1940-05-28 — Page 20

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY

And Kim Maxwell should know! The life of milen parties has been artsy' whortisoon everything!» and she's outt you'll have

& pafctly marrelametins

m this deve marie of bent

盛豐

at 2.30, 5.10, 7,15 & 9.30 P.M.

"MEN CREATE THE WORLD;

"COMPETING IN ITE ALL ECAN BAY ONDER MORE MENEA BENZ SEZION

A_gat in every rem

AS A MAN VA Tory ahadi]

Elsa Maxwell's HOTEL FOR WOMEN

Két Bethara • Elvis Besell - James Elana - Joan Raport Upark Šuput Capio · Dei Monash · Kafam 12ide

Joan Gale • Mhe Milky - klas Dasket - Sabay Backwar

ALSO TERRYTOON IN TECHNICOLOUR

HARVEST TIME"

'And The LATEST WAR NEWSREEL

Tuesday

TO - MORROW ANN SHERIDAN & THE' 'DEAD END KIDS' în`

[“ANGELS WẠSH THEIR FACES"

A Warner Bros.

Picture

4 SHOWS

QAILY

2.30-8.15 7.15-0.30

TARE ANY TEAM OR NAVY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

DON'T MISS OUR CAVALCADE

FLEMING

ROAD WANCHA)

TEL. 25472)

OF FAMOUS SUPER-FEATURE PRODUCTIONS OF THE PAST! SPECIAL FOR TO-DAY

1

THE MOST SENSATIONAL OF ALL BIG THRILLS! Superb cast of stars and thousands of extra playorı including a big circus to add extra excitment,

IRENE DUNNE

"HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME

RANDOLPH SCOTT DOROTHY LAMOUR - AKIM TAMIROTJ

RAYMOND WALBURN - CH 25115 RICKSOND BEN TEN-ELJIM PLZNESON WILLIAM IMBWYERT

A Pauben Mamuulian Prokurtsom

TIMETUS MELODIs

Maths With Thy Do the 193′′

BIGGEST SHOW OF THE YEARI

ANOTHER · GREAT. SHOW FOR TO-MORROW Alexander Dumas Flaming Masterpiece

THUR

THE MAN

IN THE

IRON MASK

A James Whale productos

LOUES soring JOAN

HAYWARD BENNETT

Greatest of Sensational Emotional Drama's

“ ANOTHER. DAWN ” Errol Flynn, Kay Francis, lam Hunter

• MATINEES: 20«.-30«. * EVENINGS: 20c,-30c.-50c.-70c. *

*TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS

CATHAY

DAILY AT 2.30.5.15, 7:20,6 6.30. P.M. TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

TOO MUCH MONEY AND TOO LITTLE FUN!

B

So this romantic-minded millionaire givor his million the air and goes looking for a girl who's looking only for love!

THURSDAY®

M-G-M Picture

I'LL GIVE

A MILLION Says WARNER BAXTER

and the season's guyest ramantic hit is under way!

MARJORIE WEAVER :** PETER LORRE JEAN HERSHOLT

CA 201h Century-Fox Picture

WALLACE BEERY, FAY WRAY In.

“VIVA VELLA:

COMMENCING MAY 31st. FRIDAY ALL NEW! *The First Tarxan Picture in 3 Year!

"TARZAN FINDS A SON!"

Johnny Wälsamuller V Maureen O'Sullivan John Sheffield A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mighty Production

-HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

MILITARY SITUATION. REVIEWED:

ANALYSIS OF THE FIGHTING

Keep Your Eyes On

Britain's Big Food Scheme Reassuring Review By

Lord Woolton

LONDON, May 27 - (Router)nna | Lord Woolton, the Minister of Food, announced to-day that the country has been divided Into 800 self-con=" taining areas, cach with one main and one "buffer" depot of food, mak At this time of day it is hardlying 1,600 dopots in all.

These 800 areas, Bald Lord Woolton, necessary to warn people against had sufficient supplies of essentials few overrating the possible results of to feed the population for a

werks without any help from out- battle successes.

J

Lillo Operations

side.

Especially since the invasion of

Schema Revealed Norway and the early operations in

Lord Woolton's announcement is Holland and Belgium we have had

this

carefully-prepared

to and a folly

scheme object-lessons of presumably have learnt by now that ensure on clfective maintenance of both over-optimism and over food distribution In the event of pessimism are Hdiculous.

chemy attacks.

The broad basis of the scheme is I begin with fils reminder because the news from France yesterday was that instend of keeping huge stores extremely good, did hold out in of foodstuffs In poris until needed calculable possibilities and might and thus cau

causing congestion, besides almost seem to justify exaggerated exposing them to the risk of enemy hopes. Let us make every possible action, the foodstuffs are now being allowance for possible adverse stored at a very large number of developments

smaller centres.

The position yesterday was briefly na follows (and here I suggest that those readers who have kept the war map published in the "Telegraph" on Saturday place it conveniently in front of them):

Ir. France itself, the main German Elitzlerleg has been brought to a com- piete halt.

Line Firmly Hold

Hard Up For Good Story

Latest "Funny" Canard

By Goebbels

The French ure firmly holding a line that stretches from Sedan, just

NEW YORK, May 27 (Reuler)- north of the Luxembourg frontier, to Ometals of the United States Line Rethel (on the northern bank of the stated that they had not been official- of the Berlin report River Alsne), hence to Laon, across ly informed. the Serre Valey to La Fere, to St. published in newspapers here sug- Quentin and Cambrai.

President Roosevelt, is thren-

Between Cambral and Arras thereing that the safety of the refugee

tened. N ย break in the French Imes, through which the German Panzar They added that they were not go- (mechanised) divisions are pouring ing to wireless the ship's master to the coast and at the same time about the report, which was issued isolating the Allied forces in the ex-by the German official news agency treme north of France and Belgium in Berlin. from those in the south.

Position in North

North of this German bottle-neck, the lines of the Allies northern armies runs like a crude letter W from Dunkirk, to St. Omer, to Bethune, to La Bassee, to Valenciennes, then back to Courtral, thence, to Ghent and up to the North Sea coast somewhere near the Belgian-Dutch frontier.

For the present we can ignore the Parazar divisions which are pouring through the breach in our lines be- tween Arras and Cambral and are striking towards the coast. Onco this breach is closed they are com pletely isolated and can be mopped up at leisure.

"Trustworthy Source"

The German report said that a trustworthy source". in Boston, Massachuscits, revealed that the Bri- tsh were planning to blow up the ner during the return trip to the United States when it will be loaded with Americans.

The British would then charge it to Germany, thus arousing American sentiment to bring the United States into the war on the Allies side.

IMPORTANT P.0. NOTICE

through

May 28, 1940.

EGYPT IS PREPARED

Armies Take Up Their Action Stations

CAIRO, May 27 (Reuter). The extent of Egypt's prepared- ness is shown in a despatch sent to the B.B.C.'by Its Middle East correspondent, Mr. Richard Dimblebay from Cairo....

The Brillah Egyptian armies have left that city, he says, and have taken up action stations.

The motorised units of the infantry and aircraft are all ready. They are being added to all the time in man- power and equipment.

Ready To Last Man

The Minister of National Defence says that, unlike their officers, the private soldiers are not much in- terested in events on the Western Front.

However, they are very much con- cerned with the defence of their own country,

have been told that they must fight to the last man and they are willing to do so.

They

They are now out in the Western Desert Ilving in huts and tents, and even in the open.

On Door-Step Of Trouble They are on the door-step of trouble. They are ready to deal with any Invasion from land or from the alc.

Internal precautions are the sole concern of the Egyptian Government | which has taken full steps to deal! with any "Quislings" or⚫ Arth columnists.

The population is easily depressed or cheered by the news. Therefore there is a benevolent censorship over both the incoming and outgoing news,

The people have, however, been receiving full Information about the Allied situation on the Western Front

and the fact that the struggle a stern one has done much to tone-up the publle opinion and morale. which is certainly high.

Further High Command Appointments

Vico-Chief of I.G.S. Nominated

LONDON, May 27 (Reuter). -The War Office announces that Lieut. General Robert Hadden Haining, G.O.C., Western Com- mand, since 1939, is appointed Vice-Chlef of Imperial "General Staff.

Ja

General Sir Henry Jackson appointed G.O.C, Western Com- mand.

The public is informed Germans are trying_flercely to this breach: the French are the Postmaster-General, that certain widen slowly but surely closing it. Simul- privileges in the matter of customs taneously our artillery and bombers exemption are available for parcels are massacring the German infantry addressed to persons domiciled in the units in the narrow-pocket in the Dominions or Colonies now serving Arrad-Cambrai-Valenciennes triangle in the British forces in Europe or on If the situations remained stafle furlough in the United Kingdom from

areas outlined above, the such forces. in the German offensiva. ould develop Full-particulars-as-to-method of Into a war of attrition in trenches,

ob the invaders must avoid directing such parcels may be something the at all cost, since was this type of tained at the Parcel Department of warfare that lost them the World the General Post Office, Hongkong.

blitzkriez War of 1914-18. The

It is to be noted that no such pri-ed the appointment of General Sir vileges exist in the case of pracels must go on or fail.

addresed to members of such forces who themselves belong to the United Kingdom.

Now Panzar Offensive So, in order to develop the boltle- neck between Cambral and Arras the Germans have suddenly launched a new Panzer offensive in the south and have simultaneously launched a great Infantry drive from the north. In the south their Panzar units, operating from the vicinity of Arras,

are

BRITISH FAITH

IS UNSHAKEN

There

Major-General BKT. Page, Com- mander of the 18th Division, is appointed Chief of General Staff. Home Forces, with the acting rank of

leutenant-General.

Yesterday the War Once announc

fronside, former Chief of Edmund Imperial General Staff, as Comman that of General Sir John Dill as Chief der-in-Chief of Home Forces, and

of Imperial General Staff.

Pross Enthusiastic LONDON, May 27 (Reuter).-In connection with the appointments of General Sir Edmund Ironside as Commander-in-Chief of the Home Force, and General Sir John Dili us LONDON, May 28 (British Wire-Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the the British press welcomes this s pushing northwards towards less)-The German drive on Lille. They claim to have passed French coast is being watched by the evidence that the right men have through Lens and to have reached La British public with an anxious steady have been chosen to fill these posi-

tions. Bassee.

gaze and unflinching resolve,

The possibility of a German Inva- sion is faced by the British press.

Post However, the Yorkshire says that if Hitler invades Britain he will be laking one of the greatest gambling risks of his career.

General Sir Edmund Ironside's task will be one of extreme dimculty and responsibility, says "The Times".

General Sir John Dill, with habitual coolness, was the inevitable choice for the position of Chief of the

Imperial General Stall. The "Daily Mail" says that we realise to the full extent the peril and we are facing it,

A solid phlanax of German In-

a full appreciation of the fantry is also pushing on Lille from fact that the British Islands are now the opposite direction, that is, up the right in the war zone, but this has River Lys and River Scheldt in Bel- done nothing to shake the faith of the glum, and daims to have reached British people in ultimele

victory. Courtral and Monin.

That faith is grounded In confidence The situation if these two armies of the superiority, man for man, of meet in or near Lille may be serious the British soldier over the enemy, for the Allied forces, chiefly Belglan strength of the British Navy, the im-

economic and British, which are in the sector mense

the reserves of between Valenciennes, Courtral, Lille British Empire and a firm belief in and Cambrai, for they would then be the French powers of endurance and entirely surrounded.

capacity.

Would Widen Broach

At the same time the Germans FIFTH COLUMNIST

would widen the breach between the Allied northern armies and the French armies in the south.

A

AND SHANGHAI

The main northern army would be freing the Germans on thres sides, SHANGHAI, May 28 (Reuter). The with its back to the North Sea, along French authorities are watching for

line

from the French coast south of possible Nazi Fifth Column activities Dunkirk to Lille, thence bock to here, but have not yet deelded to Ghent along the north bank of the take any emergency steps, the "China River Lys and thence to the coast at Preas" is informed. the Belgo-Dutch frontier.

To

Rumours that all Germans in the In effect, the

Germans would French Concession will be "put on Dinch" of the entire area between parole" are denied. Lillo and Valenciennes, and would widen the breach along the French frontier (n` breach at present) extending from Sedan to Valen 'ciennes) by this distance. Bouch of Sedan, of course, the French hold the entire frontier.

U.S. FLAGSHIP

LEAVES S'HAI

his

Victory lies that way. We have also had all the warning we need |about Afth columns and have taken the necessary measures to destroy them.

More Men From Canada

Immediate Expansion Of Fighting Forces OTTAWA, May 27 (Reuter).

King,

9.5. Augusta, Aagship of the US. Prime Minister, announced in

SHANGHAI, May 20 (Nealer)-U.—Mr. Mackenzie

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

230-515-720-930 TEL 31453 AT 230 520 720 930 TEL 56856 FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

POWELL

LOY

⚫TO-MORROW

THEIR MERRIEST ALL-NEWHIT!

Another

THIN MAN

Screen May by Frances

· Goodrich and Albert Hackstr Directed by W. 5. Van Dyke (1 Produced by Hand Stromberg

· Man Dolinyn Heyet menan

Walt Disney's

́ ́FUSH LIMOTH FEATURE DE-TECHMKOLOR

inocchio

START THEATRE

HANKOW DO KOWLOON DAILY AT Z-30-5-20-720-920 TEL57795 ►

TO-DAY ONLY

RXQ

RADIO

Picture

TO.

MORROW

4 SHOWS DAILY 12.30-8.30. 720-930

Half a hundred Fon-Makers!--Hall- plal of Usncing Dynanslia on flash- Eng bladest. A romance -spangled parade of show lyl.. De berel,,

EVERYTHING'S "OnIce"

with

IRENE DARE. ROSODE *KARHS • EDGAR KENNEDY

LYNNE ROBERTS. ERIC LINDENW

"BOY TROUBLE"

CHARLIE RUGGLES - MARY BOLAND

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NAYMAN ROAD [KOWLOON- TELSYSTR

MATINEES:20€-30«.° EVENIN65; 20%-30%50%:70) FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY: TWO GREAT ACTRESSES. IN THE BEST EMOTIONAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR T

What decent man would Iave her now?

The unfathomed-depths of a love starved heart laid bare.. malle unk forgettable by Bette's fiery geniusi

BETTE

DAVIS HOPKINS

Co-murring in the Ploucimaim of the Polimar Pyivo volaning Play

THE OLD MAID

with GEORGE

BRENT

DONALD CRISP. » JAKK KRYAN • LOUISE FAZENDA • JAMEISSTEPETERSON » ZEROWER COWIN

WILLIAM LINDIDAN » CECILIA LOSTUS - Directed & EDMUND GOULDING

PRESENTED BY WARNER BROS.

TO-MORROW & THURSDAY A Very Funny and Exciting Comedy-Thriller!

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU”

ERWIN GLORIA STUART - RAYMOND WALBURN

Asiatic Fleet, sailed for northern Parliament to-day that there STUART ERWIN - borts yesterday

Summarising, the situation on the whole

belter at the time of writing than at any time since the blitzkrieg started.

It is reported that she is going to We have the Germans held tightly Tsingtao and Chefoo. on the mail fronts, and the break in aur lines between Cambral and niso left port.

U.S.S. Gold Star and U.S.S. Finch Arras hos decreased from a depth of U.S.S. Marblehead is expected to 25 miles 10 miles.

So long as this fine holds and arrive from Manila in a few days.

the breach is not permitted to ex-

tend we can forget about the Ger

600,000 More Men To Register

man mechanised units who have penetrated to the coast because Enlow they are rapidly reinforced, but they will soon be mapped up. (*)

LONDON, May 27 (Reuter)-An-

would-be ̄an ̄immediate expan= sion of Canadian military and air forces to meet the critical situa- tion in Europe.

It is proposed that the increases will include veterana In, reserve in addition to the Veterans Home Guard, which was announced last week. -

Rifle Battalions Ride battalions are to be recruited for the fourth division of the Cana- dian Acive Service Force,

Canadians, whose

But the situation north-and-south other 600,000 men will register for about eddy on the Canadian

of Lille beins, watching..

June.

naines.

the

the armed forces before the end of R.A.F. 1st, will be called up for im.

mediate: duly, Reserves of PARIS. May:

(UP)---The This will be done under

an order Veteran Home Guard will also be Foreign Office; announces a series of which has just been issued, mangane

called up immediately. `appointments and a minor veshuäling. The order requires that the 1011 The Fromler, sald that the factoriés of Drach diplomala, in Europe and, clams registar on June 13 and the will work 24 hours a day in produce South America

1919 class register, on June 22. equipment for additional forces.

“A 20th Century-Fox Picture.

Dine, Wine & Dance

at-

CHANTECLER

176-179 Nathan Road, Kowloon,

Tel. 50021.

Printed and Published for the Proprieton by Faldekica Percy. ĮRANKÍ 1 and 3. Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, Hongkong)

Page 20Page 21