1937-04-16 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL

16, 1937.

130 WATCH 600-MILE FRONTIER Portuguese Wonder How Britons Will Do It SHANGHAI STEAMER

WORK BEFORE PARTIES

-says Chief

Dr. A Correspondent "

Lisbon, Apr. 10. ROOM in the palatial Hotel Aviz, near Lis- bon, has been set aside as headquarters of Captain Malcolm MacDonald, chief of the Britishi observers in Portugal.

When the rest of the 130 Britons chosen to police the Portuguese frontier arrive they will be able to go to their stations within a few dinya.

THEY WONDER

Lisbon propie are wondering how on earth 130 men are going to watch nearly 500 miles of frontier to pre- vent the passage of arms and volun- teers Into Spoin.

That is going to be MacDonald's 1t worry.

"The British will be stationed at nine widely separated posts," this young-faced, grey-haired ex-naval offeer told me,

"I knew it wasn't going to be a plenie when I took an the Job-and a quick look round has told me I was right. It will be at least a fortnight before we can get to work properly."

and his -elerlen staff have administrative problems to tackle. Well-to-do For- tuguese people are calling hourly offering their hospitality, but so far no "dales" have been made. "Work

is The first, parties afterwards," "altipper's" motto. "But it's Jolly drcent of them to ask us," he told

Meanwhile MacDonald

me.

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BOURNEMOUTH, APR. 10.

FOR MONTHS NOW A YOUNG SALESMAN-CLERK HERE

HAS BEEN SAVING HIS PAY TO BUY A PARACHUTE TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT ON THE WORLD'S RECORD DESCENT.

Now everything is ready, and on fine spring morning shortly this man, Gwynne Johns, will leap from

an aeroplane four miles above Salis- bury Plain in his third attempt to beat the delayed drop record of the late John Tranum-17,000 ft.

Mr. Johns said that he plans to fall for ninety seconds before pulling the rip-cord--a sheer drop of 18,000 ft.

have been saving up my pay to

buy my

Blondes,

Brunettes,

parachute. the special clothes Red-Heads

and breathing apparatus I shall launder my to save money. I have made a hobby of parachute jumping

five

wear," he added. "I

own linen to

for

years.

On the wall on his little sitting- room hang a pair of crutches, a grim reminder of the occasion when he

·broke-his-leg-in-three-places-during

one fall.

A TRAGEDY OF HOLLYWOOD

FORMER FILM-STAR'S

108. THEFT

New York, Apr. 10

A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE

London, Apr. 10.

The frequently-expressed theory

ON FIRE AT SEA

An aerial view, showing the gutted bridge, of the blazing Shanghai steamer Maric Moller, of Holyhead. Bound for Liverpool with a cargo of peanuts from Vizagapatam, Madras, the vessel was only 30 miles from the end of her voyage when fire, followed by terrific explosions, broke out in No. 3 hold. The crew of 72 officers and men were rescued within sight of shore.

FOR

To-day's Tallest

Paris, Apr. 10. OR a year constables throughout France have been trying to arrest Louls Andre Barbut, a twenty- nine-year-old commercial traveller, for alleged non-delivery of paid-for goods.

The police state that more than 200 provincial wireless dealers have registered complaints against him.

To-day he was captured in Paris:

"How did you get him?” asked an admiring police commissaire.

that there is no greater difference"Well," said the subordinate between blonde, brunette and red-mire "not many people are red

between three

haired women than automobiles of the same model paini-

ed in different colours has been dis- proved by British scientists.

The three types, scientists declare, are as distinct from each other s

and oft. 7ins.

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Berlin, Apr. 5. TWENTY THOUSAND Berlin girls, all aged ten, are about to go into uniform. They are being enrolled for the League of

Girls,

German

feminine. section of the Hitler Youth

JAPANESE SEER movement.

The girls are examined as thor-

three human races, and there is SURVEYS WORLDoughly as Army recruits.

ample evidence that they have been distinct races before humanity be-

by

Women doctors lest blood- Tokyo, Apr. 10. pressure, lung-power, - eyesight, and hearing in order to find out if they A robust United States, are. At to become future mothers. "moving forward like rolling Blondes' skins ure not really while, thunder in the sky," and a пог arc bruncites' skins really brown. They cach contain large Great Britain with ebbing in- F

'SWEAR-IN' DAY

One of Hollywood's many trage-came so thoroughly mixed up dles-obscured by the huge salaries. emigration and intermarriage. bright lights, and glamour of the film capital-is revealed by the trial of the Marchesa Theodora Marcone for

It was not really a trial since the quantities of red, orange, yellow, fluence have been predicted by girls will be "sworn-In" us members

green, blue Indigo and violet. A Marchesa, once the toast of Brond-blonde has more yellow in her skin (Donsho Kodama, Japan's fore. of the Hitler Youth.

theft.

way and one of the first women to than a brunette, a brunette has less most soothsayer. make a name for herself in aviation, pleaded guilty to stealing 24 dollars green or green blue than a blonde,

(10s.) worth of merchandise from Los Angeles shop. She threw her- self on the mercy of the Court, ask- ing for probation.

and "redheads" have a more equal blending of all the colours.

WHEN BLONDES GO GREEN

turn

a result of

green

On April 20, Hitler's birthday, the

Afterwards they will have an even more detailed examinailan. Results will be entered in the "Racial Passport," which is in- tended that they shall carry for the rest of their lives, forming a record of their health and deve- lopment.

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and better

than ever

said Johnnie Walker

Only whisky that has matured for long years in the wood is used in the blending of Johnnic Walker; and thanks to the huge stocks of whiskies which have been laid down through- out the years, Johnnie Walker is older and better than ever.

All over Scotland these fine whiskies arc patiently maturing, waiting to give, when

and. "roundncas skilfully blended, that harmony which has always been a distinctive feature of Johnnie Walker. Remember to look for the famous square bottle; remember to ask for Johnnie Walker by name.

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For his own country Kodama saw torns and earthquakes but a com- paratively tranquil political outlook,

Other Kodama forecasts: A blonde really can Judge Leroy Dawson heard her

France will have no great change

Entrance to the Hitler

White Youth is sympathetically, but discovered that when the blood leaves her cheeks as in the immediate future.

sudden shock or nau-

of the Germany is coming out she had no means of support, und so

nominally voluntary for girls. (com- ruled that she must. go to the county sea, because the extra green pig-night into the sunrise.

White Pearl (wash.) Italy, vigorous now, appears Pulsory for boys), but girls who do poor farm, unless 16 dollars (£3ment in her skin then becomes more weekly can be provided to place her prominent, the scientists explained.headed for a great loss and a check-not go into the movement are un- likely to obtain good positions later. in a rehabilitation home. She is be- ing kept in gaol while attempts are ceptible to skin affections. A real being made to interest welfare wor-brunette virtually is immune. Bru kers in her case.

nettes seldom suffer from Infantile Lo Before her marriage an Italian nobleman Theo Carew, as she was paralysis and diseases of the nervousnext decade.

system. Blondes are martyrs to the then known, had been leading common cold, influenza, and diseases lady fo

Blondes and red heads" ore sus-

ed advance.

The Soviel Unton enjoys prospects.

Dictators, and near-dictators continue their influence

over

good Employers are compelled to give preference to candidates who have will done "party service.”—Renter.

the

in.

The most important nations for John Drew and won fame in of the lungs. Brunettes usually international politics during 1937 the early days of films. She had have the best teeth. Blondes and will be the United States, Germany, been a friend of David Belasco, "redheads" ore often victims of the Soviet Union, Japan and Italy. Henry Walthall, Mae Marsh, and the rheumatism and rheumatic fever.

Gigh

gisters.

and Brunettes are sadder After a happy marriage to

nobleman she settled in Italy. soulful. They are more

Italian where

on

likely to

ITALY'S ECLIPSE SEEN

moro A "very important person," pre- on the outbreak of the war commit suicide than to use physical sumably Premier Mussolini, will die In Italy in 1940, Kodama predicted, her husband entered the Flying Ser-violence toward others. Blondes are vice and she the Ambulance Corps. cold, unemotional and calculating, and the nation will cease its vigor- After his death she took to the air, Brunettes are excitable, generousous advance. Until then Italy will becoming. Italy's first woman war and often end. Redhaired women go forward steadily. flyer. After the war she partielpat- are flery and easily angered, but

He anticipated a general Im-

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women in Paris. She is now 51.

seldom nurse resentment.

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