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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,

Stan Laurel "Got Mad

Cooking Dinner

AND WIFE MADE

IT HOT FOR HIM

HOLLYWOOD.

Stan Laurel, one-time partner of Oliver Hardy, has drawn up a five-points defence in answer to the charge, on which he was arrested recently, of driving a car while drunk.

The much-married, mournful English film comedian was de- tained by a policeman, who said he found him nude to the waist and bleeding badly.

Stan told the policeman that he had just had a "terrible battlo" with his wife. Now he has prepared the following dej

Xence:

1. I slaved over a hot stove all day proparing a dinner for

my wife.

2. 1 got madder and madder when she did not arrive and the steaks got burned.

3. When she did arrive and I berated her she went for me: with the frying-pan.

4. I tried to take the telephone from her and cut my arm on the window.

IF

IF i had not been for three- year-old Daphno Shella Azur.

Edward Bichel, Iving in Malaya near to Daphne's pa- rents, would not have become a rodfather.

-Thelma Bardsley, Daphne's cousin, living in Bowdon, Che- shire, would not have become a godmother-by-proxy.

---Godfather and godmother would not have wrliten to each

other.

Edward Sichel, while home on leave, would not have been invited to a party at which Thei- ma Bardaley was present.

-We would not have met her and fallen in love.

--He would not have married her at Bowdon Parish Church recently with Daphne, his "Cupid," an bridesmaid.

Moscow Planetarium

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b. She called me out of the house and threw sand in my face.000 visitors, officials announce.

Stan then relates how his wife; drove off with Mr. Charles ("Bud- dy") Rogers, husband of Misa Mary Pickford, who was acting as peace- maker.

"I forgot to put on more than my shoes and trousers after getting the sand cut of my clothing before fol- lowing them," adds Stan,

Meanwhile, the police surgeon hasį testided that Stan was sober when he was treated for the injury to his

(FAL.

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DECEMBER 29 1988.

£5,000 PEARLS HUNT

Mrs. A. de Marigny's £5,000 pearl necklace, lost either in a cinema or In one of two taxicabs, was being searched for all over London recently by the private inquiry agents of In- surance firms and assessoTS.

Scotland Yard detectives were also engaged.

Nearly all the agents are ex-Scat- land Yard men skilled in detective work. They have more freedom in the making their inquiries than police, who must work according to regulations.

HUNT FOR A TAXI

Every attendant and member of the staff of the cinema visited by Mrs, Marigny is to be questioned in the hope

at some clue may be obtained.

At the same time the two ranks whero Mrs. de Marigny hailed a taxi are to be visted to discover. If possible, the cab which Mrs. Marigny engaged. Mes. Erika Auden-Mann, daughter Auctioneers who specialise in the of Thomas Mann, novelist, who ar-sale of valuable pearls have been rived in New York after spending asked to keep a close watch in case five months in Prague. She asserted the pearls are offered for sale. the Czech nation was "broken down,

broken-hearted and confused" and The machinery set in motion for i In a terrifying state. She said China, the recovery of such valuables is ex- Czecho-Slovalis, Ethiopia and Spain tensive. Results usually justify the should form League of Outraged retention of a highly paid staff of ex- Nations, as a protest to the world."

Yard men.

HE HAD TO DECIDE MOTHER'S

HAPPINESS OR MISERY

IPSWICH.

Mr. Albert Pipe, of Otley, Suffolk, asked himself for

Mrs. Lauréi, who is the comedian's į third wife, is the blonde Russian the dozenth time recently: "Should I have acted differ-

"blues" singer known OS Illana (ently?" They were married on January 1.

Two noted musicians who arrived in New York recently. At left is Sergel Rachmaninoff, composer and planlat, who passed the summer at his villa in Switzerland. He said he had not written any- thing new. Right, Fritz Kreisler, violinist, who gave recitals in France, England, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, He beg.us his season in Rochester, N. Y.

SAFE DIET FOR GASTRIC ULCERS

Great care is needed in the feeding of sufferers from gastric and duodenal ulcers and inflammation of the stomach. The wrong kind of food will increase the pain and dis- comfort, In

stages Ute early treatment small quantities of liquid food must be taken at frequent intervals.

of

But strength must be maintained: the body must be kept nourished. That is why doctors and nursesS

recommend Horlicks as an ideal food for patients suffering from gastric s and all inflamed conditions of ulcers the stomach,

Later, In the neighbouring village

father's funeral. Sixty-four-year- old Mr. Edgar Pipe had committed (suicide after writing to his son a pathetic letter telling of his wish for

of Hasketon. Mr. Pipe attended his

reunion with the wife from whom he

Head First Down 18-inch Tube In Rescue Attempt

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Ernest Kent (24), labourer, recently was lowered in a tube $1 TIFFINS

only 18 inches in diameter in an attempt to save a work- mate who had fallen to the bottom.

Chosen from a number of volunteers because he was

had been parted for filieen years. the thinnest, Kent was overcome by fumes and was hauled to the top. When he recovered he went down again, grasped his comrade and brought him to the

At the inquest Mr. Albert Pipe

said the letter was the first word

he had received from his father for

But his brave effort was in vain. His comrade was dead.

three years. He added: "I did not surface. send the letter on to my mother be- cause I did not think father hod treated her well."

The widow, grey-haired Mrs.

Emily Pipe, before leaving Haske- CANCER BILL TO

lon to return to her employer's house in Wanstead, Essex, said "We

ved together for twenty-six years.

After we parted we never met again. I had heard that he wanted me to return to him, but that Whe Jm- possible.

shall never cease to regret not seeing him once more before he died, but I must try to forget."

The victim was Harry Baker (25), of Calvert Road, East Greenwich, and the occident occurred at Hack- ney Wick Stadium while workmen were sinking a tube pile for the crec-

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Said the son himself married and EXISTING CENTRES TO the father of five children: "For years my father had wonted mother back, but I knew, with his temper, neither of them could find happl- Preliminary work on the ness together again.

"Yes,

am sure I did the right Government plan for an intensi- thing in not sending on his letter." fled campaign against cancer is

virtually complete. The bill, embodying the proposals, which will be included in the program- me of legislation for the present Parliamentary session, will soon [be drafted.

GERMANS BACK

DRUG TRAFFIC

IN BRITAIN

The scheme was announced by the King when he opened Parliament recently. Mr. Walter Elliot, Minis- ter of Health, referred to it at the annual dimmer of the British Medical Association.

HERO'S STORY

Mr. Kent, who lives in Rendel Road, Custom House, E., said:

"As I was about the smallest man on the job I volunteered to go to the rescue.

"The inside diameter of the shuft Is only 10 laches, so there was just room for me to be lowered.

"Baker had gone down the shaft to remove an obstruction, but he lost hold of the guide-rope and fell. The bottom is 10ft. from the sur-

face.

"Firemen and workmates Gled ropes round my ankles and waist and I was lowered head first by a winch down the shaft.

"I grabbed Baker with one hand, but the fumes were too much for me, I became unconscious and was haul- ed to the surface,

WENT BACK TO WORK "An hour later the air in the shaft had been cleared by firemen lower- All existing cancer treatment con- ing an oxygen bottle on a rope.

statutory "I was warned that the second at- will be placed on a

tres

So

Sixty per cent. of the dope smuggled into Great busts. There are 23 centres in Eng-tempt might be more dangerous than Britain is exported illicitly from Germany.

land, Scotland and Wales where sur-the first, but I felt I ought to try to Kical and radio-therapeutical treat-rescue Baker.

"Once more I went down head ment is available. Some of these Scotland Yard officers, working to smash the alarming are worked in co-operation with the Arst. The narrow sides of the shaft increase in dope traffic in London, have uncovered with the local authorities.

scraped my elbows and caused them Horlicks contains the essential

to bleed. elements

There is, however, at present no of nourishment.

is collaboration of the League of on the traffic from East European obligation on local authorities to un-

"This time I caught Baker with pleasant to take. It builds up energy, Nations investigators and French countries through France to England, dertake

treatment. cancer

both

hands. I heard him groan. restores vitality, without irritating

Hitler's occupation of Austria and specialised and expensive is much of But I lost consciousness again, I even the most sensitive atomach. It police, a vast mid-European dope

was lifted to the surface and the manufacturers and their main agentation to |a golden opportunity.

be hauled up." Dope started pouring in and Scot-sory for local authorities to provide Hospital. When he recovered he in-

will make it compul-į The

sch 50. land Yard was unable to find the certain facilities. Financial help opening.

will be forthcoming from the Trea-sisted on returning to work.

I understand that, where sury

Hives you strength to combat a long trame lane with its terminus in Lon- then Czechoslovakia gave the dopel the treatment that few are in a post-body was neor enough to the top to:

fllness, and shortens convalensence. don. Get Horlicks to-day.

tiredness caused by constant nervoustors, Scotland Yard has worked up- strain. H. M. Hodges, 400-408, Asin ceasingly for more than a year to Building, Hongkong,

check the supply.

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IN WAKE OF UNHEAVAL Special Branch officers working at the main seaports, armed with in- formation from the French police, thwarted numerous attempts to carry

It became easier to purchase

at night time.

SECRET OUT

HIGHLY SKILLED WORK

extension of cancer

Mr. Kent was taken to Hackney

continue

In these difficult times of anxiety Cocaine, heroin and similar violent brought up the and worry, the task of carrying on stimulatives are and doing work which must be done Danube, then sent to Hamburg and is a doubly dimcult one which must so to London or East Coast ports. tend to exhaust one's nervous energy. Although there have been few drugged cigarettes, packets of cocaine practicable, Jocal authorities will be voluntory support, will

Horlicks builds up strength, vitality arrests, and those only of small fry or heroin in the West End of London encouraged in certain cases to pool as before. and prevents that listlessness and in the vast organisation of distribu- than was to get ordinary cigarettes their resources and share a common Dr. Stebbing, medical secretary of

centre, says n London correspondent.

the Radium Commission, sald; "If Any

sudden extension of cancer we were presented with another 10 treatment centres would be impossi-jerams of radium we could probably A small quantity of cocaine was Llc.. The main difficulty will be to use it. But in present circumstances. found on a Groek agent in a German train and provide the personnel for not more than that amount could ship. That led to the uncovering of the centres. the whole traffic.

usefully be dealt with just now, It was found that German authori-

SHORTAGE OF SPECIALISTS ties turned a blind eye to the trame, Any sudden

There are with some personal proût, as long as treatment centres would be impossi-workers in the whole country to use not enough trained the consignments passed through ble. The main dificulty will be to more than 10 more grams. About Germany intact to England and train and provide the personnel for 20 more cancer treatment centres thenos onwards to America.

(the centres. Police officers of wide experience

could probably be formed immedi- The application of radium or "deep ately throughout Britain-there are consider that they are now tackling X-coy" is highly specialized and enough specialists for that. But you a dops problem in Britain as difilt skilled work. The long training could not form another 40

be no staff. CE

should be de- COUNT THE

and extended. Radio-the- The chased quite cheaply in London, now plan would be devoted to treat-problem..

centres will form the main "TELEGRAPHS" offices of three dentists here were which plnors it within the reach of a ment only, not research. Such

robbed in a single night by thieves jaded. shop assistant, poorly-paid bodies as the British Empire Cancer diagnostic centres

Inspection centres for after-care, EVERYWHERE

who took only what gold they could danco hostess or even housewife Compaign and the National Society surgien treatment do not present the and centres for anxious to escape her humdrum life, for Cancer Relief, which depend on same difficulties."

That CERTAIN AGE

MELVYN DOUGLAS. A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE

Thieves Start Gold Rush

Visalia, Cal. The gold rush in California has now ||become so keen and competitive that; "prospectors" have even pushed their search Info dentista" offices.

find.

as that which existed in the beetle necessary for radiologists is one fac-side three or four years. There

dave immediately after the war.

Thero is this difference. No longer service will be one of gradual exten- the price made prohibitive.

Dope in various forms can be pur-

tor which will ensure that the

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and "building up."

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