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Abandoned Babies

Charge

LEFT WITH

THEIR DEAD MOTHER

Says Counsel

A 27-year-old father who was

alleged to have gone away with

his 15-year-old housekeeper,

"RE-ARM!”

ADVICE

OF HERO

Admiral of the Fleet. Sir Roger | tes Keyes, hero of Zeebrugge and M.I”. leaving his three children alone for Portsmouth North, recently ex- In the house with their mother|plained why he abstained from vot- lying dead upstairs, appeared in ing on the Government vote of con- the dock at Cardiff police court fidence.

MAD,

bloody

recently.

"I have on mniense admiration Harry The

Thomas for the gallant effort of Mr. Cham- Owen, of Windsor Terrace, Car-berlain, whose undaunted courage

and persistence averted n diff, was charged with abduct-war and the obliteration of Czecho- ing the girl, with committing slovakia on the very eve of zero offences against her, and with hour," he said.

abandoning the children, all "Whatever criticism may be level- girls, aged 7, 3% and 1 year 11 led against the Government for their foreign policy, which culmin- months.

ated

in the sacrifice of a gallant nation in the interests of peace; the in re-armament; deplorable delays the appalling gaps in our defences; and our unreadiness when the crisis Then she went to his home us housekeeper.

Owen's wife died on arse: Mr. Chonberlain has won the world for gratitude of the whole

Mr. Hardwicke Sainsbury, prese cuting, said that Owen, although married, kept company with the

girl for seven months.

the night of September 17, and her what he personally did to avert the body was left in the house while he entastrophie--and from no one more and the girl went to Bristol.

Inquiries were made and the chil-timn the people of Germany,

dren were found at the house in al dirty condition and with very littlej food.

WANTED A LEAD

"There can be no shadow of doubt

that the people of Great Britain, who displayed such calm and reso- "DECIDED TO RUN AWAY"

sobbingly lute courage and showed that they The girl housekeeper described her association with Owen, were only too anxious to serve in and added: "I decided not to go to any way they could, if given a fend,

are united in wishing Mr. Chamber my home when his wife died, and Jalna success in his efforts to obtain tuid him I was going to run We decided to run away together a lasting peace by appeasement and

Querale Harrison, a sub-tenant, aid that on the day Owen's wife died he and the Ciri were having pillow-Oght at the bottom of the stairs. Fifteen minutes later the aw Mrs. Owen lying half out of bed calling for her husband.

saw

વ

Owen, from the dock, said: "This woman is a liar."

When arrested with the girl be- tween Bath and Bristol, Owen was alleged to have made a statement in which he said: "I left all my children behind to run away with the girl 1 love. It was the only

thing. we could do, as her father!

negotiation.

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1938.

With smoke belching from her forward hold, this merchant ship is shown after being hit by bombs during one of the recent Spanish Insurgent air raids on Valencia's harbour district. These freight ships, many of them ying the British flag, have been torgets for General Franch's air raids, who declare they ate carrying supplies to the Spanish government forces.

TWO-HEADED BABY:

Moscow's

Freak Child May Unravel Many Medical Problems

physiologist Pierron heads a school which says sleep results from a col- lection of poisonous hypnotoxins in could the the blood. If so, how twins sleep at different times with the same blood?

Mother Saves Express

TWENTY seconds.

By that margin were 400 people aboard a Liverpool- strect to Norwich express saved from disaster by the dash through the storm along the permanent way of Mrs. Ada Milton, 418-years- old mother of four.

Those aboard the express-mostly business men and women-saw noth- ing of the draino, grumbled at the delay,

They did not know that in the station walling-room at Brox- bourne officials were reviving Mr. Milton, who had collapsed In the arms of the station fore- man after gasping out: "Slop the express

tree on the line, tree on the Jine."

The train was tearing along at 70 miles an hour. In a few minutes it was due to pass Mra. Milton's col- tage, which is beside the railway- trock.

Leaving Mrs. Milton in charge of porter, the station foreman rushed to the signal-box. "Stop the ex- press." he shouted as he bounded up the stairs.

Immediately the signalman put all: signals at danger and 'phoned the Wormley signal-box.

NEARING their first birthday in the All-Union Institute of Ex- Medicine in Moscow, perimentel coalescent twins Irina and Gallana live on, provide scientists with a so

He was just in time. Alrendy the far unparalleled laboratory specimen for research on many questions of

The theory seems to have been dis- driver of the express had seen the physiology.

Few such freaks survive birth, credited In favour of that advanced green signal light to allow him to by Russian scientist Pavlov, which thunder through Broxbourne. Then comes as result of "in- it changed suddenly to red and, cortex and spreading along the cen- to such a suitden stop that passengers tral nervous system."

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THERE IS NO INIMCATION. days when the union is more pro-fibitions developing in the brain with grinding brakes, the train came For the Sports Girl-

ARM

HUMAN NATURE

or at most live more than a few

Thus rinn and nounced, HOWEVER, THAT THE GOVERN-

heads, chests, MENT. CONSTITUTED AS IT IS, with separate arms, HAS THE ABILITY OR EVEN stomachs, and nervous systems, pro- THE

ΤΟ WILL

MAKE

THE vide great scientifle interest by hav- ing a united blood stream, common TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO RE-

"TWICE I FELL" and reoRGANISE OUR intestines, sexual organs, and general;

Tine has more or less tenaciously? lower anatomy. DEFENCES NATIONAL

Mrs. Milton said: "We have lived SCALE U.S.S.R. researchists G. N. Sper-held to a theory that individual tem- ANYTHING LIKE THE NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE ansky and P. K. Anohkin have ob- peraments are a direct result of the in this cottage for the past 20 years served the children since birth. Ype of "humor" (flulds) which flow and can tell the time by the trains PRIME MINISTER TO GO TO

in the body. found that each ves # separate

have dis-that pass, THE NEXT CONFERENCE AND

The coalescent twins mental and emotional life in #

each have

"As we were having supper MEET ON EQUAL TERMS THE normal and healthy way, with one or proved this, since they

noise of swishing wires DICTATORS WHO HAVE A two exceptions, mainly regarding the similar physiological make-up, yet heard t PIRED TO DOMINATE THE lower anatomy. The left twin con- have different temperaments: Irina against the windows. I went outside WORLD BY FORCE OF ARMS. trols the left leg, the other twin the yells lustily, Galiana listlessly; one and saw that the telephone wires in temperamental, cxeltable, the had been blown down. Lying across "As I am passionately convinced right.

other calm and composed.

the up and down lines was what I "I am very sorry I left my wife

Minister is lying dead upstairs. I made all ar- that unless the Prime

thought to be a tree. rangements for the burial, and I told thus fortified there is litle hope of a witful Be to draw unemployment achieving a lasting and honourable pay to buy a wreath for her, as 1 pence, I felt I could not conscienti- ously support the Government's mo- did not have her Insured.

tion asking for unqualified approval of their polley.

would never consent to our mar- riage.

"If his worship will put us to- gether, I will be the happlest man in the world. If we were parted, there would be nothing on earth to

live for."

The case was adjourned,

GENERAL'S WIFE WINS 6d. SUPPER

near

PRIZE

had hoped to express these views In the House of Commons and obtain. If possible, a statement from the Prime Minister which would! altay my anxiety.

"But although I seldom left the Chamber during the four days' de- bate and begged to be allowed to speak-feeling that as a representa Live of the Navy and one of the very few members of the House who had held high command and borne great responsibilities in the last war I had Fome claim to do so-I had not the

Rod fortune to catch the Speaker's

rye."

Sir Roger Keyes was a powerful critic of the London Naval Treaty, by which the strength of the British Flect was reduced,

Dorchester. Lady Pinney, of Racedown,

He made the charge in Commons Crewkerne, wife of debate that dust control of the Fleet Major-General Sir Reginaldir orm led to the failure of the Navy the champion to destroy the German Fleet after Pinney,

bottled up during the housewife at Dorset "Grow Great War. More Food" exhibition which It was he, more than any other ended here recently.

Was

it had been

naval commander, who overcame the She was first in contests for the submarine menace in the war, and best sixpenny supper and the beats Commander of the Dover Patrol shilling dinner made entirely from he organised and led the famous St. Dorset products and judged on their George's Day attack on Zeebrugge. food value, variety, cooking and serving.

The following WIN the prize- winning supper:

One slice brown bread (cost 4d2;

Butter, Id.;

Dorset blue vinney cherse, 2d.;

Onlod.

Tomato,

14d.;

Cider, 20.

with

Glass of Total, sixpence. Lady Pinney competed workers wives. In the shilling din- ner contest she shared the first prize with Mrs. Leonard Hallett, of Coun cil Houses, Beauluster.

THE SHILLING DINNER For a shilling, Lady Pinney cookel stewed lamb with onion, carrot and

Ricksha

Dispute

Settled

Singapore's 3,750 pubile rickshas were expected to return to the streets recently following an agreement fo (which representatives of ricksha owners and pullers attached their signatures.

potato, and the meat included; ave-hour meeting at the Southern The agreement, reached following a ple cake, blackberry sauce, bread

reduction of the and butter, watercress, lettuce, to-fotel, stipulates

prezent hire charge from 40 to 35 cents per day. For the period from

mato, peach, cream and milk.

Mrs.

atuted

Hallett, whose meal was am, to 2 p.m. the new rent is to be by the judges to be the best to sult a workman's appetite, o-17 cents; from 2 p.m. to 5 a.m.

cluded rabbit with stuffing, potatoes,

rents.

18

It was reported, however, that blackberry and apple charlotte, many of the pullers disagreed with custard made with milk and egg the terms of the proposed settlement.

glass of elder.

Other main points of the

agree-

and n

The exhibition was staged to showment are that owners shall not re- how much Dorset can rely on its use to hire their riekshus to pullers own produce in case of necessity and and that there shall be no intimidn-

prople to grow and

tion from either side,

to encourage buy it.

French Philosopher Only 15

APPEAL TO MEN

On these conditions, pullers under- took to return to work and their re- presentatives were busy asking the men to take their rickshng out.

Acting as arbitrators at the meet- ing were 12 representatvles of the France's youngest philosopher sock Chlu, Heng Hun, Hul Hun and Edouard Mazabraud, and he is only Hock Chila guilds.

Parir,

from the

15. He took his first degree in philo- Six representatives sophy last year and comes from the owners and six from the pullers were Haute-Vierme department.

¡present,

|

PAIN

Faced

with

of the possibility

ILLNESS

TC-

"I shouted to my husband, who is : Arthur, there is a free on the line, and the express is due any minute." As I shouted X saw the signal turn from red to green.

"There was only one thing to do to rush to the station.

As researchists observed the twins) settling numerous medical questions, they found a skin irritation develop- the researchists set out to experimenting on the head of Gallana: Excited- on the twins. First question they tackled was that of the theory of ly they watched, waited for Irina to develop the same complaint; she did. pain. They pricked Irina's finger: And they found that a rise in one's irina yelled, Gallant just played on, temperature brought a similar feeling nothing.

This proved to a great extent the action in the other. theory that pain is caused by an These observations will be invalu- irritation of the central nervous able in medical science, in the de- system. Galiana did not feel the termination of more advanced heal to get the children out of bed, as I pin prick because it affected only ing methods. The coalescent twins, was afraid that the express would Irina's central nervous system, It if they survive, may not make very hit the obstruction and topple on to also sanks long talked-of theory useful propaganda citizens for the our cottage. which said pain resulted from the U.S.S.R., but they will provide rising of active biological substances science in the organism on the irritation of one organ or another.

HUNGER

I

with great

medical research.

material for

"Before I did so I told my husband

"Twice I fell down on the sleepers, tearing my stockings and bruising my knees. I just managed to get to

• Commonly called "Siamese twise the station and tell them. The next nat unusual medical freaks, gmerally hav

complete bodies which are united at thing I remember was waking up in

waiting-room with

porter birth through incomplete division of the the in much the same way was the single ovum during pregnancy. Cuses have standing by with a glass of water."

been known, where union was not exten- problem of hunger tackled. They

sive, of twina being separated by a sur fed Irina, starved Gallann. Irina pical uperation after birth, without went off to sleep, Galiana yelled for effects. food. Since they had separate stomachs and nervous systems the theory that the nervous system was responsible for the feeling of hunger- seemed far more feasible than an- other which claimed it arose from the blood becoming "starved" from want of food: both having the same blood, one should have been satiated | Police Look along with the other.

Memory Promptly Jogged

Ozarks on Spinach Throne

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The day

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nn young woman, can now grow spinach and deliver apparent amnesia victim, to Philadel-it in California cheaper than it can phla General Hospital for treatment. be grown and packed Physicians examined her and thought merly, California prided itself on the she was "faking." "This will hurt a fact that it was feeding more spinach Then sleep: the twins could sleep good bit." a physician said as he took to the nation than any other state. individually at different times without a large hypodermic needle. The but now not only the Ozarks, but out affecting

other. French girt quickly identified herself.

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