THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1940.
NEW IMPETUS TO BRITISH ARMS
MR. FARLEY
TO STEP DOWN SHORTLY
The U.S. Postmas- ter-General, Mr. James Farley, an- nounced in Chicago yesterday he was tiring from the chair- manship of the Demo- cratic National Com- mittee on August 17:
re-
Mr. Farley, who pledged full support to the Roosevelt-Wal- lace ticket, said he would confer with President Roosevelt regarding leaving the Cabinet.-Reu- ter.
UNIFORM CHARGE
DRIVE
THE MANAGEMENTS of all British firms working for Government on war production will to- day receive an appeal to make the maximum use of skilled labour in the great arms speed-up.
Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Port- folio, explained the object of the drive in a broadcast last night.
He said the appeal, signed by three Ministers, Mr. A. V. Alexander, Mr. Herbert Morrison and Lord Beaverbrook, would affect not only 9,000 war pro- duction factories but work people in many thousand
others.
"In the last ten weeks," said Mr. Greenwood, "there has been a |great speed-up in factories, and instead of having more workers than jobs we have now reached the point where in many types of skilled work we have more jobs than workers to fill them.
"We must do three things- "First, great numbers of men and women must be trained for skilled and semi-skilled opera- tions.
"Secondly, we will have ic make sure no worker who It. skilled is allowed to waste his skill on work of a lower grade than the highest he can do. "Thirdly, we have to train un- Sidney Richard Streatfield, 45, skilled or semi-skilled workers to of Granville-place, W., was charg-more highly skilled work." ed at Marlborough-street with The Government were making unlawfully wearing the uniform the appeal to employers for cos
of a lieutenant of the R.N.V.R., operation in perfect confidence and with possessing a firearm that it would be answered. and ammunition without a cer-! "As the appeal says, we can no tificate, and carrying a Colt pistol longer think of personal profits or and a Browning pistol without a the future of a particular firm or
nation's interest alone." Reuter.
licence.
industry. We must think of the
U.S. WAR ORDER'.
He was remanded on bail. Mr. Claude Hornby, defending, said the charges relating to the weapons stood or fell according| to whether Streatfield was eri- titled to wear uniform or not.
Detective Smith said he un-awarded a $20,000,000 contract for derstood that Streatfleld had been smokeless powder to the Du Pont employed on Admiralty work at de Nemours Company, says a the London Docks.
Reuter telegram from Washington.
The U.S. War Department has
NAZIS FALSIFY OFFICIAL TURKISH
DOCUMENTS
GOERING ON THE FUEHRER
the
Concluding meeting of the Reichstag yesterday, Field-Marshal Goer- ing paid a tribute to Hitler for restoring to the Reich its honour and greatness.
He added: "An heroic and unprece- dented struggle IS now over and an- other struggle, no less heroic, is ahead-de- pendent on whether the appeal to reason made by the Fuehrer to-day will be follow- ed."-Reuter.
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BURMA ROAD EMBARGO
A "Gazette Extraordin- ary" issued in Rangoon yesterday formally bans the export to China of articles mentioned in the Anglo-Japanese agree-
ment.
Belief that traffic might be stop- ped at a moment's notice has caused a big fleet of Chinese lor- ries to race for the China border so as to be well across British ter- ritory by midnight, according to a telegram from Lashio.
Yesterday only a few, lorrido could be seen before the "Ga- zette ban but a consideráble amount of cargo remained and It would take months to clear
it.
The South-West Transportation Company, carriers for the Chinese Central Government, announced they are to carry on as usual with articles not specified in the ban..
The manager stated in Ran- goon yesterday: "We smelt the ban and managed to get most of the ammunition well away earlier. We haven't much now."Reuter.
AT LEAST ELEVEN STERLING
GERMAN PLANES EXCHANGE
SHOT DOWN
THE GERMANS LOST at least eleven 'planes around Britain during the 24 hours ending early yes- terday evening, bringing the number of enemy planes definitely brought down to 138 for the past month and 212 in attacks on Britain since the be- These figures do not include ginning of the war. "probables" or those unlikely to reach home.
Two Were brought down on Thursday night during attacks on rawlers in the Channel.
One was shot down by anti- aircraftTM fire from the trawler Rinovia, which sustained three casualties during the action, the other by an Avro Anson recon- naissance 'plane which boldly
GESTURE BY BRITISH GUIANA
CONTROL
While the official Sterl- ing rate of 4.02 to 4.04 be- came operative in New York yesterday, free Sterl- ing will be quoted for existing balances until they disappear.
Bankers in London are confident that the free rate will climb to- wards the official level after which it is expected free rátes will no longer be possible.
In connexion with the new Treasury regulations for Steri- ing control, many American banks are reported to be ar.. ranging to open registered ac- counts.
Existing London overdrafts of |non-residents must be repaid by August 31 or transferred to new
able only in conformance with
attacked the four M-110 twin- The Legislative Council accounts which will be repay- engined fighters. British fighters of British Guiana yester-the new regulations. Reuter.
Four other planes were dam-day unanimously passed aged during the night.
drove off the rest.
One
bomber was oficially re-a resolution expressing RUMANIA
ported brought down by fighters the wish of all the inhabi off the east coast and another off tants to relieve the Bri-] the south-east coast yesterday .norning.
Another believed have
tish Government from DEMOBILISING
THE GERMAN NEWS AGENCY has produced been het down in the sea of giving them financial as-
Some documents which, it alleges, show that the the East Coast af Scotland, while sistance during the war. TROOPS
The German version of his telegram made it read that the attitude of the Turkish Government| had advanced insofar as to face "the possibility of an offensive war against the Soviet.' 'The actual word used was "defensive:"
a. Hurricane fighters attacked
out of control.
According to
an official
an-
Of
officially an-
Turkish Goverment was conniving with the Allies Henschel-126 army co-operation nouncement in London, it waives for an attack on Soviet Russia. The Anatolian news (or "spy") 'plane. This type of any claim to reimbursement to
'plane was seen for the first time His agency has now issued a statement showing how off the British coast, and when $250,000 authorised as a grant to nounced in Bucharest last
Majesty's Exchequer
It was. the Nazis falsified a telegram from the French Am-last seen was flying low, with cover expenditure for special bassador in order to create this impression.
smoke pouring out of it and partly work this year, and any further evening that further units contribution or payment from of the Rumanian Army the Colonial Development Func Widespread Raids towards the cost of work now in are to be demobilised.?
progress.
It is understood this will affect Agency reports state that Ger-
Lord Lloyd, the Colonies Secre- between 150,000 and 200,000 men. man 'planes were over several tary, has replied that the offer Reports of ineldents on the parts of the country yesterday, affords yet another striking exam-frontiers with Hungary and Bul- including Scotland, Wales, South-ple of the unity of the Empire-garia are officially denied by the West, South-East and North-Wes, Reuter.
Rumanian War Ministry which England.
states that Rumanian troops who One report says that six Nazi ANTI-WAR NUISANCE were sent to these frontiers, have bombers unsuccessfully attacked
pow been withdrawn and demobi- a south-west town yesterday Mrs. Edith Wheeler, 53, lised to help with the harvest."— afternoon, dropping 30 bombs, |High-road, Balham, S.W. fined Reuter, of British bombers, with fighter for telling a corporal and an air- escort, was seen-flying out to sea, and explosions and the sound of craftman of the Auxiliary machine-gun fire were heard from Force to lay down their arms be- cause God would settle the world. a distance later,
Claud Mullins). that she must not make herself a nuisance by Intertering.
states agency.
A further bulletin by thel Anatolian news agency that the German news admits this and attributes" this and other discrepancies to "errors of translations."
The Anatolian news agency pertinently
HOW MANY
-0%
A little later, a strong formation £5 at the South-Western Court SPIES HAVE
Why should a semi-oflcini WE SHOT!
agency, with access to the ori
"ginal French documents, prefer
Air
to translate them first into Ger- (GOLONEL HENEAGE (CON. A building was hit in south-was told by the magistrate (Mr.
man and then back to French be- LOUTH). ASKED IN THE HOUSE fore issuing them?
OF COMMONS
west Scotland, when one raider YESTERDAY dropped eight bombs, causing In this connection, it is worthy HOW MANY PERSONS HAD
Reuter. of note that such German tactics BEEN SHOT FOR SPYING OR some casualties, ----
AGAINST THE have a worthy precedent. Prince OFFENCES. Bismarck (tells in his memoirs STATE BINGE THE QUTBREAK how,being convinced that a war DF WAR.
"GIFT:BY SULTAN
OF ZANZIBAR
.
ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
On the London Stock Exchange yesterday, home rails and gold minings were supported by local investors but other scafions of the market wore mostly casior on
lack of support.
Reports from Wall Street in dicated that the New York Stock Market-was steady-Reuter,
ENTERTAINER HELD BY POLICE with Franco was essential for the Mr. Law, Financial Secretary. success of his schemes, altered a to the War Office, replied: "It is
Harry Cooper, (38), of, Regency. telegram: from the King of Frus not in the public interest to: pub-
Square, Brighton, a well-known sin Betting out detalls for a paci-lish information on this sub- The Sultan of Zanzibar, the entertainer at social functions in BRITONS IN BUENOS fc.settlement, so that (to" und;ject."
Executive Council and the Fin-Brighton, has been detained under Bismarck's own words) they Colonel Heneage: Can he as-ance Committee of Legislttive the Defence Regulations. would act like a red rag to the sure me that this matter is not Council have given £20,000 for Mr. Cooper was formerly inter- The British Community Coun- Gallic bull" "The falsification being treated either with leniency the purchase of two fighters for ested in n society for promoting at; Buenos Aires yesterday, sent Great Brit£15,000 to the, Chancellor of the provoked France into declaring or complacency to the persons he colonial air squadron Reu- friendship between
Exchequer. Reuter. war-Reuter,
concerned?
ter..
ain and Germany.
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