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ONE OF THE

in love

10 BEST PICTURES

OF THE YEAR

BRAVE

in heartbreak:

Directed by

MICHAEL CURTIZ

Presented by WARNER DRLOS.

NEXT CHANGE United Artists Releaso

PANNIE HURST'S masterpiece becomes the most beloved picture of the year!

Four Daughters

PRISCILLA LANG - ROSEMARY LANE LOLA LANE • GALE PAGE + CLAUDE RAINS JOHN GARFIELD » JEFFREY LYNN

DICK PORAN. Frank McHugh May Robson

ALSO

Cartoon in Technicolour

"THE WOODS ARE

FULL OF CUCKOOS"

ADOLPHE MENJOU in

"KING OF

THE TURF"

with Dolores Costello, Roger Daniel, Walter Abel

HANKOW

ISTARE

Streunplay

TO-DAY ONLY

KOWLDON

"SECRETS OF

A NURSE"

with

EDMUND LOWE HELEN MACK DICK FORAN

LESTER

COLE

TOM LENNON by

ond kanal de the story about sucks more to“by Qurada Reynolds Directed by ARTHUR LUBIN Associate Producers BURT KELLY

TO- MORROW

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CHARLES LAUGHTON

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Clipper Turns Back

Mechanical Defect After Take-Off

The

Port Washington, June 3. Yankee Clipper developed come trouble with her automatic pitot gear after

June 5, 1939.

ARROGANT JAPANESE ATTITUDE

•

British Attache Held As Chinese Spy!

PEIPING, June 1 (Delayed).

10-day. She taking off for Europe

A JAPANESE spokesman admitted this afternoon that the back to her base, but did not land there, being

Japanese army authorities, at Kalgan had been holding Licut.-. advised to continue to Baltimore,

Colonel Spear, the British Military Attache since May 26, where the necessary repairs will be effected. It is expected that her.

He said that Lieut.-Colonel fight will be delayed 24 hours and Spear was expected from Chung- that she will afterwards fly direct toking at the end of May.

the Azores.

Meanwhile the Atlantic Clipper landed here at 9.42 am, havlug com- pleted her second round trip without Incident-United Press,

On Tuesday the Japanese press carried the story of a mysterious foreigner, claiming

Floating Mine Sighted

Ensign Air Liners

attacho, being arrested north of London, June 3, The Orst of the Armstrong Whit-

Kalgan on May 26 and taken to SHIPPING proceeding to and worth Ensign air liners filled with Kalgan.

from Swatow, or travelling in Improved Tiger engines will be de livered to Imperial Airways

Licut-Colonel Spear was known the immediate vicinity of week and it is expected that the re-to carry a passport, but no admission port, has been warned to keep maining thirteen Ensigns will be by the Japanese that they had been a sharp lookout for a floating subsequently delivered at the rate holding the Britisher was made until mine.

to-day.

to be a third Power Milltary Shipping Warned

of one a week,

next

These aircraft, in which the con- trols have been made to work more costly, will now have at their ser- vice in extra 220 horse power for the take off. This represents an in-' crease of nearly 7 par cent. on the old rating of Tiger engines and should improve both the take-off run and the angle of climb. It is proposed to try the American Wright Cyclone engine in the same aircraft. It is understood that an order for a substantial number of Cyclone engines will be placed soon by Im-1 perial Aleways.

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MICHIT

TRACY ROONEY

BOYS TOWN

the.

HENRY

In explaining the Arrest of The mine Licul-Colonel Spear, the Japanese broken loose from the Chinese mine- is believed to have spokesman said that anyone coming fields in the Min River and is being from the Chinese Unts was treated swept to sen. as a spy.-Reuter,

Sweden Defers

To Russia

Aaland Island Fort Plan Withheld

STOCKHOLM, June 4.

mine

LESLI

with

CINE

HULL. FENTON · REYNOLDS

- WEDNESDAY -

At The QUEEN'S

"SAINT STRIKES BACK"

at your heart!

--- TO-MORROW —

At The ALHAMBRA "A GIRL WITH IDEAS"

When last sighted, by the Master of the steamer Mulnam, the was floating three cubles north-cust GEO, SANDERS - WENDY BARRIE WENDY BARRIE - KENT TAYLOR

of the Swatow bar channel.

In addition the mast of a 'wreek was showing from the sixty degree bearing from hurt posi-;

tion.

water on a

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EXPERT DIES :

(Continued from Page 1.)

Aided War Wounded

Pan American Airways Company on Saturday announced the promo- tion of Mr. M. L. Lessner, formerly local airport clerk, to the position of THE SWEDISH Government hasj man of the War Office Committee on Operation Representative at Hong-temporarily withdrawn its plan for Wireless Telegrophy in 1912. kong. Mr. Lessner, who has been the fortification of the Aland Islands, with Pan American Airways Com-in order to convince the Soviet Gov-l pany for almost seven years and was ernment of the loyal and non-partisan previously stationed in Shanghai, Labin of the planned fortifications. has been In Hongkong for the past To-day's papers emphasise that it Panel of the Ministry of Munitions, two years, and is well known in would be useless to attempt and established with Lady Norman, local aviation circles. His promotion negotiate with the Soviet Union the British hospital at Wimereux | is recognition of efficient service, as because this would be tantamount to which between 1014 and 1915, treated well as an indiention of the increas-pbandoning the Swedish-Finnish 3,000 officers and men.

Ing importance of Hongkong as Panutun.-Trans-Occan. American Airways' Oriental terminus. Mr. John Leslie, Operations Manager of Pan American Airways' Pacifle Division, authorized the pro- motion during his recent visit to Hongkong.

Indian Ocean Route

London, June 4. A survey flight on the alternative route from Australia to England via the Indian Ocean and Africa began to-day from Por! Darwin. The first stop will be Coros Island, then following stops at Mozambique and Lagos-Renter.

Air France Departure

Mr. A. L. Biroard, director of the Air France line from Marseilles to

the

Hongkong, left Hongkong by "THE PRIVATE. LIFE OF HENRY VIII"

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WEDNESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY

The Second Picture of the Popular "Judge's Hardy's Family” Series-Brought Back by, Public Demand I

"YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE“. MICKEY ROONEY - LEWIS STONE - CECILIA PARKER A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture,

Jews To Boycott British Courts

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GIGANTIC UNDERCOVER WORKINGS OF FOREIGN SPIES! This pleture is as timely as to-day's newspaper, based on actual events in recent days, a thrill-packed expore of machinations et vast espionage networks of to-day,

SMASHING

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Ralph BELLAMY||

FAY WRAY Augis Toomey

Ann DojaRYS

was promoted to the rank of Major in 1917, and after the war he

hion,

of the Budget Wireless

by

Committee appointed to draw Up a complete wireless scheme for the Empire.

After that he was always closely nsapelated with wireless and tele- graphie JERUSALEM, June 4.

communleations develop- The Jewish Agency, In a con-ments, and in 1923 was a member of Adential circular letter to all Jewish the Broadcasting Committee. jawyers, urges them not to bring He was vice-President of the Radio leases between Jews before

tish Judges.

Dri- Society of Great Britain, a Fellow of

the Physical Society and of the SPECIAL FOR TO-MORROW! ONE DAY ONLY, BY REQUEST The lawyers are advised to submit American Institute their cases to the Habbinate court. gineers, and a Fellow of the Royal in order to endorse the Jewish boy- Geographleal Society. cott of the British administration in Palestine-Trans-Ocean.

The next meeting of the Hongkong Air France plane on Saturday morn- Y's Men's Club will be held at the ing оп his retum journey to Marseilles. The Company's director St. Francis Hotel on Thursday, June

of Radio

En-

He entered polities in 1000 when he was elected, Liberal representa- tive for South Wolverhampton, re- Italning, the seat for ten years. Then from 1010 to 1923 he represented the Blackburn constituency.

in Hanoi, Mr. M. Martin, also left:15, when the speaker will be Mr. ATS SPRING IN TOLEDO

he flew to Hanol.

Hansen, who will speak on "Wuhan before and after the occupa- Other passerĶERM were. Messrs. tion." This meeting will be open to

TOLEDO, O. Werner Brunk, Van der Heuve, andincmbers and

Add signs of summer: special guests. only.

Bird house F. Reichert, and five Chinese.

There will be no meeting on Thurs-and kite-building contests have been day, June 8, owing to that day being announced by the city recreation n holiday."

[department."

-AIR SERVICES

Arrivals and Departures Of Planes

Outward

For London, Australia and British countries: Imperial Airways 7 a.m. June 9.

For Chungking, Slam etc.: Eurasia and C.N.A.C., services indefinite.

For U.S.A, via Manila ond Guam: Pan-American Honolulu Clipper 0.30 am. June 9.

For France, vin Hañol: Air France 6,30 p.m. June 10,

Inward

Coun

From London and British tries: Imperial Airways 5 p.m. June 5; Imperial Airways 5 pm, June 8,

From U.S.A., via Guam, and Manite: Pan-American Honolulu Clipper 12 noon, June 8.

From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwel- lin: C.N.A.C. and Eurasin services Indefinite.

From France, via Hanol: Air France 1 p.m. June 7.

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WED: Norma Shearor & Lostle Howard in "ROMEO & JULIET", THU: Laurel & Hardy as Twin Brothers "OUR RELATIONS" FRI: Robert Taylor & Margaret Sullavan in "3 COMRADES" SAT: Jeanetto MacDonald-Nelson Eddy in: "MAYTIME"

Marconi Memorial

A memorial to Marchesè Marconi.

BIRTH RATE SETS RECORD

SALT LAKE CITY, Utan.

is to be placed on the cliffs at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, near where he .carried out some of his curliest wire- Bables hava set two new records in less experiments,

Salt Lake City. With 400 birth From here he sent messagre in recorded with the city board of hearth: Morse Code across the 15 miles of aen during one month, Inst July's record- to Bournemouth about 40 years ago. mark of 309 badles was broken.

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