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Monday HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 19, 1938.

WOMAN OF 70 STRUGGLED

WITH ARMED BURGLAR

'He Was a Good Boy'

Verdict on Man Her Son Shot

"She is an old lady of 70, but it was a test many of us would not like to be put to,” commented the coroner at "a Birmingham inquest recently referring to "the very brave act" of a woman who struggled with an intruder and sat en him while her son went for help.

"Justifiable homicide" was the verdict on William George Hart (36), of Effinch Lane, Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton- on-Trent, who died from tetanus after being remanded on a charge of house-breaking.

He was shot in the leg during a struggle, when surprised by Mrs. Harriet Winmill and her son Jack at their house at Croxalil. They had heard footsteps upstairs on returning home, and found a bedroom ransacked. Mr. Jack Winmill fetched a gun he had bought the night before; Mrs, Winmill armed herself with a torchlight and walking stick..

"We did not know how many were,

Lip there Me Winmill told the coroner. There might have been one, two, three or four.

"MOVE AND I SHOOT

"My on then entered the door of my room.

could fee a stan crouching in the far corner in front of a cliest of drawers. He had cycle lamp.

"My son said, 'Move and i wil shoot, she added. "Tho man turind Found and my son said. "Why, It's Bill Hart. What are you doing here?' He mumbled some- thin and then crouched down with his back towards 115.

"I thought he was going to pick up a firearm and advanced towards him with my stick. I thought t he were going to fire world either knock it out of his hand or take the bullet myself. Instead he put the light out and picked up n

hoker."

Hart, si raid, struck her three or

shoulder, and she broke her walk- ing stick on hun.

SWISS

WARNED

BERLIN, Dec. 18.

A WARNING TO Switzerland, that if she wants to be regarded as

{

neutral Power, she must cease agitation and propaganda against Ger- many, is contained in the "Volkischer Borbachter", tehich says:

"Shameless agitation four times on the top of her head and has been going on for yours against the internal policy of Germany, and t has reached intolerable proportions since the tak ing over of Austria and the Sudetenland.

"HE'LL DO US BOTH IN* He caught her by the throm and threw her on the bed, and shy saw her on being struck with the poker.

"There was blood streaming down my son's face, and I shouted, 'Shoot, Jack, or he'll do us both in."

Then I heard the shot. When I got myself together I found them!

the top of the St# straggling stairs, and he still helt the poker ani was trying to push Jack backwards downstairs.

"I went to help, and between un we pushed Hurt down on the land-

Mrs, Winmill said that her con went for help and she sat on art

on one of the stairs. "He took my hand and cald, Mrs. Winmill, I a sorry. Don't send for the police. Keep it quit. It will myret my mother.

"I told him, You naulily lad-you didn't study your mother or me when you came here. Then I saw how badly he was bleeding, and made a tablecloth into a tourniquet, which I tied above the wound.”

AIMED LOW

The said that

he "held the

gun low to hit his legs it possible.

It was the one way of stopping him."

“Switzerland must be told in a decided manner that it isn't the least bit like neutrality when all the pro-German elements in the country are per- scruted and proscribed, chile the worst agitatora against the Reich, con- tinue to function with impunity. -Reuter,

ASBESTOS

Asbestos Man 'At Fair

An asbestos-clad man, which will serve as the theme statue of the Johns-Manville bulic- ing at the New York World's Fair, was unveiled in ceremonies, as above. Grover Whalen, Fair president, and Lewla H. Brown, president of Johns-Manville, are at right. The huge figure la rigninst a background of metal flames, at the bullding's entrance,

sure the local picture houses could Tabtain greater European patronage iĮ they would ease giving their patrons a hendiche along with their entertain-

LETTERS Petition For Peacement

To the Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph.

Sr. None realises more than the Peace Pledge Union that Mr. Neville Chamberlain is making D sincere effort to create and establish peace In Europe and the world generally, by his policy of appeasement, but is the conviction of the Peace Pledge Union that permanent world peace depends upon a general settlement,

fundamental

and

It is the belief of the Union that permanent peace cannot be secured by competitive armaments, through sacrifices imposed upon small nations, ar by exclusive arrangements be- tween groups of major Powers. The Union Therefore urges the necessity of holding a new peace conference open to all nations and directed to

remedying the economic and Conditions likely to lend to

war,

To this end it prays that His

Se conference,

#1

1550-

is to

to be To His Majesty's Government, and'i

Hongkong seems to be one of the few cities where the maxim, after the lm is inserted into the projector, is "let her go." No attempt seems to be made to control the volume of sound.

Hockey

OFFICERS

DEFEATED

This seems to apply to every thenire AT MACAO

the King's Theatre Home Side Scores

in the Colony, with the possible exception of

where some tort of control is exercized.

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Spelling Bec, F.T.

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Day in Day Out. FT.

Goal in Each Half 008-Have You Anyhing on To-night Matilda Darling.

Macao, Dec. 10, In sunny weather, fine hockey was witnessed in Macao this afternoon by Sir,-With reference to the article] a large crowdd

When the Army Man Who Started War Meets Man Ofleers' team from Hongkong met Who Ended It," published in the Macao's eleven in a hockey matchi Hangkang Telegraph on Wednesday which ersulted in a victory for Ure the information, I think, is incorrect, home team by two clear since the rat shots were thred on The

Foals. sides were fairly evenly June 28, 1914 at the Archduke Franz matched and from the outset, speed Ferdinand and his wife at Serajevo, was particularly marked. With the in the morning by a printer who local forwards commencing a con- failed to hit his mark, and in the certed attack, the Army defence re- by a student, who murder-¦ceived a geare when'a fust balf from A Angel, outside-sight, found the After Various protests by

visitors

net Just

just minute Government concerned, Austria,

to "sticks," billy-oft. Owing

い

.after

the

Majesty's Government will take in consultation with the President of the United States of America, the necès- sary steps to secure the hulling backed-up by Germany, sent Serbia goal was disallowed.

after adequate

(ar ullimatun, with which it was im-! preparation, and to offer the fullest possible for Serbia to comply in the

The Army half-back line was wide awake to collaboration of Britalu in bringing time. When the antimatum expired] smart work of Stalth and Douglas at to further attack, and the the negotiations to a successful issue.

Austrian artillery commenced The flangkong groups of the Peace shell Belprude

to back relieved the pressure. Good Padre Union

placing by Hook, unan.mously

the pivot, und talte it that one of the above) Gudgeon- and Forgas enabled the viates itself with this petition, which incidents should be considered the Army forwards to threaten Macao's

presented in due course "First Shits of the Great War," defence, le

Rosario dially invites residents of Hong-The First Britisher to Fire a Shot,"

nt work It the heading is meant to read hard in Costa and

Mario's danka were always dan-; to add their signatures to it again I think it is incorrect. kong

The Rerous and after 20 minutes, Pedro Copies of the petition are now in the controversy was scaled by a paras Angel at centre, registered a hands of members of the Peace Pledge Union in Honkong, through whom graph, published in the Daily Mail, shot from close range.

Undaunted, tian be about 1931, and read, almost word

made signatures to the petition

Army made.

for word, as follows: or alternatively the petition

strenuous efforts to equalize, but the run be signed upon enquiry at the for the

"It is muid that Corperal Thomas local defence ably prevented the 1st floor of the Dragoon Guards fired the first visitors from securing a goal. The Challenge Book Shop. Queen's Building, Ice House Street shot of the Great War, however, Cor-interval arrived without further

Publication of this letter in your papal King of the Royal Marines is score.

can

11:0

Big Crowd Watches valuable columns, in order to bring credited with bavior: fired the first Upon resumption, Macan seemed to

Soviet Funeral

Moscow, Dre. 18. Hundreds of thousands asembled

In the Red Square for the funeral

Sitting by the fire in her home of M. Chialov, prominent Soviet Mrs. Winmill said: "Poor Hart. He official, to-day, Was 21 good boy and a elever mechanic who could have earned

the petition before your readers, will be very warmly apprrelated by the flonkoner Group of the Peace Pledge

Union.

www.

I. A. SHORT.

the

form, and the local

ball

Wog

into

shot; a gumlayer on board H.M.S attain bettre Amphion which sank the German forwards pressed. The

inlayer Konigen Lauise on August mostly in Army territory. Murao 5. 1914. This gallant naring Rynd all but scored again when u lies buried in Bury St. Edmomi's, magnificent shot by Ramalho

struck Hon. See. ILK. Group, P.P.U.Churchyard, Suffolk."

the right goal-post. Excitement ran The Daily Mail also meant it to high when the Army carried the ball read "The Fire Britisher" at least, on the rebound well

enemy I think

teriory with only Almada to beat. The above action look place before The Incal custodian, however, cleared For two days many thousands tea Manila Broadcasts

British Expeditionary Force beautifully. his living anywhere, and poor Mrs, past the coffin.

MACAO SCORES AGAIN Hart, his mother. What a dreadful) To-day, the ur

Sir--I wonder if any ZBW official landed in France, which I think was

Two short corners were awarded to containing the htened in to the Malla station Instate in August, 1914; co, to credit thing it must be for her.

cremated remains, was carried from night and heard the beautiful rendl

Corporal Thoinns with being ure Macau la quick succession, the "I am very strong for my nge," Trade Union House to the Red Square ton of the First and Second Acts of "First British Soldier to Fire Shot) second being rewarded by a goul re- she went on, "mainly because I bave by M, Stalin, M. Molotov and otherGilbert and Sullivan's "ILM.S. Pinn- } approp the ebave cutting very tried hard to penetrate the local de in the Great War" would be more gistered by Alex Airosa, centre-half. worked hard all my life, and I have Soviet leaders, where orations were re

First Britisher." €12:

Before the close of play, the Army lived in the country. I was born at delivered, and then, mairt a salute,

I treasure Kenilworth, and I shall never go and and the strains of a funeral murch. Two hours of solid operu usually much, haylag served close on six-fence. Two fine chances when the ilve in a town. People say to me, the urn was carried to the Kremlinaves, me bored, but I must confess teen years in that regiment. Un-ball was passed from the suppose you will leave that house wall, where it was placed in a niche. that I listened enthralled to last fortunately, I have neither the cut-right flank to centre well in Macao's now, but I say, 'What Is the good?'

Zone, were unfortunately relate sissed.

night's broadenst frumn Manila.

crist

Army's

"There have been eight burglaries The last salute Was gven by In the apparent absence of locating nor any other authentic means danger recently

in Afrewas, nearby, and the bombers and light lighting planes, artistes who can give us this sort of cut here to prove what

correct, nevertheless, d will thank The standard of the Army's play man has hever been caught. One of which flew over the. Square-Reuter concert, would it not be possible for any other reader, who is able to con- was generally good. Col. Smith was

ZDW to

to relay the Sunday night con--tradict and correct me in what I invaluable certs from KZRM? They are much have had to say. preferable to the Sabbath programmes we usually get from the local station,

the burglaries was in broad daylight,

so I am as safe here as anywhere.

The railway has given me this house

as long as I want it, and only having an old-age pension and my son's earnings, I can't afford to move, any- way."

Spy Confession

Not Believed

Incidentally, is there any reason why ZBW relays should be confined to Daventry?

-་

DARTFORD,

Cinema Critic

Los Angeles, Dec. 10. Kick Kicks Back

George Miller; aged 20, was or rested when found hiding to-day in CINCINNATI, the fusilage ut a bombing plane at Quinton Jessee, 14, walking idly the Vultee aircraft plant. along the street, took a healthy tick He said that he had been "in spy) at a cardboard box In his way. Hos-business for 10, years."

Sir,-One of the reasons why I pital attaches said

avoid going to cluema houses in thut the boy

The authorltles doubted his sanity, Hongkong unless the programme is winched his left leg and dislocated and have ordered a mental examina-an outstanding one is the terrific hls Jet kace.

tlon-United Press.

binring from behind the sereen. I am

THE "TELEGRAPH" will send a Staff Photographer to all events of public interest. Requests should be addressed to the Pictorial Editor:

was

at

back, saying the situation very often and receiving of Douglas. I do not dispute Corporal F. H. the fullcat co-operation Pennington having dispatched Eari Hook, the Army's pivot, distributed

inemorable "cease fire" wire splendidly. on Nov. 11, 1018, but to say he

in the Macao was, definitely not the "Man Who Ended I, I, I thinic,

best

form but worked together as a rather misleading, inasmuch, as there team, Costo, as usual, taking on more

shot Hired as waś many an mugry

as a than his share. result of the Great War, between Macao-Almada; Costa, R. Rosario; Sov, 1918 and the offend "Ending of J. Nolasco, Alex Alrosa, the Great War" June 7, 1021. 1 pre-Airus; Fred Nolasco, Ramalho, P, same Corporal F. H. Pennington had Angelo, H. Rosario, A. Angelo, returned to civilian life quite some- Army Ofletrs.-Gibson; Col. Smith, time before the latter date; henee, Douglas; Gudgeon. Hook. Fargus; he had little to do with "The Man Kennedy, Holmes, Lawder, Masterton Whs Ended It."

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