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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
CROMWELL
Husband Of The World's Richest Girl APPOINTED AN ENVOY
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
WASHINGTON, Jan, 4 (UP), The husband of the richest girl in the world is to become
Ambassador American
Canada
to
The appointment of Mr. James R. Cromwell to this post was announced by President Roose- velt to-day. Mr. Cromwell will succeed Mr. Daniel Roper
His wife is Doris Duke, heiress to the famous tobacco inillions of her father, James Duke,
They were married in March 1935, and came to Hongkong four months ater on their honeymoon, residing at the Repulse Bay Hotel.
Mrs. Cromwell's fortune le estimat ed at £1,000,000.
Other ambassadorial appointinents notified by the President to-day are: Mr. John Cudahy, Minister of Bire, to become Ambassador to Belgium; succeeding Mr. Joseph E. Davies:
Mr. Dreckenbridge Long Lecomes Assistant Secretary of State;
Mr. George Messersmith, Assistant Secretary of State, becomes Ambassa- dor to Cuba:
Mr. R. Henry Norweb becomes Ambassador to Peru;
Mr. Robert Scotten becomes Minis- ter to the Dominican Republic, sue- ceeling Mr. R, Henry Norweb
Floodlights
Fool Reds
Finns Invent A New Defence
5
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH HELSINGFORS. Jan. (UP)-Enormous electric flood- lights are turning Aretic nights into day on the frozen lukes of the Karelian Isthmus as the Finns put into practice an inno- vation in warfare in an attempt to prevent the Reds from lank- ing the Finnish positions by j crossing the ice.
The powerful rearchlight-like BloodHights are kept on throughout the night, which in how 18 hours long.
Additional safeguards inture artillery action against--not the Red, but the ice, which Finns age methurd' cally smashing up as rapidly na
forms.
Until the recent fregiry: of
it
the
GRAF SPEE MEN TRY TO ESCAPE
·January 5, 1940.
THESE
ADRESSE VOLLED
propagandia
Holland
posted In
<the
stamp and pos’mack are shown above), are being received now by many people
The first, marked 1914, shows the encirclement", necessary
to make Britain's Bfuckade suc- restui in the last war.
Ielow is one marked 1930 lu which the Germans attempt to show how “enclrelement 31: folied and how the blockade must also fall.
It takes no geçount, however, of the vital fact that present- day Nazi Germany has no gold or foreign currency with which to pay for imports necessary to carry on the war or that the countries on her frontier can- not supply many of the raw materials she needa.
Cottage Club Cavalcade
-1
Members of the Collage Club are reminded that the Cavalcade Members will take place from the ¡Clubhouse on Saturday, 41 3.30 pm.
of
MONTEVIDEO, Jan. (Reuter). Five members of the Graf Spee crew made a daring attempt to escape internment to-day.
motor They secured a launch and started for Buenos Aires.
The motor launch develop- ed engine trouble, however, and the men were overtaken and brought back.
WAR IN CHINA
PEACE IN OFFING?
London Has Wave Of Optimism
C. C. C.- Army Game Cancelled
T
cricket match between Crahten:gower and Army scheduled heen cancelled. for to-morrow has Craizengower will play an intra-club Imatch at 2 p.m.
The fattowing wit erant, tongkat Cricket Club on the Club mund in the secontri cliviolun of the Souple to-morrow-Capt. 3. F. Lawrence. 13. T. Maciend. Major J. R.
A
represent
Artny
Capt. A. B. Whalakat, w.f. Peal, Lleut. 1 A. Fargus S Patterson, S/Sgt. Garth. Sgt. Chaplin,
La Dit. S. alley.
H.K.C.C. Teams For To-morrow
The following are the Hongkong Cricket į Leigh teams for to-tunrrow:
First v. Lit.C. (nt Sookuuspoal-T. A. D. de S. Garcy. D. G. Pearce Cap. A. 11. Finn, Day, A. T LONDON, Jan. 4 (Itenter)-aines. If. Owen Hughes. A. K. Mine-
Sulter. Hopes that serious efforts may kenzie. J. L. C. Pearce, J. E. Potter, T. M. Seconda v. Army (home).-E. I. R. shortly be made towards secur
Mitchell Cant.1, 1, 3, Armstrong, C. W.
Jokes, the Red advance was complete ly paralysed by the hundreds of small Inkes which render advance being some settlement in the Bishop, N. I Banker G. E. 1. Divell. mecharitsed units impossible,
Sino-Japanese war were respon-J.. Fox, 11. 3. D. Lave, D. C. ParKOAN, sible for the sharp upward' movement of to-day.
PORTUGAL HIT
BY FLOODS
LISBON, Jan. 4 (Reuter).The| floods which hit Portugal in the past two days, are growing worse, large areas are now under water.
Some 50 villages are submerged and hundreds of head of cattle have been lost,
Chinese
bonds
W. Paterson. D S. Robb, W. Stoker.
It is realised that the potential LATE NEWS
recovery capa ty of China in such an event must be large, especially as the Intest returns of Customs revenues issued by the "Chinese Embassy Indicale a relatively;
snudd real decline in China's receipts for 1939 as compared with last year. Many financial quarters, who were jxepared for a much greater decline.) are now wondering whether, }? Iarke Cus- toms revenue with many of her legitimate trade outlets closed, might not provide a spectacular commercial recovery, were the normal trading conditions restored,
TOOK OPIUM TO Chan can cure such a
PRISONER
Charged with conveying opium to a prisoner whilst in custody at the Central Magistravy yesterday, Cheul Lai, 29, unemployed was fined $40 by Mr. Forrest this morning.
New Air Service
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' TOKYO, Jai, & (Domel).~A~`re-} #ular air service between Japan and Thailand (Slam) will be inaugurated on February 1.
Seven-seater Japanese-constructed planes will be used on the new route.
Japanese Interest
In Balkans
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ISTANBUL, Jan. 4 (UP),—Japan- we diplomats here are showing a marked interest in Falkan develop- ments since the Russo-Bulgarian rap- prochment.
The Japanese strongly support the bloe against Russian aggression in the Balkans,
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For the first time, staff correspon-|
Agency dents of the Domei News have been sent to Sofa and Istanbul,
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