1938-01-18 — Page 17

THE .HONGKONG

FLASH! THE ONLY COMPLETE PICTURE

OF THE ATTACK THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD!

A WORLD

IN DISPUTE!

Mighty governments at bay!

Is Certain OfMachineGun

JAPS TRIP UP

Fire at Panay EACH OTHER IN

Tokio Denies Surface Craft Fired on Panay

SEES U. S.-JAP. DUEL LOOMING:

PANAY REPORT

Japs Deny Army Eired on Panay

inues from Fitte vishen

Japanese Army RetractsCharge Panay UsedGun

What Happened?

EXCLUSIVE!

Aboard the Panay floo- Ing Nanking! EXCLUSIVE! 'American ́refugees dos- porately signalling the Panay from the shorel

Japs Change Panay Story Third Time SHANGHAI Dec. 21 (UP).-- ing split between the Jap

EXCLUSIVE!DS TO PROBEL

Abandon ship! Rescue boat reaches.shoral

NORMAN ALLEY'S

high command and

MACHINE GUN

PANAY ATTACK

ciated Press)

Produced by CHARLES E. FORD

A NEW UNIVERSAL

SPECIAL ATTRACTION

BOMBING

USS PANAY!

OF

SENSATIONAL HISTORY HAP.

PENING BEFORE

YOUR EYES!

the truth!

EXCLUSIVE!

The attack sinks the Panay--actual sinking!-

EXCLUSIVE!

The crow goes over- board!

EXCLUSIVE!

The side of the Panay dostroyed - you see it) -

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18,

RE-SHUFFLE IN ROUMANIA

CAROL DISCARDING FASCIST FACTION

Bucharest, Jan. 17.

An early reconstruction of the. Roumanian government is forecast as

a result of reports that King Carol has offered Alexander Valda-Voevod the vice-Premiership in succession to Alexander Cuza, the leading pro- ponent of a complete anti-Semille | programme.

DRAMA

IN PANAY NEWS-REELS

1938.

Hongkong Audiences See Greatest Scoops

RAMA—the drama of the most sensational inter- national incident in the Sino-

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It is also reported that King Carol Japanese war-unfolded before intends to replace Georgs Cuza, the the eyes of a small group of Labour Minister, and other Rightist newspaperman and theatro man- members of the Cabinet. Politicians

250rs at two proviews hold in Hongkong yesterday.

belleve that such action will stabilise the Government, and dissipate fears aroused by the present Rightest course and by the decreased inflow of | foreign monies-United Press,

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ATTRACTION

Wolverhampton, Jan. 17.

To secure the pictorial and written record of that incident -the sinking of the U.S. gun- boat Panayan Italian news- paperman laid down his life, and two American cameramen set a new standard in the traditions of a profession noted for its heroism and courage in the face of death.

The stark realism of the celluloid record of the bombing of the Panny,

A long queue waited at the Wolver-as obtained by cameramen Erle hampton football ground to-day, Meyell for Movietone-Metro-Gold- when the ticket office opened at 1.16 Wyn-Mayer and Norman Alloy for p.m. for the sale of tickets for the world's greatest news-reel records of Universal, must rank with the match between the Arsenal and Wolverhampton on Saturday next events that have shocked the world. All tickets were sold within an hour. victim of Hollywood "ballyhoo" and Alley, unfortunately, has been the

Slany In the queue had waited at his record of the actual bombing and the gates since last night, one of sinking of the Panay will suffer from whom bought a dart board and passed | public reaction. the time playing a game. Reuter Bulletin.

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Universal, in an effort to capitalise the remarkable work of their camera-man, have bullt what should

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have been the world's greatest news-life aboard the Panay some days cludes, in addition to Meyell's record, reel subject into a three-reel feature. before the actual bombing. Meyell, some terrifyingly realistic shols Extraneous matter, such as shots of too, has obtained shots that are from the northern front by ace Alleys dash across the Pacific by missing from his rival cameraman's camera-man "News-reel" Wong. China Clipper, the ridiculous shriek- record. Most brilliant of Meyell's The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer news- ing-siren police motor-cycle escorts shots were those of the actual rain reel is being currently screened at in the United States, all accompanied of bombs around the doomed gun-the ordinary sessions at the King's by grandiloquent dialogue by the boat. He has a vivid shot that tells, Theatre in conjunction with ho commentator, savour too much of without words, of the awful concus London Film producton "Elephant the cardinal sin of "padding."

sion of explosive meeting its objec-Boy", Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wisely used tive. No need for raucous commen-

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screened at such unecessary ballyhoo in tators, in either cameramen's story, being suiversal Panay feature is the Queen's 3011 presenting Meyell's record of the to bringing home to an audience the Theatre, at 11 am, noon, 1 pm, and .01% Tragedy, and stark reality grips the stark realism of the suffering of the 4.30 p.m., dally, as a programme 55 audience from beginning to end in dying and wounded, and of the separate to the ordinary daily pro- 1494

a pleturisation that takes less than terrible journey down the river to grammes. Nominal admission fees .011,000 feet of film.

sanctuary.

of 50 cents and 20 cents are being

.9.15 For the sake of continuity, it will Neither bleture should be missed charged at the Queen's.—N,5, 70% always be a matter of regret that by cinema-goers in Hongkong 133 the shots obtained by Meyell and because, as was bound to be the case 1/04 Alley have not been pooled. The under the titanic difficulties atten- result would have been a magnifcent dant upon working under a hall of and continuous record of the event death from the skies, neliher flim The following ships are expected

wireless that came nearest to bringing about presents in Itself a complete record to be in

communication .1/3 foreign intervention in the For of events,

with the Hongkong radio station: .1/3.5/32 Eastern dispute.

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Alley has contributed a fine record van Heutsz. Chaksang, Sulsang, Alley has obtained shots that are of the evacuation and bombardment| Eclipse, President Hoover, Potsdam, 9.00 missing from Meyell's record. In of Nanking as a prelude to his record] Taiyuan, Taksang. Empress OL .83% this he was fortunate, for he obtained of the Panay bombing, while the Japun, Hakozaki Maria. President .4.09 | a graphic and interesting record of Mstro-Goldwyn-Mayor news-reel In- Jefferson, President Garfjeld.

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