Leaves Wharf; "Victoria"
Also Falls A mishap occurred at the wharf just below the Customs Jetty on Friday as cinema pictures were being placed aboard the Augusta motor launch. It seems, that just at the moment the prints were about to be handed to the boatsman the motor boat somehow pulled away from the wharf and the coolie handing the prints to the boatsman let go and down went "Snow White" and Victoria the Great"
Lieut, Wolsiefer immediately notified Cmdr, C, E. Braine, of the Augusta and arrangements were made for divers to try and locate the "Dwarfs" and "Victoria," The prints could not be located as they evidently had been washed away, by the swift Whangpoo currents.
"Snow White" had just been insured through Mr. Bruce Jenkins, local insurance agent, for the largest amount ever placed on a motion picture, Arrangements by cable have been completed for the replacement of the lost copy to be sent from Hollywood by Clipper mail, which will reach here in time for the Shanghai opening. Postage cost for this print will amount to approximately U.S.$350, Arrangements had been made by Lieut. P. Wolsiefer of the USS.
Augusta and Mr. Leon Britton of RKO
Christians Allowed In The ex-minister, Dr. Hayes wrote, opened the town gates wide to those who could produce a Bible, proving that they were Christians.
The main fly in the personal ointment of the nine Americans in Tenghsien is the ban on the purchase of supplies in the town's shops. The shops, however, Dr. Hayes remarked, have nothing to sell anyway.
The Amegicans are living on stores laid in at the outset of the fighting. These stocks were expected {o last them approximately six—weeks more.
There was, however, an acute shortage of kerosene and oil, and an even greater shortage of news from the outside world.
For their lamps, the Americans were said to be using bean oil. There was, however, no substitute for news. The Americans receive no letters or newspapers, nor do they have a radio set.
On March 27, six days before the letters were posted, the Americans heard the thunder of guns in the distance, but did not know whence it came.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Hayes are 80 years old and have been living in China for 55 years. Dr. Hayes is on the staff of the theological seminary.
The others Americans in Tenghisen include: Dr. and Mrs, A. B. Dood:
Miss Alma Dodds; Mrs. R. M. Allison and child; Mrs. Mzrtha A. Remington, and Mrs, M. A. Hopkins.
All are associated with can Presbyterian North
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