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FEBRUARY 0, 1938.
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BRITISH AMBASSADOR
MASSACRE IN SPAIN
Sir Henry Chilton Saves
SIR
2,000 Lives
IR HENRY CHILTON, British Ambassador in Spain, has saved the lives of 2,000 men, prisoners of war on both sides in the Spanish conflict.
This has been revealed in Paris by Senor Aguirre, President of the Basque Republic.
CLOUSTON CRASHES
AT CYPRUS
Attempt On Record
Ends Dismally
Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb, 8. Flying Officer A. C. Clouston, who, with a newspaper correspondent was attempting to fly from England to New Zealand and bock in 12 days, crashed when landing: here this morn- int, owing to a burst tyre.
There were no casualties. The
nirmen propose returning to
England by boat on February 12.7-
Reuter,
Flying Oficer Clouston and Mrs. Belly Green last year succeeded in establishing a new record on an England to South Africa and return flight.
Joint Defence Measures By Japan And Germany
Tokyo, Feb. 9.
Japan and Germany are exchang- ing information regarding joint de- fence measures in line with the anti-| Comintern Part, the Home Office has revcold.
A spokesman announced that the Japanese Government is contem- plating the organisation of a special staff of omclals to be stationed in Tokyo, Berlin and Rome, to enforce the tripartite
Anti-Comintern
Pact.-Reuter.
STOP PRESS
REINFORCEMENTS MOVING
Hsinhsing, Feb. 9. Large numbers of Japanese troops are reported to have Deca sunt vu Tamingru and Lungwangião, in south hope, to Lansing on the Camu
This has been revented In Paris) by Senor Aguirre, President of the Basque Republic.
"In a systematic endeavour to exterminate the Basque youth," he raid, "one thousand young people were sentenced to denth by Franco..
"I asked the British Embassy to use its good offices, with the result thai. the executions have not so for been carried out."
Behind that inconic announcement lies one of the most dramalle inci- dents in the Spanish fighting, says the Daily Herald.
The 1,000 Basques were to have been executed by garrotting, a form of death introduced into the. Basque country by the rebels.
As soon as the news reached Barcelona, the Spanish Govern- ment informed Mr. J. If. Leche, Belfish Charge d'Affaires, that such an outrago would be followed by immediato reprisals, and 1,000 France prisoners would be execut- ed.
Sir Henry Chiton was at once in structed from London to intervene. As a result, Franco agreed to suspend execution of the sentences.
Efforts are being made to arrange a transfer of the sentenced nen one side to the other. Negoll- Bre in the hands of the Inter- national Red Cross.
at
The men sentenced to death, Senur Aguirre said, are only a part of the hostages held by
Franco in the Basque country.
"There are 10,000 prisoners in Bilbao alone," he suld. "In Decem~ | ber 147 people were executed. Since the insurgents gained power there have been 1,000 assassinations."
ARRESTED - Baroncas Bhizue Ishimoto, one of two women ar- rested in Tokyo in the recent ralds that netted 370 suspected anitators. The Baroness, writer. birth control advocate and cd- itor of the Japanese Women's Encyclopedia, hua made frequent visits to the United States. Sho is a graduate of the Pecress" School.
Garbo Might Have
Been a Cook
STOCKHOLM..
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO MR. O. GUSTAFF- SON, STOCKHOLM TAXI-DRIVER, RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HIS BROTHER IN MALMOE.
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"It's a girl," said the letter. "We are going to call it Greta... I am glad, but would have preferred a boy. A girl costs a lot of money, and never gets a good, satis- factory job.
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Last week that girl arrived back in Sweden for a four months' Christmas holiday.
She did manage to obtain a fairly good, satisfactory job. She is known to the world as Greta Garbo.
"I still have that letter from
my brother," Mr. Gustaffcon said. "And I often re-read it when
Caneda.
I see newspaper reports of Greta's SURPLUS POWER FOR U.S.?
successes."
Mr. Gustafson continued his re- miniscences of the carly days of his famous niece.
"Our families were very poor," he Canal in west Shantung presumably ld. "We thought that Greta would
to
reinforce weir Niem un Tientsin-rukow kuliway tront.
Five nundred norean uhu manchu-
have to get her living as a cook.
"I remember her well as a child. kuo irregulars, and 3,000 Japanese She was very thin...and a savage troops equipped with over 30 tanks. have arrived at Changien as rein- little kid until she was eight. zorcemento. The Japanese numericul
"She used to play rough
strength there is now esumated at with the boys in the street,
10,000 men.
The Japanese at Changteh shelled] HER “STRANGE IDEAS"` and machine-gunned tuc Chines? positions intermittenty yesterday but |
ane.-Central News.
games
"And once she fell from a banister
made no attempt to rush the Chinese and cut her thigh. I believe that she still has the deep scar left by that wound.
"As I was working in the capital, my brother asked me to find a job for Greta..
"I tried to get her a place at the big Stockholm fashion firm, Hobson and Draun, but I did not succeed.
"So she remained in Málmos, She was offered a job as a cook, but....
Ottawa.
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Prime Minister, announced that • FRIDAY, ONE DAY ONLY!
the Dominion Parliament would renssemble on January 27.
One of the subjects to be taken up
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RETURN OF AN “OLD FAVOURITE" !
be the export of electric WILLIAM POWELL
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objected to the demands of both Mr. Mr. Mackenzie King has so far
Hepburn, Premier of, Ontarlo, and Mr. Duplessis, Premier of Quebec, that their provinces should be allow- ed to export their surplus power to the United State.-Reuter.
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the urgent
only two minutes after alarm had sounded.
Anti-aircraft batteries
engaged
Wellington, Monday. Mr. White, the Australian Minister of Customs, who is at present in them heavily, and shell-bursts "were Wellington, declared in an interview very close. But the gunners did not to-day that he had euma to New succeed in bringing any of the planes Zealand at the request of the New to earth-United Press. Zealand Government.
"Now is the time to bring the English-speaking communities closer together for mutual help," he said. “Australia has gone to great lengths to foster good relations with New
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Pan-American Lino's Plans Disclosed
Bigger and faster Clippers for trans-Pacific routes will probably be used within the next year or so, according to Mr. E. O. McDonnell, member of the Executive Committee Hankow, Feb. 9. of Pan-American Airways, who It is officially reported that one'arrived here on the Hawaiian Clipper Japanese bomber was shot down 15 yesterday afternoon. miles west of Hankow after yester-
Reported Downed
Zealand, and there are but few rude "In December, 1022, I had another problems which are incapable of ad- letter from my brother:-
justment by the two countries." day's rald. Reuter.
"Groin has begun to gel strange Ideas, he wrute. Sho'absolutely re- Straits Settlements fuses to take up a job as domestic strvon!. One of her friends has put the iden of the stage into her head. She wants to go into a touring com- pany...
THE LAST STRAW
Brooklyn, NY., Jan. 1. Mrs. Ethel Solgel, said in court t was bad enough that her son Irving, 1, lost thirty-three jobs since the beginning of 1937. Dut. she said.
INCREASED MILITARY
EXPENDITURE
Singapore, Monday.
Mr. McDonnell said that a fleet Thirty-three Japanese planes ruld-jof six Boeing flying boats was at ed Shast and Ichâng-United Preas. Įpresent under construction in Seattle and that the first would be ready Russian Mechanic Killed
for test fights by the end of March. Hankow, Feb. 9. Some of these ships will be placed
A Russian mechanie was killed on the trans-Paciile service while A bill is to be introduced into the yesterday when a French pilot of the others will be assigned to the trans Straits Settlements Legislature pro- International Squadron landed his Atlantic run. They are capable of
viding for increasing expenditure on local military forces from £58,300 to
£70,000 annually-Neuter,
POLICEMAN AIDS IN DIRTI
New York, Jan. 1
plane after pursuing Japanese raiders."
The Russian was struck when the, carrying 10 passengers on tong hops Frenchman swung his tall.
and have a day-time accommodation.”
It is notable that the Chinese used for 72 persons. a smoke screen to protect the arsenal here.
Mr. McDonnell and Mr. Cart Beal,
It is at present claimed that 30'of Los Angeles, are going to Indo-
when he threw a bowl of cream in When patrolman George F. Robin-1 Japanese planes attacked the city but China on a big game hunt and will her face because she wouldn't serve son was called urgently to help Mrs, only 10 succeeded in breaking through leave for Haiphong by the steame him chicken and steaks, that was too Carmen Barrel give birth to a 7- the defence cordon-United Press. I Canton to-morrow. much.
pound baby, he knew just what to do, Magistrate Nicholas If. Pinto held it was the sixth time since becoming trving in $500 buil on an assault a policeman that he had been called charge.
to perform this type of duty,
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