ALLIED
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 5, 1940
BLOCKADE
Being Felt Even Among Troops In Siegfried Line
SIR JOHN SIMON AND
INFLATION DANGER
SALARIES AND COST OF LIVING
London, To-day.
The automatic raising
CLOTHING SHORTAGE
IN GERMANY
Copenhagen, To-day.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS reaching here the Allied
economic warfare is now being felt in Germany even among the troops in the Siegfried Line. Reports assert that many men are in want of new
uniforms and other clothing.'
of wages to meet the rise JAPANESE in the cost of living would
involve great danger of DELEGATION
inflation, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir John IN MOSCOW
Simon, yesterday told a
Moscow, To-day. Five members of the Japanese trade
deputation representing delegation arrived here from Tokyo
the Civil Service.
The deputation drew attention to a number of wage and salary increases meet the by industrial concerns to
living, and urged Increased cost of the establishment of a committee to of compensation elaborate a scheme for the Civil Service.
Sir John Simon reaffirmed the Government policy of reviewing Civil Service pay in the light of in the level substantial changes
elsewhere, but of remuneration referred to the enormous financial strain in consequences of the war and to the grave danger of Infla- tion if wages were automatically adjusted to prices.
to keep Civil While it is difficult Service wages at the present level if prices continue to rise, the Govern- ment is doing everything in its power to prevent unnecessary cost of living.
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Reuter.
yesterday.
large They were welcomed by a number of Soviet officials, including Foreign the Deputy Commissar for Trade.
Talks are scheduled to start Sunday.
on
The delegation will visit the Krem- lin with the Japanese Ambassador In Moscow to-day for conversations with M. Molotov, the Foreign Com- missar.-Reuter.
STUDENTS' IDEA WAS JUST RAND
Rand
When bubble dancer Sally went bankrupt, with her only assets
Even the richest Germans, it is reported, are finding it hard to obtain new clothes, which are particularly needed now because of the very cold winter.
however,
Generally speaking, there is no serious food shortage provided one has the money to pay for it, but the fare obtainable is monotonous and to a certain extent lacking in nutriment.
The freezing of the German water-
is holding up coal deliveries. ways
This, combined with the shortage extreme cold, of clothing and the augurs ill for the comfort of Germans during the remainder of the winter.
Reuter.
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Sir William Seeds, the British Ambassador in Moscow, who has left for England, on furlough.
AIR RAIDS ON THE YUNNAN RAILWAY
Chungking, To-day. Severe raids were carried out by Japanese aircraft yesterday morning on the Yunnanfu-Hanol Railway.
The damage caused is yet not as- certainable. Our Own Correspondent.
ROOSEVELT SPEECH REGARDED AS ATTACK ON NAZIS
Amsterdam, To-day.
rises in the fans and bubbles (and Sally Rand), PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S address to Congress is regard-
COTTON PRICE UNDER CONTROL
London, To-day.
A new Ministry of Supply Order has been issued, which while it does not control raw cotton prices, with certain exceptions regulates prices of single cotton yarns
the
the students of Richmond, Virginia, University had a grand-idea.
They offered to employ Sally college housekeeper,
as
which would
have helped their education a lot.
But they are to be disappointed. Sally isn't having any. She softened The her refusal by telegraphing
verse. It concludes:-
It in
"For nothing's changed, it's the old nude deal,
"I still got my fans and my sex appeal,
and
"And what I'm selling is tried an trusted,
"For the public knows best not flat busted."
I'm
Sally's speciality is dancing, poetry.
not
FRENCH
of American and Egyptian SATISFIED.
type by prescribing specific "margins" for each type of quality.
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ed from beginning to end as an attack on Germany, according to Nazi political circles quoted by the Berlin correspondent of the Amsterdam "Telegraaf."
Nazis, says the correspondent, consider that President Roosevelt has weakened the United States attitude of neutrality.
CHINA'S NEW AIRCRAFT FACTORY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
This opinion was further streng- thened by the report that the Secre- tary of Navy, Mr. Charles Edison, proposes placing certain industries under the direct control of the State.
It is recalled in Berlin that the American authorities obtained the same powers in 1917, a month or
United before the two
States
entered the war. Although it is too
much to claim
that this step is an Indication of American intention to participate in the war, there is less confidence SHANGHAI, TO-DAY. ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT among the Nazis in the continuance United States neutrality in all ISSUE OF THE "CHINA WEEKLY of
Reuter. (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Paris, To-day.
REVIEW", AN AMERICAN-OWNED circumstances. French political circles greeted | AIRPLANE FACTORY, CALLED THE The controlled price of any yarn sold will be ascertained by adding favourably President Roosevelt's mess- CENTRAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY, IS Congress, feeling especially IN PRODUCTION IN THE MIDST OF the appropriate margin to a sum re-age to
words THE YUNNAN JUNGLE, 1,200 MILES presenting the cost of the raw cotton grateful that the President's
were entirely consonant with the feel-AWAY FROM THE NEAREST JA- used.
PANESE AIR BASE. IT PRODUCES the general ing of international justice. The system follows
It is stressed here that President ONE PLANE A DAY. line of the existing voluntary
Roosevelt's condemnation of autarchy price agreement.
and his refusal to recognise conditions
yarn
In general, the margins fixed are appreciably lower than those prevail. ing, and it is hoped one important result will be to assist export trade.
-Reuter.
ENCOUNTERS IN NO MAN'S · LAND
Paris, To-day. Last night's French war communi- que stated: There was no important incident during the day.
encounters be- There were some tween patrols in the region west of the Sarre. Reuter.
FLY ALL THE WAY LORD WILLINGDON TO
London, To-day. Lord Willingdon, who left England Australia en yesterday by air for route to represent the King at the Originally established at, Hangchow New Zealand Centenary celebrations, across the brought about by force are dictated by in 1934, the factory was removed to will fly from Australia the same spirit which pervaded Pre-Wuchang but when it became evident Tasman Sea in a flying boat which is mier Daladier's speech in the Senate that Hankow would fall, the factory one of those intended for the regular was removed to its present lokation in Tasman Sea service-British Wireless. the south-western tip of Yunnan, some
LORD MAYOR'S RED AGED POOR ROBBED 30, miles off the new Yunnan-Burma
CROSS FUND
on December 30.-Havas.
A large quantity of blankets are reported to have been stolen from the Home for the Aged in Kowloon City yesterday morning.
from
highway. -
This is the third attempt to manu- facture modern milltary and civil planes in China largely from native materials.
The greatest difficulty facing the A suit of clothing stolen the residence of Mrs. Rose, of No. factory workers is malaria, which in- 148, Caine Road yesterday, was later fests the Yunnan jungles, against recovered from a pawnshop in Wing which American missionary doctors
Iare fighting day and night-Havas. Lok Street.
London, To-day. The Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund, which was increased by £5,000 $es- terday, now stands at £919,000.
The Nigeria war relief fund sent d fifth donation which brings the total
British Wireless. Nigerian contribution to £10,000.