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ISRAEL ACCUSED BY TRANSJORDAN CHIEF
SCIENCE WON'T BE
Ammon, March 15.
"The Jews have challengod the Security Council once more in their advance and occupation of Um Rashrash and the Palestinian Red Sea coast," the Transjordan Premier, Huda Pasha, accused in a press conference this morning.
USED HERE"The Jews are claiming that they have advanced
Shawbury, March 15,
into territory given to them by the U.N.'s re- solution but the Security Council orders are clear that everybody should stay where they are and not take advantage of seizing new strategi- cal positions.
The British crews of six Lan- caster hambers" which took off here today in a 7,000-miles | training flight will tonight dis- card all the intricate naviga-I tional aids provided by modern. The Jews in their Intest science and fly-entirely by star movement have violated the Security Council in the same "They have previously defled obe ervation and dead reckoning, orders and arquired a position manner by violating the trice and
Radar and radio alds will be on the Red Sea shore between acquiring strategie
positions in frontier before a forgotten as the alx planes take the yptian and Trausjordan the Egypting oft from Castet Benito, North orders," Huda Pasha said, z Anel settlement," Iluci Pasha Africa, ni dusk to fy to Khar-
continued, toum, bi the Sudan.,
The planes are due at Khar- fabio tomorrow
will leave and ngain on Friday to fly back to Britain, calling at Faykl, in the Canal Zone. and Lucia, Malta. During these later stages, the
revent developmenta Ravigational technique with be utilised.
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TNT RADIO SETS SOLD
TO PUBLIC
Detrist, March 15.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH - 17, 1940. ;
Crime Every CONVICTS DUG TUNNEL,
WITH SPOONS, FORKS
18.7 Seconds
Washington, March 16.
A serious crime was com- mitted in the United States overy 10.7 seconds fast your, a Federal Bureau Investiga- tion report disclosed here.
The Bureau Director, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, said: "With the passing of each day, on the average 30 persons were feloniously main, 255 were victims of aggravated assault ог гарс and 160 robberies were committed..
"During an RVORADO hour periost 1,032 places were .burglarised, and 463 automo. alles were stolen,. In addi. tion to 2,671 miscellaneous, largonies."-Router.
24.
Primate's Appeal To Britons
Paris, March 15,
Eighty convicts in Beauregard Prison, near Patis, aro wondering what informer gave away their os- cape bid to the warders. Last Sunday, the men completed a 100-foot tunnel which they had carved out with spoons and forks every night for three months.. One by one the men crawled f through. But as each prisoner emerged blinking into the light, warders whisked him back into jail. The first three out to "freedom" put up a fight, then panic broke out in the tunnel and armed warders at either ✦✦ end were able to herd the men
back to their cells.
The Prime Minister expressed regret that the Security Counell had never Haken any practical
measures to inpose its orders.
London, March 15. The Most Reverend Geoffrey "The Jews have also violated Fisher, Archbishop of Canter- the truce in the Jerusalem area,
lineated by the United Nations in Ellour Mountain."
break-through. The men hoped wood Lo emerge into a small
Paris
the for and. bolt
In But the warders heavy rain. had the elgnal too. With the help of security guards, they soon had the men prison.
back in
Three men who had escaped from Beauregard by less clabo- rate methods a week ugo are
in
The prisoners, political agit- tors, pelly thieves and hardened still at large. lifers, began the tunnel in a cell
At Aix-en-Province, from which they tore the floor Southern France, a warder went boards. Each night they took it to see a prisoner, who had com- In turns to scrape nway the earth-in damp and darkness as entered the
lained of a toothenche. As he
cell, The
prisoner they lay
stomachs kicked him
in the stomach, Best with spoons and forks, and seized his keys, and had opened Inter with empty
fruit tins.
the door of nearly every cell in They brought out the soil the
prison before shots, fred by brought help. No
Official
on their
Decupying the no-mans-land' de. ¡bury, today appealed to Britons in their pockets, emptying it into the warders,
Speaking about the British Akaba gorrison, he said: "The agency, main purpose of the British Himit-
The Air Ministry announced Through a slip in an uudis-| that the fights wilt anticipate closed Government posalbla future long-range radio sets containing explosives force at Akaba is to defend navigation and provide an op- have been sold to the public as portunity for the use of ex-war purplats.” perimental navigational tech- niques.
The Lancaster force is attacked to the Empire Air Navigation School at Shawbury-Reuter.
RADIO
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The number Wis above 1,500 but not all contained explosive Plus a detonator, which was dr. signed to destroy the sets if their capture appeared inminent dur- ing the war.
The authorities warned persons, who had bought the sets An
mere. Fraction of their cost, of the danger they faced.
the Southern Transjordan ferri- tory where our forces are not enough.
Border Crossed
"We have the right to ask them, if we find ourselves ob- liged to implement the Anglo- TransJordan Treaty, to call suf- Acient forces to help in de fending the whole borders of TrankJordan.
to join the Greeks in m speclai prayers next Sunday for a Greek Government victory over the forces of disintegration.
He sail the Archbishop of Athens would next Sunday (during the annual independence celebrations) lend the Greek Churches in special prayers.
In the bitter agony of their suffering, the Greek people call their for spiritusi help from British brethren and I feel sure that on March 20 grent numbers of Christians in this country will desire to add their those of their fellow Christians in Greece," he said.
prayers to
a prison lavatory.
prisoners escape;
Bn-
As the tunnel progressed, the
Today's men dug more feverishly. At the nounced increased punishments morning roll-calls, they hid their for warders who let bleeding hands and broken nails. escape-up to six
prisoners months and Aix Incident
40,000 franes for negligence, and Last Sunday morning.
and the up to three years
500,000 algnal was given for annat froncs for o connivance.--Reuter,
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This
Ratio broadrasting on a frequency of 845 kilueycles per second and on 8.32 megacycles per second in the 31 metre band.
H.X.T.
casing the Jews have, not inten-
tonally crossed the Transjerdan
in Washingtop. 0121 investiga
to determine ton is under way how the sets were classified as Marplus" and gol in the public The arts are of a high frequency, borders.
were enrried by Aflict war plane which matenoteradle they Rent tentifying sisals for the benelit of anti-hireraft forces, p.m.-"Band Band" Blend of is They cannot be used as ordinary
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contained.
Report and
"In the recent incidents where erassed the, Transjordan borders they have done it in un- of the populated sterile areas land located in Akaba valley.
"The British Government, ns well as the Acting Mediator, were promptly Informed wherever and whenever the Jews have crossed Transjordan borders."
Huba
Only three were recovered here. The purchaser of one dis-
Pasha announced: covered a six-inch tube contains Transjordan will welcome 1 Parkering TNT and its detonator and plebiscite in Palestine if such a Northern notified, the authurilles.-United decision is taken by the United
Nations."---Associaled Press.
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