1939-01-13 — Page 19

Friday HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 13, 1939.

EDGAR WALLACE'S DEATH SECRET TOLD AT

LAST: MYSTERY WOMAN'S PART

CAUGHT CHILL PACING

STREET TO MEET HER

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ROMANTIC ASSIGNATION WITH A MYSTERY WOMAN IN HOLLYWOOD WAS INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF EDGAR WAL- LACE, GREATEST "THRILLER" WRITER OF ALL TIME.

The story of his death is as sensational as any of the stories which earned him thousands of pounds during his lifetime.

It is revealed by his daughter-in-law, Margaret Lane, in "Edgar Wallace" (Heinemann, 10s. 6d.), recently published.

Tormented by jealousy of his young wife, Wallace went to Hollywood-reluctantly leaving his wife in England-in order to carn £100,000 to pay off his debts.

There he met a young actress and the drama began which culminated In the arrangement of zecret meeting which she falled to attend -and which was the indirect cause of Wallace's death.

When Edgar Wallace led, all that the world was told was that he contracted

a chill from which double pneumonia set in.

But for two years before he went to Hollywood, says Miss Lane, overwork had produced in him an ungovernable jealousy of his wife.

She was 23 years his junior and lie was fortured by the suspicion that he was losing bis hold on her.

HE WAS LONELY In Hollywood he met a young actress who, says his daughter-in- law, "Inspired in him an extraord!- narily youthful enthusiasm."

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TWO NIGHTS BEFORE HIS DEATH. SHE PROMISED TO DINE WITH HIM ALONE AT IIIS HOUSE.

romantic another

"That he could, while so deeply, absorbed in his jealous love for Jini (his wife), fall into a frame of mind concerning an woman, writes Miss Lane, "is hot inconsistent as it at first appears.

"HE HAD ALWAYS HAD THE ABILITY TO CONCENT- RATE ON THE ENJOYMENT OF THE MOMENT AND HE WAS DEEPLY AND EMOTION- ALLY LONELY.”

would be unable to dine with him, but would call at his house for a few moments after dinner,

MIDNIGHT VIGIL

"Edgar ate his dinner one," says Miss Lane, "wearing his dressing- gown, smaking heavily during the meal and swallowing n reckless amount of aspirin.

"Although the pain in his head was now even more violent than before, he refused to go to bed, but wandered restlessly about his overheated room.

At ten o'clock he sent a servant over to the lady's house, but he re- turned with the news that she had; not yet come home.

"At leven, Edgar, now plunged in melancholy, announced that he was going to bed,”

Shortly before

midnight, the servant, making a finai round of the house, was surprised to ind the front door wide open and blowing In.

UFS

50 great was the crush of people who triert to get into Dulma Buglehe Pulace, Istanbul, to view the body of the late President Kemal Ataturk, that 11 persons died, while many were Injured. More than 300,000 ated past in one day. Above is the procession as the body was taken to Ankara for burial. State ceremonies cost $500.000.

Husband Is Unmitigated Snob' Peer's Sister Tells U.S. Court

a cold wind DECLARING that her husband, a kinsman of Lord

"He stepped outside," wrlies Miss Lane, "and was alarmed to nee Edgar, clad in fils alik dressing-gown, pacing up and down the side-walk in front of the house, apparently watching for 1

car,

"Ife immediately offered to bring

out his master's evercoat, since the night was extremely culd; but Edgar answered him abruptly saying that he was too hot already."

Ravensworth, is "an unmitigated snob," the Hon. Mrs. Liddell, sister of Lord Revelstoke, is contesting his claim at Miami, Florida, to the custody of their four children.

Mrs. Liddell declared that her husband, Capt. Guy Maynard Liddell is:

"Firmly convinced that all people are born unequal and that certain people must, by virtue of their birth, be educated to ex- pect preferential treatment in the enjoyment of the good things of life."

Mrs. Liddell pleads that the children should have been Teft with-her in the United States "to be properly and democratically educated."

As he did not come in the cervant eventually went reluctantly to bed. Next morning he found h's master delirious. A

call came through from Mrs, Wallace in England, but Edgar was too ill to speak to her.

By 4 pneumonin had set in, and while

p.m.

day double SHE LOVES AMERICA that

This young actress had dined at his house several times previously.

Wallace

Wog suffering from headache, in addition to a cold, and in the hope of curing his headache before the came in the evening, he dosed trimself with half 1 Juzen "The Green Pack" was receiving different remedies between and five o'clock,

She professes great love for the lunch the enthusiastle applause of a first United States, and states that dif

right audience in London, its author ferences of opinion between her and alay dying in Hollywood,

At five o'clock he received message from her saying that she

Next morning he was dead.

Golden Voice" Man Returns To B.B.C.

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HRISTOPHER STONE, "the man with the golden voice," Appeals Broadcaster No. 1, who has raised hundreds of thousands for good causes, has gone back to the B.B.C.

He made his first reappearance in a recent television programme. Director Gerald Cock is glad. "I was de- lighted to be the first to welcome him back," he said.

When Major-D.S.O.-M.C.

Stone]

left Broadcasting House in 1934 for commercial broadcasting millions of lateners regretted the severance of

homely tie which had

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allowed

them to listen to the most human microphone volce in the world.

For

10,000 RECORDS

seven years his bi-weekly gramophone recitals had charmed old sud young, healthy and infirm.

10,000 recorda.

friendly break,

Then

her husband regarding American traditions, standards of living and methods of education had constantly been a matter of acrimony and dis- pute.

Mrs. Liddell arrived in the United States in July, 1035, and was de- tained by Immigration officials in New York. *****

She was saved from being taken to Ellis Island by the intervention of her lawyer, who obtained a parole

for her and her four children.

and

The children-Peter, the eldest. three girls, Gay, Juno and

Maude were allowed in as "tempor

ary viskors," while Mrs. Liddell "wus admitted as a "quota immigrant."

is stated that Mrs. Liddell had been detained at the direct request

During an inquiry on Ellis Island,

of the Department of Labour.

This request was sald to be due to a cable from Captain Liddell.

First 'Phone An Unlucky Raffle

Exchange

On Wheels

A LARGE green trailer will

London.

Mr. Frank

Buckland, of the Auxillary Air Force, tried to raffle his private aeroplane for Christmas. He had 10,000 half crown tickets

'Our Rotten Teeth'

"The teeth of this country are bad-you might almost say that the teeth of this country are rotten," said Mr. Walter Elliot, Minister of Health, opening the Public Health Ser- vices Conference and Exhib- tion at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, N., recently.

"We should do everything possible to see that the teeth of children are in good condi- tion, as an enormous amount of bad health is due to bad teeth."

Vicar Bars Fish And Chips

In His Church

YOUNG couples have been found sitting in St. Paul's Church, Birkenshaw-cum-Hansworth, Yorkshire, eating fish and chips, complains the vicar, the Rev. J. L. Edlington. He asked two of these diners" to explain-they said it was warmer In church than outside.

London's People Grow Fewer

And Older

THE population of London con- finues to decline, according to the L.C.C.'s report for 1937 on "Public Health.", From: 4,307,003 in 1031, the population is now 4,004,500, of whom 97,100 are more than 75 years of age.

There was an increase in the number of marriages, the, total of 44,748 being 21.9 per thousand of the population, against 216 per thousand for 1830. There was, however, a reduction in the birth which numbered 55,011 against G6,273 In the preceding year.

Deaths aggregated 51,277, or printed and sent to R.A.F. Reserve

12.5 per thousand, compared with Επι that tinic he commented on make Post Office history Britain. One of the books of tickets

Schools and

12.3 in 1936, fying clubs all over

Nearly half, or caune the when it is parked beside a coun-

25,309, were females. was intercepted in the post name of and Buck. try lane at the Essex village of land was visited at In his own autobiography he pald North Weald. It is the world's Hockley by detectives who told him tribute to the B.B.C. and listeners first mobile telephone exchange. lately as it was an illegal letters. "I owe everything to the B.B.C.," he

that the rame bad got to stop imme- wrote,

Major Tryan, When the moneyed

the Portmaster Now Duckland is faced with the task audience of General, inaugurating the exchange

of tracing all people who had bought television has had its show, perhaps in London recently, sald that it can

tickets

and returning their half the gallers," as represented by the be used for restoring telephone ser- chopper wireless

crowns to them. ses, may be al vice if an exchange is put out of ac- lowed to listen to their old favourite. tion, and it will serve in urgent cases

where some unavoidable delay in GIRL, 4, IS COMPOSER occurred in completing a new ex- change.

Two Become Fathers At 70

London. themselves on. becoming fathers again at 70. They are the Roy. G. T. Sale-Pennington, of Ashburnham, Sussex, who married his 23-year-old wife in April, 1037, and, Sheri Charles H. Drown of Musselburgh, Scotland.

Two husbands are congratulating

Spelling Bee

How many of these words are cor- reet and that is wrong with the others?

amalgum resembleable

amenuensis

dispensary

respectibility dislikeable

bla

MELBOURNE, Australia. Professors at the Melba Conser- The growing number of telephone vatorium of Music believe that Moya subscribers in North Weald and the McCrackett, aged 4, is probably the nearby villoges is the reason why youngest living composer. this district has been chosen as a site entrance examinations to the

For her

con- for the first mobile unit, and it will servatory, which she successfully change has been built.

remain there until a permanent ex- passed, the played a composition of

her own entitled "Springtime."

His Worship's Hat

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DARNSLEY (Yorks). Wright-had this conversation with

Socialist mayor, a schoolboy recently, Councillor II. Castells, who la MAYOR: Any of you boys may touring Barnsley schools in his become mayor... Look at this amart robes-worn by Alderman Andrew boy. I shall put my hat on him

Now, sonny, you can go home, and tell you mother that you are the the mayor's hat.

BOY: I cannot, sir. MAYOR: Why not?.

Ohio Seasons Mixed arst member of the family to wear

Port Clinton; 0. Violets, dandelions and straw-

The Increase in the age of the population is shown by the fact that 20,470 of the deaths, or more than half, were more than 65 years of age. This is an increase of 25 per cent. since 1919.

There was a substantial improve- ment. in the Infant mortality rate, which fell to 60 per thousand live births, against 06 in 1936.

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The maternal mortality rate was 2,29 per thousand live births. against 1.98 in 1936--the lowest úgure recorded.

Commenting on the fact that the poorer population, have the lower death-rate, the report states that in Hampstead....Lewisham, and Wandsworth, representing popula- tions in better circumstances, the rate was 2.02, while; In Bermond- sey... Bethnal Green, Finslinry, Shoreditch, and Stepney, represent- ing the poorer population, the rate was 2.41.

McGill Co-eds Independent

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Montreal,

McGill University co-eds have.no use for "date bureau." A few years ngo a bureau was opened with much. publicity, in the student newspaper,

English Oxford Dictionary spell- berries were pleked in Port Clinton BOY: Because, my, grandfather but I died from lack of clients. Ings of these words will be found on during the unseazonably warm füll was Mayor of Barnsley last year. Suggestions that another one be set page

My name is Andrew Wright,

up are scorned by the co-eds.

weather.

After falling and breaking his leg, Dr. J. R. Bentley, of Oxted, drove to the local hospital, had

the fracture set, and was taken home.

Ten thousand tulips are to be planted in Victoria, Tower - Gardena, adjoining the Houses of Parliament -olft from Dutch bulb growers, grateful for the preservation of peace.

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Mr. L. R. Stovens, husband of a former president of Surrey Women's Bowling Association, has found 'a document of the reign of-Edward VI (1550) which licenses Buselly Gent. yeoman, to "keep open the game of bowls or bowling within the King's manor of Bifcete."

England's Crack Railroad Flyór

New York. The Coronation Scol," England's erack railroad train, a fleet Jacomo- tive and seven couches, is to be en exhibition in the Transportation Zone of the New York World's Fair 1830. A steamship is to land it at Baltimore, and thenes it is to make a tour of the United States before going on exhibition at the Fair.

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