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OLYMPIC GAMES
OFFICIAL DIES
or-
Deceased was a most popular and most prodigious worker. He
the ganised all the arrangements at Olympic villoge, but was replaced Just before the Olympic visitora arrived, allegedly because he was not APPARENTLY BY HIS 100 per cent. Aryan, Omelal quar- ters scout this suggestion, saying he suffered from overwork and strain following the Games
OWN HAND
Berlin, Aug. 20. It is further stated in official cir- Wolfgang Fucrainer, ex-command-cles that he was given a long holiday er of the Olymple village, was to-day and a special bonus, as well as being found dead with a revolver beside awarded the first-class Olymple Cross
laf Honour.-Reuter's Special.
his body,
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THE
HONGKONG
ST. LOUIS CLINGS TO TOP PLACE
CHICAGO GOING INTO DECLINE
New York, Aug. 20.
St. Louis maintained its position at the head of the National League to-day, winning from Cincinnati, four to two New York Giants, who are a late season bidding strongly in sprint, were not in action.
times hit Afteen
to
Chicago, now thoroughly slumped, was besten by Pittsburgh Pirates, eight to seven. Pittsburgh is now challenging the Cubs for third place Flitsburgh Chicago's six.
With eleven hits and three runs, Boston defeated Philadelphia, whose six hits yielded one tally.
In the only American League game scheduled, Delrolt hit seventeen times against St. Loule Browns, scoring eight runs. St. Louis hit eight and scored four, but with the help of Bill's and Solters' homers-Reuter,
DEFRAUDING THE POST OFFICE BOARDING HOUSE LICENSEES FINED
Fines of $100 each were imposed by the Central Mr. S. F. Balfour, at
the on this morning, -Magistracy
lensees of boarding houses on each of the summonses against them for having posted registered parcels con- taining letters addressed to different persons, thus committing a breach of the Post Omee regulations.
"Lai Cheung- The defendants
were
Kt Sang Chan ling, licenace of the boarding house, Nos. 66 and 68 Con- naught Road Central, summoned for having sent, on or about June 13, 18 separate a single parcel containing
Kai-ting. letters to Singapore; Fung ilcensee of the Ping On Chan board- ing house, No. 2013 Connaught Road West, summoned on two counts of linging sent parcels containing 30 letters and 80 letters on July 3; and news of the Cheung Fat Lal Chiu, licensee of Chan boarding house, No. 120 Con- naught Road Central, summoned on one count of having sent 35 letters it une cover on July 10,
Mr. H. R. Bulters. Postmaster General, appeared for the prosecution this morning, and Mr. D. McCallum for the defendants.
At the last hearing the first two defendants gave evidence, denying they had sent the covers, and that it had probably been done by same of the guests of the boarding houses without their consent or knowledge.
Lai, Chlu gave evidence this morn ing, also denying that he had sent the parcel, and had known nothing about it, and suggesting it had been done by the guests without his con- sent or knowledge.
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21,
JAPANESE FORMULA FOR PEACE
EXPANSIONISM DÉFENDED
EFFICIENCY
BOAST
1936.
WOULD-BE
PILOTS
CRASH
WANTED TO FLY
TO SPAIN
London, Aug, 20.. The importance of the measures the Government has taken to secure the enforcement of prohibition on export of aircraft to Spain, imposed Yosemite, Aug. 20. yesterday, was underlined by an in- Mr. Takayanagi, one of the client which occurred at Portsmouth Aerodrome a few hours before the delegates to the conference of issue of the Air Ministry's warning A statement inade public the Institute of Pacific Re-to pilots. lations, meeting here, in a later by Airspeed, Limited, describes statement to the press, says what occurred.. Japan is convinced that world "Early to-day two wood-working peace can be maintained only employees of this company went into through the construction of now a hangar on the Partsmouth Acro- pence machinery, decentralising drome and took out a Courler aero- plane, the property of the company. world policing into regional Neither of the men was a pilot. In Far this aeroplane they attempted to take off from the aerodrome but hit settlement agreements, leaving
an obstruction on the boundary and Eastern Pacific countries.
crashed. Both men are seriously in- economic jured, relations between Europe and the
He addeč: "While
a
to
the
Subsequent to the accident one of United States always remain purely the men sald they took the machine economic relations, China and Japan
are on a different basis, due to their with the intention of flying to Spain. "We take this opportunity of staf geographical propinquity.".
ing the act was entirely unauthorised Answering Mr. Takayanagi, the by this company, which had Russian delegation has issued knowledge or cognisance of
foolhardy attempt."British Wireless. statement saying that the Japanese
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These will give a graphic idea of the damage suffered ashore, and atleat, both in Hongkong and Macno. Two pages of the Supplement will be devoted to these illustra- tions, which will Include a big and most striking picture of ashore at the
8.8. Sunning Junk Bay, clearly showing the vessel broken in two, with the fore part some 200 yards dis- tant from the rest of the ship.
Pictures of the damage suffered by bathing aleds at Itepulse Bay will also appear in the Telegraph to-morrow. JERASEROLE MARION ON CARGO
no
this
Warned By Ministry
NO MORE PLANES
FOR SPAIN
Unilateral
London, Aug. 20.
action of the Brittal Government, to make effective the essentials of a non-intervention pact in the Spanish Civil War, in anticipa tion of a general agreement among interested powers on proposals drawn up by the French Government, was carried a stage further this afternoon when the Air Ministry issued the following announcement:
"In view of the decision of the Government to prohibit export of aircraft to Spanish possessions' and the Spanish zone of Morocco, any pilas convicted of an offence against the Air Navigation Order or Customs Acts by reason of having made a false declaration to customs authorities in respect of destination or other part!- come under culars of aircraft, will consideration of the Secretary for Air with a view to cancellation or sus- Įpension of his pilot's licence.
"All pilota are warned that n seri- ous view will be taken of any attempt statement can only be interpreted as to deliver aircraft directly or indirect- Defendant, however, agreed, under justification, in advance, of war as an ly to Spain or the above-mentioned Mr. territories in evasion of the Govern- cross-examination by Mr. Hutters, instrument of national policy. that it was cheaper to send letters in Takayanagi, they say, has divided the ment probibition."--British Wireless. a clubbed packet, thon to send a man world into two parts-irstly, the specially with the letters to Singa-Occident, where Japan does not de- pore. He also said he knew of a site to use force; and, secondly, Aslu, ka boarding house in Singapore, but it where Japan desires to use force. he wanted to send ten letters, he would send them separately, one by one. It would be simple, he agreed
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send the letters in a clubbed packet, and it had been done by some of his guests,
CUILTY KNOWLEDGE
Mr. McCollum submitted that His Worship bad first to consider whether or not guilty knowledge was an essential ingredient in the charge. If His Worship came 10 the cOT!~ clusion that it was, then it was left to the prosecution to prove it. He thought there were prévisions in the Ordinance where proceedings, could be taken against firms or companies, and it was then for the managers or partners to show that everything was done without their knowledge.
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EXPANSION DEFENDED Meanwhile, the Japanese delegates an ex- arc strongly defending pansionist programme. They declare that the Japanese have surpassed English and American technical efficiency, enabling large- scale competition all over the world. Answering the remarks of Mr. A. V. Alexander, former British First Lord of the Admiralty, the Japanese
A fire which has already caused declare that their expansion is being
of over $300,000, is undertaken purely for commercial property loss profit, the ultimate aim being to per-sweeping the waterfront to-day.
Starting far in the west end, to- fect economic and military peace by opening up all countries to the pure wards Brockton Foint, the fire des
troyed the city's auditorium, the great chase of raw materials.
lee arena, the two Inrgest showhouses A small The Japanese delegation admits in Canada's second scaport.
urea and a that one of the greatest driving forces shipyard in the same
a
one of these are Imperialistic."
Vancouver, Aug. 20.
is the perefcetly legitimate desire of number of small craft have also been In the present case, however, Mr.
great destroyed. every country to become
Are has not approached the McCallum submitted individuals were
The nation and to secure recognition of the defendants. The prosecution had equality. Like the United States, main commercial district as yet, but therefore got to bring the offence we have different diplomatic policies is perilously near the big Canadian home to them. There Was no in different parts of the world, but Pucine waterfront sidings, warehouseS and docks of scores of crowded busi- evidence against the defendants, other than a series of facts which were in-
ness enterprises, and several large disputable, in so far as the packets
The delegates expressed Japan's lumber yards.-United Press. were posted. There was nothing, willingness to enter into trade agree- Apart
from the addresses on the ments with all countries, based on packets, of their origin. It was for the Open Door policy, They deny the prosecution to prove that each any desire of dislocating foreign case the individuals had put the trade, and also denled names of the boarding housen on the packets, or had it done under their Instructions. Any guests staying at the boarding houses could have done it, and all the defendants had denied having done so.
Mr. Balfour convicted defendants, remarking that the fact that the name of the boarding house was on the packet made the licensee responsible. If the licensed had a defence, he had every opportunity of producing wit- nesses. The job was most probably done by a fokl.
U.S. Declines To Mediate
WON'T INTERFERE IN SPAIN
that child
ACTRESS TO WED
Hollywood, Aug. 20. inbour was deleteriously affecting
Mrs. Anna MacDonald, mother of the population, adding that Japanese girls become efficient operators with the actress, Jeanette, announced to- in three months, compared with day that the popular film star would several years in the case of English wed Gene Raymond, another women --United Presa. -
actor, in a few weeks.-United Press.
JAPAN CLOSES DOORS
TO STUDENT TOURIST
Shanghai, Aug. 21.
film
Mr. Francis W. Gapp, of Bethlehem, Penn., a graduate of the University of Missouri in 1935, since when he has been a student of Oriental subject at the University of Hawaii, arrived in Shanghai to-day after being forbidden to land either in Yoko- hama or Kobe by the Japanese Immigration authorities. They declined to recognise the validity of his passport visa classing him a student and tourist.
Mr. Gapp understands one reason accept a position with a newspaper in' Washington, Aug. 20.
motivating the Immigration Depart-Japan if any were available. They 'Mr. William Phillips,
Acting ment was the fact that he truthfully therefore insisted on classing him as an immigrant. But since his funda Secretary of State, has formally re-answered a question saying he was it were not equal to the amount re- Jected the Uruguayan proposal that present not a registered student at quired of immigrants entering Japan, the twenty-one American republies any university, though his present he could not land in that category.
Baulked of his intention of study- should unite in an attempt to mediate trip was actually fananced by the In Spain.
University of Hawail through a ing Japan at first hand, Mr. Gopp Mr. Phillips writes that the United travelling scholarship, under which he now Intends to spend a few wecics States does not feel she is warranted
was supposed to visit only Japan. studying Japan's multifarious activi- established in departing from her
Answering another question, Mr. ties on the mainland of Asia,— the policy of non-interference
Gapp told officials he would gladly United Press. affairs of other nations.—Reuter,
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