By BUD FISHER
I NEVER SEEN
THIS BUMP ON.
MY HEAD BUT I'LL SWEAR IT'S THERE!
FAST MTB'S FOR BRITAIN
About 20 fast forpedo-" boats are ready for de- livery to Britain and are possibly on the way now. according to Colonel Knox, the Navy Secretary
The boabe sapable of going. A a mile a
he told
at over
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a press conference in Washington yesterday, adding that they be transported act, the Alana
Colonel Knox alan reveled that the United
negotiating I
State
for the construction in Canada of a number of war hip, orobably con vettes
He pointed out that any war-
in
for built ships
the United States might be handed over to Britain under the Leat Lend system.
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RAJPUTANA TORPEDOED AND SUNK
is officially an- Ad- nounced by the miralty that the arm- ed merchant cruiser, H.M.S. "Rajputana" has been torpedoed and sunk.
She is a sister ship of the Rawalpindi. Reuter.
BULGARIAN
ASSURANCE
TO TURKEY
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The Bulgarian Minister Ankara has assured the Turkish The deciMODE will be rearhed Government that the occupation. of the Greek port of Dedegach by when the ship neat completion.
Questioned regarding American Bulgarian troops implied no hos- towards Turkey. and for ittam in the Battle of the tile intention
according to an Istanbul despatch Atlante, Colonel Knox said he understood that larger and fas- to the Free French Agency. ter freighters have been seeking | Agency also reports that part of independently, to run the gaunties: the British Colony in Aiern has arrived on the island of Chios of of U-boats and bombers for seine
the coast of Asia Minor. time. -Reuter
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The
NAZI MENACE IN IRAQ
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Replying to a Commons question, Mr. Eden clared yesterday that he was well aware of the po- tential menace to British interests and to the dependence of Iraq of any German infiltration into Iraq.
in-
Mr Morres Jones, (L.;bmal Na-
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KC, this morning, with stealing a brass boiler from No. 59, Hen- nessy Road, yesterday,
Fung King was charged with recriving the bo lert and with as- saulung Sgt. J. Lewis at Tai Wo Street.
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A FAST ACTION STORY OF THE UNDERWORLD!
A cocksure young ganster, confident of his abili- ty to stay outside the law defies every force that
fies
WERE MAY!
to seperate him from
the girl he loves.
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ANN SHERIDAN
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a m. to-day. Sgt Lewis stopped Fung in Johnston Road and found a brass boiler in his possession Defendant broke away and start- ed to run, He was caught after a long chase. But he struck at Sgt, Lewis, who with the help of anolher policeman. took him to the Station.
to
First accused was sentenced three weeks' hard labour for the defendant, larceny, and
second
to three months' hard labour.
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A test case was opened in the British Court in Shanghai yester- day when a missionary, Dr. C. W. Rankin, fled a complaint against the "North China Daily News" for publishing advertisements for Refugee Lottery run by the Frnch authorities.
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The newspaper has pleaded Not Guilty.
Dr. Rankin is seeking to abolish the lottery, which was established in July, 1928, to help half a mil- lion Shanghai destitutes. - Inter- national News Service,
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