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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 8, 1937.
STATE CONTROL
ALHAMBRA OF STEEL AN
NATHAN RD, 'KOWLOON-DALLY AT 230-
725
• TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
A POWERFULLY-TOLD DRAMA OF A FIGHTING INTERN SMASHING THROUGH A CITY'S SHAME !
A BOY AND A GIRL FIGHTING
to bring dawn to a city of darkness!
LET THEM LIVE!
JOHN HOWARD NAN GREY
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UNIVERSAL PICTURE
SEE THE WIDELY-DISCUSSED “IRON LUNG”
IN OPERATION !
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INDUSTRY RECOMMENDED
London, To-day,
The imports advisory committe eyester- day published a report on the steel industry.
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The publication arouses consider- able interest in the newspapers, since the report, issued in the form of a Blue Book; advocates further extension of the iron and steel in- dustry under State control.
The State could not decline responsibility for control of such an important industry protected by Customs duties, says the Blue Book.
Methodic safeguarding, concen- tration and development of the steel industry is the duty of the State, the report states. — Trans- Ocean.
SOVIET EXPELS TWO FOREIGN JOURNALISTS
Moscow, To-day.
Two foreign newspaper corres- pondents have been expelled from Russia and have already crossed the frontier.
TEMPLES
TO BE USED FOR SCHOOLS
*Canton, To-day.
Mr. Liu Shek-sam, Com- missioner of Social Affairs for Canton Municipality, has announced that the Government will make use of all temples in the city as free schools for the poor
Our Own Correspondent.
MADRID FORCE ISOLATED: HEAVY LOSSES
Paris, To-day,
A message from Avila ́ ́ says that nearly 4,000 Republican troops were cut off by the insur- gents in the course of a counter- attack during the Government advance near; Villanuiva, on the Madrid front;
The isolated battalions are still holding out.
In Valencia, the Government army commander on the Aragon front announces the capture important positions, including Gudillo, 12 miles from Saragossa. Reuter.
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LINES HEAVILY SHELLED
Bilbao, To-day. Heavy artillery fire continued throughout yesterday on the Bis- The correspondents are the repre-caya and Santander fronts, accord- sentative of the Vienna “Neueing to an insurgent communique, Freie Presse" and the Warsaw the Republican positions, mainly "Czas."
roughly thrown up earthworks, The correspondents were seen off suffering considerable damage.as by the Austrian Minister, repre sentatives of the Rumanian, Hun- garian and Bulgarian, Legations and numerous - foreign newspaper cor- respondents. Trans-Ocean.
China And I.L.O.
Nanking, July 7.
The Republican ~ troops who had succeeded in piercing the rebel lines on the Madrid front and were cut off, have, through a clever mandeuvre, succeeded in re-establishing connection with the main body of the loyalists, although they suffered severe losses.
It is estimated that the Govern- In consequence of the fact that at the Labour Conference held at ment's casualties in the last two Geneva recently, China was elected days fighting around Madrid have
(Continued at foot of Next Col) béen 2,000-Trans-Ocean.
Our picture shows two giant German flyingboats which are- 6-be used by Lufthansa on their pro- posed "North Atlantic service. They are on craft which are to be posted in the Atlantic to facilitate the service. - One of the machines, the Zephir, is shown taking of
MADRID OFFENSIVE
Salamanca, To-day.
That the offensive which was started west of Madrid on
Tues- day, was launched in order to store the shaken - morale of the Republican troops, is alleged in Na tionalist circles, which assert that the Valencia Government is facing grave disorders in the territory con- trolled by it, in view of the recent set-backs, suffered by the loyalist forces.
The losses sustained by the gov- ernment troops
days are said to the last two
ally heavy.
have been especi-
It is stated that no fewer than 14 battalions and 32 tanks of Rus- sian origin are engaged în opera- tions on the Villa Nuvo de Canada section.
Although fighting still continues, Nationalist military experts supremely confident that the attack will fall
'attain its object. -It is pointed out. th the Nationalists have so far not lost a single trench.
-Trans-Ocean.
(Continued from previous
to be a non-permanent member. the committee, it is officially nounced by the National Govern- ment that Mr, Li Ping Heng is re appointed to the post-Da-Dao.