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DAD RETAL FRIDAY, APRIL 13,
1934.
日十三月二
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DUNLOP Fort
TYRE
A feature of distinction and a factor of safety
DUNLOP
FORT
WILL UNITED STATES JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
JATAR ALLTEN INTE
PRAVDA BANNED IN
GERMANY
Dimitroff Articles
Offond
Berlin, Apr. 12.
OPEN ADVOCACY
BY MR. STIMSON
The Moscow journal ELOQUENT SPEECH AT
Pravda, leading organ of
the Russian Communist Party, has been banned in Germany owing, it is be. lieved. to
PRINCETON
anti-German JOIN IN COMMON
RESPONSIBILITY
articles written by Dimi. troff, of Lelpzig fire trial fame.-Reuter.
KOOPOS KOERANSERE KRATKI ORTSTAæmdaromomBİLİ
SCOTLAND YARD NIPS FRAUD PLOT
POLES SHADOWED FROM HARWICH
£44.000 IN FORGED STAMPS
(Special to "Telegraph”)
(By Telegraph. Coveright. Telegraphic Also- Horaired Aprü 1871. -aur
Ordinance,
London, April 13.
New York, Apr. 12.
A strong recommendation to
the United States to join the
League of Nations was made by
Mr. H. L. Stimson, President
Hoover's Secretary of State, in the course of a speech at Prince- ton, New Jersey, to-night.
Mr. Stimson was addressing the" students of Princeton University and he made an eloquent appeal;
for membership of the Lengue.
"Are the people who can most easily and safely give sympathy and encourage to help the world in ita vital struggle to protect our common civilisations against war?"
e naked.
AMERICA'S DUTY.
"The League of Nations presents a deliberate effort by the
ro-
A remarkable story of an at-statesmen of Europe to save their tempt to defraud the Treasury by Continent and incidentally the rest Continental forgers was related in of the world from the perils of the Bow Street Polics Court yes- terday.
modern war...
"Should we insist on our Govern- nent retiring from the policy of Scotland Yard detectives, wholeolation, insist on the Government were keeping an eye on arrivals refraining from turning its back the Continent and who all efforts to secure peace in shadowed three Poles landing other parts of the world." from a ship at Harwich, were well "rewarded-as-shown by the sequel!
from
DANCERS OF STAYING OUT. "We must face the fact, Mr." at the police court.
charged with Stimson went on, "that, if we con- The Poles wero
to stay out, the peace having In
their Linue unlawfully pussession 619,000 forged uncm-machinery of the world will be ployment and health
stumps.
insurance infinitely weakened and that man- kland will periodically be faced by wars which may be as disastrous The face value of the forgeries to the United States and our own civilisation as that of the rest was over £44,000.
It is alleged that the stamps of the world."-Reuter, were brought from the Continent concealed in the false bottom of) the trunks the men had with them. The accused were committed for trinil at the Old Bailey- Renter's Special Service.
NAVAL SLOOP IN COLLISION
SANCTIONS FOR THE!
LEAGUE
London Conference Resolution
London, Apr. 13.
On Trials Before Sailing Britain to escape the responsibilit
For China
London, April 12. The new sloop for the China Station, H.M.S. Grimsby, which in
FLOOD SCENES IN YORKSHIRE.
TEST SELECTION COMMITTEE
Sir Stanley Jackson as Chairman
London, Apr. 12. The Cricket Test Match its Board of Control; at meeting to-day appointed Sir Stanley Jackson, Mr. P. A. Perrin and Mr. T. A. Higson as the selection com- mittee for the teams in the Test matches against Aus- tralia this summer,
It was announced that D. R. Jardine had written in February last, without any previous communication from M.C.C. on the subjecf saying he would not be available to play in Test matches this season. British Wireless,
MAANSTAABELA NACIONAIS
A CLOSE
SHAVE
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY'S ESCAPE
MISS EXPRESS BY TWENTY FEET
(Special to "Telegrap}")
MISSING PLANE MYSTERY
THIRD DAY AND NO SIGN
AIR MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED
Shanghai, April 13. The dawning of the third day since the disappearance of the giant China Aviation Sikorsky flyingboat found the mystery as deep as ever and the search in- tensified.
Bright and cleat weather this morning has raised the hitherto diminishing hope of discovery of
EUROPEAN GASSED
ON PEAK
Whilst testing a gas engine in a house on The Peak yesterday, Mr S. Gidley, of Messrs, Leigh and Orange, was caught by an escap of gas from which he collapsed,
He was conveyed to the Goverti- ment Civil Hospital, for treatment but was discharged this morning.
DELUGE FLOODS
N. BRITAIN
YORKSHIRE SWAMPED WHILE M.P.S
DISCUSS DROUGHT
RIVERS OVERFLOW IN SCOTLAND
London, April 12.
A VERITABLE'DELUGE HÅS DESCENDED ON THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND PARTS OF SCOT
NING RIVERS WHICH HAD REACHED THEIR LOWEST LEVEL IN YEARS INTO RAGINC TORRENTS AND FLOODING LARGE TRACTS OF COUNTRY.
Several rivers, both in England and Scotland, have overflowed their banks, rendering roads impassable, stranding many cars, and causing considerable general damage.
In Aberdeenshire, it has been raining "cats and dogs" for three days without a sign of a break in the
storm.
Rushing waters caused much loss of live stock in Yorkshire and the conditions were almost identically duplicated in Northumberland.
the whereabouts of the missing RIVERS BECOME RAGING TORRENTS
Canton-bound air liner.
Approximately a dozen planes
from various avintion
companies
A BILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY
BRIGHT SCHEME NOT APPROVED
COLD SHOULDER FOR U.S. BILL
(Special to "Telegraph")
(Bu Telstruph. Capyrioni. Talapraykis Men { sages Ordinance, 1291. Received April
| 11, 1.23 at w
Washington, Apr. 12.
A bright scheme for raising new revenue for the U.S. Government by the jorganisation of a huge lot- tery, the biggest in the world's history-naturally- has not been greeted with the enthusiasm anticipated. by its sponsors.
The Proposal was submitted in the form of a Bill which would authorise the Government to ob tain revenue by means of letter. ea and making provision for an Initial lottery with prizes totall
ing U.S. $1,000,000,000.
Mr. Henry Rainey, Speaker of the House of Representives, has expressed his strong disapproval of the $1,000,000,000 lottery creat ing bill, which would have crented a system a composite of the French, Chinese and Cuban types of lotteries,
Mr. Ruinley says that the nation
has not been reduced to the ex-
treme of accepting such revenue. The BI is belleved to be doomed.
United Press,
BRITISH CONSUL'S SWIFE SHOT
the
If normal rainfall were at once,
It was while the Ifouse of Com-, in the House of Commons und the C.N.A.C. hopped off for u search which will continue through-mons was engaged in the debate on that during the year ended out the day or until a trace of the the Government's emergency bill March, the rainfall over Britain
which is designed to remedy the had been 27 per cent, bulow craft is observed.
Commander Hawks is also scout-shortage of water in Britain gen-average,
erally that these, floods, unex- ing in his glant Condor plane.
Meanwhile, the C.N.A.C. Shang-perienced for many months, were hai-Canton air service has been occurring on the North-East coast. temporarily suspended owing to the fact that the third of the Com pany's three Sikorskys on this route was forced down yesterday and is out of commisslot.
It is being taken to Shanghai by boat, the four occupants having been brought back by a plane which was sent out for the purpose.
It will be remembered that one
The Minister of Health ex- pressed the view that the Bill was still needed, the deluge affecting only a comparatively small area and that not the most concerned by the difficul- ties occasioned by the drought of last summer.
The floods followed heavy storms
"It would be impossible for les and results of another great
[Dx Telegraph. Cereright, Telegraphía Ni Sikorsky crashed in November last along the coast, accompanied by European war," said Sir Austen
Bessive Agra and that a second is missing-Retorrential rain.. enges Ordinance, 1816. Chamberlain Iast night at am*5)
ter. National Conference in Defence of
Miami, April 12. the League of Nations, held
President Roosevelt landód here from the Nourmahal to day London.
The conference passed are and took train to Washington
to replace H.M.S. Cornflower, resolution that "to preserve cently handed over to the Hongkong
4
in
the
Ho is deeply tanned as a result
General Hugh Johneon
Naval Volunteer Reserve, was in peace and security, members of of his fishing holiday la Southern
the League mat
be roady to watera. cooperate in defence of a member wrongfully attacked."-Beuter.
collision to-day off Plymouth.
The Grimsby was undergoing trials and collided with a German
tug.
Examination Immediately after- damage wards revealed that the
unimportant and after the Was survey, the trials were resumed.
The collision occurred in Ply- mouth Sound during a squall'and damaged.-- the tug's bows were
Reuter.
SMALLPOX AT HANGCHOW
SERIOUS EPIDEMIC BREAKS OUT
(Special to "Tuingraph"} --
Hangchow, April 13.
An outbreak of small pox here
SAMUEL INSULL’S
JOURNEY
LEAVES ISTANBUL UNDER ESCORT
(Special to "Telegraph").
TARANTE FOULS HARVEY
ALBERT HALL FIGHT FIASCO
an
YORKSHIRE DAMAGE.
Large areas in the North Riding of Yorkshire are submerged and considerable damage has been done to property and among livestock in parts of Northumberland.
In the eastern half of Scotland it has been raining Incessantly for three days and extensive floods are occurring at scores of different points for the first time in eighteen months,
DEE OVERFLOWS.
resumed and continued steadily, the Bill which was designed to it would not obviate the need for mitigate the effects of drought by making available for public use all supplies, including those pri- vately owned.
The legislation proposed was a temporary measure, terminating nt the end of one year, and WAB concerned wholly with the pre-
sent emergency. British Wireless.
ALTITUDE RECORD
CLAIMED
ITALIAN REACHES 14,433 METRES
(Special to "Telegraph”)
Ordinaner.
17, 6,87 m.)
Apri
BULLET THROUGH
LUNG
KASHGAR ATTACK
REVELATION
London, Apr. 12.
It has now transpired that Mrs. Thomson Glover, the wife of the British Consul- General in the old city of Kashgar, Chinese Eastern Turkestan, was shot in the lung during the attack on the Consulate on February 14:
It is diclosed that an attack · was launched by tribesmen and ropulsed by the Consulate guard but during the night the building
ing
(Dy Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphie Mer was steadily sniped. It was dur
this period that most of the casualties occurred.
of the
2484. Received
Rome, Apr. 12.
Four other members
Consulate stuff were wounded, In-
cluding the assistant-surgeon, and
native servant was killed, All the five wounded are
丸
now
and others in the President's party including a number of White House nolvapapermor, who were
London, April 12, returning to Washington by motor-
There woe
unfortunate couch instead of by train, had narrow escape from misadventure, tormination to the bout at the
Their bus just cleared a blind Albert Hall to-night between Len The sudden rino of the River Dea
A new altitude record is claimed crossing twenty feet ahead of a Harvey, the British heavyweight
champlon, and Jimmy Tarante, the has flooded the lower-lying parts for the Italian aeronaut, Donati. roaring expresa
Had they arrived at the crossing coloured American cruiserweight, of the city of Aberdeen, while the
riveraldo districts in Stonehaven The Italian Air Ministry Issues
report stating that recovering an official only one second later. the coach the American heing disqualified.
Sir Alexander Cadogan, the |must
amashed to have been
revealed himaclfare at least two feet under water, Harvey had
The Stonehaven floods were the Donati renched an altitude of
new British Minister in China, pieces-United Preas.
master of the fight. In the fifth result of the overflowing of the 14,133 metres-United Press.
lodged a protest and asked for round, Taranto struck a foul blow, River Carron for the first time
BRITISH ENGINE,
proper protection at the end of hitting low, and the contest was within living memory, giving a NEW AIR SERVICE
awarded to Harvey.-Router.,
The now altitude record of inst month, The Nanking Govern good idea of the torrontial nature of the downpour.
about 47,500 foot set up by Comment replied extremely regretting
communica London, April 13.
mendator Donati was. nehloved the occurrence but, The Air. Minister, Lord London-
STILL RAGING.
ations with Sinkiany having been with a machine powered by derry, to lay made a personal trial|
British Pegasus super-Interrupted for some time, they The rain blizzard is still raging single
information concerning Istanbul, April 12, of the newly-oponed air passenger Samuel Insull has commenced his service between London, Liverpool The anticylong is centred to the
Bristol Aeroplane Company and the Incident-Reuter, journey to the United States, and Bellast. He was acompanied north of the Lower Yangtse Valley, in the Ballater district and the charged aero-engine made by the had no
Hundreds of Acres were also similar to the engine with which
The weddings aro •annotnéçu. to He went aboard the steamor "Adana by his 18-years-old daughter.and has increased in intensity. The rivers are rising rapidly.
depression remains to the north of Paderma" to-day accompanied by British Wireless,
Hokkaido. Local forecast:-N.E flodded in Co. Antrim, Ireland, by a the English nirman, Cyril Uwins,
188. merchant, of Heinomann, the United States Military.
winds, fresh; cloudy, with drizzle dolugo which lasted for six hours.-two years ago set up the earlier take place shortly of Mir. Helmut height record of 43,970 feet. Nathan Road, Kowloon, to Miss Router.
In 1929 when the German air-Charito Campos-Valdivia, of. II. Attache, Colonel Grano, and tho.
NEED STILL EXISTS." man. Neuenhofer, captured the Hankow Road, Kowloon;, Mr. Arthur Mr. Burton Borry....
with the The quarantine restrictions imm The Minister of Health, Sir altitude record, ho also used an Clarence Lamb Gasper, of the Chi- They will take train to Smyrna, well-known where they will go to the United largest mouth in the world, has posed by Hongkong against arrivals
reading of the Water Supplice Dilengine-British Wireless. havo been removed. States aboard the U.S. freighter, altered his Itinerary and will not be from Haiphong ch account of smallpox Hilton Young, moving the accond earlier typo of the same Bristol none Maritime Customs, to Mian
visiting Hongkong as anticipated. Exilona,United Press,
Apri
fly Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Naw
Krovived Ordinance · 2004 agen |13,843 pond
is assuming alarming proportions. Third Becretary of the Embassy Warner Bros. representative in Hong-
The Municipal authorities
are
instituting emergency measures including compulsory vaccination
Central Newa."
In order to check the scourge.
Newe was received this morning by or mist. kong that Mr. Joe E. Brown, tho
star,
DRIZZLE OR MIST
Dorothy Wilson Westland, of 400, The Park.