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Thursday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 1, 1939.

SHE YELLS TOCONQUER

WOMAN RIVAL TO Knife Saved

TOWN CRIERS

CROYDON..

A STREATHAM woman of 32 turned up at Croydon recently for a preliminary shouting match with Eng- land's two champion town criers, Mr. Walter Abbott, of Lyme Regis, and Mr. F. Welch, of Bridport.

The woman challenger is Miss Evelyn Hamilton, a pedal cyclist who holds several endurance and speed cycle

Flyer

WITH his penknife a man hacked Vnt neroplane wreckage for four hours until he releaseda trapped R.A.F. pllot on Clochnnben 11, Kincardineshire, North Scotland:

Then he knotted the strings of a parachute together to make a long Hine, which he tied to the machine.

Jolding the line so that he would not lose the plane in the gathering mit, he walked up the hill tria vain bid to find other members of

search party of 200.

Then the rescuer-William Walt,

records. She hopes to establish a woman's shouting thirty-six, roadman, of Cromar Col

record.

"I think I can get it over us well as any town crier," she said, "and I decided to challenge the two champions when I heard them last Saturday. I have come up to-day to see what they can do and to have a preliminary shout myself.

The competition proper will take place on Thursday, and between now and then I shall practise out in the country.

"I AM NO GREENHORN" "go to all the big cycling meet- ings and belong to the supporters' club, and that is where I learned to shout. I also support Chelsea foot-

for ball club and shout

them Saturdays, so I'am no greenhorn at

on

In the presence of a large crowd, and after carefully studying the direc

"THE AWFUL TRUTH":

HER AGE

When Mira. Elizabeth Philadel. phia Mare, an actress, who the day before was Mrs. Lee"I changed my namo yesterday." she said: "I was married again"-was rum- moned at Greenwich

for driving without

conside said at the time she was on her way to the Lewisham Ilippodrome, where she was playing leading lady in Ernie Latinga's pantomime.

Mr. Bernard Campion. K.C., the magistrate, asked her how long she had been driving.

"This the awful truth at last,”. the exclaimed. "I must tell you I am 31 and that I had a licence when I was 17."

Fined £2.

She borrowed Mr. Abbolt's bell,

tton of the wind and deciding to shout with 1. Mr. Walter Abbott, champion town crier of England in 1931, 1932 and 1938, rang he beil and shouted ran for attention and had a prelimi his "plece," finishing with a salutenary canter-pot for competition, and "God Save the King."

favour of his rivals.

" SHALL BE COMPETING IN

He replaced his handsome cocked CROYDON ON THURSDAY!" she hat and modestly stepped back in informed Croydon, Norwood, Purley, Addiscombe and all stations on the Catford Loop.

Mr. Welch, the only town councillor town crier in the world the is member of the Bridport Town

Mr. Abbott and Mr. Welch turned Council), stepped up in his breeches, slightly pale when they heard her. white stockings, buckled shoes, gold- braided cloak and three-cornered hat They are contemplating having mega- and also said his "piece"-If you can phones secretly grafted Into refer to a shattering shout in that diaphragms.

way.

CALLING ALL STATIONS "Your turn," said the M.C. to Miss Hamilton.

their

In the meantime, Chelsen, threa- tened with relegation, hopes that Miss Hamliton will have something left over.

duce of Australia

tage, Mount-street, Banchory-retum- ed and stayed all night by the side of the injured airman, for whom he made bed of heather."

Later the alrman-Acting Pilot Officer J, D, Lanahan, of West Wick- ham, Kent--was safe in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

..

A doctor said that, but for Walt, Lanahane would have died, trapped .head downwards Ir wreckage burled · several feet in moss and heather.

First news of the crash that afternoon, when Acting Fly- ing-Omeer R. E Atkinson, the other occupant of the plane, staggered half- fainting to the door of a lonely form five miles away,

came

For alx hours he had stumbled about the mountainside. He could not remember the location of the crash.

In spite of his injuries he insisted on going out with the rescaters.

Mr. Wat said that he was one of

a party of roadmen who started on

the search that afternoon.

"I was alone when I discovered the the side of the hill about plane on

he said.

4. mist was coming down, and

I realised that it would be best to stay near the plane in case I could not locate it again.

"The pilot was conscious. He was upside down with his neck Jammed against the panel board.

"WE CHATTED CHEERILY"

"It took me about four hours to relcase him by tearing off bits of fabric with the aid of my puckel knife.

"Knotting the strings of the pora- chute together to make a long line, I tied one end to the plane and then walked up the hill with the line to see if I could reach any of my com

in this way I made sure punions,

(Continued on Next Column.)

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Nazis Are Expelling Pictures Now

GENEVA.

NAZI Germany has expelled many artists and writers. It is now revealed that works of art also have been expelled.

Next month the famous Fla- cher Galleries in Lucerne are to

auction a large selection of Made Police Take

paintings and sculptures from various museums in Germany.

Fingerprints

The collection includes some of the BECAUSE she was determined

to prove that she had not. finest works of Picasso, Van Gogh and the modern German impresstolen money from a friend, protty eighteen-year-old Mrs.

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of decadent art," whose object was Recently Uxbridge magistrates to disgust the German people with acquitted her of stealing 6s. 6d. from all art notomcially approved as the handbag of Mrs. Elizabeth "Aryan."

Calderwood, while n tea-time guest in her house at Holmbury-gardens, Hayes.

The result was disappointing for the Nazi art dictators, for Gerinuns

Sald Mrs. Allen: “After hearing crowded the gallery where the "deca- dent works were on show, while the that Mrs. Calderwood had accuse work of the official Aryans blushed me of being a thief, I insisted on being charged to have my name cleared.

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"It was the first time I had been But you can't keep a good Aryan!

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Dance Ends In Hospital

Montreal.

Frank Cheppke, 35, set out to enter- "The airman's eyes were so badly tuin some friends at his home here swollen he could not see me.

with a dance and woke up in a hos-

"It was very cold and wet through-pital. Cheppke, a Hungarian, wos

out the night and it would have been doing a native dance, and in Dinging dangerous to fall asleep. We kept his arms above his head, they struck ourselves awake by talking to one a chandeller, which fell on his head, another. Mr. Lanahan chatted quite knocking him out. cheerily.

"During the night 1 brought him sips of water from a burn.

"Towards morning, Mr. Kanahau ssid he could see a little with one of his eyes. He was in ble flying sult and 1 wrapped: the parachute round him.

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