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TEACHER WAS

Baden-Powell Films Vanish

for

The Chlef Brout, Lord Haden- Powell, appealed recently the return of

Alm pro- #1 Jector, screen, and nine reels

of Im taken from a car belong- Ing to his daughter, the on. Heather Baden-Powell, parked In Westbourne-lerrace, Day- water, W., on November 2.

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

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

"She left her car outside the flat in London during the night, and when she went fo drive it Away in the morning she da- covered her loss.

"She Iminediately got in touch with her father, who is now in Kenya, and it was decided to

the return appeal for

of the films."

Silent Man Terrorises A Town

CIRLS and

Wemen in Halifax, Yorkshire, became terrur-stricken recently when it was known thuit two more women and a man lund been at- tacked by a mysterious assailant who slashed at them with something sharp. So far, five people have been at- tacket-And in each case the silent attacker-nobody has heard him speak

has escaped.

ATTACKED IN GARDEN

1 40-years-old Mrs Victim No.

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

Victim No. 3 Perry Waddington, of

Ken Lodge-drive. Elland, Was į attacked in Lower Edge-road, 21⁄2 miles from the town, at 10 o'clock.

Mrs. Cannon was thrown down anti hurt her head. The man struck af her and her jumper and blouse were

cul.

Mrs. McDonald said: "The man

Friday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

ROBBED

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 days in peace and comfort."

She had just heard Philip Morris Scher, a 42-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.

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

"At my age there is no recovery." I once had £13,600, legacies left to me by relatives, It was invested in good securities-of course 1 knew nothing about them.

"Schier called on me and said that if Ilked to trust him he would deal with my financial matters,

180,000 INCOME

.

In 1030 he was in Paris associating with suspected sharepushers,

"VERY PLAUSIBLE"

"He is a very plausible individual," Detective-Sergeant Freshney added. "und you do not see him at his best in the witness box."

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

“If said his income thuring 1934chool-teacher that ne had loal I was £80,000, that he lived in a ball 1,095, and there were other people fat Hendon which cost £5,000, and in Ireland, where Seher was born, jabo that he had been worth £180.-) who also declared they had lost their

900,

money.

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

With a shrug Miss Faraghar sald that Seher even took £400 from her which she received 05 a gratuity from the Board of Education.

I was stated in court that Scher) attempted to take his life when he absconded while on ball. He was re- arrested, and again came before the same jury, when the Common Serjeant, Mr. Cell Whiteley, K.C., continued his stumming-up,

"HEARTLESS"

Miss

The man who had robbed Faraghar of her comforts and her peace of mind was described by the Common Serjeant as "heartless and callous." His "nancial wizardry"

amounted to

to bankruptcies.

In 1928 he was in business at Fins- buy, ustensibly as manager for his The business talled, and his wife. wife was made bankrupt for £18,-!

In 1937 he 000.

was made bankrupt;

seized my left wrist and struck at me for £170,000. In 1934 he lost £44,-|

"CLAWED HIS FACE"

"I clawed at his face and freed myself. He ran after me and tore my cout. I fell and noticed that he had bright buckles on his shoes.

Mr. Waddington. who Was 431)- proached from behind, struggled with the assailant. He received a severe cut on the hand.

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

21-years-old Mary Sutcliffe we badly eat on the wrist while she was on her way home after working late. Mr. Ciny Aspinall, a caretaker, was cut on the head and Anger.

000

and

Scher

promotion, In company £32,000 in 1930.

Det.-Sergt. Freshney said was sentenced to six months in 1937

Brothers Crash Fatally

op- void

Brisbane, Australia. When Edgar and George Hansen, brothers, riding motorcycles

swerved posite directions, hitting a borse they collided. It was only after recovering from the shock recognized each other. that they

Edgar, 20, died of injuries.

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As for Scher's "hall" at Hendam.

it was nothing but make-believe. The "hall" was just an ordinary house,

His boast of his capital of £180,- Bade 000 was the reverse he was bankrupt for the amount.

BIG

January 6, 1939.

OF

£7,000

Dr. Cassiano Carios 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 at Clarence-street, Gravesend, recently, in an at- tempt to "rescue" three children who were fater found safe in their grandparents' home some distance away,

When Mr. Palmer was told the children were asleep In the blaz- ing house he ran into the kitchen, but was forced back by the James.

"I rushed outside," he said afterwards, "shinned 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, Jim, aged 4, and Sam, two and a 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 Of Chaos

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

still in chaos.

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

A survey recently revealed that although 1,100,000 people have volunteered as A.R.P, wardens-a 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 been; prepared when the crisis arrived for such districts as Croydon and Enyl! Ham, which would have been dan-

Ker zonCE.

be

Bilet.ng arrangements in the Home Counties for those who would evacuated from London demand im-} mediate attention.

Typical of the middle in London horoughs is the position at Holborn. A.R.P. A review by the Holborn Committee reached the conclusion that the voluntary system of A.R.P. hnd broken down.

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

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

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Girl Of 16

Made-Up For Her Death

Oswestry. Shropshire.

A girl of 16, found dead in n ear with a man near here re- cently had carefully made her- self up just befure death.

She was Moric Enid Mabel Lind- Pay, who Hved with her widowed mother in Rosemary Hillroad, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham. The man was Leonard Lawrence Poncia,

tuted 24, of Douglas-road, Sutton

"Model" cities are Liverpool and Coldfield, Nottingham.

CHAOS

The girl hair was neatly combed; her face powdered, and her nails newly varnished. The car, with windows realed, had been driven into a held at Whitting-

Here 13 the present state Britain's main means of defence:

Trenches. Trenches dug durington. the crists have in some places be enine waterloggest; parapets have crumbled and the sides have fallen

in.

Miles of trenches have bein left in un unfinished state

Fire Equipment. - An scule shortage in fire-fighting equipment is reported by many authorities. The LC.C. need about 3,000 auxiliary ap

On September 27 pliances. they had only 90 sandbags.

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

They had had a good life, the note added, and they asked forgiveness fur what they were doing.

BORROWED CAR

Poncla left his lodgings on Wednes. day evening in the car owned by a son of Mr. A. Chamberlain, Sutton lant Ceidnek

greengrocer

During the crisis the Gavern- ment bad 80,000,000 andbags in stock. The supply fell far below requirements. Experts belleve that ten times as many should be produced,

Evacuation. What sections of the population will be evacuated in an emergency is still undecided.

Shellers The Government refuse to consider the provision of bomb- of their proof shelters on account colossal cost. Provision of Islast- proof accommodation for every man, vulnerable und child in woman,

areas is as far as they will go,

Glas-masks-Since their distribu-

nod

Ash-

monger, his employer.

Mr. Chamberlain said: "Poncia Wo was bright and Intelligent. thought so much of him that we did the car not mind tim borrowing whenever he asked.

"I believed he was hoping to become engaged at Christmas." Mrs. Bill, by whom Miss Lindsay's ***The mother is employed, said: couple had often gone out together for car rkles. While there was no

objection on Mrs. Lindsay's part to their friendship, do not know whether an engagement had been supported."

Exerciso Versus Food

Durham, NH.

Seeking an equation between rich

tlon during the crisis Ulousands of food and exercise, Miss Elizabeth E. respirators have been lost, thrown Ellis, University of New Hampshire nutritionist, found that it takes a away, or damaged,

seven-mile hike lo "walk off" a be-. Householders are, complaining that tween-meals mack of mince plo-

they have nn place where the masks and an 11th-of-a-mile stroll for a can be safely kept. ---

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Re-Orders of H.M.V. Records.

B33300 (Die Fledermaus. Selection.

C1730

(Covalleria Rusticana, Selection.

C1937 (La Traviata. Selection.

C2067 (Alda. Fantozic,

B8395

(Puszeta.

MAREK WEBSTER'S ORCHESTRA.

(Forget it & Smile,

B8700 (Kİ65. Serenade,

DA1541

DA1051

08771

(The Wind has Told Me a Story,

BARNABUS VON GECZY'S ORCHESTRA.

(Viena, City of My Dreams.

(A Song of Vienna.

(In Chambre Separee (Heuberger).

(ich Muss Wieder Einmal. (Dematzky),

ELIZABETH SCHUMANN. (SOPRANO.

(W.data Pol.

(Woltzing Matilda,

PETER DAWSON. BARITONE. DB1530- (Your Tiny Hont is Frozen. (La Boheme),

(All Hafl, Thou Dwelling. (Faust),

DA1210 (O Dolce Ineanto (The Dream). (Mi Par D'Ur! Angora.

BENIAMINO GIGLI. TENOR, (Brahms Sonata: No. 3. D. Minor. 25 (Violin & Piano,

C1923

ISOLDE MENGES & HAROLD SAMUEL.

DB3123 (Beethoven Moonlight Sonuts.

24 (C Sharp Minor, Op. 27.

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

ADOLF BUSCÙI CHAMBER PLAYERS.

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