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In our pictorial supplement last Saturday in which the above photograph appeared the picture was described as the Chinese Y.M.CA. Ambulance Division. Actually it is a group of the first unit of medical workers of the, Chinese Youth's Medical Relief Associa. Lion, now engaged in field hospital service in Wash.
Young Girl Of 17 Weeps As Man Is Sentenced For Murder "Teething
TWO-HOUR WAIT
DRAMA
London, Oct. 20.
SENTENCE of death was passed on John Thomas Rodgers, twenty-two-year-old barman, at the Old. Bailey last night for the murder of Mrs. Lilian Maud Chamberlain, twenty-six-year-old Northwood (Mid- lesex) barmaid.
Mrs. Chamberlain, wife of a railway dining-car attendant, was found in her flat strangled with a nightdress tape on the night of August 25.
Rodgers's story was that when he entered the flat she was already dead.
Yesterday he was asked why he did not get help. He answered: "With me it is self first, self last, and self always,"
But the jury could take the coats with them to their room,
Again the Jury fled out. Agali | Rodgers was taken to the cells to
All day yesterday he gave the impression of a man confident that he would be acquitted.
And his confidence was wait. tried to the utmost. by one of į the longest waiting ordeals] an accused murderer has ever had to undergo in the Old) Bailey.
The jury, among whom were two middleaged women, went out to consider their verdict. For an hour and a half they were gone. Rodgers waited in the cells below.
Another thirty-five minutes púss- ed. Now the jury had decided.
At 102
Hamilton (Ont.). HAMILTON'S oldest Inhabitant, H
109-year-old Mardiros Tatolan, Is having teething trouble, flis teeth are "wearing down," he says, and causing him a lot of bather.
However, he does not face a toothless future, because Kix years ago he cut two new teeth. air. Tutelan Is a chef. by pro- fession and sit likes to work in the kitchen.
STOP PRESS
Declaration Of War Advocated
Tukyo, Nov. 30. Opinion favouring a declaration of war by Japan against Chino in order
Rodgers faced them once more effectively to blockade the Chin from the dock. On his face there cast is gaining strength, states the was a hopeful smile
Asushi Shimbun.
Recurrent reports of farge shipments to China by
arms various
the
It-
Then the verdlet, “Guilty." And the smile faded. He hardly seem- ed to hear the recommendation of Foreign Powers are given by mercy on the ground of his youth.newspaper as the major reason for
this tendency, The judge donned the binck cop.j Placing Brituin in the same cate- The slight, glossy-haired "figure begory as the Communist Internationale tween the two fall warders seemed for various alleged anti-Japonese to shrink.
activities, the Asashi Shimbun ferved to Englund as Japan's "dia- guised enemy".
newspaper alleges libernt assistance in the form for money and arms is being given by Hodgers listened calmly now and Britain to China, and Britain is also stated to be mobilising journalistle Rodgers gazed searchingly into the walked stendily to the cells.
and diplomatic agencies to influence fners of the jury
As he left, a girl of seventeen wept world opinion against Japan in order ¡to "isolate her from an ally"--Reu- in the corridor outside.
ter.
Then they returned. Rodgers was brought back. The red-robed Agure of Mr. Justice Charles, black eap tucked into his, girdle, returned to red, his
bench. The black-gowinzi | clergyman bowed.
the
ordeal But his
Was not to be ended so soon. The jury had not yet reached a vertel.
They wanted todgers to put on the coat he was wearing when he
LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY the murdered woman's det.
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Then they wanted him to put on the Irusband's coat he was wearing at the time of his urrest.
HILARIOUS COMEDY OF MAD TALENT BEHIND-THE-SCENES ! this stage the case was closed,
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The judge, his face flushed "deep volce quivering slightly, passed sentence of death.
Trene Scolt, of Solsbridge-lane.; Churley Wood, Herts, £2-4-week typist. became secretly engaged to Rodgers as he lay in got awaiting! trial.
Elier in the day she was ordered. from the court.
Outside the burst into tears: "What have I done?" she asked. She was told that her offence was smiling and whispering.
CHINESE
Tho
DENY
FORTS' FALL
Shanghai, Nov. 30. Chinese reports deny the Japanese claim that the Kiangyin forts have
She explained: "I smiled at him ben captured. They late that des- to encourage him." Later she was pite furious Japanese attacks, the forts
are still Chinese hands. given permission to return.
To mne she said: "I have been fond,
in
Meanwhile, strong defence works
of John for three years. I became are reported to has been bulit out- engaged to him to prove my faith side of Kwangleh, as the loss of the Jatter would endanger Wuhu. It is Bn
him" When I visited the little red brick still holding Slashth and Halyen.
also claimed that Chinese troops are cottage at Chorley Wood where she
me. She
It
known whether orders for
her family Hive, her mother, is not Mrs. Mary Ellen Stolt, said: "The withdrawal have been issued as the engagement was a great surprise to Chinese positions in these two eltics and are regarded as untenable.--Reuter. was being kind thirdly, easier terms for financing thoughtful, but if I had known large scale operations, including a would certainly never have agreed, $50,000,000 John to the RF.C., for thought John is almost a son to me. housing.
SLUMP IN BUILDING
He pointed out that only 180,000
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dwelling units were constructed annually between 1930 and 1937 com pared with 800,000 annually betwegh Classes were suspended at Grafton 1022 and 1929, causing on acguru- School on a recent chilly day. inted shortage of dwellings in the cause the janitor wasn't allowed by Statu face of normal growth of familles. law to
furnace. fire the President Roosevelt emphasised authorities had ruled that Charles Mole, who had served as junior and that housing was thus a very promisfireman for 10 years, could no longer -Ins private enterprise, and ha estimated that between six and eight legally Are the boller because he bad
no license, hundred thousand dwelling units i ought to be bullt annually In Ave years to overcome the shortage,
The message had been eagerly awaited by Wall Street and, business circles in the expectation of a strong programme offering co-operation be tween the Government and private enterprise.
English Language Praised
Berkeley, Cal. Dr. Johannes Hoops, professor of The President declared that private English language and literature at Enterprise and capital must bear the Heidleberg University, has become burden of providing the great bulk one of the outstanding proponents of the new housing, but the Govern-for English: ""hs the universal lon- prti@cial ment would co-operate with Enancing guage. Esperanto, as an
dip- facilities. As a first step $50,000,000 language, and French as the would be made available to the lomatic language, he decided, Mortgage Amsociationg>Reuler. nevor equal English.
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