNED

The new firm raised Hollywood's eyebrows recently when it signed Jimmy Cagney, released from his Warner Bros. contract by court man-

from neuralgia, which is ap parently affecting her limbs.

Defender Of New Deal

PRES, ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGNING

Charlotte, N.C.. Sept. 10. Picturing the New Deal as an in-

date, and announced it would spenderation of policies designed to aid

the

both the farm and the elty. President! Franklin Roosevelt to-day told the! the! "Green Pastures Raily" that Including South faces a choice between con- tinued agricultural control or pre- Petroff, version to the "days of every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost".

$400,000 ou his first plature.

Subsequently IL revealed alliance of an impressive list of semi- independent producers, Douglas MacLean, Boris formerly of Paramount, B. F. Zeld mun, once of Universal, and George Hirm.

He developed further on the theme.

One possible source of stars was revealed in an announcement of which has marked his addresses In Hrliman's

will the drought areas-the prosperity of first picture. It

the city and the farm are intimately present Reginald Denny, a great name at a few years ago, in "We're in the associated, and neither of them ean

already be achieved without the other. Legion Now."A pleture

finished to be released by G-N, is The Prevident spoke favourably of "Yellow Cargo" starring Conrad the il-lated National Recovery, Ad- Nard, also a former topfight star,

ministration. He uvelared that the RUSH OF STARS

Administration's aims were sought without the invasion of the liberties of either the States or individuals. He voiced the hope that history will record the New Dent period as an

era of rebuilding",

The possibility is strong that a rush lo sign former ranking players re garded as "through" in recent years, may follow.

Edward L. Alperson, former sales manager for Warner Bros. and head The President drew attention to the of G-N, says his fem has arranged rist in prices of cotton, tobacco and for distribution 33 atles, with fur-other Commodities. He said that ther deals pendit. The company is small businesses were again making reportedly backed by Eastern bankers.

Apparently G-N will not establish

lot, its allied producers

LIKE WATIU TO A FISH; IT IS JUS ELE-

than ordinary attention at many

exhibitions.

ALJAZZRRENTESQUINANTZA Ancamanda "TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT

To-morrow's Picture

Features

Splendid reproductions of Lurther entries in the Tele- graph Amateur Photographic Competition will appear. to-morrow's issue of the Pic torial Supplement.

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There will also be a uniber

of groups, of the weddings. of Mr. W. R. K. Collings and Miss F. M. Robson, und of Mr. Lau Kwai-ting and Miss Fan Yuk-chun; of the Royal Ulster Rifles buglers; and another taken at the christening of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham.

The Supplement will also contain the popular entertain- ment and feature 'papes, results of last week's Children's Com- petition, and details of a new contest for the kiddies. ACTUSKAACHSEARCHITECTS

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1425.

Sitling in a huge, specially built which

porch chair. the back of

six feet,

reaches upward nearly Robert explained that since Itis 18th birthday he has been steadily grow. He reached ing, both up and out. that age Feb. 22 this year. At tha time he was 8 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 300 pounds.

A BIT BASHFUL

Robert talks in a rather high pitch- ed voice. He is a bit busliful among strangers and is inclined to dislike publicity.

that he doesn't like being When the heat

the best of gets him he likes to dive into a swimming hole and immerse his lengthy" frame, His father, a

grey. eyed keen, engineer, who is normal size, explain- ed that Robert is quite an adept swimnur despite his ponderous bulk. Robert is less interested in being the tallest man in the world than he is in his ambition to become a lawyer. For several years he has been study- ing law at Shurtleff College in Alton, and expected to enter either Washing- ton University or a college in Texas this fall

He confident"

in

TOO MANY GLANDS? Robert's height is greater than any of the giants accepted as authentic A treutise medient records, published in 1912 by Dr. Harvey Cushing, an authority on the subject, records measurements of other giants ranging from 7 feel 6 Inches to 8

inches. micet 2.4

In Brewster's "giants of real life" an Irishman is Zentioned who is claimed to have been a fraction more than & feet 4 Its name was Charles Inches tall. O'Brien, or Byrne. He lived from 1701 to 1883 and his skeleton has been preserved.

a prollt, that almost all the State and municipal and county governments are "out of the red.

Further he said that the prevailing rates of interest are the most ren-i sonable in the history of the United States.-United Press.

Two cases of Diphtherin and one ense of Puerperal Fever were re-

on Wednesday,

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

working in space rented from other RELIGION TO A TRUS BELIEVER IS Independent studios.

Meanwhile, established HollywoodMENT, 196. LIVES IN IT, AND HE COULD ported to the local Health authorities producers are apparently preparing NOT LIVE OUT Or it--inaus Newton. for battle. Spiking a rumour that Warner Bros. would abandon an appeal of the court's, decision in the Cagney case, Jack Warner said the matter is pending in Appellate court, and will be pressed.-United Press.

Tenfold Fewer Divorces

Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden, Acting Puisne Judge, and -Mrs. Hayden are leaving to-morrow for a month's hoilday in Japan, by the Blue Funnel liner Sarpedon.

A nine-year-old girl, Ho Mul, was knocked down by car No. 2003 in Yuchow Street, Kowloon, yesterday and was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital, suffering from slight In- Juries,

A mun, Lee Kla-on, aged 00. was also admitted to the Kowloon -During August, the New Territories Hospital suffering from injuries re- Medteal Benevolent Branch of the St.ceived when he was knocked down John Ambulance Association treatedly car No. 2291 in Waterloo Road: a total of 13,451 cases, 4,020 of these;

being now ones. Altogether, 2,760

The Colony is to have a bronderst

Robert's rapid growth is attributed to over activity of the pituitary gland. - His parents have refused to allow an operation. The young giant has four smaller brothers and sisters, all normal size.

Doctors say Robert will continue fo grow until he is about 22 to 23 years old. At his present mte of growin,

may reach well over nine feet.-- which is nearly two itches a year, he United Press.

PRESIDENT HOOVER DEPARTS

BY STRIKERS

EFFECT OF NEW RUSSIAN LAW

cases were seen by doctors, and 470 this week-end from the Hongicon DELAYED SIX DAYS Moscow. Ausz. 20. were visited in their homes. It Singers. From St. John's Cathedra As a result of the new Divorce recorded that extensive damage to on Sunday evening, 0.16 to 9.45 p.m., Law adopted in the Soviet Union the Tainwun, Kamtin and Tuenmun Z..W. listeners will be able to hear last month, the number of divorces clinic buildings was occasioned dur-pleat pair of Sirens" and "There is applied for has fallen tenfold. ing the recent typhoons and rain- an old belief (Parry), a relay which During the first three weeks of July storms... only 218 divorces were recorded in Moscow, ns compared with 2,214 divorces during the first three weeks

effect on June 26.

San Francisco, Sept. 10. should prove exceedingly popular. The Dollar Company's liner, Pro- Mr. J. Anderson Miller will conduel,sident Hoover, salted at 2.45 p.m. Pleading guilty to a charge of and Mr. Lindsay A. Lafford is to Re-(E.S.T.), six days late, following an organ.

agreement reached early this mor- of June. The new law came into returning from banishment before company on the orga

the expiration of his period of 10

ning, providing for: 35. Chan Sam, aged

(1) Employers to agree to resume married 1 years imposed on July 9 this year, Both parties must now appear in Wong Wal, aged 27, unemployed, was women, was charged before Mr. S. negotiations for a new contract with court to ask for the divorce, whereas sentenced to twelve months hard F. Balfour at the Central Magistracy the Sailors' Pacific Union;

(2) The Union being pledged to formerly it was sufficient for but one labour before Mr. S. F. Balfour at this morning with the possession of of the parties to appear and declare the Central Magistracy this morning, heroin pills, at. No. 58, Wellington supply a full crew for the President his or her wishes.

A fee of 50 roubics is now charged ed, who was banished for: 10 years 10. Rovenue Officer W. Ward sold

Another man, Yuen Hung, unemploy Street, second floor, on September Hoover; and

(3) The Federal Government to for the first divorce, 100 for the on March 12 this year, was given there were about 9,000 pills and asit-conduct an immediate hearing into second, and 150 for the third. The a term of nine months' hard labour, ed for one week's formal remand for the care of, Brenner, the Union uniform fee formerly was half a Sub-Inspector H. G. Hallam pro- the Analyst's certificate. The ap- delegate whose discharge led to

trouble-United Press, rouble--Exchange,

secuted,

Aplication was granted.

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of B.B.C. Dance

Orchestra

BOOK REVIEWS

From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles);

4-7 p.m. Chinese Prograinme. 7-11 p.m. European Programine. Pro- 7 p.m. An Operatic

gramme.

Orchestral-The Mastersingers of Nuremburg Overture (Wagner); Arka-Aldi-O Patrla Mia (Verdi).

Eva Turner (Soprano); Duct- Madaine Butterfly.Child from whose eyes-Love Duet (Puccini)....Sheri- dan (Soprano) and Pertile (Tenor): Orchestra The Valkyrie-lüde of the Valkyries (Wagner); Aria- Marta-Like a Dream (Flotow).... Enrico Caruso (Tenor); Orchestral- Samson and Delliah-Bucchanale (Saint-Saens).

7.30

p.m. Closing Local Stock Quotations.

7.33 p.m. A Relay from London. The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, direct- ed by Henry Hall.

1.50 p.m. From the Studio.

"New Books. Worth Reading" by D.E.A.

8 pm Local: Time Signal, Wes- ther Report and announcements.

8.03 p.m. The London Symphony Orchestra.

Suite in G (Bach, arr. Goosseng); Love of the Three Oranges {Pro- Roleff); Triumphal March ("Carac tacus") (Elgar, Op. 35);

.m. Jack Buchanan in Old |

9.30 p.m.

Film Hits

Brewster's Millions; 2. Flying Tropeze. 8.17 p.m. Ragamuffins,

The

Harry Roy's Tiger

Quick-Step-Jazz me Blues; Fox- Trut-Cheerful Blues: Memories of you: Rain; Goodbye Blues; It Don't mean a thing: Happy Feet: Everybody loves my baby; I got Rhythm,

0 p.m. from London.

News and announcements

9.20 p.m. Concert Items. Song-It my mother only knew (Nuule). Beniamino Gigli (Tenor); Violin Solo-Scherzo Tarantelle (Wieniawski, Op. 18)....Temianka; Song-Lied der Mignon (Schubert).. Meta Seinemeyer (Soprano); Pinno- forte Solo-Clair de Lune (Debussy) John Hunt; Song-Addio bel Sogno... Beniamino Gigli (Tenor): Alto Saxophone Solo-Le Cygne

Marcel Mulc. (Saint-Saen)..

9.45 Orchestra

The Bournemouth Municipal

Largo (Handel); Chanson Trisic (Tschalkovsky, arr. Stewart); Pique Dame-Overture (Suppe).

10 p.m...Big Ben from London. Variety and Dance Music. Band Holiday Tits-Medley..... London Piano Accordeon Band; Hu- merous A Spot of Fishing....Clup- ham and Dwyer: Fox Trot-Sammy Scott Wood and his Six Saxophone. Swingers Band-Minstre)-Merories. ..Grand. Mursed Bands: Rumba You've got the wrong Rumba....Don Song-- Miguel and his Cuban Music; Do you remember my first love Song Gracie Fields: Orchestra-Tap Dancers Nightmare....Jimmie Dor- sey and his Orchestra; Instrumental Steps Out Medley.... The King

Putting The Keyboarders, Vocal-I'm all my eggs in one basket.

oasite!..... Boswell Sisters; Fox Trot-Honolulu Stars and Hawaiian Guitars....Roy La Serenaders; Smeck and his Hawalian

WALL Who Killed Cock Robin?. Disney Silly Symphony. (From the actual Sound Film); Fox Trot-The Never-to-be forgotten Melody.... Geraldo and his Orchestra; Violin. Gera Solo-Melody at Dusk.....Albert Sandler: Fox Trot-Is is true what they say about Dixie?....Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra; Song-One of the lite Orphans of the Storm.... Gracie Fields; Xylophone Solo-Joey the Clown...Rudy Starita; Waltz- Sympathy....Casani Club Orchestra. Close Down..

11.

21 YEARS AGO

Extracts From The "Telegraph" Files

The

The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended September 18, 1915.

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The rate of the dollar'on demand wha 1. 9.6/X!.

The death occurred at the Peak Icapital of Mr. W. Imhoof, of. Mesars, T. E. Grifiths, Ltd., Can- ion, who was well-known in the Far East as an ORFANION.

Members of the Volunteer Force were presented with cartridge pen- cil gudes ns a gift from H.lt.H. Princess Mary.

The Indo-China Steam Navigu. tion Co., Ltdr, declared an interim dividend of three per cent.

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Mr. M. K. Lo was admitted a solicitor at the Suprema Court. In moving his admission, Mr. Eldon Potter said Mr. Lo had had a dis- tinguished career in England and in his final examination was placed first in the First Class Honoura List.

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