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Hero is a new and exclusive study of "the Duchess of Wind- sor, the former Wallis Worfleld of Baltimore." The 'picture was taken at her realdénce overlooking the Bola de Bologne which she and the Duke'recently' rented in Paris.

Puzzle Of Held-Up Air Films

CONSIDERABLE mystery attaches to two British films, both dealing with the subject of flying on a big scale; and both hung up unexplained reasons.

The Citadel" and

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer com- the leading male part, but offelal pany, which has already made three feeling has always been in favour of important British Alms, “A Yonka Brlitsh actor in a British uniform, at Oxford,"

NERO TO LINDBERGH "Good-bye, Mr. Chips," announced The other film, "Conquest of the two years ago that it would make a Air." which deals with man's ef- film with an RA.F. setting enlled forts at night from the days of Nero "Shadow of the Wing."

to Lindbergh, was begun at Denham by Alexander Korda, in 1935, then pul

MINISTRY HELPED Complete assistance from the Airį Ministry was promised and given.

Resumed in 1937, it was completed} What is not generally known is in February, 1938,

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 13, 1939.

£1,000,000 TO CHARITY Head for Spring

Gifts Of "Sleeping Car King's" Widow

LADY DALZIEL OF WOOLER, who inherited £2,275,000 from her husband 11 years ago, died last December, leaving more than £300,000 of her £465,607 estate to charity, making her total gifts to charity about £1,000,000.

Although, in her will, published recently, she states

A.R.P... MOTHERS.

A WARNING to mothers was given by Bir Auckland Geddes in a speech at Northampton recently. Ho sald:—

"Young mothers should realise that looking after their own children is the first part they should play. Wo have had instances where young mothers their children over is somebody, eiro while they went off to drive thought it was necessary to hand ambulance.”

that since her husband's death she had given "upwards Port Boycotts

of £500,000" to charity, her solicitor said that the figure was certainly nearer £900,000

And he admitted that even he did not know of all hur charitable gifts as Lady Wooler preferred secrecy whenever possible. We

Lord Dalziel of Wooler, the "sleeping-car king of Europe," formerly Sir Davison Dalziel, M.P. for Brixton, was chairman of the Pullman Car. Company and president of the International Sleeping Car Company,

When the General Motor Cab Hewett Myring and Philip Heweli Company was formed aver 30 years Myring, both of the English Speaking ago, he guaranteed personally the Union.

Initial £250,000 needed to see the Her servants were not forgotten. scheme through. "

Within two years the few

cnbs which the company put on the streets of London had increased to hundreds. OVER MILLION IN DUTIES On the £2,275,000 which Lord Dalziel left to his wife death duties of £148,125 have been paid on Lady Dalziel's estate,

The biggest bequests in Dalziel's will are:

German Warships

CORK CITY COUNCIL refused to extend an official welcome to the German. training ship Schlesien, which put in at Queenstown (Cobli) recently on her way home from the Azores.

This action-which is unpreceden- ted in the case of a visiting foreign Ula Fletcher, her cook-house-man-of-war-was taken by the Lord keeper, receives £200, an annuity of Mayor, Councillor J. Hickey, a mem- £150, a bedroom suite, and also all ber of the Dall.

her annimals, birds and other pets, "My reason," he said, is because "to be taken care of by her or other-jon the death of the Pope the respon- wise painlessly destroyed."

sible German Press termed

Ernest Draper, the butler, gets

£200 and an annuity of Pontiff a political adventurer." Emma Knight, the maid, £100 and an annuity of £104; George Seward, Lady ex-coachman, an annuity of £78; Albert Wyatt, chauffeur, £100; and

scrvant.

salary goes to each other

con-

The residue of the property is left

Ai 200113 28 the Lord Mayor's allitude became known, harried communications were addressed to the Minister for External Affairs by the German Legation In Dublin.

the

1000 to St. Bartholomew's Hos-ane

Wooler Discretionary Fund,

As a result the German Charge ditional upon the Governors' main-to King Edward's Hospital Fund.

}d'Affaires issued an invitation to Mr. taining the family mausoleum

Mr. Charles Oak Crisp, her sollet-S. Fitzgerald, Chairman of Cork tor and a trusice of the will, said: Harbour. Commissioners, to welcome Highgate Cemetery."

"Lady Dalziel did not consult me officers of the Schlesien.

£10,000 each;

in

The Newspaper Press Fund; Dr. Barnardo's Homes, for the upkeep of the Dalziel of Wooler Home

National Institute for the Blind: London Hospital; Church Army;

Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables, Pulney;

The Cancer Hospital.

MANY BIG GIFTS There are also seven bequests of

that the film was actually started: What is happening to these two £5,000 each, eight of £3,000 each that R.A.F. machines, pilots and men i dins? Recently London Films and 27 of £2,000 each and several of have taken part in it; and that some said that it was impossible to say of the most wonderful photography when "Conquest of the Air would from the air has been achieved.

be shown.

Costing is understood to be one of The delay over "Shadow of the the causes of delay. It was proposed Wing," is that no satisfactory story to bring over Clark Gable to play has yet been written.

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Apart from legacies to relatives, Lady Dalziel left £3,000 to Dr. A. T. Bulkeley Gavin, of Berkeley Square. W. and £1,000 each to Mrs. Estelle

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every time she gave away money, but

Mr. Fitzgerald later formally re- I know she was very generous to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Dr.ceived Commander Lingenau at the

Town Hall, Queenstown. Barnardo's Homes.

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One of Lady Dalziel's close friends A booklet issued before the Smart Plaited Patents

sold: "She lived a very plain exis-Schlesien's arrival stated: "On the tence and gave generously to charity, order of the Fuehrer the Schlesien come to your country as a but we never knew about it. It was has all done secretly."

[harbinger of peace."

London's First Air-raid Shelters

first of London's steel air-raid shelters have been THE

delivered to householders. The whole of the neigh- bourhood around Tiber Street and Carlsbad Street, Islington, turned out to watch the railwaymen unload shelters for houses in these streets recently.

"We thought we should have a nice job for Sunday, fitting! them up," said a Tiber Street mun, “but no one is erecting a shel- ter yet. The Council men will come round and do that for us."

The yards are only a few feet square and when the shelters are erected there will be practically no room for anything else in the yards. -First-to receive a shelter was Mrs. Treadwell, of Tiber Street.

"I

I hope we shall never have to use?

Max Miller In

Stage Gag Dispute

it," she said as she watched the men ARGUMENT over the use of carrying the 20 sections of the shela atage gag has brought

ter through her house.

Still, if trouble docs come, it wil Max Miller, the British come be better than nothing. It will be dian, and Stone and Lee, Ameri- somewhere to go and 1 should feel can variety couple, into con- safer than I would in the house,"

Mr. G. A. Champ, her next-door troversy. neighbour, said: "We are glad to

have them because there is no open)

Both turns were in the same bill

space near Tiber Street where we at the Birmingham Hippodrome re- could go if there were an air raid." ceny.

"RATHER HAVE A BATH"

But not all the householders were so appreciative.

"I suppose we must have a thei- ter." said Mrs. Florence Carr, "but really I would rather have had a bath atted."

THE TOO-TALL GUARDSMAN

Stone and Lee, who were on Drət, are: man and wife.

This is what Max Miller says;

"Stone used a story

the

Thursday which I had been using all the week. The manager told him to take it out, but he did not do so at the second house," and the manager got in touch with his head office, who sent Stone a letter telling him to take it out:

"If he had asked me for the joke would have given it to him. I

- OFFICERS at Newcastle-on-Tyna| recruiting office opened their eyes wide recently when 20-year-old Chri- know that all sorts of stories are go stopher Edwards walked in.ing round about this, one that I have

Though themselves outsize, they got a black eye. had to look up to him: he stands aft

his socks.

Christopher wanted to join the Coldstream. Guards.

They not only accepted him, but were so impressed with his height that in a very short time he was on his way to London.

Christopher will set the authorities there a problemu naj

Either they will have to exempt him from sentry duty or build him a special sentry box mar

In fall uniformn Christopher-will be more thaa' Bft-too-tall to "t-in" the regulation boxes.

“UNTRUE"

"They afe quite untrue. There was no fighting."

And this is Stone's story: "I have been using that story for two years, and I can prove it

"I don't want to use anything of anyone else's, and this story was passed for me by the Lord Chamber- I don't know anything about lain. Mox Miller using it before,

"In the end comeone from the police department came and asked me to keep to my act, as I bad It on Monday and "I did."""".

Stone, too, denied that there was any fighting in the argument.

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