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10,000 MEN LOVED HER!

10,000 Men-Wannded, Alin- ded, Broken!... The Liriog Prayes Only For Her Com Ing! The Dying Klased Gee Shadow As She Passed! 4 picture gra) ni "Leute Potter"... and as big as the hauty of liz promowa heroine - that benanful d rights of luxury vis devums the immorat siner of the sufering!

FRANCIS

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 10

White Angel

Ian Hunter

DONALD WOODS - NIGEL BRUCE DONALD CRISP. HENRY O'NEILL BILLY AUCH

Forged by

NEXT CHANGE

ROBERT MONTGOMERY in

PICCADILLY JIM"

with FRANK MORGAN - MADGE EVANS

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pleture.

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REVELATIONS

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

REX STOUT'S FAMOUS MURDER-LOVING SLEUTH.

MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD

THAN WAS IMAGINED Counter-espionage to be Strengthened

Washington, Oct. 15. ALARMED by new, evidence of

A

extensive foreign espionage in Washington, Government beads are planning drastic expansion of the Army and Navy intelligence units to protect American military secrets.

The decision is the result ol confidential investigations, showing that foreign Governments are con- dueting my activities In Washington on a scale never dreamed of by officials here.

and

not.

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foreign Embassies or regardless of "how the cards fall" regarding friendly Puwers, Japan is not the only country coti- ducting highly active espionage activities in Washington..

In order to protect Ameřivan military scerets in the future, a greatly increased Naval and Army intelli- tence service is needed and should be provided at onee.

There is every likelihood that the investigation will result in increased The first clues of the espionage Budget items for both services in activities came some months ago the national defence appropriations with the arrest of u former navil by the next Congress. non-commissioned offleer, on charges | The investigations by offelals thus: of selling considential Information to{ far have shown that the inost a Japanese agent,

dangerous espionage activities are the very ones that have been passed over tried, convicted. was

In the past as unworthy of notter. sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. A few days after the tlal. Naval

EX-OFFICER TRAITOR Intelligence and Department of Justice agents here arrested John. 5.

Information In Navy files show-

that Farnworth, former Beutenant-com- ing

ibe ex-ofter of

extensive mander in the Navy, on similar Amertean Navy, with charges.

Lining in technical engineering, made a huntsome Bving for threg He is under indictments on three years selling Navy secrets. to a routs. One alleges violation of the foreign and unfriendly Government Espionage Act, one Gra attempt to violate it, and the third conspiracy i He obtained those secrets from unwitting admirals and high officers.

To violate K.

These two cases were responsible for the Government's investigallon,

NOT ONLY JAPAN

metais quielly began probing the extent to which foreign espionage operations are conducted here.

And what they found convinced

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Against a background.

flaming with the hatred

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SYLVIA SYDNEY. FRED MacMURRAY. HENRY FONDA in "THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE”:

A PARAMOUNT PICTURE. TO-MORROW

Margaret Sullavan in "The Moon's Our Homo" with Honry Fonda. Charles Butterworth.

Duediate drastic elforts are neces

stay to clean out all foreign spies in the capital, whether operating

clunk

trecer

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Mr. Tsang Yang-tu. Mayor of Canton who is here with the uller Canion officials,

<f

the

General

Iluang

Mu-Bunk.

Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Council, who is visit- Ing Hongkong.

LAUGHTON AS CAPT. HOOK

AND HIS WIFE AS PETER PAN

CHARLES LAUGHTON is to

play Captain Hook, with Elsa Lanchester, his wife, as Peter, in this year's presentation This ex-offices, who no longer wis connected with the Service at the of "Peter Pan" at the London time he operated for the foreiga Palladium. Government, was personalile, genial, an excellent hust, und gave lavish | parties.

He was invited to many functions given by Navy people, and purported to be doing research work for a manufacturer who was filling certain contracts with the Army and Navy, these guests what seemed to

The espionage agent gathered from be unimportant crunts of information,

The show, for matinees only, begins on Boxing Day.

Edward

FROM

Right from the

of kentstopi's famous mystery. the flyest alouth who ever? bal- fted a cunning killar!

ARNOLD

MEET NERO WOLFE

SATURDAY

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"Peter LAST 4 TIMES TODAY.

If Laughton were acting in "Peter Pan for the Alms, he could com-

and £5,000 a week. But he loves the stuge. His uenson with the Old Vie-Sudler's Wells Company in 1933. when he reprited Hollywood tempta- Bons so that he, might net in Shake- tiny salary, was a demonstration of speare and Tchekov ut a relatively

gathered other information

his spirit. similar manner from sub-contractors

Es

Lanchester hues an impish who were supplying material to humour-her Anne of Cleves In private shipyards or Navy yards in Hory VII will be remembered-

under con- and her Peter

dividuntity.

which worships were struction.

No bit of information in itself was important, but the ferluulegd infor- gation which this ex-officer had at his finger tips as a result of naval training made it possible for

him to piece the bits together into one perfectly unified whole.

should have in-

that was a very pale little lad wit. She has played a boy before--but

leroy, in a burlesque of Mes. Hodi- golden ringlets. Bitte Lord Fruent-

son Burnett's play.

Naval officials say that in this way JURYMAN WAS TOO

it was possible for the agent to figure

nut, months before a

a ship was comm-

pleted. virtually every Important

detail of Its construction.

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As a result of the discoveries in

particular instance, instructions;

i already have been sent, out to all

Noval of leers and, it is understood,!

to all Army offers, not to divulge |

FAT TO GET INTO THE BOX

Brighton, Oct, 20. any information, however trivial it A known as the "jellied cel and. LBERT ("Happy") GORDON,

may seem, to anyone except active: fellow offlers.

EYE ON AVIATION

'shellfish king" of Brighton, is a

fat man.

thousands as

of Londoners who visit his row of The investigations have also shown shops in the seafront here, are that debutantes frequently-are-the aware: unwitting tools of spies.

Cases have been traced in which To-day, he was called to serve ou daughters of Army and Navy offlers, a jury at Brighton Quarter Sessions.

Viennese Actress To Play Inflattered at the attentions of diplo His name was among the first 12

British Pictures

NAME CHANGED.

Lli

Hohenburg. the Viennese

tore and seron actress, is to play the leading feminine vole opposite Edward G. Hobinson in Thunder

malie gold, braid, have drupped¦called. He went, toward the jury- ensual remarks heard at home, which box, but it was found that he was loo have filled out important gaps in fat to get it. problems on which the foreign agents have been working.

The one

There was a consultation between

phase of American the clerk of the court and officials, and

al then a warrant oflleer steered Mr. military information which most every foreign Government is Gordon around to the other end of the He struggled to wedge himself keenly interested, and in which the box. in the City," now being made vigilunce is necessary, is aviation.

investigation shows the Kreatest in, bet i valn

Denhum.

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1 Mr. Gordun was then sent into the

In this fell the United States body of the court, and someone slight- But first she has had to change thinks it is far ahead in every type ty stimmer took his place.. her name. Though she has made a of development, particularly in the Continental reputation, her name is feld of dive-bombing.

After further, discussion the Clerk copsidered unsuitable for English- So enger have the spies becente of the Pence discharged him. speaking pictures, and henceforth in recent months in the field of aviati Mrs. Gordon said: "My husband she will be known as Lulp Deste. ion that all military and naval pro-j weighs more than 19st. I don't know After Thunder in the City," she der armed military guard, and the but he doesn't deny that he is a fat chiction of aircraft now is done un-the measurement of his circumference, is to star in another British picture, plans are kept in guarded sates. and will then leave for Hollywood.)

To adopt professionat name is, of course, quité usual, but only with. reluctance, and to avoid confusion, do players drop name that has become well known (says the Dally. Teiryraph.) William Boyd, the flin star, ugreed to call himself Bill Boyd William Boyd arrived in when Hollywood from Broadway: Douglass Montgoinery was invited to change permanently to Douglass Kent, but declined.

Famous stars who have found it convenient 10 change their names -Include:

Professional Name

Greta Garbo. Douglas

Fairbanks. John Barrymore. Bruce Cabot. Richard Dix.

Al Jolson. Fredrie March.

Anna Nengle. Mary Pickford, Ramon Novarro.

Jock Dakle, Merle Oberon.

Paul Muni.

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