1938-12-31 — Page 20

KING'S

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30. 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

"THE

Passate

DRUM

Theory woman's love and

fary's genitale.....ami al bemer

➤ on an umsite's dam

dromat, jam mulung ravalente

leg a Nature's row

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DEANNA DURBIN

in a NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE

MAD ABOUT MUSIC

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Herbert MARSHALL

GAIL PATRICK

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THE

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

Presents

HURRICANE

with Derałby Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Kaler,

C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas illicha 1), Raymond'

Masory. Stary by Handball and Hall, ethers

"Mistikyanika Bounty".Directed by John Fari

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 31, 1938.

LATE NEWS

Government House Scheme Wound Up

The

HI.K. Newspapers

Attack Wang

Japanese Navy Reveals Work

All local Chinese newspapers this

Tokyo, Dec. 31. morning unanimously and bitterly

Reviewing She operation? of attuck Wong Ching-wel and his mes- Bage to Generalisalmo Chiang Kai- Jopunere nuval forces in China in shik and members of the Executive the past year, a communique issued official winding-up of the und Supervisory Committees of the by the Navy Department of lopment Scheme, which was planned peace with the Japanese Government total of 920 Chinese acroplanes were Government House and City Deve- Kuomintang, in which he proposed Imperial Headquarters claims that

during the course of the past year In 1934 and financed by a special Revealing that before December

22, when the Japanese Prime Minis forcen

tinis destroyed by Japanese naval air

the

fund catablished under an Otic." ter Princo Konoye issued his state VIEZDNE to the figure 577 planes

is disclosed into-day's

which published the draft of a Bliment on peace terms with the Chi- for the repeal of the 1934 Ordinance. nese Government, Wang Ching-wei

to have been destroyed in Abandonment of the scheine was had already enoveyed, the Japanese 1937, the total number of Chinese Indicated in a Bessional paper in terms to the Central Authorities in aircraft demolished by the Japanese 1938, together with the Governor's

Sing Tao Jih Pao naval air forces since the cutbreak of Chungking, R-vel with acting

hostilities unti

until the end of this year memorandum on the subject. It is charges Wang

would be 1,803! now proposed to finance the pra- us a double to Prince Konoyc. jected new Government House und

Wang

Ching-wei

The Japanese losses include 63 in left Chungking

1037 further city development without on December 10, four days bef

before the

037 and 50 In 1938, totalling 113, the communique admits... resorting to a special fund.

Japaneto Prime Minister released his

Mines disposed of by the Japanese Provision is made in the original declaration, the paper points out.

fleet forces in the past year include Ordinance for the appropriation to

Everytime when China suffered 2.312 in the Yangtse River, (including general revenue of any balance to the reverse during the fighting, the paper 330. floating mines) and 417 in Bins credit of the special fund "when the continues, Wing never failed to the Bay and the Pearl River. Gald scheme is completed or nban-advantage to propose peace with the,

The Chinese Navy lost 10 warthips, doned."

Japanese in response to the enemy totalling 7.788 tons, of which three political and military pressures.

were seized is most ridiculous to find that gunbobia of the Cantonese Navy were zed by the Japanese. Three Wang's

ig but message

of a copy Bombed and runk in the West River, Konoye's statement," declares the the communique further claims. newspaper. "However, it is most

stoles communique

that eerlain that the vicious Wang-

Jamanere naval forces are still block- Konoye double play will not slightly ading the entire coast of China from Influence our determined will to the Pohal Sea in the north carry on the holy war against the South China Sea, n distance of over Invaders.

1.200 miles, while the air forces have gained complete command of the air. ! --Domel,

The fund now totals $830,704,

which wil be transferred to generat revenue.

Franco Admits Loyalist Attacks

Saragossa, Dec. 30. It is admitted here that the Loyal- ists counter-attacked strongly in all the southern rectors yesterday, and are reported to be using militiamen drawn from reserves held ready to aelend Borjasblancas, but it is claim ed that the Insurgents' machine-guns repulsed the attacks.

6 JAPANESE PLANES DESTROYED ON GROUND

Wuyuan, Dec. 31.

Six Japanese planes were damaged on the ground and 24 Japanese pilots and guards were killed and six others wounded when two Chinese planes ralded the Japanese aero-

General Franco's headquarters ¦ drome at Paotow, claim that Insurgent troops, The

Japanese were completly

advancing to-day from Granadella, taken unawares-Central News.

captured the town of Bodera, and

established a bridge-head across the river Conas, while troops which broke the Loyalist front before the Balager Fridge-head, are advancing towards Camaraso, despite temperature below freezing point.

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It is claimed that the Insurgent advance here closed a pocket six miles deep and four miles wide, in which many Loyalists were surprised and captured. It is also cialmed

at the Insurgents cut the Benavento Scodeurga road and now hold all the power-stations In the Lerian province, and control over half of the Spanish hydro-electric power. Reuter,

JOSE LUIS DIEZ REFLOATED

Gibraltar, Dec. 30. Insurgent batueships. which fought the Loyalist cruiser Jose Luis Diez, and fereed her aground near | Gibraltar, withdrew at 6.20 p.m. to- day about five miles east of the Rock outside British

of

lar, well

while the British warship,

was still standing-by

grounded Loyalist cruiser.

British military authorities

nounced that the CTPW

the

the

an-

of the Jose

Luis Diez would be detained, and that cruiser would be towed to where the vessel

Gibraltar would be

At 0.3 p.m. the Admiralty tug re- feated the Jose Luis Diez, and towed the ship to Gibraltar, escorted by the Vanuc-United Prosa,

The

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That Certain Woman

TAN HUNTER - ANITA LOUISE Donald Crisp-wytton and Dructed by Ravand Budčng - Machu by Man Khalsar • A Flext Kotional Pletero • Presented by WARNER BROS.

TO - MORROW

GRAND NEW YEAR ATTRACTION

RONALD COLMAN

in "IF I WERE. KING"

with FRANCES DEE - BASIL RATHBONE.

A Paramount Picturo

Kine-Exakta

HELMUT NOCHT

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING

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Randolph SCOTT in

THE ROAD TO RENO

with Helen BRODERICK • Alan MARSHAL

co-starring Hope HAMPTON

Glenda FARRELL-Samuel 5, HIKDS-David OLIVER

Ronald Colman in "IF I Were kingG" with FRANCES DEE - BASIL RATHBONE A Paramount Picture

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THIS YEAR'S GREATEST HIT!!!. The New Titan Among Screen Thrill-Romances!

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VICTOR

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TEST PILDOT

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Betoon Play by Vinannt Law YOU and Walidumas Young Original Story by Frank Woad Directed by VICTOR FLEMING

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NEXT CHANGE

A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION I ON THE STAGE:

QUEENIE

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"SHE MARRIED AN ARTIST

with JOHN BOLES, LULI DESTE

A Columbia Picturo

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Dinner Dance

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