1937-02-12 — Page 12

12.

THE HONGKONG „TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

12, 1937.

KINGS NEW DEFENCE LOAN ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 11.30 a.m., 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

¿TARZAN'S ARMS HELD HER CLOSE!

Johnny

R

SHOWJ

DAILY

230.6.20 7.20-9.30

Tomorrow...he would face the terrors of the jungle for her!

IT'S

ALL NEW

TARZAN ESCAPES

Girls! There's a new love thrill for you...as a thou- sand danger shadow the primitive romance

of the one and only

Tartan cuptured by susage for!

Tarzan and his lovely mate! It's all NEW, DIFFERENT TWO

YEARS TO MAKE?

A Metro Gohlayn-Mayer resume

Strungi perit! Drack from the air!

with MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN

Based upon the characters cruntad by Edgar Rice Burroughe Directed by RICHARD THORPE

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD KOWLOON

TEL 57222

MATINEES: 20c.-30. EVENINGS: 20-305070)

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

FIVE SHOWS DAILY

AT 12.30, 2.30, 5.20,.7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

THE BEST HOLIDAY PICTURE IN TOWN!

TWICE AS FUNNY AS EVER BEFORE!

Because there are two Stannics and two Ollies in this fast. furious, funny FULL LENGTH feature! A double dose of hi- larity... sixty-five mad minutes of merriment!

HAL ROACH STUDIOS'

. presenta

AIR CRASH WON'T EXCEED

CAN'T BE EXPLAINED

PASSENGERS' BODIES

ARE MISSING

DIVED INTO

'FRISCO BAY

San Francisco, Feb. 10.

An airliner flying here from

Los Angeles fell in San Fran- cisco Bay naar the shore to-day. Coastguards searched vainly for any trace of the eight pas- sengers and crew, who

Bulletin Service,

are

A private pilot, named Frank

Hner in San Francisco Bay, dive miles

£400,000,000

TO BE SPREAD OVER

FIVE YEAR PERIOD

London, Feb. 11.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, surprised the House of Commons this afternoon by announcing the pending issue of a Defence Loan.

Replying to a question by Mr. C. R. Attlee, Labour presumably drowned. — Reuter leader, regarding the financing of defence expenditure,

said the Mr. Chamberlain

Government proposed Fuller, has reported by radio that he forthwith to introduce a Bill authorising the raising of has located the wreckage of an air-capital, or, alternatively, the use of any realised Budget The total would not east of the airport. Fuller stated Surpluses, for defence purposes.

Provision that the airliner was almost totally exceed £400,000,000, spread over five years. submerged, only a small portion of

would be made annually in the defence votes for interest the fuselage and tall showing.

Coastguards have rushed bonts to on the new debt, also after the end of the borrowing the scene, but it is believed to be n certainty that all on board are dead. period for redemption of the debt within thirty years.

Later,

The plane has been brought to the surface.

of with the bodies stewardess and two plots. The bodies of eight passengers are miss

ing-

The theory is expressed that the pilot might have mistaken the glare of lights on the water for the run- way. However, experts believe that it is more likely that the plane side slipped when preparing to

United Press

land.-

Mr. Chamberlain referred to his last, Budget speech, when he fore- shadowed the necessity for a Defence Loan. He added that the general experience of the last twelve months, which had in no wise refleved the task, прог heavy ungency of our

ralsing our lightened the cost of forces to a proper standard of defen- sive strength, only confirmed the judgment of the situation which he then formed.

revepuc.

RATIFICATION

OF TREATY

IS DELAYED

Defence expenditure was growing

London, Feb. 10. apuce, which made it impossible to

The United Kingdom Government meet it entirely out of

is fully prepared to ratify the London Neither the total required, nor the Naval Treaty of 1935, Lord Cranborne period over which it must be spread stated in reply to a House of Commons could nt present be predicted. Flexibility and adaptation to chang-question. ing circumstances must, said

INVESTIGATION STARTED

Washington, Feb. 10. Mr. Eugene L. Vidal, of the Bureau of Air Commerce, flatly stated that

preliminary investigation indicated Chumberlain, be the essence of our still engaged in naval conversations

due { programme. mechanical

that the San Francisco crash was

was.

TREASURY CONTROL

Mr.

He added, however, that they were

with other Powers for the purpose of neither to man or to

concluding bilateral agreements on the basis of the Treaty, and consider- ure. Reports by our inspectors," failure. the stand and that

indicate that the weather

The authority sought would noted that, in view of these onversi- the commerce

authorise the Defence Departments tons, ratification should for the alds were functioning to spend any money, Control by the present be deterred. navigational properly." He said he had ordered Treasury must be maintained un- It was hoped nevertheless that Major R. W. Shroder, chief of the impaired, Therefore the whole of airliner inspection service, to leave the proposed defence expenditure ratification by His Majesty's Govern for San Francisco Immediately would continue to be laid before ment might take place at an early head the investigation into the dis- Parliament. The necessary Anuncial date.-British Wireless.

White resolution, together with nster.

Vidal reported that at the Paper, would be tabled without de- Safely Conference last week it was lay. shown that pilots' errors were the cause sixteen, of the last twenty- six crashes,

"Mr.

of

to

A high oficial of the Bureau of Air Commerce remarked: "Information

It is understood that there will be a full debate on the Defence Loan proposats in the House of Commons next Wednesday.

RELEASED FROM MALAGA

London, Feb. 11. The distinguished biologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, who

hus

Mr. Chamberlain's statement led been residing in Malaga for some

Government insurgents after, the capture of the one-eighth town, has now been released and is most issues on his way to Gibrallar aboard the

destroyer, Daslisk-Reuter.

uppears

to eliminate weather and to n. weaker tendency after hours in time and who was detained by the navigational errors. The crush pre-the leading British sents an entirely different type of stocks, further falls of problem from those discussed by the being registered in Safety Conference, which virtually Reuter Special, centred on navigational problems."--- United Press

an

SAFETY BELTS BROKEN Air line officials state that investigation revealed that at the time of the crash all the safely belts were adjusted, but all were, broken. The theory is expressed that the bodies were bisected and had floated darkness has away. Meanwhile,

their forced the divers to abandon efforts to locate the bodies.

The Coroner has expressed the -opinion that it will possibly be months before all the bodies are re- covered.Uulted Press.

„TAKE ANY TRAKOA HAPOY VALLEY MJUB

BORIENTALE

MOREA

MORE TO-DAY • TO-MORROW.

WE GUARANTEE THIS

THE BEST AND FUNNIEST SHOW IN TOWN!

JOE E BROWN

03

ALEXANDER BOTTS

NATHAN RD, Howldor

• TO-DAY & TOMORROW

GRANDEST

JIL NEW UNIVERSAL The Screen Debut of ·

Aqlarious new victo thrill they millions

COMEDY IN YEARS!

Deanna DURBING.

ART GIRL

Binnie BARNES Alice BRADY Ray MILLAND Charles WINNINGER

JOHN KING HOBART CAVANAUGH

A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE &

MISCHA AUER HAN GREY BARBARA READ LUCILLE WATSCH ERNEST COSSART CHAS IR ROGERS

SUNDAY

R.K.O. Pictura

LILY PONS - JACK OAKIE - GENE RAYMOND "THAT GIRL FROM PARIS”

.

QUEENS

DAILY AT 2:30·515·7·20 & 9:30 TEL 31453 SHOWING TO-DAY

Whoop-la-la! Ze lid is off.... like you say in Etats Unis!

Heart Trouble Set to Music!.

REQRADIO PICTURE

She came from France to find romance and lost her head to swingtima1.

LAUREL

LIVE

HARDY

Meuro- Follwyn

Mayer

Our RELATIONS

Suggested by, W. W. Jacobs' Story "The Money Box" Directed by Harry Lachman)

SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY

Gupor-selyımvan-Alsxander: Baits, fresh frombin. Muslati Upton's fumbus Saturday Evening Post storias done

up Brown by the suman'ı -mast 10mlial luftestazi

JDE E.

BROWN

QF ALEXANDER BOTTSÎn

FARINNORM TRACTORS

JUNE TRAVIS GUY KIBBEE

LOCENSE), 5-MIN; NAVOLANT S'„JOSEPM)

Printed artd Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, ot. 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victorir Hongkong.

SILVER MARKET SLUGGISH

LOW PRICE LEVEL.

EXPLAINED

BIG HOLDER

SELLING

London, Feb. 10.

The persistent inability of silver to rise above the 20d. level on the London market, despite the now generally improved sentiment regard- ing the forthcoming Indian Budget, is causing some speculation in the City regarding the

reason

Carol

Hughes

Olin Howlond

"A First National Picture Directed by Raymond Enright. JUNE TRAVIS · GUY: KIBBEE pick foran

* Gene Lockhart

Joseph Crehan •

FOR SUNDAY MONDAY - TUESDAY

why THE MOST PRETENTIOUS OF ALL COMEDY,

brokers are most reluctant to ex- press any opinion.

Exhaustive investigations, however, the 10 Indicate that the position is tuc continued offerings of. "cold storage sliver" which has long been held by ona powerful interest. Opinion is divided

identity of this regarding the holder, but the majority incline to the view that he is an industrial magnate who has long been well-known as & of the cause of bimetallism champion

is now retiring. It la understood that certain in- terests have orders to sell fairly large quantities of silver on this person's necount at 20 d., or better, and that. considerable stocks from this source sull remain for liquidation.--Reuter.

EPIDEMIO WANING

London, Feb. 10. The Influenza epidemie is diminish- Ing. The deaths during the week ended February 0 totalled 070, com- pared with, 1,165 for the week end- ed January 30. The largest decrease Is In London-Retter Bulletin Ser-

vice.

MUSICAL SHOWS !

FRED

ASTAIRE

́GINGER

ROGERS

in a tingle-toe drama of love on the wing! With tunes by JEROME KERN

SWING TIME

Gene

RAYMOND

THAT GIRL from

NEXT CHANGE

20TH CENTURY FOX

DAILY

With

PARIS

Herman Bing Mischa Auer Lucille Ball Frank Jenks Directed by Leigh Jason. A Pandro 5. Derman Production. Musia by Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Edward Hoyman.

"CHARLIE CHAN AT THE RACE TRACK"

with WARNER OLAND

ISTAR

•

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

ROBERT TAYLOR

LORETTA. YOUNG in

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON TEL

57795

"SECRET INTERLUDE”

A 20TH-FOX PICTURE with BASIL RATHBONE - PATSY KELLY

SUNDAY

Audicat

2011-Fox

Directed by George

WHA VICTOR MOORE HELEN BRODERICK • ERIC BLORE BETTY FURNESS GEORGES METAXA

Stevens. A PANDRO 5. DERMAN Production RKO-RADIO PICTURE Lyrics by DONOTHY FIELDS

MATINEES: 20c.-30.

EVENINGS: 20c,-30c.-50c,-70c. ►

: "Sing, Baby, Sing”

COUNT THE TELEGRAPHS! EVERYWHERE

"ALICE FAYE Adolphe Menjou