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TENSION INTENSIFIED AS TROOPS PARADE BATON ROUGE STREETS
British Tommies (above) received the jovial' Nazi saluto from Saarlan- ders as they took up blllets in Saarbrucken to patrol the valley during the League of Nations recent plebiscite, and immediately began making friends with the frauleins. Two of them are pictured below in a language difficulty This is the first while picking out the inevitable postcards for home. picture of the arrival of the British troops to reach Hong Kong.
10 MISSING
IN MOHAWK
COLLISION
SEARCH DECLARED
ABANDONED ·
DEATH ROLL NOW 46
'New York, To-day. The search for the remain- ing 10 persons missing from. the sunken Mohawk has been abandoned.
FRANK MURPHY ON PHILIPPINES "Smooth Progress To
Commonwealth "
PUBLIC HEALTH GOING AHEAD "FULL BLAST”.
Shanghai, To-day. "I do not doubt that everything
progressing smoothly to wards the establishment of the
LINDBERGH BABY CONFESSION
BRITISH-BORN GANGSTER "SQUEALS" TO SAVE WIFE HOW THE PLANS MISCARRIED
· A REMARKABLE.CONFESSION OF COMPLICITY IN THE KIDNAPPING WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THE LINDBERGH BABY HAS BEEN MADE TO "THE PEOPLE" BY. A-GANGSTER NOW LIVING IN ENGLAND.
He is the man who supplled the information which led to the arrest of Brano Hauptmand, who is now being tried for the kidnapping and murder of the baby in 1982 - the worst crime in history at Flemington, New Jersey.
The ex-gunman here reveals the true story of the kidnap plot; how the gang went to work; how the baby died and was buried; and how the gangsters used every means in their power to es cape justice.
Although British-born, the man who supplied the informa- tion about the crime has spent nearly all his life in America..
He is living in poverty in a sea-side town, fearful of being killed by vengeance-seeking gangsters.
Amelia Earhart's plane is swung aboard the liner Lurline'at, Los Angeles for shipment to Honolulu from where the famous Avia trix flew to California. Miss Earhart, only woman to By the. At- lantic, made the fight alone.
He is known to the police of Britain and America as Tommy GOLD TREASURE HUNT
gun Tex Burns; and once he was the henchman of the Capone and Purple gangs..
Burns, "squealed" to save his bringing the gangsters to book, I was a friend, and not an enemy. wife and boy from starvation, once he had satisfied himself that and, sooner or later, the gangs.
SUSPICIOUS AT FIRST ters say, he will have to pay the penalty of gangland for his He barred my way, feet square. ly apart, his aet, lined face tense, "squeal."
Finding himself penniless and his hard staring rea darting stranded in England after over me auspiciously deportation from the USA Satisfied that I was afrienst Burns himself implicated in the crime, went to the local Ameri can Consul and told what he knew about the kidnapping.
But I am not just taking Tex's word for that, writes the special correspondent.
I called on that particular con- sul. He was guarded in his state- ments, but admitted that Burns had visited him.
"It is quite true," he said cau- Philippine Commonwealth," de tiously, "that Burns came here, It is presumed that the total clared Mr. Frank Murphy on ar and supplied me with informa death-roll is now 46: The rescued rival here on board the President tion on the Lindbergh crime.
Hoover this morning. number 117.-Reuter,
Further than that he would not
which I immediately forwarded The Mohawk, chartered by the He paid tribute to the Hon. Mr. to the proper authorities." Ward Line of steamets to replace Manuel Quezon, the Prealdent of
go. another of their ships which had met the Philippines as "a very able
Tommygun Tex himself, how- with disaster off. the Florida Coast, man," adding, "and he is not the
ever, claimed full credit for was on her first yoyage under the only one there."
anent the_pro new flag when she came into colli-1 sion with the Norwegian steamer blem presented by the peaceful penetration of the Chinese Senate Tallamon.
Questioned
The Captain" and five others are in the Philippines, Mr. Murphy known to have gone down with the said: "You will have to ask the ship, but a large number of others, Filipinos, what they are going to de both crew and passengers, were re about that."
ported missing. Many of these are He affirmed that the economie thought to have been crushed to condition of the Philippines was death in their quarters.
(Continued on page 'D.)
SHANGHAI TROUBLE
ANNIVERSARY Radical Elements Being Watched
Shanghai, To-day.
All national ́· flags are being: flown at halfmast in the Chinese City, the International Sottle- ment and the French Concession to-day. In commemoration of the third anniversary of the Shanghai trouble,
very satisfactory, except in one or two provinces, while the improve- ment in public health was going ahead "full blast.” ---
MR. LI ARRIVES IN SHANGHAI
Dr. Hu Shih Refuses Interview
Shanghai, today. Mr. Li Haiao-sheng, Mr. Hu Han- This evening he will be the guest min's representative, arrived here of honour at a dinner given by aboard the President' Hoover from Hong Kong to confer with Mr. Sun prominent Chinese-Reuter.
Fo Fresident of the Legislative] Yuan, and Dr. Wang Ching-hui,
HENDERSON AND AHERN IN FINAL
JUNIOR TITLE AT KOWLOON G.C.
FEVERISH SEARCH IN KENT, ESSEX AND SURREY FOR MISSING £20,000
London, To-day.
REBEL HEAD ABSCONDS
ALL STATE
BUILDINGS
GUARDED
OMINOUS QUIET
REIGNS
“SQUARE DEALERS” LACK LEADERSHIP.
Baton Rouge
Louisiana, To-day. Additional troops have been moved into the city, where the situation is ex- tremely tense.
All the State buildings are heav ily guarded and patrols are com
It is reported that, Theodore O'Rourke, the president of the
stantly parading the streets.
"Square Dealers Association, has
disappeared Reuter.
Militent-minded opponents of the Senator Huey "King;fish”
A treasure hunt is proceeding for the gold bars which fell from Long's Dictatorship, who hither- the Hillman airliner, which, when flying from Paris to London, to have lacked animity have state-wide organisation, which made a forced landing in Essex owing to the violence of the formed heraselves into threaten direct action unless the storm that was raging over the Channel on Saturday.
It is uncertain whether they dictatorship Jawa are immediate fell into the sea, but the police lycrapealed
no enemy, he motioned me inside NERVOUSNESS IN of Essex, Kent and Sussa hovel data received sterday stated
and flung himself into a chair.
"Yes, I spilled the beans. I had to do it for him," he said
The last person to see the Lind bergh baby alive, Betty Gow his nurse, went to Flemington, New
from her home in Scotland:
She was listed aboard-the.
Bessip Gallaway.!"
CHAHAR
REFUGEES REACH
PEIPING
Pelping, To-day.
It is learned on reliable au- thority that the Chinese
been mobilised for a search, which that a pitched battle between Ma will be difficult as the plane tional Guards and leaders of the crossed a sparsely-populated and Square Deal organisation" was ar well wooded part of the country, rowly averted at East Baton Rouge and also to the fact that owing airport, where nearly a hundred. to the force of the impact the heavily armed men assembled to bars may be buried several feet await the expected departure of the in the ground.
Louisiana dictator," A partner in the firm of Samuel
The National Guards advanced Montagu and Company, to whom on the "Square Dealers" with fix
will appoint three delegates the bullion was consigned, states ed bayonets, and the rebels, in an that the gold lost might be worth ugly mood, for some time showed
to attend the conference to settle the Chahar affair, one each from, the political and military councils and one from General Hung Cheh- yuan's army.
over £20,000, as the Company expected a consignment of eight no signs of retreating. bars valued at £2,300 each. Reuter,
-Fraw
It is hoped that the conference COLD SNAP HITS!
will meet before the end of Jan- uary
Though Chahar remain quiet the civilian population is ex- ceedingly nervous. Refugees are reported to be pouring into Kal- gan from Eastern Chahar, while la number of refugees have come
as far as Peiping-Reuter.
Jersey Brmo-Hauptmann's CANTON IN GRIP OF COLD SPELL
trial
ship as
simply, playing with the chub- by fist of his infant son. "I could have starved, but my Judge at the Hague Court of Inter-wife had to eat. That was national Justiça, on the reconcilation why I went to the consul and told of Nanking and Canton.
everything I knew, though :I Dr. Hu Shih eminent Chinese played my own terrible role in scholar, was also an arrival by the the world's worst crime. Hoover, after a tour of the south.
(Continued on Page 7) He refused to make a statement on the Canton trouble, and announced
In the semi-final of the Kowloon that he will be leaving for Peiping Golf Club's Junior Championship, very shortly.
The local Kuomintang are hold-played over the Kowloon course ing a memorial meeting at which yesterday, W. Ahern beat W. Hirst 1,000 representatives of various 8 and 1, and R. Henderson beat W organisations and schools attend J. Goall 1 pp.
ed.
W. Ahern and R, Henderson will
Precautionary measures are be contest the final over, BG holes on Ing taken by the Shanghai Woonung Sunday February 10.
Garrison Headquarters to prevent
disturbances by radical elements. Reuter.
FALMOUTH LEAVES COLONY:
FORTHCOMING WEDDING HIS. Falmout
der-in-Chief's
The forthcoming marriage in Hong Kong at announced, between Pergival. Walk, will pay offs Chinese Maritime Singapore' on
Som and Amy Ma troopsh
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(Continued on Page 8)'
TENNIS PLAYER PASSES
Jay Gould, American. Millionaire
Better Business For Coal Merchants-
FUR DEALERS: UNAFFECTED
[From Our Own Correspondent] my
Canton, To-day.
HONG KONG
Temperature's Sudden Drop
SPOILS · HIGH AVERAGE
· FOR JANUARY
(Continued on Page 9.)
MACAO HOCKEY WIN
OVER SIGNALS
· COSTA RESTED FOR INTERPORT
MARTIN AND MARSH GIVE GOOD DISPLAY
For the third time in successdan After a considerable period of Macao defeated the Royal Corps"
mild and sunny weather, the tem-of Signals by ave clear goals, le a perature has made a sudden door hockey match at Macao yesterday.
of 15 to 20 degrees and Hong Kong The feature of the game was the la shivering, with the thermometer brilliant display by Ramalho, whe registering under 50,00
seared four goals in succession.
The average day temperature
for January is 64 degrees, and up The Macao team was the same as to the present we have been enjoy will meet Hong Kong next Sunday, ing blue skies and bright sun right, Leqnoll, who substituted |with the exception of the inside. shine, with a temperature a little above the average, da
for L. Costa, who was given a rest after receiving Injuries during a This morning at 8 o'clock the a thermometer at the Royal Observa practice. It was stated, however, With the mercury at 12 degree tory registered 48,7 degrees only, that Costa will be seen against Fahrenheit early this morning, the cold being intensifed by the Hong Kong in the Interport Canton is in the grip of bitterly drizzle and general humidity, but
matche cold weather. Heavy rain and by 10 o'clock it had recovered to
(Continued on page )) cloudy skies have added misery to
The teams were the poor people and hawkers, over 60 degrees.
Macao, Almada; G. Roderigues and The lowest temperature ever re Cardoso; L Ferreira, J. Ferreira and The two municipal hostels corded at the Observatory la 82 Ariain F. Naloaco, (Leonel, Ramalho, Observatory, has reported to the cated at the North and South end degrees, which was on January 18, in Rosario and Ad Angolo, Police that while he was driving of Pearl River Bridge ware full of 1998 The lowest recorded this Sigma Marah; Martin (Captain) bla caf, No. 1190, along Talpo Rand "guests who paid two copper month is 67 degrees, registered at and Hodges; Battery, Dilley, and Minni yesterday, he collided with the rear each for the accommodation for midnight on January 16-17.
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