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TELEVISION

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

FIGHT

April 14, 1939.

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FILM GROUP DEFIES B. B. C.

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Count Ludwig Salm, Austrian noblemun impoverished by reverses since Germany. annexed Austria, with his mother. He petitioned in New York for $30,000 annually from estate of his san Peter, who inherited $3,250,000 from his grandfather, Colonel H. H. Rogers.

KEPT MOTHER'S BODY IN HOME FOUR MONTHS

Story Of Religious Mania. Revealed

. SYDNEY.

THE BODY of a woman who died four months ago, but which had been left on a bed by her four daughters who lived in the same house, was found by a clergyman recently. The woman was Mrs. Rose Ann Forster, who celebrated her 91st birthday on April 11, 1938.

The body was removed for burial by the police, and the four daughters were taken to a reception house.

The police stated that the case was the most pathetic instance

of religious mania that had come under their notice.

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Prepares To Show Radio Transmissions In Cinema

THE GREATEST WAR in the entertainment world' this century started recently when Isidore Ostrer, Chair- man of the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, an- nounced his defiance of all B.B.C. restrictions against television for the paying public,"・・

Ever since the public saw the Boon-Danahar fight on big- screen television in three London cinemas on February 24,. the entertainment world—and especially the film and television interests has been trying frantically to adjust itself to the inevitable revolution now on the way,...).

WARNED BUT CARRIED ON

Mr. Ostrer stated that his company was equipping every one of their cinemas in the London television aren with big- screen reception apparatus, and that by the end of the year between 70 and 80 of them would be showing television.

"Neither the Government nor the B.B.C.," he said, "has the right to withhold from the public the privilege of seeing great events televised.:

"The B.B.C. said we must not televise the Boon-Danahar fight to the public-but we did. The B.B.C. has written to say that this must not be regarded as a precedent-but I propose to go ahead with our scheme to televise from all our cinémas.

"Nobody can stop the progress of television now that the public is determined to have it. That is why I am risking thousands of pounds and the possibility of legal action by going ahend with our television plans, despite the present ban.

"I am prepared to place the whole of the Gaumont-British Corporation's resources at the disposal of the B.B.C. for the ad vancement of television provided that cinema owners are per- mitted to show television.

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"I do not ask exclusive righis for Gaumont-British cinemas. want all cinemas throughout the country to be able to put lelovi. sion on the screen.”

Mr. Ostrer is planning to show the Derby on the screen.

"If television is allowed to deve- lop properly in England," he said, "we shall obtain a huge export busi- [ness-as America did when they beat us by a short head with the talkies. television, and if she is allowed to progress we shall be asked to export millions of pounds' worth of equip- ment to other parts of the world.

"Britain is already for ahead in

£75 AGAINST £750

Many sporting bodies have actually appronched Gaumont - British with suggestions that they should finance

the televising of their events.

Television, in my opinion, can no equipped,

Mrs. Forster lived in small Annic Forster, 85, Gence Forster, 58, longer remain a poorly weather-board house in Knox Street, end Linda Forster, 55, and Mrs.badly financed monopoly of the Belmore, not far from Burwood Road, Bertha Hawkins, 66, whose husband B.B.C-It spent a little over £300- with her four daughters. Misses has been employed on a fann in 000 on it last year-but must very Glencoe, near Glen Innes, for the soon be given the scope it deserves. past two years.

Though Mr. Ostrer did not give me

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The residents of Knox knew little the figures, I know that the B.B.C. of the four sisters, as they lived as offered £75 for the Boon-Danahar recluses, spending most of their time fight television rights. Gaumont- studying the Bible.

British offered, £750 and bought the right to televise the contest in two of their cinemas.

About noon one day the Rev. Kingsley, of Lakemba, called at the home and asked after the health of Mrs. Forster. One of the sisters, rals-

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Several people vitally concerned in boom have the present television

her hunds S in prayer, said: suggested that a new Television Cor-i "Something dreadful has happened. She died on November 3. 1938."

Mr. Kingsley was asked to view the body, and when he entered a front bed-room he saw the remains of Mrs. Forster covered up to the neck with

with a sheet and in such a state of decomposition that her features were not recognisable.

Mr. Kingsley immediately notified the pollee, and several detectives under Detective-sergeant Sadler went

to the house.

Hitler

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¡poration, distinct from the B.B.C., be formed to handle the new force in jentertainment.

SUN'S RAYS BY RADIO OPEN £10,000,000 SHOW DAYS of the sun shining in

Bombay at noon one day recently were flashed by photo- electric cell to San Francisco, where it was sili! night, to start the ringing of the Croy don-made carlilon In the Golden Gate Exhibition,

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It stands on a. man-made Island in Ban Francisco Bay and cost £10,000,000.

£850,000 Hospital Planned For A.R.P.|

WHEN the King, with "Queen Elizabeth: opens the new £850,000 Westminster Hospital, off Millbank. jon April 20 he will see a hospilini

which is without rival in Europe.

Four years have been spent build- jing and equipping the two vast, hand- some blocks flanking St. John's Gar-

dena.

The buildings are planned for up- to-date air rald precautions, with air-lock doors for the entry of ambulances, decontaminating plant to enable the work to go on undisturbed

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Only £100,000 of the cost remains to be raised, and on Wednesday, Lord Wigram, president of the hospital, is to launch an appeal for this sum.

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rooms are in complete units planned to abolish long waits.

High up on the root, dominating the main building, is the beautifully appointed chapel. Its huge cross, looking down over St. John's public gardens, will be flood-lit at night.

Angelo E, Missio, mason of Brieeburg, Cal., first cousin and only male relative of Pope Plus XII in the United States. Hearing of the election, he wept for joy.

Shuts Out Garbo, Gable

Hollywood's Best

BERLIN.

Before the body was removed the GERMANS will have to go abroad in future if they

Assistant Coroner

was asked to view it.

(Mr. Williams) want to see first-rate American films with Greta Garbo,

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Neighbours stated that they did Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Robert Taylor or Claudette Have In The Navy

hot know that Mrs. Forster had Colbert.

died,

the

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Nice.

During the night of March 26 last

"MESSAGE FROM ABOVE" In an attempt to drive Ameri- In Neubabelsberg, the film colony When the police visited the house! and viewed the body they ask-can films out of the country, fifteen miles west, of Berlin, every year, A. B. Arnold, of HL.M. sub- ordered that body is expecting to be the next vic-marine Salmon, was struck in a Nice

street by The Hitler recently

0 taxi-driver, after mls- ed permission

smoke. to

tim of the purge. four sisters however, zalsed their film importers must bring into

understanding about a

a fare. Arnold recovered and returned to arms as if in prayer and recited, "In Germany only second-rate the name of the Father, the Son, and American films.

German film producera have for his ship. H.M.S, Salmon came hero New German Holy Ghost stop these men from films will then be able to shine. for Marlene

years been looking for a substitute again recently, exactly a year after, Dietrich, Hitler's and Arnold entertained the tax- smoking."

For the next two hours the police The emelal reason for the order favourite fim star, who refuses to driver and his family at tea,

Arnold refused the 10,000 francs tried to question the sisters, but they is that Amerlen's leading flim com- leave Hollywood for her native were interrupted by the Women puntes are jewish-controlled,

country. So scarce la talent that awarded him as damages for the in tramping up and down the hall and The few Hollywood Alma imported foreign film stars, such as Pola Negri, jury. through the rooms, reciting an into Gormany-have-filled cinemas -Pole, and Zarah-Leander,-a-Swede, Anglican prayer and singing hymns, wherever they have been shown:

have been brought from abroad to new producers to make Germans, bo- One of the slaters told Sergeant A drastic purge of Germany's up box-office

Jieve that their films are the best, for This has forced Nazi Alm leaders the Italian productions are second- the police when her mother died, but already

to overlook the Jewish origin of rate compared even with the German, on the way she had "n message from There has been a reshuffle of several foreign alm. Invourites now Recently four major American above." She had

offelals in the leading companies, starring in Nazi films..

Alm companies withdrew from the "It was the wish of the Almighty," Ufo, Terra and Tobis.

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It is also proposed, for propaganda Italian market because of a decree she said,

our mother should ducers have been appointed to bring reasons, to show more Italian films in for a State menopoly of importation German films to Hollywood standard, the Reich. This will also help the and distribution;

Allch that she left the house to tell State how ednim industry has

not be bit that"

"Did

*you think it was right when the four of you continued to live in the house." usked Sergeant Allen.

"Not according to your beliefs but according to ours, yes," one of the women

men answered." "No one suffered bút us, 'Our dear mother was to rise and walk again when she reached

Other polles failed to get rational

statements from the women.

"We kept our mother in the house to keep us pure, and to protect us from atrangers," was their explona- tion. It was the will of God."

When they were driven away in police care they were still praying.

County Breaks Tradition

Memphis, Mo.,

For the first time, in 60 years, Scotland county, Mo., will have `n Republican county clerk, Frank A. Trunhell won by 87 votes over his Democratle rival, J. E. Poole, the incumbent, in the recent election.

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