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BARKED-AND

Seventy Prisoners of War Meet Again in London

Seventy men sat down to dinner in a West End hotel one night this month and talked of when they went with- out bite or sup for days on end.

They are members of the Officers' Prisoners of War Club. Only those men are eligible for membership who were captured by the Germans between 1914 and 1918. Specially favoured are those who escaped-or attempted

to escape.

The nucleus of the club was formed by the men who were gacicd at Holzminden. A group of them spent ten months tunnelling under the walls. The tunnel was 50 yards long. It could admit only one man at a time, lying prone-and even then the "ceiling" pressed on his back.

The tunnel was driven with just

two tools-a trowel and a cold chisel,

The earth was stored in odd corners THE

in the camp-in the rafters, behind

match boarding partitions between

beams and eaves,

DISCUIT-TIN BELLOWS

KING'S

· CORONATION

The air where the work was carried GOLDEN SPURS

on was so foul that a candle would not remain alight. Bellows

were

Improvised out of a biscuit-tin and a fying-jacket to feed the flame with oxygen.

Boards on which the diggers or their friends slept were sacrificed to shore up the cruibiting watts. Straw mattresses were filled with the last loads of curth,

Twenty-nine men passed through the tunnel--and ten of them got away. They travelled the 15 miles to the Dutch froniler and were shipped back to Britain:

Claims to Carry

Them Proved

EVIDENCE FROM 1066 TO 1936

By A Special Representative

A lawyer in black gown and full- bottomed wig handed a large sheet

Privy Counell in London recently. table in the Council Chamber of the

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23,

1986

HIS LIFE

SO SAVED

Cameramen Pick Them As Best Bets for Stardom

A new jury of feminine beauty, the Hollywood Press Photographers, pl:Led these screen youngsters 43 nav. ing the best chances for screen stardom. They are, from left, upper: Cecilla Parker, Helen Burgess, Janice Jarrett, Kay Hughes, Joan Perry, Lower: Mary Franels Gifford, Rosina Lawrence, Barbara Pepper, Helen Wood, Jund Travis,"

Disney's New Film

MR. WALT DISNEY, creator of Mickey Mouse and the Silly Symphonies, is half-way through his first full-length feature film, which will run for 75 to 90 minutes.

The film, which is called "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,"

will take another year to finish; about 200,000 drawings will needed; the cost of production is estimated at £200,000, about £1 a drawing.

•

Music has been composed for the film, and a new camera has ing that have never before been possible.

RADIO BROADCAST

A Talk on "London At Christmas Time" 'CELLO RECITAL

Radio Programme Broadcast by

metres (845 k.e's,), 31.40 metres (9.52 megacycles).

The other 19 were brought beform of paper to seven men stated at a been built which is capable of produeng effects in' the way of light-z. B. W. on a wavelength of 355

a German court martial on a charge of conspiracy and sentenced to six It was a pedigree" containing months in a fortress. The sentence about three hundred names, and had was never carried out-the Armistice an irregular line in red ink to trace at Intervened.

family tree from 1036 back to the The epic volved

adventures. The it was offers digging the tunnel had to evidence

submitted as conclusive

that drcas up as orderlies because the Hastings was entitled to be included the present Lord orderly quarters were nearer the among thase from whom the King walls than any other building. Almay choose the bearer of the Golden though every prisoner knew the plan Spurs at his Coronation, not, one gave the game away,

Santae of Holzminden in- time of the Norman Conquest. And

BARKED LIKE DOG

The men who listened intently to the lawyer's prolonged and involved The diggers-only one man could aunts, or studied documents in work at a time had to pierce con- Norman French and records in crete as well as earth. The orderlies medineval English, were the mem- kept watch and had to drown the bera of the Court

ot Claims, up-. noise the hammering

and digging pointed by the King to consider the made.

petitions of those who,, by virtue of In the

chair at the dinner on office, boredstary right, or tenure of. Friday will be Air-Commodore Bath-land, have the privilege of perform- commander of Holzminden in some personal service to the Camp. who escaped through the King during his Coronation.

tunnel.

Another member of the club is a

neas across the River

on.

Chinese

Bandits Perturb

The Vatican

WILS

A Woman Yawns “Adopted Son

For 80 Hours

New York, Dec. 20.

AGNES KAPP, aged 27,

of Rochester, New York, yawned continuously for 80 hours.

Then her doctor gave her a sleeping draught, which sent her into a deep sleep.

When she awoke the yawning had stopped. Reuter.

10

river

Of President

Roosevelt"

CHINESE CLAIM IN.

police courT

A Chinese who was arrested at the Hotel Cecil yesterday under the name of Louis Roosevelt, for possession of arms, was brought before Mr. K. the Central Magistracy this morning, on a charge of possession

4-7 pm. Chinese Programme.

7 p.m. Marek. Weber and His Orchestra.

Salut d'Amour (Elgor); I kiss your lipa (Rudolphe); "L. Helle Helene" Selection (Offenbach).

7.13 p.m. From the Studio. A Programme of Compositions by Harold Scott, Played by the Com

Four New Interludes. T'erformed for the First Time.

1. (a) "Pastorule" in A flat; (b) "Pastorale"

In G minor (Quasi Reli- gloso); (c) "Pastorale" Keltic; (d) "Pastorale" In G sharp minor: 2. "The Tinkling heep. Bells," "Sen Lulling: "Song of Sussex Road."

7.30 p.m. Stock Quotations. 7.35 p.m.

Variety.

the

Vocal-Gang: Show of 1838..Ralph of two bayonets and one loaded re-recken Reel; If you were the only

and Chorus; Instrumental- volver, when it was stated that ac Chicken

Transatlantic Rhythm......Irving

J.

Caesar and Ray Henderson; Orches- tro-A Gypsy Lament: Flor Gitana.

8 p.m. Time, Weather and An-

nouncementa.

p.m. The British Symphony'

Sylvia Ballet (Delibes); A thou- sand and one nights-Waltz (Johann

8.30 p.m. From the Studio.-A- Violincello Recital by Susan Jones.

A.R.C.M.

1. Sonata in B flat major,....... 2. Five Irish Folk TuneThe Thomas Arne; Poco Largo-Gavotta; Green Bushes: A Hush-a-bye.......... "Lambert's Clavichord"-De la Mare's Davane; Sir Hugh's Galliard......Herbert

Howells,

Time," a talk by S. R. Littlewood.

8.45 p.m. "London at Christmas

9 p.m. News and Announcements. 9.20 p.m. A Christmas Over- ture, (Coleridge-Taylor), played

The Court has assembled before Odd Australian Town the crowning of every King of Eng-

cused claimed to be the adopted son girl in the world: Plano Duet- man who escaped and swam in dark-nd during the last 600 years, and

Has No Laws, No Taxes of President Roosevelt. there were numerous claims on thisi Ems-wide, occasion. swift-flowing, ley, closely guarded.

Sydney, Dec, 15.

Chief Delective The Commissioners formed a half-

Inspector The town of Collarenebri, 455 Murphy stated that the pollee were While he was swimming a sentinel circle, with the President, Lard miles from here, claims more of the satisfied that defendant was not a on the bunk challenged him and lewart, Lord Chief Justice of Eng- comforts of home and fewer of the criminal. He therefore levelled his rifle. The swimmer land, in the centre. On his right municipal discomforts than any other defendant to be remanded to the Orchestra.

for ore asked barked like a dog through his chatter were Lord Thankerton, a Lord of town in the world.

8.03 ing teeth--and the sentinel marched Appent in Ordinary; the Duke of

gual hospital fer examination, us the Norfolk, Earl Marshal, wearing

As for the lack of municipal dis-man appeared to be suffering from comforts, it has no mayor, no alder-illusions. The man's real name was Strauss). #carlet uniform: and the Earl of Cromer, Lord Chamberlain. On the men, no property rates, no fre de- Lai Wal-hui, and in

brick

statement to building, no un- the police he stated that he was the left were Lord Wright, Muster of the

partment, no crime

ime and Rolls, the Earl of Onslow, and Lord

no golf. adopted son of President Roosevelt. Normand, Lord President of the of home, the population prides itself General in the American Army.

As to the real municipal comforts He also said that he was a Major Court of Session, all in Court dress, on with swords and mednis.

Its modern hospital equipment in- Mr. Keen remanded defendant to

X-rays, its cluding "SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED pumping station and its electric light

water the gaol hospital for a week. Facing each other before the semi-and

Hearing this defendant stuttered Howard Ferguson; 3. power plants, without the circular table were King's Counsel necessity of any local body to control the American Consulate?".

In English: "Have you consulted and their juniora, fully robed, and these things. The population plays in the centre, facing the President, tennis instead of golf.

a rostrum, from

Mr. Murphy remarked that there which tho The town operates under the con- was nothing known of the man at the claims were to be made. The retrat of the state works department consulate. mainder Vatican City, Dec. 15.

of the large, book-lined which makes unnecessary any coun. room was crowded with members of eil, city ordinances or levies to Persistent reports of plunder-

the pubile.

Sir Claud Schuster, Clerk of the

worry about.-United Press. ing and sacking of Catholic mis-Crown, leaning over the Fresident's more about the Twelfth, Thirteenth sionary stations by Chinese com- shoulder, defined the dulles of the and Fourteenth Centuries than did

Commissioners: munists in Western China are

"To hear and determine claims of we have been able, by the survey of the intervening centuries, because causing grave concern in the services to be performed

9.30 p.m. From the Stadio-The Vatican

Ensuing Coronation and of fees to

at the the records, which have been pre-

Early Days of Cricket" by R. Abbit Fourth of a series of talks on "The A detailed account of recent be received for the same."

served and are now collected, to sacking and killing of innocent cinim, that of the Dean and Chapter through whom we all claim."

Sir, Claud himself read the first title of that Sir John de Ha

establish beyond doubt what was the

9.45 p.m. Organ Music. Hastings, inhabitants has been received by of Westminster to instruct the King

Evening Song (Bairstow); La Nuit Below is a list of the successful in F (Rubinstein); Berceuse

(Elert).

Harry Goss-Custard; Melody the Holy Congregation for the in the rites and ceremonies and to the "pedigree to the Commissioners ilon held by the Nurses Board this Medley of Old Time Songs (Part 1 Mr. Simmonds handed coples of candidates who sat for the examina-Jocelyn (Godard).. Edward O'Henry Propagation of the Faith from and to retain the robes and ora- claimant back to John

assist the Archbishop of Canterbury and traced the ancestry of the month: the Apostolic Vicariate of Lan-ments of the Coronation.

John Marshal, who chow, in chargo of missionary. "The order will be the same as on of Edward I, and showed that

carried the Spurs at the Coronation fathers of the Divine Word.

the former occasion," pronounced privilege was granted to the heirs the

1D p.at. Big Ben, According to

10.10 the President. this

p.m. Descriptive-Studio report the Vicariate of Tsinchow in the Kansu orders as on the former occasion", because they were able to esta

Other claims

Government Hospitals.-Miss An- Scene (A bit of Opera), (Careless of another line of the same family were heard and province has sultered grave material

at the Coronation of King George ne Wah Lee.

Rapture)...by Ivor Novello, Dorothy. damage owing to the sudden advance

Alice Memorial and Afiliated Hos- Why is there ever good-bye ("Care-

Dickson and Olive Gilbert: Song of Communist hordes.

pilais-Misses Chan

Shuk-hong, less Rupture"). HENRY IV'S CORONATION

Yeung Trol-ngan and Chiong Wal- He then related how Reginald} chau.”~-

clolmed corry the Spurs at the Government Hospitals, Misses

Frank S. Dymoke petitioned to bear: were made, although when Mr. bilsh their right to it.

the Standard of England as King's

The Reds have occupied the greater Champion by virtue of the tenure of part of the vicariate including the the Manor of Scrivelsby, Lord Grey Lord de Hastings and Ruthyn capital Tsinchow. Almost all

that Court.

LOCAL NURSING by the Symphony Orchestra.

SUCCESSES

RESULTS OF RECENT

EXAMINATION.

PRELIMINARY

Honours

Hymns "Hark! The Herald Angela Sing"; "Christians, awake."....The Radio Choir.

de

English, Part 2 Scottish)....Sydney Gustard.

10.18 p.m. Dance Music. 11 p.m. Close Down.

the Hewart said it was not a matter for Coronation of Henry IV., and sug- Mariam Soon, Lucy Wong, Lena DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

GENEALOGICAL PROBLEM - Rested, "without any offence,"

e" that Cheung, Lucy Tang, Nora Chlu

missionary stations have been sacked and burned and the work of the German chapuchins is at a complete standstill,

So for, the Court's business had Ruthyns

through the centuries the Grey de (credit in anatomy and physiology) The members of these mission straightforward, but Lord Hastings Barony of Hastings,

been more or ¡ess formal

usurped the title of the and Ellie Chan. have succeeded in reaching safety in petition soon occupied them with any Queen Victoria, the Ruthyn family Fung-ying, Cheung Yuk-yin, Lam

"Right away down to the reign of

the

the

shul and Tsingshui, Four fathers the rival claims of two noble fami- Hastings," he added. and two sisters however have been lies to carry the Golden Spurs at the forced to

seek refuge in neighbouring apostolic vicariate of 000 years.

Coronation

The Court retired to consider the which had existed for matter, and on returning, announced Hanchunfu in the province of Shensi,

Direct quotations from the Lan-for the honour-that of Lord Hast

There were three separate claims at each of the claimants had esta

blished a clalm." report state:

Other claims decided by the Court ings; another by Lord Chursten, and were: rapidly advancing in a joint claim by the Countess of

The executors of the late Duke of

chom

bands Reds

are

sum-

The Earl of Shrewsbury: To carry a

Kwong Wah Hospital-Misses. Lee

sing and Chan Yin-ping.

Tung Wah Eastern Hospital-Miss Ll Shuk-kuen.

FINAL

Parsed

Alice Memorial and Affiliated Has pitals-Misses Hau Wing-fong,

ing to brand them with red hot Irons would seek to prove that his lordship witte wand as a symbol of his office2u-wing eni Hospitals-Mr. Wong!

4pm. Big Ben Empire Magazine." 440 pan. Imperial Attratto,

.5 p.m. The D.BC. Empire Orchestra.

5.40 p.m. The News and Announcements: 17 pan. Ele Ben. Imperial Affairs.”"/

I. p.m. The B.B.C. Welab Orchestra. 8.15 p. Christmas Variety.

9.43 p.m. "Landen-at Christrona Time." ... The News and AnnoubeEMEN'S 9.10 p.m. The Dirmingham

Orkestra.

Hippodrome

10 1. Big Ben Birset - Bhow,' 10.30 p.m. Brags Band Concert, 11.30 p.m. The Policeman's "Let' 3. p.m. “Empire Magasine," No. 1, ∙17.39 am The News and Announcementa.

$3.58. The John MacArthur Quintet,- -2.11 a.m. Rig Hen. Food for Thought.*

137 m. The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra

..

The News and Annonasentente. 1.20. English, Beets, and Ichh Falk

Venge

.4

248-am. The Bn.c. Mittiry Band, 1.10 a.m., 'Belt Lights and Sweet Malc.' 1.50 . London at Christman Time" 3.43 1.m. Ing. Wither and his _Band. 4. The B.D,C, Drebesten (Bection D). $ 4.m. In'rraf. 6.15 am. The News and Annamneements, 1.3. a.m. The DLC: Theairs Orchestra.

Tak thats at Work." 1.36 .. Dance, Music,

of thousands. The roads over Loudoun, Viscountess St. Davids, Newcastle-under-Lyme: To perform which they pass are marked by Lady Flora Anne Rawdon-Hastings, by deputy (the Earl of Lincoln), the Cheung. Pool-laan and Chan Taul- hundreds of corpses of innocent in-Mr. J. L. W. Butler-Bowden, and the services. of providing a glove for the kwan. (credit in general nursing), habitants whom they have mer-lon. Dame Lelgarde Harry Florence King's right hand, cilessly

massacred.

Bellingham.

and supporting tal-Misses Chan Wal-man, Tal Mel- Hongkong Sonotorium and Hospi- "Arriving in villages they mon the richest people and, threaten-appeared for Lord Jastings, said ho

Mr. Gavin Simmonds, K.C., who holding his Scentre.

His Majesty's right arm while he is hun and Constance Wong. compel them to hand over all their was one of those

Miss Doris Layne, Mr. You money and then slaughter them. volved the dignity, service or office invited by His Majesty to be present Yuk-wing, Miss. Elsie Lilu (credit in upon whom de-jof Lord High Steward of Ireland, If Lin-sing, Mr. LI Chuen-chi, Mr. Kwok Bavagely.

of carrying the Golden Spurs by In that capacity." The women and children of the virtue of his descent from the

medicine and surgery), Miss. Edna red bandits are enrolled in special Marshal family..

The Lord Mayor of London: Mae Wong and Miss

To

Chan Agnes regiments. Each red, division has a

attend the King at the Coronation Kwong Wah :* The facts I am able to put before and bear the crystal mace. Kwong May-ling, Ng So-fong and Hospital, Misses special detachment Amazons. you for the first time," he added.

of They are not formed however for really illustrate Bghting purposes, but for amuse truism, that wo in the Twentieth reminders of the past, was then de Teck-ce, Nro Chung-yee, Seto Pik that the typhoon is altuate in phout; what is now a unique procedure and fascinating Tung, Wah Hospital-Misses Wong The Manila Observatory reports

This 600-year old Court, with its Wong Jick-kum. Century probably know very much shred olored.

(creditain medicino};

Dong 115 Lat. 8; moving WNWA

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