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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 10, 1940.

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ENTERTAINMENTS

ANOTHER BIG

GALA

ON SATURDAY

THE REMARKABLE

gala night at the Hotel Inst Hongkong

Saturday night, attended by one of the largest crowds seen at the Gripps this season, is to be re- peated next Saturday.

In response to popular demand, the Management of the Hongkong Hotel has arranged with Fredric and Sandra Hartnell, who concluded

their season

last Saturday, to appear again at the Gripps again prior to their departure for Shanghai.

The Hartnells will appear on Friday and Saturday night in conjunction with popular Dave Harvey and the Dyer Sisters, who opened their re- turn season in Hongkong last Saturday after over three months in Manila.

Both teams are now active- ly rehearsing several new numbers for next Saturday's gala which, it is hoped, will be on an even greater scale than last Saturday.

The two teams will combine for sume of their numbers.

"Daveve", the horse who has created a riot since he cantered on to the Grill Room floor on Saturday night, will also be there, to affect his hilarious audience in much the Bame way as he (or is it she?) ap- pears to affect him-herself alter attempting to take the hurdle.

The Hartnells are rehearsing a new "war" number which will un- doubtedly prove popular. I'll not. let you into the secret, but I can assure you that it's a real novelty for Hongkong.

While the Hartnells have trans- ferred to the Oriental Theatre, Dave Harvey and Phil and Eve Dyer are welcoming old friends in the Grippy for the rest of this week.

Next Friday and Saturday, in which the two teams combine, will be positively the last appearances of the Hartnells, the Management of the Hongkong Hotel announced to-day, in advising early reserva- tions.

""TONY drew a Horse" was undoubtedly one of the most auccessful plays ever pre- serited by the Amateur Dramatic Society which, I un- derstand, has had several requests from unhappy "cua- tomers" who were unable to obtain seats on Saturday might to stage a revival.

It's hardly likely, however, that the AD.C, will accede to the re- quests. The players have had a hard

season, and the props' have been dismantled, so the Committee will decide, probably, to call it a day until October, when they'll take rehearsals for the Centenary Year production,

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The peculiar Hongkong men- tality that makes people want to

A.D.C..

Philharmonic and SCO. other local talent for only on the last night was well to the fore with Wednes- "Tony Draws a Horse," day's house

was mediocre, scores had to be turned away on Satur- day. Yet, usually, the players are more on their toes on opening night, when they usually give their best performances.

Is It Just a form of mobbery that makes Saturday night the only night in Hongkong?

WE are the Robbers of the Wooda. Any time's Kissing Time. Can you still hear those words-from the war- timo London of 1916 and on- wards?

Well, you will hear them again If you're going home on leave this year. "Chu Chin Chow" is to come back to London. Barring hitches as its backers warily say. If all goes well, "Chu Chin Chow" will be back at His Majes- ty's Theatre in May-at the theatre where it ran for five years, 1916-1921, the longest run known to any theatre in the world, 2,230 performances.

The

bulky actor, Oscar Asche, stuck in Manchester on a rainy afternoon, started the play (he called it a "pantomime" at first) folshed it within three weeks,

him 2200,000. years later he was in the bank- ruptcy court, and he died in 1938 a poor man.

Will the London of 1940 tako, to

WHAT'S ON

KING'S: "The Honeymoon's Over."

QUEEN'S: “Tarzan Finds a

Son."

"Flight

.to

MAJESTIC: Fame."

ORIENTAL: "Going Pinces” Alhambra: "Renegade Trail."

the greatest popular success of the inst war?

The people behind this revival feel optimistic. "The public still see Gilbert and Sullivan, Hoes to cloesn't it?”

They plan a lavish production. They are Arm in their intention to be faithful to the original produc- tion of Oscar Azche.

The only concession they are likely to make to modernity is to speed the whole thing up. "The The slow, dignified Javanese done- public to-day likes things faster." ing (do you remember it?) will be replaced by "something more dynamic."

Otherwise,

"Chu this

Chin Chow" is to be "word for word."

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SOON to be seen in Hongkong

is a two-rec comedy subject which has created a sensation in America.

"You Nazty Spy" is the title and It is the first picture from Holly- wood to have as its entire theme, the saticising of the Hiller-Goer- Ing-Goebbels dictatorthip. Burles-

these notorieties quing these

ure the "Three Stooges."

This topical comedy has proved box office such an outstariding success in America that Columbia intend to go all out on a big 'publicity campaign and to treat "You Nazty Spy" as in the same category as a tip-top feature sub- Ject.

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Hollywood

BY the way, süll photographers, at their annual bail, chose twenty-year-old model Arline Brandes as their perfect

dumour girl. She came

nearest their photogenic perfection, which they report to be the cheeks and nose of Linda Darnell, the mouth

chin and of Oomph girl Ann Sheri- dan. What d'you think?

Tom Mix plans a screen como- back as a father In serial "The Red Rider."

DIANA LEWIS'S only job in. pictures until she married. Bill Powell was to pose as a statue. Now she's Mrs. Powell. M.-G.-M. has given ber a part in Eddie Cantor's "Four Little Mothers."

Not even "Pygmalion" got re- sults like that.

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After

By the way the great Frank Capra has broken away from Columbia Pictures many years and will "free-lance." His first flm is "The Life and Death of John Doe" for Warner Brothers, Gary Cooper will again be the Capen hero. When Flora Robson has finished being Queen Elizabeth for Errol Flynn In "The Sea Hawk" she'll go to Broadway to appear in the St. James' thriller, "Ladies In Retire- ment."

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TWO people very much in the public eye at the moment

are associated in a new picture called "The Shop Around the Corner."

One la Ernst Lubitsch, who directed Grein Garbo in the spark- Jug "Ninotchka." The other in James Stewart, the Innky young deputy sheriff who makes all the difference to the Marlene Dietrich character in "Destry Hides Again.

what From I hear of "The Shop Around the Corner" it appears that Lubitsch has combined. his wit in direction with rather more senti ment that is customary. As lead- ing Indy he has the gifted Mar- garet Sullavan. With Miss. Sul- lavan and Mr. Stewart tugging at. our heurt-strings the rexulta should be good.

She is

is shop girl, he a clerk. They write letters which endear them to one another, early being Ignorant who the correspondent is; but

at the

same Ume cach dislikes the other in

in person very much. The reason, it seems, is that the girl, having rend that the best

their sirens capture

prey by annoying them, has been trying the method on the young man. The plot sounds slender but its troat- inent, they say, is full of charm and humour,

This remarkable

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

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"My coat's simply a fright, and I know very well you could pay for one by simply dashing off a now toxt-book!"

WAR PROPHESY

THAT of Hitler? What will

Whe do next? These ques-

even

tions were on the tongues of most Americans when I left the United States a week ago, and here in England these same questions seem more urgent.

The answer is so clear to me after studying Hiller's astrology and numerology charts that I feel compelled to say something that is not too pleasant.

I belleve England is headed to- ward war against Hiller-prob- ably

This

autumn.

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[A: everybody knows, Britain de-

clared war on Germany September 3, 1039-st months after these words were writ- ten!1

But Hitler, the mon of destiny, is doomed.

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He who himself has followed the concerted advice of exceedingly skilful astrologers will face in the end a fate he cannot manoeuvre,

By conniving with these 05- tromgical advisers he chose the "best dates" for his marches on Austria and Czechoslovakia.

But the price of these victories

is more than he can pay.

For Hitler has the planet Saturn in the tenth house of his horo seope.

This is the sign of overwhelming ambition, the sign of authority and success for n while.

But it also means eventual re- pudiation and unmitigated defeat for those who let that ambition control them.

I have said that Hiller strikes at the moment advised by his astrol-

ogers,

On the first of next Sentember the transiting Saturn, the cold green planet we see in the sky, will be conjunct with the position of Hitler's Sun at birth in his house of war.

His propressed Saturn is squar- ing, and will continue to square, De radica) Mars, the planet which rules und is in his house of war.

The FIRST SIX MONTHS

1939-40

BRITISH AND FRENCH LOSSES

MEN Including Killed, Missing and Frisoners

6000

1914-15

630,000.

WARSHIPS 92,000 TONS

141,500 Tone

MERCHANTMEN

738,000 TONS

888

MONEY £900,000,000

(fritala naby)

320,000 Tons

£300,000,000

· (fetinho'naly)

Was written on

April 6 last year

by t MARGARET

BOOTH,

an American

Astrologist

And there are numerous other astrological indications that the aituation will be anything but for- tuitous.

However, I do not believe he will be able to halt his ambition.

The position of Saturn on Sep- tensler 1, 1930, is interesting in view of the tombing of War- saw on the morning of that day bu Hitler.

When will Hitler be defented? I am not going to make pleasant predictions for the sake of making this page cheerful reading.

the I bellove

Brjush people prefer to know the plain,' un- varnished truth rather than to be Inlled by false promises and false prophets.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE COMING WAR WILL NOT BE SHORT.

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Hitler's numerology immediate perlod table shows a big break up for him, but not until early in 1943...

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Many views have been extended to the duration of the war. Nearest oficial reckoning might be based on Cabinet's Septem- her decision to plan for three- ucar war.

Until 1943 Hitler will continue to be the adored leader of the Nazis.

His worries will be great, but let us not deceive ourselves, until that

time he will continue, to have, a vast following (and the Gestapo wid silence all voices to the con- trary).

All the talk about Hitler being assassinated is without base for his hardscope indicates that he will live to be repudiated.

There is no such simple way out for him as sudden death.

tie not possible.

The war to

come will sccm strange in many ways, with un- expected alliances and intermittent attempts toward peace.

Hitler will not have bargained out out and for England as an

would prefer to and he her with his diplomutie

cunning,

Perhaps his astrologers have told hit that war with England would be unlucky.

As the Blue Book has shown.

Hitler, even up to the last week. in August, never expected that he would emerge from his Polish adventure at war with Britain: An alliance that stage... gered the world by its unex- pectedness was that of Berlin toith Moscow. Currently, Mr. Sumner Welles is on a mission in Europe which is alleged to. have

aim.] peace

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Early in 1940 Hitler's martial tendencies may again get the bet- ter of his judgment.

In March he may take a new offensive before the middle of that month,

The only thing likely to check him would be his plans for a peace move in April.

In April, 1940, we may see him the ta

attempting impersonate

dove of peace.

role. In which he will look innocent as a cat with a canary.

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as

feather pr

protruding from her mouth, for within this coming year he will have added conspicuous atrocities to his record.

It will be a time for England to beware as Hitler is more donger- ous as a diplomat-than general.

as a

However, the ultimate fate of Hitler

itler is sealed. Saturn is closing in on him and seeking revenge for his misuse of power.

Hitler, the ruan of destiny, a doomed. And it. Is my belief that he will fall early in 1043.

SPOTTING THE RANK

COMMANDER (E) and EN- GINEER COMMANDER

capital ships, aircraft carriers In wardroom and cruisors. messes. tho. Commander (E) These ranks the former is

or Engineer Commander is gradually" replacing the fattor

almost always roferred to as under the present system of "The Chief," an old term dat- entry--are diitinguished froming from the days when steam the rank of Commander in the

bag was still a novelty and the of- axecutive branch by purple ficor who had charge of:a cloth between tho stripos," as -- ship's origines hold, the now in the caza of other enginear- obsolato rank of Chief En- ing ranks..

gineer.

When the war began there woro 159 Commanders (E) and 59 Engineer, Commanders "on the active list of the Royal Navy. On the retired ́"list there were 7 and 136 resped- tivaly.

The majority of officers of thong ranke are employed in charge of the machinery of

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Batween 30 and 40 Com- manders (E) or Engineer Commanders word at the same data omployed at the Admiralty or on inspection work in various shipbuilding establishments, Three were Assistant Naval Attaches in Washington, Tokyo and Bor- Und

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The bridegroom, who is an Inspec- tor of Police, is the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Fender, Misa Eleanor Leslie, in a track of of Dunder, Scotland. He was at pink organza and lace, was the only tended by Mr. William McLeod as bridesmaid. She carried a Victorian best man. W

posy, Miss Sulton, Principal Mairon

of

the Queen Mary Hospital, was the The reception was held fater at the maid-of-honour, and wore a smart Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel, dress of royal blue with black after which the happy couple left accessories,

for Repulse Bay, where the honey-

Dr. D. J. Valentine, Medical Officer moon is to be spent, Mrn Finder In charge of the Queen Mary Hos- truyelling in a dress of rose, pinit pital, gave the bride away.

with navy blue' accessories.

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