1939-05-30 — Page 14

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 30 1939,

English Girl of 16 Elopes With German Wealthy Couple Hunt France For Red-Headed Daughter

NICE.

POLICE throughout France were recently looking for Joan Valentine Thomas, red-haired, freckled, sixteen- year-old daughter of wealthy English parents, who has eloped with Fritz Arronge, twenty-six-year-old German.

Ing gum. She was only going to one of the shops near. When she did not return I became worried, and my husband suggested that wo should go out and look for her.

- Fritz, well-mannered, handsome la "At about 7 pm. she asked me. London-tailored clothes, met Joan for some money "to buy some chew- same monilia ago.

Jonn was dining in a Nice res- Iourant with her father and mother and twenty two-year-old sister Doreen. It was love at first sight,

Mother disapproved of the romance. Only recently site warned Fritz that she would go to the police. In the evening Joan borrowed shiling from her mother "to buy Home chewing-gum," She was not seen afterwards. Nelther was Fritz. Mire. Thomas, who is the wife of Mr. Harry Thorns, retired merchant, of Durban, South Africa, told the story. -

TOO' INTERESTED

She said: "Soon after they met 1 notleed that Fritz was a litle too in- terested in Jonn, but he seemed a nice young man and 1 thought no- thing of it at the time. After all Joan is only a baby.

"Fritz told us about all his troubles. He left Germany because, though he claims he is not Jewish, he is strong- lynn-Hitler.

"When he wrote and asked to marry Joan I deelded it was time to put a stop to it,

"Then it occurred to me that she had run away with Fritz. "I would not mind so much if it were an English boy earning only £1 a week, but If she marries Fritz she will become a German. It were Doreen, who is older, it would be different, but Joon is so young.

'CANNOT GET FAR'

"Joan has only the clothes si10 wore. She left without even her coat."

Nice polive have discovered that Fritz had transferred about £1,100 to a Parls banking firm. Detectives will wait there for him to call for

the money.

Mr. Thomas takes a different view of the romance. He said:-

young

"Fritz seems an upright man. He told me he wanted to settle In South Africn and become # British citizen. I helped him to up the necessary papers. Of course, 1 did not know that he Intended to

"Yest day morning I wentelope with my daughter. shoppunt with Juan and Doreen and we met Fritz. I told him int if he did not leave Joun alone I would go to the police. He said he loved Joan, wanted to marry her, and asked me not to make a fuss about it.

The police and the British Con-

sul unstire me that he cannot get for, but, on the other hand, what is the good of bringing Joan' back

"Jom refused to come home with me, and 1 believe she met Fritz on The Promenade des Anglais,

if she is madly in love with him? She would only go oft again.

"I have nothing against the young men personally, but I do think he should come back and do things right."

Tragic Wife Pins Hope.

to Letter

UPS

Many uniformed Field Marshal Herman Goering of Germany wears a whlte enc, as he inspects the guard of honour on arrival at Tripoll, Libya. At right is Italo Balbo, Italian governor.

Fourteen Sites For School Camps

FOURTEEN sites have been approved in the Home Bolton, Lancashire, treatment his condition improved and Counties for camps to take children evacuated from London in case of war and for use as school camps in peace-time.

MRS. WALLWORK, pretty young he was able to acept a new job. mother of two children, whose hus-! He bade a cheery good-bye to his band, is reported to have been shot wife and children, Margaret, aged 13, on his way to take up a new post and Barbaro, aged nine, and they

in the Philippine Islands, is pinning were to have followed him out in Scotland. Several have been inspected in Wales, but so Nine sites have been provisionally approved in all her hopes to a letter.

She expects to receive this letter,} Mrs. Betsy Haltdeurn, an aunt of far no decision has been reached, from her husband, by air mail.

Mr. Archibald Wollwork, aged 39, of Culvert-road, Bolton, is said to have been found dead in his cabin In the German liner Gnelsenau when the ship renched Singapore. An automatic pistol was clasped in hist hand.

a few months.

Mr. Wallwork's, said that shortly

before she heard of Mr. Wallwork's This progress was reported in the House of Commons by death his photograph fell to the door Mr. Elliot (Minister of Health) recently, when the Camps Bill, twice from her sideboard.

authorising construction of the camps, was further considered.

Members were anxious about any But Mr. Elllat insisted that the threat to the amenities of the highest architectural and planning country-side that might result from authorities would be available to the the presence of the camps unless great care was taken in their design Ministry, and that nothing would be

done without their advice.

Defendant Upsets Judge

and construction.

18 MONTHS' BAD LUCK But Mrs. Wollwork, who is staying

SANTA CRUZ, Cal. with her parents in Bolton, fald: "It can't be true, I have icard

Poilce Judge W. A. Deans was

EXPERT ADVICE nothing officially, and I am hoping somewhat disconcerted when, after there has been some mistake.

detailing with care the bill of rights Efforts were made from all parts This awful news cornes when, to Victor Johnson, 57, charged with of the House to persuade the Minis after 18 months of bad luck, we having entered a hotel and spending ter to include on the board of the thought our troubles were at an end." the night on a lounge, the prisoner companies that will put up the camps Less than 18 months ago the family glanced around the court room and in representative of the National had to return from Chile because of remarked: "SIx men and one wo-Trust or Council for the Preservation Mr. Wallwork's ill-health. “After | man:"-It ́developed he was deaf;—-- of Rural England;

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He refused to go further to meet members, and in the end his attitude was endorsed by 224 votes to 110.

EMPIRE NEWS

SCHOOLBOYS FOUND AFTER 13 DAYS

KINGSTON.

The Ave Jamaica High School boys who climbed into the Blue Mountains In an effort to blaze à trail across on almost inaccessible part have been found safe, ufter being missing for 13 days.

Several parties of searchers num- bering over 100 have been looking for the boys.

Higher

Taxation Hint. The Colonial Secretary

informed the Legislative Council that there was a prospect of increased taxation later to provide for unemployment rellot and the campaign against leaf spot discuse in bananas.

BRITISH GUIANA

CONTROL OF RADIO PROGRAMMES

GEORGETOWN. The Broadcasting Committee has outlined a scheme for Government control of programme policy, and niso closer co-ordination with the B.B.C.

ALL OUR YESTERDAYS

"Good party last night, wasn't it ?"

Er yet I suppose so. Somehow I don't trent to remember things very clearly. I've got a vagus racollection of somebody wearing a fez.”

"Yes. That was you."

"Oh, I sat. Tell me, Philip — do you remember me bring dropped fund downwards from a great height on to a. concrete floor, by any chance ?"!

'Slight headache, el 7"

** Philip — I wish I had your flair for understatement. I feel as though I had lived on an exclurice dist of iron filings and broken glatt for the last five years, What amazes me is that you seem to be

Announcers and technicians from British Guiana would go to London R2042. periodically for training at the B.B.C.R2032. staff college.

EAST AFRICA

£50,000 FOR NATIVE EDUCATION

NAIROBI.

In advance of Kenya's next loan

so disgustingly cheerful and bright this morning.".

I know. It must be very exasperat. Ing. A medicine man warned mo io stick to 'Gimleta at parties. So I always take the precaution of bring- Ing my own bottle of Roso's Lima Juice, You may cock a sceptical cyc brow, Edwin --- but it works.” "How"

"Rose's Lime Juice is the latest thing in therapeutic agents. It restores the metabolic balance. In simple non- scientific parlance - suitable for a mind such an 'yeur, Edwin — k prevents hangovers," **Why-alt why didn't you tell me this last night ?"

NEW. PARLOPHONE RECORDS.

Volces of Spring. Waltz. Autumn Murmurs. Woltz.

Goin' Places. Rhythm Style.

Doin' Things.

R2430, Kisses In The Dark. Screnade,

Kiss Serenade,

.Orchestra Ainscolte..

.Joe Venull & Ed. Lang..

.Frederic IIIppmann & His Orch..

Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch.

R2025. Futuristic Rhythm. Rhythm Style,

Get Happy.

R2020. Third Waltz Medley. (Robrecht.) ..........Orchestra Mascotte. R2020,

the Secretary of State has authorised F1389. the Colony to contribute £50,000 as endowment. its share of the Makerere College | F1387.

My Dream Tango. Tango. By The Black Sea. Tango,

March of the Herald.

Sons of the Brave, Jolly Brothers.

Baby's Sweetheart.

.....Georgo Boulanger & His Orch.

.....Philip Green & His Orch..

Victor Silvester's Harmony Music..

The Legislature has accordingly F1308. Park Parade. Sequence Danec. (with Dance Instruction.)

ton that there were many other more F1385. rete the grant, though the European F1396.

elected members expressed the opin-

urgent Colonial needs. AUSTRALIA

NAVAL MANOEUVRES

SYDNEY. squadron, with

The Royal Australian navol flagship Leander, began recently the the New Zealand biggest defence manoeuvres since the WAT:

They are taking place somewhere off the south-east Australlan coast, In conjunction with eight squadrons of the Australian Air Force,

An amendment by Mr. Mander (Lib.. Wolverhampton, E.) designed to preserve amenities, had merchantmen.

also

rather more success...

The "Blueland" attacking force consists of the cruisers Leander and Adelaide and a number of armed The "Redland" defenders-are--the cruisers

Canberra, Sydney

and

buy land surrounding the camps anders, They theoretic-

He proposel that the companies Hobart, three destroyers and two should have power compulsorily to escort vessels.

so be able to prevent any undesirable defenders

development near the site.

"MISERABLE SHACKS"

16 hours'

announced that the

the raiders after

nily destroyed one cruiser and dis- abled another after the loss of six

He was supported by Mr. Chuter ormed merchantmen.

Ede (Lob., South Shields), who re- Dame Enid Lyons' Annulty.—Sir ferred to Deep Cut Comp, in Surrey, Earle Page, the Acting Prime Minis- where the War Office, he said, took ter, announced recently that an an- some trouble in laying out the camp nulty of £500 is to be granted to Dame Enid Lyons, the widow of the "On the opposite side of the road late Prime Minister_A_similur-na- now,” he added, "there are miserable nuity for the children is to be granted shacks in which refreshments of a until the youngest, now aged six, is very dublous character are sold, and 21. ・・

I understand that late at night MALAYA

private entertainments of a reprehen-

alble character are carried on."

He thought there might be similar developments round the evacuation camps unless there was power to ac- quire the larıd.

After further pressure the Minister agreed to consider the matter. On this understanding Mr. Mander with drew his amendment.

Sheepdogs "Trained"

On Three Legs

£1,000,000 DEFENCE

-

GIFT APPROVED

SINGAPORE.

The extra gift of £1,000,000 by the Straits Settlements towards the cost of Imperial defence WOR op- proved by the Legistative Council at a meeting here recently,

1

The Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas. expressed the British Government's appreciation. The gift is additional to the contribution of £750,000 year which the Strolls Settlements already make for Imperial defence.

INDIA

EUROPEAN FAMILIES

EVACUATED

A FINE which the defence declared would affect the whole of the sheep- rearing industry in the North of England was imposed on a farmer) a Saddleworth, Yorkshire, recently,

CALCUTTA. James Gartelde, of Playfair Cof-to Dibrugarh or Shillong from Digbol, European familles have been rent tagė, Denshaw, near Oldham, was in North-East Assam. fined £1 for causing unnecessary situation has arisen there owing to A critical suffering to a dog by putting one of the strike of labourers in the Assam its forepaws through its collar.

Oil Company. Evidence wns given that an The Europeans are undergoing RSPCA Inspector and a police state of slege.. There servants have constable kopt observation. from

gone on strike, and exorbitant prices window and saw a dog running on

are belag demanded of all Europeans in the bažanra, the moors with a hopping motion.

One European disguised

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They followed and met the dog and Kabuli was found out by a shopkeeper its, muster on the main road. The land was forced to pay 16. 6d. for a dog's foot was still through its collar loaf of bread and 9. for an egg. and the animal was exhausted.

been exceptionally

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Gariside told the court that sheep- dogs were-trained to obedience that way throughout the length of the Pennines.

Several other farmers gave evi- ¿dence in support of this contention.

The presiding-magistrate, Captain

The strike has well organised..

City Collects Oil Royalties

... PASADENA, Cal

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time nor usage could condone such n successfully, engaged in oil pro-

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Mutiny In The Nursery. CF.T.

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