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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, · · 1936.

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Bearing the tradition signs of labour pickets; these Sentile clubwomen marched in front of the Seattle Labour Temple in demonstration against closing The Scattle Post-intelligencer in a Newspaper Gulid strike. - The women-announced they would picket labour 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 school.

All went well unifi Mr. Roose- velt's Administration began an

FOURTH

MRS. JOHN

-BARRYMORE

مجھے

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.

48.

Barrymore gave his age -05 although he is 54 in 'Who's Who." His wife is 21.

The wedding took the film world by surprise,

Two years ago Elaine, a college girl,

followed Barrymore half-way across

America. Private guards helped the

munitions manufacturers.

For

the

WAR ADVENTURE OF EX-LONDON MESSENGER

ARTHUR EVANS, who won

the

V.C. while serving with the Lincolnshire Regiment, has died at Sydney, aged 47. He was formerly. a London bank messenger and lived] at Woodside-rond, Wimbledon. In 1024 he married Miss H, M, Whitaker.

As Lance-sergeant Waller Simpson --he atterwards changed his name— Tvane sens awarded his Victoria Cross for "Most conspicuous bravery and initiative,” in October 1918. -

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

-Evans awam across. He crept up alone 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- tinued along the river bank the patrol ofleer was wounded. Evans covered the withdrawal of the wounded officer under dangerous and difficul conditions.

The offelt record of the incident ndds: The

success of the patrol which cleared up a machine-gun post on the flank of the attacking troops and obtained an identification

ANOTHER NAME

King Leopold of Belgium is seen surrounded by some of the 64 miners who were Invited recently to dinner at the royal castle at Brussels. Tony were honoured-for-having-parti-

cipated in the rescue work of the victims of a big miné dicaster al La Bouveric.

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

"I'VE BEEN THROUGH

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Statement By Lord Rothermere

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

said:

Britain_to-day is her fussy, "The greatest danger, to

fretful foreign policy.

"No épisode in any part of| the world takes place without. the Foreign Office 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

actively at work in that country. "American interests are for greater than ours, but Washington, beyond keeping an observant eye, does noth-

18 YEARS" eign Office that is to-day most out of the lives of his wife and family, after throwing his job

BEEN A search was

made for "I HAVE him for years, but they could

THROUGH HELL IN find no trace of him, so gave THE PAST 18 YEARS.” him up for dead.

up.

General Sir Hubert Gough. Fifth Army Commander, depos- ed, "disgraced" after the retreat

Ing.

JAPAN'S RESENTMENT "Japon will never forgive the Lytton Misalon [the mission, headed by Lord Lytton, sent by the League of Nations in 1932 to investigate the Three of the most prominent public men in Japan assured me that the effect of this mission on the relations between Britain and Japan was catastrophic and permanent.

so search for relatives was mas of March, 1918, told in these snute between Japan and Chinn)...

words of his long, patient wait for vindication,

On Monday morning a man and Inquiry into the inethods of woman were killed in a motor-cycle i crush. Five children were orphaned, The dead Relations between the Rooseyells The result was amazing. and the Du Ponts became strained.

man was John Meynel Hodgson (34) of Midgley, and May Bowers (20)

He recalled that sensational Roosevelt made bitter speceites, ; wih whom he went through a form.

of marriage just over 3 months ago. battle. It-was-March, 1918, Things looked black

Hodgson was the

who dis- near St. Quentin. Twelve divi- Joung couple.

uppered. 12 years ago.

sions of the Fifth Army com- But they went on writing to each other and even met last Monday ried a Horbury girl, and there were day by day defied an

After disappearing Hodgson 'mor-¡manded by General Gough, had enemy 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 born.

the day before the Presidentlat election.

Young Hoosevelt, just 21, palled the Arat vole for his father.

| four children. This second 'wite

1

# son

was

ก

For eight days the strain was The Du Pools (Ethel incluuled) the meantime, the frat Mrs through, the line of Ute-Somme was terrific. Then the Germans broke voted for the opposition.

Hodgson had applied for authority Post to the Alller to marry again. A notice was-past- ed up outside the Middlesbrough Town Hall, and slie Bruce.

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

on

To-day he announced that he Intended no reprisals

those who had attacked him.

The Du Ponts were ready to adrult that they had been fairly and squarely-beaten.-

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

became

Mrs.

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 flod exactly how we stand It may be--that-we-shall-have-to-be remorried".

The greatest problem is the future of the children.

BEQUEST WHICH HE FORFEITED GIVEN

Sydney, Oct. 15.

BACK

that the benefit would be lost if they charge against it, or anticipate it. attempted to alienate their share,

The brother charged his interest and later discharged it, and the High Court decided that this amounted to

actor to escape to California, Elaine TN the Sydney Eqúily Court to-day giving up the pursult at Kansas City. Mr. Justice Davidson permitted DIVORCED LAST MONTH Mrs. Mary Ellen Morgan, Mrs. Manle Thelma Long Innes, and Lady Holderness, who live in England to forfeiture." make a voluntary allenation in

of their favour

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-["shine-Exchange, ly £100,000.

Lady Holderness is the wife of Sir The sisters and brother are all Ernest Bolderness, Dart, a barrister beneficiaries under their mother's and an assistant secretary in the estate. The £400,000 will provided' Home Office,

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 platonlg."

Elaine is the fourth Mrs. Barry- more. Number 3-Dolores Costello, the film acress obtained a divorce on Oct. 15.

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From the British War Office came a telegram relieving General Gough of its command, recalling him to Britain.

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

"You were completely Te! down," wrote Mr. Lloyd George.

"No general could have won that Battle under the conditions in which you were pluced:"

has

never com-

The General plained of his "disgrace," believing throughout that some day he would be vindleated, his military reputa- tion restored.

"TREMENDOUS RELIEF"

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

"Men of the Fifth Army knew it was a fight to the deatli 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 Firth Army behaved splendidly. I was well satisfied. Indeed, I was proud of its conduet.

To be told that I had blundered was a shattering blow. It robbed me of the personal joy I gained from ether awards,

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

are

"The continuance of the Disarma- iment Commission years after it was obvious that disarmament was not possible has, made foreign Powers believe that Britain will not fight -under-ung-Tircumstafets. |—"Aillidugi stout statements

mode by Sir Samuel. Hoare and other prominent Cabinet Ministers, I have not yet come herass anyone with any knowledge who believes that Britain Is seriously arming on a scale neces- sary to meet the perils of the next five years.

SANCTIONS FOLLY

"In the defection of Belgium and Portugal, which until a few months ego, were satellites of Britain, we can 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 follow 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. "Look at these," he said, "don't you think I had reason to 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 14 already. predicting B "post- humous" honour for General Gough to make amends for his "years in

He crossed over to a mahogany bureau, and drew out a bundle of 'Hell."

A

Doctors Scrape A

Man's Heart

MAN'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 Northants 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.memang

One of the hospital's blood donors stood by ready for Д

transfusion,.

but, so skilful was the surgeon's....

work, he was not called upon.

PLUNGE INTO · ATLANTIC

St. John's, Nov. 8. Now, and for up to a week, he lies A huge shower of meteors plunged inia special tent with celluloid wine into the sea off the Newfoundland dows rather like a small saloon.car coast to-day

-wbllo a daily supply of four com- The meteors appeared in the middle

· pressed gas cylinders keep the pro- of the afternoon, With 1,0; brilliant portion of the oxygen in the air he flash they split into three groups, and breathes at 70 per cent. Instead of fell in Fortune Bay and Trinity Pay, the normal 20 per cent,

The doctore hope that he will be Completely at ngain within a month or six weeks.

These bays are about 100 miles apartam

The phenomenon "caused? some, alarm among residents.--Reuterspar

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