1938-09-09 — Page 12

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MARCH

LESLIE

HOWARD

SMILIN THROUGH

adyog Cindy Spyern

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,

French Attache BRITAIN POURS Dies From Dysentery

Hanków, Sept. 0, Lieut.-General Crousselle, Atary Attache to the French Embassy, died here yesterday in the International Hospital from dysentery contracted four days ago while on a visit to the South Yangise front. General Crousselle was accompanied on his trip by the British and Amerkan military attaches.

The

soldier had arrived in China only three months ago.

Licut-Colonel Lovat Fraser Is also

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in bed with n alight attack of malaria, Both he and

and General Crousselle felt nick before they left Hankow Sunday night for Yanghsin, on the South Bank of the Yangtze just west of Julchang

GOLD ACROSS ATLANTIC

SEPTEMBER 9, 1938.

H.K. Reel Club Annual Meeting

New York, Sept. 2. The Federal Reserve Bank reported to-day that it has received 40,313,000 The annual general meeting of the dollars worth of English gold during Hongkong Reel Club will be held at the week ending on Wednesday, the Helena May Institute on Friday. which is the largest amount imported September 16, at 5.15 p.m. any week since the beginning of the current European exodus.

The

report of

the

000 dollars worth.--United Press.

Son Francisco also received 1,710,-states:

MARSEILLES MOBILISED

"

Marseilles, Sept. 8.

Committed

We have pleasure in presenting to you the report and statement of ac- counts for the year 1937-1938 from which it will be observed that the finances of the Club continue to be In a satisfactory position, the total funds on hand as at July 31, 1930, being $635.22.

During the year, 40 members have Thirty detachments of the Mobile elther resigned or have been written On arrival at Yanghsin on the Guards

of and hundreds Police off the membership roll, while 50 some night General Crousselle's patrolled Marselles to-day as the new members have joined; the Club condition became worse and he spent Government took over the seaport and membership is now 134 Members an uncomfortable night. He decided requisitioned the dockworkers to having friends who wish to join are:

invited to fill in entrance forms and to return to Hankow alone on Mun-clear the cargoes, day morning and on his arrival bere

send them in to the Hon. Secretary. was immediately placed in hospital suffering from acute dysentery,

Colonel Lovat Fraser and Colonel J. W. Stilwell, the American Military Attache, remained at the front for unother day, returning here on Tues- duy. Ruuic.

Lawyer For

"FOUR MEN and A PRAYER" "Tammany"

with Lorotta Young Richard Greene

ZAKE ANT TRAM ON MAPUT KÄLLET BUR

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ONLY TO DAY • TO-MORROW.

Boss Opens Defence

New York, Sept. 9. Opening the defence for James J. Hines, Tammany" leader who being tried here for conspiracy, the

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3 WOMEN IN HIS LIFE — THEY KEPT HIM ON THE JUMP 1| nccused man's counsel, Mr. J. Síryker.

He nirted with ane woman ilted another then along came the third one which he couldn't handle.

ARTIST'S MODEL for an hour!

Just for a lark... but

what a madcap es capade it turned into!

A

CAY Golmyn COMEDY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Metro-

Motr

MCTURE

William

made a brief speech demanding that the charges be dismissed.

the RW.

Ife contended that the numbers same was not a lottery within the menning of one was accepted

prosecutions case his client was not the "master mind". but that "Dutch" Schultz, former New York rocketeer, was the guilty party, and that the State had failed to prove its case.

Mr. Stryker contended that the ne cused should have been indicted for corruption or cbstructing Justive rather than for conspiracy-Reuter,

POWELL Border Parleys

Escapade

with LUISE RAINER Frank Morgan: Reginald Owon Mady Christians-Virginia Bruco

A Robert Z. Leonard Production

Produced by Bernard H. Hymen

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WALTER ABEL

BRUCE

CABOT

EDWARD

ELLIS

WALTER

BRENNAN

THE MOB CLAMORED FOR HER LOVER'S LIFE!

Those two were innocent... yet they wero tossed into the inferno of men's mad. dest passional Drama to dynamite you out of your Beat-BECAUSE IT IS TRUE!

SYLVIA

Sidne

SPENCER

Tracy

FURY

Directed by FillTZ LANG` Produced by JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ

TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY! “Laurel & Hardy Now Comedy Programme”

Consisting of

Laurel & Hardy Comedies, Our Gang Comedies, Cartoons,

Pete Smith Specials and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subjects

Postponed

Moscow, Sept. 8.

The negotiations which are being conducted by the Savlet, Manchurian and Japanese delegates near Chan- kufeng have been further postponed. The reason in official Japanese quarters la the absence of the Sovlet Commissar, M. Litvinoff, who is at present ut Geneva attending the league Session,-7ʻratts-Ocean.

ALIEN FISHING BOATS SEIZED

Six hundred workers stood by and collected their wages, though rain prevented much work being done.--- United Press.

STOP PRESS

TRINITY COLLEGE

RESULTS

The following are the results

of

A successful and very enjoyable dance was held at the Peninsula Hotel (Root Garden) on November 19, 1937 and was attended by a large number of inembers and friends.

The accounts have been audited by Messrs. G. F. Walker and A. McKellar to whom our thanks are due.

The Club wijl commence its prac- tices for the 1938 season at the Helena May Institute on Friday, September 16, and will continue these meetings every Friday evening front 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.hi. untli November 18. There will be ten practices in all.

Telephone Co. Official Weds

the local Theory examinations held A wedding of wide local interest solemntsed at St. John's in June 1938, at the University of Was Hongkong, as supplied by the Local Cathedral yesterday afternoon, when Secretary of the Trinity College of Mr. Duncan Tollan of the Hongkong Music, London.

Telephone Co., Ltd., married Miss Mr. Ettore Gustavo Pellegatti huv Elsie Smith, of the Repulse Bay.

now passed the full examination, has had conferred upon him

the Hotel. Professional Diploma of Licentiate of the College (L.T.C.L.)

Other awards are as follow:- ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE

DIVISION

Honours.Beatrice Co. Pass with Merit-Helen Lou.

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION

Pasy with Merit-Chen Zu Ling. Pass-Laura Tun,

ADVANCED JUNIOR DIVISION

Honours.-Diuna Divert Marion

Cheng,

JUNIOR DIVISION

Honours, Ines Soares, Pass with Meril-Vivian Elizabeth Cheung.

PREPARATORY DIVISION

Honours. Sister Ada Renzo; Aune Koo..

Coples of the 1930 Syllabus are now available.

MINISTERS CONFER

The Rev. II. D. Rosenthal olllelated at the ceremony, and Mr. Lindsay A. Lafford rendered appropriate musle on the orn.

The bilde, who is the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Smith, of Warwick, England. arrived un the arm of Licul.-Col. C. Crawford-Jones, R.A.M.C.. by whom she was given away in marri- of age. Her wedding dress was cream lace, with which she wore a picture hat.

Three little tower girls in dainty frocks of sputted net in pastel shades attended the bride. They wore Mar- garet Fitzgenald, Valerie Jillott, and

Farlow. Each Shirley

carried EL quaint Victorian posy.

Miss M. Matheson, of the Repulse

Hotel, Bay

acted ALS matron-of- honour, and wore a smart dress of belge lace, and a leghorn hat.

The bridegroom is youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Tollun, of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was al- tended by his son-in-law, Mr. Cyril Wood, as best man.

"After the cermony, a large re- ception was held at the Roof Garden where the of the Hongkong Hotel, Lord Inskip and Sir Kingsley Wood many friends of the bride and groom gathered to wish them health und

London, Sept. 9.

ALHAMBRA

AD. HOWẸO

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY HE was WISE

But SHE was WISER ! “GRAFTER":

་བས་ས་

"CHEAT"!

"FIGHT-FIXER"!

Accused of the sport fraud he fought to ex- poss......... only the pretty queen of the sport Ipoga bellavad he was on the up-and-up

when he made a shake-down gang shell outf

WOMAN-WISE

with Rochelle

HUDSON Michael WHALEN THOMAS BECK ALAN DINEHART DOUGLAS FOWLEY

Executive Producer Sol A. Wurttal • Directed by Alan Dres

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Hunger for Freedom ! Dream of Escape ! Startling! Terrifying! Revealing! For a Deadly Moment with the Man He Hates ...

For a Fleeting Hour with the Woman He Loves

TONIGHT SOME

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WARDEN

LEWIS E LAWES

A COSMOPOLITAN PRODUCTION. A WARNER BROS. PICTURE

TOMORROW GINGER ROGERS - DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR.

in the roles that made. Broadway Cheer

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Los Angeles, Sept. B. In a renewed drive on fishing boats suspected of Japanese other Malcolm MacDonald!,

or alien ownership, the United States In the afternoon Lord Halifax, Baguio, Philippine Islands, she wore Attorney has attached 20 vessels re-and Ste Robert Vansittart had a fura blue lace frock, with white hat, presenting an investment of a million ther conference with the Premier, white shoes and big to match. dollars.

called at Downing Street this uft-happiness. noon. Later callers Included Mr.) When Mrs. Tollan left for

con-

Sir Neville Chamberlain, the He stated later that at least 50 ference lasting until about 9 p.m. more vessels will be attached before

The Polish Charge d'Afaires call- afternoon.Renter Bulletin.

the Government is convinced that Ited on the Fersign. Of curing the

has eliminated the dummy reglatra- tion racket-United Press.

HUGE AMERICAN LOAN WELL RECEIVED

Washington, Sept. 9. Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, announced that offerings for the $700,000,000 new cash loan are being "well received." He stated that the Tripartite Agree- ment with France and Britain working smoothly despite the lense European situation, which indicated that the Treasury's current financing programme will not be effected.- United Press.

NEGOTIATIONS TO

RESUME?

Paris. Sept. 8.

FIERCE BATTLE

The

IN SPAIN

Barcelona, Sept. 9. Insurgents, supported by The French Minister in Prague has hundreds of planes and guns, are Informed the French Foreign Offee now striving to evict the Loyalists that the Premier of Crecho-Slovakia from the salient in the Ebro front. Dr. Hodza, belloves that negotiations which the Loyalists occupied in a between the Sudetens and the Prague surprise attack last July.

The battle, which is described us Government will resume on Friday,——— United Press.

the flercest which has ever been fought since the beginning of the war In Spain over two years ago, has now been in progress for three days, the Loyalists forcing the Insurgents to pay dearly for every yard they advance.-Reuter Bulletin.

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Nat Loving Presents "THE FIGHTING ›

«MARINES" :

A MASCOT'S SERIAL

CHAPTER II

The Finala

HEAVY CASUALTIES. IN ETHIOPIA

Rome, Sept. B.. - The Indo-Pacifique News Agency

Since January 1935 no less than announces that the Claude Choppe 4,000 Itallons have died in Ethiopia, which according to រា Tokyo according to official Agures just re- message, foundered off the Para-leased here.

eel Islands with the loss of

n hundred lives, is not on fire and is In August this year 42 Italiace died-

at present docked safely at Saigon.In the new colony, seven of them as

Reuter

the result of nghting.-United. Press,

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