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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1936.

HE WON THE V.C. UNDER ANOTHER NAME When you wish to be

SEATTLE

Bearing the tradition algns of labour pickets, these Seattle clubwomen murched in front of the Seattle Labour Temple in demonstration against closing The Seattle Post-Intelligencer in a Newspaper Guild strike. The women announced they would pleket -Jabour headquarters until the newspaper was permitted to re-open.

LOVE CONQUERS

FAMILY FEUD ·

WASHINGTON'S White House will announce within the next few days that Franklin Roosevelt junior, son of America's President, has become engaged to pretty Ethel, Du Pont, daughter of Eugene Du Pont, munitions maker.

But the announcement will not tell the dramatic story of their

romance.

It began four years ago, when young Roosevelt was still at Bchool.

All went well until Mr. Roose- veli's Administration began an

FOURTH

MRS. JOHN.

BARRYMORE

New York, Nov. 28. With the bride's parents and two friends, John Barrymore, the film star, and Miss Elaine Barrie, arrived by plane late last night at Yuma, Arizona (Holly- wood's Gretna Green) and were married a few minutes after midnight.

Barrymore gave his age as 48, although he is 54 in. "Who's Who." Hi wito ls 21.

The wedding took the film world by surprise.

Two years ago Elaine, a college gief,

followed Barrymore half-way across

America. Private guards helped the

WAR ADVENTURE OF EX-LONDON

MESSENGER

RTHUR EVANS, who won the

AV.C., while serving with the

Lincolnshire Regiment, has died at Sydney, aged 47. He was formerly a London bank messenger and lived et Woodalde-road, Wimbledon. In 1024 he married Miss H. M. Whitaker.)

As Lance-sergeant Walter Simpson -he afterwards changed his name Evans was awarded his Victoria Cross for "Most conspicuous bravery and Initiative," in October 1918,

:

While he was with o daylight! patrol, an enemy machine-gun post was sighted on the other bank of a river.

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Evans swam across. He crept up alona in the rear of the machine-gun post, shot the sentry and another German who ran out, and caused four more to surrender,

When the reconnaissance was con-Į tinued along the river bank the patrol surrounded by some of the 64 miners King Leopold of Belgium is seen officer was wounded, Evans covered who were invited recently to dinner the withdrawal of the wounded at the royal castle at Brussels. They elpated in the rescue work of the record of the incident victims of a big mine disaater at La adds: "The success of the patrol

Bouverie, which cleared up a machine-gun post on the flank of the altacking troops

AN ANYinst Were-honoured for having part

The

und obtained an Identificatlán,

was greatly due to his very gallant GENERAL GOUGH_

conduct."

THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE

London, Nov. 29. Twelve years ago a 22 year old Middlesbrough man walked out of the lives of his wife and family, after throwing his job.

"I'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL FOR 18 YEARS"

HAVE

BEEN up. A search was made for "I

THROUGH HELL IN find no trace of him, so gave THE PAST 18 YEARS." him for years, but they could

him up for dead.

General Sir Hubert Gough. On Monday morning a man and Fifth Army Commander, depos. of woman were killed in a motor-cydeed, "disgraced" after the retreat

Five children were orphaned, so a search for relatives was made of March, 1918, told in these The result was amazing. The dead words of his long, patient wait man was John Meynel Hodgson (34) for vindication. of Midgley, and May Bowers (26)

Inquiry into the methods muntiions manufacturers.

and the Du Ports became strained.

Relations between the Roosevelts

crash.

Roosevelt made bitter speeches, | with whom he went through a ferm

Things looked black for

young couple.

the

But they went on welling to each

election.

He recalled that sensational of marriage Just over 3 months ago. battle. It was March, 1918, Hodgson was the man who dis-near St. Quentin. Twelve divi- appeared 12 years ago.

sions of the Fifth Army com-

other and even met last Mondayrled' a Iferbury girl. and there were day by day defied an enemy After disappearing Hodgson mar-manded by General Gough, had the day before the Presidential four children. This second 'wife'

died two years ago, and he went force of 42 divisions along through a form of marriage with front of 42 miles, May Bowers to whom 10 son Was born.

Young Roosevelt, just 21, polled the first vote for his father,

The Du Ponts (Ethel included) in the meantime, the Arst Mrs voled for the opposition.

Hodgson had applied for muthority to marry again. A nollee was post- ed up outside the Middlesbrough Town Hall, and she became Mrg Bruce.

Every one knows what happened. Roosevelt was given the greatest vote for more than a hundred years.

To-day he announced that he Intended no reprisals on

thaso who had attacked him.

The Du Ponts were ready to admit that they had been fairly and muarely beaten.

And so there is every prospect of a happy-ever-after ending

BEQUEST

After the inquest, when a verdict: of misadventure was returned, Mrs. Bruce said, "Mr. Bruce and I will now have to solve our own predica ment and find exactly how we stand It may be that we shall have to be remarried",

The greatest problem is the future of the children.

WHICH HE

FORFEITED GIVEN BACK

Sydney, Oct. 15. that the benefit would be lost if they attempted to alienate their share,

actor to escape to California, Elaine TN the Sydney Equity Court to-day-charge against it, or anticipate it. giving up the pursult at Kansas City.

DIVORCED LAST MONTH

Though she received a diamond ring from Barrymore a few months ago she stated that she and John *could not hope to have a happy married life and that their relation- ship would remain platonic,"

Elaine is the fourth Mrs. Barry- more. Number 3--Dolores Costello,! the film acress-obtained a divorce on Oct. 10,

Mr. Justice Davidson permitted

Mrs. Mary Ellen Morgan, Mra. The brother charged. is interest Minnie Thelma Long Innes, and Lady and later discharged it, and the High Court decided that this amounted to Holderness, who live in England to forfeiture. make a voluntary alienation in favour of their brother, Mr.: The sisters applied to the High Frederick McQuade of the life in- Court for the return of the brother's terest in a trust fund of approximate- share.--Erchange. ly £100,000.

.

Lady Holderness is the wife of Siri The sisters and brother are all Ernest Holderness, Bart, a barrister beneficiarles under their mother's and an assistant secretary in the estate. The £400.000, will provided' Home Office.··

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For eight days the strain was through, the line of the Somme was" terrific. Then the Germans broke lost to the Allies,

From the British War Office came a telegram relieving General

Gough of his command, recalling

him

Mr.

to Britain.

Lloyd. George, war-time Premier, this week sent the General, a letter which cleared him of blame for the Somme defeat.

"You were completely let down," wrote Mr. Lloyd George.

"No general could have won that battle under the conditions in which you were placed."

sever com-

The General has plained of his "disgrace," believing throughout, that sone day he would be vindicated, his milltary reputa... tion restored.

"TREMENDOUS RELIEF"

"It has come belatedly," he smiled, "but that doesn't make the ylief any less tremendous. Tre- mendous, that's the word.

"Men of the Fifth Army knew it was a fight to the death to save the nation. We knew we were to be attacked in overwhelming

force, that our line was dangerously thin, Even against these odds the Fifth Army behaved splendidly. I was well satisfied. Indeed, I was proud of its conduct

To be told that I had blundered Was a shattering blow. It robbed me of the personal joy I gained from other awards."

He crossed over to a mahogany bureau, and drew out a bundle of

BRITISH WARM & FREE

FOREIGN

POLICY

Statement By Lord Rothermere

Colombo, Ceylon, Nov, 21. VISCOUNT Rothermere, in a statement here to-day,

said:

"The greatest danger to Britain today is her fussy, fretful foreign policy,

"No episode in any part of the world takes place without the Foreign Ofce rushing: forward to take a hand.

"The activities of this De partment are more than re- markable. It is always ready to interfere with advice often resented by the most heavily armed peoples of the world.

"Although our China trade has shrunk to inappreciable pro- portions, it is the British For- eign Office that is to-day most actively at work in that country. "American interests are far greater

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JAPAN'S RESENTMENT

Lytton Mission [the mission, headed "Japan will never forgive the by Lord Lyiton, seni by the League of Nations in 1932 to investigate the dispute between Japan and China]. Three of the most prominent public men in Japan assured me that the between Britain and Japan effect of this mission on the relations cutastrophic and permanent.

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"Is not it high time that Britalu took some step to make known to the world that she is no longer a busybody?

"The continuance of the Disarma- ment Commission years after it was obvious that disarmament was not possible has made foreign Powers belleve that Beltole will not fight under any circumstances.

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"Although stau! statements made by Sir Samuel Hoare and other prominent Cabinet Ministers, I have not yet come across anyone, with

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knowledge who believes that Britain is seriously arming on a scale neces- sary to meet the perils of the next Ave years.

SANCTIONS FOLLY

"In the defection of Belgium and Portugal, which until a few months Dgo

were satellites of Britain, we con observe some of the fruits of our crazy sanctionist policy towards Italy, Belgium and Portugal will not be the only defections. Holland and the Scandinavian countries may Hollow suit.

"Our Foreign Ministers require a new mind and heart,

"If they continue anything resem- bling the present foreign policy, war for us will be unavoidable.".

decorations. said, "don't you think I had reason "Look at these," he

10 be proud of them?"

He sat down at his desk, Before him, piled high, were letters of con- gratulation from old friends,

"To-night." promised General Gough, "I shall sit up late answer- ing them all personally," Meanwhile, gossip in Army circles 10 already predicting as "post- humous" honour for General Gough to make amends for his "ycars in Hell."

Doctors Scrape A

Man's Heart

AMAN'S heart has just been scraped and "decar-

bonised" by doctors in a London hospital.

By a marvel of modern surgery a calcified covering, constrict- ing the great veins of a 28-years-old Norivanta man, has been scraped off..

The patient, William Harley, who came from his Kettering home to London's Royal Chest Hospital for this delicate opera- tion, lies in an oxygen tent smiling cheerfully to visitors.

The surgeons opened his chest and removed the concretion of chalk-like deposit from the

heart while it was still beating

-a rare operation.

One of the hospital's blood donors stood by ready for a transfusion; but, so akilful was the surgeon's work, he was not called upon.

Now, and for up to a week, he lies

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PLUNGE INTO ATLANTIC

St. John's, Nov. 8.

A huge shower of metrors plunged

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a special tent with celluloid wine dows-rather like a ampil salcon car | coast to-day,

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