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·THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 13, 1940
LEADING BANKER
URGES FINANCIAL AID
BRITAIN
TO
DUTCH WARSHIP'S
THE MOVEMENT IN THE United States in fa- CAPTURE
̈bankers..
vour of granting financial aid to Britain received powerful and unexpected support yesterday from The British Admiralty Mr. Winthrop Aldrich, one of America's leading yesterday paid a tribute to the work of the Nether- lands warship which in- Besides being Chairman of the Chase National tercepted the German Bank, Mr. Aldrich is a well-known lawyer.
cargo-steamer Rhein in Speaking at the Boston Cham-the Atlantic off Cuba. ber of Commerce he urged that funds should be made available "promptly and generously before Britain's financial sands had rur dangerously löw.
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AKIM TAMIROFF MURIEL ANGELUS
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loture
What a mant 2 The years sur
prize character
In the year's
surprise hits
TRIBUTE TO COLONIES
The Rhein, arvessel of. 6,000 tons, left: Tampico, Mexico: about 12 days ago. The crew set fire to the ship and then tried to scut- the her...
This was frustrated by prompt and gallant action by a boarding
This incident, says the Admir-
He added such funds could be furnished either by a Federal, party; guarantee of British credit or a loan from the United States ally, illustrates the wide-spread· Treasury, or by an outright and effective cooperation being grant in ald.
rendered the Royal Navy by the Royal Netherlands Navy -- Reu-
Mr. Aldrich. denied, that theter. Her Majesty the Queen Johnson and Neutrality Acts pre- vented such action, declaring that yesterday thanked the neither of them "prohibits our Colonial Empire for 35 Government from giving financial mobile canteens for the aid to Great Britain.” use of air-raid victims.
Full Strength
THE PRINCE BERNHARD FUND
After inspecting them in the
THE "PRINCE BERNHARD Courtyard of Buckingham Palace, Recalling that both American FUNDA HAS RAISED THE Her Majesty said that ever since political parties had decided in MONEY FOR TWO MORE BOM- he beginning of the war the favour of extending aid, Mr. Al-BERS FOR THE ROYAL Colonial Empire has been un-drich said: "If that pledge means NETHERLANDS NAVY-- sparing in its support of the anything it means that our full in- This fund now totals £810,000, Mother Country.
dustrial and financial strength of which £745,000 has been given shall be thrown into the scales on to the Ministry of Aircraft Pro- the side of England."-Reuter.. ductión. Reuter.
But it was not only the material help they gave so much as the thought that these widesprend peoples shared Britain's ideals and felt for her people in the suffer- ing which the struggle brings to. the people of this island.
She said she would ask Lord Lloyd to express their grateful thanks for this most valuable and welcome gift. Reuter.
SUGAR AS "SWEETENED COCOA"
Sugar invoiced
as sweetened
cocoa was the subject of sum-. monses on which fines and costs
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for breaches of the Sugar (Maxi- NANCY KELLY JON HALL
mum Prices). Order.
Greens (Aldgate) Ltd., who'esn'e repeers, :00 Commercial Street. London, E., were fined £20. al Old Street Police Court for selling 5cwt. of granulated sugar at:47s Gd. a cwt. when the maximum price was 37s. 114d. They were also fined £40, with twenty-five Puineas costs, for entering in a fic- titious transaction by represent- ing these goods as sweetened co- coa...
Charles Frederick Bean, director, and sales manager of the firm, of Woodhouse. Grove, Manor Park, was fined £5 and £10
Mr. Vernon Gatte, for the Min- istry of Food, stated that
the managing director of the chocolate firm learned that it was possible to: ob'ain-Fugar without a nezmit.
SPENCER TRACY-HEDY LAMARRThe Confectioners Association to
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which she reported this gave him certain instructions.
He was told to supply Greens
with Ave barrels about one-third full of cocoa in linen bags," The barrels were collected by Greens. 2" and "rebirned with the remaining space Alled up with granulated sugar.
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JOAN DAVIS · DANA ANDREWS MARY HASH - LARRY CRABBE KATHARINE ALDRIDGE • HARRY SHANNON-WALLY VERNON-
and "SKIPPER" the stowaway baby who scuttles the war game
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BISHOP MANNING TO THE YEAR'S WILDEST, WITTIEST WHIRLWIND
LEAD SERVICE
FOR GREEK VICTORY
A SPECIAL SERVICE FOR THE VICTORY OF THE GREEKS AND CE THANKS FOR THEIR· DELIVERANCE FROM THE ITALIANS WILL BELED BY BISHOP MANNING OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN HIS CATHEDRAL' IN NEW YORK NEXT SUNDAY, British churches will observe it as a day of intercession for the Greeks, Reuter,
OF A LOVE AND LAFF SHOWI
Borean play by CHARLES LEDEKER :
COLUMBIA PICTURE.
CARY GRANT ROSALIND RUSSELL
HOWARD HAWKS"
His Girl Friday
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