1939-05-04 — Page 17

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 4, 1939.

Abrary, Supreme Court

B.A.S FOR A.B.s AIM OF COLLEGE OF THE SEA

Bo'sun Behind With Libby Holman

Homework:

SEA WAS

TOO ROUGH

The bo's a sorry man is he, He couldn't do his homework Because of the stormy sea.

SOMEWHERE OFF the west coast of South America was that unhappy sailor when he sent his sincere letter of apology to his school-the College of the Sea, in Endsleigh Street, W.C. The sea had been too rough for writing.

[Parents of amall boys who see in this a new iden should emphasise that it can be very, very rough at sea and that home- work might be the lesser of the two evils.]

The newly-founded college is receiving "homework" from ports all over the world-from Halifax (Nova Scotia) to Durban, and Vancouver to Suez.

Among the batch which arrived) and scientific units, and heads of art recently were essays on "Life in a schools. Portuguese House," solutions of prob- lems in geometry by a deck boy of 18, and French exercises from a 'cellist in

ship'n band..

“A ship is the one quiet spot where a fellow can work with his brain to- day," explained a wireless operator un a tanker, who alms to get a degree in classies.

DRIDGE STUDENTS

The most popular courses promise to be short-alory and novel writing. philosophy, foreign languges, astro- tomy and painting.

Spanish is much in demand. In one ship six men are learning it.

"Because of the appeal which the sea makes to British peoples," Dr. Mansbridge sald, "we shall soon have tutor-advisers of the Arst rank in all the ports.

"The wealth of culture available to sallora will be without precedent."

Film Of British Air

Raid Defences

Married

Libby Holman, American torch singer who shared the Reynolds to- bacco millions, has been recrelly married in Washington to Ralph Holmes, twenty-three-year-old actor.

Libby has been plcture-news alnce her husband, Zachary Smith Reynolds, millionaire playboy, was shot in 1932. At one time it was suggested that sho would marry Jack Doyle, boxer- singer. But Libby (and Juck) sald

no.

Claude G. Bowers, American Ambassador to Spain chats with newmen following a conference with State Department officials In Washington: He was called home recently to confer on ques- lions pertaining to the recognition of the Franco regime by the United States.

DANCER'S BLACK EYE

Judge Looks At It. De Havilland's

Gives Her £40

ISS IRENE BARDEN, a cabaret artist, of Carlton Mansions, S.W., who received a black eye in a road

MIS crash, was at Westminster County Court recently award-

ed £40 damages.

She had claimed £100 from Ronald Hugh Charles Pearce, Sherwood Way, West Wickham, Kent, and Taxi- Striking gimpses of Britain's de-Cabs (London), Ltd., Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush. The Warning," a new short film Mios Barden was a passenger in a taxi involved in a collision which was recently shown at the with Mr. Pearce's car in Park Lane last November. Regal Cinema, Marble Arch.

fences against air attack are given in

case

CASINO DANCER

Dumas During the

Judge asked: "Do cabaret artists perform during the daytime, or do they come uut only after dark?"

Among those who have inquired for instruction are captains, fremen, saloon boys, radio officers, stewards, I showed high-speed fighters going A.B.'s,

and up against enemy bombers, anti- engineers, carpenters pursers.

nircraft guns, ashore and afloat, in The name of every boy who signs action, and the complex AR.P. un for his first voyage at a United organisation reporting raids and the Kingdom port is now being sent to the extent of damage, caring for wounded College, and it is proposed to Invite and fighting Bres, each one to enter.

Founded late last year

by Dr. Albert Mansbridge, the College of the Sen is in its first term.

FAMOUS TUTORS

For students It will draw on the 0,500 ships of the British merchant marine "somewhere at sea," and for

Its teachers on the voluntary service

The producers, British National Films, have undertaken that any pro- fits arising from its distribution in Britain by the Associated British Picture Corporation shell go to Ser- vice charities, It is also to be shown at the World Fair in New York,

The film was made with the whole-

hearted co-operation of the Govern- of the finest brains in the country-ment, and the Intest arms of all fumous professors and tutors from all branches of the Services have been

used for the sake of authenticity, the universities, directors of muscums

Austral

After looking at Miss Barden's eye, the judge asked: "Are you innocent of make-up?"

Miss Borden: Well, I powder, of

course.

First Jump

de Havilland, clifef test plot of the de Havilland Air-craft Company, of Hatfield, and Mr. John Cunning- ham, another test pilot, escaped by parachute before an airplane which they were testing crashed at Wheathampstead, Herts, re- cently.

MR. Geoffrey

The aircroft 103 n two-senter

not been tested before,

monoplane of a new type which had

that

A friend of Mr. de Havilland said when the aircraft gol Into dificulties Mr. Cunningham and Mr.: de Havilland discussed whether they should leap or not. Mr. Cunningham and Mr. de jumped at 3,000 Havilland soon afterwards.

It was Mr. de Havilland's first parachute jump.

tree,

Judge. I have heard of coloured | The Hon. Quintin Hogg (for Miss lines under indios' eyes that are not . Cunningham as it hurtled to the The airplane passed quite close to Barden): My experience is that they the result of a bruise. Is that black ground. It hit perform at night.

crashed line under your eye entirely the re- through J fence and burst Into Miss Barden sald that on Noven-sult of a bruise, or is it something flames within 200 yurds of a farmer's ber 20 she obtained an engagement cise?It is entirely due to the ac-house.

London cident. the Folies Superbe at the Casino as a dancer at £5 a week, and to supplement her earnings she accepted film, photographic, model; and mannequin work,

Judge: All of which comes under the heading of "very nice work you can get it."

Miss Burden added that she was in a nursing home for ten days,

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Debris was scattered over a wide area,

LANDED A MILE APART

The two men landed in fields about

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"THIRST" FOR KNOWLEDGE While Miss Barden was being cross- examined, the judge commented, "1 um thirsting for more Information about cabaret artists. Do they after had lunch. Mr. de Havilland was in They went back to Hatfield, und the performance have to come on the the air again in another aircraft floor and dance with customers? within an hour and a half.

Mr. E. Ryder Richardson (for Mr. Mr. Geoffrey de Havilland, son of Pearce): No, if they did there would Captain Gectirey de Havilland, the be no reason for thepleres closing Fairplane engine designer, is 20 years down.

old. He has had a number of es- Mr. Hogg: Mr. Richardson knows enpes while testing aircraft.

| more about them than I do.

Mr. Peter Francis Stern, a passen ger in the taxi, said that the force of the collision swung him off his 'seal on to Miss Barden's lap. After the accident they all went to a chemist's, and then had a drink.

"BLACK-EYED SUSAN"

In August last year he was piloting an air liner when the fuselage broke after a landing. The nose of the machine tilted in the air and the tail fell to the ground. Mr. de Havilland was not hurt.

A few weeks before he had to land another air liur on the wings, the retractable undercarriage having jammed in the "up" position.

Beggar Hides Clothes

Mr. Hogg sald that Miss Bardea alleged that after the accident..she was so disfigured that she had to be put in the second row of the cabaret. Judge Dunas: I Bhould have thought the cabaret might have pre- ferred a less Black-Eyed Susan.

Awarding Miss Barden £40 dum- ages (£20 special damages and £20 general damages) with costs against both defendants, Judge Dumus said: was found to possess secret lodgings, Thomas Welch, 33, rugged beggur, "Judging by modern standards, the where $600 was cached, $125 on his lady may be considered highly at-person and a very sumptuous ward- tractive-although artificial."

Ile had looked at the line under latter and the ragged costume he was

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