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MADRID HEAVILY SHELLED
Many Casualties When Insurgent Guns Rumble
Madrid, Aug. 3. The battered eity of Madrid was again shelled this afternoon by In- agent artillery and the casualties are expected to be higher than they were in the nursing bombardinent. when 50 were reported killed and wounded.
A number of shells exploded over He
of the city and several erntre of the
highest buildings were badly danraged.
The morning shelling was
uncl heaviest in some time, menced soon after midnight.
the
For a time the shelling was Inter- mittent, and then for an hour ap- proximately 20 shrapnel shells burst every minute over the centrul sec- flons. Ambulances turned out as soon as the firing began and did their work undeterred by the dangerous conditions-Reuter Specint and Bui- letin Service.
OPIUM CLAIM EVIDENCE
MANAGER EXPLAINS
PROCEDURE
Further evidence of the procedure in transhipping opium at Shanghai was given by Mr. A. W. T. Palm, manager of the Shanghai agent for Rickmers Line, when the 10,000 opium confiscation claim was con- the Acting Chilel tinued before Justice, Mr. C. G. Alabaster this morning
The claim is by the Bank of Tal- wan, Lid
and 11, S. M. R. Kazerooni
art
& Sons, merchants of Bushire, Persia for £10,000 for loss of a cargo of Was seized by the oplum which Chinese Government at Shanghai in November, 1930. The defendants Rickmers Rhedera A.G., owners of the S. Claus Rickmers whose agents
8.3. are accused of negligence in falling to conform to Customs Regulations, a breach of which led to the con- fiscation.
Mr. Eldon Potter K.C., und Mr. H. C. Macnamara were instructed by Mr. R. A. Wadeson, of Deacons, for while Mr. H. G. Shel- the
pinintiffs, don, K.C., und
and the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almudo, were instructed by Mr. D. H. Blake, of Wilkinson & Grist, for defendants. Mr.
H. A. Reeks, barrister-at-law, Shanghai, is also in court for defendants.
Mr. Sheldon said he wished to
correct an impression given yesterday that defendants did not press to ob- tain a copy of a certain report in connection with the confiscation.
That
AUGUST WEDNESDAY,
Stabilised U.S. Dollar Impossible
Roosevelt Opposes Change At Present International Unrest Blamed
Washington, Aug. 3.
Elmer In a
letter to Senator
of advocate Thomas,
stabilised eurreneles, President F.D. Roosevelt wald to-day:
"I am in complete sympathy with your objective with respect to the climination of unnecessary fluctua- tlons in the value of the dollar. llowever, in view of the complexity of the international scene at present it would be dangerous to adjust our- selver 10 any rigal pattern."
This
letter, which was made public on the occasion of the hearing of the Senate
Agriculture Committee on
to establish the Thomas Bill
IL "commodity dollar", adds: doubtful whether the procedure you suggest will be rewarded with the measure of success we could justly
were expect
the situation to have undergone
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interca-
tion. For that reason I believe that to commit ourselves at this time to
4, 1937.
PALESTINE MANDATE DEFENDED
Workable, Insists Chaim Weizmann
Zurich, Aug. 3.
The Palestine Royal Commission's Report and the recommendation of the partitioning of Palestine between the main Jews and Arabs were themes of the speech of Dr. Chalm Weizmann, Lumous Zionist leader, at the opening of the World Zionist Congress here, at which he presided.
Dr. Weizmann challenged some of the conclusions of the Report but ad- mitted the Royal Commission had constructive efforts to mate
into the problem.
He denied "the fundamental assumption of the unworkability of the mandate," und declared it was not unworkable as much as badly ad-
a half-hearted nominis ministered by tratton, which had failed to make a really serious attempt to work it.
The Zionist leader protested very strongly against the restriction of Jewish romigration to Palestine, but said the report struck a new note when recalling the great dream of a Jewish state-Reuter.
formalised course of action mi UNCLEAN BAKERY
und
would
Ay well
be preinature, therefore do even more harm than good at home and abroad.
[U
sure
you
that afree "I stabilisation of the dollar will be attained not merely by monetary means ond devlees, though these are necessary, but much more by the achievement of balance and orderly recovery through the whole of our economy."-Reuter.
Cubs Likely To Capture Championship
Still Playing In Inspired Form
New York, Aug. 3. With the commencement of the August schedule in the Big Leagues, the wise men of baseball are generally able to put their fingers on the pennant winners. They will unanim- ously, chorus "New York for the American League und Chicago for the National" at this juncture. For the Yankees and Cubs continue to play inspired baseball,
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Chicago whipped Philadelphia four Lee and Demaree Hartnet hitting home rurts, Martin tallying the only Phillies' score by slugging over the outfield wire-netting.
Mr. Potter also said he wished to
St. Louis is still probably the serand best team in the League, an agent of the plaintiff's accompany-
though its record lags behind New add to what was said yesterday about
won against ing the opium on board ship, that
York's Cardinals there was no evidence
MrBoston's strong team to-day, ave to Nakamura was with the ship during two, T. Moore whacking a homer.
New its passage from Hongkong to Shang-
York lost to Cincinnati, the hal.
three to Glants' two, in scoring
errors, spite of three carted what may be a challenging rally by twice trimming Brooklyn Dodgers, five to four, though outhit 14 to 10 and committing three errors, and in the night-cop, ten to Mackenzie's' Shang-four, with 14 hits to nine.
POSSIBLY MISLED Contiubing under cross-examina- tion. Mr. Palm said the Tiongkong agents cabled to him the departure of the Claus Rickmers in accordance with unital practice, the agreed that Mackinnon hal kong office had cabled in advance the arrival of the opium.,
ollice wrote asking if the Hong-
They also seemed to have been misled by the marginal note and had seun proper notification," added witness.
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LICENSEES FINED AT KOWLOON
Licensee of the Kowloon fectionery, of 6B Nathian Road, Sam Song-won was fined $8 by Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magist- | racy this morning, when his re- presentative admitted a summons of falling
to maintain the bake-houses on premises at all times in a clean condition and free from all noxious matter.
the
Clarke Sanitary Inspector T. S. said that before the summons was taken out on July 15, he visited the pretolses with the Senior Sanitary Inspector und warned defendant of the filthy condition of the premises,
a week at the same time giving him
to comply with the sanitary require ments.
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On a summons for failing to cause every part of the premises clean, Ylu Sang, leensee of a dairy Inspector Clarke stated that when at 48 Haiphong Road, was fined $5. he visited the place on July 14 he found the bottles being wiped with dirty cloth. The bottles, although in Althy already washed, were state. He gave defendant 24 hours to comply with the sanitary require- ments, but when he returned after that time, he found nothing had been done. Since then, however, defen- dant had kept the premises in order.
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LI Plu-chum, allas Li Luk-kwu, married woman, of No. 81 Hollywood Road, second floor, was summoned before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy this morning for keeping a radio receiving set without
A CITANCE, OF METHOD, a licence on July 22.
Mr. A. E. E. Jeffries, Government BETTER THINGs, Lord Grey of Fallo-Road, was taken
that do. stated Wireless Technician, search warrants were taken out for Nos. 79 and 81 Hollywood Road.
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Seen behaving in a queer manner WE MUST LOOK FOR A NEW SPIRIT Í
SECURE Owned by Mr. Whittaker, of Cox's Kok AND PURPOSE AMONG NATIONS, NOT TO und believed to have rables, a dog,
to Ma Tau yesterday for observation.
Rainfall registered at the Botanie totalled 19.63 Gardens during July
Falling
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was in-
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was eight inches, on the 4th. There
AMERICAN LEAGUE The New York Yankees are certain to win the American League. They are far ahead of the field. teristically they won a double-header from Chicago to-day, their usual luck Outhit in the Counsel asked it there was any holding in both gumica. thing to prevent the Captain adding opener, their big bats came through the opium to the manifest brought in the pinches to chalk home run Accompanied by Sergeant Carruthers
the board, Dl Maggio.of the police, he visited the premises, about 30 feet from the ground, Yip inches. The highest fall in one day to him by the agents as soon as the scores on
there Gehrig and Lazzeri scoring in this
were twelve rainless days. and while the police officer was In Kwai, aged, 60 a woman, ship arrived. Witness seld
taken to the Kowloon Hospital. the of way were so many variations at ports in way. The score was seven to two. No. 70, he went across to No. 81 by jured in Talpe Road yesterday and
verandah, and, through
Brought before Mr. W. Schofield manifest requirements that captains in the late game hits were even, eight-
window, saw defendant stowing
Chik So, 45, was fined $5, or 15 at the Central Magistracy this morn- always Jeft that
chair cushion. business to the all, but again Lazzeri and Dickey
under a pounded the bail out of the park. something agents.
Mr. Jeffries called to Sergeant Cor-days, by Mr. W. M. Thomson at the Ing on a charge of returning from "Counsel sold there was nothing to walked around the bases scoring the
ruthers, and on entering the pre-Central Magisiracy this morning on a banishment before the expiration of two extra runs that meant a Ave to prevent the Captain sending a chil to
giving three victory. the agent's office immediately he ar-
Boston, 15 hits and 13 runs, best mises. pulled the cushion away, and charge of obstructing PC, C308 in the s term, So Chol, aged 21, unemploy-
found the receiving set and a trans- execution of his duty by
with hard inbour. He had been rived.
banished for 10 years on July 17 last. former. Defendant admitted the set warning to beggars of his approached, was sent to prison for six months' was hers, and that she had no licence
prosecuted. for it.
Lately arrived from the country Inspector W. Mair Defendant declared the set had
and living on the charity of a friend, lalter's repaid the been left in her keeping by a nephew Lo Pau 20,
Pleading guilty to a charge of pos- who had gone to Canton. She lind instructions to sell it if a buyer could generosity by stealing 21 lbs. of session of 1 lb, of dutiable tobacco Before Meat Ping On Wharf, Tam Suk-ping. printing type from him.
was fined $14. or n be found, and did not intend to take W. M. Thomson at the Central Mag- unemployed,
appear- out a ilcence for the set, as it was stracy this morning he was fined $30, month's hard labour, on
Schofeld ut the Central Magistracy this morning. or one month. Detective Sergeant ing before M
said Crown-Sergeant R. J. Clarke
concealed in the Chan Ham, 28, unemployed, was the tobacco was sentenced to one month's imprison- false bottom of a suitcase. ment by Mr. W. M. Thomson at the morning Central. Magistracy this
Chan Cheung, aged, 41, unemploy- when he pleaded gulity to larceny ed, charged before Mr. W, Scho-
Counsel took witness exhaustively over the procedure followed in trazi- shipping and suggested that the fault in them of the defendants treating the oplum as an ordinary cargo throughout.
arose
"MOVEMENT" EXPLAINED Witness denied this and said the note in pencil on the manifest made it.
conspicuous to the Customs and intention to go evidenced their
the formality of tranship- through
He admitted that he had ment Inter. not heard of a case of transhipping oplum at Shanghai before, but did not agree that he should have telo- them phoned the Customs to ask
for Hiy application what to do. transhipment was sufficient to deal with the case, he said.
Witness also denied that moving a cargo from one ship to another in harbour was a movement within the of the Custom's language. meaning A movement in the Custom's hand- book meant landing and they did not
have necessarily
Cleveland easily.
Philadelphin humbled Detroit, two
to one.
Washington nosed out St. Louis; three to two, though the Senators hit 17 times. Reuter.
Challenges Roosevelt
Borah Says Power Lacking To Namo New Justice
Washington, Aug. 3. Senator William Borah, Inveterate enemy of the Roosevelt Administra- tlon and one of the strongest Re-
not her own.
A flue of $25 was imposed, and the wireless upparatus was ordered to be kept by the authorities until de fendant took out a licence.
I
Estall prosecuted.
WEE EMILIE of two lengths of iron, valued at $39, feld a the Central Magistracy this
DIONNE IS "ISOLATED".
Callander, Ont., Aug. 3. The regular physician attending
28.
from No. 3 Pumping Station on July morning with the larceny of a pair Chan Man, 56, who pleaded not of spectacles from Lo Leung, licens- guilty to a charge of receiving the ed hawker, at Spring Garden Lane, properly knowing it was stolen, was was sentenced to three months' hard discharged. Sub-Inspector Kirby labour. Chan sald he stole because he had been out of employment for prosecuted.
the past six months. Sub-Inspec- A 17-year-old youth, Leung Yuen, tar F. Tuckeit prosecuted.
Sentence of alx months' hard la- has summoned Dr. Allan Brown, field at the Centrol Magistracy this. noted Canadian child specialist, to morning with the unlawful posses-bour was imposed on Chau Min, aged a suitcase containing 10 pictea 33, copile, when he admitted the theft sion of a examine little Emilie.
of women's clothing at Connaught of 9 lbs. of white metal from
Defendant
stolen W. Schufeld at the Central Magis- admitted having
steamer tracy this morning. Sub-Inspector the suitcase on board the
tied to defendant's legs as he was W. Mair. Kwangtung, on which he had arrived F. Tuckelt sald the metal was found in Hongkong. Inspector who prosecuted, said no complain about to leave the Dockyard. The won metal was worth $15. Defendant had ant could be found. Leung bound over in the sum of $50 to be been employed in the Dockyard for of good behaviour for a year, and or- 11 years, and had a previous con-. dered to be sent back to the country, viction.
the Dionne quintuplets, Dr. Dafoe, was charged before Mr. W. Scho- of Mr. Justice
the
Her aliment has been diagnosed Rond West near the Yuten On Wharf. Royal Naval Dockyard before Mr.
to land carga publican leaders, started the Senato to tranship it. Although the regulato-day by declaring that despite the van tions laid down a course of pro- resignation
Devanter
there was no vacancy in the cedure, including landing and ex-
Court for President Supreme amination of transhipment cargo at the wharves, he know from his own Roosevelt to all.
a respiratory Infection, apparently rend an extract Senator Oxperience that that was not always
from the relevant Act, purporting to from outside sources, but it is an- done.
show that Mr. Justice van Devanter nounced that Emille must be isolated The hearing is proceeding.
was a judge for life and that he was at least until the week-end, although not removable from the bench ex- the trouble is not apparently serious, cept by Impeachment or death. His United Press. resignation was not effective, in that
FRANCO RECOGNISED
Salamanca, Aug. 4.
The Vatican has ofeially Informed
the Insurgent Junta that it recognises it as the chief governing body of
Spain; and General Francisco Franco
as its lender.-United Press.
Borah
the Chief Justice, if he wished, could
recall his brother judge to the Benchclared he was empowered to make at the host session of the Supreme Supreme Court appointment, and indicated that he might make one Court.
the of the adjournment before de- Senate-Neuter.
On the heels of Senator Horah's remarks, President
Roosevelt
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