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Lindberghs Safely Down At Munich
Half Europe Hunted
For Missing Pair
After half Europe had hunted for." hours for Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh, it was learned that the pair, flying to London after a trip in their private plane to India, had nrrived safely at Munich, Germany, Aviation authorities, said reports
THURSDAY, APRIL
VIOLIN RECITAL
Josef Lampkin In
Brilliant. Form.
1937.
Large Estate Is Left By Lady Houston
Original Beneficiary Died Last March
Josef Lampkin, the American violin virtuoso, gave a recital at the King's Theatre last night and left a
London, April 7. memory of fragrant, melodious, and stored away
The Inte Lady Houston left estate which majestic music, to be
£1,528,000, on with Hongkong's other treasures be valued at queathed by Zimballst, Heitriz und Estate Duty amounted to £690,000. Renee Chemat.
By a will made.aboard the steam Some
have passed since the yacht Liberty In March, 1930, the Years Colony has enjoyed such a remarkt-whole estate was left to Miss Juliana able performance. Remarkable both Margaret. Hoare, an aunt of Sir in interpretation. If the programme at mitalty, who died in March, 1936. fleet clebt une dittio frigis fear was iminediately
Irom London fast night, In Yugo in its offerings and for their flawless? Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Ad-.
Slavia, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France and Britain were searching for the Lindberghs, who had not been reported since they left Zagreb Tuesday morning,
This
following the morning messages confused and then cleared the situation:
Vienna, April 3, Civil and military aviation authorl- ties report that the plane flown by Colonel Charles Lindbergh, in which his wife is a passenger, has not land- anywhere in Austria.-United
od
Press.
SAFE AT MUNICH
Berlin, April 7. Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh landed at Munich at 8 p.m. last night. -United Press.
LITTLE ENTENTE INTACT
Thanks To M. Benes' Effort At Belgrade
Belgrade, Apr. 7. President Edouard Benes, of Czecho-Slovakia, received an en- thusiastic send-off when he departed on the conclusion of his visit. 10 Jugo-Slavia.
n
by
drew a sports atthe persons entitled to a share
Letters of administration to the este have been granted to a sister the virtuoso who
of testatrix, Mrs. Florence Wrey, one feeling of friendliness and tion from. Lampkin
com his audience. In every therein. Item technique and
tonal displayed
a
It is understood that the sum of which £1,528,000 refers only to Lady fascinated and charmed his hearers Houston's esinie in the United King- "His "Satyr and Dyrads" was dom. Her husband, the Inte Sir sturiling in its originality of inter-Robert Houston, loft £7,000,000 when pretation, but its effectiveness us ho died in 1928. Reuter Special. musical poem could never be doubted. It was Mr. Lampkin's first performance of this remarkable picco
but of muni
It is safe to believe that afford he
to leave It out of Candot future
virtuoso, The
most important con- tribution before the intermission was Vieuxtemp's "Concerto in D Minor." A composition
delicacy and grandeur which Mr. Lampkin treated
of
In a manner which demonstrated to
the full Ha Ane musicionship.
The second half of the 'was the more
PURCHASING BIG SUPPLY
OF WHEAT...
Italy's Orders Send Prices Upwards
programme Interesting, however. probably because of its infinitel variety. Magnificent was his rendi- tion of Vecsey's impressionistic work
Rome, Apr. 7. "The Wind," and the player had tol
The rise in wheat prices is partly In striking contrast and repeat it. revealing the fall power of his explained by the fact, revealed in
"Hora Stacatio,"
statistics for que was
the wheat trade for by Dinleu with an arrange- February, Issued by the International ment by Heifetz. To "Satyr and Institute of Agriculture, that Dyrarls" Mr. Lampkin gave as an en- Italian Government bought 174.000 core the gorgeous "Air on G String" tons of wheat in that month.
This figure
compares with 20,400 by Bach whilch enraptured the au-
1030. in February dience, and later, as a special item he tons bought contributed the lovely "Songs My whilst during the seven months end- Mother Taught Me."
cd February 28 Italy bought 591,000
the
His interpretation of Kreisler's tons, as against 100,000 tons in the arrangement of De Falla's "Dance corresponding period of last year. Espagnolo" was flawless and divert- Reuter Special. It is considered th well-informed
ing, but the plece which had everyone circles that President Benes: suc-
spellbound was "Flight of the Bumble ceeded in checking the Jugo-Slaviance" by Rimsky-Korsakov which move towards the Italo-German bloc
took the place,,
the advertised and in greatly strengthening the "Moto Perpetuo" (Paganini). position of the Little Entente.---
Mr. Lampkin's generous response} Reuter Bulletin Service.
People's Health Scheme
British. Proposals Debated
London, Apr. 7.
The second reading of the Physical Bill, de- Training and Recreation signed to give effect to the Govern ment'a scheme for improving the health and physique of the nation, was moyed in the House of Com- mons by the Minister for Education, who claimed that both the object and detalls of the scheme bad met with general approval.
the Labour Mr. Lee Smith, for Party, expressed a fear that the scheme was directed too much to- wards meeting the needs of black- coated workers, and neglected the requirements of workers in fac
mines, and, for torics and
the Liberals, Sir Francis Acland, em- phasised the vital importance of a parallel campaign for better nutri- lon, but both speakers gave quall- fled support to the measure-British Wireless.
SHARING SUGAR PRODUCTION
WORLD DELEGATES TO ALLOCÂTE AMOUNTS
ol
to insistent demands for encores was thoroughly appreciated, and his final offering, Verancini's "Largo," was an appropriate cllmax to a memorable recitat.
Mr. Harry Ore was a sympathelle and discreet accompanist.-S. A. G.
Catholics Face Trial For Treason
Germany Advertising Spectacular Case-
Two Lost When Ferry Sinks
Collided With Liner In Heavy Fog
London, Apr. 7. A collision between a ferry-boat running between Ireland und Scotland and a liner Inward-bound from New Zealand, occurred in the Irish Sea this morning, in thick fog, five miles off the Scottish coast
The passengers from the ferry-boat were rescued by the liner, but the captain and a fireman were lost, The smaller craft sank in 30 Lathoms Reuter Bulletin Service,
London, Apr. 7. The lives of the captain and one freman were lost, and 351cultic were drowned, when the Lairdsmoor, 11 Berlin, Apr. 7. of the Burns and Laird Line, on
from Dublin to Glaring headlines in the German night voyage newspapers announce the beginning Glasgow, collided early this morning of the trial, before the Second Senate in fog with the Show Savill
.
2.
and
of the People's Court, of seven Roman Aiblon motor liner Taranaki and Catholics, including two priests and sankt-British Wireless. two prominent members of Catholic youth organisations, an 4 charge of by high trensen preparing for
Communist supporting allegedly pluns for united Communist
Catholle front.
The accused include Father Joseph Rossaint, head of the Catholic Youth Group at Duesseldorf, Father Karl
NAVAL TREATY
USELESS?
London, Apr. 7.
of
Kremer, former head of the Peace After informing the House Society Franz Steber, Reich Leader Commons at question-time that the of the Catholic Youth Group, and Japanese Government had declined Father Jakob Clemens, Secretary General of the Catholic Young Men's on March 27 to accept a 14-inch gun limitation for future capital ships, Association-Reuter,
Mr. Anthony Eden was, asked if it might be assumed that the London Naval Treaty was worthless.
THE CIVIL LÍST
UEEN'S
Mr. Eden replied that he would not at all assume that. The Foreign London, Apr. 7. Secretary also stated that there was The first meeting of the Select no intention at present on the part Civil List Dost-of the British Government to move Committee on the London, Apr. 7.
poned from before Easter, will be for revision of the treaty.-British
Wireless. The Sugar Conference Bureau to-
held to-morrow--British Wireless day agreed to submit for the world delegates' approval the figure 3,170,- 000 metric tons for the crop year, as recommended by the statistical ex- perts committee, to meet the needs of "a free market," namely, the needs which are not met by the production, of colonies enjoying preferential treatment.
The
on by the figure decided Bureau is 80,000 tons below the needs of the free market, as estimated by the International Sugar Committee In March. That figure was 3,250,000 metrie
ton
decide how The Conference must this diminished amount shall be allocated to the countries represented at the conference, **.
Dr. H. Colijn, the Dutch Prime Minister, left for Holland this evening, --Reuter,
SMALL-POX IN KOWLOON
NINE CASES NOTIFIED, YESTERDAY
The fact that small-pox has broken out in Kowloon, reported in yesterday's Telegraph, le confirmed in the return of notifiable discnses Issued to-day
return shows that ton cases notified yesterday, nine of were which were. In Kowloon. There was alrozone case of typhoid fever, on the Islnkul 7 Tuported;
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Warlord Still In Europe
Chan Chai-tong To Return Shortly
former Kwangtung Governor, who stated that his uncle had cancelled hiy passage at the last moment, leaving the ship at Genoa He Intended to proceed to Norway on business from there but would continue to China by the Srst available ship after his business was concluded,
General H. K Chan, it will be re- called, followed his uncle to Europe last year, flying from Hongkong by -
It seems certain that reports of the R. M. A. Dorado. Since his stay the presence of General Chan Chal- overseas he has been in poor: health tong aboard the NDL liner Potsdam and this morning he stated that though on his way to Nanking, he are incorrect
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