1940-09-18 — Page 7

Wednesday,

NANCY

I AIN'T SEEN MISS RITZ IN A WHOLE DAY --- I' WONDER IF SHE

MISSED ME?

WELL, WELL--- LOOK WHO'S HERE

I HAVEN'T SEEN

YOU IN ALMOST A WEEK!

MAGICIAN

AT QUEEN'S

A Packed House Sees Debut

A packed house saw the opening

of the American Chinese Chong's revue "A Trip to Hades" at the Queen's Theatre last night. A combination of magic and colourful dancing by American

therus girls

the revue is dominated by Chang's

personality throughout. A feature of the varied programman is the dance of "Ghosts and Spooks" with the aid of phosphorescent paint and a black ed out stage.

Revealing himself 2 most com- petent artist, Chang appeared in more than score of scenes and tricka in which his technique uppeared tireless and flawless, Whether he

wen Ink-

September 18, 1940,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie Bushmiller

AW... IT: ONLY SEEMS LIKE A WEEK- I WAS HERE YESTERDAY!

Florest

ROBERT MONTGOMERY WRITES AN OPEN LETTER

AMBULANCE BOMBING WAS FINE JOB, FRITZ!

Mrs. King

Leaving Colony

Going To Australia This Week

SCREEN star Robert Montgomery has just returned to America, his homeland, after serving in the American Field Service Ambulance all MRS. JESSIE MARY KING, through the Battle of France.

He

He was up behind Sedan when the Germans smashed through in May. followed the routed French Armies across France, and when the end came, sailed for home. Here, in an open letter, he tells of just one of the horrors he saw:

you

other fault of the war.

2

a n-

aught the dressing stallons to the emer- You'll probably wonder why most seems na d

Were you with that genry bospitals Vett I'm writing to

without know

The only trouble was that the bunch up around Beauvais ing human canaries disappear in mid-knowing your name but

you'll

line was all over the place. Your You certainly bombed hell out af air from a cage or entching fish with have to put that down

Infantry wna alongside of us and that time when you come over

behind

and nrest above the bends of the audience

everywhere. We with the two hundred and fifty Hein- he was never at fauli.

had to retreat. kein and Messerschmitts

Well, that's how it went. We had to evacuate the emergency hospitals try to keep the men corning from The dressing stations

Chang concluded his perfomance

frein with a spectacular escape. ruped and locked

trunk 171 truf

Houdini style.

of

fust SEVE

Things happen pretty there and you donsi get much time

I suppont No saRÈ DAVYOIS know that

д

We saw

Bul of Gormati plones 120 that way, but the only romazi uvies m 1 a weit

Ings Ulked with were two kids who The ensembles arranged by

As a matter of fact almost at bailes ont south of Ameen and were One was principal dancer, Jonnnn Claire, you Do you remember that day on captured by the French, made brih interludes in the wealth the und between Corbell-Cert and saxter and the other eighteen

The

Yus has just been there Apair magic.

They were pretty seared, but they, "The Mates? WIN Enchanted Princess," the legend of

and gone when Juck Thorensen and gave is a gynt idea of why you guys Princess San L-lay 1 Prince drove up

Mikh We

You by about only missed

Whet ww mertlanet Fistin arctacular

That's why I want- High fteen nummul a the

even lighted up as if they had just body of the ed to let you know how things caine

I stappone year're pretty, 14 201 out sacrificed Princess to rise into space

YIRDIR Yourself and then vanish Tic Princesa 15

YUATIK This reaches climax when Chang. Priest, VQUACK the

played by Joanna Claire, the Prince by Nella Ash.

1

The performance will be repeated

seven mure nights.

HUGE U.S. GOLD STOCK

Washington, Sept. 17

The Tressury announced to-day that guid stocks mounted to $21 - 050,000,000 which in a invreuse ni

We Met Only Boy Airmen

I don't know how it is with you

whee fellows but I once had a ben

I was great un reports He wanted us

1

Line Was "All Over The Place"

thel

We were with the American Field

to 1 out all the blanks every day Sevire, Section One. Jack and he was pretty sore

| didn't.

1

Whurri ww That's how we happened to run into yuth We got in action frst around Amiens

This is Just to tell you that if you have any trouble with your boss you can get in touch with Jack or the and we'll back you

up.

$4,000,000,000 for the past year This! figure represents. approximately 70 You did a the job that day, That per cent. of the world's monetary French ambulance was a men

you Anished

lit

United Preat

Two of out ambulances gol bated.

there wast four of our men were (reported missing.

I don't need to tell you much about We were how the ambulances work when supposed to stay eight kilometres be

hind the Bne and bring cases from

U.B.

BEER

BEER AT ITS BEST

(UB)

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Why Didn't you Bomb That Bridge?

W hud to go over 1 bridge al Pontoise, single Ale, and that was a Torture every lime

Why didn't you ever bomb that brufge? Do you remember 17 Some of the fellows satd if wax because you wanted to use yourself later, bul Hver found out

But you were certainly on the Job other places. Up around Amiens we never saw an Allied plane. You birds had a punle there.

We'd Get Out And Get Under We We learned something, though found out that the safest place was

ight under the motor

But what you're really interested in, I imaging, is that day when we missed you by nfteen minutes.

You

Livet know

road between Corbel:-Ceri and Marines. Sort of a country use with no houses around A dever could see for miles in either direction

wife of the Commissioner

of Police, the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, will be leaving the Colony this week for Australia with her two daughters, husband and the Misses Catherine and Jan King, and her mother, Mrs. A. Hoakin

1030, al

A resident in the Colony since 1012, Mr. King has been closely identified with the Girl Guides Association since its inception, serving ns Secret- my when Lady Peet was President. and later taking the rank of Division-

In July al Commissioner the Executive Committee Meeting of the Association, she was unanimously appointed Colony Commissioner,

Since her rival in the Colony Mrs. King has always had 211 Betive

And interest

social charitable organisations, serving on committees and devoting much of her time to the She has nins. furtherance of thur

the been

especially interested children of Hongkong, and has been serving as President of the Minister- As recognition of her ing League.

she charitable work

wus made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Divisi) In November 1937.

in

Guiders' Presentation

in

Mrs.

On Munday a Gulders' meeting wor held at Sandilands Hut when King was presented with ม scroll bearing the names of all Gulders in Hongkong and those who have been evacuated. The scroll was Blustrat- ed with a painting of Hongkong and sketch of the But by Mr. J. Arnold.

Counell About 17 Guiders in present.

were

After ten a short business meeting wus held to discuss the re-opening of When we came batting along we | Gulde Companies in the Colony

saw this French manbulance in the With the evacuation of Eu many citet

Thought, first, it had just run

off the road and was waiting there for the repuli meu

But when we got up closer we saw the bodies,

There was a French captain on the front seat, leaning against the side of the car. He was dead, There were three stretcher casCA in the back of the ambulance. also dead.

We saw two farmers in the next Beld and they told us what had hap pened. They said the ambulance was delving along alone when you came over in a formation of twenty- five planes,

Suddenly you

were

Guiders, guiding will be somewhat united for the present. Mrs. A. R. 11. Phillipe, Colony Secretary, explained that, although there were still a large number of Guides of Chinese and other nationalities in Hongkong and Kowloon, there

not enough Guiders to take charge of all the Compaules. The companies belong- ing to the Convents, for instance, would have to wait until competent lenders could be appointed to

take the place of the absent Gulders.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

left the formation | DONATIONS TO WAR FUND and swooped down. You dropped June bomb behind the car and that

made it swerve into the ditch,

You Did A Good, Efficient Job

Then you dropped another one in front of it. After that you swerved around and came back und machine- gunned the unbulance,

There were big Red Crosses painted on both sides and on the top of the ambulance, so you had a good target The driver was the only one saved. He lud been carried oil, wounded, just 4

few minutes before we got there.

You did a good, efficient jah and nobody can take

away from you,

People get bored with war stories Jutter a while, but you needn't worry about that. You can keep this letter to show them you were good.

If you ever have any children, you Jean tell them about that day on the

Corbeil-Cerf road.

FOR BOMBER PLANES

Considerably augmented by an on- couraglug And generous donation of $1,000 from Mr. and Mrs R. Johannessen yesterday, a total of $1,321,309.12 was reactied by the Way Fund inaugurated by the S. C. M. Post. Ltd. The latest dona- tions are:

Mr. and Mrs. R. Johannessen, ... $1,000 Mental Hospital Staff, 3rd, donation), Hongkong Cricket League ............... Mr. J. Bentley.

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MISSION TO CHINESE BEAMÉN The Christian Mission to Curso See- men in Hongkong acknowledges the fal lowing donations:

Messrs. 8. T. Willamsan & Co.. 350; the Bank Line (China) Ltd., $25; Mr. S. Mortgage Co., Ltd. 1. Lloyd, #10: China Provident Loan A 310; Mr. T, Black .si, Mexers, Shun Cheong & Co.. #10; Dr. Ho Xo-tsun, $10 Mr. G. P. Charlion,

пр $5; Me, D. I Newbigging, $; Mr. W. C. Bolcherby, $5; Mr. P. F. Mac Cabe, 85; Mr. P. K. Kwok, $5: Mr. G. B. Godfrey, Dr. D. C. Wang, $5; Messrs, Utcomal J. Woolley. & Assúdomal Co.. $3: G.M.M., $4; Mr. W. $3; Mr. G. K. Oliver, 13: iongkong Rubber Manufactory, LUL. already acknowledged in South Chino Morning Post, $3; Mesars. Loo Bros. $2: Two friends I each, $2.

Per Mr. Lee:-A group of friends, $8; Mr. 1, Y. Mak, 15; Mr. P. C. Wong If there are any sceptles around Chiu, sa; bien LY. LI, $2;

Mr. Y. T. Ho. $3; Mr. L. §. Loo, #3: Mr. doubling you, have them write to Jack Thorensen or me.

C. P. Chan, $2; Mr. C. H. Ng. 2 Ar

S. Fu, #2: Mrs. King Lee, #2: Dr. K.

We'll back you up. We'll be glod Lem. $1; Mr. L. C. Lee.$2.

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Per Mr. Wong:-A Group of friends, $10.50.

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