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NANCY

BOY--- IT'S SWELL BEIN' SICK AN' GETTIN' SYMPATHY FROM EVERYBODY

I HOPE I GIT SOME COMPANY TODAY!

I'M STARTIN' TO FEEL LIKE MY OL' SELF

AGAIN!

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 15, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

OH, OH --- HERE

COMES NANCY!

Jel. 28151.

"COOL and FULL of PEP" SAY THOSE WHO SUMMER IN MASCULINIZED UNDERWEAR

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Girl Germany Arrested

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A SLIM, fair-haired girl who had been the receptionist in the New Norfolk Hotel, Praed- street, Paddington, W., for two months, charmed visitors and staff.

Recently her place was taken by another woman, and enquirers were surprised to learn that she had been arrested under the Defence Regula- tiona

Mike Rose Folkner, about 33 years old, had told people that she was imprisoned in Germany at the start of the war.

"All Liked Her"

As one of a party of English- women she had been repatriated to England, where she was born.

Her father was German, she said;, her mother British, Both were in Germany now.

But she told everyone that she had no interest in politles and that uli her sympathies were with Britain.

"She was a pleasant, happy-go- lucky sort of girl, and we all liked her," one of the portera 'said.

"She showed no emotion when two Scotland Yard

arrest her.

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"She went up and packed clothes into a bag, then went with them in a police car."

Good At Her job

AMBASSADOR TO AUSSIE

EXPLOITS OF EVELYN, 17

WHEN a seventeen-year-old factory girl, said to be "fond of visiting exotic hotel jounges and seeking the company of R.A.F. officers," was accused at Chester of stealing a watch, police alleged that she-

Freddie Gets An Injunction

FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW has been granted an injunction which forbids its parents and their lawyers from pressing fin- ancial suits against him, says a Los Angeles message.

This halts three sufts-one for £250,000 brought by his parents. another for £10,000, and a third for £1,000 for lawyer's teen,

Joined the W.A.A.F. last year but was dis- | **< missed as under age on staying away from her billet.

Told fantastic stories of family wealth and position.

Bought a "wedding" ring and stayed at hotels with a man.

HIS BRIDE ---SISTER

AN orphaned boy and girl. The girl, Evelyn Mary Hiley, of Philip-street, who learned that they were Hoole, Chester, who appeared unconcerned as her brother and sister shortly after exploits were related, was remanded in custody they were married, will be sepa. with a view to her being sent to a Manchester, rated permanently, despite the home for six months.

fact that they are expecting a child.

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Bowden, Aus- tralian Trade) Commissioner in Shanghal.

NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA

FOR THE RESERVISTS

DARWIN ROMANCE

DARWIN. Ramance was at the end of a recort long distance fight for Wing Comman der Richard Kellett, R.A.F.

This was revealed in the announce. ment και Munday by Miss Dorothy Abbott, the younger daughter of the Administrator of the Northern Terri tory, Mr. C. Abbott and Mrs. Abbott. of her engagement to Wing Commander Kellett.

The manager said he knew nothing of Miss Falkner's personal affairs.

"Her references were all right, and her work was first class, and that is all I bothered about," he said. Defence Regulation 18 B, under which Miss Falkner was arrested, gives power to the Ilome Secretary to order the detention of anybody if he is satisfied that this is necessary

It was Wing Commander Kelleli, who, "to prevent the person acting in any

Squadron Lender, led the RAF. the public

Vickers Wellesley bombers in Navam. monner prejudicial to safety or the defence of the Realmber, 1938, on the record hop from Egypt

to Darwin. Detention under this regulation is "for custodial purposes only, and not for any punitive purposes."

Confessed To

Perfect Crime, Then Escaped

PARIS.

ROGER CHARTIER, 26-year- old amateur detective, of Char- tres, alleged to have turned murderer by poisoning the mother of his girl friend and committing "the perfect crime," police is being sought by throughout France.

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While being questioned at the police sintion he leaped from ground floor window and disap- peared.

In a diary found by the police Chartier is said to have described the mistakes of criminals and his own in great detail, together with every detail of "the perfect crime."

Plunged Into Her Heart

The notes even included conver- vations with the woman, 42-year-old Madame Hubin, and told how he Rave her an injection of hydrocyanic (pryssie) acid which he had stolen from a laboratory ni Chartres and

in, his room. According to the police, Charller | murdered Madame Hubin after hear ing her seciding her daughter for go- Ing about with him.

He went to the laboratory he had set up in his home and Alled a hypodermic syringe with the acid.

Returning to his friend's house Chartier found Madame Hubin alone In the kitchen washing

dishes.

He

is stated to have held her with his left hand and with his right to have: plunged the needle three times inte the region of her heart. The police say the

that, not content with committing the perfect crime," Land writing an entire account of it in his diary, which ho concealed in his rooms, Chartier, began to give to friends and relatives guarded hints "of what he had done.

An anonymous letter led to his

arrest.

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Mian Abbott met Wing Commander Kellelt ut Darwin when the bombers landed here. He and his brother officers were the gucals of her father at Gov. rrnment House, She renewed the ac quaintance in September laet, when she visited Londen,

Wing Commander Kellett distinguish- ed himself recently when he led a rald by British bombers on Heligoland. KOSCIUSKO

SYDNEY.

To commemorate the centenary of the ascent of Australin'e highest moun- tain by Count Strzelecki, a large bronze inblat was unveiled on the summit of Mt. Kosciuske, yesterday. The moun- tain was named after the Pollah leader, Kosciusko, by Strzelecki, whose own TUNING in perpetuated in the Strzelecki ranges in Victoria.

The unveiling was performed by the Connal-General for Poland (Mr. L. de Noskowski).

VICTORIAN POLITICS

MELBOURNE.

Efforts are still being mado to induce a, member of the Sinte Calilnet to op- pose Mr. Dunstan in the leadership of the Government and of the parliamen- tary group of the United Country Party.

It was reported in State Parlamen- tary circles that since two members were approached some time ago and re- fected the proposals overtures hav been made to a third member. At least one private member of the Par-

Also liamentary group

bna been ay- proached In an effort to persuade him to withdraw his support from the Promise. It was hinted to him that if he refused to do so he would be op- posed in his electorate PRICE OF FOOD

CANBERRA. Despite the increased cost of ilving in other directions, food prices in Aus tralia have actually dropped since the war. This is revealed in latest votal) prico Indicer issued by the Common- wenith statistician (Dr. Wilson). They show that last January food way on an Average par cent. cheaper, than in December and 14 por cont. cheaper than In January, 1939. Decreases Inst Janu- ary wore most substantial in Tasmania, Victoria and South Austraila, but In Queensland there was a two per cent. rlan. Tea and salmon warn the only main items substantially dearer. DIG ESTATE

MELBOURNE.

Estate for probate at 163,013 was left in Victorín by the late Archibald Gurrie, of Toorak and Benalia, grasler.. Bubject to certain legacion the ostates goon to the widow and daughtera. SYDNEY'S DRY TIME

1

Tko prasunt dey-upell in flydney,`ls the worst for d5 years, and has been i

surpassed on only two occasions in the part 00 years. Gardening drought

experis

that sny zeached almost

the 10-

paralleled seriousness along the const line, Eydney particularly fooling the effects, which have been aggravated by frequent westerly winds during and since Inst winter. The Hunter Valley, is also drought stricken.

COMMUNISTS STONED

MELBOURNE.

Tomatoes, stones and thick treo branches were thrown at Communist speakers at the Yarra Bank on Sunday -afternoon. Intervention by squads of police on many occasions saved nasty Incidents from developing into all-in fights. There were 120 palles control- ling the crowd, which was estimated at 6,000. A man, who tried to clamber on to the Communist door, was hauled off by police. When he related them, ho was struck on the head with a baton and knocked out. He was admitted to hospital auffering concussion.

The meeting had been in progress for an hour when the trouble started.

Soidlers commenced organised heckling and counting out. At the end of an

her hour, Communists packed up and prepared to leave. Most of them show- ed signs of battle, the majority were covered with tomatoes. As

truck maved off, a section of the onlookers hecama hostile and moved in a threaten- ing way towards the slowly moving truck, which was surrounded by a cor- don of police with batons drawn.

As the truck passed under some trees, children in the trees showered rocks, tomatoes, and thick tree branches into the truck. The Communists had no protection In the truck and ungd their arms to ward off the dying stonen.

Inventor

Becomes A Soviet Hero

MOSCOW,

M. VASSILI DEGTYAREV has been made Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Leain, and awarded a (about premium of 50,000 roubles

£2,000), for oustanding services in designing new and highly important models of Red Army armament.".

Commenting on the award "Izvestia" writes "Degtyarey's In- ventions have been of great impor tance in enhancing the technical might of the Red Army,

The infantry, aviation and tank troops have received armaments by no means inferior and in certain res- pects, surpassing the best foreign models."

Deglyarey invented and constructed the light machine-gun generally used by the Red Army since 1927 and also. machine-guns for tanker and acro- planes-Router.

[FACTS-Hero of the Soviet Union, Russia's highest honour.Rect- pients also receive Order of Lenin and dra entitled "to enter a train on front platform." Gluen to shock workers; can only be taken away by

·Central Executive Committee.]

"Not Good Enough"

She admitted stealing the watch from a fellow employee at a local works.

Chief-Inspector Mackay said the Kiri was pinced on probation lost November for stealing a dress from nn hotel.

Her parents were respectable people, but she frequently said her home was not good enough for her.

While at a lieme she infileted superficial injuries to her throat, forehead and wrists and had to be taken to hospital.

Evelyn had nothing to sny for herself in court.

The couple Leroy Williamson, and his bride, Virginia, eigh- twenty, and teen insisted to the Juvenile Court of Indianapolis, U.S.A., that they were not related.

She associated with R.A.F. men, They were married on January visiting leading hotels in Chester.

0, in spite of the protests of: After spending an evening with a Virginia's foster-parents that they man, she would be escorted to 2 were in close blood-relationship. large house which she pretended Judge Bradshaw, of the Juvenile was her home. After being left at Court, ordered the couple to be the front door, she would make her separated temporarily while un in- way to her real home in a working-vestigation of court records, birth class district.

certificates and orphanage records was carried out.

The girl had also given her ad- dress as a large private house, where she would call for letters,

On February 6 she was reported missing from home. Three days later she called at Chester police office and asked a detective not to disclose her identity to a man with whom she had been away.

Stayed At Hotols

the history of Missing links in Leroy and Virginia were supplied by Mrs. Crystal Clair Harker, of Urbana, 11., who said she was their maternal aunt.

Wards Of Court

Mrs. Harker sald lier sister, Helen Williamsult, gave, birth to a son in 1919 at Indianapolis. She was urunarried at the time, and the son lived with her until 1024, when She was using the name Penelope

she died. Hiley, giving an address and tele- phone number in County Antrim. She

He then became a ward of the stayed the

Juvenile Court. That child is Leroy, night with n

n. mon at a Chester hotel on February 3, Inter Mrs. Harker said. visited n Woolworth's store

In April, and

1921, Helen Williamson bought a ring intended to resemble a hore a daughter. Mrs. Harker sald wedding ring, then stayed with the

that her sister signed a petition man two nights at a Liverpool hotel

which made this child also a ward of under the names Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

the Court. When their funds were exhausted they returned to Chester and stayed

at another hotel.

The daughter was first named Cry- stat Westerfield, but when she was placed in an orphan's home a few days later she was named Crystal: The girl was described as an ex-Clair Williamson. Subsequently she port sneak-thief and Invelerate liar. was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Leroy of her parents. She had played upon the sympathy Wolfe, and was given the name Vir-

ginia Wolfe.

YOU CANT RATION SUNSHINE

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Saru Sungater-Lender O. COOKE

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There's A Song

About Rationing

IT'S A SALVATION

ARMY "HIT"

His Hobby

Songster-leader Cooke used to be

a collector for a gas company. He

THE Salvation Army is on top rotired from that job about two years of the news.

In the last issua of "War Cry" appears a topical song inspired by rationing.

Its lile la "You can't ralion sun- shine," and its Jycle-writer and com- poser is Oliver Cooke, a retired Song- ster-leader of the Army, who lives In Southend-lane, Catford, SE.

Catchy

Here in the catchy refrain:

ngo.

Ho used to play the organ and plano. Now he is crippled with ar thritis and rheumatism--but he gives more spare time than over to his hobby of composing.

He works in the real tradition of the firat General Booth, who said, "Why should the Devil have all the good tunes?"

Inspiration

Songster-lender Cooke works quick- ly. He has written over 1,000 songs, and they have been translated into

You can't ration sunshine, you many languages. "I Known Fount”

can't ration rain!!

You can't ration that which gives

the bright golden grain! There's plenty in store-there's

enough" and to apare; - The rich man, the poor man can

have an equal share.

So there's no cause for worry

God's promises declare That you can't ration sunshine or

rain!

written on top of a bus-is the most. popular so far.

As for "You can't ration sunshine," Songster-leader. Coolce said:

"It was just an idea I had at brenk- fast one morning.

"We were talking about rationing, so I sat down and scribbled out a few words, then wrote the music.

Now, then, all together- "You can't ration sunshine, You can't ration rain .

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