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DONALD DUCK

CANDY? NO, DOGGONE IT!

DON'T Y'KNOW THE

WOLF'S PRACTICALLY

AT OUR DOOR?

OH, WE KNOW DIDN'T THAT,

UNCA DONALD!

9-29

That Poison Gas Canard

Another Denial From British War Office

LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter). Despite categorical British official denials, the German Government (saya the War

Offlen) continues to circuinta in neutral countries repetitions and

elaborations of

Wednesday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

November 1, 1939.

By Walt Disney

Australia Mobilises

CANBERRA, Oct. 31 (Reuter),—Another step was taken to-day in the mebillsing of Australia's industry for war,

Manufacturers are now obliged to deliver immediately pooda urgently required for national defence.

Prices are fixed under an agreement between the Government and manufacturers.

MONGOL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

A delegation sent by the Mongol princes of the Ulanchab League has arrived in Wuytian to interview the Suyuan authorities and to pledge . allegiance to the National Govern- ment, according to Sulyuan da patch.

charge that Great Britain sup- CHUNGKING, Nov. 1 (Central), plied poison gas to Poland,

The War Omce recalls that the Polish Government on October 20 categorically denied the allegation and that a Swiss doctor, who examla- ed German soldiers alleged be victims of gas in Poland, declared on October 23 that he "found no evidence ,indicating in

what circumstances poisoning occurred."

Bosoloss Assertions

able-bodied men and cattle."

The National Relief Commission

No Violation

Of Neutrality

Reported German Aims Denied

H. K. V. D. C.

TIES

$3.50 and $6.50

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

Beaten, He Refused To Betray Friends

Black-Out Summons

CZECHS WELCOME A Withdrawn

GERMAN

A MAN who risked death a hundred times as an agent

underground", movement is of the German, workers

British aliens tribunal.

waiting to appear before n

He told of the year of torture

He hopes it will allow him to join the Czech Legion AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31 (Reu- now being formed to fight Aene According to the delegates, the ter).-Well-informed circles in for the Allies. The Czechs Mongols are indignant at the Japan- Berlin continue to deny rumours ese constant commandeering of that Germany intends to violate have already approved him

neutral territory, according to as a recruit. Dealing with the so-called "circum has received a telegram from Prince the "Ilandelsblada" Berlin cor- stantial evidence" which the German Sun, Chairman of the Sulyuun ston-respondent. Government claim proves their Ruhan Politlent Counoil, reporting These circles declare that the he spent in a German concentra- charge, the War Office says that this that the $100,000 relief fund appro-presence of German troops near tion camp, only to reaume his consists of assertions that the poison prated by the Commission has neutral frontiers can be explained by work against Hitler as soon as gas alleged to be found in Poland been distributed to the various ban the fact that as the German-French he was released. came from a dump near Gdynia, and ners in Suiyuan.

frontier is relatively short, German that this dump was filed from

troops had to be spread out fun-wise. Trapped again, his trial was drag- British ships.

It is also claimed in Berlin that the red out for even months while he | Allles' Inaction on the Western Front was tortured in the hope he would

Jon Germany leaves the initiative in

German hands.

The War Once reply states that the

Board of Trade, through the system Reich And Italian after having themselves declared war betray his comrades.

of export. Ileences for war materials, maintains the strictest control and a completo record of all exports of munitions..

It's

A detalled · examination of records and every possible source at supplies shows that nothing of the kind was ever supplied to Poland,

Germany's Hopes Deteriorating

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuler) General Sir Hubert Gough, who com-" manded the Fifth Army in France from 1910 to 1918 forecasts a great deterioration in Germany before the Spring.

Germany's prospects of success on the Western Front, he says, are very ~small"

Cabinet Changes

LONDON, Oct. 31 (Beuter)—The German ratilo, announcing the Italian

Cabinet changes, made no comment.

It merely quoted “Itailan quarters" os stating that the changes would not aneet Il Duce's traditional polley.

New Consul-General

For Albania

LONDON, Oct. 31 (fleuter)The Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Government proposes to appoint Mr.

D. Graffley Smith An British Consul-General at Durazzo, Albania, in place of Sir Andrew Ryan, former Minister and Consul-General,

The usual applicsition for the ap-

November 23 Ás Thanksgiving Day

He must remain anonymous be- cause he has a wife and a young son In Germany, but here is his story:- Sevon Month Trial

RECRUIT

Raft, Saw U-Boat Boy, Clinging To

Blown Up

BUGLER DICK EMERSON, aboard the Courageous, saw 15-years-old Royal Marine

the U-boat blown up after its attack on his ship.

He said that as soon as the Courageous sank destroyers began to drop depth charges.

Emerson, with other sur- vivors, was still in the water, hanging on to a raft.

was

"The conning tower blown in one direction," ho said, "and the stern want in another.

"At the same time a quan- tity of oil roso to the surface and our man, swimming, set up a loud cheer."

RADIO

In 1933 I was arrested as a known leader of the Socialist Youth Move WASHINGTON, Det, 31 (Reuter). meat in my district (says a writer -President Roosevelt has proclaim in a Homeside paper) and went to a ed November 23 "Thanksgiving Day" concentration camp. In the year I

He asks that thanks be offered was there every form of brutality ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and "for the hope that lives within us" was practised. of eveniunt world peace.

31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Another Musical Cocktail By Erich Porges

Neutrality To Cost $275,000,000

In an effort to extract information about the aclivities of our under- ground movement, which the Gesla-

Do knew was still enrrying on pro- paganda. I was several times strip- bed and led to the selling by my Radio Programme Broadcast by President Roosevelt told a Press inshed with twisted wel towels, WASHINGTON, O. 31 (Reuter). With my feet off the hoor and Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k,c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 pm. conference that he would use Com-

und 0-11 p.1. on 9.52 m.c's. per grens for a supplementary appropria-

After my release from the con- | second. tion of $273,000,000 10 defray the intration camp, I had to report H. K. T cost of integuarding and enforcing every 12 hours to Gestapo agents. the nation's neutrality programint,

"The problem for Germany is truly a terrible one," he concluded, "and I am indeed sorry for the chief of the potatment to be approved would be including Increases In the Army, German Command at this moment," | made to the Italian Government. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.

TO-DAY

AT

THE

KING'S

IT'S THE HOTTEST THING THAT EVER HIT THE ICE!

Get young...gel gay...get into swing with youth in the years grandest carnival of joy-hot off the ical

WALTER WANGER

prezenta

Ann Sheridan

Ann

In The Season's Gayes) Picture

WINTER CARNIVAL

RICHARD CARLSON

HELEN PARRISH - ROBERT ARMSTRONG „VIRGINIA GILMORÉ

Directed by CHARLES RIESNER - KERAMO THAY VYSTRE ARTNET

12.15 p.m. Shart Service of Inter- cession. r the 12-hour intervals I used to

12.30 Hedals Nash (Tenor) and cycle 36 milles to the Czectio-Slovak frontier, like my bicycle, and catchie New Mayfair Orchestra,

*1.00 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

Continental Orchestras.

1.03 Lucienne Boyer (Vocal) and 1.30 Itruter and Rugby Press,

Announc Weather Forecast and

une of the few mountain road buses to the headquarters of our Move- ment at that time in Czecho-Slova-

kla.

In the trial, which extended over seven months, with constant ad-ments. Journments. I was sequitted.

ment.

1.45 Dance Music. 2.15 Close Dow

0.00 Beethoven-Rondo

In

In the intervals between the ap- penromers in court 1 was frequently

luced for weeks in solitary confine-Major, Op. 51, No. 1 Artur Schnabel

(Piano).

0.03 Hechoven-Quartet In E Flat ise result

that when I

Major, Op. 127 Busch Quartet. appeared before the judge I was 0.45 Closing Local Stock Quota- frequently dazed and bewildered.

"It is useless to go

on, with the summana, as it is not made out in the right address,” sald 9gt. D. A. Pook- zon to Mr. Forrest ut Central. Magisë tracy this morning, when he applied for permission to withdraw a sum mons against Lam Tin-shek, of 148 Tung Lo Wan Road, second fluer, for u breach of the lighting control re-

A Look Through tons on September 22,

The Telegraph'

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 1, 1880,

Sgt Pockson apologised for wastlag the Court's time, and sald he had been Instructed to take out the sum moms following complaint from the Director of Air Raid Precautions.) The address had apparently been. mixed up, as there was no second) floor at that number.

It is reported that the Editors of The summons related to the failure the Johannesbery Standard and the of the tenant. in extinguishing or Barberton News, who are both Engilshi||segerning the Bebts of the premises; mon, have been arrested on a charge on the night of the blackout on. of treason, for demanding reforme, September 22,

and, falling this being granted, re- 9 commending a revolution in the Tronn- van),

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 1, 1914. Reuter's correspondent at Tokyo ro poris thut the 1tunaton cruiser Jenichus, which was lying In the rondsteud at Penang, and French: destroyer, have been torpedoed aunk by the cruiser Emmion.

and

LONDON STOCK MARKET QUIET

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter) The Emden approached at dusk and South American Government bonds was taken for an allied warship. Sho were the brightest feature In proceeded at full speed towards the otherwise quiet market where tradera. Jemehug and torpedoed her in the bow.

The Jenschug replied but the Emden were preserving a enutious allitude spain torpedoed her and sank her. The pending delivery of M. Moloto's casualties are eighty-five drowned and speech, 250 saved, of whom 112 are wounded. Gilt-edged holdings were initially The Emden approached laguland casy but recovered later, showing with a fourth fennel and other trana only small changes on the day. formations. She in reported to be

Commodities and rubber were flying the Japanese Ang

very flom, spot closing a forthing

It is oelally announced that Lord higher at 11d. on general buying, Flator succeeds Prince Louis of Bat- with sellers scarce.

First Lord of the Ad- Wall Street was irregular. mirnity.

*

Reuter is officially informed that Blackmall, frat of all in the allont Turkish Warship

entered the open version and then as a "talkio" port of Odessa and Lombarded Russian,

When we como to the critics, we find " ahlps.

of unimity in favour

In consequence of the attack by complete Turkey on the Russian part, thence. They readily admit that the Russian Government has instructed the then i was favoured by the fee Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, that it was shown first and that the and the staff of the Embassy to leave talkie was in English, but they come tu thoir conclusion Independently of The Rasian consula have received]

theo circumstances. Bovernl of them amiliar instructiona

~obnerve-that-the-sound-merely-served. to hinder the dow of the action, and The lighter alde of warfare is do to give to otherwise stirring scenes an cribed to visitors, by some of the impresion of length which induced cheerful patients in the cloisters of boredom. Trinity College, Cambridge, which have Ong critic roundly characterises the been converted into a temporary mill sound version as "a latest invention tury hospital.

working with methods long obsolete, in The Irishman tells an amusing story the theatre." Another probably strikes of un adventure which befell the Royal at the root of the matter when he Seota. On one ocension they had had says, "The silent version of the dim very little food for two days, and they in in all respects superior to the talk- were anxiously awaiting a new Belding; it fa more compact and artistic. kitchen, which was no large that four The sound Importa disturbing effects laures were required to pull it. The without otherwise adding any valuablo kitchen arrived after great delay, with artistic qualities." three meal remiy,

pota bolling und the soldiers'

5 YEARS AGO

In eager malleipation the men had

Nov, 1, 10EA The anxiety of League of Nations gathered round for thele dinner when]

Germ shell landed in the middle meials with respect to the situation of the kitchen, which was blown to in the Saar wan increased to-day when fragnient.

it was learned that France had notified The Irish story-teller i nat aura Grent Britain that French trapps would whether it was an neeldent or whether he placed at the disposal of Haar Com- the enemy had mistaken the big misioner Knox in the event of no of, cooker

gun. For Afiy yard attempted Naxi Tutash. the dinner which they had hoped to round the men were smothered with

tions. Frontier Adventuro

6.47 Light Orchestral. 7.00 London Relay--"Ministry Seeing my state the judge or Fun A Variety programme with dered that I should be examined to Tommy Hindley presiding.

seertain my mental condition.

7,30 Alfredo Campoli and His Or- chestra,

I realised it was my only hope to 7.40 Studio Another *Musical appear dazed and bewildered even Cocktall by Erich Porges

(Plano)

after I had recovered.

筐

was

aventually released. bul such is the state of Germany that

I was immediately taken to a police station and again manhandled by Gestapo agents.

Then they let me go. belloving that I would help them to trap other incinbers of the organization.

(Of Jimmy's Kitchen).

0.00 Local Time Signal, Weather) Report and Announcements.

-803. Excerpts from Glidert and Sullivan's

consume,

for n

Wild cheering of 4,000 Protestant Church delegates gathered at the Mar "It was the funniest sight of my bie Hall Zoo, Berlin's largest ball room, fe," says the wounded driver, "when greeted the announcement to-day that |_ saw those hungry soldiers scraping the Opposition bad won another round pieces

of hot meat nil potato from against the official Nazl Church and their faces and out of their necks!"

Reichsbishop Mucilar, Singularly enough not a man was killed, but the regiment had to go hungry-and greasy.

10 YEARS AGO

Dr. Niemoeller, "the Fighting Parion of Dahlem", one of the foremast of the co-operating ↑ loedara In 'the struggla "gainst Ketchabishop Mueller, an nounced that his aliles, the Bouth Ger 8.30 Viulia Sotos by Temianka,

nan Bishope, Dr. Melner of Davṇris In order to throw light on the com- and Dr. Warm of Wurtemberg, bad Malogueira (Sarasate, Op. 21); parative merits of silent Salierza Tarantelle (Wieniawski, Op. lm, the Budfim

and sound bean rastarod to, the officer of which Company para a they were deprived thợ thự Reichs= reinstatement. takea

T

Nov. 1, 1029.

10); Romance No. 1, Op. 84 (Schu- special performance in London of the bishop. Their mann); Romance No. 2, Op. 94 (Schu- | British International Picturos nim, effect from to-morrow, le suld. mann).

I was told that I must report to The Gestapo the arrival of any of my 8.45 Berlin Philharmonie Orches colleagues in the district.

Lea; The Merry Wives of Windsor--| ***400.....................................................................� One day 1 managed to escapa Overture

(Russ. (Nicolai): Finalo over the frontier to the then free;

Thema) Aus Der Serenade (Tchal- LATEST PARLOPHONE & REX RECORDS Czecho-Slovakia, As I was walking kowaky): The Secret MarriageTM F1504-Deep Purple. Overture (Cimarosa).

up a path towards an isolated part of the frontier I saw on S.A. man coming towards me.

0.45 Studio-Conitments on Recent Eventa

9,15 London Delay-The News,

I knew that if he were looking for 9.30 An hour of Variety with ane there was little chance to escape Cicely Courtneldge, Norman Long, the

01 shouted to him and asked him Two Leslies, Nellie Wallace the way to a village some little Other

distance away.

Unsuspectingly, he gave me direc- tions, and 1 weat along the way in- dicated by him until I was sure he was well ou of sight. Then I doubled on my tracks and crossed the frontier.

ot

Pew as Janitor's Pay

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ORLEANS, 14. Mars (UP)-Back

In 1839, the Universalist Church Christ had a rather novel arrangement with lis janitor, accord ing to the WPA Historical Recordi

Ho'gave hils services Survey.

exchange for a free pew and exemt- Hon from church assessments.

10,30 Dance Music. 11.00 Close Down.

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should be addressed

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You Grow Sweeter As The Years Go By, F.T.

Eddy Duchin & His Orch. F1497-There'll Always Be Au England.

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We've Come A Long Way Together. F.T. Billy Cotton & His Orch. F1480-My Prayer,

If I Didn't Care

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I Got Along without You Very Well.

F1484-Fox-Trot-Medley, Plano Solo with Drums.

Leslie Hutchinsoni

Wolts Medley.. (For Dancing in Sirict Tempo).....Billy Thorburn, F1481-Corrigan Hóp.

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Ain's Cha Comin' 'Oul?

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