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THENE COES MY HEART Goodbyr, recht! Who cares? Goodbye, Job What's the difference? jobs don”Lmatter,, trouble don't meats a thing!/ in this grazed, glorious riet of laughter and romance!
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Margaret Sullivan James Stewart in
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THIRD EUROPEAN air line may soon havo its terminal at Kai Tak Aerodrome, making Hongkong the hub of a great aviation wheel whose lines shoot out to America, Holland, France, England, and a dozen nearer countries.
The Royal Netherlands Indies allled companies. The KLM, which company, maintains Airways (KNILM) is carnestly Is the mother considering extending its Bata vin-Saigon line to Hongkong, to connect here with Pan-American airways,
This news was confirmed yester- day by the Philippines representative of K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Air Lines) and KNILM, Mr. P. C. van Houten.
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net of airlines in Europe with Amsterdam as the home port. This compony has a regular service be- tween Amsterdam and Java, with Batavia as the terminal base.
The KNILM confines its airlines to the Netherlands Intles
and This
neighbouring countries.
согл
any maintains services to Austra-
only af
Although Hongkong aviation oficials North Borneo, Tarakan
Bn, to Saigon, ond to Tarakan, are not yet informed, one of them few hundred miles from Zamboanga. this morning described it
with
It is also learned that the KLM
natural development and said that will speed up its schedules
in
1940
it was possible that negotiations were by putting Into the Batavia-Amster- under way in London.
dam service high-powered DC4 For some time KNILM has been dam
extend its planes, with day and night
flying. seeking permission to lines from Java to Manila, but the two bases from 54 days to 2
thus reducing the travel time between Washington has taken no acton on
the application. Should the applica- days. This
means that in 1940,
traveli
tion to extend the KNILM ar lines the proposed extension of their lines to Manila be granted, the plan to to Hongkong, materializes. extend a line to Hongkong might be time between London and Hongkong
S'HAI POLICE AMBUSHED
A
SHANGHAI, Feb. 7.. NUMBER OF unknown gangsters, believed to be using high-powered rifles or mauser pistols, opened fire on a cruising police van containing foreign Settlement policemen in the western part of the "Bad Lands" just before mid- night last night.
The Chinese driver of the van was wourided.
The shooting took place on the Keswick Brenan roads near Tunsin road, which is the border of the Japanese- occupied Chinese territory to which Settlement police, have. no legal access, and therefore they could not invade the area to make a search, or return the fire.-United Preas.
abandoned as they could connect in will be reduced to approximately 4 Japanese Anti-War
Manila with the PAA.
TWO ALLIED COMPANIES The KLM and KNILM are two
days. Each of the DC has accom- modation for 40 passengers for day flying 10 påssengers for night flying.
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Hitler's Message To Pu Yi
Reichsfuehrer
Berlin, Feb. 7. Adolf Hitler on
Elements
CHUNGKING, Feb. 0.
The anti-war element, which has been so prevalent and so rigidly persecuted In Japan since the out- break of war with Chino, has made Its appearance among the Japanese
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Shanghai.
These dockyards were seized by the Japanese after the occupation of Shanghai, and many Japanese workers were brouglit to replace skilled Chinese labour.
Yesterday, large numbers of anti- Following a sensational Incident Monday sent a message of felicita-war and anti-militarism handbills near the Refugee Camp at Matau- tions lo Emperor Kangteh of Man-were circulated throughout the docks chung, Kowloon, at 11.25 o'clock this chukuo the latter's thirtieth by some of the Japanese employees. morning, two persons are in Kow-birthday, it was revealed here to- loon Hospital. They are
Au Ki, 33, blacksmith, suffering from bruises and abrasions;
Llu Yu.
22-year-old girl, suffer-
Ing from gunshot wound.
The girl was accidently wounded
by Lance Corporal Rogers, of the
ifongkong Police, when he fired three
shots In an attempt to prevent the
on
day.-Domol.
Another Victim Of Assassins
Shanghal, Feb. 7. Another puppet official was assas-
escape of tiree men who had attack-sinated in the Settlement this morn-
ed Au Xi with axes and a trowel.
One
of the three men was captured,
the other two escaping.
Police reports Indicate that Lance Corporal Rogers noticed the Vireo men running away from the prostrate Au K. They were carrying two axes and the trowel.
The police officer called upon them io stop and blew his police whistle. The men, however, accelerated their parc, whereupon Lance Corporal Rogers drew his revolver and fired Lurce
shots at their legs.
In the fine The girl, Liu Yi, was of fire and was struck by one of the bullets.
ing when travelling a rickshaw,
He was Soo Chu-dong, Chief Tax Collection of Joss Papers.
The assassins exápeil-Reuter.
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One of the men stopped at the sound of the aring, but the other two vanished. The arrested man had a carpenter's adze in his possession when arrested,
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Neither the girl nor the victim of the assailants arg in any danger.
Japan's Embassy To Act For Hungary
Moscow, Feb. 7. Following the severence of diplo~! matle relations between Hungary and the Soviet Union, the Japonese Embassy here accepted the Hun- garian Government's request to take. charge of the thungarian Legation for the line being.
The Hungarian Minister and his staff evacuated the Soviet, empital several days ago at the request of the Soviet Government.-Domei,
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Disastrous Fire
In Osaka
OSAKA, Feb. 7. Damage estimated at three and a half million yen (about £175,000) was caused by fire which broke out in the Mitsubishi Trading Company's godowns In Osaka on Monday.
The fire was first notleed at 4 pm, and raged for several hours.
Included in the property destroyed was 16,420 bales of Indian cotton, 2.145 bales of cotton tissue and 2,238 bates of cotton textiles.--Domet,
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