1938-04-23 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1938.

GREATEST ERA PREDICTED BY FORD Motor Car Magnate Sees Utopia Dawning For Present Generation

CHURCH WAGES WAR ON LONDON GODLESS

A GREAT battle is shortly to

be-

he fought in Britain tween Christianity and the forces of atheism.

First shots will be fred at the annual meeting of the British Bible Union at Westminster Cen- tral Hall.

In association with other Christion societies, the British Bible Union is

to make a vigorous protest against: the holding of an international Con- gress of the Godless in London next September.

aroused

"Tremendous feeling has been among Christian people throughout the country against this attempt to propagate atheism," Mr. Newman Watts, of the British Bible Union, told the Sunday Chronicic.

"The Home Secretary has been Inundated with thousands of letters

this subject and

many M.P.'s

011

have been approached,

"A TERRIBLE MENACE"

"In this country everyone has the right to free speech and we cannot ask the Home Secretary to ban the proposed Congress. What we do ask Is that he will take steps to prevent the entry into Britain of undesirable aliens on the occasion of the Con- gress.

"This Congress will be a terrible menace to the Chrisilan faith, unleas possible effort is made by every Christians to counteract its insidious propaganda."

Include

Subjects for discussion "The Education of Youth in the Ideas of Atheism," "The Church as the Enemy and Betrayer of the Social Claims of the Proletariat," Realty of Lay Morality," and ""The Church as the Servant of Capital- ism"

The

In preparation for the Congress o stream of pamphlets and pesters is being poured from the presses.

"Many of these publications," said Mr. Watts, "contain cartoons of the Krossest blasphemy."

JEAN HARLOW'S NOVEL A FILM

A NOVEL, "To-day is To-

night," completed by Jean Harlow shortly before she died, has been bought by Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, and is to bej filmed shortly.

Jean Harlow's mother, Mrs. Jean Bello, is to help in the adaptation.

FEODORE CHALIAPIN Science

AT REPULSE BAY

FEODORE CHALIAPIN. the famous Russian tenor whose death was reported last week, photograp ked at Repulse Bay when he visited Hongkong In 1936 on a world tour.

Only One Couple In 50

Kiss Before Breakfast

By Eric Bennett

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but it's

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If you are average you wake up at 7-2 aun. But you don't get up. Oh, no, you just lie in hed until 7-10 a.m. You probably don't use un alarm clock. Only 41 of the observers do

about one in seven.

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HIS GENERATION

TH "will see the greatest

era this world has ever known," Henry Ford, pioneer automobile manu- facturer, said here.

He said he looked for early im- provement in business conditions and proposed that industry com- bat unemployment by providing technical education for the youth of the nation.

Ford, Interviewed as he rode in his Butomobile on an inspection tour of projects under way on his winter estate, blamed the recession on efforts

of financial interests to control prices, production and pay..

FINANCERS WARNED "Financiers are

.

trying to break

the country down so as to control all industry," Ford said. "If this small group is successful, prices will then go up and wages will come down.

"However, I am glad to see that finance is walking up in one respect and moving in the right direction by recognizing grain, such as wheat and corn, as the true basis of wealth,

"I have noticed over a period of 00 years that prices of wheat and corn have varied but little. Such pro- ducts of the soil are real wealth, pro- vided the crop is reasonably curtail- ed so that it will have a value.

MONEY A TOKEN "After all, money is simply a token of what has been done, it is

worth- less unless it represents something. Gold in itself is not a very useful metal. In the first place, it is scarce; and while it glitters and makes very pretty Jewellery, it does not wear well.

"I feel the present generation will see the greatest era this world has ever known. Science, inventions and mechanical improvements are mak ing things easier for us, and out of

BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK

MOUNTED ON his favourite horse Shirayuki (White Snow), of here is Emperor Hirohito Japan, revered the Son of Heaven, as he reviewed troops la Tokyo, Japanese will celebraic his birthday on April 29.

phy

2 YEARS OF

WAR SEEN

By Edwin E. Dowell United Press Staff Correspondent

Vancouver, B.C.

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"prosperous" period.

was asked if he meant cruelty and atrocity, pro- Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

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He said the

and may continue for four answer to the uni- employment problem lies in educa- or five-Dr. Hu Shih, pro-

tions

high many young men come out of fessor of philosophy at school and college with abun- Peking University, said on dant book learning but lacking in arrival here from the ability to apply themselves, I am con- vinced we should start our youth at Orient. an early uge on a programme, of Dr. Hu, close friend and sup- practical training which will lead directly into

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positions following porter of China's Generalissimo graduation. .something saleable Chiang Kai-shek, said he was no should be produced as the student pessimist, but "anyone can see learns, for u scholar to-day takes what is happening." little interest in anything that is not practical."-United Press.

"There was an electric calm in the For Eust for years," he said. "Feel- ing and emotion ran high on both sides. Then came the spark which

plosiona.

Gas Chamber To precipiinted a startling series of ex-

Kill Killers

In-

One in 20 smoke before break- fast, but even they are more than twice as numerous as the married

JAPAN EXASPERATED couples who kiss before breakfast.

"Japan is openly exasperated. It's a boost to physical fitness that

stead of ending the war in six weeks, before 8.4 per cent, take exercise

Denver, Mar. 21. as she expected to do, she found she Mile-high breakfast. That's nearly double the

Denver - nationally could not settle in six months. Her. number of smokers and five times famous as a health centre-Ironically exasperation thus provoked her to the number of kissers,

has become the nation's leading pro-cruelty and atrocity of an unforeseen Observer No. 223, a young school-ducer of lethal gas chambers.

I cut my- Earl C. master. "loathes shaving.

The chunky title professor, con-

character."

seif badly... and swear extreme-"steel architect a quiet, self-styled

and his workers sidered China's greatest present-day

And anyway alarm clocks don't ly" seem to be so effective, because out of the 41 who use them only 27 are wakened by them.

Chasing The Cat

are applying the Onishing touches to philosopher, said it was apparent his He seems to be typical. Most of a new gas chamber for San Quentin country would never consider dictat- the shavers have trouble from old prison in California. The sume com-ed peace terms. Hepeated rejection blades and don't seem to relish the pany has built the grim steel death of peace overtures made her by operation at all.

boxes now in use in the state peni-Japan is a great disappointment to tentiaries of Colorado, Oregon, both

Dr. suld. Missouri and Wyoming.

"Japan to-day is worried over the

powers,

now "We seem to have a monopoly on problem of replenishing her the gas chamber business, admits over-drawn munition and man-power Liston. "We've built five of them-supply," the doctor said, "because she and that's exactly five more than any must constantly be on the niert for other company ever made."

more powerful enemies on land and sca, SILENT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

When we do all get down to breakfast the meal takes about 18 minutes. That's the average time, And this is what you cal, Breakfast cereals are more popular than porridge. For every 40 who cat porridge, 60 have cereal.

Of the rest live wake up before it rings, Ave switch it off nutomati- cally, three don't hear it at all...

And one mon breaks It. Fifty-five-nearly a quarter of the observers and that they

Few of us eat fish, but two out of They three cat an egg or meat dish. Or wakened by chance noises. apparently steep soundly until the these 30 per cent. cat eggs and bacon dog starts chasing the cat, or the

are

a surprisingly low figure for

milkman drops a botic on the door- our national breakfast dish. An-vlews on capital punishment, prides Ing Into the war. becomes doubly ex-

step.

other 10 per cent. ent a boiled egg.

They are independent spirits who Strong Favourite

sleep without the forethought of

alarm clocks and knockers-up.

Judging on the mass observation

MUNITIONS COSTLY "Every single cartridge, every Liston, who refuses to discuss his single bomb and every single life go- himself on the fact his gas chambers pensive when the Japanese have to can take A human life in В

be on guard against Russla, or some few seconds.

major sea power."

Millary powers over the world making them better each he said. "This last one for unduly extravagant in expenditures generally belleve Japan has been

Sa ist, no good. You are swako.; averages it is 0 to 4 that you wil is

faster than the others." made for her army and navy. She

But one in tour of you promptly prefer bread to tonst and 4 to 1 that you will choose tea rather than coffee at breakfast.

drop off to sleep again. The early-tea drinkers are one in flye. Ah, but who makes the early morning tea?

Marmalade is a strong favourite in the preserve stakes. Eighty per cent, of people cat It in preference

The new chamber, which will suphas over-reached herself in tho plant San Quentin's gallows. 1s equipped for double executions and anxiety for a speedy victory, the doc

tor said. is guaranteed by Liston to "do its job in well under 15 seconds."

"With a war-weary world, it is doubtful if any foreign power would become embroiled in the current con- filct," Dr. Hu declared.

RUSSIA INVOLVED "Russia is too involved with her

Mass observation hurdly settles that old family squabble. Out of the to jam or honey. 69 tea drinkers, eight drink a cup Breakfast is tasty, but this is n GLASS BULLET-PROOF · made by their husbands, Bve hus- hard life. No fewer than 55-one-

The chamber is octagonal in shape bands drink ten made by their wives. fifth-have to cook their own.

of corrosion resisting That'a almost even Stephen. One family in three seem to have and is built Malds made len for 14 of the remain- breakfast on the "shift" principle, ateel. On seven aldes It has windows der, and the rest were supplied by One member of the family is just of bullet-proof gluss, one and three-own internal problems; Great Bri

a lain, although anxious to defend her "others."

leaving for the office as the next one sixteenths inches thick. It is feet in diameter and 7 feet high.

own interests in China, has commit The "others," who crop up several

ted herself to a pacifistic role by re- The majority, as far as these re- Uimes in the reports, presumably

drastic Include everybody from the children cords go, make breakfast a family porates an innovation in death cell peatedly refusing to take

is. constantly and eat together. meat to the odd-job man,

manufacture. Acid, which generates ellen, and Germany It takes you, Mr. and Mrs. Average, This particular maas observation deadly gas when it comes in contact threatened on her western front."

He cautioned, however, that "neu- hald an hour to get down to break- survey ends with breakfast, Maybe with the tiny balls of cyanide, used tral powers" might be drawn into fast, which makes your breakfast they'll check up now. on the after- is 'let into the chamber through "open confllet" by some "unforeseen breakfast dush for the train, with special tubes. Formerly the acid times, distances, records .. and was placed in an ordinary crock un-casualty or incident" percchlage of misses.

time about 8-10 am.

Shaving Ordeal

But more than half of the mass observers, like you and me, were a bit late, so their breakfast time averaged 8-20 a.m.

slips his feet under the mahogany. The California chamber Incor

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der the

balls

ABILENE, TEX., GETS MUSEUM

death chair and the polson suspected.

dropped Into it by pull Dalls were

lever. inThis now system will make it ABILENE, Tex.-The West Texas easier on the executioner," uxplained

hitherto un-

FILLY RUNS WITHOUT SHOES

SYDNEY, Lady 'Airlie, ally Chamber of Commerce has moved Liston. "Puling a lever to kill a which won a flying handleap at 33 Of course, on Sunday mornings into its now $200,000 omee building man is hard work. Pouring, acid to recently, the barefoot. Iler you lle in, and everything from here. In addition to offices, the down a tube is easier on the nerves, owner has never allowed her to wear tting up to breakfast is just one building will house a museum, lounge more like watering flowers. But it a shoe or plate for fear of injuring hour later,

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