1940-01-17 — Page 30

10

KING'S

Į SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

YOU CAN'T BLACKOUT TRUTH! UNCENSORED

*Lingensand by

THE

VERSION

ALL QUIET

ON THE

WESTERN FRONT

Universal's presentation of Erich Maris Remarque's Greatest Novel. Directed by Lewis Milestone,

NEXT CHANGE

+

A New Univeraal. Picture

RICHARD GREENE in

A 20th Century "HERE I AM A STRANGER"

Fox Picture

•

with Richard Dix - Brenda Joyce.

TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS.

CATHA

DAILY AT 2.30.5.15, 7.20.69.30.P.M. GFATENTISK-206, 30%, 40% EVENINGS1–204, 20%, KO; TO H

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY !

SAZNIC... Pun

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Suspenseful Hit ! REVELRY... MUSIC... ROMANCE .... MURDER ! Strangest of all mystorics... 40 floors above Park Avenue ! Until a society lawyer and a silken siron match hearts... and wifo... for the thrilling solution.

SOCIETY

LAWYER

• With WALTER POCION VIRGINIA BRUCE LED CARRILO EDUARDO CIANKELES Lee Ben Erected by Edu Mare Produced by JOHN W. CONSIDINI X

* To-morrow and Friday, Two Days Only! *

Belle of notorious "Lenora's Place"--

Lucille AND THIS HER LOVE STORYL told to the

BALL

in

tom-tom's beat..the bark of jealousy's

gunshots!..

PANAMA

ALLAN LANE

LADY

STEFFI DUNA

EVELYN BRENT • GINALD BRIGGS

NATHAN HOADI

KOWLOON *TAL 87222

Wednesday,

HONGKONG ·TELEGRAPH

LAUNCH

OVERTURNS He Arrested

Steward Of President Coolidge Believed Drowned

Shanghai, Jan. 16. -An American stewed from the President Coolidge and, two Chinese boatmen are missing and are believed to have been drowned when a steam launch overturned in mid-stream on the Whangpoo this morning,

A mesaman on the President Coolidge, James E. Conroy, 20, Accompanying the steward on the launch,

WAB rescued and taken

ashore.

The Whongpoo steam launch Tor- toise in which the two men were re- turning after seeing Shanghai night spots at 8 a.m., was struck by a river steamer and overturned after the motor broke down in mid-stream.

The messman, the steward and the Chinese boatmen were thrown over- bourd, The Chinese boatmen and

the steward pre believed to have

Molotov-

Worse Luck

THIRTY years ago when the

Czar still ruled in Russin a young student named Molotov was arrested, ac- cused of revolutionary activities. Borrisov was the name of the policeman who made the arrest.

Molotov

**

la Sovlet 'Prime Minister now. Borrisov has just been sent

to prison for ten years-- charge not stated-accord- ing to the Moscow radio.

January 17, 1940.

HONGKONG REFUGEES

Little Change Shown In Local Camps

The numbers of refugees and destitutes accommodated in Govern- ment campa in urban and rural axens are given officially as follows:

In urban areas, civilians-King's Park 1,320 for the week ending on January 13, as compared with 1.333 On January 6; Mateuchung 1,147, as compared with 1,150 and North

Point 1.452, as compared with 1,480,

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RD, KOWNOON DAILY AT 250-520-2205830-TEL56856

• FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

HE'S AIMIN' TO FILL YOU WITH THRILIST.

BOB ALLEN

In urban areas, soldiers.--In hos- pital 25 on January 13, as compared with 12 on January 6 and Argyle Street 670, as compared with 710.

Rural areas-At Kam Tin 1,951 on January 13, as compared with 1,917 on January 6; San Uk Ling

as compared with 508 and Gills Cutting 338, as compared with 343.

The grand total on January 13 was 7,511, os compared with 7.495 on TO - MORROW January 0, showing an increase of 18,

Air From Americans

Chungking, Jan. 16. A message from New York re- At the Burns Night dinner at the ports that the "One Bowl of. Rice". Peninsula on January 25, Mr. D. J. movement organised by the people Sloss will propose the toast of "The in New York in aid of Chinese war Immortal Memory." The loast of refugees is being pushed In 200 "The Lassies" will be given by Mr. large cities in the United States. G. B. Godfrey and replied to by Over US$17,000 has been raised.— Mr. C. M. McEwan,

Central News.

been drowned. Conroy was picked | ********* [up by a Chinese junk,

Owing to the President Coolidge BURNS NIGHT SPEAKERS having 200 alewards on board, it was' not possible to ascertain the name of the missing man. A roll call is being taken to learn the identity of the missing mon.-United Press.

LATE NEWS

DAILY AT 2.5 5.20

7.20 9.20

TO. MORROW

HANKOW

KOWLOON

57795

STARS

TO-DAY ONLY 6

WALTER

BIN

WINCHELL-BERNIE

SIMONE SIMON

LOVE AND

HISSES

BERT LAHR JOAN DAVIS

Sevan hot-and-histing songs induding GORDON & REVEL'S LATEST HITS!

DICK BALDWIN RAYMOND SCOTT QUINTET

RUTH TERRY'. DOUGLAS FOWLY CHICK CHANDLER

Directed by

3idney Lanfield

"IF I WERE KING” A Paramount Pictura

A 20th C. Fox Pictura

Reckless Ranger

LOUISE SMALL

Scanjet Chartan bennet A'COLUMBIA PICTURI

JANE WITHERS

in "ARIZONA WILDCAT"

QUEENS

DAILY AT 2.30-5.15:7.20&9.30 TEL 31453 ·

• FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

FATE!

wrote their story

• in languish.

#killer athe girl he loved, and the man who knew but could not tell!

A dramatic smash

with the Impact

of a thunderbolt!

FULL

CONFESSION"

axo

RADIO

• Picture

WITA

VICTOR McLAGLEN » SALLY- EILERS

JOSEPH CALLEIA - BARRY FITZGERALD Produced by ROBERT SISK. Directed by JOHN FARROW. Screen play by Jerry Code.

ADDED!

LATEST MARCH OF TIME "THE MOVIES MARCH ON"

SPECIAL! TO-MORROW FOR 1” DAY ONLY! WALT DISNEY'S VARIETY SHORTS Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, etc.

FRIDAY

Robert Donat - Greer Garson

An MGM Picture in "GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS".

[4 SHOWS]

DAILY

2.30-3.15

7.13-9-30

ORIENTAL

FLEMING

BOAD

M

TELL 18492

2DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW

ZONLY

GREAT DOMESTIC COMEDY FILLED WITH LAUGHTER ! The nations favourite newly-weds, their baby and their dog in a lovable, lanchable adventure,

THEY'LL WARK THE COCKLES OF YOUR HEART!

• SHOW!

DAILY

#30 - 20 720-930

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

(MATINEES, 20¿»30¿ • EVENINGS' 20¢-30e-50×703) * FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AN ACTION THRILLER BRISTLING WITH DRAMATIC

EXCITEMENT [[1,⠀

Today she's just a 'nice kid' .Tomorrow she may be in jaill

THE

SENSATION

·OF THE HOUR>

GIRLS

PROBATION

on

ARE THEY THE` MARKED WOMEN

OF TOMORROW?

- Directed by Willans MicGann » Screen Play by Crane Willar

A First National Picture Presented by WARNER BROS

TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S GREATEST THRILLER 1

PORTALHE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES”

RICHARD GREENE - BASIL RATHBONE - WENDY BARRIE A 20th Century-Fox Picture

COUNT THE TELEGRAPH

EVERYWHERE

Roy

CIGARETTES

Roy

TURKISH AND

DONETG SLINE" ·

GRETTES

Roy

MADE IN

AMERICA

25 c.

PER PACKET OF

20's

SOLE DISTRIBUTORS

TABAQUERIA FILIPINA

FRI, BAT.

BLONDIE

PENNY SINGLETON ARTHUR LAK E LARRY SIMM S GENE LOCKHART

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

Based on

CHIC YOUNG'S Comic Strip

"COAST GUARD

It's all thrilla) and' axeltemont.

Frances Dee, Handolph Scott, Ralph Bellamy

* 'MATINEES: 20c.-30c. EVENINGS: 20-30c-50c-70c.

PREMIER'S STATEMENT REITERATED IN LORDS

LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter).A short discussion followed the Earl of Stanhope's war review in the House of Lords, which was identical with that given by Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Commons.

Lord Bneti urged quick and ade-

quate, help to Finland, and assertedment's economie policy to be wrong that if the Finns were beaten, the and that it would have to be shortly stralerical position of Europe would reviewed.. be immediately altered, and probably

to very

Lord Crowo also hoped that the Government would help Finland na far as possible. Ho disagreed with welcomed the referenco Lord Snell's suggestion that the

On Tibadvantage to this]

Но

the

to help by the Dominions, India and change in the War Secretaryship was Colonies which, even now, be due to military pressure on the Prime thought; was, insufficiently realised. Minister Speaking from perience, Economic Policy Criticised he would generally hesitate to belleve Lord Snell considered, the Govern-it: possible,

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICH PERCY THÀNH at 1 and 2, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, Hongkong,