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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY

Menjou Tells You How Film Stars

Money Goes

"LOVE! WE MARRY TO SAVE TAXES"

By L. V. Dodās

ADOLPHE MENJOU, famous twirly-moustached

screen lover, told me in London recently what it costs a film star to live, said it was difficult to save out of £60,000 a year in Hollywood.

Shucks to

He told me: "Do you know why stara marry ↑ love; it's to dodge taxation. California has a law that half a man's income belongs to his wife, and a man with £60,000 a year saves around £6,000 by paying taxes on two incomes of £30,000. The rate is much easier.

was

"Saving for your old age, or that day we all dread when po- pularity goes, is next to impossi- ble unless you are very careful with every cent.

"I'm not talking about my own money that's the Arst piece of sense a star icarus-but this is how £00,000 a year goes. There are lot of stars on that salary-Willun Powell, Chroje Lombard, George Raft.

To begin with, £6,000 vil least Koes to your agent right away.

are it. Pederni

never

taxes

You and

State taxes on Income together take about €37.000

We've all of "Now take living. us had to cut down since this bigla taxation eine in two years ago, i but if you're a star you've got to live like one, or you don't gure jobs. | "Also you work so slored medi that you must have servants to do things for you.

17,000 A YEAR GOES ON RELATIVES

"Around five servants will be lic average for the single man. en have a valet, a rook-housekeeper, al mald buttler chauffeur

gardener,

te needs, maybe, three clused, open, and a runabout.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GAINS A NEW DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

John Roosevelt, son of the President, and his wife, formerly Miss Anne Lindsay Clark (extreme left), are pictured above as they posed with the family of the bride at her Nahant, Mass., home, just be-

Joan, who fare their marriage. in centre foreground is Mrs. Roosevelt's 10-year-old sister flower girl. Behind her is Mrs. F. Haven Clark, John's mother-in-law, and at right is his wife's

sister Sally, 18, who acted as maid of honour.

...

He Tracks Dead

Authors,

and He

Dare Not Yawn

Federal agents Investigating for- eign spy activities in the United States considered information oh- tained from tall, dark-haired Senta De Wagner, above, of such vital importance that she held in secret "protective cuss tody" in New York. She is pr0- liquor shop at prietor

we've all "Now Hempstead, L. 1, near Mitchel Field. army

mothers, ex-wives, children, defence centre.

gosi). what lot of aunts and detective." uncles, cousins and whatnots, star Ands or they find him,

ake

Kept Vow To Dead 40 Years

By BARBARA BOARD

DROKEN-HEARTED at the death BROKEN husband, a woman made 'an extraordinaty vow to cherish his

memory.

She kept that vow for 40 years. Her home became a convent, the windows glazed so that nobody could look in or out.

She and her two daughters never went outside the house, where a tamp was kept constantly burning memory of her loved one.

in

For 40 years the three inhabitants of Homefield, Minnis-road, Birching- ton, near Margate, had no contact with the outside world, save only that with tradesmen, whose orders were called to them through the letter box.

The two daughters grew up from babyhood, knowing only each other and their mother.

They

sometimes

were

bours

heard the two daughters slaging at the plano.

For upkeep of house and living, without entertaining, he will speral around £6,000,

relatives

And

"Now I'm telling you thit charity beginning at home will cost

£7,000, and I'm being cservative,

THE

man who dares not yawn is back in London. He is Professor Leslie Hotson, the American "literary

Half of each year he spends tracking down great au- thors of the past in the mammoth body of Chancery re- ports, depositions, masters' papers, and other documents property insurance, and such things in the Public Record Office, Chancery Lane.

Then there ure life Insurance,

seing an average of £3,000,

FAIR GAME FOR ALL CHARITY APPEALS

"Bencht

"My chief problem is to keep mentally alert," he told a re- In that second or two I might porter. "A yawn might be fatal.

payments providing for pass over a vital clue. unemployment Insurance in the "I keep myself mentally fit for my State cost £1,500, and £200 goes to ave or six hours daily reading of what we call the community chest, which tooks after studiu charities.

more or less faded handwriting by a REVOLT MUST

of nine

hours' sleep

"A film star is a public figure, fair combination game for all charity appeals. The with the habit of constantly remind

the Importance nan who can give away less than ing myself of £300 is lucky.

what I am doing.

"There is tax on real estate, an personal estate like jewellery, on your radio, on your

of

"One Item missed, and Shakes- cars, on your peare may have slipped right from balance in the bank, on everything under my hand." you buy. Another £1,200 goes that| way.

In these records Professor Hotson the facts of Marlowe's "The wardrobe of a star is worth discovered about £3,000, and you can't re- death, which had been hidden there plenish

necessities under, for 34 centuries. even say, £400 a year.

LOST SHELLEY LETTERS

"Then the things that make life

He also turned up the lost letters pleasant in between work, maybe a

he wrote to his Vacation, golf club, country club, will of Shelley which

young wife Harriet Westbrook after take £600.

in love with Mary "Entertaining, at the very least, he had fallen costa £1,000 a year, and lots will Godwin. spend more. That's not whoopee, just friends in your own house.

ANYTHING'S FOR SALE

COME'

Former Premier's

Prophecy "STALIN WILL GO"

WIL

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of 4th Test Match

From Headingley ROTARY SPEECH

Broadcast by Radio Programme Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 845 k.c's.

and on Shurt Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. 0.52 m.c's, per and 8-11 pm, on

second.

H.K.T. (KA). 12.00-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service from SL John's of Intercession

Cathedral.

12.39 London Palladium Orches. ira and Gitta Alpar (Soprano).

"Maid Of The Mountains"--Waltz "Katja The (Fraser-Simson):

..London Dancer"-Waltz (Gilbert) ...

conducted by Palladium Orchestra William E. Pethers; Sing Something In The Morning (From Charles B. Cochran's Coronation Revue "Home No More (From Charles Beauty); and

Revue Cochran's Coronation

..Gita Alpar; "Home and Beauty")... The Druid's Prayer-Waltz (Dav- (Joyce).... Waltz son); Dreaming

"Palladium Orchestra

B.

The London conducted cond

by William E. Pethers; Play It Again (Hungarian Song)— (From Charles B. Cochran's Corona- "Home and Beauty"); tion Revat

(From Charles B. Sonata Twilight Cochran's Coronation Revue "Home Alphar: Beauty"}, .Glita and

(Collins): Les Sylphides One-Time Prime Minister of Rus- (Cussans, arr. Lotter)....The Lon sla, Kernesky-e:op-haired and tear-don Palladium Orchestra conducted Ing

3

monocle told

Moontime

crov.ded by Richard Crean,

1.03 Tawalian Music.

audience at Kensington Town Hall 1.00 Time and Weather,

democracy must be more that dynamic, more conscious of its power If it historic mlasion is ever to be Novelty fulfilled.

tion.

...The

Hawalian

8 A.M.

A.M. to

8 A.M.

to 5 P.M.

11 to

A.M.

Nere's

Luck!

EWO

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BEER

7.30 London Relay-The Fourth Brigitte....Dojos Cricket Test Match England v. Aus- chestra. traifa.

A commentary during play by Ho- ward Marghull from Headingey, Leeds,

7.40 Studio-Mira, R. Sanger (So- prano) accompanied by A. T. Lay (Plaлo).

In a short programine of French Songs by Jacques-Daloroze.

8.0 Time, Weather and Announce- ments.

8.05 London Relay The Artist To-day-1.

A talk by Erle Newton.

8.20 London Relay The Fourth Cricket Test Match England v. Aus- tralia.

A commentary on the closing overs before lunch and a summary of the morning's play by Howned Marshall from Headingley, Leeds,

8.35 Berlin-Quartet No. 2 in D Major.

Played by the Pro Arte Quartet (Onnou-Halleux-Prevost-Mans).

Songs by Theodore Challa-

9.06

pine (Bass).

Song Of Frince Galitsky ("Prince Igor Borodin): Song of the Needy Pilgrim (Nekrassoff Nevstrueff Manikin); Arise, Red Sun (Russian Folk Song).

9,15 London Relay-The Fourth Cricket Test Match England v. Aus- iralla.

commentary during play by Howard Marshall from Headingley, Leeda.

230 London Relay-The News. 9.50

Band of H. AL. Grenadier Guards.

The Turkish Patrol (Michaelis); The Guards Patrol (Williams); Coro- nation March and Hymn (Sir Ed- ward German-Arr. Don Godfrey).

10.00 London Relay-Sailor Songs and Shantles.

Chorus con- The B.B.C.

Men's

Samoan Love Song-Hawalian (From "Taboo').....Andy Iona and His Islanders with vocal These had been submitted to court

chorus; South Sea Island Medley; На- Sunshine; by the Westbrooks as evidence of

It was his first appearance on a Intro-Hawaiian Shelley's unfitness to have children

Gone Hawaii Broadway's never saw the sun or the

IN HOLLYWOOD

over- ders: in his care, and were kept secret by public platform in England since his waiian Eyes...The Twilight Serena-

provisional Government was

(From 'Love and Hisses'); Farewell the Lord Chancellor. They are now thrown by Lenin in the 1917 revolu-Hawaii (Bottereil. Buchel and Phil- sky or the sea. They did not learn

"Maybe you go horse-racing, or to exhibits in the Record Office. write. AD they la rend

Islanders lips). some of the gambling clubs to have taught was love songs, and neigh-fun--it's expected of you, and you

ducted by Trevor Harvey;, Raymond He has built up a "Scotland Yard

In spite of the language difficulty-with vocal chorus,

Newell of Shakespeare containing Kerensicy began to learn English six

(Baritone) with Ernest Lush Allow a minimum of dossler" never win.

1.15

Rugby Press, Router

And £1,000 for losses and

100,000 items.

Boney was a Warrior. codgers,

weeks before his American tour early Weather and Announcements.

Blow the "You've done nothing but live so

1.25 Casant Club Orchestra,

What to Hilo; "When I have a million It will be this year-his audience had a glimpse

do with the WC shall The vow had to be broken a few for Reckon that up and you have really useful," he says.

of the oratory with which he swayed Life Begins When You're In Love

Drunken Sailor? Music Goes found");

We're all bound to Russia for that brief period more (From "The days ago when Mr. Dave Hutchins £15,800 left. Out of that come per-

go. Santy Anna. Sally Brown (All· Lakle, GWA

The primary means of discovering than 20 years ago.

The Feller That Played The Pionner

Wallz; Old Ship O' Mine Terry); Donkey Riding. was allowed to enter the house to at-sonal expenses to your

The Old more about Shakespeare's life ure tend to a leak.

from The Shanty Book, Part 1 just about exhausted, he belleves.

Chariot,

Spanish Stormolong Ladies; (All from The Oxford Song Book, Vol 1, Thomas Wood); Dur- ing the War Raymond Newell served with the Royal Engineers in German

".

NEVER SAW SUN

In a bedroom he found the body of 84-year-old Mrs. Florence Matilda Ward, who had died

eight weeks before,

the upkeep of your property, and your savings.

"These figures are the absolute minimum. I guess most stars wish they could get off so lightly.

"Anything's for sale In Hollywood. You

bove my house if you A doctor, the police, the coroner, all want I" were informed.

But the two daughters, Gertrude und Beatrice, could be persuaded to leave their haven of happiness only when they were assured that the lamp of remembrance would be kept burning.

SORROWING EYES

I saw them at Mr. Hutchins's house

in Westfeld-road,

by

can

FOILED OGPU, TRAPS Korensity who was speaking at a "But I am convinced that

the meeting organised by the Women's secondary

means of

tracing him Guild of Empire, attacked all dieta through names of people and places tors. pssociated with him will yield much Intimate knowledge of his life,"

Will

Seven-Men Army

Not Go To War

They had sprung from war lived by war, strived to achieve the final 'alms through war.

It was impossible to restore pence and freedom as long as dictators exist- ed, he declared.

ott Sympathy-Waltz. Speech from The Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel.

1.40 Relay of the Rotary Tim

Speaker: Lt. Col. H. U. Holt. Subject: "Reminiscences or Abyssinia."

2.10 Close Down. 0.00

con-

Symphony Orchestra ducted by Albert Coates.

Cinderella-A Phantasy (Erle Contes); The Jester At The Wedding (Eric Coates); 1. March; 2, Volse.

Violin

and Viola Solos. 0.18 Valse Triste (C. Scott).. ..Marjorie After the meeting he talked to a Hayward (Violin) with Plano; Lon- News Chronicle reporter of the donderry Air (Irial Air-arr. Tertis) chances of overthrowing the Soviet

....Lionel Terlis (Viola Selo) with dletatorship,

Ethel Hobday at the Piano; La With its army of seven men and troop concentration on the Swiss-

"It will come-It must," he said. "Clochette (Paganini)...Alfredo Rede pre-Liechtenstein frontier. one gun Liechtenstein is not

"These rumours are persistent," hem no prophet and cannot say wha- (Violin) with Plano.

ther it will be three days, three weeks said, "but we are not alarmed."

or three years, but come it must.

"All opposition is driven under- ground,

They looked at me with dark, pared to resist to the death any at- Borrowing, brown eyes, their faces tempt to violate its frontiers. as pale as paroliment, framed

Since the

one gun la 100 years old Jet-black hair. I was not allowed to and the army is kept busy acting as speak to them; the shock of stepping out of their home had been too great a police force, this lack of martial

spirit may be excused. for them.

Carrier Pigeon Lost

But Dr. Vogt, deputy army-cum- The two sisters, bewildered and police-chler of the Grand Duchy, sald

Newbury, Mass. the

telephone long-distance frightened, are praying to be allowed on

There is a guest in Mra. Harrleit thot ho was not perturbed by to go back to the house which is so

and Smith's henhouse-}} in Paris

stray carrier current full of cherished memories-the rumours,

On its left leg is a band Switzerland, that Germany was pre- pigeon. house where time has stood sill.

paring to occupy Liechtenstein, which marked M101, and on its right leg an and Switzer aluminium band marked AU08-4842, Only clue to their history is a piece iles between Austria of notepaper with

Though the bird seems contented, 11 Buckingham land, Palace crest which police have found A spokesman of the Swiss Gavern- Mr. Smith believes its owner may be in the house.

ment also denied rumours of Swiss worrying.

"Sull, it exista in the Red Army in the Co-operative movements and in the Civil Service. One day people will be able to stand no more."

"Then Stalin will go."

Asked how he had retained his freedom in spite of the Ogpu, Keren sky said Stalin's secret agents had set trape for him-ene in Paris last year -but they had failed.

6.28 Beethoven-Symphony No. 2

Major, Op. 30. Played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Clemena Krauss.

7.00

(Mezzo-Soprano).

Bongs by Elena Gerhardt

Der Musenschn (The Poot)--- (Schubert); Das Rosenband (The Rose-Carlond) (Schubert); Im Frühling (In Spring), (Schubert).

7.10 Closing Local Stock Quotu tions.

Wagner-Liszt "Tannhau-

7.12 ser" Overture.

Played by Benno Molselwitsch (Plano Solo).

at the Plano Down. Tom's Goric

He

Bela Dance Or

11.00 Close Down.

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES 720 nm. Reginald Dixon, at the Organ of

the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool.

Planoforta Recital by Cyril 7.50a.m. Smith. 0.0

'Under the Clock.' A radio revue, with book and lyrics by Harry Howard and Sidney Vivian in colla¬

boration with Erest Sefton.

0.40 am. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.40 z.m. a.m., Big Ben, Recital by Joan Coxon (Soprano) and John Francis (Flute). 1020 am. Steamboat. A programme of Variety and drama reviving for you some of the glories of the old show- boat days.

am. Recital by Margaret Balfour (Contralto) and Livio Mannucci (Violoncello).

11.30 nm. Big Ben, The News and An-

nouncementa,

Greenwich Time Signal at 11.43 am, 11.50 a.m. The Cocklemouth Comet." A

play by R. r. Delderfed.

1

b.in.

Big Ben. Empire Exchange." Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and the Colonies.. 1.45 p.m. Saturday Night Variety, includ-

nia Morence "Oldham (Tadio's - Own') and Wee Georgie Wood (The Foter Pan of Vaudeville'). With the BBC Variety. Orchestra.

2.10 p.m. Sonata Recital. Maurice Liba- witch (Violin) And Thelma Bryan (Pianoforte).

2.30 pm. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 3 p.m. 0.45 pm. Biz Ben. Empire Gazelles A

topical review of events overseas devised and edited by James Gilroy. nkelsted by Kenneth Bally,

7.15 pm. Michael North in Songs at the

Planoforte.

1.30 p.m. The Fourth Cricket Test Malch: England v. Australia) A commentary during play, by Howard Marshall,

From Headingley, Leeds,

7.40 pm. Planoforte Recital by Frank

Merrick.

1.5 p.m. The Artist To-day. A talk

by Eric Newton

0.20 p.m. The Fourth Cricket Test Maich: England V. Australia, A commentary on the closing overs before, lunch and a summary of the morning's play, by Howard Marshall. From Headingley, Leeds.

8.39 pm It Happens Every Day" (Fiji)

Edition). A revue with book and lyříes by Robert Ellison, and music by Alteed Shevgnesay.

"(Continued on Page 2.)

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