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MIRACLE NEEDED TO SAVE PRESIDENT HOOVER
Mr. Roosevelt before the micro. phone broadcasting
of his
ona
final sprecher.
VON PAPEN TO STAY
DETERMINED TO
CARRY ON
DELIVERS A NEW ULTIMATUM
(Our Own Correspondent).
Berlin, Nov. 8. Herr von Papen to-day mado his first public pronouncement| since, the clection, this being at a luncheon given to foreign journalists.
He said the objects of the Government, as recently explained, would be carried through without change.
Roosevelt Leading in Twenty-Five States
NEW YORK STATE
}
WON OVER
REPUBLICAN MANAGER ADMITS LOSS
HOOVER'S FAILURE
NEW YORK, NOV. 8 PENDING THE RESULTS FROM THE MIDDLE WEST AND WEST, IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT MR. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, AS BEEN ELECTED AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT WILL BE NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE IF PRESIDENT HOOVER SURVIVES.
New York, with forty-seven electoral college votes, has already gone over to the Democrats. Mr. Roose- velt now has a strong lead in twenty-five States, com- manding 284 electoral college votes, which would be quite sufficient for election.
President Hoover is leading in only seven States, which carry 88 electoral college votes.
Mr. Roosevelt is triumphing in the traditionally Democratic South, where President Hoover is being literally snowed under.
THE POSITION HOUR BY HOUR
400,000
New York. Nov. 8. a lead at present over Unoficial and fragmentary re-votes, after the counting of a turns show that Mr. Franklin quarter of the votes recorded in
Jeuding in seven the State, Economic and political order can-Roosevelt is
elec- not prevail in Europe, von Papen States having ninety-three
votes, while President said, until the German people were turn! guaranteed peaceful and secure de-oover is leading in three States velopment.
having twenty electoral votes.
The candidates are running neck
NEW YORK LEAD.
8.30 p.m. President Hoover's assistant capaign manager has conceded the
Hoover
President and Mrs. pleased at their reception in
California.
LEAPS FOR LIFE
THRILLING FIRE SCENES
NINE INJURED
SERIOUS KOWLOON
OUTBREAK
Thrilling scenes were witnessed in the early hours of this morning when a fire broke out in a block of three four-storeyed building
CHANCELLOR AND BIMETALLISM
STRONG OPPOSITION IN
LONG REVIEW
London, Nov. 8.
REFUSAL TO GIVE ANY ENCOURAGEMENT to
advocates of bimetallism was the keynote of a noteworthy statement by Mr. Neville Chamberlain at the close of the three-day non-party Commons debate on unemployment.
The House adopted, without a division, the Labour : situate at 970-974, Canton Road, motion expressing Parliament's concern at the present
THE ANTI-IRISH TARIFF WAR
MR. THOMAS EXPLAINS DUTY INCREASE.
London, Nov. 8.
The House of Commons to-day approved by 250 votes In 38, the increase in the customs duties on Irish Free State farm produce and livestock,
Mr. J. H. Thomas explained that the increase would be impus- ed as from to-morrow and was due to the fact that the receipts hitherto had shuwed conclusively that England was unlikely to collect the amount Reuter.
oving.-
BRITAIN'S
AIR FUTURE
DISCREET REPLIES TO QUESTIONS
PREMIER AND THE FRENCH PLAN
London, Nov. 8.
Kowloon, resulting in injuries to nine inmates in jumping from upper floors into the street below.
Five of the injured people were sent to the Kowloon Hospital, and the others to the Kwong Wah Hospital.
Three are in a serious condi- tion and may not recover. All jumped from the blazing building before the arrival of the Fire Brigade.
The block which was praetically Kutted, comprised the usual shop bamboo- and tenement type. A ware shop occupied the ground! lour of No. 972, and it is believed that the fire, which started in this! shop, had its source in a heap of. bamboo shavings underneath staircase connecting two house. The theory is that these shavings were set alight by a carelessly- ihrown cigarette-end.
BURNT OUT.
The Chancellor appended to other i nations to help, because neither by and neck in Massachusetts which loss of New York State with its In the House of Commons trickery nor by threat would Ger- hus 17 votes and Pennsylvania forty-seven electoral college voles day, Lord Apsley asked the Prime among the inmates of the upper many consider herself bound for which has 36. ever by the stipulations forced on her by her victors.
DE VALERA'S CHALLENGE
ROOSEVELT WELL OFF MARK
6.30. p.m.
OLD WOMAN RESCUED.
LL
་
Sir Robert Horne,
Mr. Chamberlain,
volume of unemployment and welcoming all measures to deal with it.
Mr. Chamberlain ventured a long review of mone- tary factors in rebutting the arguments in favour of bimetallism, stressing that supplies of silver are in- adequate and that the central banks would cer- tainly not agree to accept a certain proportion of silver at a fixed ratio to gold.
UNEMPLOYMENT DEBATE CLOSES
CUNARD LINERS.
re-i The whole fire-fighting sourcca of the mainland were brought to bear on the fire sooni ufter the alarm was given at two The Jo'clock in the morning.
Brigade concentrated on the task) of confining the outbreak to an row limits as possible, but the two houses connected by the staircase
totally were nimost burnt out, Great to-
excitement prevailed
to Mr. Roosevelt.
Minister whether, before any de-storeys when it became clear that threatened of them were Roosevell has alrendy polled cision was reached regarding the many two million out of five million extent to which the British Gov. with being trapped,
with the
Mr. Neville Chamberlain's ro-more than from any other singie Mr. Roosevelt is leading in possible votes and is now leading ernment could agreo
by nearly six hundred thousand, a French disarmament proposals,
On a third floor house, an old view of the monetary situation was device. Alabama (11 electoral votes). lead which in tending to increase and particularly those on the in-woman had taken refuge in the made in reply to a speech by Sir Florida (7), Georgia (12), Okin-
ternational control of civil avia- tion, he would ensure that such back kitchen, and for a time her Robert Horne, the noted banker homa (11), Texas (23), Missouri rather than to diminish.
One measure of rollof head. agreement would.in no way pre-plight was extremely serious, advocate of bimetalliem.
Robert Home suggested Vocated was State assistance to vent the future development of However, the Brigade managed to British civil aviation, either of a raise an escape ladder in a wide The candidates are running
struction of its two glant liners. With New York in Roosevelt's private nature, or on the existing ano at the back, and by means of that wholesale commodity prices enable the Cunard Company to provement, by restricting the supHe believed that this could be neck and neck, with no clear in- dication whatsoever, in Kansas favour and a commanding lead in and proposed Empire routes to this they were able eventually to might be affected, for their improceed with the projected con It was fully two hours before plles of commodities or by an al-done by means of a loan, or and Canada rospectively. 9 electoral votes), Massachusetts, the South, the election seems to India, South Africa, Australia bring her to safety.
The Prime Minister repiled that the Brigade, faced with a most iteration in the amount of monetary | guarantees without any cost to as being the the State. He was certain logiti- A sensation has been caused In17 votes), Pennsylvania (36) and have been already decided.
It is, of course, too early to say
standard by which their value wa1 mate ways in which the credit of Colorado (6).. political circles by a speech by Mr.
President Hoover is leading in that Mr. Roosevelt has been elect- he had not yet received the now difficult task, succeeded in sub-gold available
disarmament proposala, duing the flames.
Investigations later made show-measured.
the country could be used to help de Valera at the Fianna Fail Con-New Hampshire (4 electoral votes) ed until the results have been rebut the Government in the Uniteded that ten people had been in-
and Rhode Island (4).
ceived from the Western States, Kingdom would certainly bear in
Sir Robert suggested that as industry might be discovered if jured, but there may be but it would be almost a miracle mind the importance of providing usualties as well. search was there was a deficiency of gold, due an expert commitee were set up BIG LEAD.
fully for the future of British
Sir Robert Horne also suggested should supplement the supply of that the embarge on new capital gold by bringing silver into account. jissues be removed as early as
possible. IIe added that a rlec In the prico prove our trade with India China.
WARNING TO IR.A. SENSATION
Dublin, Nov. 9.
(15), Maryland (B) Tennessee (11) Nebraska (7), and South Carolina (18).
ONLY MIRACLE CAN SAVE HOOVER.
now if he falls.
8.46 p.m.
vention where he warned the Irish Republican Army and other organi- nations that anyone found in the! -possession of arms would be pro-|
In the States hitherto for Roose Roosevelt is now leading in at eceded against with the full vigour velt, the electoral votes total 113. least twenty-five States, carrying of the law.
electoral college In those for Hoover, there are only 284 This is regarded as IN direct challenge to the Irish Republicanight votes. And In those in which Reuter, Army-Reuter.
DEATH OF MR. W. L. PATTENDEN
PASSES AWAY IN ENGLAND
·
As we go to press, news reaches
us of the death in England of Mr.
candidates the
Be running neck and neck atcount for electard college votes.
7 n.m.
Mr. Roosevelt is now leading also in Virginia with 11 electoral college. votes; in Arkansas
votes.
ANGLO-SWEDISH TRADE
(0 votes) and is slightly leading ADVANCE DELEGATES
in Massachusetts and Kansas, where he is now beginning to draw away slightly from Mr. Hoover,
NEW YORK NOW.
IN LONDON
London, Nov. 8. The Swedish Minister, Baron Palmstlerna, to-day introduced to W. L. Pattenden, former General Manager of Messrs. W. R. Loxley
Ile is also lending by a wide the President of the Board of and Co., who left the Colony on margin in New York State which Trade (Mr. Runciman) Mosses, Sahin and Allard, retirement in March, 1930, after enrries 47 electoral college votos, Sohlman, residence of over thirty years. thanks to the heavy Democratie members of the Swedish delega
tlon who have arrived in London! On going Home, he settled down majorities In New York City. lends President Hoover
In in advance of the full delegation at Godalming, and it is presumed that he passed away there, al Vermont, with 3. electorai college for preliminary discussions though no details beyond a brief votes, South Dakota, with 4, Con- Anglo-Swedish commercial rela- cable message have so far been necticut with eight, New Hamptione. received,
French
other
Str
civil aviation and the development still being carried out in the to much being sterlined in re- for this purpose,
debris for possible victims this nerves in particular countries, we
of Imperial air communientions. morning.
Replying to a supplementary question, regarding private flying.
the Premier said he could
not:
jenter into detalls that might arise QUEEN ELIZABETH of silver would very much im-1
in the courso. of the negotiations
but the House might take his answer as one that was going to
RETURNS
Ruide the Government in their WARSHIP HOME FROM general policy.
Asked whether the dissociation
1.
IRISH GOVERNOR GENERAL
MEDITERRANEAN.
London, Nov. 8.
and
and others werd de-
LIBERAL VIEW.
Sir Horbert Samuel expressed, the hope that the opportunity would be taken at the World STERLING'S VALUE.
Economic Conference to achieve Sir Robert Horne who was at definite results on tariff and other one time a Conservative Chancellor restrictions, monetary questions of civil flying altogether from thei
The battleship Queen Elizabeth of the Exchequer, observed that a land other matters of world-wide: great service would be rendered importance. Only by such means armed forces of the Crown was being considered, the Premier said reached Plymouth to-day after to the trade, Industry, and com-could they accure an early return that that was naturally one of the two and a half years' commission merce of the world if internation- to prosperity, and end unemploy
Mediterranean, during al exchanges were put right. ment. questions that must arise.-British in the
which she has steamed over 80,000 While there was a vast amount of If the Disarmament Conference?
goid in the world, nearly three-quar- could simultaneously be brought Wireless,
milos.
She was flying the flag of Ad-tera of it was in the hands of two to a successful conclusion, Its minal Sir Ernle Chatfield, who will countries Rucceed. Admiral Sir Frederick nuded of the necessary supply. would go far to encourage thes Field at the Admiralty as First The problem was certainly one of whole world towards better onono
mile.conditions. Sea Lord-British Wireless. the great factors of the present
After many other members had situation.
apokon, the Chancellor of Ex- Referring to the position of the chequer, concluded the debate APPOINTMENT PART
pound, he pointed out that ster- which he said had been most pro OF TREATY
ling prices to-day were practically ductive of Ideas. While he could at the same level as when Britain not agree with the desirability Di London, Nov. 8. shire with 4, and Rhode Island A statement has been issued
BIG PROJECT AT want off the gold standard and many of the proposals made, there with four. The gross total of the showing that the Swedish and Questioned in the House of Com
that the pound now purchasedwaro others which would receive electoral votes in the States in British points of view, were ox-mona as to the appointment of the
SOUTHAMPTON
more in commodities than Ave the careful consideration of the The P. and O. 2.8. Bangalore, from which President Hoover leads is changed and are being examined. Governor General of the Irish Free
London, Nov. 8. years ago. This was sufficient Government. State the Dominions Secretary, only 23.
The Duke and Duchess of York, evidence that one need be
Mr. Noville Chamberlain, maks 7.30 p.m.
Mr. J. Thomas, said whilst he had no statement to make at the who visited Southampton to-day to perturbed about the fall in stering the final speech in the deb Mr. Roosevelt appears almost
moment, the House was aware that open now civil buildings, along
on unemployment, confined h The Royal Observatory reports that certain to carry the most im the anticyclone is centred over Southportant key State, New York. He Amongrel owned by Bandsman provision for the anpointment of made an extensive tour of the Croft, of the South Wales Borderers,
the new silver were once more put in an missions of Bir Rabort Hörnazi The Japan, and has weakoned.
form a appropriate position in relation to typhoon is situated about 500 miles has been running neck and neck yesterday attacked and bit the bands the Governor General was made indocks. extension and the man's litle daughter Jean, who sub- the Anglo-Irish Treaty and was, graving dock which E.S.F. of Manila, moving N.W. with President Hoover in
the Military Indeed: an integral part of it development scheme costing over the monetary system of the world. Look! forecast: NE. winds, moder country districts and with his huge sequently went to
British Wireless.
$10,000,000.-British Wireless. |Industry and trade' would benefti advantage in Now York City has Hospital for treatment. Ater fair
Shanghal, le due here at 8 am. on Friday,
/
British Wireless.
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