1939-08-17 — Page 5

DONALD DUCK

DON'T YA THINK MAYBE WE'RE TAKIN' TOO MUCH STUFF

UNCA DONALD?

NO THIS YEAR WE'RE

BONNA BE MODERN AND CAMP WITH ALL THE

COMFORTS & HOME!

移住E.

LINCA

DONA

Thursday,

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WE TOLD

YA 60

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GO!

DON'T YA WE BETTER

THINK

LEAVE SOME

AND SEND

PRONTO!

KOME,

UNCA

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NO! AN' PIPE DOWN! IM THINKIN!!

August 17, 1939.

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GERMANS PROTEST

Chungkinh, auf 10.

A dispute in Indirect form between Communist Russia and Nazi Gur- many occurred in China's capitul

this week when the German Embassy filed a protest at the Foreign Oflec demanding a ban on the anti-Fascist picture "rofessor Manlock," a Soviet production depleting the unfortunate life of a German physietan of Jewish origin.

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The pleture,

which belongs Russia's Asla Films of Chinach, was first shown on August 5 at Weivi Theatre, which is the enly operating in the city, The German Embassy protested on the ground that the picture incited anti-German sentiments, whereupon the Soelal Welfare Bureau was instructed to carry out a ban. At the same time the Police Bureau despatched officers to enforce order because the theatre, which held a permit granted by the Chinese movie censors to show the picture, refused to comply with the order. The Municipal Government then ordered the theatre to remain closed for three days for fallure to

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with the order.

lowever, when the picture was again submitted for censorship, the censors did not find any evidence warranting a bàn and returned the picture uncensored. It is understood that the theatre will resume showing the pleture, which at the first shows drew packed houses,

paper

Meanwhile the Communist New China Daily News in an editorial in the matter

draws three important conclusions and pays, "The German Embassy has not interfered unreason- ably with our Internal Ble. We know that Germany has interfered with affairs in Austria and Czecho- Slovakia. Now she is using the same action on us and it seems some people in the country here are willing to stand such humiliation. This Is a warning to us all. "Secondly, the

picture is anti-

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THOSE

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(Continued from Poge 6)

Indian Sympathy For China

Chungking. 'AuE. 10,

This declaration is contained In An article in the Indian Witness written by Pastor Shot K. Mondol of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Asansol, India, who had spent three anonths travelling in China early this

A Look Through The Telegraph"

50 YEARS AGO Further massacres of Christians bave taken place in Crete. The King of Greece has been summoned from Co-

25 YEARS AGO

Buren says

Loixion.

CAPT. MIDDLETON LAID TO REST

The funeral of the late Captain John Middleton, who died suddenly

at his home in Dina House on Tues-

Cemetery, Happy Valley, yesterday. day, took place in the Colonial

-RADIO-

ZBW, 355 meires (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

by

1. Courante (Bach): 2. Gigue (Bach); 3. Thirty-two Variations in

8.30

London Relay

Hauser Part 2.

Commentary on Launching Swing That Music-Fox-Trot; Thankful-Fox-Trot....laula Am- Of m.v. "Glenorchy" strong and His Orch: Why Don't You Practice What You Prench (Hoffman "The Indian people are disappoint-penhagen.

Deceased, who was 38 years of age,

STUDIO PIANO RECITAL

and Others); Don't Let Your Love ed in Japan and they feel very worry

came to China in 1923, joining Messrs.

Go Wrong (Johnson and Others).... that they can no longer point to

Radio Programme Broadcast by The Buswell Sisters with Orch; Lyin' Butterfield and Swire. He has been zow on a Frequency of 845 k.e's To General Boulanger, Count Dillon and Japan DS an example of a great M. Rochfort have been found guilty on many of the Company's ships and and on Short Wave from 9.45-10.30 Trot....Louis Amstrong and His Ev'nude-Fox- To Myself Fox-Trot; Eastern nation because of Japanese of conspiracy by the High Court of was inte master of the Yunnan. He am, 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on Orch.; Sentimental Gentleman from aggression in China and because of Justice and sentenced to deportation. the monstrous atroeltics committed

was on short leave when he died, 9.52 m.e'a. per second.

Georgin (l'arish-Perkins); Mood by Japanese soldiers."

Surviving him is his widow, hia H.K.T.

Indigo (Ellington)....The Boswell mother, brother and sisters. His

0.45-10.30 am. Relay of a com- Sisters with Orch.; Nobody But My An official Paris despatch says the mother is living in Plympton, Devon,mentary on the Launching of the Baby-Fox-Trot; Candy Lips Fox- French forces crore n German Army England,

T.S.MV. "Glenorchy" by Mrs. Lock Trot....Louls Amstrong and His Corps from the heights commanding

from the Talkoo Dockyard, Hong-1 Original Washboard Beaters. Blamont and Oirey back on Saarburg, The funeral service was conducted kong after a hot engagement. The German by the Rev. Charles Strong, Chaplain

12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of

9.0 Time, Weather and Announce- year.

ments. suffered serious lossen, a number belug to the Missions to Seamen.

Intercession from St. John's Cathedral,

8.03 Studio-Plane Recital Pastor Mondol continues: "The taken prisoners.

12.30 Xylophone Solos by Effect

Rudy Nura Kanis. of Japanese aggression in

The widow was the chief mourner, Starita, The Ofcial Press Burcou warns the aud among those present were Capt. Ching Foes deeper than the mere British public against ruineurs of the W. E. Kirby, Capt. J. Tinson, Capt. The Clown (Myers)....with Orch.; Minor (Beathoven),

Rio De Janeiro (de Gredos); Joey material damage done in the destruc- arrival of wounded tion of homes, elties, properties and

men or disabled J. Whyte, Capt. I. Newton, Capt. L. Schuster and Siras)....with Plano Dance Of The Paper Dolls (Tucker, Britain, and declarca Evans, Capt. O. Fox, Messrs, A. Craw-and Accordeon. the bombing of men and women and ships in Great

'Kaspar children. The establishment of com such rumours to be without exception, ford, A. Aitken, Campbell, fort homes for soldiers, and

baseless. The another name

An historicni romance by Fitz- that the

J. P. 12.40 Debroy Somers Band for houses

H. Waller, R. Koc, of prostitution, the en- successes and reversen of the British Allsopp,

maurice H. Based on such facts Mrs.

Shipmates O'Mine-Descriptive-ns are known about the Foundling of couragement and expansion of trade army will be announced emeinlly with- A. E. Matthews,

Miss Ballad in uplum, heroin and other narcoties out delay.

Ablong. Mme. Chiffon, Mrs. Fairley, O'Reilly)

(Sunderson, Lockton and Nuremburg: Characters: Professor ...with Raymond Newell Daumer, a citizen of Nuremburg; Mrs. L. de Britto and others. are even more menacing to the moml and

spiritual well-being of the

and Chorus: Words And Music Fritz, a trooper of the 6th Regiment One of the things that the

mother, brother and sisters were in- Selection..with Vocal Chorus by The Bouquets from the widow and Dan Donovan; Me And My Girl

Selection ....with Vocal Chorus by of Horst at Nuremburg; bpcopic.

Marta, Chinese Central

Housekeeper Government woes

to Professor

Daumer putting down with a strong hand was

terred with the coffin,

Lord Stanhope, an English noble the use of narcotica.

Franck Ministry

Rhythm Brothers.

man:

Yvonne Barteau,

a young Other floral tributes were nounces that the French troops entered "To-day in the occupled cas Belgium at Chatierel and are advored Capt. and Mrs. O. Fox, Mrs. V. S.

La Souris, A French man; morphine, heroin and other Ing un Gembloux in force.

the A cab driver; Kaspar Hauser, the Monaghan, Mrs. Dalsy Jex, Mrs. Organ. drugs are rampant, Narcotic traf-

foundling of Nuremburg: The action A E. Matthews and family, ficking has spread with remarkable that there are indications that the Ger- Robert Koc,

Miss The Official Press Bureau announces D. M. Brackstone, J. P. Allsopp and house);

Traumere! (Schumann, arr. Wood-of the play covers the years 1828 rapidity in the occupied

Londonderry Air;

to 1833 in the cities of Nuremburg Loch Inns are endeavouring 10 envelop the Finnic, Capt. and Mrs. Fairley, Mrs. has been left to the Japanese to extreme left of the Allied Forces.

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lomund (Traditional).

and Anspach; The production Ho-

by devise this new and ingenious method

ward Roso. L. de

Mr. A. Sawson, Mine.

9.05 Terence Casey at the Organ. of carrying ou war by demoralising

A cannonade was heard at Tirlement. H. Lock, Capt. and Hawaiian Berceuso (Bordin) .....

E.

In A Bird Stora (Lake); Waltzland weakening their will villages of Best and Hougaarde at 3 Evans, e people and

Stoddon): Intro: Could You Be (arr. to resist by the widespread intro- p.m. on Saturday. It is believed to be Aitken, Mme. Chiffon, Institution of Masters: Hawaiians; Blue Sparks; My Trail: When I Lost You;

W. duction

พ. Cole and family,

True to Eyes of Blue, Somewhere the deadening drugs, then

i zupuy, ALonesome Without My Baby Sun Is Shining; There's a Long, Long making them pay for the cost of the the beginning of a great battle.

Engineers and Ship-Builders, Mem- war by buying their own destruction.

bers of Fleating Staff, China Naviga-Hawaiians.

m-South Sea Sweetheart....Masters Garden of Rosta; I'm-For Ever. Blow- Beautiful The French Government has issued a tion Co., Members of Staff of Butter- One wonders how much informed the Communique preparing the publle for fleld and Swire,

ing Bubbles; Let the Great Big eat of the world is about this in- the Impending great battle, sidious,

1.30 Reuter of Staff of

and Rugby Press, World Keep Turning: Someday I'll unscrupulous soul-killing

China Navigation

Marine

Weather Forecast and Announce Make You Love Me; Lot Me Call You Navigation Co., Honourable Company and Engineer Superintendent,

China

ments.

cart; Three o'clock in the

Fascist and tells the truth. The those books in which a number

the showing of children.

anities

the

areas,

an attack on those of the Liege forts: The Germans are concentrating for which are out the left bank of the rivar Meuse.

The

昨

of War

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Chinese who are being oppressed by of people are isolated in a house, narcotic traffic the Fascists should be encouraged

that is threatening By beating America, Australasia has by the Dim and similarly the United a ship, a train, or some place not only China but other countries of now the Davis Lawn Tennis Cup. States authorities should encourage like that. A crime is com-the world.

the film to school mitted, and nearly everybody is

Appeal for Boycolt

10 YEARS AGO Thirdly, the important tool given a possible motive for do- "What can India do to help China The Hamburg Amerika Line has bean mobilisation for resistance. Alming it. Then they are all rise again? First, let us not in our in wireless communication with tho that encourages resistance should be rounded up together by the de-peace and security forget those of Graf Zeppelin which is now" cruising permilled to be shown."-United

tective, questioned,

great airship the our fellow human beings in China over Biberle. Tho and Press.

Accomplished who have lost everything. Secondly crossing of the Ural Mountains without

somewhat dimculti most improbable person is let us not by purchasing Japanese mishap. proved to be the criminal... That goods put money into Japanese hands happens over and over again. to buy war materials, I am familiar You see it such a lot on the with the arguments against boycott But so far I have not heard of a pictures too."

better alternative.

PANAMA” CONSUL BACK

The Consul-General for Panama and Mrs. J. Rivera Reyes returned to Hongkong yesterday on the Tak- sang from Thai and Indo-China,

VIT SIZZLES!▼

The grand Stars of "Text Pilot in romance, drama, thrills

CLARK

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Myrna LOY in TOOhot SHANDLE

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1.12 Hawaiian Music. Tears Of Love (Bordin-Alton);

1.45 Dance Musle.

....

French

9.15 London Relay The Nown. 9.30 London Relay—'World. Af.

of Master Mariners, China Coast Fox-Trots-Runnin' Wud; Miss Officers' Guild, Hongkong Women's Annabelle Lee....quintette of The International Club

Buttonjee Hot Club of France; Novelty Quick-faire'. Estate.

steps-Three Brass Bells; Eccentric .....Henry Hall and His Orchestra: 9.45 London Relay-Sports Nows Fox-Trois-Peckin

Can't We. Be and His Goodman

LEONARD MERRICK Famous English Novelist "And Playwright Dies

London, Aug. B Leonard Merrick, the famous novel- The death is announced to-day of ist. He was 75 years of age.- Reuter.

one

Friends.... Orchestra;

A tolk by H. Wickhom Steed.

́and Market' Notes,'

9.50. Tchaikovsky-Aurora's Wed-

cion; ALS Htma Can- ding-Ballet Marlo.

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Orchestra;

Heinz Huppertz - Loridon Philharmonie. Orchestra

Fox-Trots-conducted by Ekrem Kurtz Dream (alm You can't 10.18 Helections from Light Opera.

"The Maid Of The Mountains" Selection (Fraser-Simson)....The Palladium Orchestra cond. by tion (Lionel

Richard Crean;

"A

Girl'

London Theatre Orchestra.

10.35 Dance Music.

Goodman lag); Roll Em....Benny

and His Orchestra. 2.15 Close down. 0.0 Studio Children's Hour. 7.0 Closing local Stock Quotations, 11.02

Nearp

Spirituals.

Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen

(Traditional)....Louis Am-

The strong and Lyn

London

The Colony's Ananees continue to show an Improvement, an aliente by the fact that the credit balance at the end of April was no less than $10 some-Methodist missionary brought out a

While we were in Chungking, 304,766, compared with $10,803,441 "at

the end of March. piece of iron that he had picked up after

Vice-Admiral Mouget, Commander-in- an air raid in which 141 "That's it. Something dif-

Leonard Merrick was born in SONS were killed. This particular Chief of the French squadiran in Asta- ferent. Something with more bomb

tle waters, is at present in Hongkong London in 1864, and educated at had lodged itself in

the

Slow Fox-Trot-I Won't Tell A aboard the flagship Waldeck Rousseau. Brighton Colinge. Methodist Girls School

His name of a story to it."

compound

originally Miller, but he changed it

was Don't Feel Nutr my Quartet: Soul; winchsie Smething Tells

Tired (arr. Me. "That was where Conan Doyle buildings. This missionary said re-at the funeral of the into Lieut. J. E. to South Africa when 18, he enter

damaging the wall and parts of some

Me....Victor Silvester and His Ball- Full military honours were accorded to Merrick by legal process. Going Burleigh); Deep River (arr. Bur-room Orchestra; Waltz The First scored, wasn't it? The Hound nectively as he held that little frag-Hancock, of the Volunteer Defence ed the civil service there, but two tralto) with Piano.

Anderson. (Con Quarrel; erleigh).... Marian

Quickstep Cathedral In of the Baskervilles' and the ment of the bomb in his hand, I Corps.

The Pines....Victór

ctor Slivester and 7.12 A

short years later returned to England and

room Orchestra; Fox-119- of His Ballroom programme "Sign of Four,' for example, wonder if the fron in this bomb

5 YEARS AGO

joined a touring, theatrical company,

trauts waltzes.

Smiles And Cheers; Frolles. Even the short adventures have came from my country America?'

Then, he made the telling remark of cricket and less of cricket warfare

playing in melodrama. He then be- A Thousand And One Nights.... Three Virtuosos (on three planos) individuality."

An appeal for more of the true spirit gan to write and spent long periods Fellx Weingartner cond. the British with that 80% of the scrap Iron used by

Robert

Renard Orchestra: Japan in making these bombs comes chairman of the England Text Selection est

has been made by Sir Sianley Jackson.ult of which was the production When The Lemons Bloom,...Johann

in Paris, studying French life, one Symphony Orchestra; Doctrinen; Slow Fox-Trot--Good-Night Angel .Maxwell Stewart's Ballroom from America.

Committee, and Mr. Harold Bushby, the of a number of short stories which Strauss and Symphony Orchestra. Melody; Waltz-Aquarellen (Strauss) of us would the manager of the Australian team are regarded by eminent critics as

7.28 The Boswell Sisters and

....Orchestra Mascotte, is one place at all events where to have a share in the slaughter The result of the sudden unst passed. His first novel "Violet Louis Amstrong and ilis Orchestra. 11.0 Close down..

controversy Moses", was written in 1888 and was crime docs pay.

of innocent people and the blasting revival of the leg-theory to dust of

homes and prosperous following the sensational events at followed theme Man who We succumb to the lure of re- cities. We can help just a little by for 65 by leg theory, bowling in the frat Good," "This Singe of Fools," "Cyn-

Nottingham where Vece took 8 wickets volver and handeuff. What refusing to buy Japanese goods and innings and did not play in the second.

and "The Position of Peggy shall it be? Well, old "Sapper" persuading our friends to do the

Harper," These by which he is best i always has a kick in hin Here's will spelt hardship on the innocent penston front

same. If someone argues that this Inspector E. Carpenter in retiring on known are, however, "Conrad in the Hongkong Petice Quest of his Youth," The House of one we haven't read.

Japanese people, then we reply in Force and it leaving the Colony, on Lynch" and "The Man who Under- the words of Dr. E. Stanley Jones: September 8. Hu la at present Divi- stood Women.

sional Inspector, Yaumati Let our economic wounds answer mically to meet with them again in theirs, we break with them econo-

tellowship on a higher level, when "So you like them yourself," this moral wrong which has separated she remarks with a knowing us has been removed."—Central smile..

We browse round the shelves. The number and variety of the crime stories is amazing. Here

"We'll take this one. Miss The assistant looks quizzically at us as she stamps the date in the book.

"Well, yes, now and again- just for a change, you know," we reply half-apologetically,

Then we hurry home to enjoy ourselves.

Harry Vaine

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CONCERT AT K.C.C.

was

In commenting on Merrick's works Sir James Barrie. wrote that he was the "novelist's novelist," the author whom other authors studied. No one possessed a greater art of telling stories; he wrote comedies, but tragedy lurked at all the cornera

and the reader was forever wandering what was to be found on the next page. Merrick never had the appreciation he de- London, Aug. 16. served from the general public-so

Flew Too Near Maginot Line

been arranged for

A fine musical programme has Six warning shells were fired at mich so that a special edition of his a concert to be the Imperial Airways Liner Fortuna novels was issued to popularise them, held at the Kowloon Cricket Club on When she flew, close to a prohibited each with n rulegistic introduction Saturday. If weather permits, the area near the French border while by a different author. function will be held on the main en route from Zurich to Croydon ground in front of the pavillon; other-with nine British passengers. wise it will be held in the hall.

Sir James Barrio declared "Con- rod" to be "the best sentimental

Among those taking part are T. The first shell burat same distance journey that has been written in Phillips, Victor Sanders, W. Marshall, in front of the plane and within this country since the other one." Notice has just been received that Eva Tumer, II. Sharrock, Helen few minutes Ave more burst close Of The House of Lynch" G. K. the quarantine restrictions imposed Lockhart, H. Slayter, Hector Wiggins to the plane, causing the pilot to Chesterton, remarked that Merrick by the Amoy Quarantine Omeer and H. Halc.

change course.

always maintained the difficult and against arrivals from Hongkong on

disinterested fight for the fine art of account of Small-ppx have been re-

writing" "In

"In "The Man who Under- moved.

FIRING PRACTICE Firing practice will be carried but from the Mount Davis area between

9 am, and 2 pm, and between 6 p.an, and midnight to-day. Firing area "D" w}}] be affected..

DR. W. W. YEN HERE

In response to wireless inquiries

pic

by the pilot, Strasbourg replied that stood Women" he gave spontmer-j

are

thought that the Fortuna was flying tre. Among his other novels, Dr. W. W. Yen, former Chinese too close to the Maginot Line, pro- "One Man's View, The

Quaint Ambassador to Soviet Russia, accom-hibited area, The French message Companions." "When Love Files out panied by his daughter, arrived here

of the Window," While Paris Laugh- from Shanghai on Tuesday. Fol added, "Very sorry.""

ed" and "To Tell you the Truth." lowing a few days stay in the Colony,

Ten minutes later the pilot, asked Hla plays include. "The Free Pardon"

he will proceed to Ottawa, Canadu, by wireless from Strasbourg whether (with F. C. Phillips), "When the to participate in the annual meeting the shooting was good, replied, “Yes, Lamps are Lighted" and "A Woman of the Institute of Pacific Relations, far too good for our ilking.”—Reuter, in the Care" (with G. R. Sims).

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