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TEACHER WAS

WAS ROBBED OF

Baden-Powell Films Vanish

pro-

The Chief Scout, Lord Baden- Powell, appealed recently for the return of a alm Jector, screen, and niné reels of film taken from a car belong- Ing to his daughter. The Hon. Heather Baden-Powell, parked In Westbourne-terrace,

Вдук- water, W., on November 2.

The films are pictures of his world travels and of his grand- children.

At the home of Lord Baden- Powell in Bentley, Hampshire, It was announced: "Mlan Heather is al presents recovering from an accident in the hunting field.

"She left her car outside the fat in London during the night, and when she went to drive away in the morning she dis- covered her lon

"She immediately got in touch with her father, who is now in Kenya, and it was decided to apprat fer the return of the Dims."

Silent Man Terrorises A Town

BY THE MAN SHE TRUSTED

LITTLE Miss. Annie Faraghar, 64-years-old ex-school- mistress, of Leytonstone, E, told recently how she had been defrauded of all she had-£7,000-by a man whom she had trusted.

"What am I to do now?" she asked. "How am I to buy my books, my clothes? I thought I would be able to live the rest of my daya in peace and comfort." :

She had just heard Philip Morris Scher, a 12-years-old agent, her "father-in-business," sentenced at the Old Bailey to three years' penal servitude on charges of false pretences, fraudulent conversion, and offences under the Bankruptcy Act.

Pourly clad, with an old fur round for an offence under the Companies her neck-a testimony to her financial Act. downfall-Miss Faraghar declared:

"At my age there is no recovery.

I once had 13,000, legacies left to me by relatives. It was invested in good securities--of course I knew nothing about them,

In 1930 he was in Paris associating with suspected sharepushers.

"VERY PLAUSIBLE"

"He is a very plausible individual,"

"Scher called on me and said that Detective-Sergeant Freshney added, irt liked to trist him he would deal with my Gnancial matters.

£80,000 INCOME

"and you do not see him at his best in the witness box.".

A complaint had been received by the police from a Finchley, N.,

£1,000, and there were other people

"He said his income during 1934 schoot-teacher that ne had last was £80,000, that he lived in a hull jat Hendon which cost £5,000, and in Ireland, where Scher was born.

also that he had been worth £180.-

"It was not his money that im- pressed me. It was the thought that I could look to someone to deal with malters entirely foreign to me."

IRLS AKİ women In Halifax,000.

Yorkshire, became terror-stricken recently when it was known that two mare women and a mun had been at- tacked by a mysterious assailant who slashed at them with something sharp, So far, five people have been at- tacked.--And in each case the silent attacker-nobody has heard him speak

спиреа,

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With a shrug Miss Faraghar sald that Scher even took 100 from her which ale received as a gratuity from the Board of Education.

It was stated in court that Scher! attempted to take his life when hel hasconded while on bail. ile was re- arrested, and again came before the same. Jury, when the Common Serjeant, Mr. Ceell Whiteley, K.C., continued his summing-up.

"HEARTLESS"

ATTACKED IN GARDEN Victim No. 1 40-years-old Mrs.

Annie Cannon, of Thackeray street, was one night attacked in her garden. Victim No. 2 Mra, Alice McDonald, of Ashville-gardens, Pellon, was attacked 35 minutes later in similar fashion in Rugby-lerruce, Ovenden.

The man who had robbed Miss Victim No. 3 Percy Waddington, of Faraghar of her comforts and her

Ken Lodge-drive, Elland, was

peace of mind was described by the atincked in Lower Edge-rond, Common Serjeant as "heartless and 214 miles from the town, at 10 callous." His "financial wizardry" o'clock.

amounted to

to bankruptcies. 1928

Mrs. Cannon was thrown dawn and hurt her head. The man struck at her and her jumper and blouse were wir

cut..

he was in business at Fins-, sterly as manager for his The business failed, and his wife was made bankrupt for £16,- Mr. McDonald said: "The man 000. In 1937 he was made bankrupt seized my left wrist and struck at me for £175,000. In 1934 he lost £44,-

"CLAWED HIS FACE"

promotion. company £32,000 in 1036,

000 in

and

Scher

"I clawed at his face and freed myself. He ran after me and tore

Det.-Sergt. Freshney said I fell and noticed that he my cont.

was sentenced to six months in 1937 had bright buckles en his shoes."

Mr. Waddington, who was FIP proached from behind, struggled with) the assailant. He received a severe cut on the hand.

During the struggle Mr. Wadding- on tore a tab from the man's raincoat, but was unable to hold him.

Brothers Crash Fatally

Brisbane, Australia. When Edgar und George Hansen, brothers, riding motorcycles in op- 21-years-old Mary Sutcliffe warposite directions, swerved to avoid badly cut on the wrist while she was huling a horse they collided. It was on her way home after working late. only after recovering from the shock

Mr. Ciny Aspinull, a caretaker, was that they

cut on the head and flager.

recognized each

Falgar, 29, died of injuries.

other.

who also declared they had lost their money.

As for Scher's "hal" at Hendon, it was nothing but make-believe. The hall" was just an ordinary house.

His boast of his capital of £100,- made 000 was the reverse he was bankrupt for the amount.

BIG

January 6, 1939.

£7,000

Dr. Cassiano Carlos da Fonseca and his bride, Miss Beatriz Ramalho, who were recently married in Macao. Catela.

A. R. P.

Risked Life For Children

Mr. F. Palmer, a private in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, risked his life in a house on fire it Clarence-street, Gravesend, recently. In an at- tempt to "rescue" three children who were later found safe in their grandparents' home some distance away.

When Mr. l'almer was told the children were asleep in the blaz- ing house he ran into the kitchen, but was forced back by the flames.

"I rushed outside," he sald afterwards, "shlaned up the wall, and got in through the bedroom window. I searched in the smoke until someone shouted that the kiddies were safe."

The children, Jean, aged 6. lim, aged 4, and Sam, two and half, are the family of Mr. Hugh Brown, who is unemploy- ed. His home was destroyed by the Bre.

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SCANDAL

Months Chaos

MONTHS after the crisis Britain's A.R.P. plans are

still in chaos.

The mudille is worst in the London area-most dan- gerous zone in the country. Provincial cities and towns åre far ahead of London with their arrangements.

A survey recently revealed that although 1,100,000 people have volunteered as A.R.P. wardens- total which exceeded ex- pectations most of them are waiting for something to do.

In London many of the trenches dug in the public parks are. falling in and becoming water-logged because they have been neglected.

No scheme of evacuation had beent prepared when the crisis arrived for! such districts as Croydon and Enst Ham, which would have been dum- Ker zones,

Billeting arrangements in the Home Counties for those who would be evacuated from London demand Im- mediate attention.

Typical of the muddle in London boroughs la the position at Holborn. A review by the Holborn A.R.P. Committee reached the conclusion that the voluntary system of A.R.P. had broken down.

Wholesale changes, including re- vision of first-nid posts and the pro- vision of proper shelters are urged.

While the eight million in- habitants of Greater London are still to a large extent unproleci- ed, many provincial cliles have far-reaching schemes of defence In advanced stages of develop- ment,

Girl Of 16 Made-Up For Her Death

Oswestry, Shropshire,

A girl of 16, found dead in a car with a man near here re- cently had carefully made her self up Just before death.

She was Marie Enid Mabel Lind- say, who lived with her widowed mother in Rosemary Hillroad, Sution Coldfield, near Birmingham. The man was Leonard Lawrence Poncia, aged 21, of Douglas-road Sutton

"Model" cities are Liverpool and Coldfield. Nottingham.

CHAOS

Here Is the present state of Britain's main incans of defence!

Trenches-Trenches dug during the crisis have in some places be- come waterlogged; parapeta have crumbled and the sides live fallen

in.

Miles of trenches have been left In an unfinished state.

The girl's hair was beatly combed: her face powdered, and hier nails newly varnished. The car, with windows seated, had been driven into a held at Whitting- ton.

A note signed by both, and scrib- led on the back of a letter, told how they were in love, were terrifled at the thought of separation, and wished to be buried together.

They had had a good life, the note added, and they asked forgiveness for what they were doing. Fire Equipment. An acute

BORROWED CAR shortage In fire-fighting equipment is

Ponclu left his lodgings on Wednes- reported by many authorities. The day evening in the car owned by n L.C.C. need about 3,000 auxillary ap-son of Mr. A. Chamberlain, Sution

Last Coldfield

fish- pliances. On September 27 they had only 99 sandbags.

During the crisis the Govern- ment had 80,000,000 sandbags In stock. The supply fell far below requirements. Experts believe that ten times as many should be produced.

Evacuation What sections of the population will be evacuated In an emergency is still undecided,

Shelters The Government refuse to consider the provision of bomb- proof shelters on account of their colossal cost. Provision of blast- proof accommodation for every man, women, and child in vulnerable areas is as far as they will go.

Gas-masks-Since their distribu-

greengrocer manger, bls employer.

and

Mr. Chamberlain said: "Poncia

bright and was

Intelligent. We thought so much of him that we did the car not mind him borrowing whenever he usked.

"I believed he was hoping to become engaged at Christmas." Mrs. Bill, by whom Mlas Lindsay's The mother is employed, said: couple had often gone out together for ear rides. While there was no objection on Mrs. Lindsay's part to their friendship, I do not know whether an engagement had been suggested.

Exercise Versus Food

Durium, N.H. Secking on 'equation between rich

tion during the crisis thousands of food and exercise, Miss Elizabeth E. respirators have been lost, thrown Ellis, University of New Hampshire away, or damaged..

nutritionlal, found that it takes u seven-mile hike to "walk off" a be- Householders are complaining that tween-meals snack of mince plo- they have no place where the masks and an 11th-of-a-mile stroll for aj can be safely kept.

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B3300 (Die Fledermaus. Selection.

C1738 (Cavalleria Rusticana. Selection.

C1937

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C2067 (Alda. Fantasie,

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(Puzzela.

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38760 (Kiss. Serenade,

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DA1031

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(The Wind has Told Me a Story.

BARNABUS VON GECZY'S ORCHESTRA. (Vienna, City of My Dreams.

(A Song of Vienna.

(In Chambre Separce (Heuberger). (Ich Muss Wieder Einmal. (Dennízky).

ELIZABETH SCHUMANN. (SOPRANO.

(Wainta Pol

(Waltzing Matilda.

PETER DAWSON, BARITONE, DB1330- (Your Tiny Hand is Frozen. (La Boheme).

(All Hail, Thou Dwelling. (Fhust).

DA1210 (O Dolce Incanto (The Dream).

(Mi Par D'Url Angora,

BENIAMINO GIGLI, TENOR,

· C1023- (Brühms Sonata, No. 3. D. Minor,

25 (Violin & Piano,

ISOLDE MENGES & HAROLD SAMUEL.

DB3123- (Beethoven Moonlight Sonata. 24 (C Sharp. Minor.. Op. 27.

PADEREWSKI PIANO, DB3012- (Bach Suite No. 1. C Major.

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Directed by ADOLF BUSCH, C2033- (Peer Gynt Suite. (Morning, Death of Asë.

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