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THE OLD MAID GEORGE BRENT
SOB WAS Made for Love
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DONALD CRISP • JANE DEYAN LOUISE FAZENDA - JAMES STEPELENSON - JEROME COWAN WILLIAM LUNDICAN・ OGCILIA LOFTUS - Directed by EDMUND COULDINC
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HONGKONG TE LEGRAPH
April 2, 1940.
Accused Of Woman's Death In Hospital
MATERNITY
DOCTOR ALHAMBRA THEATRE
SAID TO BE BOGUS
A 12-YEAR-OLD man, said to have been a labourer, was alleged at Burslem, Staffordshire, to have obtained a post as locum tenens to the resident medical officer at Stoke-on-Trent City Maternity Hospital.
Described as Andrew John | Gibson, of Ullett-road, Livor- pool, ho was charged with the
manslaughter of Gladys Ada FIRST
Elizabeth Higginbottam.
· Thero were also charges of giving false death certificates, forging death certificates, uttering the forged certi ficates, and obtaining money by false pretences.
When Gibson's naine wàn called he sald. "My proper name la Harry Cecil Rutherford Darling".
Mr. Maurice Crump, prosecuting, said when Gibson obtained the post- tion of locum tenens Inst November be represented himself to be Harry Cell Rutherford Darling, who was, In fact, a registered_medical prat- titioner practising in Sydney, Austra-
On December 20 Mrs. Hluginbot- tam was admitted to the City Maternity Hospital.
"Serious Case"
Gibson, who was acting ns resident medien! officer, told one of the sisters that it was a serious case, but he did not appear to have made uny examination.
Mrs. Higginbotium died early next day without having seen a medical man at all.
Mr. Crump suid after his arrest Gibson toki Chief Inspector Hobson: was not qualified to issue a death certifleate," and "I knew I was not qualified, but nevertheless I have the necessary skill and knowledge." inspector Thontas Sullivan," Liverpool, said he had known the since 1935 as "Arthur John prisoner
Glison."
of
He had worked as a temporary pusti office sorter, a labourer and manager ot a herbalist's business.
He had known him use the nume of Harry Cecil Darling und he was married in that name.
Ordered Morphia
Alderman W. H. Ketit, a chemist, chairman of the health and hospital committee of Stoke City Council in September last, and Gibson told him he was a gynaecologiat,
"I knew him as Dr. Darling," he added. "When I first met him he was acting as locum to Dr. Jones. also had prescription signed M.D.,
F.R.C.S."
Sister Joan Randell said when Mrs. Higginbotta wos admitted, "Dr. Darling" ordered morphla to be Hiven.
PICTURE
SORE
that
something happened on Hamps- tead Heath.
of.
SEASORSHIP DUREL
English & Language Of "Lofty Places"
MR. A. P. HERBERT, in a re- cent broadcast, attacked the bad language of Government De- partments "and Dilter lofly places."
-BY A. P. HERBERT
Mr. Herbert said that he had no quarrel with the King's Ministers about their own utterances. The Prime Minister, Sir Jolin Simon, and others in their different styles were "I do not mean abuse or blasphemy.ment, and never waste
masters of concise and lucid state- word, but language that is badly chosen or though the Prime Minister, as I have employed, rotten, ineffleleni, ineffee-already told him, will say 'anticipate" tive, unsuitable, and even dangerous when he means 'expect.'" language," he said.
1k
"And make no mistake, this Is
words, sometimes quite meaningless
They were, however, entitled to suspect the character and competence
The patient became worse, and he/ serious charge; bad words,, muddled of any department, any party, any asked what was usually given, and words causing doubt and delay, have politician, who stuffed the public
been sand in the national mind with woolly, knobbly,
she said coramine.
to be given.
He ordered some just
machine. Later she helped him ndminister saline.
The hearing was adjourned.
LATE NEWS
"In this war words matter
more
half-
baked, abby, or alushy words.
In this war he thought the clasalc'
and all example was "evacuation," than ever. For every bomb dropped, the nasty liter of mongrel expres for every mine exploded, millions of sions which had sprung up around it words have been fired across the evacuee," and "self-evacuating water, and some of them have won person," "re-evacuation," and so on.
great battles."
"No doubt about it," Mr. Herbert A wanton and declared, "this was
-BLACK-OUT_TESTS.
No one who delighted in the power and precision of Mr. Winston Chur- chlil's broadsides would say that, **words don't matter." And It was no accident that the same stateman, The following lights in the Hong- who in speech had scored so many kong area will be extinguished on the bull's eyes was fixed as well in the night of April 11, the next black-out, public mind as a rock in purpose and the naval authorities have advised a dynamo
the Hongkong Harbour Department. -Woglan Island, Tathong Point, "So, when Mr. Churchill concludes Cape Collinson, South Lyemun, an address with that simple but elec- North Lyemun, Channel Rocks, Cust tric passage, 'Man the ships, till the Rock, North Fairway Buoy, Central sweep the mines, guard the Fairway Buoy, South Fairway, Buoy, streets, and so on, you sit
action.
say, 'My hat,' all this means some- Passage, thing after all. Moreover, this man understands us."
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