1937-08-25 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY,

1937. ‘AUGUST.25,

BOUND FOR SAFETY IN HONGKONG

ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DAY

A DARING CONDEMNATION OF THE PRESENT DAY PAROLE SYSTEM, THAT TURNS, GANGSTERS TO COMMIT NEWER & BOLDER CRIMES I

Put on lise spoty

the man she loves!

Rocketeer Jaše d

Agalo in Hage Shakedown Case!!

VAIK-CONDITIONED THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY, AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

RICHARD TAUBER

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the

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Leoncavalta }

DIANA NAPIER

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SATURDAY

First National

4 SHOWS

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VISITORS RESIDING IN HAPPY VALLEY

THE

PLEASE NOTE!

HE Oriental is almost at your front door, any one will tell you its one of the best theatres in town and the

the most popular.

WE SHOW ALL THE BIG pictures AT HALF PRICE.

LAST 4 TIMES

TO-DAY

A PICTURE EVERYONE WILL ENJOY!

It's full of life, laughter and song, you'll marvel

at this lad with the golden voice, he's wonderful! BRING THE CHILDREN THEY'LL LIKE IT TOO!

EXTRA !

***The "Bobble” of Eddie Cantor's Radio Show....'

Bobby

BREEN

in

LET'S SING AGAIN

*KO

RADIO

Inch

HENRY ARMETTA GIORGI HOUSTON VIVIENNE OSIDENE Directed by Kurt Neumann

Ficture IOL LESSER Productian

SPECIAL ADDED

FEATURE!

THE WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT

JOE LOUIS

VS.

JAMES

BRADDOCK

ROUND, BY ROUND

Showing every knock-down

in slow motion.

SPECIAL FOR TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY ONE OF THE BEST OF THE OLD FAVOURITES THAT YOU'LL LOVE TO SEE AGAIN I

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LORETTA YOUNG AND ONE THOUSAND OTHERS

FRIDAY SATURDAY

SEVEN

PRIVATE DETECTIVE 62 STARTING SUNDAY, AUG. 29

WILLIAM POWELL

AT THE

DAYS CRAZY WEEK? ORIENTAL

REVIVAL

®, MATINEES: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS; 20-30c.-50c.-70e.

CANTON

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for the

Hongkong Telegraph

WM.

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Victoria Hotel Building,

Shameen. Canton.

Tel, 13501.

Evacuation scenes on the French Bund at Shanghai when 1,400 British teomen and children left by the Empress of Asia for Hongkong. Top, some of the refugees aboard the tender which took them to des troyers; below, naval men helping with the baggage.

Futile Hunt

For Work

Roosevelt Cannot Help Marchers

him to use his executive powers to reinstate former W. P. A worker Who could not find private ment. The whole party marched in an through the capitol streets orderly

four abreast, procession,

Alliance waving the blue Workers' flags and singing their union songs, on the way to the White House.

Income Tax Yield

Big Increase Shown In Britain

London, Aug. 20.

last

An Increase of over 12 per cent in the yield of Income Tax week, compared with the correspon ding week of 1936, is a feature

Italian Air Victories

French Concerned Over

Position

Paris. Aug. 24. The Italian victories in the inter- national air race threaten to upset the forty-hour

in week

French aviation plants.

of the Le Temps bas demanded "an

Washington, Aug. 24. The Government can give no help to the Workers' Alliance.

bedraggled men, To-day 2,500 women and children encamped on the for the past 48 hours, delivered alotal ordinary revenue amounts 10} our aviation." It draws attention to mud flats near the Lincoln Memorial Exchequer returns, which show that objrelive inquiry Into the state of £245,004,532, compared with £230,- tetter to President Roosevelt, asking 225,519 at the corresponding date of the point that the Government Is

responsible,

the due to solely year. The week's total ordinary last

nationalisation programme. revenue, at £17,852,408, was £643,-

The Navy oficial, M. Cesar Cam- 468 in excess of the total for the

pinchi, in a speech at St. Nazaire, corresponding week In last year.

drew attention to the fact that italian Total expenditure, icss self-plane manufacturers were alded by

£322,311,833, It

whereas sixty-nine-hour week, balancing items, was compared with £300,340,012 at the French production has been slowed corresponding date of 1930,

down, leading to the belief that the effort to Floating

on Cabinet will make debt outstanding August 21 was £884,535,000, which secure an agreement with the trade rendering possible 1 shows an increase of £186,405,000 unions since March 31 and compares with longer week in aviation plants.

£823,223,000 in hugust, 1030,- The press generally

the French air position British Wireless.

"badly compromised" of the outcome of the United PreSS." -

An automobile halted the mar- and chers in their way, however,

diverted them to the Labour Depart- ment auditorium where they heard a message from the President:

"I regret it is not within our power

to grant your request."

The marchers plan to disperse to their homes.-United Press.

NAZI PARTY

CONGRESS

BRITISH DIPLOMAT

TO ATTEND

BRITISH MOTOR

INDUSTRY

RECORD PRODUCTION

FIGURES

London, Aug. 24.

The total output of the British motor industry for the nine months ending June 30 was 308,034 private Berlin, Aug. 24, cars and taxis and D1,125 commer-

Increase in output on

for

that stales

has been as a result air race.

VISITORS FLOOD

BRITAIN

THOUSANDS VISIT OLD COUNTRY

London, Aug. 24. Figures of the number of foreign visitors to Britain for July, issued by the the Home Office, continue to show

The British Ambassador, Sircial vehicles, representing an 11 per

Neville Henderson, is, to pay a day's cent. visit to the Nazi Party Congress corresponding period to June, 1936, an increase over inst year. which is being held at Nuremberg which was Itself a record. on September 10.

the

Excluding numerous visitors from

These figures reflect not only high-the Dominions, whose arrivals are not The French Ambassador, but not ly prosperous conditions for the motor recorded at ports, and week-end and American, may also attend.-industry itself but for the country day excursionists from France and Belgium, there were 88,789 holiday Reuter Bulletin.

generally.-British Wireless,

visitors to Britain in July and 8,980 visitors on business, a total of 77,349 and total increase of 3,000 over July last year.

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A Metro-Goldwyn-Marae Fieber

THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY

A GREAT NEW SONG SHOW STRIKES THE SCREEN ! DICK POWELL

JOAN BLONDELL in

**STAGE STRUCK”

A Warner Bros. Music Hit!

The principal increase was in holiday visitors from the United States, who numbered 25,362 as agalast 22,524 In July Jast. British Wireless.

OLYMPIA RADIO

EXHIBITION

FIVE MILES OF STANDS

London, Aug. 24.

Hundreds of workmen will be engaged at night in putting the

"You can't keep me ljust-know guy?"

| "Here's One RAP

You Won't Beat?"

NEXT CHANGE

A Paramount Picture

“No prison can hold mel

PAROLE RACKET

ROSALIND NEITH PAUL KELLY Leona Maicis Thurston Hall Directed by C. C. Celsman, Sr. A COLUMBIA PICTURE

"The LAST TRAIN from MADRID” ' with Derothy Lamour Lew Ayres - Gilbert Roland

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SHOWING TO-DAY

Sparkling Comedy... Romantic Love! "LOVE IN A BUNGALOW”

with KENT TAYLOR - NAN GREY

A New Univarsal Picturo THE ENTIRE NETT PROCEEDS OF THIS PICTURE WILL BE DONATED TO THE RELIEF OF WAR REFUGEES IN N. CHINA, General Amusements, Ltd. "The LAST TRAIN from MADRID” DOROTHY LAMOUR - LEW AYRES

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TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY

WILD BEASTS GUARDED HER BEAUTY!

Dorothy Lamour The JUNGLE PRINCESS"

TOMORROW

George Arliss in

M

'THE GUV’NOR

with GENE GERRARD - A Gaumont British Picture-

finishing touches to the Radio Ex-SHANGHAI WHO'S WHO| hibition, which opens at the Olympla to-morrow morning.

Worldwide reception and television are features which will be emphasised by exhibitors on five miles of stands showing 5,000 sets, of which 3,800 will be" all wave" and 25 television receivers. Television will be demon- strated in 14 theatres British Wire

less.

WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE NOW

IN HONGKONG

Mrs. A. M. d'Eca wife of 'Mr. A. M. d'Eca of the Robert Dollar Co. Shanghal, and daughter, Miss Elena d'Eca.

, ·

Mrs. M. Simmons and Emily and Daisy Simmons, wife and daughters

A brief Who's Who of some well-of the well known Shanghai million- known Shanghai refugees at present aire Mr. Maurice Simmons.

Mrs. A. Laidlaw wife of Mr. A. Laidlaw of the Robert Dollar Co staying in the Colony:

Mrs. R. A. Henningsen and Miss Shanghai, and son...

Hotel

M. Henningsen, wife and daughter Noticed at the Peninsula of Mr. R. A. Henningach, manager yesterday afternoon were, many of of Hazelwood products in Shanghai. Shanghai's popular young society Miss Leah Wholgermuth, partner girls, including the Misses Lorna and of A. B. Rosenfeld and Sons, ex-Kay Lucas, Miss Doreen Parkhill, Miss Elena den, Miss Mate. Chieri, change brokers.

"Miss. Mats Chieri, daughter of Mr. the Misses Palsy and Emily Bim- Herpingsen, Marjorie and Mrs. V. Chieri of the Llord mons, Milsa Triestino and alster of the Countess Miss Leah Wholgermuth," Miss Afra

Jean Kimball. British of Courseulles.

BRITAIN TO PROTEST' '

London, Aug. 24. The British steamer Noemi Julia, which was bombed by two planes yesterday off Ajaccio, has reached a French port undamaged. naval authorities in the Mediterra- nean have been instructed to protest to the Insurgent authorities at Palma

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by BENJAMIN WYLI against the atlack-Reuler Bulletin, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

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