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DONALD DUCK
Gaye 1919, Wali Dinay Stremlagtim 3-8 Willis Roweve
AMERICA SOON GOT
THE MEN
(Continued from Page 6)
This added more than 13,000,000 tel the roster.
At the time of the Armistice, Amerien had an army of 3,703,000 under arms.
To-day the Conscription Adds have been repeated and the American land forces have been whittled down to a modest 14,050 offers and 165,000 other ranks. It would require more Acts of Congress to bring about a resumption of compulsion to serve.
Canada Called Them Up
CANADA, Ion, fell into linei
with conscription. in 1017 more than 400,000 Cana- dians had volunteered for Imperial service, but the losses at Ypres and Vimy had been so severe that it was doubtful if the strength of the Army | could be kept up without the draft- ing of conscripts.
Duchess Well Protected
London, June 7.
NATIONAL DOLLAR
COLLAPSE
COSTUME
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KITCHENER'S LAST VOYAGE
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June 8, 1939.
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"BACKSTAGE IN H.K."
6.0 Children's Hour.
7.0 Closing loent Stock Quotations,
7,02 Saxophone Solos by Marcel Mule.
(Continued from Pape 7) probably seeing no reason why they should support the local market for the benefit mainly of foreign and
A few days later, the body of his Japanese traders; A police motor cycle escort was
faithful friend, Colonel Fitzgerald, Because when she attended a charity meeting made to form some sort of monoge-side of his chief in that last hour. provided for the Duchess of Kent broken
these negotiations have was washed ashore; and surely he down, attempts are being was one of those who stood by the at Westham Speedway Stadium. and a police car brought up the rear.
The escort preceded the Royal carment to fix local exchinage on a daily
fluctuating busis; when the Duchess arrived 50,000 are applying pressure
The Japanese military authorities spectators arose and cheered her in a
on Japanese It is a very simple story, with little Radio Programme Broadcast by Le Cyme (Saint-Snens); Väria- spontanenu, welcome.
banks In The International Settle- mystery to it, though much that is ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.e's, Lions Sur Malborough (ner. Combelle) mat to turn
over their exchange dramatic. Denth caine to Lord Kit- and on Short Wave from 1-2,15 p.m.with Plano accomp. by Marcel The route to the Stadium was funds to the Hua Iising Commercial | chener as daily, by land and sea, it] and 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c's. per see. Gaveau; Schon Rosmarin (Kreisler);]
Banks, thereby placing the fun Hsing was coming to thousands of ordin-
La Precleuse (Couperin, arr. Krels J.K.T. Bank le a position to fix its own,
ary men. Meeting it he entered a
ler)....with Piano. foreign exchange rates,
12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of ones who raise armies and directi campaigns are usually excluded. He dral. and already given nobler services than any of these; now he. Lave K. 590. everything.
ned with police-Reuter Special. Windsor's Guards
Londen, June 7, The Duke of Windsor will in future retain only one English de- tective, of the rank of sergeant, as a personal bodyguard. Hitherto the Duke has been attended by one superintendent and one Inspector.
The cost of these attendants was
It is also stated in several quarter, brotherhood from which the great intercession from St. John's Cathe" tra. Gita Alpar (Soprano) and Keith,
that the Fund may have decided to withdraw support from the market previous rates with a view to re- intervening; at
Jower level. Reuter.
Administration
currency
borne by the Royal purse, but under The Conservative Prime Minister, the new arrangement there will be Sir Robert Borden, introduced Con- saving of £1,000 a year, scription Bill which was bitterly op- In making this announcement the poser by the Liberal leader, Sir Wil-newspapers here do not say at whose Anglo-Chinese Stabilisation Fund in frid Laurler. There was always the instigation this change was made.Hongkong had telegraphically in doubtful attitude of the French-Trans-Ocean,
formed all Shanghal banks that for Canadian population, but in the end
eign currency was
unobtainable in the Ottawa Parlament agreed to the calling up of 100,000 men in ten Permanent cadre of all arms with exchange for Chinese national cur-
the Colours. There is also a militiarency, of some 7,000 overs and 80,000 rack It is stated by Hongkong in this This was an achievement, conside-and tile. At the mime Ume, technic- connection that ing the Dominion's small populationally every adult male Canadion is decided on the measure after con- the Administration by comparison with that of her vast ensidered by the Constitution as a sultation with Madame Chiang Kai- southerly neighbour; 505,441 Cana-potential member of this same body. shek and various high Chinese finan- dians enlisted; 418,052 served over-:
cial officinis who arrived there from Cluzicking by plane yesterday
classes,
seas
To-day the Dominion
4 SHOWS
DAILY
2.30-5.13
7.15-0.30
has a small Norman Hillson
12.30 Mozari—Quartet In F Major,}
7.15 Edith Lorand and Her Orches-
Falker (Baritone).
Haffner Serenade-Rondo (Mozart); The Budapest String Quartet (Rels-Edith Lorand and Her Viennese Orchestra The Dubarry (Olm‘1 Give mann Quartet).
My Heart'); I Give My Heart (from the m
.Gitta
Alpar
(Soprano) with Orch.: Die Czardasfurstin..Pot- Pourri (Kalman) Edith Lorand and
1.0 Local Time Signal and Wea-| 109, ther Report.
A
Hongkong Conference
Yet the waters had scarcely closed, Shanghai, June 7. over Lord Kitchener's head before) Chinese national
sud- strange stories began to be whisper- denly dropped 10 per cent
this ed about him-Lord Kitchener lost afternoon on the Shanghai Stock Ex his life through no tragle accident,
1.03 De Groot (Viola) and H Her Viennese Orchestra: Wings (Alm change following the news that the but as the result of
of a decplaid plot. It would be unnecessary at this
Orchestra. Committee of the
"Mayfair_Molody"};
Song Doesn't dale to revive a controversy so pain- ful, were it not
Only For You (Strong),..De Care (film Mayfair Melody'). that there are still
Groot and Piccadilly Orchestra; Keith Falkner (Baritone) with Or- people who vaguely belleve that Screnude
chestra; Without The Moon (m) (Schubert)....De Groot there was "something in the idea." (Violin), A. Gibrilato (Plana) and Mayfair Melody')....Keith Falkner
(Baritone)
The Orchestra; There were, roughly speaking, two Samchtint ('Cello) Destiny Counters Maritza-Potpourri (Kal- schools of thought (if we may use (Baynes); La Paloma (radier). so dignified a term) among those De Groot and His Orchestra: The man).....Edith Lorand and Her who refused to admit the nccidentai Gypsy Princess-Selection (Kalman); Viennese Orchestra,, No More (Co- character of Lord Kite
Kitchener's death. Other Days (Selection of Popular chran's Revue Home and Beauty');
In The The first of thesc has not been Melodies orr. Finck)....De Groot Sing Something
Morning very difficult to discredit. Th
(Cochran's Revue Home and Beauty') The New Victoria Orchestra. Time has und The dene what no amount of reasoning
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- Gitta Alpar (Soprano) with could do. This school consisted of ther Forecast and Announcements.
Orch.; Vivat Hungaria (Kalman).. Edith Lorand
Viennese and Her 1.45 Dick Koran. The Rocky Moun- Orchestra. those who would not believe that Lord Kitchener had been drowned taineers, and Primo Scala's Accordion at all.
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Band.
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8.0 Local Time Signal. Weather; A Gold Mine In The Sky Report and Announcements.
Whistling Gipsy (from
the return of King Arthur or of Fre- Scola's Accordion Band; Whisper zade. On, 35,
legend. Just as men once awaited/Performance')....Primol
derick Barbarossa, so in our own While You're Waltzing (Scholl-
8.03 Rimsky-Korsakov-Schehera-
Leopold Stokowski and the Phil-i The Prairie Is My Home adelphia Orchestra.
8.50 Sludo-"Rackstage in Hong
eneration many felt that Lord Kit- Jeromes of the Pecos')....dicit!
be dead. (from
from IN
chener could not really His was the kind of greatness that Foran (Vocal) with Orch.; A Cafe In Kong"-3. men are reluctant to associate with The Moonlight (Connelly); The Whis- 2.0 Plano Solos by Patricia Ross- mortallly.
pering Waltz
wag Damerell-Evans) •***!
borough. Many, however, who maintained Primo Scala's Accordion Band; Poor Please Teacher!--Selection; Broad- this bellef were just cranks. To Dinah (Morion Morrow).
accomp.ety Digits (Haines); Darts And shire was sunle, not by a mine, but by the Bunk House Boys; Hill-Billy Doubles (Rossborough). shirt was clear that the Hump-Rocky Mountaineers (Vocal)) The way Melody of 1938 Selection; Fld-
Upi WORLD'S GREATEST
by a torpedo fired from a German Medley; Intro: The Last Round MOTION PICTURE !
submarine. The commander of this Will the Angels play their Harps for U-boat, who, of course, knew all me 110
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about Lad Kitchener's
Journey, then Wheels: Ole Faithful; Roll along, approached the sinking ship, took off Covered Wagon Primo Scala's the distinguished passenger, and re- Accordeon Band; Oh Susannah; We'll turned with him to Germany.
Rest
At The End Of The Trail ton) "There, so we were told, lie would (Poulton); It Ain't Nobody's Bix'ness cond be kept for the duration of the War, What I Do (Browne and Others).... Vocal Gems (Gilbert and Sullivan) the Allies might beneft no The Rocky Mountaineers (Vocal) ac-·.... .Columbla Light Opera Company lunger by his services.
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so that
Such nonsense carries its own re-l
futation; the War ended, but Lord Kitchener did not reappear.
comp. by the Bunk House Boy.
2.15 Close down.
9.15 London Relay The News. 9.30 London Relay—'World Affairs” 0.45 London Relay Sports News and Market Notes.
9.50 Light Opera.
Chu Chin Chow-Selection (Nor-
sTMLevy:"Ruddigore-
1) umont British Orchestral
with Orchestra; Merrie England Selection (Edward German)..........New.
Symphony Orchestra cond. by Dr. Malcolm Sorgent.
10.15 Dance Music.
Quickstep C Could Be; Slow Fox-
Apart from the fact that no sub-heard of Lord Kitchener's forthcom- marine could possibly have attacked ing journey, his obituary notice was the Hampshire in the prevailing got ready. That was just the kind Trut-Kindn Lonesome (film 'St. weather, the cause of her destruction, of boastful nonsense that appealed Loula Blues')....Victor Silvester and as we shall see later, was definitely to the German public during the His Ballroom Orchestra; Fox-Trot- and quite incontrovertibly ascertain-war.
Ten Little Miles From Town: Slow
÷
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Plano
ed to be a mine. Nor is it conceiv- Undoubtedly, the Germans would Fox-Trol-They Say..
Carroll Gib able that the Germans would have have liked to claim a good dent more
bons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans: kept silent about so notable a score credit for cleverness than they were The Great Waltz--Selection. as the capture of the British Secre- entitled to, tary of State for War. But it is a modesty of their comments speaks Trots
and the comparative Duct by Rawicz and Landauer; Fox-
Trots-Shut-Eye
Cuckoo
In The waste of time to discuss so ridiculous for itself.
Clock....
....Kay Kyser and His Or a story.
Whether the Germons did or did chestra; Waltz--St. Berard Waltz;
Victor Silves not know of Lord Kitchener's jour- Veleta-The Veleta. ✩
ney--and we are quite ready to be ter and His Ballroom Orchestra; Fox- The second theory was more mis-lieve that they did-two points can Trots-Between A Kiss And A Sign; chievous, because it was not quite be proved; firstly, that the Hamp Hurry Home-Kay Kyser and His so impossible and was a good deal shire struck a mine; secondly, that Orchestra; Tangos Nada Mas; Frio as far as the Germans were concern-
.Orquesta Tipica Francisco more popular; also because it mises contained a grain of truth. ed the sinking was no more than a Canuro.
11.0 Close down. According to this theory Lord Kit-lucky accident. chener was done to death
by a
a vile plot, in which his own colleagues in the British Cabinet were implicated. They were accused, not merely of sending him to Russia in the hope of Anally getting rid of him, but even of ensuring his death by allowing the news of his journey to reach Germany.
pre-
At first this "school" also Inclined to the submarine theory, and, when this became untenable, fell back on the idea that the Germans hurriedly mined the waters through which. Lord Kitchener must shortly t travel That the Germans knew of Lord Kitchener's Journey to Russia is pos- sible; but it is much more likely that the information reached them from Petrograd than that they had it from London,
The old swarmed with men of German ex- traction; there was widespread cor- ruption throughout the Services; and, when it is recalled that a man like Rasputin, who is known to have been! In German pay, was on Inmate terms with the Imperial family, it is easy to see how lenkenges may have cecurred.
Russian bureaucracy
Certainly there were one or two reports at the time which strengthen- ed the conviction of the supporters of the "plot" theory.
It was said, for instaner, that the news of Lord Kitchener's death reached Copenhagen from a German source some hours before it camo
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