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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY,

MOUNTAIN EXPLORER IS ON QUEER QUEST

Wants To Solve

Puzzle Of Mr. Yale

White-haired Hiram Bingham, famed explorer of the Andes, first man to climb the dread 22,000ft. Mount Coro- puna, has set out on his strangest expedition.

Once he followed the trail of Bolivar dcross Venezuela and Colombia, a journey of hardship and peril. This time he is in London to explore the route of Elihu Yale from Coleman-street. in the City to Queen's-square in Holborn.

Six feet four inches tall, Mr. Bingham Is sixty-two, yet stands ramrod straight. In the war he commanded all United States mit- ary schools, he has been govenor of Connecticut, a senator, a professor of Yale.

Lowering unself, into a comfor- table chair at the Savoy he told what he had discovered tu for about i the man who gave the name Yale to America's best-known university,

"I suppose you think Elihu Yale

Church Ban

On Boxer Soloist

TINY" BOSTOCK, the Leek

rx-choirboy and flyweight i

was a great American philanthropist boxer, who had agreed to sing who gave princely benefactions" to ¦ rolos the university.

1900 IMMORTALITY

•

at a sportsmen's service! For charity al Goldenhill¦ Methodist Church, Stoke-on- "Well he wasn't. Yale was hon Trent, has been banned from in Boston, but he left America at uppouring by the church the age of three and never went oflrints. back. A man he had never met wrote, asking for a gift to the new collegiate school in Connectiont.

Eillu sent over three trunks full of silles he had brought back from India eighteen years before. They were sold in the colonies for about 1500 He sent a few books, 100, and a portrait of George I. which brought another £300,

"That was the biggest gift Yate

Mr. E. Green, one of the chruit stewards, mail to

a press representas allow a sportsman's service in the five:

were asked if we would church and were prepared to agree, but when it was leaned that a pro- fersional boxer was to sing solos the hures cinis held a meeting and decided that the service could not take place if the bogey appeared."

Bostock stated that he was amazed had for the next 100 years; they when he learned of the ban. named the university after him. IIt The grid that il SVAN through a sent another 2100 the following | chrgyman's interest that he took up year and was going to leave lots of boxing, that he regularly attended money in his WHL He forgot to sign church, and that he neither smokes

nor drinks alcohol.

it and Yale got nothing.

"I doubt if any other man has hought immortality for £900.

sident of the Mudras Presidency und

Even

Yale was of Welsh stock--he's Governor of Fort St. George. buried at Wrexham-but the family then he got only £300 a year, were merchants in London before Yet he came home a millionaire. going to Ainevira. They were mer-

I like to know how he managed chants when they came back. that. Maybe the India Oller records

will help.

MYSTERY MILLIONS

"Why should I be so interested?

"Yale went to India as a writer Well, I belong to the third genera to the East India Company at a ton of Binghams to graduate from salary of £10 a Star. He stayed! Yale. Mv six

are Yalg twenty-seven, years, beenining pre-I was a professor there once."

sons

MINISTRY TO

SPORT BANS "Not Fair"

وو

men.

Yale Has-Neurasthenia

about 5.000 students, a staff of

400, and au income of more dan a milan puids a year. There Arc nearly 30,000 Yale men all over the world.

Ith America's Hird oldest

university. There are seventy-

hulldings including seven

the

Wrexham Tower, gift of mil- Honare philanthropist Edward 1. Harkuves, copied from church at Wrexham, where Elihu Yale is burled.

SCOUT -- Lord Robert Baden- Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, as he attended a King's levee in London. He wears med- al and decorations he receiveri for nelive service in India and Africn. purileularly in defense of Mateking, in the Boer war.

Unknown

40 Years Ago

AUGUST

1937.

RADIO BROADCAST

Children's Concert From

The Studio

RELAY "EISTEDDFOD" Radio Programme broadcast by Z.D.W. on Wavelengths 335 Metres (045 ke's.) 31.40 Metres (0.52 m.c's).

JL.K.T.

12.30 Mozari.

Serenade "Eine Kleine Nicht- musik"....John Barbirolli's Chamber Orchestra: Der Vogelfanger Bin Tel Ja Ewald Bolmer and the Berlin Propaganda and neurasthenia State Opera Orchestra; Ein Madchen Oder Welbohen....Ewald Bomer were discussed at the repre- and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra; sentaative meeting of the Bri. Isis and Osiris; Within These

Scered tish

Medical

Walls....Ivar Andresen Association IL

(Bass), Belfast.

Dr. H. M. Stratford (London) safd everybody should have à family doctor. It would not mean more money for the doc. tors, but it would be for the advantage of the public.

Dr. 11, Rose,

Wendover

| Buckinghamshire, said he was not ure they were not hearing too much shout propaganda these days. Forty yents ago neurasthenia was almost

consulting unknows in the

unot.

1.00 Time and Weather. Orcitestra.

1.03 Marck Weber nd

Suite Orientale....Popy; Les Buy- aderes; Au Bord du Gange: Les Almens Patrouille; Song Of Paradise Fisher and Lotter: Waltz....Durand; Reginald King Tiny Tat. In The Temple Of The Bells, Yoshitomo Chinese Fairy Tales.... Dreyer and Yoshitomo.

Press,

130 Reuler and Rugby Weather and Announcements.

1.40 Dance Musle.

Fox Trot-Head Over Heels; Fox Why was it known now? Were Tent-There's That Look in Your patients taking up work for which Eyes Again....Ambrose und His

Orchestra

Slow Fox Trot-Your they were not adapted? Were the Heart And Aline; Slow Fox Trul

cominercial world and going into the

Raindrops. Mantovani and His belig

Letng worried right and left?

Tiplea Orchestra: Quickstep-How'm They should get out and walk und

} Doin'; Slow Fox Trot-Lazy Rhythm are exercise, and pertups be

Nat Gonella and His Georgians; n littly

more careful in their food, Fox Trot-I'll Bet You Tell That To They would not suffer from All The Gleis; Fox Trot-On The netirastiionia.

Beach At Bull... Dick 1

¡ bake

and

There was too much propaganda! His Orchestra: Quicks Roberlight:

present. They could noi walk, Wallz-Dem Love. My Love.. abrot by day without seeing it un Victor Silvester and is Ballroom the rings. He did not criticise Orchestra; Fax Trot-He Was the hoarders if Hay were correct, Gentleman's Gentleman; Slow Fox Trot-Blasin' The Trail....Billy Cot- MORNING COFFEE HABIT

ton and His Band. Dr. Rose spoke also of the morning!

2.15 Close Down. Potter habit. He said he thought

B-11 p.m. those little habits were wrong? They overlended the stomach; it could not | do its job; and so they developed

Heurasthenia,

make

Chinese Programme. 5)

5 pm. Relay of the Dance Orches- fra from the roof garden of the Hongkong Hotel..

5-5.15 1.

Floating on a Bubble;

Propaganda he added, might easily

the individual introspective," and convert a healthy individual to dance music from Z.B.W.

2. You are my best bet; 3. Tain't Good

4. Doin' the Suzi-Q 5.15-5,20 Interval of recorded

a neurotic one.

The report of the

On a Little Bamboo 5.20-5.35 5. Council's

on the Bridge; 6. There's Frost phthalmic com

committee dealt with

Moon; 7. Someone to care for me; new regulation the Minister of 8. Oh! Say Can you Swing. Health proposed in connection with

5.35-5.45 Interval of recorded

music from Z.B.W.

5.45-6 9. Sentimental and Mel- ancholy: 10, Too Marvellous for re-Words; 11.

Message from the Man in the Moon; 13. All God's Chillun's Got Rhythm.

ophthalmic benefit. The Council had expressed the hope, that the Minister would decline to put into it any form words which would imply cognition of sight testing opticians.

The Council was instructed to usef the Press as a means of educating,

the public in the care of the eyes.

by

FIGHT SUNDAY

LIKE THE CAT I HAVE NINE LIVES

ΚΑ

MAN WHOSE HEART WAS

TWICE STITCHED

6.00 Studio-Children's Concert. 6.45 Sen Shanties- and Chorus. Three For Jack (Weatherly and Squire); Four Jolly Sailormen (Ilood and German)....Quartette: Francis Russell, Parry Jones, Raymond Newell and Harry Dearth; Sea Shantles; Whisky Johnny: Fire Do below; Hullabaloo-Balay: Billy

Geraldo and His Accordeon Band Male Chorus: Wrap Me Up In My Tarpoulin Jacket: The Lincoln- shire Poncher. ...Harold Williams and the B.B.C. Male Chorus; The Boatmen (Harris). John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet.

7.05 Relay from London.

"London in Auguest!! a talk by John C. Maude.

7.20 Three Songs by Turner Layton. Alone at a Table for Two (Kil}, Richman and Fiorito); West Wind (Ager, Newman and Mencher); The Star and The Rose (Young and Schwartz),

7.30 Stock Quotations and Ex- change Market,

7.35 Variety.

NOWN as "the man who has Miss O'Dwyer, a Scotswoman, out- no right to be alive," Harold side whose fat the stabbing occurred,

Thirly Thirsty Throats (Nesbitt Aldridge, 23-year-old Battersea OPENING OF THE CHEST

Bros.); Sing Gipsy Sing (À. Winn and E. Marlen). .Anonu Wing; St. Dr. Gissane and Dr B. Schulen-Louis Blues (Handy); Some Of These

By MICHAEL KILLANIN THE Ministry of Health's refusal to allow Sheffield to

penalise people playing games on the new city plea-munition worker, who twice had sure ground on Sundays has dealt a severe blow to those who think that gaol is the proper place for Sunday sports-

men.

Physical fitness campaigns all over the country are serving to kindle the Sunday games controversy. But this is the Government view as expressed by a Ministry of Health official:

his heart lifted out and stitched, berg, formerly assistant medical Days (S. Brooks).... Eddie Peabody after being stabbed, is now, 12er at the hospital, described in with Banjo; Le Lieutenant Souriant months afterwards, in perfect the Lancet how the operation was (Dattaille-Henri et Oscar Sirauss); health.

performed,

Le Chant Du Morin (Serge Veber et G. Von Furs cult After opening the chest, a hand Always (K. L.

Adrien Lamy, ....Violin Solo was placcil under the heart, which by Albert Sandler; 'Oh Your Toest was gently levered

up, and the Piano Medley (Hart and Rodgers); wound, three-quarters of an inch There's a small Hotel; It's got to be long, then siltched.

He has probably been sounded and examined by more doctors than any other living person. Dr. William Gissane, of the St. James's Hospital, has taken him to nearly every big Landon hospital for demonstration purposes.

'For six months Aldridge has been engaged on a night shift turning

After the heart had been dropped back, the doctor found, "to his dismay," that the pericardium was again filling up with blood.

It was found necessary to lift the

wound.

Love i

Vivian Ellis. 8.00 Time, Weather and Announce- 0.90 ments.

8.03 Studio-Chinese Concert. 11 p.m. Close Down

tilecycle. from Z.E.K. on a Frequency of 040 8.03-11 p.m. European Progranime

8.03 Beethoven Concerto No. 5 In

"Whenever a Bill comes up from a town with a clause for- bidding Sunday games we object strongly. The Government does shells at a Battersea munition works. heart out again and, stitch a second not think it fair that the poor people who do not hold with strict Sabbitarian views should be forbidden to benefit from the advan- tages of public recreation grounds while richer persons may join a club and play golf or tennis to their hearts' content.

"This point is even more important now that efforts are being made all over the country to achieve further physical fitness."

"It's heavy work, but I feel as it as a fiddle" Aldridge stated, "I "The heart's action was vigorous E Flat Major Op. 73 (Emperor).... never get the slightest pain or dis-throughout" comment te doctors, Artur Schnabel and the London comfort from my heart, and only and none of the manipulations had Symphony Orchestra. a few days ago I was accepted by inny apparent ill-effect."

Sheffield Council (which has a Socialist majority) proposed a by-law banning Sunday games in

an insurance company as a good Mrs. Harold Aldridge, then Mas They knew all about my O'Dwyer, gave evidence at the Old Bailey

when trial Inst September,

life.

8.40 London News and Announce- ments.

9.00 Relay from London, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Fronhinol

case, but their doctor passed me Alexander McIntyre, 25, a labourer, | Cymru, Machynlleth, 1037 (The Royal

200 per cent. ft.

"When I was stabbed it was the third time in my life that I thought I was dying. all the city's recreation grounds,) In London, games can be played in

"The first was when as a small but Mr. Oliver Stanley, Minister the parks on Sunday afternoons un-boy, I fell into the mud of an East-

der LC.C. regulations, but in Leeds, ent creek.

hope that some men in a boat noticed

of Health, says that if this were sanc- Edinburgh, Newcastle on Tyne, and tioned Sheffield would be almost Middlesbrough they are generally it was not until I had given up all "I was up to my neck in mud, and alone among English towns in that forbidden. Sunday games could be punished by imprisonment.

TENNIS BANNED

propused

else-

me.

£50,000 LOSS AT WEEK-END

Then it took them two hours to Manchester and Glasgow are two

which

the get me out. of the largest cities In

not open for publle grounds are

"WORST TIME, THE LAST"

"The second time

after

In recent yents no such violent games on Sunday.

The result of these rules is that measure has been Where but at Amersham, Westward people travel out and it lo estinated Ho! Bridgend, West Hartlepool and that 450,000 leaves Glasgow every

week-end.

Tenby, among other towns, Sunday tennis on the public courts is for- bidden.

motorcycle smush, in which my lex was broken in three places.

"I had 18 operations for that, and after one of them a man in the next bed to mine noticed that blond was dripping through the

was sentenced to five years penal servitude for wounding Aldridge and Erle Arthur Tite, with intent to murder them.

ENGINE DEFECT IN H.M.S. WARSPITE SAILING DELAYED

By A Naval Correspondent

This ship, agust

Nationst Eisteddfod of Wales, Machynlleth, 1037),

9.20 Orchestral Music. Tone-Poem "Finlandia" Op. 26, No. 7 (Sibellus)....Leopold Stokow sk and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

9.30 An Hour of Variety and Danco Musle.

Slow Fox Trot-These Foolish Things; Fox Trol-I'm Building Up To An Awful Let Down....Carroli Cibbona and the Savoy Hole! Orpheans; Bajo and Guitar Duct-- Wedding Chimes; Banjo and Guitar Duct-Medley Of Stephen Foster The battleship Warspite, which Songs: Mussa's in de Gold, Gold was to have sailed from England on Ground; Old Dog July 13 to become fagship at the Granne River Home: Oh, Sussana Mediterranean Fleet in succession to The Brothers Bertini; Song- the Barbam, is still in dock at Ports Gypsy Love (Lehar, Willner, Bod- mouth, and is likely to remain there anzity): Waltz Song-Vienna Bonbons Antil the end of

(Joh. Stralsз, H. Bodenstedt). Elizabeth class, recently underwent a Vent Pebela: Tango-Du Schwarzer

of the Queen Joseph Schmidt-Tenor; Tango almost died then from loss of blood.

heavy refl which cost £2,270,000 Zigouner, ..Dajos Bela and III "The worst time was the lost. and included a new set of machinery.

(Continued on Page 5.) The following forthcoming wed. After I find been stabbed, I log in the During her rials after reconstrue- Sunday, the Ministry of Health dings are announced: Mr. Thomas somebody say, just before I lost con-her turbine engines, which will take gutter outside my home and henral tion defect was observed in one of maintain, is the only time when Symons, of No. 143, Macgregor Road, aclousness, 'He's gone." people who work through the week Shanghal, and Miss Daisy Lo, of the

about six weeks to put right. "They tell me I've got a wonder- There is, I am officially assured, no same address Commander William ful constitution. I seem to be like foundation whatever for rumours can take exercise, and they can do. this without the day losing its rele Banks, RN, of ILMS. Osiris, the cat and have nine lives.

circulating at Portsmouth. thut there ligious speel,

and formerly of No. 12, Turner Close, I still wear the suit I was wearing has been unrest in the ship's company The view brings nearer the Conti- London, and Miss Audrey Mabel that night,, though it will has two of the Warapite. Bui for the Mental Sunday, with worship, up, to Pringle Steel, of No. 3, Suffolk Road, stabmarks in. I

mechanical defect aho would have 22 noon and recreation afterwards. Kowloon Tong.

Last Christmas - Aldridge married walled for Malia eight days ago.

These rulings are contrary to the attitude of the Government.

Resorts, especially on the coast, have grown up to enter for the

nigration of Sunday sportsmen.

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