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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1949.

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LEE THEATRE

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CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE si averns AD... BOOKING HOURS. 1100 Km 4 130 pontos

COMMENCING TO-DAY

4 SHOWS AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

IT'S HAPPIER THAN HEAVEN...

ALLIIS ARTĪZES PRODUCTIONS, INC. Procesin

DON DeFORE ANN HARDING

CHARLIE RUGGLES GALE STORM

VICTOR MOORE

ROY DEL RUTH'S

IT HAPPENED ON

5-AVENUE

BOB HOPE says," "Terrific!" EDDIE CANTOR SAYS," "Swell!" CARY GRANT SAYS.” Great!"

--GRANT LOWARD LOWARD MITCHELL BROPHY RYAN, Jr.

Dr

ROY DEL RUTH

AIDE KAUFMAN

SHOWING KING'S

TO-DAY

AIR-CONDITIONED

At 2.30, 5.15,

7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

A Drama of the Occupation Years!

A PEASANTS TRAGEDY

ACNEVEMENT

with

Two of

China's

Most Famous

Stars PAI

YANG

And

TAO CH'IN

Dialogue In Mandarin with English Slide Translations

SHOWING

TO-DAY

rory moves to sack MCC from the nuts Içadership have been Emparanty 265 back,

DROPPING THE PILOT "WHAT'S THE BOAT OUT FOR? "I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE

World Copyright. De arrangement with ventra Standard.

Sitting on the

ECENTLY broadcast details of the elimina- tion of anxiety

neurosis, persecution mania, · and other, delusions which haunt the mentally sick, by an operation on the frontal lobes of the brain, have given a man you know new angle on affairs at home and abroad.

a

Fence.... by

NATHANIEL GUBBINS

"Let's,"

the Cabinet says

NEW YORK LETTER:

A

A LITTLE MAN FINDS FAME

By C.V.R. Thompson

New York. 1y, or the professions. ... On FUNERAL closed down sate-o nylon bathing sult

New York's chief in-muaranteed to dry in ten dustry, dressmaking, the minutes; a hand lotion which other day, and caused chaos makes soap, water, and towels in half the city's streets. unnecessary,

Total com Taking part were 100,000 mission taken in one day's people. In the procession were business by one Wall Streat 85 funeral cars, five buses, 19 brokerage house was 35%.... polico cars.

fan of the Dodgers,

But the man they, burled was Latest

no public figure. Until he died Brooklyn's baseball team, la fow had heard his name Aduaye Emeni, Crown Prince of William Lurye.

Gwale, in Nigeria, who' is hers Then

Lurye, small-time union organiser, was stabbed in a telephone kiosk. His bosses

on UNO business.

mnde an overnight marlyr of THEY ARE

er charged that sweatshops across

DANCING In

the streets In Jersey City, the river from Now

had killed him with hired York, over the defeat of Frank assassins, because ho had Kague, the last of America's recruited too many non-union famous political bosses. He had workers.

So they all stayed away from ruled them like a feudal lord work to give him the biggest for 30 years. He was defeated funeral New York has seen. by an enlightened electorate" Yelled David Dubinsky, their and the installation of tamper- leader, in the black-raped proof voting machines. ** theatre where the service was Nearly half of America's men, held: "We will never cease our says a Washington report, do efforts to find his murderers." not own pyjamas.

Detectives, 104 of them, were searching even then Plain- clothes men mixed with the

"Funnyface yourself," says the crowd, hoping to get a clue from ex-business man. "You wouldn't conversation. But the crowd let me set fire to your doll's was crying too hard to say house, so I could use my toy fire anything.

esenpe."

EVER

A

ONGRESSMEN

may no

longer accuse colleagues of canard. Today the Speaker ruled a canard is a lle, and it is against the rules for ond member to call another a Har.

DIOT. SQUADS were called

out at Los Angeles' when

You can start a teeny weeny VEN President Truman's own fire in my doll's house if I can men In Congress told him two drug stores alarted a cut- bowl your hoop."

today that he had botter cut price war. Each manager put a ""All right, then," says the ex-Government spending instead of tic-tac man outside the other's business man, "But only to the raising Income laxes, Their

signal cuts. Thesa will shop to end of the road and back, reason: More income taxes will reached rock bottom with: ple be bad for business and, there and ice-cream 4d; women's fore, for the nation's economy.

"No. He says he never did "Let's all go to Monte Carlo." Pomise?" want it. He says nobody wants

"Honour bright." I. fle

says you can do what Minister, being the first to grabay. Cut my throat if I tell B... Money troubles have caused underwear la; full course steale

the navy. to lay off 10,000 the hell you like with t

his cap and fight his way out of The man you know in your

"Cut my throat. If I tell a lie.elvilian shipyard workers, and "I don't want it myself," says the House, Uncle Nat, and the new

endo Joc.

When she comes back, hot and the army lo cut its public re- in. flushed with the exertion, the lations staff from 500 to 300. exbusiness

is that, as everybody in the modern world appears to be

"Nor do." says the Foreig

mentally slek, everybody should Secretary. have the operation.

"Ring up Truman again and

Cures explained In the broad- tell him to take a running jump cust Included a house-proud at himself." wonnu, who nearly drove her husband Insane polishing and

"You ring him up," says the

scrubbing and worrying about Foreign Secretary, "I want to shopping lists; a devoul, serious- play with my bricks." minded clergyman, who frown-

ed on all pleasures, Including In Parliament

interest in sport, and a woman out-patient of hospital, who

At 2.30, 5.15 was always changing her while AT home, the Mother of Por-

QUEENS 720 & 9.30

"LOU

P.M.

ABBOTT COSTELLO

THE NOOSE

HANGS HIGH

JOSEPH CALLEJA LEON CAROL-CATHY DOWNS

NEXT

!

“JULIA MISBEHAVES"

CHANCE with Greer Garson

Elizabeth Taylor

ALHAMBRAY THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2,30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

RTHEY CARVE A COURSE OF VENGEANCE

FROM TERROR-SHIP TO DOOM-CASTLE

· NEXT

...as the adventure

classic of the

century thunders

to the screen!

MONDBLAM PICTURES proobats. On

RODDY MCDOWALL Robert Louis Stevenson's

KIDNAPPED

CHANGE

SHOWING

TO-DAY

* Sue ENGLAND • Dan O'HENLIKY KOŠINA WINTERS JANY COREY “JULIA MISBEHAVES” with Greer Garson-Walter Pidgeon

Cathay

cotton gloves in the belief that llaments is in session, but the hospital was full of germs the members, their necks dirty, which she would carry back to their fingers Inky, are not mak- her baby.

ing speeches or asking quen-. tions. They are sucking sweets on the benches and kicking each other's ankles,

*

After the operation, the house. proud womnon would be giggling in bed all the morning, letting housework go hang.

Her husband had to lift her

In the bank

THE bank manager is, alone in the bank, with a pile of notes before him.

A man walks in and offers to play him marbles.

They are soon on their knees rolling the marbles along the floor

When they are tired of the game, the man rises and points to the file of notes.

"What are those?" he asks. "Money," says the "Remember?!

manager.

"Sort of," says the man. "Want some?" asks the mana-

dinner is. Dci.

Mobs fought to get

Result:

man says, "What's Racecourses complain they willXFORD HISTORIAN, 00- year-old Professor Arnald

"I didn't cook anything. I was not make any pront this year

it attendances and betting, Toynbee, named In a Chicago

for supper?" playing with my dolly."

O.K. What's for supper?" "Sardines, doughnuts, and

fec."

"Scrumptious," shouts the business man, drawing up chair.

Inland revenue

biller

were

gramophone plays "To a wild rose."

down 30 percent, on last season, lecture the two things he likes de not improve soon.

best about the U.8-peanut butter in paste of ground-nuts), tof-mSKY for 10s. a bottle is a and Bing Crosby.

W New York possiblllly soon,

"ADGET-MINDED U.S. har ex.now that the courts have out-

produced one that rocks his lawed a price-fixing arrange

ment which made price wars" and sings baby to sleep. Dr. an offence. ... The British In- Sydney Baruch, whose past

with formation Services in New York Inventions

to do showed his are releasing a Board of Trade depth-charges, publicity fim showing "the mechanical night nurso today. WHEN your Uncle Nat and construction of a ship from a It is a cot rocked by an electric

Mr Bloodsucker, the income blueprint to her maiden trip motor for 15 minutes, while tax collector, have both had the to Rio." operation, the long and

oficial them NOFFICIALLY, the correspondence between

Washington

is that HOW BUSINESS: Mary Pick- will end finally on the friendilest

the pound should be devaluedford's memoirs are ready for note.

publication, but she will tell at three dollars and 25 cents.... The Speaker rises for a pur- matoger. "Tell you what. Lain. By dear B-

The half years only half her life story, Just a line to say I am not|It will be four and pose he has forgotten.

"Who's that silly old

America produces elec- rest is to be held over until paying any taxes this year. Hope before and you don't mind. Would you care tricity from the atom...

Cecil B. de U.S. after her death asks a member.

for airmen stationed in Britain Mille's Bim "Samson and to swap six. "Boy's Own" six "Chums"? Kind regards to e

ict Delilah" report that the RAF!2

will

give screen credit to the Bible....... Mrs B.

planes are better than theirs....

Strip-teaser All the best.

New York's largest chain of L St. Syr has discovered a Nat

She starts off snack bars boasts that Its new technique. N ex-business man comas

sausages are now 180 percent semi-nude and ends up fully up the suburban Mu dear Nat,--

Of course, I don't mind. Who meat again (no cereals, no bread, dressed. cares, anyway? Have posted six no heavy splees added).

actor has made 75 pletures in "Chums" and some old Billy

four years, and most people Bunters...

4

man?"

"I don't know," says another

out of bed, still giggling, and put, "Got your catapult?"

her on the floor before she would wash and dress herself.

"Rather."

tho

ger.

"Aren't you supposed to have an account or something?" "Don't be silly," says

Krab a handful each and it all on chocky crunch bull's-eyes."'

blue

In the home

A tearing

Then she would make out a

Half a dozen catapults oro shopping list, lose it, and return fired at the Speaker. He re- street on roller skates, bowling with a lot of things they didn't treats before the hail of shot. a hoop. want. But he preferred her that way. He said she was so happy and companionable.

"Cowardy-cowardy custard," shout the members. "Cowardy When tho serious-minded cowardy custard." clergyman left hospital, he spent

When he reaches "Bide-a- wee," his wife is waiting in the doorway, a doll in her arms.

"Hallo, Funnyface," she says, "Where did you get that hoop?

most of his time at the radio, "Boys," says a member of Can I play with 17" roaring with laughter at the the Cabinet, rising. "I comics and listening to football some good news for you. results.

F

When the mother came back to conscious ness, she had forgotten all about white gloves, and didn't care if the baby had beri-berl

body cares any nationalisation stabilisation

have

No-

more about of Industry, currency or

of germ- haunted

rationing of foodstuffs. So we are not bothering about them."] "Good," about the members.

All cases characteristics They were completely irrespon sible, they wero careless about clalbes, and they were re markably outspoken."

quoted had threa in common.

*

"Since our operations, we all

IF

•

Kind regards to Mrs G.

Ever

EL

(London Express Service)

view

Hollywood

of America's 48 have never heard of him. He is TWELVE

States have proposed a a Western star, Ray Barveroft. constitutional amendment to

Katharine Hepburn has ban for all time the nationalisa- taken up stonemasonry tion of labour, business, indus- hobby.

YOU MUST COLLECT

masks of the his cacti collection

of

DOTHSCHILD collected-fleas signed by Lord Woolton. He at Princetown Univerally. They in for match-box Inbels, and Ro

contains Caesar collected has, too, the autographed hotel are the death

known specimen of the Churchill-Roose- famous and Infamous. A. Kan- every mosaic tables.......Baldwin menu

sas City man takes pride in his African cactus. The study of collected-owls,

.....Roosevelt velt meeting.

series of handcuffs dating back the late President Roosevelt ... collected-ash trays...................... .and in Bristol Harry Luffman col- accumulated 700 different cycle from the wrists the pair with every shape and size and quaint Mr O. Ellis, of Chatham, has to 1620 and each one coming was literally studded with his of a murderer. accumulation of ashtrays of lects-pioson pen letters!

much His prize lexg room than Sir Charles which a negro who wore them tablo knick-kriacha, Lawes-Wiltewronge's assembly had beaten his guard to death. Like Lord Greenway, Lester bedsteads, proudly Thousands of. Beas from all Hewitt has a vast army of toy displayed at

kept in spirits and preserved in with modern armaments added. Mine host of The Old Bell collects East- Molesey,

BY J. W. TAYLOR twigs of unusual shapes re- There's Mr J. Claverley, at sembling prehistorie or human

feel so happy and well that we The collector's craze is spread. lamps. They take up have abolished the Ministry of Ing. It has gone far beyond Health.

Nobody In the world the mundane hobby of acquiring assorted country house parts of the world have been soldiers correct in every; detall, In other words, they didn't feels obliged to stay in the stamps and autograph. If you, give a damn, Lifo had become navies, armies, or air forces of too, must join the collectors, a lark.

the world, so we have abolish- then here is a list of different in Herefordshire. ed the office of Minister of De asemblings of unusual "trea- fence. There are no Ministers sure."

In the Kremlin

bables.

assumo that

Inn."

vials by Baron If you like that. sort of thing,

*

of Defence anywhere." WE will now

"Goody goody," shout the Swindon. For 25 years he has beings. He adds beads for eyes Individual. everybody has now had the members, their mouths feil.

been collecting photographs of and paints them to make life Rothschild. Each label states then there is the passion of

and the French doctor for memorial operation except the last normál

motor car accidents. His 3,000 lke dinosaurs and other crea- the place of origin

name of the host (human-or crosses and curiously carved brain surgeon, who will have to "The Argentino has offered us specimens range from the pictures of the past and present. operate on himseit, unless he all the meat we want. North torial" record of the first fainl Eightly-three-year old Harry otherwise) upon whom the flea tombstones which have turned Wil his garden into a miniature wants to be the only daddy in America has offered us all the car crash in Britain in 1889 to Luffman, former Bristol bus! was found. In contrast, д world full of grown-up grain we want.. Europe hos a lorry bruising a car not far ness man has spent his 20 years liam Hanks spent thirty years cemetery, Sag we

A Danish solicitor 10 reurement of

amassing 300 collecting spider webs, each one

spent his offered us all the eggs we want from his own home.

neatly carefully preserved between spare time on his du

Cliplay of The

Cabinet has cabled back to Ernest Beha, of Middlesex, polson-pen letters all

sheets glass. Rather difficult "molars belonging to Cho Beginning with dear old Joe them all: Nuts to your meat sports a different the every day fed up in bundles.

specially William Williams, of Llanrwst in these austere days is the famous His

con- in the Kremlin, who once suf- Nuts to your grain. Nuts to and adds it to his array of 400

man whose structed cabinets - bodat dental wanted so that your eggs. We couldn't care "mashers. Maybe they would North Wales, prefers to be a hobby of another

sugar Jumps, specimens ranging from mem- everybody wanted to take less

have gone well with comedian sermon taster. He has listened souvenirs

from which bers of European royally, the Russia away from him, we and "Good-oh,"

Edward Wyzine's 800 hats him dressed in old pyjamas, All

or to over 5,000 of them, totalling The labels tell the occupation troops Diercell's unique assembly of fifteen million words, and has house or hotel it was obtained. Duke of Wellington: George There is the American art. Washington and Lafayette to smiling amiably at everybody... have either walked out of Ger fancy waistcoats

recorded the names of the Hendon shopkeeper Frank preachers with date and text in dealer whose house la fettered Bismark and Marshal Pilmidiki. "Did you ring up Truman?" many or married German girls.

alx inches long, with Julius Caesar collected mosaic the macabre plano he asks the Foreign Secretary, Chinese Communists are playing Winstanley keeps. on adding to a huge Interleaved Bible with a mass of curios from a

If you prefer mah-jong with the Chinese his 800 hotel menus, which in

Hutton's Nationalists. Nobody's doing any clude the first original menu with a morbid appeal, there is every nolo perfectly.tuned, to tables Charles I miniature prawling in a chair,

unique a landscape palated on a single copies of his favourite paintings "I did.":

work. So what shall we do, used on the opening day of the Lawrence

Restaurant first British "Doesn't he want, Russla?" boys and girls?"

and Portraits in Plaster," preserved melon seed. King Farouk goes and Stanley Baldwin awie,.

fared from

NANCY

AT 2.30, 5.30,

7.30 9.30 --

P.M.

A STORY WITH A TWIST AND LAUGHI Come to anjoy the MARX BROTHERS spand

A NIGHT in CASABLANCA

"with Charles DARKE

Lois COLLIER

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By Ernie Bushmiller

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