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MUTT AND JEFF
JEFF I'LL BET YOU
TWO BITS I CAN TELL MORE LIES AND BETTER ONES THAH YOU CAN!
IT'S
A BET!
WELL, THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST I GOT A BIG STEP LADDER AND I CLIMBED UP INTO "
THE SKY AND THEN-
-I TOOK HOLD OF THE MOON AND
CARRIED IT DOWN TO EARTH
AND NAILED IT ON TO A
FENCE!
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 6, 1939.
By BUD FISHER
YEAH? WELL, YOU MAY
NOT KNOW'IT BUT I WAS BEHIND THAT FENCE CLINCHING THE NAILS AS THEY CAME THROUGH!
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UNEMPLOYED CRITICISE MINISTER FOR TAKING HOLIDAY
LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE UNION OF BRITISH UN- TELEGRAPHED EMPLOYED THE KING
YESTERDAY RE- QUESTING HIM TO GIVE IN- STRUCTIONS FOR THE IMME- DIATE RECALL OF SIR JOHN ANDERSON FROM SWITZER- LAND WHERE THE MINISTER IS NOW TAKING A HOLIDAY.
The telegram goes on to say that Sir John should be required to take without delay such measures for organising airraid precautions as would give employment to 3
-BRITISH-
TREASURY INVITES COOPERATION
London, To-day.
In connexion with the recent heavy speculation in Sterling, Reuter learns from reliable sources that all banks and bul- lion firms have been asked by the Treasury to refrain from aiding speculation against Sterling, either by means of loans against gold, speculation in gold or for- eign exchange.
understands
Reuter further that all banks operating in coun- tries adhering to the. tri-partite agreement have received a similar request-Reuter.
large number of unemployed. NEW BRITISH
In a public declaration issued at the same time, the Union of Un- employed expresses indignation that the Minister for Civil Defence should be away on holiday at a time
PARTY'S
when the representatives of many FIRST CRISIS
thousands would like
discuss to
with him questions regarding to what extent workless men could be employed in the construction proposed airraid shelters.
The declaration points out
of
that
in building bomb-proof shelters both skilled and unskilled labour- could be utilized.
In the meantime, negotiations re- garding the grant of extra winter
Ministry relief, between the
of Labour and the representatives of the unemployed, have not led to any result.-Trans-Ocean.
LONGER SERVICE FOR R.A.F. OFFICERS
London, To-day. Prolongation of short-term ser- vice in the Air Force from 4 to 6 years
the
will, according to
on
London, To-day. There are signs that the new political
group founded Wednesday in London is already undergoing its first crisis.
According to a political cor- respondent of the "Evening News," the famour military writer, Captain Liddell Hart, and Lady Bonham-Carter have left the group, while the Liberal, Mr. Wilfred Roberts, is said to be leaving shortly.
The "Evening Standard" forecast a few days ago that the new group would live only a fortnight. Trans-Ocean.
DOWNING STREET DISCUSSION
London, To-day.
"Evening Standard" shortly be en-
Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secre- acted. The British Air Ministry tary, called at 10, Downing Street has urgently recommended the last evening and had a conversa- measure to which the Treasury is tion with the Prime Minister re-. not adverse,
garding their forthcoming visit to Rome.-British Wireless.
Instead of £300 which every pilot now receives after completing four years' active service and on com- mencing six years' service in the reserve force, pilots will in future, under the new scheme, be paid £500 after six years' active ser- vice.
...
The paper stresses that the re- cruiting campaign for the air force in 1989 will be of unprecedented dimensions, notably... among the public,and grammar schools which furnished the have hitherto majority of flight officers.—Trans- Oceán.
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