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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 8, 1939.

DENTIST'S WIFE SHOT

WITH POLICE INSPECTOR

After Cafe Visit

Jerusalem.

INSPECTOR WILLIAM W. THOMAS, brilliant officer of the Palestine Police Force, has been found shot ded with a married woman in her home here.

Beside themwas a revolver belonging to Thomas. The woman as Mrs. Haya Grossman, attractive young wife of a entist who was spending the week-end with his two daughts, aged four and six.

Inspector Thomas planned to visit his parents, whqlive near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, it at the

lost minute decided to pone his leave until Muy,

He was 20.

On the night before M_Gross nan had been in the CalEurope, favourite meeting place British police in Jerusalem

When she left for her by stated that Thomas, who

⚫ been

her.

the

CONFERENCE ON

NUTRITION

London.

The Council of the Britlat: Medical Association has decided to hold a national conference

on nutrition in

in the Cafe Europe, owed of

of securing the necessary Increase in

"Penny Bloods" Cured Nightmares

Small boys should plump for Mr. L. A. G. Strong

their favourlic author. fie believes they should be allowed to read what they like and when they like. Advocating this at a prepar tory schools conference in London recently, Mr. Strong told stalo story:

"I knew of a boy of eight who suffered from nightmares. Every night he used to wake up two or Wireo. Umes screaming. Finally. he was taken to a psychologist. who fount that he was not get- ting the kind of reading he want- ed and prescribed 'penny bloods." "The 107 read them. This alde of his nature found adequate expression and the nightmares #topped."

Gipsy On Spell Removing Charge

Fantastic rites performed

by

relation to national polley. Doctors, housewife on the advice of a gipsy representatives of agriculture 1 home it is and

were described at Portsmouth Quarter and of industry and Sessions recently in n ease under a oversca also education will debate the best system 200-year-old Act dealing with witch-

craft. consumption. The provisional dates en-for this Conference are 27th, 20th shovere and 29th April, with a public meeting also on the 28th April. The B.M.A. Mrs. Grosanan, a dark wo of appointed a commiller on Nutrition Oriental appearance, was br

int 1823, when Sir Kaye ie Fleming Jaffa of Russian-Jewish parent

was chairman.

A few moments after Thot: tered her home, two heard.

AN

Man Blow 50ft. From Mahole

N explosion down a manhin which he was working re-

cently in Windmill-road,, Horace Trew Nicholas fifty into the air with his clothes mpton Hill, Middlesex, blew ablaze. He landed on the rot a house, knocking over a chimney pot, and then rolled ole roof into the garden.

Earl's Sister

Surprises Family:

ADY

The housewife, Mrs. Anne Cotgrove, enld that she

Buried a pound of best steak bi 10hich she had placed a human hair;

Burned a glove containing needle and a pin; and

Slept with a crystal under her

mattress.

The psy, Bensle Birch (51), of) Exmouth Road, Gosport, mother of

fen children, was found guilty of unlawfully undertaking to toil

UFS

Carrying a dull and on American flag, Eva Levy, 3, refugee from Germany, is greeted on arrival in New York by her brother, Walter, 6. Eva arrived on the President Roosevelt with her grand- mother, Mrs. Emilia Herz. They gave up their home in Berlin and plan to live with Walter, who has been with relatives in New York for a year.

All-Women Bench, So

Court Rose Early

fortunes and to remove a spell from CROYDON COUNTY POLICE COURT had an all-women Bench

aring.

recently for the first time since its inauguration in 1797. And they talked far less than men magistrates.

The justices were Mrs.

2. W

of

She was also found guilty of steal- ing rings and money worth £10 14s. frorn two women by means of a trick. Thomas (who presided), Mrs. B. E.

Mr. A. H. Armstrong, prosecuting, Ransom and Mrs. M. G. Adams. said the women parted with the rings U conscious, he was picked up and money on Birch's promise tooloring

They dealt with a heavy list ing from severe back injuries.return them after she had found out fraud

ond relief ad and feet were burned and out their future.

CRSCH 50 rapidly that the thing badly torn.

business of the Court was completed pas taken to St. John's Hos-

wickenham.

who had been at a

SIBELL LYGON, 31-year-shed to the hospital when

old sister of Earl Beauchamp,

was married recently at Caxton Hall cast an SOS for her broad-

Richard Register Office to

Mr.

NI

Michael Rowley, of Moor Farm. Lane hole was inspecting the man- End, Bucks.

On time of the explosion,

was standing with ment he hole; ad just out of the man- the allext he was hurled into

Afte

Members of Lady Sibell's family had no knowledge of the matter the day before, but Lady Beauchamp, a sister-in-law, said later:

From

"When we returned

the hospitals had been taken to country to-night we found a tele- and ren climbed on the roof gram inviting Lord Beauchamp and myself to the wedding. I have no idea where Lady Sibell is at the

moment

WORKED IN BOND STREET

and rut Darts of his clothing| blazing Pets which were still the housght have set fire to

The ex

Birch was bound over for two years "to give her a chance to reform."

Died Beside

Wife's Grave

JOSEPH SMITH, aged 77. of Kingsway, West Wickham, Kent, was found dead recently A few feet from his wife's grave In Streatham Park Cemetery, S.W.

ment front tore up the pave- Mrs. Smith died last year. She tered wingur houses, and shat- Jhad been her husband's devoted com-

panion for 55 years, The Clare, -two, and lives at

Though .........rth, Twickenham,

Nicholas

Richard Fren of Mr. George

summonses

earlier than usual. nearly three-quarters of an hour

An official of the Court said to the News Chronicle:-"A number of men magistrates were also on the rata, but only one turned up and he had to leave early.

NO ARGUMENTS "The three women conforted for a moment and decided to get on with the job themselves,

"One or two defendants tried to argue, but Mrs. Thomas silenced them with a very few words.

Mrs. Stephen de Laszlo Killed

MRS. STEPHEN DE LASZLO,

de Laszlo, a son of the famous wife of Mr. Stephen Philip portrait painter, was killed and her husband seriously injured when their car collided with a lorry on the London-Newmarket road near Six Mile Bolton. Cambridgeshire, recently.

They had left their home at Rutland Court, Knightsbridge.

"I think the reason we got through to spend a week-end with the business so quickly was because friends, taking their Pekinese Mrs. Thomas, who has not presided dog. before, did not spend any time de- livering lectures' to the defendants."

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First intimation of the wedding was the notice given at Caxiom Hall

In falling health, Mr. of the forthcoming marriage of

Smith, visited her grave regularly,

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. "Richard Michael Rowley, bachelor, dressing estab

never allowing the flowers to fade.

Dr. Andrew S. Gregg, who was a 23, Independent means, living at Mr. Roylescent.

practising physielan Relatives, worried about his health years, left provisions in his will that Moor Farm, Lane End, Bucks," and

here for "Sibell Lygon, spinster, 31, living at former w nowey and his and the bad weather, had tried to debts owed to him by "widows, Cardy, from Elmswell, Suffolk." 13, Belgrave Square, S.V

derick Cos. Hon. Mrs. Fre-dissuade him from going to the orphans and others unable to pay" be Lady Sibell for a time worked us Eton and Provas educated at cemetery. But he had listened to concelled. The will directed the receptionist in a Bond Street hair- mission inne holds a com-them and then slipped away.

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DAUGHTER OF BARONESS Mrs. de Laszlo, who was about 38, was formerly Miss Edith Alexandrin (Diana) von Versen, cider daughter of Barness von Versen.

She was married at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, by the Bishop of Chichester, a cousin of her

In January, 1931.

26,

the

wedding present from bridegroom's father was a portrait of the bride, wh

which

wedding reception.

was on view at the

Swimuning and ski-ing were two of Mrs. de Laszio's hobbies.

who is

Mr. Stephen de Laszlo, about 42, is the second of the five sons of the late Mr. Philip de Laszlo, He is an expert in electrical matters and wireless.

Chaplin To Carry On As Dictator

New York.

Charlie Chaplin broke his silence recently with an announcement on his neto in flere are the facts ότι 10,

«THE DICTATOR" is the title. " will be all-talking. Chopin will play both his old character and a new one, in which he will be "scen and heard for the first time."

Chaplin has written the dim him- self.

Production starts in January. And that is as far as Chaplin will go, Plot, implications and tricks are secrets, but Hollywood has heard that Chaplin is going to guy dictatorships with a mistaken identity plot in which an inoffensive little Jew will get mixed up in a situation that makes him dictator, while the real idictator is banished.

Chaplin has had warning of dictatorship reprisals If so goes on with his (des, but his announcement shows that ho, is standing no dictation.

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