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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939
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COLONEL
AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
LINDBERGH
WARNS UNITED STATES
OF FOREIGN AIR PERIL
AIR FLEETS BY
NATIONS
IS
SMUGGLING OF PLANES GUERILLAS
TO LOYALIST SPAIN
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
A REPORT ON THE CONTROL OF TRADE IN WAR MATER- IALS OF EVERY KIND INCLUDING CIVIL AIRPLANES AND HELIUM GAS, WAS SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY.
to
MOVE ON
BOCCA TIGRIS
A unit of these elusive fight- ers is reported to have reached Wongkong, approximately mid- way between Bocca Tigris and Po On and to be pushing their way to the strategic forts. Taiping,
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
Szewui, Kwangtung, To-day. Bocca Tigris, the gateway on A WARNING THAT THE
the Pearl River to Canton, now FEVERISH EXPANSION OF THEIR MILITARY AND COM-
under Japanese occupation has MERCIAL
come into the attention of Chin- ese guerillas who have been re- FOREIGN
From December 1, 1987 to States Government succeeded CHALLENGING AMERICA'S November 30, 1938, states the
în cently reorganised and under a LEADERSHIP IN AVIATION, port, 5,200 export licenses represent before an export license had been
re-discovering the attempted vasion unified command. IS CONTAINED IN THE RE-ing a total value of 94 million dol-issued. PORT TO CONGRESS BY THE lars were issued. NATIONAL ADVISORY COM-
Altogether-so the report states Of this amount, 72 million dol--50 aeroplanes were shipped MITTEE ON AVIATION.
lars represents export of airplanes. Spain by roundabout routes. The Committee, of which Colonel) Greatest exports, as measured by
NO. HELIUM FOR GERMANY Charles A. Lindberg and Mr. Or-value, went to England, the Dutch Concerning the export of helium about 40 miles northwest of Po ville Wright (the aviation pioneer) East Indias, China, Japan, Argen-gas, the reports that a license, for-On, is also threatened." are members, insists that effective-tine and France. Even to Soviet merly granted to Germany for the ness of design is more important Russia, war material was export-import of helium, expired than mere numbers of aircraft. ed to the value of over two million November 1, 1938 because the Sunday in another attack
PRODUCTION INCREASE dollars, while Germany imported American Minister for Home Kamlee, seven and a half miles It says that it is vital from the from America war material to Affairs, Mr. Ickes, who alone was to the south of Samshui. After America have aircraft equal or Total value of all war material competent, refused a permit. superior in performance than a po-imported by the United tential enemy.
amounted to U.S.$478,000 of which The Report recommends that U.S.$99,000 dollars the production of American planes Germany. be increased, more funds
appro- priated for aeronautical research
standpoint of national defence that the value of but U.S.$190,000.
States
from came
on
The Japanese were repulsed on
on
their abortive attempt to take the town, they sent a squadron of as 38 planes to subject it to severe
bombing.
At least 100 explo-
籍
The report also states that regards the export of helium gas, the Philippines was treated as foreign country and
sives were dumped indiscrimin- regulations about the export of helium altered ately, reducing rows of houses to
a shambles. The report of the State Depart-helium might have been shipped to accordingly. because otherwise and experiments be continued with ment deals exhaustively with num-Manila and from there, contrary to said to be concentrated at Ngoi- Units of Japanese troops are
lighter-than-air craft.-Reuter.
GENERALISSIMO STRENGTHENS LEADERSHIP
50 PLANES SMUGGLED
the instructions of the United hci, to the east of Kongmoon.
sold
to other states. An invasion of the latter district
'is feared. Central News.
Trans-Ocean.
erous cases in which the Republican Spanish Ambassador in Mexico or other Spanish agents attempted States, to smuggle out airplanes via Mexico or Canada and France to Republican Spain in contravention of the American export embargo. In almost all such cases the United
DROWNED CHIEF ENGINEER
CHUNGKING, TO-DAY, CONFERENCES ARE TAK- ING PLACE HERE AT PRE- SENT BETWEEN MARSHAL CHIANG KAI-SHEK AND GOV- ERNORS, AS WELL AS MILI- The body of Charles Christian, TARY. CHIEFS OF CHINESE chief engineer of the s.s. Deslook, SOUTH-WEST PROVINCES. which, as reported in the first edi-'
tion of the "China Mall" this At the first discussion on Sun-morning, was found off Kowloon day with General Teng Shih-hou, Dock, was discovered by Detective- "Pacification Commissioner" of Sergeant J. F. Scott in the course Szechan Province, and General of his routine harbour patrol. Wang Chie-shu, Governor of
The discovery was made at 9 Szechuan Province, Marshal
o'clock, this morning. Chiang Kai-shek is reported. to have stated his decision to ac- celerate increase of defence mea-Government at Chungking. sures
Thé same observers believel With due regard to the immin-that in spite of the departure ent éstablishment of civil guards from Chungking of Mr. Wang and self-protection corps, it is Ching-wei, former vice-president planned to reorganize the Sze-of the Kuomintang, the position chuan provincial forces.
of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and Foreign observers point out in- the Central Chinese Government dication of Marshal Chiang Kai- in Chungking is now even shek's desire to link up Szechuan Istronger than before. Trans- troops more closely to the Central Ocean.
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