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No. 30,573 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1939
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FRANCO ONLY 50 MILES FROM ELEPHANTS BARCELONA
Saragossa, To-day.
CARRY TEA IN LONDON
MR. NELSON T. While Nationalist quarters admit that General KATHERINE'S
JOHNSON ON AN UNOFFICIAL MISSION?
London, To-day.
The United States Ambassador to China, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, arrived here yesterday.
Although his visit is stated to be purely private, political circles believe that it is connected with the "economic plan of campaign" against Japan contemplated by Britain and the United States.
Miaja's offensive on the Cordova front is deve- loping seriously, they are refusing to be divert- ed from the Catalan front, where hopes of a de- cisive victory are running high.
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LONDON, TO-DAY. ELEPHANTS CARRYING LOADS OF TEA FROM ST. DOCK TO TOWER HILL, IN LONDON, PROVIDED A REMARKABLE SPECTACLE IN THE CELE- BRATION OF THE EMPIRE
TEA CENTENARY YESTER- DAY.
From Tower Hill, drays took the tea to Mincing Lane, where a
With the capture of Tarrega yesterday, another im-
portant success was gained as it places Cervera ceremonial auction was held by the and the road to Barcelona in jeopardy.
|Lord Mayor, Sir Frank Bowater.
A silver casket containing two lbs. of Empire grown tea, which
Franco also anticipates the early capture of Tarra-
gona, depriving the Catalans of an important was sealed by the Lord Mayor and seaport.
The Burgos version of yester- day's operations states that the army of General Moscardo ad- vanced along the Lerida-Tarrega round and occupied the villages
47 VILLAGES
of Bellpuig and Villagrasa. DISCOVERED
General Garcia Valino's army, operating in the north, attacked simultaneously along the Artesa de Segre-Tarrega road.
It is expected that Mr. Johnson will have conversations with a number of business leaders inter- Menaced from north and west, ested in trade with China
and possibly also with political person- alities before embarking for Amer-
ica.
The Ambassador will, on his re- turn home, report to President Roosevelt on the situation in the Far East.-Trans-Ocean.
JAPAN PUSHES FORMOSAN PRODUCTS
Shanghai, To-day.
A Japanese paper here reports an increasing influx of Formosan goods into Shanghai.
With 50,000 tons of sugar in 1988 against 5,000 in 1937, Formosa top- ped the import list even threatening to monopolise the market.
With the original price, low, and shipping costs small, Formosa sugar constitutes a big rival Java's sugar exports.
for
At the same time, Japan. ex- pects. Formosan fruits, etc. will
to a large extent push out Singa-
pore and Manila.
defence crumbled the Valino's army stormed the port and finally encircled
town.
FOR FIRST TIME
will not be opened until the next Centenary in 2039, fetched £1,156. Thirty-six replicas, containing one lb, of tea each, fetched between £30 and $50 each.
an
A total of £2,228, representing average of approximately £59 for each lb. of tea, has been given to benevolent societies by the tea trade. Reuter.
Moscow, To-day. Incredible as it sounds, 47 and
vil-stated yesterday, have hitherto been air-lages hitherto unknown have just known to the authorities and their the been discovered in the district of "discovery" was but the accidental Tschkalow; formerly known as Oren-result of preparations for taking a burg.
census in the South Urals.-Trans- None of these villages, it wás Ocean.
GARRISON FIGHTS The garrison is putting up a determined stubborn desperate resistance and are apparently prepared to die fighting.
By late evening, however, the Nationalist forces had secured a substantial foothold and as, no relief to the garrison is possible, the town can be considered as fallen.
Lying at the junction of the road from Lerida to Barcelona and the road from Montblanche to Artesa de Segre, Tarrega's fall is considered particularly important.
NAVARRESE HELD¦
In the south, the Navarrese divisions are held up in front of Montblanche, though they have occupied the heights to the south- west.
Montblanche has been subject- ed to intense artillery bombard- ment. Trans-Ocean.
FRESH: FINE
The Royal Observatory reports The Osaka Shosen Kaisha is that a strong anticyclone covers said to be contemplating an increase China and the adjacent 6008. A
of the passenger and cargo services depression is moving north-eastward between Shanghai and Formosa.-'over Central Japan. Forecastin Trans-Ocean,
N.E. winds, fresh; fine.
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