1939-06-01 — Page 3

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

June 1, 1939.

SHE YELLS TO CONQUER

WOMAN RIVAL TO Knife Saved

TOWN CRIERS

CROYDON.

Flyer

WITH his penknife a man husked

at aeroplane wreckage for four. hours until he released П trapped RAF. pilót on Clochnaben 1,

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

A STREATHAM woman of 32 turned up at Croydon Kincardineshire, North Scotland. 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

Holding the line so that he would not lose, the plane in the gathering mist, he walked up the hill ima vain bid to find other members of a search party of 200.

Then the rescuer-William Walt

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

record.

"I think I can get it over as 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 euntry.

"I AM NO GREENHORN"

"I go to all the big cycling meet- ings and belong to the supporters' elüb, und tant is where I learned to: shout. I also support Chelsea foot- ball club and shout for them Saturdays, so I am no greenhorn at it "

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

"THE AWFUL TRUTH": HER AGE

When Mrs. Elizabeth Philadel- phila Hare, an actress, who the day before was Mrs. Lee "I changel my name yesterday," she said; "I was married again"--was MIDNIG moned at Greenwich_recently for driving without consideration, she said at the time she was on her WAY

to the Lewisham Hippodrome, playing leading where she was lady in Ernte Lotinga's pantomime. Mr. Bernard Camplon, K.C., the magistrate, asked her how long she had been driving,

"This is the awful truth at last,” the exclaimed. "I must tell you I am 11 and that I had a Heence when I was 17′′

Fined £2.

tion of the wind and deciding to shout with It. Mr. Walter Abbott, champion

She borrowed Mr. Abbott's bell, town crier of England in 1931, 1032 and 1938, rang his bell and shouted rang for attention and had a prelimi- his "piece." Grishing with a salutenary canler-not for competition. and "God Save the King."

4 SHALL BE COMPETING IN

He replaced his handsome cocked CROYDON ON THURSDAY!" she hat and modestly stepped back in Informed Croydon,. Norwood, Purley, favour of his rivals,

Addiscombe and all stations on the Catford Loop.

Mr. Welch, the unly town councillor town crier in the world the is a incmber ul 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- brafted cloak ned three-cornered hat They are contemplating having mega- and also said his "piece"if you can phones secretly grafted Inlo refer to a shuttering shout in that diaphragms.

why.

CALLING ALL STATIONS

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

left over.

their

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

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

A doctor said thai, but for Watt. Lanalne would have died, trapped head downwards in wreckage buried several feet in moss heather.

and

First news of the crash came that afternoon, when Acting Fly- Ing-Officer R. E. Atkinson, the other uccupant of the plane, staggered half- fainting to the door of a lonely farm five miles away.

For six hours he had stumbled about the mountainside. Ite could not remember the location of the crash.

In spite of his injuries he insisted en going out with the rescuers.

Mr. Watt said that he was one of party of rondmen who started on the search that afternoon.

"I Was

salone when I discovered the

plane an the side of the hill about 4 p.m." he said.

"The mist was coming down, and

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

"The pilot was conscious. Ile was upside down with his neck jammed against the panel board.

"WE CHɅtted cheERILY"

"It took me about four hours to release him by tearing off bits of

San

One of the objects King Zog didn't take with him when he Red from his palace in Tirana, was this pet vulture. Italian soldiers found it in the garden with two captive bears. It's their pet now.

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 Fis- cher Galleries in Lucerne are to

fahrle with the aid of my pocket auction a large selection, of Made Police Take

knife.

paintings and sculptures from various muscums in Germany.

Fingerprints

The collection Includes some of the BECAUSE she was determined finest works of Picasso, Van Gogh to prove that she had not and the modern German Impres-stolen money from a friend, pretty eighteen-year-old Mrs.

"Knotting the strings of the para- chute together to make a long line, I tied one end to the plane and ther In the walime, Chelsen, threa- walked up the hill with the line to tened with relegution, hopes that see if I could reach any of my com-

In this way I made suresionists. Miss Hamilton will have something panions.

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ed as a menace to the morale of the close, Hayes (Middlesex), went German people.

to the local police station, insist- ! Many of the pictures were showned that her finger-prints be at the notorious Munich "exhibition taken, that she be charged.

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05 the handbag of Mrs. Elizabeth "Aryan,"

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"It was the first time I had been in a police court, but I was not afraid. I had no legal advice.

But you can't keep a good Aryani down. The German public museums now, under orders, expelling Picasso, Van Gogh and company, and "I feel sorry for Mrs. Calderwood the Fitcher Galleries will have the opportunity of organising one of the biggest are shows of recent years.

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and bear no malice. She promised to come and have a cup of ten with me this week-end."

Students Want More Jails

San Francisco.

The student paper of the San Frari- cisco State College has opened a cam- paign for new and belter jails, on the breaks out, the of conscientious objectors rounds that it war

number

Bulte, Mont. Montana is one of the few states that does not produce enough eggs to meet la own needs, according to Thomas McMaster, of he Montant de- partment of agriculture. The hens of among college students will be so Washington, Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, great that the present number of jails

will be inadequate. Kansas, Minnesota, Ilipois and North Dakota help supply Montanans with cggs.

that I would not lose touch with the planc.

Dance Ends In Hospital

Montreal.

Frank Cheppke, 38, set out to enter-

The airman's eyes were so badly tain 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, n

Hungarian. Was

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

..

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

"Towards morning, Mr. Lanahan said he could see a little with one of his eyes. He was in his flying sull and I wrapped the parachute round him.

Sleeping Illness. Tenacious

Johannesburg, South Africa: Anna Swanepoel, a South African woman who has been almost con- tinually asleep for more than 25 Mr. Watt added that when day-years, has been moved from her bed break arrived there was no sign of in the Chronie Sick Home, Rietfon-- eventually teln, to the Johannesburg General the mist fting He reached a gamekeeper's cottage about Hospital. She had occupied the bed

for 10 years.

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