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Treasury, to the House of Repres Benint.ves' Appropriations Committed to the effect that Sir Frederick Philips, the British Treasury oficial, had fold him thai England could Swalow make no more commitments for the [ Sandakan purchase of war materials the London and Stralta
121 United States unless financial aid was extended.
Mr Morgenthau is
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have repented a statement which he has already made on other occasions that he believed that, the United States would not extend loans or credits unitas Congress modified or repeated the Johnson Act. He left his hearers with the impression that such decision was entirely up to Congress.
Mr Morgenthau is reported to have, made a fnctual analysis of Britain's needs without, however, making any recommendations.
Crisis In Spring Concurrently came a report that Mr Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, has told members of the United States Defence Commission and other Government officials that Britain would probably face serious crisis in the spring unless the erent delivery schedules of United States wor supplica were consider-
AN RA Tpilot sank two Italian submarines in two days.nbly increased. He is Acting Flight-Lieut. William Welr. Campbell, and his ex- ploits have won him the D.F.C.
He has also gained a nickname. His colleagues now call him "Dead-Eye Dick." He destroyed the two submarines with bombs and attacked another with machine-gun fire, says the Air Ministry News Service.
The first was sunk by dive-| bombing.
There were two bursts abaft the_conning-tower, and immedi- ately the nose of the submarine
U. S. SETS
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LICENCES REFUSED
Three applications for licences had
been refused by the Urban Counell, It was stated by the Chairman, the Hon. Mr W. J. Carrie, at the fort- nightly meeting yesterday.
The applications were for a restau- rant Hcence for 406 Shanghai Street, ground floor, a laundry llcence for
8.03 A Programme of Early Eng-110 Electric Road, ground floor, and High Music.
a milk shop for 49 Sing Wo Road,
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Talk by Father T. Ryan, SJ,
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Those present at the meeting were the Hon. Mr W. J. Carrie (Chairman), Dr N. C. MacLeod (Vice-Chairman), the Hon. Mr H. J. Pearce, the Hon Mr R. A. C. North, the Ilon. Mr C. G. Perdue, Mr F, C. Hali, Mr L C F. Bellamy, Mr A. el Arculli, Mr B. Wong Tape, Mr Tang Shiu-kin, Dr A. M, Rodrigues, Mr Li Tse-tung, Mr C. J. Rue (Secretary) and Mr Im Ping-iscung (Assistant Secretary).
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The hull slid back vertically to the bottom.
Air bubbles pad. all at once. op- peared on the s
PLANES
He is understood to have urged all speed possible in producing planes and other supplies.
At the same time it is learned that the chipping situation Is being examined to determine whether additional merchantmen might be available for sending supplies to Britain.
Suggestions Made
The "Washington Post," in double-column lender under the head- ing "Call To Action," declares that all the President's vast reserves of vitality will be drawn upon to cope with the problems of rational de- Lence.
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Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA, Central and South America andi *United-Kingdom via San Fran- elsco.
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10.30 a.m. Ale Mali by Air to Rangoon to con- nect with the, "Erlish Overseas Airways."
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.Deo. 20, -4.30 9.39. Singapore to
by sea to
connect with the "British Overseas Airways"
Turning to the question of finan- cial aid, the paper suggests that apart Air Mail from repealing the Johnson Act, there are many ways of assisting, in- cluding paying more
than market value for raw materials from the sourcer Empire, buying consumer interest in those materials, and buying an equity interest in British oil and other holdings in the Western Hemisphere,
of
MR H. F. JAMES has brought The tail guter reported seeing the Ministry of Aircraft Produc- debris floating in the area for some tion encouraging news from the time after the bombs had burst,
Next day the name aying-boat U.S.A.-news of the speed-up in Ninety thousand books and maga-sighted an Italian submarine on the delivery of aeroplanes and sera
"Dead-Eye Dick" plane parts to Britain. zines have been distributed among surface. Again
dived to attack. He scored direct
Legal Details 3,000 ships by the Sea War Library is beside the conning-tower.
He recently returned to Eng- Service, Selwyn House, Endsleigh-
land from a tour of inspection President Roosevelt said that street, W.C.1. The collection has
for the Ministry..
the plan was still being studied from been assisted by librarians through-
"I can state with complete to planes, guns and ships which might the legal viewpoint. Whether title.
more
Saved-Four
out Britain, who have encouraged Although by the open sea, and in people to give books to be forwarded the face of an approaching storm confidence," he said, "that the be sent to Britain under the plan to the deouts.
Flight-Lieut Campbell alighted, months taxled his flying best among the supply of planes will be stepped. would remain with the United Sintes During the next twelve
books
will be needed, and more wreckage and paved four of the sub-UP very rapidly in the very near or would be vested with the British was a legal problem, but the Pre- future. money required for-buying-new-books marine's crew.
silent-indicated-that-this-was-a-moro Mr James is director of the detail incidental to the main inter- on a larger scale. The committee After they were safely aboard and Northern
Company. tion to speak with confidence in their first
Usta final search had been made, the Main object of his trip, it is under now of EUPP made clear that the to assure Britain of a continual annual report that their activities pilot resumed his patrol and handed stood, was to clear up problems of will bring them the continued su over the prisoners at the end of the port they will need "to enable the day. Sérvice to carry on with the provi- On the return journey to the base, aion of literature for Merchant Sea- he sighted yet another submarine on
men."
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This he machine-gunned, as he had no bomba lelt. After the second attack the submarine crash-dived.
Army Office Methods Speeded Up
Aluminium
getting quick and satisfactory de liveries of aeroplane materials.
The President
whole matter would be handled on the basis that it was necessary to Great Improvement
assist the British in the war as a United means of protecting the 'Speaking of plane parts,. the fm-States.. Portance of our imports of which is
Referring to the question of speed- not always realised by the layanan, Ing up domestic production, the Pre- Mr James said that a great improve sident said that British orders were ment in deliveries had recently taken good means of obtaining the neces pluce.
sary expansion.
"Shipments of aluminium tubes,”
he said, "are now at a substantial rate,
equal to about half of Britain's total output.
British
Neutrality Not Affected While legislation would undoubted- ly be necessary, President Roosevelt
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Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South
Africa.
3.30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24
Inlu, U.S.A., and Europe vla "Pen- American Airways and Trans- Atlantis Services.”
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G.P.O.
"Shipments of other light alloys said that his plan, which was des-Ar Mall for Manila, Guam, Hono- are at the rate of about 200 tons acribed as the latest phase of the month, a substantial percentage of programme to give England all aid Britain's total output.
hort of war,"
*" would not repeal the United States manufacturers Neutrality Act. are Klving prlerliy
Declaring that he had read a recently orders, and large extensions are "great deal of nonsense" being or have already been made about financial ald- to Britain, Pre- the Lo plant, in order to cope with a sident Itoosevelt said that within
"memory still greater output."
of man, no major 'war had Until recently, said Mr James, the ever been won or lost through lack Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta, Committee recently appointed necessary formalities linked with the of money. He criticised the Idea that by Mr Eden, War Minister, un-itish purchasing commission's money in the bank was necessary to der the chairmanship of Sir activities in New York took up a scribed as narrow-minded the view Manila, Macasser and Sourabaya.
win this war. The President de Canton James Grigg, Permanent Under- great deal of time.
But now direct communication be
A start has been made in the Southern Command with the re- commendations of the Reform
Secretary for War, to accelerate tween the commission and the the work of War Office depart-authorities in Londen is possible. ments.
After a preliminary investigation
at the War Office, which resulted in a number of recommendations re- garding clerical procedure sub- ommittee was formed to operate in the various commands, beginning! with the Southern.
SMOKING CONCERT
BY R.A.O.C. WARRANT OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS
that the only way to assist Britain was to repeal laws so that money could be lent to Britain, to spend ́in the United States. He satu at out- right ensh gifts might come but he was not at all sure that they were necessary.
Orders Are Asset The President said that orders from Britain were
h tremendous
Ord.... Parcels
Doo: 28, 5,00 p.m. .Deo. 24. 7.90 p.m.
.Dec. 24, 5 p.m.. Letters.....Dec. 25; 930 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 25
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8.30 am. Friday, Dec. 27 ̧- Sandakan
.0.30 d.m. Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Canada, Central and South America and United Kingdom Via San Franclice. (No Parcels for Canada and United Kingdom).
KT.O.
Parcels
Dec. 27, 4 p.m.
Reg.
.Dec. 27, 4 p.m.
Ord,
Dec, 27, 5.30 p.m.
GP,O.
Parcela
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Dec. 27, 5 p.m.
Ord.
Dro. 27: 7 p.m.
via Thursday Island.
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asset because they resulted in creat The December meeting of the ing additional facilities for farteries, The sub-committee includes both Warrant Officers and Sergeants' Club munition works and shipyards, elvilians nad Army men, whose of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps He added that the new plan had work, among other things, includes will take the form of a smoking con- been under consideration for three the study of how certain Army re-cert, to which all the President's or four weeks and that It was one of farms are working out in practice. guests for 1840 have been invited. Clerical work will be studied and
There will be a running buffet, and cause that might be devised. Be-Mania, Australia and New Zealand special consideration given to the artists have been enlisted to provide for the same kind of munitions
|| British, orders were essentially mplexity of Army forms and re-suitable entertainment. The Ord-used by American forces,
It was turns.
nence Choir under the leadership of possible
them convert
Into Lieutenant J. Sutclife, R.A.O.C., Will American orders. The President sald make their first pubile appearance"we have enough money for that.". the reforms, which Im-Other Invited artists are Lieutenant
la expressed the belief that Britain pinge on practically: every form of Austin, A. E. C., S.Q.M. 9. Archer will be able to pay for the orders activity in the modern Army, are of and Staff/Sergeant Samways of the already given in the United States Straits, Rangoon and Cal
Calcutta an experimental nature. If the com- the Royal Army Medical Corps apply only to future contracts.
Royal Engineers, and Private Weeds and the new arrangements need mittee considers them successful they Mr G. D'Aquino has also been
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3.30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30 Straits, Ceylon, India, Mombasn tion.
Invited, and it is hoped that the
Belra, Lourenco Marques, and, members; will have, the privilege,nfi IMMIGRATION LAW. cature of
South Africa via Durban, 2.30 p.m., Another feature the investiga-hearing him on this occasions: Capt. At the monthly meeting of the Superscribed Correspondence Onir. tion will be the possible introduellon R. R. Donner, R. A. O, C., has very Chinese Chamber of Commerce ›yes- of further modern office nad com- generously volunteered to carry out terday it was decided to ask the NO. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE nercial methods. Since this will the duties of Master of Ceremonies Government to extend the period for have to be done without unduly for the evening.
the enforcement of the Immigration
Oslo, Dec. 18,7 the already complicated The smoking concert will be held Law to February 14, in view of the policaling
The Nobel Peace Prize thin your military......'administrative machine, on Saturday, December 21, in the Chinese New Year on January 27, will not be awarded, it was an sowever, the teak is recognized to be Reading Room of the Gloucester, when there will be an increased num-nenced the Nobel Peace Com lane of same magnitude,
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