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# -- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1939日一廿月一十
SHEKLUNG RE-CAPTURED IN
NEW CHINESE OFFENSIVES
YEAR"
INVADERS IN FULL"WAR THIS FLIGHT IN SHANSI
SHEKLUNG, IMPORTANT RAILWAY CENTRE ON THE KOWLOON.
CANTON RAILWAY, HAS BEEN RE-CAPTURED BY THE CHIN- ESE, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION REACHING HONGKONG THIS MORNING.
The recapture of the railway station, which is at the junction of the railway and the East River, was effected after one of the most bitter battles yot witnessed in Kwangtung.
£2,000,000 Fleet For Hongkong Service
Glen Line To Seok
"Blue Riband"
GLEN LINE SHIPS, the Breconshire and the Glenorchy, now nearing completion at Taikoo dock, are part of a fleet of eight new fast cargo liners built at a cost of £2,000,000 for
Sheklung station is about a mile from Sheklung city, which is the next Chinese objective.
The recapture of the station entirely clears Japanese forces from the Kowloon-Canton Railway south of the East River.
In addition to, the mobile unit which effected the capture of the railway station, another Chinese unit is stated to be pushing on the city from Luklan and Hanam.
In Tungkun, a Japanese-occupied town south-west of Shek- lung, guerilla bands have reached the west and cust gates.
Japanese Smashed In
New Shansi Offensive
SIAN, Jan. 11.
THE JAPANESE DRIVE in West Shansi has been stemmed by a smashing Chinese counter-offensive, urgent military re- ports from the front reveal.
Four important towns, recently fallen into Japanese hands, namely Chihsien, Taning, Puhsien and Siangning, have been re- covered by the Chinese in rapid succession.
the service from the United ROOSEVELT Kingdom to Japan.
All the new ships, capable of 18 knots cruising speed, will, it is hoped, be in service before the middle of this year.
They will cut the present time of the Glen Line alilps from London to Hongkong from one month and, four days to less than a month.
vessels.
tinent.
REVERSE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
OR
Encountering only feeble resistance
the
Musica's Brothers To Go To Sing Sing
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. ANOTHER PAGE in the fantastic Jekyll-IIyde rami- fications of the £3,600,000 McKesson and Robbins Drug Corporation scandal was written to-day when the three brothers of Frank Coster, in reality Philip
AIR, JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, U.S.Musica, an ex-convict who Ambassador to London, warned the masqueraded for twelve Congress Mllllary Affairs Com- mittee yesterday that war is inevit-years as a banker, pleaded Page 7). able in Europe this year, (Story on guilty to Federal Court charges of violating the Securities Act.
BIG FIRES
They will receive sentence on February 6.
The three men were
bert Musica.
Arthur
RAGING IN Musien, George Musica and Ro-
VICTORIA
Australian State In Grip Of Holocaust MELBOURNE, Jan. 11. VICTORIA, experiencing way, the Chinese who its counter-attacked Chllisien, where the worse drought and Japanese had attempted to cross the greatest heat wave of the Yellow Ilver to Invade Sheast, century, is covered by a pall smashed into
the city on Sunday night, and challenged the enemy to of smoke. street fighting. In the
In the meantime, all Reminiscent of Black Thurs- re-occupied by the Chinese.
Roubins
SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS
$30.00 PER ANNUR
Half a century of Tyre Leadership.
has culminated in the
DUNLOP Fort
The Tyro with 2000 tooth
to bite the road! Ensuring the maximum of comfort, durability and, above all, nafoty.
DEPARTURE FOR CANTON.-Only a few people were at the wharf this morning to farewell the Kinshan, Arst steamer to leave Hongkong for Canton since the Japanese captured the former Kwangtung Capital. The Kinshan carried 40 European passengers,~~~ Newsphoto,
£10,000,000 Ship Subsidy Urged
LONDON, Jan. 10.
THE CHAMBER OF BRITISH SHIPPING is submitting proposals to the Government urging that "if British shipping is to be maintained in the face of foreign competition of the kind it is meeting in practically every trade, then it must have support."
The proposals include:- For deep-sea tramps, that the sidy of £2,500,000 for five years. Government renews the tropp sub-
PIRACIES NEAR H.K.
To Hospital
Like their brother, who commit ted suicide when G-Men enden- voured to acrest him at his palatial
For deep-sea liners, that Parliament mansion in Fairfield, Connecticut
vote £5,000,000 for five years to the three men were masquerading ministered by the Treasury on the create Liner Defence Fund ad- under assumed Arthur Musica masqueraded under
amed names.
advice of an independent commission. One Man Shot, Taken the name of George Vernard, and was
to which lines which are
threatened, Canadian agent of the McKesson and
or in need,
for may apply
ald. For trump shipping for Continental Corporation,
trades, A
a subsidy of £300,000 for five that an increasing proportion of the years, and the Government to insist
Russia be assigned to British ships. United Kingdom limber Imports from In one of the attacks a junk foki, Cheng Kwan-shing, was shot in the For coasting tramp shipping, shoulder and, as a consequence, is £500,000 subsidy for five years, and now in Queen Mary Hospital. the ensurance of fair competition with The arst piracy occurred in British the railways.
waters off Pakshekinu at 7 am For coasting liners, an adequate yesterday. Three
George Musica, Tresurer of the name of George Dietrich. The third Corporation, musqueraded under the brother, Robert, used the name Ro
bert Dietrich while a sister, Grace, posed as a Mrs. Coster.
WHO'S WHO BIOGRAPHY Although Muslen claimed an Ame-
police during the past 24 hours.
Two piracies, one in British waters, have been reported to the Hongkong
strategie heights in the vicinity were day of last century, when
For fear of being bottled up, ho/dozens of lives were lost as fires rican lineage of some note in the equalising subsidy compared with the with revolvers, were involved. When
raged throughout the State's
pressure.
оп
to
pirates, armed
of railways and roads were in a large sized junk en route transportations, canals and coasting from Swatow to Hongkong, they fired shipping.
several shots, one of which struck For tankers, it is stated that finon-j
Cheng cla! Incentives nre necessary
They boarded the junk, from which prevent the disappearance of British they stole cargo valued at $100. Be- tankers, but no definite remedy is fore departing in their own craft, proposed, without first discussing they tied their victims with wire. matter with the Government--Reuter in Chinese waters off Chekwan, had The second piracy, which occurred Special
a sequel in British territory.
After seizing a junk owned by Kwok Chou, the pirates abandoned their own vessel and, forcing the crew of their prize to land at the Chickwan temple, in British territory, made off with a comparatively new craft.
Congress Turns Down W.P.A. Request
darkness towards Bangning, to the hinterland, great flames are brothers and sisters were in reality PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Southeast.
The Chinese reached
tearing across a wide area to-challdren of a Neapolitan barber. They ordination Slangsing The ships will call at Port Said and suffered his first rebuff in yesterday and after a fierce battle day, leaving in their path a went to America, travelling steerage, Penang on the way out, and will be the new Congress to-day, when drove the Japanese out of this city, trail of death and desolation.
in 1803 when Philip, the dead man. the fastest vessels to longtong. the House sub-committee re- towards Hotsin, in the south.
was only six. He was the eldest of The invaders continued their retreat gardless of the fact they are freight duced the President's request for
Thousands of volunteer Gre- the family. fighters are fighting the flames in Meanwhite, Taning, north-east of many parts of the State.
Among the ramifications of the Each of the ships will have ac-15,000,000 relief appropriation Chilisien, and Pulisten, south-east of Train-loads of men
firm were arms dealings with Spalo are being commodation for a dozen passengers to $725,000,000, and also placed Taning. were also abandoned by the taken from the cities to nesist in the
and China, financing the war in Bolivia and Faraguay during the in first class cabins. Five of the ves restrictions on its expenditure, Japanese owing to strong Chinese operations.
Gran Chaco dispnie, and fraud. sels are being built in the United Kingdom and the other on the Can-envy Democratic majority under Yellow River Into Sheast has been Wallalla.
The committee which possesses a
Extensive damage has been caused It is stated that it was Musen who The Japanese attempt to cross the to the mining towns of Erica and financed the Spanish Government the chairmanship of Mr. Clifton abandoned.--Central News.
steamship Mar Cantabrica, which was LAUNCH IN FEBRUARY Woodrum, a Democrat from Virginia,
Dromana, a well-known seaside sunk off Spain last spring with a resort only 40 miles from Melbourne £1,000,000 worth of munitions SUCCESSES ON OTHER The Hongkong-bulit Breconshire specified that the appropriation must
has suffered damage estimated
at board. will be launched on February 3, and portioned over the next five
FRONTS
£50,000.
Musten is also stated to have been the Glenorchy will take the slipway!
However, President Roosevelt's set-
MELBOURNE FOG-BOUND nvolved in Anancing Bolivia two months later,
back may only be temporary, thas-
Chungking. Jan. 11.
In Melbourne liscit, the pall of Paraguay in the Chaco war. He is The first ship will leave Yokohama much as that the full appropriations Chitung, on Tsungmingg Island at the
A Shanghol dispatch reveals that smoke is so dense that the city is said to have received in exchange u September 22 on its maiden commilitee
fog-bound.
quinine monopoly. scheduled voyage.
mceta 0:1 Wednesday, mouth of the Yangtze River, was re- which has authority to reject the laken
Suburban and country train ser- The names of the other ships are sub-committee's recommendations, Chinese militia units led by Chen Street stations
03 Monday morning by vices to Spencer Street and Flinders Keng-yeo, magistrate of Trungming leaving the city to the accompaniment entering and district. Bitter fighting lasting over of fog-bombs, the clouds being so three days preceded the recapture of thick that it is often impossible for the engine-drivers to see the ordinary In Kwangtung, the Japanese at light signals. Yeungmut and Sankong, to the north- Shipping in Port Phillip Day and east of Samshui, have retreated to along the const is also slowed down, the latter town after being subjected and sirens are continually used.
repealed assaults by Chinese Many large towns near Melbourne
have been δανικά Additional Josses were
only by inflicted
(Continued on Pape 4.)
on
months.
Glencarn, Glenroy, Denbighshire, United Press.
Glengyle, and Glenarthy.
They will be five knots faster than
the present ships in the company's Soviet Consul-Gen.
service.
TERRITORIAL STRENGTH
London, Jun. 10.
Leaves Harbin
Consul-General
POOR GIRL-RICH GIRL Canadian Telephonist's £1,600,000
10
ол
the
are
C.E.C. Members
Depart
and
ARMS LABELLED MAGNESIA The Assistant Attorney-General of Attomey-General was in possession New York State stated that the
(Continued on Page 4.)
Japanese Peer Dies In Accident
Husband And Wifo In Fatal Crash
TOKYO, Jan, 11. VISCOUNT and Viscountess Tadaichi Torli and Cavalry Colonel Tadanari Miyake, (re-
Police Search tired) younger brother of Vis-
the
For Indians
LATEST
Air Raid On Chungking
CHUNGKING, Jan. 11. count Torii, were killed instantly was launched on Chungklar yester- Another severe Japaneso air raid when the motor-car in which day, when twelve Army bembers they were driving collided with appeared over the elly,
tram car at Hatagaya, in
A Japanese communique claims filat Tokyo on Tuesday.
"various Chineso military Colonel Miyake participated in the king" wero bombed-Domel.
establishments in and around Chung- Manchurian campaign in 1031 as an oficer on the active list The group THREE INDIANS, alleged to was riding in the private car of have posed as policemen, are Viscount Torli. Viscount Tor was,
Bought by Hongkong Colonel Miyake 58.--Domel.
50 years old, Viscountess Torli 45, and
Posed As Police To Hold-up Man
of
Sea Back Page For
Further Late Nows
HUGE BRITISH DEFICIT Govt. Expenditure Soars to New High
Hsinking, Jan. 11, Unusual significance is seen in the troops. The Territorial Army strength at sudden departure of M. Kuznetsov, the beginning of the year was 210-acting Soviet 000 officers and men, which brings It Hurbin, on Tuesday morning en route as a result of further Chinese guerilis In upon the Japanese in north Kangai above the strength the regular amy back to Moscow. held before the Great War.
Monday the guerlius raids. On The revised establishment of the Consul's withdrawal presages further Julehang-Wuning highway and dam-
It is believed that the Sovlet destroyed five bridges Territorial Army is now 224,000.-nbolition of Soviet diplomatic agen-aged sections of the roadbed. A Reuter.
eles in Manchukuo-Domei,
Japanese unit resting on the high- way was also attacked, suffering Jover 100 casualties.--Central News.
SEVEN OF thirteen members the Central Executive Committee of being CUERILLAS ACTIVE
the Kuomintang left Hongkong by Police naa sequel to a hold-up ispecial plances yesterday, en route to Chungking, Jan. 11. Chungising.
on the Customs Pass Road Chinese guerillas are now active Another three members are leaving yesterday afternoon. around Wanping and Loukauch!aa, to-day by way of Hanol and Yunnan- 20 miles west of Pelping, 10 months fu.
The victim of the hold-up, n 26- after the Brat shot which started the
year-old fisherman named The CEC members are en routesing was beaten up by the thrio men Yuu Tin- MRS. ANNIE LAURINE MCDONALD DODGE, who last year
Sino-Japanese hostiilies was Bred to Chungking to attend the Afthand was robbed of $0. was a Canadian telephone girl earning £200 a year, will within 30 miles on both sides of capital on January 20.
plenary congress of the Committee, receive approximately £1,600,000 as her share in the estate of various railways In North China have
A Jepanese claim that the areas which will open in the war-time money back when he pleaded for The men gave him 90 cents of his her late husband, Danny Dodge.
sufficient to take him home. Of the rema'ning three members of been cleared of Chinesa guerillas the Committee siilf in Hongkong two police at Kowloon City by You, the According to a report made to the Mrs. Dodge is 19. Her hus- Curious, ho put a match to the fuse,jake, which reveals that traffe on the Chan Chak, are remaining in the Cothree Indiana accosted him as he was
la categorically denied by the mess-General Lee Fukt-lam and Admiral band, who was heir to the Dodge intending to throw the explosive into Tientsin-Pukow Railway, has been lony at the request of the Central ang to Salkung village,
already suspended for two days owing Government in order to continus re-
They took him along a path In the to damage done to its track by fugee rellef measures here. The Kai Tak, xisting that
direction guerillas-Central Newa.
of the RAF. Station
At the corresponding period) £707,715,416, making the toint dèncit Chinese Government has allotted taking him to the Kowloon $400,000 for this work during the past
they were last year, the excess of expendi-iso far this year just £332,552 short three months,
City ture over rovenue was £170,830, of the colossal total of £250,000,000. pouco station, Instead, he was taken 242, Mr. Dodge found the dynamite with the mainland. Demented by pain, he had his motor car, No. 730, stolen moeting of the C.E.C.
Mr. T. Lunson, of the Dairy Farm, will be made
It is expected that vital decisions to a hollow near the sport, and was
In the corresponding perind List ture attached lying in the camp sprang from the launch and was from the car park in Fodder Street
at the forthcoming routed and starched,
Expenditure hop Inorsnied by (year roveňuo wan: £500 466813-and.
last evening.
corresponding period in 1930,
the dadaliihen £179.886.34199
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.
motor-car millions, was injured the water.
in a dynamite explosion when the couple were on their honey- moon at a camp on Mantoulin Island.
But the explosion was premature. millionetre was placed in a motor- Badly injured the young multi- launch to be taken to a doctor on
drowned.--Router Special,
there a Tientsin message sintes
CAR STOLEN
д
LONDON, Jun. 11. ALTHOUGH BRITISH REVENUE on January 7 was £9,- 583,175 higher than the corresponding period last year, the total deficit for the current year now stands at £249,667,418.
The three Indians were seen £88,004,351, compared with the Capanditure -- € 670,801,085, making
Reorganisation of the Government boarding u bas near the airport alter, L'esg" sulf-balancing Agus ad vanda26alling Thre
may follow the mueling,
the crime.
totaled $318,047,908 1909
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