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SHANGHAI-CANTON AIR MAIL PLANE MISSING SINCE YESTERDAY
Admiral Evans,
PROF. WIRT
JUST A MERE
GOSSIPER
Fails To Substantiate Allegations.
WEAK TESTIMONY AT INVESTIGATION
a
Washington, To-day. The allegations that President Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" advisers were attempting to introduce Communist regime into the United States, were practically disposed of yesterday, when Professor Wil liam Albert Wirt testified before
JAPANESE, THE ONLY PASSENGER
FRANK HAWKS OFFERS TO JOIN SEARCH
+
SILENCE AFTER PILOT REPORTS
BAD WEATHER-SOON AFTER START
SHANGHAL. TO-DAY..
'A THICK FOG' OVER HANGCHOW BAY, CONCEALS THE FATE OF THE REGULAR SIKORSKY MAIL AND PASSENGER PLANE OF THE CHINA NATIONAL AIR-WAYS CORPORATION, WHICH LEFT HERE FOR CANT ON, YESTERDAY. TWO OTHER CONDUCTED AN AN- PLANES OWNED BY THE COMPANY XIOUS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING AIR-LINER YESTERDAY.
The plane took off at 6 am. yesterday, but returned half Committee.
It took off at 8:12 m. an hour later owing to bad weather. Professor. Wirt, who is one of but at 8.45 am. a message was received by officials of the Com- America's leading educational-: pany saying that the pilot. Mr. Gast. had decided to return. ists, made his charges on March Since then, nothing has been heard from the plane. 25, alleging that the "Brain Trust" was plotting the over throw of the present governmen- tal system and to instal President Roosevelt as a “Kerensky."
PRINCE GEORGE'S the Congressional Investigation
VISIT ENDS 10,000-Mile Tour Of South Africa.
BRILLIANT FAREWELL FROM
PORTUGUESE PORT:
Portuguese W. Africa, To-day.
10,000-mile Prince George's South African tour ended yester- day when he left here for Eng
Breathless crowde listened to Professor Wirt's testimony, yesterday.
He said that he had first heard land, aboard the xs, Windsor the allegations at a dinner party,
The plane, which is piloted by Mr. Gast, with Mr. Finck as a mechanic, has one Japanese passenger, for 'Cantón.
Commander Frank Hawks, the noted American speed flier, who
is on a visit to Shanghai, stated late yesterday morning, that he would make a personal search for the plane if nothing was heard by this morning-Reuter,
Shanghai, Later. Anxiety is growing for the miss- Castle, after a brilliant farewell where Miss Kneeland, an economisting China National Airways plane,
Agricultural Department, which the Governor-General of in the Angela. the local Governor, and quoted Professor Tugwell, the As-as the weather is still bad, with tw Portuguese Admirals partialstant Secretary of Agriculture, as fog travelling up from the South.
cipated.
Naval and military guards rendered the honours, and H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Flagship of Vice-Admiral E. R. G. R. Evans, escorted the Prince to rea and fired a farewell salute
saying:
"They must change the statutes and the constitution."
Miss Knectand and Profes- sor Tagwell both denied the statement.
The Committee later adjourned.
The Company is keeping two planes warmed up ready to be sent for a search as soon
as the weather permits.
Meanwhile, the company has chartered a tug from the Shang declared hai Tug Co., which proceeded at A seaplane from B.M.S. Dor-1
which Louis arial that he would go to fuil rather than 10.30 a.m. to East Seishan island. setshire,
The gapped by a House Committee, in Hangchow Bay where last No dropped which was interested in finding only vember. a Shanghai-Canton Sikor- photographs on the liner when he names of the "Brain Trust" Ad-sky plane crashed.
Reuter.isers to whom he talked.-Reuter.
photograndes of
Custle's departure,
70 miles from shore.
Windoor
TRAFFIC MENACE
IN BRITAIN Transport Minister's Striking Address.
*180 INJURED IN JUST OVER SEVEN HOURS"
London, To-day.
Professor Wirt earlier
PROF. BICKERTON INDICTED. Conspiring To Disturb
Public Order.
Motor-Boat Sent To Chapoo.
Shanghai, Later. motor-boat has been sent from Chapoo, half way between Shanghai del liang- chow, near Selahat?” Idland, to search for the missing plane.
The weather still prevents the C.N.A.C. planes from taking off for a search,
Reuter.
TWO PLANES TAKE-OFF TO RENEW SEARCH
Later.
ut
for the
Two C.N.A.C. planes took off This is the vicinity in which from Lunghua Aerodrome the missing plane may
have 12.30
p.m. to search missing plane. -- Reuter. landed.
MIST HAMPERS SEARCH
Later. Officials of the C.N.A.C. have com. missioned a tug in which to search for the missing plane.
Officials declare that there is a fifty-fifty chance that the plane has safely landed on the waters of Hangchow Bay. Yesterday's search in that direction revealed that the water was smooth and safe. The fact that no wireless mess-to muist-Reuter, As the result of a preliminary age has been received from the criterion the Metropolitan missing plane is no examination.
JAPANESE POLICE ACTION.
Tokyo, To-day,
An unusual and striking open Police here have indicted Profes that it is lost, is landing renders ing to a Parliamentary speech or H. W. Bickerton on a charge the trailing antenna unreliable. was employed by the Transport of conspiring to disturb public-Reuter. Minister, Mr. Oliver Stanley, yes-lorder. terday afternoon in moving the
Recond reading of the Road Traf- Bickerton assisted the Coinmun
The police declare that Prof. SHANGHAI BANK ist Party with funds and by writ-
fic Bill.
*I wonder whether it is re- alised," said the Minister, looking: up at the clock, "that it is now 3.30 o'clock and that b311 o'clock to
ing and distributing pamphlets.
He also applied for membership.
The date for his trial has noti
night, on the basis of the law of yet been fixed. - Reuter, averages, 180 people will have been
Professor Bickerton, who is a New!
FORGERY
A. C. Mack Sentenced To Two Years' Gaol.
injured on the roads of this coun- Zealander, was a teacher at a Japan- GUILTY ON THREE CHARGES
try,"
Shanghai, To-day.
Ha cse Government high school. The House of Commons, he said, was arrested on March 13 and de-
A verdict was rendered yester was alive to the gravity of the tained in custody for more than twe traffic problem, although opinion weeks before being brought before day by Judge Mossop in His Bri- differed as to the most effective a Magistrate, despite strong repre- tannic Majesty's Court in the methods of reducing the casualty sentations by the British Embassy. case in which a British merchant, tall.
ANGLO-JAPANESE- TRADE DEADLOCK Britain Considers Tokyo Reply,
Visibility, however, in bad owing
Growing Anxiety In Shanghai.
Later.
.Princess Ileana, wife of Archduke. Anton of Hapsburg, who before her marriage was Princess Ileana of Roumania, recently made her first political speech at a great gathering of the Pa- triotic Front and Helmwerh. (Home Defence), organisation on women's share in the movement, at Modling, near Vienna. 'Princess Ileana is here seen addressing the meeting. (8. & G.),
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION OUTPUT
March, Figures Show 321,416 Tons Increase On.1933
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAN (By Telegraph, Copyright. Telegra phic Mennages Ordinance, 1994. Rs. ceived April 41, 1.31 u,m.)
New York, To-day.
The United States Steel Cor- poration has reported that shifp ments of finished steel, during March were 588,200 tona zompared with, 250,793% taris-duc- ing March last year. United Press, per E.C. Gold' Bar Co.
Дв
RECOVERY
MOVEMENT
IN AMERICA
Steel Business Is
Encouraging.
CONGRESS PROGRESS ON FINANCIAL BILLS
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL. ru Telegraph. Copyright. Telegra whin Messages Ordinance, 1894. Re- |ceived April 11, 808 m.)
A New York. To-day:
SILVER BILLS
FAVOURABLY
REPORTED
STRONG SUPPORT IN SENATE.
FAR-REACHING THOMAS BILL ALSO ADOPTED
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.
(By Telegraph, Copyright, l'elegra- phie Messages Ordinance. 1891. Re ecived April 11, 8.08 *.)
Washington, To-day.
The Senate Agriculture Commit- tee has voted to report favourably on Bill providing for the nation- alization of silver and including other silver. legislation, such as the Dies Bill and Senator Wheeler re solation for the parchase of silver.
The Silver Committee will pre- pare a report explaining the Bill in theory as well as in principle be- fore sending it to the Senate floor.
The Bill is the most far-reach- ing of any silver Bills recently reported.
The aetion is in accordance with the plan agreed on recently by the Senate silver advocates to report the Dies Bill,
The Senate plans to have as much silver legislation at- tached as is believed possible to get through during the present session of Congress. The Bill contains three sec- tions,
In a speech at the meeting of
The first section modifies the the stockholders of the Bethlehem
Dies, plan providing for an ex- Steel Corporation, yesterday, the port and import bank to help ex- President, Mr. Eugene Gifford porters to dispose of surplus Grace, said that business was en-agricultural
CAPT. EDEN
SPEAKS OUT ON couraging.
DISARMAMENT
Britain Concerned At Continued Delay.
BUREAU MEETING AGAIN POSTPONED
London, To-day.
ex-
products, in change for silver at a premium of 25 per cent, above the world
resury would issue certificates on a
basis of U.S.$1.29 per ounce.
All the directors of the Bethle price, against which the Trea- hem Steel Corporation were elected at the meeting.
The Company is now operating at 52 per cent. of capacity. Un- ited Press, per S.C. Gold Bar Co.
U.S. Winter Wheat Crop is Larger.
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.
The Dies provision, fixing
a maximum oft U.S.$400,000,- 000 annually for such A purpose, has been eliminat- ed.
The second section provides for the nationalisation of silver as proposed by Senator Thomas of Oklahoma.
At yesterday's meeting of the Bureau of the Disarmament Con-
The third section corresponds ference at Geneva Mr. Arthur (By Telegraph. Copyright. Telegra Henderson, President of the Conphis Mendes Ordinance, 1894. Re with Senator Wheeler's resolu
tion to buy 50,000,000 ounces of ference, was empowered to sum-ceived April 10, 3.32 p.m.)
silver monthly at a price to be fixed daily by the Treasury, un- mon the Bureau to the next meeting on, or about, April 30, The United States Department til the 1926 price level has been and the General Commission 10 of Agriculture has estimated restored. United Press, per
Washington. To-day
(Continued on Page 8.)
a meeting not later than May 23, that the Winter wheat produc- S. C. Gold Bar Co. if the state of negotiations was tion this year will be 491,793,000| then auch as to make further bushels, as compared with 361,-1 delay desirable in the interests 030,000 bushels last year, and of reaching an understanding. 476,703,000 bushels in 1932.
During the meeting Mr. Hender- san made a stirring appeal to all Imembers of the Conference not to to ask abandon the great enterprise they to had begun, nad to avoid the error:
One of the two rescue planes has returned to Shang- hal. It took aboard an inter- preter and then headed for Seishan Island, which it is using as a base for the search. The rescuers intend fishing bolts and other craft
of supposing that difficulties would Meanwhile, anxiety is growing, be diminished by whittling down keep a look-out.
what they had set out to achieve. He warned, them that the new armaments race was beginning, although it had not yet gained much momentum, and it was nothing to warrant the conclu- sion that a further effort to- wards Disarmament would be unfruitful,
--Reuter.
MCLEOD BILL OPPOSED BY 'R.F.C. CHAIRMAN
SPECIAL TO CHINA DAN»,
Mr. A. C. Mack, was found guilty (By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra on three charges of uttering, and phic Messages Ordinance, 188, Re aiding and abetting in respect of esived April 10. 8.58 p.m.),
Washington, To-day. a forged check for $130,000 Representative Weideman. has drawn on the account of the Bri-
introduced a petition to force the tish-American Tobacco Company,
con-
(Continued on Page 12).
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LOAN BONDS. GUARANTEE AMENDMENT, REJECTED
The. 1934 estimated con- dition is 74.3 per cent. of normal. United Press, per S. C. Gold Bar Co.
RE-FINANCING FARM MORTGAGES.
Roosevelt Will Veto
Bill.
STOCK EXCHANGE BILL REVISION.
Senate. Adopts Amended Section, SENATOR GLASS DISSENTS
Washington, To-day.
The United States Senate Bank- ing Committen has adopted a section of the revised Stock Exchange Con- . trol Bill, relating to the segregation Washington, To day, jof broker, and dealer activities and Mr. Henry T. Rainey. Speaker permitting a new regulatory
com
of the House of Representatives, mission to lay down rules governing In an Interview, yesterday, said the subject. ̧
that President Roosevelt had au- The revised Bill does not prohibit thorised him to say, tant the Pre-trading by brokers as the original {uident did not approve of the Bill did. Reuter,
Frazier, Lenke Bill for re-financ-
ON SPECIALVTO CHINA MAIÙ.
(Continued on page 18.) EUROPEANS' DOGS
UNMUZZLED. ⠀⠀
at the Chartered Bank, Shanghe House of Representatives to
Two years Imprisonment onder McLeod Bill regardless of
Committed action.
Ing farm mortgages.
(hy Teleoraph. Copyright. Thisgra |phia Messages': Ordinance, JRP4, Rai Three Fines Imposed.
each charge, the sentences run- The Chairman of the Reconstruc
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL..
President Roosevelt, he said,ceived April 11, 8.58.a.m.) London, To-day. ning concurrently, was imposedtion Finance Corporation, Mr. Jense By_Telegraph, Copyriaki. Telogra›
Senator Carter Glass, has pro- Lt. C. P. G. de Winton, of the
Jones, is opposed to the Mcleod Bill his forager Ordinance, 1895. De wished to clarify the position in
view of the petition, for the sign-posed minimum margin require«. South Wales Borderers, was fined In the House of Commons yester-Reuter.
and aimiller Bills which, he said,ceived April 11, 8.30 am).
Washington, To-day. Ing of an order to force the Billment should be deleted from the 38 by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfayden at day the President of the Board of
were unjustified and would necesal-
He recommended that the The House of Representatives has to the House of Representatives. Bill. the Central Magistracy this morn-Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, stated
late over-heavy expenditure.
Mr. Rainey states that he has control of this, and other credit Irig, for allowing ble dog to be at that the Japanese Government's re-
ply on the subject of the Japanese Claudy weather generally, with Ile said that the R.F.C, to date refused to accept the Senate'a. 'largo without a muzzle,
Mr. J. H. Pote-Hunt and Mr. E trade competition had now been re- for, mlat or light rain, and east had loaned U.S.$725,042,000 to amendments to the Bill guarantee-positive assurance that President provisions, should be vested in the K. V. Valentine of May Hond, calved, and was at present under winds, is forecasted by the Royal Ob-closed hanks to pay depballs as mucking the principle of the Home Roosevelt will veto the Frazier Federal Reserve Board and - thi
ed Press, par 8.C. Gold, Bar Co. Wireless fervatory in the weather report - 50 per cent United Frem, par Owners Lean Corporation Bonds Lemke Ell-Reuter and United Federal Trade Commission-Unite
Uniled Praus, per S,C. Gold Bar Co. Press. ware glas: Aded, $8 each for the consideration. British
und this morning.. same offence.
Barvice.
WEATHER FORECAST
"B.C, Gold Bar Co