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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 28, 1938.
By Walt Disney
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Chinese Gangster JAPANESE
Kidnaps His
Mother
Shanghal, Dec, 28. CHINESE reports stalo that Tang Sung-Un, who is nick- named "Wild Dog", alded by his gangster friends, is in coni- plate control of the Cheukawan village al Pootung.
It is reported that he kid- napped his own mother on his sister's wedding day because she refused to share the wed- ding presents with him.
H in sald Dial be burned his mother's house, and that he is now demanding additional caslı, which his mother is unable to pay.
Japanese soldiers are sald to be on their way to the village....... United Press.
Trans-Pacific Air Mail Efficiency
Washington, Dec, 27,
In his annual report for the fleat year ended June 30, 1938, the Post-
master General, Mr. James A. Farley aid that on the Tran Pacific airmail route, outbound mail had increased 58.6 per cent over the previous fiscal year, and that the inbound mall had increased 33.1 per ceni
The performance of service, for the year averaged 99.84 per cent, of the service scheduled, compared to 99.20 per cent. for the service scheduled on the Unlied States-Latin American routes,-Uniteit Press,
IT'S
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GRASS WIDOWS...
WHO THOUGHT THE PASTURE WAS GREENER
ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE FENCE!
Randolph SCOTT
THE ROAD
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with
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JOY CHANSLOR and ADELE COMANDINI
Story by Charter Koryos and E. High Hobart
The Road's Rova'by LA.K.Wyk Bueried by Sylvan Limon
Probend by Land Cryinger
A HEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE
FRIDAY.
ALHAMBRA
JAPANESE FORECAST FOR 1939
SCOTTISH FIRMS
LINKED WITH
U.S. SCANDAL
GLASGOW, Dec. 27. FOUR Scottish firms have received notices from Mr. James Caffrey, Regional Administrator of the Securities Exchange Com- mission of New York, that they are indebted to the firm of McKesson, Robbins Corporation, the President of which committed suicide recently, totalling more than $50,000, according to an in- vestigation of the drug firm's books, which is now proceeding.
Each firm denied they, owed money,
to the corporation, and claimed that the book entries were entirely fleli-1 tious.
The four firms involved nre Bell | and Sona, Cockburn and Company, the Glasgow Wine and Spirits Com- pany, and the Uddington Confection- ery Manufacturing Company- United Press.
ALLEGED BLACKMAILERS
ARRESTED
New York, Dec. 27.
Opening a drive for the arrest of
11 number of persons herused of
Dr
FIRM'S PIER LOSSES
Asia Lands, Ltd. Feel Effects Of War
Blackmailing Donald Coster-Musicu,! Pier losses were commented on by President of the McKesson, Robbins Mr. Lawrence Kadoorle presiding at Drug Corporation, who committed the seventh annual general meeting. of suicide reccally, Government agents the Asla Lands Ltd., at Mercantile to-day arrested Walter R. Crags, a Bank Building yesterday. Mr. G. disbarred lawyer, on a charge of £x- Miskin retiring Director, was present.
and was re-elected. Mr. John Fien- tortion with the use of blackmail.
rested at the same time,
A second accused person was ar-ing was the other Director present.
but his! Identity has
Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth & Flem- Reuter.
not been disclosed.-ing were re-elected auditors.
JAPAN'S
BOMBERS
AGAIN ACTIVE
Predicts
Troublous Days Ahead
TOKYO, Dec. 28. JAPAN'S leading financial daily, the "Chugaishogyo" has conditions in the world during made a forecast to-day of the 1939. Its conclusions, as sum- marised in a "Reuter" message are as follows:
The prevailing pollileal uncertain- Ly in Europe will continue.
Britain and America wil not change their allitude towards Japan. The Japanese military operations will not end,
The present business depressions and erralle y market Japan will continue.
conditions In
Mr. Wang Ching-wel's flight will Protc step towards the Kuomin tang's decomposition,
That China's reconstruction move- ment will make headway is hardly possible.
The stock market will worsen des plica sirengthening of the control.
Tension will continue in Japan's diplomalle relations with the big Powers-Reuter,
Chinese Soldier
On Charge
Alleged Attack On Detective
The Chairman in his speech, sald: Although the accounts put before you again show a havy loss, 1 am glad to be able to say that the fore- bodings voiced by me at the annual general meeting last year of a coni- plete cessation of our principal source of revenue consequent upon the Sino- Japanese hostilities, which have now extended to South Chinn, did not
Wong Shu-lun alias Li Sau-hel, materialise to the extent tenredt. described ៧៨
Chinese military! There was only a decline of about omeer, who is charged with wound- $1,000 in Revenue from the use of ing, or causing grievous bodily harm the Hing Kee Wharf while the Po with Intent to murder Detective Tak Wharf revenue maintained the
the Sergeant Herbert Ramsey Terrett same level as last year. The former and being in possession of an un- wharf is not situated in so favourable licenced 7.05 min. calibre Walther
a locality and naturally suffers to automatic pistol and one round-of greater extent in any trade disrup- ammunition on December 3, made a tian. However, the fact that this further appearance at the Central
was
JAPANESE NAVAL Company is ble to derive any in AND ARMY BOM-in these very troublous times makes it hopeful that we may yet turn the |BERS, which on Sunday corner when conditions in South
China return to normal with a con-
:
Magistracy before Mr. T.. Hous
3.
ton yesterday. On the application of Detective Inspector L. R. Whani who is in charge of the case, a remand for eight days was granted.
It may be rem
be remembered that Scr- and Monday, carried sequent trade revival.
geant Terrett was taking Wong, who out widespread raids on Bevered, all being let at reason of some accounts, out for enquiries Revenue from our house Properties had been arrested for non-payment cities and townsable rentals, and every economy in about midnight on December
expenditure has been effected com- When they were in the Wing Onl throughout_China, re-patible with maintaining the proper-Bank Building, where Wong had his peated their rain ofties in a sound condition.
office, the latter, it is alleged, sud- denly drew a pistol and fired threo A plece of vacant land situated death yesterday.
shots at Sergeant Terrell, one nest to our Breezy Property has been which penetrated his throat. Eighteen planes bombed for $10.000 at a reasonable prost
Woht was arrested In the Luk and completion of sale is expected Kwok Hotel in Wunchal rome five) Liuchow, an important city shortly. In view of the Company's hours later,
Wong's last appearance in court
with any
of
in central Kwangsi, where hose to credit Revenue
position, your Directors do not pro- over fifty bombs were profit when the full purchase price tight days upo was on a stretcher, dropped.
is rerelved, but to apply the whole but he appeared with a broad smile amount in reduction of the book value on his face yesterday. Tungyumen, in eastern Shan-¦ of the Breezy Terrace property si, was also bombed by Japanese which stands at a somewhat higher machines which firstly
figure than present prices warrant.
re-
whom the shares were sold on de-
connoitered over a wide area in With regard to our Investment the province, visiting the cities which is shown at the nominal sum of S1, your Directors have had in- of Hancheng, Pucheng, Talai and formation from the purchasers, to Weinan.
Chinese anti-aircraft gunsferred terms, whereby we hope to wnet into action against a lone receive a substantial amount in full Japanese bomber which flew over Nanchang, the impregnable city further comments I
with Kiukiang.
No bombs were dropped.
annal settlement.
I do not think that there are any can usefully
ENGLAND BEGINS TO THAW
London, Dec, 27.
at the terminus of the railway make, and I now propose that the yesterday afternoon and traces of A steady and rapid thew net in Report and Statement of Accounts, last week's severe weather are quick- as presented, be adopted. When this ly disappearing. Tsungia, 30 miles north-east of has been seconded, I shall be pleased Canton, which Was recently
to answer to the best of my ability Japanese objective but la now firmly any questions shareholders may wish
Д
in Chinese honds, was bombed by:
| several invading planes.
to nak.
The report and accounts were
On Sunday and Monday, Japanese adopted. planes carried out a devastating series of raids on China, bombing five provincial captials as well as a large number of smaller cities and towns. They appeared over Chung- king for the fifth time since the out- break of hostilities, and bombed Ichabodic Changalia, Slan,
Kwellin.
12. Dead In U.S. Cold Blast
und
Plenary Session Postponed
Chungking, Dec. 27. The Afth plenary session of the Central Executiva Committee of the Kuomintang, scheduled to meet on December 15, did not meet on the oppolated date.
Nevertheless many isolated villages remain snowbound, and in Lincolr shire gangs of labourers, fifty to hundred strong, are working to cut way through to stranded country people, with whom there has been no communication owing to interruption of the telephono service.-Brilish Wireless.
Boatswain Faces Serious Charge
Charged with Infeting grievous bodily harm оп Chan Yim, steward, on board a British ship, the Striet secrecy has been maintained Haldis, at Parseval Day, French Indo-China, on December 20, Pan
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on the question, and only now have Fal, 81, chief boatswain, of the the authorities allowed to be publish- Haldis, appeared before Mr. E. ed that the mealing did not take Himsworth at the Kowloon Magis- this morning: and was 20- place as planned,
manded to January 2
It la declared that the season has been postponed, but the new, date is
New York, Dec. 27. The wave of cold weather which in sweeping the northern States of America, has so far caused 12 deaths,
Pan was allowed ball of $200. according to the latest reports not being released for publication Detective-Sergeant, C. IL Goodwin Reuter.
Reuter,
i prosecuted.