BEHIND HIS TIME-TABLE


Hit|er^s First Invasion Plan Fails DIVIDED FRENCH NATION. By CAREY LORD.


ERR HITLER Is busy licking his wQur-ds. This of course is at the time/of writing. His week’s “blitzkrieg


on mtain[proved a fiasco fronv every aspect but bne-the disastrous effect of


his losses ifi aircraft un^piltffs^on hte of signing the peace le middle of the present


prospect Irionth? ^oii' vlistirsuperiQr machine^


ir o "u V t 'iw n '” thr"c?fam^^^ larger numbers at too rapid a rate even foi" the greatest [military .Ppwer the


world has pause.


the hall iGARDENS.^By ! kind nennlss on of iMr. 8.nd Mis.


Goebbels ations,


too


departmen; it was turned on mstead. Mt 1 was


, , ard


^ssheton, the gardens of ; Downham Hall w6re open fob inspection^ on; Sun­ day.’ The number visiting the grounds


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during I the afternoon T was over 400. Rpcenti strong I winds and rain had affected many of the beauHful Wooms. but the rose garden, whichJA n a


sheltered corner was much i admired.


Mahy iieoplev later visimd tlm gardens of ‘‘ The^Chestnut,” to the village, where there is a wopderful show of bloom. The proceeds in aid of nursing funds, amounted to ^£12. ; | , j ,


ding which created' mUch interest in; the gangstei-s is ’drgved to be_l'Uftifled the village took! place kt St. Leona^s | up to thejfhilt Petain and Baudouin


Church,' Downham. on Saturday.[ The Mr.'Arthur


LON 5DALE-HIGHCOCK.-^A ! wed- llage ------, — „ , ■ .


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contracting parties wire Mr. An Lonsddle, Pendlehurst, Downljiam, and


Frances, onlv: daughter of the lafe Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Highcock, St- Helen s, The Service, which was fully choral, was conducted Ihy the Vicar i of Chat- bum, Rev. A. E. Swallow.


(Mr. T. BagnaJl), was sttired Inja dress of cornflower [blue withi naVy acces­


The'lbride, given away by her uncle


sories, f and' carried' a 1 louquet o f ' pink carnations. The bride smald iwas Miss Elsie Smithies, niece of the bridegroom, who Wore a navy-blue dress with navy accessories, and carri|ed a ; spray of pink: qamationk.


and the groomsman, Mr. Benjamm.fi. Lonsdhle. Mrs; W. Tlo-dd was . at the organ'tad the hymn “ Praise my.soul,


The' best man was ktr, John Barlow,


the King of Heavgn’’ was sung.- ■ Following the cCrernony, a; reception


was held at the George and Dragon, ing the


lor aircraft to continue oper­ in any 'event we^ were


wet, said that jokei Dr.


having or.ly a trial run, “ terror ” v ^as and is still to come. They have' unlimited aircraft and P'lots. m reserve. So says Dr. Goebbels. If that is true it seems rather strange that Hitler ordf red the Vichy Government to send' thei: airolanes—800 of them— from Prerch Morocco to, help to make up the gap created by the deadte inter­ vention 3f the British R.A.F. Inci­


dentally this transfer of French air­ craft to Nazi headquarters adds- a significant light to the prospect of the


Nazis usir g the French fleet had tpey nncspsspd.it Britain’s action in prevent- 'rench fleet joining up


niav dwell, on the Nazi undertaking not to use t y French .fleet against Britain from now!to the end of the war;if they, please, bm no one in a sound state of mind is likely to believe them. All events associated ’ with Petam, Laval and i Baudouini however, contrive to prove that having placed France at the; meroy o£ Ritlerj they are only tqo'


desire will not be satisfied. Evot ^aV; thatlpas^s strengthens the position ofj the'enemies of gangsterdom. GoebbelSj


has been hard put to it to explain away


the. failure of the Nazis to mvade England, since failure it is up .to the, I 'time of Writing.'The airpffensiyewhi^!


proved too costly was 'according to Nazi plans


of England. Our British air forces were ,


and later the riewly-miirried couple left table .wrirhave'to be'printed beginning, for their honeymoon at Southport, tne bride i travelling in a Hue costme and


'too good!for them and the-time-table had, to be re-arranged. If the re-i arrangement is |not completed by. the September a new German time-


summer, for it will be toq_late to ..thwarted. After receiving Salazar, the ..... , _______________


navy hat. On- their return they will reside at Brookside Cpttage, |


The


bride bride


Wofston.. bridegroom’s present to the


was a silver brs celet. andito the maid he [gave a hahdbag.l That


of brjde to bridegrooip was a fountain pen ^nd pencil.


timepiece from . niembers of St. Leonard’s Church chbir, of which the briddgroom Is !a member, and A set of carvdrs from the workpeople of] Chat- """" Other Presents were:


Among the ihany uiefut presents was tea I service I from .^rs; Assheton, a


ful; Auht Kate tad Uncle John, case of


cutlelry: Aunt and uncle (St. Helen’s). Eideraown; Eddy aiid Annie, cheque; Marten, Gladys, Herbert, ' Billy and Margaret, cubb andi. companion set; Brother John' (St. Helens), kitchen- clocl; Annie and Ada, fruit spoons; Violet (friendlof the bride).'bedspread; Tom Susie artd Barbara, cutleiy; Mary and Father, i bedspread; [ Elsje and


Flon nce, cut-glass salad i bowl and sei’Vd’s; Albert and family,; cheque; Jim and family, cheque; a .friend, book ends; R]isie and Joyce,


vase Ji i iliji


Mr.' and Mrs. Job my Barlow), fruit spoo'is; Beattie and Tom,' Angora c io t l : Aunt Alice, pillow set;' Mr. and Mrs, Bowker,; pillow - set; , Ethel, 'cut- glasj vases; Mr. ar d Mra, Johnstone, pyrex plates; all, at Laneside Farm, pyrek .dishes; Mr. and Mre. Sutton, bedspread; Cousin of the' bride, bed­ spread; Mr.; Briscoe- and' Edith, egg cups: and traV; Mr.' and Mm.!Bums, fruit dish; Mr, and Mrs. J-. Driver and family, cake pand;|! Mr. and Mrs. F. Driver, mixing bowl' and spoon;, | Mr. Dugdale and family, roasting psh; Margaret Waite, toyels. | | j


Mr. and Mis. Barlo . ,


ar^aret PRESENTATION,


thah'.. . , - -A pleasing jittle


ceremony took place in the Reading Room, on Friday night,! when' Mr. Robert Jackson, was presentediwith a; mahogany timeple-ie by members, , on his 'forthcoming'


e I' occasion of


main-iage. The i Martm), said that member of [he Ci ten years, durinj


glvdn'molt'he'l’p^ll'seVvice" Mr.l’T. J. Holrate, a vice-president, making the pre&ntation, said Mr. Jackson' had worked for him fot seven years during which time he found him an exception­ ally 'reliable worker. The members joined in wishing (heir colleague [much


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A sRlendii design!


variety | bf at a l l ; prices |


await! youi} ;inspection[ at the ■ I ;


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Advertiser & Timesj Office,


6 , MAR CET CLitH E RO E .


PLACE,


haripiness. res’bonded.


ecretary (Mrl H. Robert; had' bqen a -mmittee for gbout -hich- time'he had


low, teapot;


father and the then King of Prussia. But Bismarck was not i so edsily


make upffor lost time in 1940. England I Spanish politician 'who pffwed [the mav no ttonger be an island according j Spanish crown to Leopold. Bismarck to Nazi Wireless tirades, but the small made energetic representations to [the brook which divides us from that cess- Ring of Prussia in favour of the pro- pool of q Continent will be sufficient tp j ject,- pointing oqt that in the event of retard those destructive tanks which | ^ai- with France a | Spanish GoV( created havoc in the Netherlands tad in France It is now or never for Hitler, Since iflhis 1940 time-table is, more or less upset his 1941 time-table will be doubly disarranged, Dr. Goebbels not- withstarding. Incidentally in this; matter if propaganda, some of our British lewspapers ate surely making, too; much of the fact that the Germans lare' alwE.yk first in the field with news. for'the V e r ican Press. ; Of course .they;]


m'eht wTth German sympathies wbuld be'worth


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second time Leopold refused the offer, tn


on the


but even then Bismarck was-not done ■ than ever, and at length Leopold


with. He set to work moto funqusly .pj^g jyjjjg murd’ring, Plund’ring the standpohd of spect^^^^ fhnn ever, and at length Leopold


jo biiiuiLK


Spanish throne. | A uuu


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accepted with the approval, of King William which however waSjgiven wim


arei, and always will be unless we adopt' a heavy, very heavy, heart” the Nazi metnods,' which God forbid.' whole scheme, which; caused! a sensajion in Paris when it became known, held up at Madrid where it [vas to been rushed through the Cortes m fore Earis knew anything of the plot. Great prevailed' in the Paris


Before the German machines have left their aerodromes Goebbels has prepared the


American newspapers. Under fair and for;


reports for his radios and the


equal conditions there would be room lexcltement Offices


But whta the Nazis invent the news as wished they wif h i t to appear befoVe the events ;|;cabinet happen, only two things remain: We itrigue.”


criticism if we were always late.


.............. must either do [the cutrglas^l rip, . ,


out; in ceased in ! the before


Bfe'ay let'things rip., Truth will time. I Nazi lies have already


_____ Christmas arrives the entire world, r ot Britain only, will have ceased t o ' believe what emanates: from the doebbe s tract depot. In any event the;


;o have' the effect they created early days of the war. Long


issue m ent for seeing.


ing Jin-; is clearly marked.


wishes people


war it ice the has cut


F i


Nazi propaganda it is because he or she to be so influenced.


this world war is too transpar- anyone of intelligence to miss I f 'h e or sha is influenced by.


The divid-' Intelligent


are well aware who are the


gangsters. Once we begin to win this' ■ will become obvious how much Goebbels propaganda machine


— __,tles just ended Will-be remem­ r\ri n fTvOof CPOlP


ly well be that the series of air


bered m history as the first and classic 6X&U1P ^


soundljr


carried out entirely by the air arm and j gmigeion which had the eMct of mistake would be made" however if the


e of an offensive on a great scqle j routed by the defenders


presumption was that the defender must Eiways come off best. ' It depends who ti e defender is. Before this war is over it will be equally shown that


“ l l ^ k s r ^ K Britisb, R AH ata accept


nothin? Short-of remarkable that not'] one ( f the 'German 'aircraft which"! reached Croydon lived to tell the tale.(I Not a single man was able-to report to| nis conmander when he got back be-j cause he never arrived . across the Chanrel. This of course did not dis­ turb C'oebbels in the least, since he was! able to say how Croydon was destroyed; before his airmen s,et off. Some wanton havoc was wrought' by the enemy in the


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craft lave appeared in various parts of- the lountry. and bombed isolated cottages and machine-gunned the cottagers endeavouring to escape. ‘This calls for reprisals. I am not out for reprirals at i the expense ot doing damage to enemy military objectivesj


MESSAGE f r o m . DUNKIRK. A bottle' thrown intq the sea from


t i e beaches at Dunkirk in May has been washed, ashore oh the Isle of


m ilii 111 ni


iMan; It 'contdlHed the names and addresses'of some o f the men wait­ ing to be brought off by the famous r« scue fleqt of


small vessels.


officially j I stated that the ' scrap ,ous places qre In no


‘The need etal is


SCRAP STILL WAN'TED. for domestic ; scrap


sAnse 'surpluA,' but (part: o f the,, iserve supplies that will be dulckly brought into use..


BICYCllFlS GOING ( OVERSEAS. In' some parts of! the (country


there Is! said to be a. shortage o f I ew bicycles.! This Is explained by the fact that most o f tf)e bicycles


now being produced-t-sbine' 80 per qent.—are being exported.-


but b ifore long we shall beta a position to do both" ‘That we are still fighting to some extent in kid-gloves is ob’ i'ious when we have highly-placed leade .-s telling' us that whatever the 'Nazis do we shall not imitate them. If these leaders want this war to be fought a third time in 1960 they will do (their best to preserve as many Germank as they can.' i The Nazis already out- 'number us by some forty million. Be­ fore -he present centuiy- is out we may well find the Nazis out-numterhiE us


' not l y two to one as now,'but by three (or four to one. ‘Then what w,ll be thie chances of the coming gene:-ation qf 'BritiEhei-s resisting the overWhelmmg


li Nazik and probably without a single ' ally ? So I repeat what I haive stated 'bpioTe in this column, if we pave_any


desttoy them as we would an army qf rats] It is astonishing how' this criminal


gteat as ever, and it is" —over so many friends..' IVq are cer- talnfv


natipn manages to.win—or is it bribe'? fighting for a restored F ^ c e evident every that


amongst other war aims, comes more


of I ut power hu wno are oui to a s^ t him .in


havV not only been won over to .Hitler, to


ttiat grotesque enterprise. Hebe we have j o f truth in the assertion that we are | Ages are accepted generally referr- ................... ....


lower, but


acquiescence h


in Hitler’s|. bid t 10 ubsiai, iiuu im I While there may be a certain i taiount i xu o. w .— -------------„ — -Middle


theiie are two Frances, that one section maji'. be anti-Nazi, but fontiidable 'nest


Frenchmen "who for


tlorT that ' Mr. Churchill in his war review should bar, the doortp America


day that [here is. a


with the right time and we shAlI pr^ vail in the end over, ti e mpst; formid­ able threat of tytariny which’ the British Commonwealth has evet| faced. Whatever our losses; aj Mr. Churchill showed, time only adds to our strength; ^ ...........


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sending foqdstuffs to France Iqn the obvous grpund that such will only find their way into It is not so much what M.


foodstuffs Germ


Baudoum any.


remedied next time!bqt never ls,.R is ■ • " -,t the ramifica- the British are


lions of £in Empire' lik( (Continued foot of next Colutnn)'


astrously as It did." . To a correspondent;


beginning, and that,this defect will be I fltlgentli centuries durmg which.the


transition, from ancient to!( mqderr. civilisation was more or less cgmpleted. ■rile Renaissance followed, beginning u .


jenth centuries durmg ' 1 Italy. ............... it be­ IA ‘ om s™issiio


giving an intentional smlb to France by indicating that, there was nothing further to say. To mak^ sure e f the conflict Bismarck [ published the new offensive version of the telegran] .tne same evening in special editioiis of the


on wihw l


ne made' another -impoftant ,vme,n . imu


— —r --


Nazis, whose inferiority complex is now ! f„king‘ the Ems telegramrand pu tqd as a matter of cqurre.


M l u t B & to , ing the new version to


chief' would aggravated the


ief vocatively addressed


Munich, London and St. | Peteraburg a statement dor


that was


Pnissia on the promenade at Ems. The truth


to Berlin, M. "Benedetti, hac( pro­ addressed i the


offence by issuing in the French Ambassa­ King


be. i in'_,,. the


'course of his' abortive! offensive. And since it was called off single Nazi air­


of


that iKing iWmiam had French


Ambassador.


These communications, had the Result anticipated and intended by Bismarck. When King William resld. the papers he was alarmed and exclaimed’t That means war.” ‘The fact that the ensuing war


between Gqrmany, and Ftance


like other wars before and sines, had quite contrai-y and more far-redching


'differences at stake before it wak oyer does i not minimise | Bismarck s responsibility.


telegram became .famous.


rpHANK God for Winston Churchill. JL In the House of Commons the


‘That is (why .-thO Ems


the a!ttacker,ls top f l o g 'B u t the I ^ ‘“ [^“[^“ “ "p'lj^'Vnd'so'w^^ attackqr in due course will be the ,1 fppiingc nf the people in the direction not stopip at ilish-


the new version so that the mis-- '


inevitable. 1 He of


to know whether i the Bprlln ‘‘ in this in-


and Betlm. e same or- let things | agree to a Hohenzollern being j)ujt, on


The French were not likeh ii


o pu


'the tlu-one of Spain:[ 'it would [be a menace to their own dynas(y, Napoleon III being the 'then and!,Iast French


'monarch. The Prussian King William was taking the^cure at Ems and tele­ grams flew betweta him and IMsm irck.


I^marck set out to go jto Ems,but changed his mind after hurrying ;rqm


;Sie Pommeranian Forests to Bqrlin. ' Despite everything Leopold reagned his candidature for the Spanish throne. ’ILis was a striking diplomatic success


for the French and an equally severe diplomatic set-back for Bismarck, ^ w comes the famous' telegram. ] TOe accusation 'is that ; Bismarck by his wording of it gave it| a mdaning which was quite contrary to his King’s washes


and which rendered' war pith Ranee as certain as prior'events could .make it. 'He first made twp senttaces follow each other which m l the original text had been separated ,py an important qualification which . piade all the difference! to the meaning.


was


Foreign Earn


concerned "m this .................. y to


SLAIDBURN Monday evening next, at 7-^45. has


been fixed for the presentation o f a combined oak bureau and bookcase with a revolving chair df .the same wood, to Mr. Clack, the (former Curate o f Slaidburn. The proceed­ ings wiU take place in the (Mission Room. ‘I’he gifts may still be seen at the Rectory by-the parishioners.


(Continued from preceding Cfelumn), so extensive and incalculable that it is of


inevitable period way.


point we


The Nazi system from the view­ solely


time of


to get properly under ' swift


organisation


might even make of the British Empire an efficient machine.which would act in perfect unison on the pressure of^a button, but that [is not to say.it would in the end have' a hundredth part of the-


inferior system achieves. without


a soul take a considerable lave


But .the y/as


'Nazi crew.


In time, no doubt, will meet their Waterloo,* , ,


And once again the glorio is will shine ■


On a world more sane, more ful, more divine.


sun peace- J.P.P.


soon fdrget’’ The W zard of Oz. ’ V- yictor I Fleming,


iviuou/ai^, orget


Courageous” md other weat pictures, j ■•»—--yn LeRoy produced,


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_____ m- corps,


to, I say


nothing of the increased-prestige lall- ing to Prussia if a Hohenzpllern were seated


said as the language he used, which fits' in with Nazi language fh^t out


,


sheer kindness of heart one can only assume his radio speech imjprepai'ed;


forlhim by Dr. Goebbels., This Freniih- mah’s remarks are really humordus when one considers the temper of the French Government when it was one of the-belligerents. Then talk of sending foodstuffs into Holland or Belgium .^ s ' laiighed out of court. Now it I®, a crime


when the British intend to withhold] it, so [lit may not be handed ovpr to, the


over seen to stand wffhout a I newspaper reportmg Baudoum’s 130 the! Nazi F W remarks hM an account of an Inq^ry


a Nazis. Incidentally the next colimnj in jugt peen made in Francdas


to'availabie foodstuffs, and this version assured readers there was nothing] to fear from the point of view of a short­ age so long-ras the Nazis kept their hands off the sUpply. Baudouin;canfaot expect to have it noth ways. | Fortjm- ateiy he is already answered by pis colleague Petain. “ Germany,’’ sbys Petain, “ has promised us that these foodstuffs will be i raserved for bur civilian population.” The saiie^rtj of promiK they gave about ti e Frtach fleet presumably. However, this puts the lid on, so to speak: In an inter­ view with a New- York newsptaer Marshal Petain is reported as say ipg ; “ I do not pretend that my GOvemipent is'jfree. Tne Germans hold the ropes, and twist it whenever they consper that an agreement between carried out.” We. may well 1


US is I lave


that. ■


mentioned last week-which was faked 1 eaung grass, by Bismarck. It is a lohger story than I have room for here. In, short it pre­ cipitated the Francb-German ^ wai-. of IfflO, the source of 'the trouble being Uie^ nomination of a Hohenzollem, Kince Leopold, for the Spanish throne, Bismarck played a double game from the beginning., While pretendmg it was purely a family matter, v


„ ' " d e f . ' l i r o f t h f I ’


....... ...................-— ;------ I lem, Bismarck was ---------- 0 costly was the prelimmary; | strings behind the scenes with thm op­ to Nazi plans for the invasion | iect of completing the transactioil m


concerned only the House oflHohenzol- Bismarck was ,as usual pulfing


Germany’s favour. He was defeated in the first -instance-by the! refusf of Leopold to accept the offer, which refusal had the approval both ofhhis


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N A Z I L IE S


“ Eggs in Great Britain are 10s. the half^ozen. [Potatoes are' 3s. 6d. a pound. A pound of standard tea costs £ 2.’’—German Broadcasts.


J JE R R HirLER’S li&rs &11


And' o f our'awful plight so loudly prate.


That’s why Aheii silly bunk they circulstG''


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Lying’s ah a ft the Nazis cultivate, Eals,e news they seiid to every Neu­ tral State;


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Bigger the lie, !the: better ’twill go T down . ;


Is a maxim o f the uncouth German clown.


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According to Herr Hitler’s rotten Press,


We Britishers are in. a frightful mess; ,, '


M en t is so .scarce that horses'now we slay,*


And for our food enormous prices V.


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pay.


Huge numbers of bur ships are be­ ing sun k ,.


We soothe-our shattered nerves by getting !drunk. I


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By the fabricating, evil-minded Hun.


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Although they claim to be so strong and wise,


The cracked-brajped Huns |dont seem to realise'


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They only makefi our sides' with laughter ache.


When lying statements so gbsurd '■ they make.


They hoodwink Neutrals with S s - ' ’ ’ ”


To lampoon us, the Go(]fpfsaken group


To' any kind o f silliness will stoop.


Their losses In the air have been so great


' -.


That to their dupes the truth they dare not state;


Whene’er "his yarns the wllj- Nazi spins,


•


The clever German fighter always wins.


This Is, we know, a most outrageous lie.


When o’er our isle the German bombers fiy.


The way our skilful airmen, shoot them down


Fills Britishers with pride li| every town.


We neither'need! to bluster nor to lie


The rightness o f our capse to justify;


Our aim’s the pow ers'o f darkness to defeat.


That life for all!may .be more full and sweet.


their were


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And other strange, fantastic yarns • are spun


’ . . satellites are.


They know, full'veil, they’re riding for a fall,


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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, ^nd Friday at 7-3^, Sgtui^y at 6


and«il5.


Wednesday, &;30, Saturday JS-lSj i A E. W. AUSON’S GREAT


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“ a It th e ' 'VllLLA R o s i '* by th^ author of ‘Four Feathers” which


has had such a successful cinema run, is showing this jveek. It is a murdef mystery, trae; but one written by i master, of the Icraft. A wealthy of lady, with a ciAze for ■ spirtualism. strangled during! a seance: the mediui is missing: the! jewels, motive of th| murder,' are found in a secret safe ip the house. Thdre are signs that I the medium, has: been kidnapped, -tad there starts a .really clever story tj will!tax',the audience’s efforts toApi Iprit. j [Keneth Kent is 11


famous Inspector Hanaud who, reseni


Ihg 1 questions,' follows his : clues in seemingly haphazard manner, an| finally fits the pieces of the puzzle t gether in a way that is; to say the leas], startling. Judy Kelly Is impres­ sive: as a truly psychic medium wh,o aids the 'final Unmasking of the mur­ derer and giyeA further proof pf hta abilities as a dramatic actress; and Antoinette Celljer, Peter Murray Hill and Walter Rilfe round off; the cast of a gripping, skilful picture; | Kent, who is Liverpool porn, and 'Rilla weire


assbciated in “ (Luck of the Navy,’’ as wa^Miss Kelly, an Australian who first


ca:,nf(


!e to England in 1932. ALL[ 'THE WEEK-


“ THE WIZARD OF OZ.”


lived on the'stage for thirteen yea: and the princlrial reason was that it an'original idea.”


T This is the explanation 'of L. Frank L v


Baum, the author of the story, for its success, according to VictoF Flemicg, director of Metro-Goiqwyn-Maye ■! Technicolour musical spectacle ba&;d on the tale, and coming oniMondayjfn- I thd entire weekl.


' For thirty years all American children—everybody from ;eight to; §0, ■in fact-have loved this most entertain­ ing of all fairy stories—the story of Little Dorothjj, the farm girl who is blown away .by a cyclone and finds fta- tastic adventure In the Land of Oz. (^ The stoiY is told exactly as in the


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book but with the mort lavish prodde- tion probably ever given a musical romance.- Judy Garland plays Ddrothy. Frank Morgan tts the mysterious wizard. Ray Bolger is Dorothy’s friend, .thr Scarecrow; Bert Lahr the Cowartil; Lion; and Jalik Halev the ’Tin Wopd man; Billie' Kurke is the| Good Fairy and' Margaret Hamilton j the Wicked Witch. It wojild take far too long to tell you all aboht the gnomelike Mun :h- kihs, played by .nearly two hund;-ed midget actors In a mlniatqre city; he Flying Monkeys; the towering grCen Emerald'City with its bealitiful people; thb gorgeous magic Poppy Fields,'and the rest of the spectacuiai- scenes, i/nd to! appreciate hem you’ll'have to hear “ Over theRainbow,” “ If I Only Ha'l a Brain,” ‘-‘ The Merry Old'Land of (?z,” “ Ding Dong,” and the rest of the clever numbers and c ances that E. Y. Harbirg and Harold Al len wrote into the score. Musically,, dramatically, and


.


h is C The wizard ot' Oz ’ ) is the only musical show I know of thgt


Wednesday and


Mopday 6-0 and 8-{l5, Tnesdaj to and 8-15.


7-30, Saturday, 2-15, W),


LODER MYSTERY THRILLER, ONLY the most observant of patrons


Monday, Tdeeday, Thnnday, aaA ' Friday at 7\30. Wednesday and'' Satoraay at 6:0. and 8-15, Matiaoe Saturday at 2»15.


! r .will be able! to pick out the (killer


before he is denounced in the thrilling climax of “ Mprder Will Out,” in which John Lqder and Jane'Baxter (read' a fine cast. Loder is seen as a doctor who buries himself in his hobby of collecting jade to ;escape the sneers pf i his wife’s (friends who think he married for money. ' ’The loVe qf the doctor and his wife is strained to freaking point. That is how the story opens, and it. traces their .lives to when a murder taked place in their! house indirectly as a result of the doctor’s hobby. Loder land (Miss Baxter give fine characterisations, while Frederick Birtwell and Hartley Power shine as two disarming (crooks. Billy Hartnell gets plenty of laughs as an engkgingly insolent butler, [and 'Peter Croft is ad­ mirable as the 'doctor’s sheering brother-in-law. [ As: a picturd which has ' got you beat' to the very end. Murder Will Qut ” iis excellentl


'' A ; capital entertainment is -also


afforded by the Pathetone Parade of 1940; in which Ithe artistes appearing this ;week include the famous cqmedian Rob! Wilton (’IMr.i Muddlecombe ” ); Toddy Brown,-1 zylophonist; Norman piano;


Long—a sipile, andjMantoygni


a song, and a and his Band.


“ TORCHY PLAYS WITH DYNAjVnTE.”


MS latest, o f 3the Warner Bros, (comedies having to do with the


adventures of. the famous girl reporter, Toychy Blane', is the feature attraction in the early part of next week.[ Especial interest attaches to this particular ‘Torchy picture,' becquse it brings to the screen another, actress in thb role of the" girl newdiawk. Jane (Wyman,


small, blonde-haired and brown-eyed, is now Torchy.( ‘There is another actor in !the part of her policeman boy­ friend, Lieut. I Steve McBride, also, Allen Jenkins is no especial liovelty to fllm 'fans, in gny sort of role. The film retains Tom Kennedy, vqteran of the' series, as (Gahagan, -Steve’s dumb assistant and chauffeur. | ■‘ iTorchy Plays With Dynamite” Is


perhaps a trifle siyifter than any of ;h'e' previous fast-moving Torchy 'pic-i


tuires. It begins with Torchy lanalqg' in! prison and theie meeting a shop­ lifter called Jackid. Jackie leads her to! San Francisco iq search of a fugi­ tive bandit with Steve and the dumb Gghagan after them, and following a series of thrilling events Steve captures Denver Eddie after one of the funniest wrestling matches ever filmed.' In support I is the serial “ Heavy


Ojlds,” and a further . Doilald Duck comedy.


j IHE I , i I


3EAD END KipS" WASH THEIR .1


! FApES.


Angels With Dirty Faces” have been cleaned up tad will be


fiom not


dilrector- of' “ Captt.lns


directed it tad Mer. For a stoiY that will bring back;your youth, and,'if you have youth, make it happier for many a long year, it’s w(-rth going to some trouble to see this-hi^hly entertaining £ 11-family picture.


Cl a rk g a b i .e & joan c r a w f iRd AT


I THE 4 iALTO, BLACKBURN.


•M.G.M.’s “ Strange Cargo,” adapted from a novel by Richard Sale. A casi Headed by Clark Gable and Joan CtaWr ford etches eVery characterisation mto the minds ofjits audience.


desperadoes tad a woman who escape a South Ame -ican penalj colony, and it presents a group of( performtaces which' would do credit to half a-ahjen ordinary feature prograihmes. A', tne, head of the supporting group must be placed Ian Hunter for his deft porr trayal of the mysterious | stranger Cam- breau, who subtly influences the lives of all around hin. Frank Borzage, d'rect- ing, (has interwoven ( the clatalng physical forces of the stoi'y with its underlying spiritual theme in si ch a way that he (achieves tpe complete en­ thrallment of the beholder, gripped by the melodrama and the upiquq


jiackground.'•'I ■


effect which our present alleged A machine


man behind it. When the_ British are not defending a perfectly made mari­


'dSending 'rhe Commonwealth they are I frrmLasTc'Tdea"to"actuArperfoririance, ................


is dependent on the -i E


onette show, but a show of living Pjeqes each endowed with flesh and blood and with brains enough at ( least to think for themselves. The Nqzi gang­ ster at the top of his pedestal says


' ■ “ , " A - . ^ ______ _


CHARLES ! HUNCpBAi REM^


" AUGHTON in ‘jTHE


achievertient in ev'ei7 departjmeilt .............................. irfor


K OF NOTRE DAI1E.’| KABLE and ' convi icing


---------1- “ The Hunchback' of Notre,Dane,” 'a


“ leave all to me.” And they do.. And that is why the Nazis will fail m the long run however spectacular thmr


Prime; Minister gave a masteriy review of the war. Even that is not enough. Mr. Churchill adds to his gift fqr ad­ venturous phraseology a. just apprecla-


npppratp'; our achievements; He I will not be the maenmes, even u uiey presentf a perfectly balanced picture are tanks but the men w h ^ of the situation as it_is, andjpresents 1 quer in the end. _Eyen, thq^Fren^^^


glosses over our weakiiesses nor


icgald for future generations nf. Brit- gnemy, and not less 'fairly well the isheijs we wUl not spare,the


it in a ca “


fairly^elTTta^^^^^^ opt.^ assets we possess at hoine andj Abroad


•with which to counter those resources. And without, a word of boasting he inspires a quiet confidence that we have but to use those assets with the right will, the right spirit aiid the right standard of eficiency 'doupled


He Neither [ the men ^ S l^ e r e but j waj of .


, the | j— ^ the


aid of 'France—actually we sent much nearer ten times the number I he men- tions-the French, authoritips were more than satitae-d with tbq I number of men transported fr om ^ g la n d to France. And W the.French had pl^ed their parts instead, of


successes in the first half of the struggle. ‘The sepre at half-time may be in their .favoui), but they are playing against the wind and rain in the second half and the machine s6on falls out of gear. Plqsh and blood and the ability to devise 'expedients to fit the situation belong' to the people who are brought up: to rely on themselves, and they will invariably tnuniph over the “ leave all to me” croWd, oyer machine-made ; minds, y!ho, tading things go wrong have not iniUatiye to set them right'without the aiq of ond man? France fell in part because she was so mightily impressed [by the machine, the 'Maginot line; that she game (to believe before the (collapse 'that the Magihot line was eyqrj’thing and to forget that the machine short Or long depends upon the mar it. .That truth was realised , and to-day the .Maginot Ime eiosts , as a lesson - to future military Com­ manders. as a warning not to put your


magnificent (and 'awe- nspumg idap- tion of Viqtor Kugo’b world fqmqus novel, presents Charles Laughton m the 'starring role! Showing; next week, the 'film, vastly itoperior in every respect to past effortslto interpret this spAcious and highly. | absorbing. story, is A per­ sonal triumph for Laughton,^ jvhose characterisation of ,the crippled bell- o f i Notre Dame cathetaal is


without quAation his crowning contribu­ tion to the! screen. Equally notqble .is


stage and Sfreen celebrities headed by Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Maureen O Hata, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Marsheil, Ed­ mond O’Brien, Han'v] Davenport and K a t h e r i n e ' A l e x a n d e r . |


takingly'poArerful on the screen,] The Hunchback bf Notre DAipe ” is a power­


Simple iij. the telling but .bire^-


ful story of loyalty, love and sacrifice, moving swiltly and in'impressivA style against its vast panorama of mPdieyai settings; Arid characters astir j with


primitive emotions. ‘Thanks to the re­ creation' of such mammotto historic Parisian landmarks as! the cathedralof Notre Datiie, the Salnt-Chapelle,. the Court of Miracles ahd the Palais ;ae Justice,! Arid thanks] to the record number' of [atmosphere playera-3.500- whlch people the massive settm;s, the pageantry ."spirit and colour of the Pqris of King Louis XI Are vividly and realistically recaptured.


.i.t


H E A L T l A O THE HEED.


DilETi Tuberculosis. contagious abortion faith in the, Magmqt line” even the Jibelr


ivstate of rottenness within might not 'W e been sufflcient'to brmg down tbA whole ediflce'as suddenly and as.


Is- ' h ^


M. Baudouin broadcasting his indlgna- j never ready for A war, ’specially at the 1 jng to the period between the(mth and ■


and mastitis are pausing, .leripus losses to |Our dairy, herds ahd the pockets o f their owners. It is the dAlryman's duty as well^as his Interest to do -all he can to limit these losses; and-there Is much (he


'can do,'quite apArt! from any State scheme to eradicate' these d sea 8es.| The Mi: ilstry of .Agrlcultur j ’s pew


Growriior 5 leaflet. No. 23, “ l iseases, o f Dairy Dows,” free bn application; to the Ministry at Motel lindum, St. Ahnes, LythamrSt. Anne 5, deals


with . the steps that can be taieiii It co v e r s . recognition and control o f th e 'd is e a s e s 'and prqventiye.


treatment, I I-“ Strange daigo” is. the stoi-y .p:: six .


departure from traditional screen( entertainment is furnished this week by'


COMPLETE And thri'lin^


seen on Thursday, in their, latest Warner B r o i , j3icture, “ The Angels Wash ‘Their Faces” ‘The “ tihgels,” of eburse are the famed Dead End Kids— Bfily Halop,] Bernard Purisley, Leo Gbrcey, Huntz - Hall,, Gabriel Dell and Bobby Jordan. ( i


! ■ (Slightly reformed and this time on


the side of the (law, the Dead End Kidp affe placed in a slum! tenement heigh-i bourhood. Here, they co-operate with city authorities in .bringing tqjustlce a giing of adult criminals. iTne Dead enders set out -to gather evidence against the.gang, headed by Eduardo, Ciannelli, for | two reasons—first, be­ cause one of! their number was burned to death in A tenement blaze set by the ring, and, seco: id J because one of their cjiib members, [Frankie Thomas, has been framed' a id the blame pinned on; him. Sponsored -by Ann[ Sheridan,' Frankie’s sister, and Ronald Reagan, deputy district attorney, 'the young­ sters succeed in electing BJlly Halop “imayor” in .Biys Week, who, in turn, appoints them to.-.his “cabinet.” They immediately proceed to take matters ihto their own hands.


|j Supporting pictures are “.The Isle of I 1


fechantment,' a delightful interest film, and the comedy, “ Hit and Run.”


1.ANCASHIRE! FEDERATION WANT


MORE EGGS.


ITtHE JL Poultri- ire


'Ministry of *


—gs .raised, Saturdas


the Horwichpociety describing the Egg Price Fixing Committee as; qecadent. as the Lancashire, prices had ranked amongst th'e lowest in the country for some we,ekk.


Jon, over ((Blackburn' ’The'ques'


. !' AWAmNci NEW ORDER.


Mr. E Cjoates' (presiderit) said both the retail And | wholesale prices were


.now fixed ard they could'not.go beyond that. Unii the new order came into being from thej Ministry of Food, the best way Wbs to I fix prices Accordtag to grades. He agreed that the price fixed by the Mini itiy was not a market price according jto costs of production on


supply and demand. i (


shire- !Poultrv- War; Emergency Committee to use all their powers to ' get (helprice |Of eggs increased.


It was decided to urge the Lanca­


' A further resqlution was sent to the Minlstiy of Food stating'that to Allow the cost of. feeding stuffs to increase without making a commensurate in­ crease in the price of eggs was,neither Ireasonablej nor just.'


; | FOOD; SHORTAGE. |


, Cofflplain;ts were mari^ about the serious shortage of feeding stuffs and Mr, M. J. Winward (Bolton) said it was unfair to Allow, the backyard poultry, keqper onp 'pound of grain per bird per week when!.the! man who had to make Iris living 'out of the industry could not get anything like that amount.


LaWashire Federation of P-- _._itr^ Societies arettp bring all


'he pressure (to bear they [can on the - ■ ■ ” Food to get. the price of


_______ ibn arose on a letter from


which Mr. ! G. Warren presided. ’ j I ■


This decision (Was taken meeting of the organisa-


A Man To Save France


i\lt/lHERE Is there a'man wpd will ’ ” I save 'I’rance ? This was the' cry th a t rose |from.


the II horroi-stricken and terrified people o f Trance when the nfighty German tAnks began to rumblei overi the fair fields o f Picardie and th e ! fertile valleys of the Alsne. when the Nazi thunder soupded in the [Place ie la Concorde and the tramp o f C erman jackboots echoed in the Champs-Elysees. . | |


l|n theii/desperate hour of need ' for the


Only


from the o f 'those tljelr CO' refused t' horlourat o f ; Franc PQljtage.


eakness and e” il c'oli ho were ijeady tq betray


ntry. Only (one; man, ...make terms with a dis- e enemy a id sell [he soul


Tile nj


e for - a m 3ss of political ame o f that man


Gaulle— 1 1 .French . received .nation’s


only them years


forces. When [all


the cjf of


"rulers when ago


the


General' who scorn


L De the


he warned growing


power of (the-German war ma'chine and the |mportance|of tank And air


Immediate hope for


France left his (country lii order


[as lost, Geb' eral Dq (Gaulle


the free men o f France to the fight against the enemy] ering thousands o f his' own coun­ try’s sailors, goldiers and| alrmea into a force which dally ( grows larger ajnd larger, 'h e now


to rally dntlhue Gath-


I makes ^ ^ , __ - - ___ ___


not done too badly yet, a lot of poultiy- keepers had not reduced their flocks. Theyj were! living in a fool’s paradise. He nad been rqaucing his flock for ' “ months. I


Mr, J. 'Ward' (Blackburn) urged that i


grow gran mg stuffs “


! |: - ■


in the ploughing campaign more'and more I farmers should be I compelled to '


ought to ,-dvlse poultry-kee .pers on how substitute mashes.


to feed tlfeir birds on su‘ ........ The c;


. . Ah enonpousi amount! of scrap food,


which; equld 'b e ' ....................... food, 'was being, their attention to that; gather — telling poultry-keepers .to redqce their flocks toe Ministry , would be doing a


public service.' ' I. »' "t if=======d=: JUIilPING RATS.


'a which would help the feed- position.


ADVICE WANTED. airman said' itoe Ministry


now form a part of;the Armigs of too Allied Pqrces in Britabi tare men who, .during tl


lAra'ong _________ ___ ______


'Pqltad, BOON


to toati.rather tnm to I


.e past year, have'fought to Norway and i in Fttace.


'I OR r 920,00i). IPENSIONERS.


e wata^ta ^ S im i^ ■ ithe firsd payments were .1 made, no rather thm to


pensioner^.


(Up to the first week of August, when . tt an ' 920.000 supplementary


j,een granted to old age . ;i


ADVl CE ON LEGWEAR.


Experlmeiits made' recently at 1'm en how — . Oxford to discover hdw high a rat


could jump tp obtain (food revealed I stockings that some could reach within.three inches o f a .table 2ft. 9In.


floor. o; from the | ufactureifa


Ipg purcha ises and their use o f sf t o ;; war-time . conditions.'


With tljle object o f advising wo-' best 'to adjust their stock-; JIk


................


s lK- ,


'fhe leadlig flrmsiof silk hose man- are


lined advertising campaign. o^rganlsing; a corn­


POLES A PART. toe thousands I of Pqles who


Mr.; Coates (said toe; feeding stuffs 1 from th i lr country, position'was serious'. Becquse they had '


ready, ihi England for the hour when he will order all FreelFrench-, hien to rise and drive ithe; enemy


Here, [then. Is the mah: whom


France lias prayed for.; Htae Is th& man who will save. France.;


BIGGEST BRITISH SINCE TH^


D PICTURE WAR.


EDKSA’TED to khe miners of • England “The'Stars liOok Down,”


A. J. Cxmin's story of the men who ' keep Britain’s greatest industry alive, . is showing this week-end: ( It is the most an.bitious picture, to be presented in the country since the war began. Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lock- wood, and Emlyn Williams, ‘w ith' a first-rat'! cast of British artistes are seen in this fine epic film. Much of Its backgro md was actuairy shot at a big colliery in CUmberlana. ' It is there . that th ! story has its motif. Robgrt Fenwicl, an (old experienced miner,.; knows nat the Scupper Flats- part' of the mil e is urisafe, but the owner re­ fuses t ) do, anything (aboUt it. An unofflcl il strike ends with looting, in the coirse of which Jde Gowlan, son of a iriner. ambitious and unscrupu­ lous, pt rlolns ihoney and starts aJxwk- maklng business oh Tyneside. David, son of Fenwick,. wins a scholarship; to a university, bpt lets ambition slide to marry he girl whom Gowlan has dis­ carded for “ bigger* fish , The,latter blossoirs as buyer ,fcr a foimdry, negotia:es with the own^r of the-qum- berlanc 'pit for coking coal, and .this means the re-opening of the dreaded Scuppe • Plats workings Prom that point you-get stark dra)na.


ALL ‘THE WEEK.


GARY COOPER IN “ THE REAL GLORY.’


I^ARY COOPER, Andrea Leeds and David Niven are the trio of stars


who head the top-notch cast of Samuel Goldwyn’s “ The Real 'Ilory,” the|'ex­ citing j and fast-moving adveriture-


drama [which opens for the week epm- ing Monday next. ■ tJoper plays 'a strong, he-man role


with his usual fine flat' for acting and. timing.! Miss Leeds is excellent as,the' romantic heroine, and Niven, who((lias


'T 7 0R reasons whll fectly obvious IT


source o f .the, followl I have received froil man'describing whi be “ a true.and soif ous Incident” of witness],when on p| wqeks'ago.;


' " vife tvere proceed face,,lirirather-/a roJ


became'! necessary,, account of approac craft,


j Our submri


water! at.id' depth q within a'very few sd


tag the' warning. A enemy had evldentj


we were bombed soif “ Actually the


about three minutej


an age; to us as v f waiting fo r the nel And In', the interval


but observe the facd me. , One. seamaq


sUently; another \v^ gaged in cleaning and I'Was reminded friend; Syd Walker.| en t question:! ‘Wha chum?’” ;


' *'f|\” ELL,,tlmedr8 ’ " seemed, p r


h a d gone out, da caused (by the first feeling! of tension w each passing secon|


“ ’There Is norr


’ absenci) pf noise diving submarine,


been climbing to stard im by leaps and bounds! turns hi an all-round stiiTing . performance, A first-rate supporang cast, headed b y ; Reginald Owen. Kay Johnson, Vladimir Sokoloff (ana Russell Hicks,; is i niformly good throughout.


Henry Hathaway directed “ The Beal • ‘ ' ' I


.was dhected with terrliic' suspensA(and ‘gusto, so that it provides one of| the most breathtaking screen battles' seen in a picture in many t moon. ('(The Real Glory ” was di eoted from a screen-play written, by Jo Swerling, and it abounds in thrills, roniance,


Gloiy’! with plenty of excitement [and gun-plAy and with pier ty of accent on ' the romance and. adventure Ir]]the - script, i The big battle sequence, which, provides the film with i smash clima^


certain o f recelylntj ecutlng them quick T h e Interminable (Ml and on; };he cH


- h ead sounded like hammer bn an ahvi


■ ^ “ feuidenly thern crash!! 1 Jumped ln|


‘ The next Instant,! poked his headiarol and, as he picked f t in dishes 'which 1 he asked; ‘ Shall now, sir ,or when and all this In a md


■ voice. I He didn’t sel many rowly


dramatic entry] “ Somebody gav


action! and colour. Briefly the story revolves around the heroism and dare- devilry of the Philippine Scoutq'who were left to'police the/turbulent laltads after the American Army was .qyacu- ated I at the end /of toe ^paiiish- American War.' ‘The peace •of(toe islands was left: in'constant


because the fierce/Moro tribesmen’ re­ treated to the hills and there fomented a dreadful religidus warfare. GPldwyn • brings; to the production of Glory


jeopardy “The, Real His usual lavish prodijiftioa


touch'plus an lincanny sense of realism and brilliance [of 'setting. Although compAny did :iot go on location; .Gold­ wyn has given toe picture authentic settings. unfoiFgettably beautiful photo­ graphy


seguein es. In :s


£nc6S an-d .Goldwyn at' his' best,


that '((‘“ Thq course, that


romance, --------------


;sumining up, it must'be reported i —


magnificent ' ■


* ‘


'“l^a’l G l o r y '------ ------ _ e' hoc


la • ---------- m


missed—if youiike a generous quota of adventure' and drama


erly iptegratep when you lea^ye home to'


tlis a picture not ----


, , . ^


find ‘relaxaticin and entertalnm rour Ifavourit: movie theatre. njust be sqld that


out'stfjnding.


int to Again


Gary'Copper is


. outdoor ' ! 1'


is Sariiuel 'yviiich means, o f


to be prop-


chuckle; then we t T h e feeling o f reile strain, o f a few moi really'marvellous;


. “ ■ Incidentally”


were ' dropped i or Good luck to you] ro e arid district.'


I !KilEW of; Mr.) Ibrig before .|li|


'and [methods.- 1 principally concern odlcal branch o f I


'B ro th e r s ’ enterpi foundation Of “Al


Tswiftjmultlpllcatlol tlons] and there Isl doubt that his wll all; parts'pf the ctj estimable value t o i -They! showed thell this by electing h l i ate, for Mr. Aspdel the Harriisworth £ a seat on the Boa


IW I T H Alfred ^ 7 (to become


now almost' leg! Korthcllffe, .Mr. ‘ ‘ The Sunday Co set a| new style In') ismi just as surel; Mall!’, among nev because so many i


ally, A local cofH o n . learning o f - tlj dlstlrigulshed Clltl associated for so plorieers who modetn journallsn Northclifle, who the revolution! InJ


heart attack averted (vvhj


mm THE GRAND YORK STREET


AT THE THE PALLADIUM, DUCK STREET. KING


IRES? PICTURE HALL.I


knew the editor, I <the| late Mr. Ney “ Sunday Compa


big sale in this L merits o f the Jouj to; hold its read’ea very, well lndeed| what avidity


■ followed the serll K . Hocking.


The riew rellglol its "stunts,” ju s t q


had,' and I . recall I d en ’s i devices fotf salelbf his paper-] children In a) “Bill trlbutlon dflfilror most BUCcesMul th e importation Jordan water for| tlta! award o f dls medals to Sunda o f 25 years’ exp Bold ■watches for i to r e puzzles andj identification o f i tlons o f the ipap (


T REMEMBER — .frell for, ■wlthl the!family, I woi] la s t long, as an i to whether there) end' o f every slldlf a t the extreme e ment. The only ',


. t o ppU- the thlnd proved that thba


, a t the top and bcL -the; telescope, as) th e (sections baclf some, boyish prbcl arrived at the c l -Aspden had cjhel telescope and wM


/years. later arid ;] ■we/j had - a good Incident.


' The names ]Hq , household words]


h e really, loved t| came here o f ter ch a ts 'With him' a In the town. Grid cjuay-at Ostend,]; _ Clithetoel even 't| thinki that I sha


■ maculate, and" d l aga)n,


/:- k s a i j lU : ' ’i'll


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