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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TURNED DETECTIVE FOR SON'S SAKE

Widow Will Name Murder Rite

"Real Murderers

New York, Jan. 10.

THE cold grey eyes of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, ex- ecuted last April for the murder of the Lindbergh baby, have made his widow turn private detective to clear the family name.

Mra. Anna Hauptmann, has| always protested her husband's Innocence. She returned to New York to-day after spending several weeks at Hopewell, New Joracy, where Colonel Lind-

MRS.

Of Damascus Sword-Makers

RELATED

BY MAN WHO FOUND OLD FORMULA

Worcester, Mars, Jan. 1. Discovery of the secret which produced the famous Damascus blado of antiquity was announced

CLAUDE by an Ohio dentist to the Ameri RAINS

can Society for Matala hero,

W. S. Carnes told the society

bergh's baby was kidnapped. GETS DECREE from

he had obtained the formula

"Now #tuttered in

have proof." sho

broken English. announcing that she had gather- od evidence which will soon prove the

killed an in- noceni man when they executed Hauptmann.

ماحاق

tablets recovered by |archæologists in the Holy Land. He demonstrated metal strips

Husband's Marriage of razor of such sharpness and

such flexibility that they could in the United States be in a circle without breaking.

He related the legend of IR BOYD MERRIMAN has grant-ancient Damascus sword manu-

SIR ed a decree nisi to Mrs. Willam facture as follows:

"The guilty once, we'll name them suon," she went on. Then all will know my husband was blameless. Wo are near the end of things. What we are about to reveal will surprise the world. That I promise." Frances

her arm

Mrs. Hauptmann had round her three-year-old son Mann- fred while she talked. It was obvious why she wanted to vindicate her dead husband's name. Her son has become his living image during the last eight months.

Claude Rains, wife of the actor, on

The sword-maker would take a the ground of his adultery with Mis

Propper, whom ho has giant Nubian slave on a midnight: married in the U.S.A.

desert trek, and then with 'charcoal The petition of Mrs. Rains was not fire and bellows manned by the slave defended. Her address was given as would heat his already forged blade. Southwick-street, Marble Arch, W.

Mr. H. W. Barnard, Mrs. Rains's counsel, stated that in January last year her husband was granted a de-

cree

nisi in the State of New Jersey. United States, on the ground of de- sertion.

His hair has changed from Baxen blond to the light brown colour of

That decree was made absolute inf his father. His mouth is the saine the following April and a few days stubborn mouth. But the most striking Bikeness is in the eyes the laser Mr. Rains married Miss Prop- same round, unblinking, grey-blue per in the State of New York. eyes.

“DISMAL' CORONATIOŃ

DECORATIONS BUTTER PAT DESIGN

ON COINS

Professor W. C. Constable, Direc- tor of the Courtauld Institute of Art London University, condemned the King Edward VIII. stamps and spoke of "dreadful rumours" of the new King George, VI stamps and coins at the annual dinner in London of the Design, and Industries Association.

The King Edward stamp, he said, when examined under a glass, was crude. "I have no objection 10 photographic design, but no engra- ver of the last century would Jes- cribe our new stamps as anything but crude," said Professor Consta bic.

"There is a dreadful rumour that they are going to take out Edward's head and merely substitute that uf George VI. Cannot we do something] nbout 17 Is there nobody who can influence the Postmaster-General 'n "this" matter?"--~.

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Speaking of the new coins, he said: "We have always suffered from the passion of taking sculpture on large scale, and then by machine bringing it down to a small scale, and the effect is a butter pat de- sign. These things are done over our heads by people who are ignor- ant."

FLAGS AND BUNTING

On the subject of the Coronation. he asked why no action was being] taken to make the decorations

"Cannot we worthy of the occasion. go back to 1035 and realise that when the Infante Ferdinand made his triumphant entry into Antwerp all the decorations were corried out by Rubens," he said.

"Why cannot we take a pattern from that and try and make

When Mrs. Rains's sult was begun be entered an appearance under pro- lest and an issue was directed to be tried.

Mr. Rains, however, gave up his claim that he had acquired a domi- cile of choice in the U.S.A., and the order regarding the issue was dis- missed

Slow healing until sunrise gave the Proper tempering degree to the metal and this, the dentist explained, was reached exactly by comparing the colour with the centre of the rising

BUIL

through the slave's heart, an action Then the artisan plunged the blade translated by Dr. Carnes as sudden cooling in a liquid with the correct) chemical constituents to give the unique qualities.

Proper "air-tempering" followed! as the maker swung the blade about his head with a muttered incanta- tlon, the dentist sald. According to the legend if the blade then would sever the slave's head without being Mr. and Mrs. Rains were married nicked a true Damascus blade had In November 1924 at the register been created. woffice at Windsor,

In

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1020 they both went to the Dr. Carnes, an amateur metallurg- United States, where they were act-1st, showed his recreation of the ing. They were not happy, and in famed blades, testing flexibility by December 1928 the returned to Eng- touching point to hit then proving temper by shaving hair from his arm land alone.

She saw her husband in London with the same blade. In the fallowing summer, and they

He devoloped the modern and less- agreed to separate,

colourful process, Dr. Carnes said, On hearing of his re-marriage in by producing

lempering solution the U.S.A. she started proceedings. with constituents similar

to blood Evidence was given on affidavit and discovering the proper top-heat from

the United States.

by comparison with the rising sun's (Mr. Ruins began work as a call-Intensity, boy. He is now well known on both stage and screen. He played the Further tests of the metal's hard- invisible man in the fim version of ness included hammering pieces of the H. G. Wells novel of that name. It through sheet steel and by cut- He was first married to Miss Isabel ting slices from steel spikes, without Jeans and then to Miss Hemingway.]

MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1937.

Charlie Chaplin.is negotiating with the Russian Film Industry to produce

a film there. He is photographed above with his leading lady, Paulette Goddard, in the Californian sun,

EDWARD VIII IS 8TH OF LIVING ROYAL EXILES.

LONDON, JAN. 1.

EDWARD VIII, WHO RULED FOR 324 DAYS AS MONARCH OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST EMPIRE, HAS BECOME THE EIGHTH MEMBER OF A VERY EXCLUSIVE SOCIETY, THE "KINGS WITHOUT CROWNS."

THESE FALLEN MONARCHS, ONLY ONE OF WHOM VOLUNTARILY LEFT HIS THRONE, ARE LIVING IN THE VARIOUS CAPITALS OF EUROPE.

THE RIVIERA, FAVOURITE PLAYGROUND OF EDWARD AND MRS: WALLIS SIMPSON, SEES THE MOST OF THEM.

THE GREYS

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HAPPY MEMORIES

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good

A NEW DRESS?

but almost as

well, not exactly

it has just been ZORIC CLEANED

"PLAYBOYS." THE OTHERS, OLD MEN WHO HAVE THE STEAM LAUNDRY Co.

A COUPLE OF THESE ERSTWHILE MONARCHS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND ARE YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE. GIVEN UP ALL HOPE OF EVER REGAINING THEIR POMP

AND POWER, LIVE QUIETLY AND OBSCURELY.

Edward no doubt will take his place among them as their leader for he will remain—at least for months-as colourful and dra matic in the eyes of the world Marie harming the blade's razor-edge-as he has been for 20 years.

United PresS.

"HERE COMES THE BRIDE' ON THE RADIO-GRAM

Marselles, Jan. 10.

Civil marriages in Marseilles Town Hall wit become more like the church ceremony.

A radlu-gramophone Installed in the registrar's office will play the Bridal March from "Lohengrin," followed by Mendelssohn's "Wedding March,"

ALL-WORLD

BIGGER

In the year 1940 the number

extravagance.

complained of his Alfonso is reported to have between $400,000 and £1,000,000 in ready cash and several million more in in- vestments,

Like Prajadhipok, the deposed Negus of Ethiopia lives with his family in England. The extent of his A marriage to the Baltimore-wealth is a mystery. Reports still born Mrs. Simpson and his acti-circulate that he brought chests of vities in any event would be money and Jewels with him when he fied from Addis Ababa before Mus- page-one news for a long time. solini's armies but the Negus main- He will have a tidy income, tains he is virtually penniless.

The Ex-Kaiser of Germany, living enough to make his life interest-quietly among his gardens, his library ing. His private income prob and wood-chopping at Doorn, Hoi- ably would be around £100,000 a land, need never worry about money although his wealth by no means is year.

The members of the "Kings Withas great as Alfonso's. He has abun

doned hope of ever returning to out, Crowns" are:

Alfonso of Spain, Wilhelm of Ger- power. He is an old man of 77.

The former King of Bulgaria, many, Prajadhipok of Siam, Halle

two- Sclassic of Buhlopia, Ferdinand 1 of Ferdinand, lives in a modest

Coburg, Thuringn, Bulgaria, Amanullah of Afghanistan storey house at and Abdel Medjid of Turkey.

Germany. His greatest pleasure-he There is an "outer circle" of this has only a modest amount of money Hittle band, composed of pretenders. and is a victim of cancer-is his col-

RACE FOR Although they never have sat upon a lection of butterflies. He abdicated

NAVIES

of though still inferior to the United States. Germany is busy not only in

their home lands,

throne they are hopefully waiting for Oct. 3, 1018, in favour of his son Borts n day when they will be so elevated when the people of Bulgarla rose by a return of monarchical forms in against him for leading them into the

World War on the side of Germany.

Amanullah of Afghanistan, who fled the Palace at Kabul in January, 1929, when he was 30 years old, lives in Italy. He was ousted because he Hia Queen, Souriya, tried to abolish the ancient "Purdah," or acclusion of

The 24-year-old Archduke Otta claimant to the throne of Austria, le foremost of these,

The only recent precedent for the

the new capital ships placed in comunas-this but in every other direction as voluntary abdication of King Edward attempted to westernize his country.

be

decorations for the Coronation come-ion by the leading Powers will thing worthy of this great elty? A greater than at any time since 1910: regards her new naval construction. was established two years ago by

It is, all I hear alls me with dismay. All these streamers, flags and bunting The number is not likely to be seem to me to be the most dismal less than a dozen. Each things one could have.

of these ships will cost £6,000,000 to £8,000,- He appealed, too, for a diversity of 000. So they give some index of the designs in the plaques for King amount which the bigger Powers are George V. memorial parks, "I am spending on their fleets. told there is a design for these pla- ques which is literally of the butter! pot order.

The world-famous \mouthwash

OPD

refreshes

like a balh

Nor is it only they who are busying

K

First Breath 3 Hours After Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 10.

themselves in renewing their navics; Claudette Scott, daughter of even a minor Power like Siam is em- Mrs. C. Scott, drow her, first barked on a programme of construc- tlon which will double the strength of breath three hours after she was her navy. Argentina, Poland and born in Atlanta. Greece have also been affected by the Impulse to rearm.

From 2.30 p.m. till 5.30 p.m.

&

as age

midget-size King Prajadhipok of Slam

same Prajudhipok, the Edward but with none of his dashing spirit, lives quietly in England. His home at Cranleigh, Surrey, is only short distance from the core of the late historic crisis. He abdicated Oct. 27, 1934, because of a dispute with his ministers over "royal pre rogatives."

ROYAL PREROGATIVES Edward's contention that one of his royal prerogatives was a right to marry a commoner, brought on his

women.

Amanullah fled by airplane, leaving the throne to his older brother, Prince Inayatullo Khun, who lasted only a few weeks. Then the military

seized

power.

His family receives nearly £200,- 000 a year from Afghanistan.

clash with Prime Minister Stanley Without a Crown" slumped a few

Baldwin

Abdul Medjid, 08, who abdicated in face of the rising might of Dictator Mustapha Kemel, has no desire to return to Turkey. He lives quietly and stylishly at Nice, spending his time painting and playing the plano

The membership of the

Kings doctor was applying artificial respira

years ago when Sultan Ahraed Shah, These are some of the striking factation.

Alfonso XIII, who abdicated in 1931 | last of the Koja Monarchs of Persia, recorded in the new issue of Jane's Finally the baby began to turn blue, and fled escape rebels, is the "gay | died in the American Hospital in Fighting Ships for 1936, edited by and the doctor gave up hope. As he blade" of the royal exiles. A famillar Paris, King Carol returned to the Francis E. McMurtric and published stepped aside a nurse turned the in- figure on the Riviera, be, spends throne of Rumonia, George II went by. Messrs. Sampson. Low at 425, fant half-way on its side. Claudette | lavishly, dresses elegantly.

back to rule in Greece and the exiled gave a faint gasp, choked, and began He la estranged from his wife, Ex-King Manuel et · Portugal died in In the preface it is pointed out a to cry-United Press.

Queen Victoria, who was said to have England. ship able to withstand long-range shell fire of the plunging type should have little to fear from aircraft.

There is also a hint that the ballding of a new type of anti- aircraft ship is one of the surprises which the future has in store.

It is revealed that the Japanese battleship Hiei, of 20,000 tons, which was demilitarised for use as á train- Ing ahip under the terms of the Lon- don Naval Treaty of 1930, is to be re- converted into a cápital ship now that the Treaty is expiring,

Attention is drawn to Italian activity in building submarines, an arm in which she is now, in numbers at any rate, the, equal of France,

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