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Shoulder
Is England's Now Complaint
LONDON, (UP). — To' the common complaint of "housemaid's knco" you can add "gas mask shoulder."
Most women carry their gas mask cases slung ovar thair loft shoulders. After
a time that causes a slight stiff has and a hunching of shoulders.
Beauty specialists havo originated a series of mild exercises which, coupled with massage, remove the stiffness and keep the shoulders straight.
CINDERELLA
OF DEFENCE
Evans Criticises A.R.P. Moasures
OF London's civil defence forces, are bad anci some are good, some some are indifferent.
So says Admiral Sir Edward Evans
January 24 1940.
SO YOU WON'T TALK!—With head lowered, a German pilsoner is quizzed by French officer at fold headquarters somewhere behind French lines. Prisoner presumably was captured in a raid across No Man's Land, but refuses to give Information.Picture passed by French censor.
ECONOMIST'S
TO FINANCE
LONDON (UP).-A revolu-
("Evans of the Broke") one of Lon-tionary scheme for financing the don's two Regional Commissionera.
London area.
war by compulsory saving from
Ife has come to this conclusion all classes, in order to avoid in- after visiting thirty boroughs in theflation, is advocated by the well- known economist John Maynard In two articles Keynes, published in the "The Times" a stir in which have caused
The Admiral said: "We must have franknee in this matter, because thousands of lives depend on effectiveness of these nervlees:
the
Deputy leader of the opposition Arthur Greenwood has rejected the scheme on the grounds that it is
"ARP. is looked upon as the Cin-financial and political eircles. derella force almost is an unwanted baby, but when the bombs begin to fall people snuggling in their shelters will say how heroic are the A.R.P.equivalent to asking British workers wardens and workers."*
The Admiral made these remarks after watching Istington's big air raid. test in which hundreds workers took part,
of A.R.P.
I
Wardens Trapped- There were nine Incidents and went with Sir Edward to the Union Square district, where the biggest incident took place, writes a coires- pondent.
to accept the same regimentation that itler inposert on Germany, and that 14,000,000 wage and salary earners
have had no increase in wages since the war started, while the cost of living has risen.
Percentage Of Wages
As
130
of all incomes in excess of a stipulat- Keynes proposes that a percentage
ed minimum income should be pald over to the government partly us There were 'real fires blazing compulsiry savings and partly every few yards, the two local war- | direct xes, the percentage,to rine dens were imprisoned by wreckage steeply as the income level increases, which had fallen on their post, and
Part of the
amount would at least two dozen casualties, most realistically made up with greaso credited to the individual ay a
deposit paint, were strewn all over the in the post office savings banic and pavenents.
the balance used to pay his income The sums credited fax mid surtax. izi the savings bank would carry 21: Interest and would be blocked for the time being. They would not he avalable for current expenditure | or as recurity against loans, but the
commitments of a
Because the wardens were impri- soned, it was ten minutes before G.HQ., in Islington Town Hall, heard of the disaster, but in less than that time wardens fron neighbouring dis- tricts were beginning to help with the casualties, and within 15 minutes the ürst ambulance party had arrived, beating the, fire brigade by a couple
af muutes..
Operations In Streat
Royal Family's
Rations
Only normal rations of but- ter, bacon and sugar will be supplied to the King, the Queen the Princesses, and other hem- bers of the Royal Family,
They have been issued, on the insistence of the King, with "commercial travellers' crds" the same as those given to all people who have to move chout the country.
The Queen has draws up special menus to suit the circumstances, which dig twa courses from both luncheon mund dinner, and orders have been given for
fruit, and vegetables to be used.
more
The gardens nt Windsor Castle are being considerably extended to supply the facrens- ed quantities which w be necessary.
PLAN WAR
TWIN GUNS IN HIDING
Threat To Enemy Railways
By RICHARD CAPELL "Daily Telegraph" War Correspon. dent with the French Army TWO of the shyest beautics in France are named Clairette and Mireille. There is society in the world more exclu- sive, and I did not underate the honour of being presented to. |them in their rustic retreat.
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Not for anything in the world would I give away their ad- dresses. This would really be the height of discourtesy to- wards such virginal reticence.
Mireille and Clairette are not at
·******Í****s home to any Tom. Dlele or Harry. Subscribed Caplis
An Inquisitive stranger might pass aid-up Capital
Reserve Fund and let'
THYSSEN'S ESCAPE
within a few fest of their establish_
per ments, without dreaming that sons of importance lived anywhere
near.
BANKERS: The dank of England & Midland Dank, Ltd.
holder would be allowed to use the How Nazi Magnate France, they are among the biggest omb
to meet prowar
capitat nature, such as Instalments to a building society, litre-purchase and inaztance-premiums;
With the approval of a local com-
Fled From Reich
BRANCHES)----
Jalina Kuantan
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How important these sisters will be oppreciated when it is said that, if not the biggest guns in Bangkok
Caletilta To explain their tiring nature it
Colombo is enough to mention that yonder, Deini across the landscape, is to be seen | Galle a-line-of-hills-which is ---Germany Hongkong Kuala Lumpur Stopover
¡¡llowrah
Ipoh
who
AN account of Herr Thyssen's
Gigantic Power A minute or two later demolition mites, the holder could use them to escape from Germany inlò Swit-
And Clairette and Mireille, parties arrived to free the wardens, meet exceptional and unavoidable followed swiftly by two complete expense rising from less, un-zerland is given by Mr. William themselves can bonst ne very vene mobile ambulance units, each includ-employment or the payment of death Teeling, the author and Tory der feelings towards Germany, are
candidate.
naturally ing trained nurses and
not wishful of exposing real surgeon. duties.
their persons to injurious Operation theatres were set up in
missiles The deposits would be unblocked in the open street, and within half an instalments after the war, when the through the post office in an Austrian
Last August Herr Thyssen sent from over the hills. I. should be
much hour a nurse was fastening a real
embarrassed to have to say tourniquet round
resources of the community were no village near the Swiss frontier a tele- which of the twins I found the more patient's thigh. At
longer fully engaged. Keynes states
least 200 trained people were engaged that such releases would help througram to Hitler deploring his rush handsome, though given every op-
in this incident alone.
The fires were soon put out, and I can testify that real water was used. Sir Edward spoke to the first Air Raid Warden who reached the spot. She was Miss Ada Allen, a typical volunteer unpaid warden, who
2006 on duty nightly from 8 to midnight. In the daytime she works in a shop near the Angel, and the firm had given her special leave for the day's exercise.
the first post-war slump and give time for the government to concert more permanent plans
towards war.
poriunity of making up my mind.
Short of actually carrying out her intentions towards Germany, Clairet- te did everything she could to Im- press the privileged visitor with her gigantic power and resources; and
respectful
Every
Kuala Trengg
Shanghai
HONGKONG BRANCH
description of Banking Exchange Business transacted... t
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TRUSTED AND EXECUTORBIKIP UNDERTAKEN, and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be Interest allowed on Current Accounts ascertained, on application.
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Manager.
CONSIGNEES”, NOTICE.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
MESSAGERIES MARFTMIES (
Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon..
A few days later came Hitler's Reichstag speech. Here Thyssen did not laten to it, but his wife did. Yield £400,000,000
She heard Hitler say thai po mat- ter how much certain people had Keynes thinks his scheme might helped film in the past, If they op- Mireille no less. All that could be yield £400,000,000 in addition to in-posed him how he would look on suid afterwards was that both had come-tax and surtax.
them as enemies.
equally commanded his
Consignees are hereby informed He suggests that the income free "We must leave the country at admiration.
that their goods with the exception from levy might be 35 shillings week-ance" she said. And persuaded her
of Oplum, Treature and Valuables Without
than going further ly for a single man, 45 shillings for a husband.
de are being landed and stored into the married man,
with the addition of.
Refused Offer
licacy allows into the secrets of these Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon zeven shillings and sixpence weekly
woodland nymphs, it may be men- Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- for each child.
Without packing, they drove to tioned that they are capable of loan, whence delivery may be obtain-
hurling across the frontier. They were slopped and miles a misslie that will penetrate
a large number of ed immediately aller landing. recognised, but got through once into solid concrete to an astonishing on or before the
All claim must be sent in to pretext of a pleasure trip, and reach-
death. ed Switzerland.
This an unmarried man with 40 shuliings a week would contribute or shilling weekly, a married man with two children would pay nothing until his income was over 60 shillings, a week
The percentage of levy credited as savings deposit will fall and the per- centage taken as taxes rise, as the lovel of income increases.
Herr. A Devoted Bodyguard
or
not be January,
me
She Worked In
27th
1940, Same Office
Bicy Gestapo agents called
Damaged Packages will be examin- Thyssen a few days later and said
ed by the Company's Surveyor Strange Search For
that he publicly withdrew his
Certain railway stations, bridges Messrs-Goddard and Douglas in the telegram the Fuehrer would let him and other particular features of the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 Owner Of Money
German scene were named to mean, on Monday, 22nd January, 1940. live in Germany unmolested.
with the remark that if I were at
Conalguces must have a Itevenus He was even offered facilities to some time in the future to hear of ATLANTIC CITY (UP).—
Thus a married man with two remove a percentage of his capital their being wrecked, I should Isnow cer in attendance when any dut
abio goods are examined by the Attorney Samuel Freedman children, earning £300 or less pn- from the country. Herr Thyssen that it would be Clatrette's work—
Company's Surveyors. looked for Miss Irene Gates formally, will have the whole levy asked for documentary confirmation unless it were Mireille's.
office of this offer and lodged it in a Swiɛs:
No Fire Insurance will be effected The two nymphs boast a devoted seven years to give her $2,000 credited to him in the post
and gallant bodyguard The guest by a 'In'any caso whatever." property. At £500, the total levy: But he would be £27/10/— retained to pay the telegram or to return.
comparison. He comes And for most of those years, Miss his Income-tax.
"I have always been a copitalist," from an artillery mess saying every Gates' mother, Mrs. Mary Gates, In support of his scheme, Keynes he said, and I will do a capitalist. time that this, und no other, must be the keenest and Jollest set of eleaned Freedman's office at night.snya 'It is impossible to pay for the Germany will become Communist."
fellows in the world. One evening lust month, Mrs. Gates war endraly out of current taxation introduced herself to Freedman.
and adds that government stock la an
There may be half a gile blowing: "Are you looking for Irene Gates?" ndition to the wealth, security and she asked. "I'm her mother. Another comfort of the worker and gives him? girl told me you were looking for in claim over the future résources of
The had won for her in à damage/vings bank and it will remain his bank flatly refused to withdraw of French gunnern loses the faculty
Buit,
her. Here's her address in Warren, the community,
| Pennsylvania.”
Payment of the $2,000 was delayed.
Schamo Criticised
Perhaps Two Turtles
of
away
·R. OIL.
Agent
VISIT TO CHUNGKING outside. The village or hodet may Judge Helmick to. Travel
With "Ambassador
at this time of fonts be Kolt under water,
Racy Songs
But
Shanghol, Jan. 23.
HANOVER, Mass. (UP)-Priscilla | Everyone who comes in Is splashed
Judge Milton J. Helmick, of the in 1932 because an insuranço, com- The financial editor of "The Times" and Judy Brooks found a turile with with mud us to his middle. The die Unlted States Court for China, will pany failed. The New York State criticizes the scheme on the grounds the markings. "A.RM. '96" and the tance from the normal durum oleo to Chungking with Mr. Nelson
БОСТВ ten times greater than this Insurance Commission took charge that the percentage taken is not of fact was noted briefly in newspapers.
Johnson following the Ambassador's} Inter, began-liquidating the firm and increases in income above pre-war, letters from Elbridge, N. Y., London-
Since then they have received mhp kays. cates and send cheeks. But Miss but potentage of the whole income, ville, O., and Benson, W. Vagh which seems gay. It is true that it is a Judge Helmick declared that the Gates had disappeared.
at table the spirit always turn from Hankow.
This, he says is inequitable be
more than a vacation. cause many have had their incomes the wriler tdk when and how they ways a marvellously well-furnished trip was no
| Ho would probably hold a Court in marked the turtle with the initials, table.. reduced as a result of the war.
1 know an drillery moss, where Cantors one day, on the return The city is asking how money In to
PREDBA the Inw, the Prose-firinncial Jouraty. be found to repay the deposits, as it value when compulsory subscriptions world and engineering are all re-seaso is presumed that these will be spent are to rossive 24 % and be repaid at presented by brilliant young mich. Aften a stay of 11but five weeks during the war on war materials, etc. par soon after, the war is over.
The medical officer here, te niss the ¦ In Chungking, Judio Helmick will
METROPOLE
ROOM BATH $6
CENTRAL
CLEAN
"COMFORTABLE
Financers opine that there will be Others contend that the voluntary chorus "moster, He conducts the rely to Hongkong and return to Shang- ittle inducement for investors to subscription scheme has proved suc-gulation songs, and also contributes hat about March 10 This marka subsenbo voluntarily for governmotit cessful enough in the past and there others not wholly of the regulation his first visit to Chungking-Edited loon which might fall heavily in fore Keynes, scheine Is söt ugcessary. I sort, and very racy They are.
Press.