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ŠINO - JAPANESE WAR 1937
BY PERCY CHEN
LEARN... The Facts about the Campaign
of the Eighth Route Army in Shansi, Key Point of the North China Front.
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Tazang Fiercest Battle Ever Fought Outside Europe.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 30,“ 1938.
1,600 SHANGHAI BABIES FACE STARVATION
Council's Appeal
For Relief
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AIR DEFENCE CADET SCHEME The date of appointment of Vice- The Commander-in-Chief in In-
Squadron Leader H. W. Woollett, Admiral J. F. Somerville, CB. dia has made the following ap- D.9.0.. DS Commander-in-Chief, pointinents at Army Headquarters, | D.SO., M.C., whọ has been appoin-
ted by the Air League of the Shanghai refugee camps during
Sixteen hundred babies born in THE Undersigned have received. East Indies Station. has been&mla:-
Colonel D. M. King, D&O, M.C., British Empire as area organizer the past four months are threaten. amended to June 10, on which
officiating Deputy Adjutant for London of the newly formed Aired with death by starvation and day his fag was holsted in H.M.S. | as President
General and Director of Organiza-Defence Cadet Corps and assistant disease. Colonel Theodore Roose- to Air Commodore Chamter for velt, Jr.. national chairman of the Captain Allan Poland, D.S.D. tion.
Major F. I. de la P. Garforth, the whole cadet scheme, served United Council for Civilian Relief who has been acting Commander- in-Chief since the departure of R.E., as officiating Assistant Adju- with the RF.C. and RAF, from in China, asserted recently follow- Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Ram-tant-General for Personnel
The air cadet "scheme aims at say on April 27. will resume his Captain G. W. Wren, LA, as off-
training youths between the ages dutics 2.3 Senior Naval Officer, clating D.A.A.C.
Bt. Persian Gulf, on July 30,""
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Lof 14 and 18 to perform useful
Mrs. Henry reported that the Harry, LA.O.C., as officiating DAD tasks on aerodromes, in air raid 1,600 infants and thousands of precautions, and possibly in con- other Chinese children are receiv- of Ordnance Services.
At Godowns Nos. 27, 23, and 33 Major A. J. M. Wilton, LA, as nexion with balloon barrage units ing only the bartat sustenance of The Hong Kong Kowloon G,8.0.2.
and the Observer Corps. An initial Major WL Alston; OBE. IA, as grant of £200 towards the cost of ing to the lack of food, Colonel Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kow-
Roosevelt sald, as he speeded up loon. Deputy Assistant Military Secre-administration was included in the plans for the National Bowl of Rice Air Estimates in February, and Parties to be held on June 17 to
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H.MS. RAMILLIES
The battleship Ramillies, captain E. N. Syfret, will return to Devon port on July 5. four days earlier than was previously arranged, and
tary.
Major G. W. P. N. Burden. -
|Battalion. The Fast Lancashire Regiment, as a temporary Staf Captain.
1916 to 1932,
QUEEN MARY USES STEEL KEY TO OPEN HALL Queen Mary, who opened the new Lynden Hall residence for women students of Queen Mary College recently, d'éclin- ed to perform the ceremony with a gold key.
will reduce and de-store before being taken in hand on August 1
Major P. H. Frost, M.BE, R. L. A. fund to raise £25,000 to cover the for large repairs, for which over 8.0., as officiating D.A.D. of Con-cost of the central organization £200,000 has been provided in the tracts in place of Major Eduring the three pioneer years has Navy Estimates The Ramillies ar-Boughton, who is acting as an as-been started by the Air League. rived at Portland last week from sistant director. Rosyth, and will be present at the King's inspection.
COMMAND OF THE SALTBURN
Commander C. B. C. Swayne relinquished on June 18 the com mand of EMS. Saltburn, signal and navigation schools stoop at Portsmouth, and will be succeeded by Commander. E. F. Disbrowe, late Commander of the Dockyard and Master Attendant at Hong Kong.
FLEET AIR ARM POST Lieutenant-Commander, E. F Burroughs, who has been squadron ("leader ̧(fying) in the aircraft-car- rier Courageous since October, 1935
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Captain A. D. Ward, ist Bat- tallon. The King's Regiment, as officiating G.8.0.3.
Hawkins undated: to Victory, for R.N.B. (July 25).
Lt.Cdr. (E).-W. J., Robb, w Victory (July 4).
L-A F Jackson. to Ringdove (July 3).
is to be Senior Fleet Air Arm Lt. (E).-W. B. Axford, to Pre- officer and squadron aviation oft-sident, for crae, at R.N. College cer in that ship in succession to Greenwich June 21). Commander R. St. A. Malleson, who
has been appointed to the newly formed Air Material Department at the Admiralty. Lieutenant-Com mander Burroughs, will have tem. porary RAF rank as wing com- mander.
DEPARTURE OF THE MAIDSTONE
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H.M.S. Maidstone. Captain + Ruck-Keene, the new submarine depot-snip, has left Portsmouth for the Mediterranean to take the place of the Cyclops.
# NAVAL APPOINTMENTS - The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:-
Engr. Cdr.-J. P. Davis, Titania (June 28).
Cdr. (E).-K. E. Smith to Pre- sident, for crse. at R. N. College, Greenwich (June 21).
Surgn, Cdr.-G. L. Ritchie, M.B. to Effingham (on commg.); to
AMERICAN LADIES AT COURT
Ambassador's Decision On Presentations
Sub-Lt.-C. H. Peterkin, to Win- chester (June 21).
Cd. Gunners (T)-F., E. V. Mathews, to Resolution (July.5); B E. Chitty, to Grenville (July 12); A. E. Perry, to Ramilles (Aug. 17
Gunner (T).-E. C. McDougall, to Vernon (July 11).
Wt. Shipt.-C. W. Mahoney, to Resolution (July 12).
Wt. Writer-F. Pring. to Cum- berland (June 17); to Kent (undated).
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PROMOTIONS Lts.-R. W. F. Northcott, F. C. Brodrick, J. O. Mansell (F/O RAF), to runk of Lt.-Cdr. (seny June 16).
The American Ambassador has decided that presentations to Court made by him ought to be confined to the families. of American officials in Britain and to members of the Immediate familles of those Americans demf- elled in Britain.
Mid. (A).--A.. W. B. Drayson, to rank of Act. Sub-It. (A) {geny June 17).
Wt. Shipts.-T. Walker, A. C. De Gruchy, N. C. Hi to rank of Cd. Shipt. (seny. June 14).
MANY ARRESTS IN
U.S. GRAFT CLEAN- P
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Frank Hayes, Lieut.-Governor of Connecti cut, and mayor of Waterbury. and 20 other prominent citi- Zena.
They are charged with frauda totalling 1,000,000 đôl- lars, Juggling the city funds and lobbying at the State capitol.
distasteful position of having to
choose a small number of ladies
from a long list, very few, if any. of whom he has ever seen. This practice, it seems to me, is This decision is conveyed in 23 undemocratie in that the invidious letter Mr. Kennedy has addressed choice can have in large part no to Senator Cabot Lodge. It is as follows:-
basis other than the pressure of recommendations behind the in-
The college authorities were told that Queen Mary has more than 400 gold and silver keys.
I find that before my arrival dividual applicants. Dr pure there had been correspondence chance. A large number of with you regarding the presenta equally worthy "ladles are disap- tion at Court this year of a young pointed, and in many cases feel lady from our State. There is, as that they have been unfairly you know, a very large number of treated. It is impossible to make applications each year, coming this choice from among the from all parts of the United applicants on any basis of real States, as well as from Americans fairness, residing abroad. It is not possible to meet the wishes of all these applicants, as the number of pre- sentations which any Ambassador
She unlocked the doors of the ball with an ordinary steel key,
ing receipt of dispatches from Mrs. THURSDAY, the 30th JUNE. 1938.. · E. F. Henry, Southern Methodist Church relief leader, in Shanghai,
aid destitute Chinese civilians,
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Commencing at 10.30 am.
(For Account of the Concerned)
"Our relief funds are diminishing 2433 Packages Miscellaneous Goods rapidly and we are able to permit only the smallest rations to thousands of children," said Mrs.
Comprising:
Henry's cable to Colonel Roosevelt Mosquito Destroyer Fowder, Fire "Most of the adult refugees are Crackers, Mattings, Dyes, Camp- subsisting on thistles, poplar buds
and blue clay mixed with leaves,horwood Chests, Medicine, Felt Conditions are much worse than in Hats, Torches, Combs, Tooth Paste, the 1921 famine.
Clothes, Etc.,
"The summer conditions in most maternity centres, are appalling.”- Mrs. Henry reported: "There is insuficient pure water for any purpose and milk—a_luxury-spolis almost as soon as received. The heat is dreadful, and we are ham- pered by lack of medicine and sanitation equipment. We most have quick help from Americans if we are to save the lives of millions. of these innocent victims of Japan- ese invasion.”
Blowfly Costs Millions
LOSSES in wool and sheep
caused by the blowfly may cost Australia as much £3 £3,856,000 tear. If proved losses on properties investigat- ed in New South Wales can be taken as the average, states Mr. M. J.-Mackerras, an officer of the division of economic entomology of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Re- search.
I have accordingly come to the conclusion that the presentations i made by the American Ambassa- dor in London ought to be con-
is allowed to make at Court faned to the families of American necessarily limited by the rules and regulations of the Court it offcials in this country and to self. For many years this Embassy lies of those Americans who are
members of the immediate fami has had the privilege of present. ing between 20 and 30 American not merely visiting England, but ladies each year, and the Court are domiciled here for reasons: is still disposed to receive as many which would justify the Ambassa- American ladies as in the past. dor in supporting their applica-
SMALL NUMBER FROM
A LONG LIST
tions...
He quotes book figures ob-... tained by Dr. H. G. Belschener,
I regret, therefore, that I can- nat meet your request. You under- The number of American ladies stand. I am sure, my feeling on presented, however, has on the this whole question of presenting average been twice as great as American ladles at Court here. 7 the number of ladies presented by cannot see that it serves any all the other diplomatic missions useful purpose for either one of together. The American Ambaa the two countries, made in my sador is, nevertheless, put in the view, the practice, should cease.
senior veterinary surgeon of the New South Wales Depart- ment of Agriculture, for losses of wool and sheep and preven- tive expenditure on three, stud and five flock properties in that State.
On the stud properties the average cost of the ny was £198 a 100 sheep; on the flock properties £35 100. The
£35 average loss WES the Agure given for Scotland, Mr. Mackerras adds,
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