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No. 28,470
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HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1933.
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HIGH GRADE GENTLEMEN'S
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AT HOME PRICES
BERNARDS. OF HARWICH
CHATER ROAD,
HONG KONG.
ITALIAN PILOTS FETED-POST FORCED DOWN AT KOENIGSBERG
GENERAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL
IN GERMANY
Bankers And Experts To
Advise Government
Berlin,-To-day.
A general Economic Council,
econo.
consisting of prominent mists, bankers and industrialists
Herr such
Herr Krupp, Thyssen, Professor Bosch, the well-known banker and Herr Otto Fischer, has been formed to ad- vise the Reich Government economic questions.-Reuter.
SENATORS
BLANKED
on
ATLANTIC
FLIGHT
BRILLIANT
CROSSING BY
U.S. AIRMAN
Round The World Solo
Flight.
BAD WEATHER ENCOUNTERED IN RUSSIA
Koenigsberg, To-day.
Wiley Post, the American airman,
BY BROWNS joint holder with Harold Gatty, of
Jimmy Mattera
the round-the-world flight record, US. “DUMMY
Berger Hits Seventeenth was forced down here at 6.40 p.m.
Baseball Homer.
GIANTS BREAK SQUARE
New York, To-day.
yesterday, owing to bad weather, This early setback may rob the solo flyer of his chances of establishing •
new round-the-
. Washington Senators received a world record, but he expressed severe setback yesterday Hadley blanked them to give St. hopes of taking off again at 3 a.m.
when
Louis Browns a win by 7 to 0.
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Results as cabled by Reuter:
National League.
Boston
Wally Berger hit a homer.
Chicago
Boston
Chicago
New York
Lucas pitched.
0
this morning.
HOLDING"
COMPANIES
New Income Tax Law
Being Drafted.
REVELATIONS AT RECENT
SENATE INQUIRIES
Washington.
Since leaving New York on Sa- turday until he landed at Koenig-}
Coincident with the announce Esberg, Post has made only one land-
ing, a two-hour stop at Berlin, for ment of Senator Duncan Fletcher, chairman of the Senate stock mar fast At- 2 refuelling. He made a
ket investigating committee, that Large crowds gathered at the special sessions will be ordered if Tempienof airport to greet the there is evidence of combined action flyer, who landed there at 11.55 2:18. yesterday. After
R. H.
2 7
1 10
lantic crossing.
7
0
3 11
0
9
0
1 11
1
Cincinnalt
Game went to 16 innings.
superintending to increase or lower stock market
the needs of his plane, he ate a nasty prices beyond the reasonable levels meal, and was away again at 2.11 p.m., speeding
for Novosibirsk, warranted by business conditions, it became known that the draft of a
message from
Moscow stated that bad weather condi- tions lay ahead along the route that Post would take, and it was
therefore thought possible that
Russia
New York
1
6
1
A
Cincinnatti
U
ន
1
Hubbell pitched.
Philadelphia
2
7
I
St. Louis
4
12
2
Philadelphia
8 13
St. Louis
2
8
3
Cleveland
2 .12
1
1
5
0
Boston
American League.
Game went to 14 inuings.
St. Louis
Washington
Hadley pitched.
DAVIS CUP
7 11
0
0 -4
1
ZONE FINAL
he would land at Muscow for a brief rest and to take on fresh
fuel supplies.
ARMADA AT
CHICAGO
MUSSOLINT'S
"BROTHERLY
GREETINGS"
Magnificent Flight,”
Says Mr. Hull
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
Chicago, To-day,
The Italian fliers who arrived here at 7.10 p.m. on Saturday on the completion of their massed flight from Italy, attended a solemn Te Deum Mass in the Cathedral, ́at.
Fastest Transport Plane.
Trial Flights at Mousehold Aerodrome, Norwhich, of the giant mail seroplane which has been designed to carry. 1,000 pounds of mail for at least 1,000 miles for a speed of not less than 150 m.p.h. (8. & G.).-Official Photo is top speed is nearly 200 M. P. H. graph.
noon, yesterday. After the service SHANGHAI POLICE RESTORATION
they visited the World Fair and ex- amined the Italian exhibits. A ban- quet was given in their honour by
the Italian American Society, in the
evening.
Congratulatory messages are pour- ing in from all parts of the World. A message conveying brotherly greetings" was received from the Italian Premier, Signor Mussolini and an expression of admiration for a "magnificent flight" from Mr. William Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, who is at pre-i sent in London
TRAGEDIES
Sergeant Drowned On Houseboat Trip. INSPECTOR SULLIVAN DIES FROM STROKE
Shanghal, To-day.
A dual tragedy occurred in the Shanghai Police Force yesterday. Inspector J. Sullivan was found
;
in his room and died en route
to hospital. Death was apparent- of Bros. Faa due to a stroke, owing to the The Hight than completed suc-
Intense heat.- cessfully marked the largest fleet
of seaplanes ever to cross the At- lantic.
'It was
Gen. Balbo's lot to fly
the second largest fleet, when he crossed the Atlantic from Africa
The second tragedy occurred when Sergeant W. G. C. Smith was drowned while on a house- bant trip.
Smith was holding on to a small; to Brazil in 1931, when he took 11 skiff when the boat turned over,:
He lost throwing him into the water, which
new income tax law is being made. planes to Río de Janeiro. Amendments will be offered streng-a 12th plane of his fleet and two is deep and notoriously treacher-
alternates en route on that oc- aus. thening the stock market law.
The committee has closed its casion. hearings until September, having
At a late hour last night his On the present flight one plane body had not been recovered, in concluded its investigation of out of 24 was lost in Amsterdam, spite of intensive efforts by the the affairs of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and an alternate substituted.
Water Police.-Reuter.
con- Port, who is flying solo in the Further hearings will be same plane as, used by himself and ducted regarding the affairs of Gatty when they established their J. P. Morgan & Co.
round-the-world record in 1931, Mr. Ferdinand Pecora, counsel
plans to make the journey in six to the committee, to-day said
'days, and hoped to make landings that the hearings did not deve
only at Berlin, Moscow, Khabarovsk, lop evidence on which prosecu- Fairbanks
Gen. Balbo will parade his airplanes at the Chicago world fair. Then he will make a re turn flight to Italy via New York, the Azores and
the Mediterranean. .'
The Balbo planes were delayed
and Edmonton. His tions would likely be made. This in Iceland for nearly a week by plane is equipped with robot control. was because the tax evasions bad weather.
The record established in 1931 by which were revealed were with Post and Catty was 8 days, 15 in the law.
hours. 51 seconds, from June 24 to July 1. Of this period the actual, ON FRIDAY flying time was only four days.
America Favoured To Beat Britain.
FRANCE NOT EXPECTED TO RETAIN TROPHY
:
It is possible that Post will meet James Mattern, the 29-year-old American flyer who was forced down in Siberia last month, while attempting to lower the world! fight record.
The latter is now at Anadyr, awaiting instructions from his backers in Chicago. It is planned to Britain will meet America in the have a plane sent to Nome, Alaska, Inter-Zone Final of the Davis Cup on to enable Mattern to complete nist Friday, Saturday and Sunday in flight. In this event, the Soviet Paris. This is the second meeting Government will place a powerful seaplane at Mattern's disposal to
of the two countries in three years, enable him to make the light to Britain winning on the previous Nome. occasion.
This year America are expect-i ed to launch a formidable attack: on French prestige and Ellsworth Vines, Wilmur Allison, George: Lott and John Van Ryn should eliminate the British team
F
DOLLAR STEADY AT 1/52
Silver Prices Remain
Unchanged,
A majority of the com- mittee is convinced that the law should be re-written and a part of the Congres- sional recess will be devoted to that work.
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ARMED ROBBERY IN THE CITY.
Seven Men Armed
With Revolvers,
$11,620 HAUL OF MONEY ALAND JEWELLERY.
Seven zen armed with revolvers and knives gained admittance to s foreign goods shop at No. 275 Des. Voeux Road, Central, at4 a.m. this morning, and stolen a quantity, of money and jewellery.
The mistress of the shop, Yung Wo Sin, also reports that one of her folis has disappeared.
The winners of this match will play France in the Chal- lenge Round in Paris on July The local dollar remains steady,, The folds was implicated in the |28-30,
opening this morning on demand, at robbery, and helped the bandits"lo bind and gag the mistress." They The American players, with the 1/5. exception of Vines, were not al- Silver prices also remained un-spent several hours ransacking the lowed to play in the French changed on Saturday, spot silver shop, and escaped with jewellery -Championships and at Wimble closing at 18 11/16 with forward and money valued at $11,260.
don in order that the danger of silver at 18 13/16... staleness might be avoided, and The London on New York cross The Rev. Dr. E. L. Allen of the as a result the American non-fate closed at E-GSL77% on Extur- playing captain Is optimistic re-day as against B-G$478 on Friday, garding his country's prospects. The New York on London rate close
(Continued on Page 18), ed at £«G847B,
Union Church, Kowloon was among the passengers who sailed on : the Taiyo Maru yesterday. Dr. Allen will attend the religious-conference A Karuizawa, Japang
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WHITE RUSSIANS IN MANCHUKUO
Urge Reprisals Against
'Soviet.
SEQUEL TO ARREST OF 10 RUSSIAN EMIGRES
Harbin, To-day.
A committee representing all the White Russian organisa- tions here, has handed over petitions to the Japanese Con sulate, the Japanese, military mission, the Japanese gen darmene and the Manchukuo Foreign Ministry, soliciting pro- tection and the release of the ten Russian emigres captured by Soviet frontier-guards in Manchukuo waters
The petitions suggest that Manchukuo arrests 20 Sovjet
~ subjects as hostages.
The White Russian press. suggests stopping all Soviet merchandise
from Manchukuo
enta
by Great
ickeri
SOONG ARRIVES AT GENEVA
To Attend Meeting On China.
BERLIN NEXT CAPITAL STINERARY
Geneva, To-day. The Chinese Finance Minister, Mr. T. V. Soong, arrived here, yesterday from Rome. He visit-
ed the new League Buildings, the International Labour Office, and the Disarmament Building.
He left for Paris last night to attend the meeting In Faris, to-morrow, of the League Sub-Committee, which will consider the Chinese request for League collaboration in the work of reorganising certain Chin ese Provinces. Palati
OF MONARCHY.
A CABARET SUMMONS
ISSUED BY
KOWLOON
RESIDENT
All Dancing Academies Lose Business.
EFFECT OF POLICE ULTIMATUM
A summons against the Cathay Dancing Institute, Nathan Road, Kowloon, for alleged "disturbance of the public tranquility," under the Summary Offences Ordinances, has been taken out by Mr. P. A. Dixon, of No. 225, Nathan Road, fær san alleged disturbance caused on July 18.
The case will be brought before Mr. H. R, Butters, at the Kowloon
IN GREECE? Magistracy. to-morrow morning, The defendant is Mr. A. Powell. Imminent Coup
stated to be proprietor of the es- tablishment.
Predicted.
FEVERISH ACTIVITY IN ATHENS
Paris.
An imminent mon- archist coup d'etat in Greece is Pre dicted in a telegram from Athens, pub- lished in the news- papers to-day, ac- cording to which feverish activity pre- vails in both Govern ment, and monarch- ist camps.
The report adds that monarchist emissaries have been instructed to sound; the principal foreign Governments in re- gard to their atti- tude towards a re- storation of the Mon- archy. — Reuter.
WARSAW RAILWAY
JUNCTION.
Big Contract Awarded To British Firms.
London,
Dr. H. L. Clift, of No. 216, Nathan Road and Mr. J. G. Gonzales de Bernada, Con- sul-General for Gautemala, residing at No. 226, Nathan Road, are the principal wit- ness.
Second Summons.
At the instance of 12 residents of Katherine Buildings, Nathan |Road, a block of flats facing the
Cathay Institute another
moms was taken out for "alleged disturbance of the public tran- quility" on May 7, the defen- dant on that occasion being a Eurasian, Mr. H. Burgess,
When the case was heard at the Kowloon Magistracy on May 24, Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones, in dismissing the summons," said he had no power to convict as there was no provision in the Ordin- ance relating to orchestral the noises, which constituted complaint in case under hearing.
According to police records, the Cathay Dancing Institute is own by Messrs. Powell and Shep- pard, two naval ratings, and dur- ing their absence, operated by Mr. Burgess..
Business Hard Hil The recent police order, which overnight robbed the dance halls of their best hours of business, is estimated in some coithlish- ments to have caused a drop of 25 per cent. in receipts. A great Bumber of people, the proprietors peint out; - only frequent the cabarets when the hottis and
other attraction close.
One proprietor informed a China
Mall reporter that his business rare.
ly begins until 10 p.m., leaving him now only two hours nightly to cover his considerable expenses..
In all establishments the police A four-year contract, amounting warning has been accepted, and in {to, about £2,000,000, for the electri- the majority of places the last dance fication and completion of the main is announced five minutes before Warsaw railway junction, was agreed midnight, in order to have the pre- upon in principle to-day between the mises clear by curfew hour. Polish Minister of Finance, Dr. Koc,
Mr. Soong will leave for Ber-who is here for the World Economic lin later. Y
Conference, and two big British Enermops possibilities for the companies. future of China are stated to be These are the English Electric Co. involved in the special meeting of and the Metropolitan Vicketrs Elec the League Council Committee on tric Co. which recently has been Technical Co-operations in China, much in the limelight owing to the to be held in Paris on Tuesday trial of its representatives in Soviet next and which several important Russia, Reuter. League officials now in London, will attend. Reuter.
AFRICA PRODUCTION SHOWS. HUGE DROP
ANTI-JEWISH COMPAIGN EXTENDED TO MOVIES
Berlin.
The Nazi anti-Jewish cam- paign to-day was extended to German motion pictures,
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HITLER DENIES JEWISH ORIGIN. Ancestry Traced Back To 1600.
Berlin
It was officially denied to day that Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany has any Jewish ancestors as far back as the year 1600,
The denial was provoked by the nanouncement--of-a Vienna
Cape Town, BAU Due to drought in Natal, and Zululand, it is estimated that the
It was announced that every paper, the Desterreichsche Abend- sugar crop in this region will be one connected with pictures would blatt, that it had positive proof decreased by 100,000 tons for suis be required to prove Aryan des- that Hitler, a former Austrian, season under that of 1982,
Icent and German citizenship.
is a Jew.