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The Nazi "State Commissar for the Creation of Work," Dr. Guenter Gercke, who has been arrested by the order of Cap-
tain Goering on suspicion of breach of trust and embezzle- ment. (S. & G.)
AUSTRALIA
3 SURVIVORS
OF AIR LINER
DISASTER
Wreckage Of French
Mail Plane Found.
REMAINING FOUR OCCUPANTS
FEARED DEAD
Wreckage Discovered
Naples, To-day.
The wreckage of the giant French air-liner which crashed in the Appen- nines on Monday last, while flying through a storm en route to Bagh- dad, was discovered yesterday. Three of the seven occupants were
still alive.
Distress messages were picked up from the ill-fated liner, stating that she was encountering a violent storm. An ominous silence followed the 6.0.S. and military aero- planes were immediately CRICKET LAW despatched to search the
DESIRE NEW
Umpires May Rule Body-
Line Bowling.
DATES FOR 1934 TESTS
mountain range.
Among the four passen- gers were Mr. John Van Cleff. an American and M. De Libes, an official in the Colon- ial Service of French Indo- China.
Melbourne, To-day. The remaining two were both Cricket, umpires may have an- French, one being a woman. The other responsibility shouldered on machine carried a crew of three. The Australian Board ofe name of the three sur- Control, who have banned "body,vivors have not yet been divulged.
Reuter. line" bowling in Australia, has," suggested that the umpires should
them.
be entrusted with the task of cli- BERT HINKLER'S
minating "body-line" bowling.
The Board has recommended to their submmittees that an addi tional Inw should be added, and are new asking for M.C.C. co-opera- tian.
The suggested law is.-
Any bail delivered, which, in the
BODY FOUND
IN APPENNINES Australian Airman's Mystery Solved.
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SENATE PASSES INFLATION LEGISLATION
GOLD, SILVER RATIO APPROVED
PRESIDENT GRANTED
WIDE POWERS
WAR DEBTS MAY BE PAID IN SILVER UP TO G$200,000,000
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
THE UNITED STATES SENATE YESTERDAY PASSED THE FARM RELIEF BILL AND THE INFLATION BILL AFTER ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE INFLATION BILL, THE CLAUSE PERMITTING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO ACCEPT: $200,000,000 IN SILVER AS PART PAYMENT OF WAR DEBTS,
SOVIET JAPAN
FRICTION OVER
C.E.R. GROWS
Harbin Paper Demands Return Of Stock.
"EVEN IF MANCHUKUO. HAS TO RESORT TO ARMS"
Harbin, To-day.
FRENCH AVIATRIX DUE AT KAI
TACK AT: Z P.M.
Left Shanghai Ón 800-Mile Hop To Colony To-day.
Shanghai To-day. Mile. Maryse Hilz, the French. aviatrix, is expected to arrive in Hong Kong at 2
p.m. this after- noon. She left Shanghai at 715 am. this morning.
Mlle. Hilz, who recently few from Paris to Tokyo, is now mak- ing,
The growing tensity of feeling in the Japan-U. S. S. R. dispute over the Chinese Eastern Railway, is in- dicated in the Japanese official newspaper, the "Harbin Times." which states that it is useless to ne gotiate with the U. S. S. R. New LORD GREY measures must be found to solve
a return trip by the same route, but had' originally proposed to make a non-stop flight from Peking to Amoy instead of call ing at Shanghal-Reuter,
the issue.
ท
INSTEAD OF THE $100,000,000 ORIGINALLY PROPOSED." --
The Senate, by 64 votes to 21 adopted the whole Farm Reller The Manchukuo Government Bill with the Inflation Amendment which empowers the President must investigate the illegal acts of to reduce the gold content of the dollar up to 50 per cent, to the Soviet officials, even if this authorise the free coinage of silver, nt any ratio to gold.
means a resort to arms, the news- The Amendment also authorises the President, to issue $3,000,000 paper adds. 009 to expand credit through the Federal Reserve Bank by the 95,000,000,000 in United States bonds and to accept $200,000,000 in silver on account of war debts up to. a rate of 50 cents per ounce.-Reuter.
Franco-American Discussions.
HERRIOT AND ROOSEVELT
SURVEY PROBLEMS ·
Washington, Ta-day. The final joint statement on the talks between M. Herriot and Pre- sident Roosevelt, prior to M. Her- riot's departure for New York re- veals that the conversations aimed at the most complete understanding" possible in regard to common pro- blems, the conclusion of definite agreements being reserved for the World Economic Conference which
end, has been howled at the batsman PILOT TRAPPED WHEN PLANE opens in London on June 12. -
opinion of the umpire at the bowler's
with intent to intimidate ur injure
him, shall be considered unfair and a
ni bail shall be called, and the bowl-
er notified of the reason. If the of-
fence is repeated by the same bowl.
er in the same innings he will be in-i
FIRED AFTER CRASH
Florence. To-day.
Secretary of the Treasury Woodin.
It urges that the U. 5. S. R. should be forced to immediately return the property removed from the Chinese Eastern Railway. Reuter. Soviet Directors Refuse Demands.
WILL RETAIN: LOCOMOTIVES.
US. SUPPORT
FOR BRITISH
ARMS PLAN
Fruits Of Washington Conversations.
GERMAN AMENDMENT UNPOPULAR
Attempt To Upset Plan Will Not Be Tolerated
Geneva, To-day. What is regarded as the "First fruits of the Washington talks” was realised yesterday, whịn Mr. Nor- man Davis, the United States dele- DENOUNCES
gate to the Disarmament Confer- GERMANY ence, told the General Commission
Disturbing Recent Events.
"A" SHOCK TO BRITAIN"
Threat To Pesce In Europe
"London, To-day, Viscount Grey, who was Foreign Secretary in 1914, reviewed some current world problems with parti- cular reference to the recent events in Germany in an address to the de- The Soviet directorate of the legates after his re-election yester Chinese Eastern Railway yesterday, as President of the Liberals day definitely refused the de- Council.
Harlin, To-day.
mand of the Manchukuo director At the outset he expressed late for the return of the locomo-warm approval of the step taken tives which, the Manchukuo by the Prime Minister in ac charged, were taken into Russia cepting President. Roosevelt's in- vitation. He was convinced that by the Soviet Government.
the co-operation of the United Bulls " Favoured On World News Press.
States was one of the most im- Wall St.
nortant factors in "pulling the world round.".
INFLATION TALK DOMINATES MARKET.
New York, To-day. Inflation talk dominates the New The subjects studied included:
Silver has The development of commercial York Stock Market. policies with a view to promoting felt the Influence of heavy com- mission house, and long, Hquida- tion Business increased, yester day, the number of shares dealt
The remains of Squadron-Leader international trade.
structed by the umpire to cease bowl. Bert Hinkler, who disappeared after Passible methods of co-ordinating as completed. In this case the bowl. leaving England on January 7 in an central bank policies.
ing, and the over shall be regarded
during the innings.
DERBY CALL-OVER
er will not again be permitted to bowl attempt to establish a new record Remedies for unemployment and for the England-Australia flight, business atagnation by public works Continued on Page 4)
were discovered yesterday by wood to be carried out by the various cutters in a desolate region in the Governments. Appennines.
Proposals for the Improvement of the status of silver.-Reuter.
Cheerful Tone In London.
Rodosto And King Salmon Favoured.
MANITOBA DROPS TO SIXTH FAVOURITE
London, To-dey The following is the latest Derby call-over:
100-9 Rodosto o.
100-0 King Salmon-o, 100-8 Hyperion t and o. 100-8 Gino o.
100-7 Scarlet Tiger o.
100-6 Manitoba o, 20-1 t. 100-6 Lochiel o.
18-1 Felicitation o, 20-1 20-1 Young Lover t and 25-1-Statesman of
25-1 Harinero-o.33-1 t:: 83-1 Light Sussex o.. 53-1 Interlace o.
40-1 Alexander o 50-1 t
Keuter.
WOOLLAM WINS GOLF TOURNEY, Bourn's Eclipse In English Final.
Death, it is stated, must have been instantaneous, as the aero- plane apparently crashed and then caught fire, the unfortunate air. man being trapped in the wreckage. The body was partly burned.
ENCOURAGING NEWS FOR STOCK EXCHANGE.
A passport and other documents found near the body, definitely es its identity, One paper
London, To-day? tablish bears the name Herbert, but the Although the firm tone exhibited surname has been effaced by ex- în early dealings on the -- London posure.. The words stating that he Stock Exchange was not fully main- was born at Undeberg, Australia, tained, the underlying tendency of can however, be clearly defined... the markets was cheerful and was
(Continued on Page 14).
assisted by rising commodity
WEST INDIES AGAIN DRAW.
Martin Scores 63
Not Out.
prices.
The City, anticipates, appreciable advances in price Index figures at the end of this month.
in being 2,160,000. · ·
In their daily report, Mesars.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK IN PEKING.
Peking, To-day. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek ar- rived here by train at 10.10 p.m.
- Reuter. yesterday evening.
Manchukuo And Japan.
A TOKYO LEGATION
Tokyo, To-day,
E. A. Pierce and Company state: It is officially announced that There is nothing to show that the Manchukue will establish a Lega- market is breaking out of the trad-tion in Tokyo, abolishing the pre- ing range of the past week. sent representative office.
"We believe that the chances are more favourable for a break out on the "up" side than on the "down" side, th ***Tender notices for May totalled 485, Cotton showed resistance to constant selling and the defeat of the bonus measure carried prices
"Reater,
MOONEY TRIAL POSTPONED. Demonstration In Front Of Court.
San Francisco, To-day. The trial of Thomas J. Mooney, The signing of the Denmark agreement, and the announcement the Labour leader, serving a life that an understanding has been sentence for participation in the reached in Argentine financial and 1916. Preparedness Day bombing; London, To-day.
trade negotiations, are regarded as was postponed until May 22,77
The change
ge of date for a triai The West Indies cricket encouraging developments,
charge of murder is British funds registered gains of for a new cleven played their second drawn game on tour when they
1/16 to 1/8, with War Joan 84 per necessary, owing to a demonstra-- cent at 100-5/8 ex-dividend Brition of 600 sympathizers in front concluded their one-day game
of the court building when the yesterday against Reigate tish Wireless Service.
trial ad about bo atartWorld Priory in a satisfactory post-
News Press, 11on. Batting first the tourists scored London, To-day, 1188 for 9 declared, F. R. Martin' John Woollup, of Hostan, Cha-contributing 68 not out. The home shire, won the English Closs of side scored 117 for 9 before stumps pakipat - Ganton, York-were drawn, M, J, O. Allom, the shire, yesterday, when he beat T. Surrey fast bowler, scoring 56. „Bourn, the Sunningdale Hyder Cap The West Indies drew their first player, by:4 and 3 in the Final rame, against Mr. Scott's XL, both imp Round-Rest)
Tauter..
LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY.
Silver Prices Decline
Topening this: morning
The Jocal!
gil
have fallen alfght
ard being quot ing/jas compared (
and
The first Manchukuo Minister to: Japan, Ting Shih-yuan, will arrive here early in May-Reuter,
NEW MAYOR OF
TOKYO.
Mr. Ushizuka Chosen,
Tokyo, To-day.
between The meeting President Roosevelt and Mr. MacDonald had been ... R
mecting of utmost goodwill between two men who had a real desire to see the world relieved of its present dif- ficulties.
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of the Disarmament Conference that the United States would join with ethers in resisting amendments which would upset the balance of the British Disarmament Plan.
Arthur Henderson,!
This is regarded as tantamount to American acceptance of the Plan, thus indicating that the Was hington talks had advanced further than the official communication would have led one to believe.
Mr. Davis's announcement.
PIRACY CAPTIVES interpreted, moreover, as an ad-
SAFE
monition to Germany, that any attempt to upset the balance of
3 Nanchang Officers the plan will not be tolerated and
All Alive.
$4,000,000 RANSOM DEMAND
Newchwang, To-day." The report that, one of the officer kidnapped - from the China Navigation Company's steamer,Nanchang,"
March 28, had been killed in a battle between two rival gangs of bandits, is now reported to be false.
that America is determined to oppose any re-armament by Ger- {many,
Meanwhile, the German amendments were submitted yesterday, suggesting, inter ela, an extension of prohibi- tions and the destruction of defensive weapons to show that Germany is most deter mined in her demand for equality, nieed
M. Massigli, the French dele Mr. Togataro Ushizuka, former
gate, criticised the amendment as Governor of Tokyo Prefecture, has A letter was received from the practically destroying the British been chosen as Mayor of Tokyo by three prisoners Messrs. Clifford proposals. “ the nomination committee of the Johnson, A. D. Blue and J. Har. Tokyo Municipal Assembly, sudocod-greaves, last Tuesday, stating that ing Mayor Nagata who resigned re they are all in good health and are cently World News Press,
7:55.72% Vesterday.this
U.S. AIRSHIP ECONOMY.
Only One Base To Be Kept
ashington, Yesterday, Admiral William V, Pratt, Chief aval Operations, to-day-in-
Jersey interests that planning to decommis
than air base: at Jersey, leaying at Bunnyvale, Cal,
Akron
·and·
being fairly well treated. They state that they are being kept in Janks in Panshan Bay,
Captain Anthony Eden, the British delegate, express.
both astonishment and perturbation, and hoped at the amendment was not Germany'a kati word.mondad Mr. Arthur Henderson, Prest dent of the Disarmament Con- has now been received, and negotiaterence, Captain Eden, and Dr. tions. on this basis is procepting Nadolny of Germany will meet slowly Reuter
A new ransom demand for Chin ese 34,000,000 and 200 pairs of socks
VIOLENT TREMORS IN ALASKA.
Earthquake Damage.
horage,
violent
privately to-day to try to solve the difficulties. Reuter
Criticism Of German Amendment..
FULLER DETAILS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS