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THIS CURIOUS WORLD Ferguson

THERE IS NO

MIDNIGHT

AT THE

EARTH'S POLES.

TSETSE-FLES

LON ∞

LAY EGGS,

BUT BRING FORTH

THER YOUNG

AUVE.

SCIENTISTS SAY:

O THAT THE PLANET SATURN

By William

QUIE UKELY HAG TEN MOONS/ NINE HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

SO FAR

Cor. 1930 BY NEL SERVICE INC.

MIDNIGHT is only a man-made definition, used in our Ume schedule. But at the earth's poles, lueal ideas of time do not apply. There can be no midnight there as we know it in the temperate and tropic regions.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY,

The Story of

PENITENTIARY

with

-Walter CONNOLLY • John HOWARD Jean PARKER • Robert BARRAT Screenplay by Fred Nibla, Jr. & Seton I. Miller Based on a play by Martin Flavin COLUMBIA

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE Young Bill Jordan acodental ly kills a man in a night club brawl on his tiponty-first birth- day. District Attorney Mathewa, 10ho sympathizes with the boy, allows him to plead guilty to manslaughter instead of trying Aim for murdor. Bill is aonianood to ten years in the state sent tentiary... fills yours later BI, inho has bem assigned to the prison jute mill, is a hardoned, embittered prisoner. Mathers, who to being groomed to run for Gouernor of the state, le appoint- ed warden of the prison. On the day he arrives with his alator and beautiful daughter, Elizabeth, to Iako over his new job the prison- era proot him with a robottima demonstration of pammering. Alono and unafraid, Mathews walks into the prison yard and facce the men down. Later, nut enlinpson at the jute mili. The prison doctor recommenda change of work and environment for him, Warden Mathews mum- mwona him to the office and re- cogntona Bili na the boy he cont upato years before, Whilo dơa in the uffice But soos Mathews slaughter, Elisabeth, and falls in love with her immediately. Ma- thewa makos Dill his chauffeur. Three months on this job works #miracle on Bill He has regain- ed his spirit and his hopes for the future and he is damply in love with Elizabeth. Mathers sa quietly working to pet a pardon for But when there prison broak.

One of the com vieta aquoals and another man Killed. Mathones transfers the terrified aquealer to ħla of. fice for safety and he aonde Elizabeth mony until things grow quiater at the prison. Bill drivos hor to the station and, saying goodbye to her, all but blurta out her lova

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PICTURE

went down the stairs. The guards at the door were having a they could do to hold back the mob. Captain Grady saw Bill and turn- ed to him, "ɗat back upstairs!” ha ordered.

I turned and went back up stairs. In the upper hallway ha bumped into Hawkins, one of its cellmates, eaming out of the war- don's office. Hawkins stared at him In amazement.

"Get out of hero, you fool!" ho whispered. "Don't let them find you barn, Bant it!"

"I can't, Jack," Bill replied. "Tho worden told me --

"You Ap!" Hawkins went on. "You would have to get into thlo." There was a sound below stairs and Hawkins turned and disappeared through a doar into the warden's living quarters.

Bill was standing there when Mathews and Captain Grady came up the stairs. "I thought I told you to stay with Runeb," athawa said. "I know, air, but he asked mo

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Mathews pushed past Band went into the office. Runch wan #prawlod by the window, stabbed to death.

Matbows turned to Bit. "You [didn't do this, did you. BU?"

"N-no, sir," Bil atamured. "I Just told you Runch asked me to-

Bolitary Confinement "Never mind that now," Mathown snapped. "Who did it?"

"I don't know, sir," Bill said.

Mathewn looked at Bill intently. You're lying, nou," be gold calmly. "You're lying to shield the mur dorer,"

Bill's eyes shifted from Mathown" face. "Minybo I nm, str." he said, "but I can't aqueul – not even for you, sir."

"BR." Mathows pleaded, "you can't do thin, Look, your parole's duo bere any day now. Do you want to sacrifice that? Do you know what wiit happen If you dont talk 7 Jers

"You've gotta do something. You've gotin save me jas

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

Chapter Four

When I returned to the prison from the retiroad station be roport- ed to Warden Mathews. Mathews and Captain Orady wore standing

inoan ten to twenty years more for you."

"I didn't kill him." Bill insisted stubbornly.

"All your time for good behavior that'll be taken away from you." Mathews said. "You'll have to go back to the jute mill”

Bull's face paled but his jaw aliit

at the window, watching the pris-get stubbornly. "I'm sorry, sir,” he oners in a yard.

There's trouble brewing down anld. "I can't tell you anything." there, sir," Grady and. "Those men are altogether too quiet No talking, no laughing."

"Well, if you're worried, call out the night detail and post extra guards at the gate loading up hare. If they're after Xunch they li head

this way."

Matkowa looked at him sorcow- fully and sighed. Captain Grady in- terrupted. "A week in solitary lo what he noode," Grady said. "Then ho'll talk."

"All right, Grady, the warden aid. "I guess you'll have to do it." The work after the murder was The quiet in the yard was shat not as easy one for Warden Mn- thow. While Bill Janguished on tored when the prisoners began bread and water in solitary conting their "yammering. En masse they meat, Mathows strove vainly to find began to move menacingly toward the Runch kilior. To add to his the administration building. Grady | troubles the prosecuting attorney of ran for the door and down the the county harassed him incessantly stairs. Mathewn went over to the to turn Bil over to the county au- window and Bill joined him there.thorities. When Elizabeth returned Another door flow open and Runch from her trip she found a poraly came in. His facs was ashen and tired father to groat her. ho was trembling so he could barely Brlady ho told her what had hap

walk.

"They're coming after me!" he cried hysterically. "Do something

Savo me! Get me out of here!"

Malhown turned from the window. "Shut up he commanded, "Nothing can happen to you here. There are eight fort of stone and steel bo tween you and the outside." One of the prison guards rushed into tho office. "Captain Grady wants you at the gate at once, sir," he said.

Matbowe atarted for the door. "I," he said. "you stay here with Runch. Don't leave tale roem,“

When he had gone Runch came over to Bill at the window. "What In it?" he asked. "Why are they yammering like that"

Dill shrugged. "I dunno," he said. "Probably a fight."

"Ploons, BII," Runch pleaded, "go find out what it's all about."

"I can't," Bill said. "The warden told me to stay here."

"Just go down to the door, Bi" Runch went on. "You might hear something. I gotta know!" I can't stand it!"

pened. "Where is Bill?" ako neked.

"In eolitary," he said. "I put him there to shield him until I could bronk this case but I'm afraid it'a unclean."

Tones walled into Elizabeth's oyen. "Dad, you've got to help him," abo plended.

Mathaws exploded. "Help him!" bo cried, "I haven't slept for a weakt Why? Because I've tried to help him. But he won't let me. I'm wash- ed up. I'm through! He'll have to take what's coming to him."

"You can't do that to Bill, Dad- dy." Elizabeth said softly.

In the midst of his tirade Ma- hows turned to look at her curl. pusly. "What's the matter, honey?" he naked. "What are you driving at?"

Elizabeth was sifont.

"Coran on," Mathows urged. "Lol'n got down to canes, sweetheart What's up?"

Elizabeth wiped the tears from her eyes and looked squarely at her father.

"I love him, Dad," sho

Bill turned and looked scornfully. at the craven walicher. "Okay," he simply. natd. "Anything to abut up your sniveling. He left the office and

(To bo Corilinued.)

By Vincent Hamlin

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HOW IT BEGAN Berdanier

MIDDLE KINGDOM

THIS NAME FOR CHINA, STILL SOMETIMES POETICALLY USED, IS A TRANSLATION OF "TCHANG-KOOE "AS THE LAND IS SOMETIMES CALLED BY THE CHINESE, FROM THE NOTION THAT THEY ARE THE TRUE HUB OR CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE.

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IN THE 19TH CENTURY, A PERSON WHO SUCCUMBED TO A WILY SALES TALK WAS SAID TO "FALL DOWN CAN ALLUSION TO HIS INABILITY TO STAND UP IN RESISTANCE). EVENTU- ALLY THIS WAS CHANGED, BY USAGE TO "FALL FOR IT," AND AS SUCH SURVIVES.

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An olucer of the Army's air force wants to name planes after Indians. But who's going to trust his life to a ship named "Sitting Bull"?

A barber in St. Louis an- nounces that combing the hair pompadour makes a man bald. So, you rec, once your hair has gone away, it won't do any good to try to comb it back.

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