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COLONEL LINDBERGH AND WIFE PLAN FLIGHT

WORLD'S LEADING TENNIS PLAYERS

AT WIMBLEDON England Championships Start To-day.

26 NATIONS REPRESENTED IN TOURNEY

The All-England Championships at Wimbledon commence to-day. though stormy weather threatens the opening day of the world's greatest tennis tournament.

Owing to the proximity of the Davis Cup Inter-Zone Final and the financial depression the American challenge is not so numerically strong as in former years. Among the American ladies who have not entered are the Misses Sarah and Virginia Palfrey.

An injury to bis ankle has kept out Nigel Sharpe, conqueror of Henri Cochet in last year's First Round.

Jack Wright and Marcel Rain- wille, the Canadian Davis Cup players will also be absentees.

Col Lindbergh.

The Japanese players, R. Miki YANKEE'S DOUBLE. and T. Aoki, and Jiro Satoh and

R. Nunoi should do well in the men's doubles.

DEFEAT

London, To-day. Pitcher Allen Suspended]

Against Tigers.

U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS

Ellsworth Vines, winner last, year on his first appearance on this historic courts, is favoured to repeat his triumph in the Men's Singles which has attract- ed an entry of 128, Jack Craw- en ver ford, the Australian, Davis Cup captain and winner of the French) Championship at Auteuil this year. is considered to be his most dangerous rival.

The seeded players are Ellsworth Vines' (U.S.A.), Jack Crawford (Aus- tralia), Heart Gochet (France), Jira Satoh (Japan), Bunny Austin (Bri tain), Fred Perry (Britain), Clifford Sutter (U.S.A.), and H. G. N. Lee! (Britain).

New York, To-day. New York Yankees are now well in arrears of Wash- ington Senators as the result of their double defeat at the hands of the Tigers yester-

day,

(Continued on Page 4.) Results as eubled by Beater were as follows:

Helen Wille Opponents. Mrs. Wills-Moody, who is to make an attempt for her sixth. title, to equal the record of Mile. Chicago Suzanne

Mrs. Lenglen and

National League.

:

R. H. E 12 18 Charley Hartnett and Jurges

hit homers.

1

3 10

3

3

6

0

4 10

0

Berger and

homers.

Whitney

hit

Chambers, is expected to win the woman's title once again. Mme. Boston Mathieu, Miss Margaret Scriven and Fraulein Krahwipkel, the Chicago 1931 finalist, are her most "dan-Boston gerous rivals.

In an entry of 96 the following are the seeded players: Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody (U.S.A.), Miss Cincinnatii Dorothy Round (Britain), Miss New York Margaret Scriven (Britain),

1

7 10

2

3 7 0

Roettger hit a homer.

6 11

Mme. Mathieu (France), Miss Cincinnatti Helen Jacobs (US.A.), Fraulein Krahwinkel (Germany), Mile. New York Payot (Switzerland) and Mile

Jedrzejowska, (Poland)..

(Continued on Page 4.3

DOLLAR UNCHANGED Brooklyn

AT 1/4%.

Silver Prices Show Slight Decline.

The local dollar remained un- changed this morning at 1/4%.

DARING NEW VENTURE

MAY CONTINUE

TO DENMARK

AND ICELAND To Locate Landing Places.

PROPOSED AIR ROUTE TO NORTHERN EUROPE.

New York, To-day.

It is reliably re- ported that Colonel Charles Lindbergh, accompanied by his wife, will shortly fly to Greenland for the Pan-American Air- ways, in search of landing places for the proposed regular mail and passenger air route to North- ern Europe.

Colonel Lindbergh may continue his flight to Iceland and Denmark. Reuter.

Colonel Lindbergh, famous as the first pilot to make a solo crossing over the Atlantic, has done little flying during the past| two years. The only occasion Jon which he has taken to the air since the kidnapping of his baby son, occurred last month, when together with his wife he madel a flight acrose- America.

During that flight he was report- led lost during a storm but sub-

sequently turned up safely.

Col. Lindbergh is technical ad- viser to the Pan-American Airways, which operate the largest seaplane air service in the world The con

cern maintains a regular service.be- tween New York and South America.

US. NAVY ACCEPTS GIANT AIRSHIP.

4 Macon Commissioned

On Friday...

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Magnificent tión On The Sports Field.—The Anglo-Italian Cha rity Sports meeting, organised by the Italian Spedág Club, took place at the White City Stadium, London, on May 27. A marvellous picture of the fight in the Invitation 120 Yards Hurdles. Won by D. C. Finlay (fourth from left), the R. A Champion, from C. F. Stanwood (Uxford Univers ity, and L. Facelli (British and

· Italian champiad). ^^(8. & G.),

NAZIS SEEK FULL CONTROL

To Suppress Rival Parties

RENEWED DEMANDS IN

BAY

A renewed demand for the seppression of all parties tx- pect the Nazis, was made yes- erday by Herr Esser the Ba- varian Minister.

In a speech he invited the. Bavarian Peoples' Party and Herr Hagenberg's German Na- tional Party to commit hari kari unless they preferred the same fate as the Socialists.

He declared that the parties were of no earthly use any more, and must disappear at the altar of Germany's bid for freedom for its nationals to ob- tain work and bread.--Reuter.

AUSTRIA'S BITTER WAR ON

NAZI ADHERENTS

2,500 Arrested On "Groundless" Charges Of High Treason

Vienna, To-day. About 2600 persons altogether have been arrested during the Austrian Government's campaigu against the National Socialist Party, writes... Denfach Oster reichische Zeitung in an article published recently. of this total, 1,200

persons are still in Prison

the persons arrested are charges brought forward stated to be chiefly suspicion of high treason," but in the majority of the cases examined, not the least ground for such a charge has been produced.--Kuomin

YOUTH ADMITS

SENDING BOMBS

TO ROOSEVELT.

ULM DELAYED AT

ALOR STAR

Forced Down With

Engine Trouble.

AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND FLIGHT

Singapore, To-day CTP tim the Aus tralian airman what la'at- tempting to fly from Ans-, tralia to England in five or six days, has been forced down at Alor Star with en- gine trouble.

14 STATES WANT REPEAL »

OF PROHIBITION

Decisive “Wet” Votes In America.

"DRYS STILL HOPEFUL

New York.

Traditionally dry low. New Hampshire and Connecticut have all voted over-whelmingly wet in the repeal elections, bringing to four- teen the number of states favoring repeal of the eighteenth amend ment.

Towa held the hopes of prohibi- tion leaders to halt the movement Itoward repeal. Not one state to vote on the proposal to and the thirteen year national prohibition experiment has voted against the repeal -amendment, sent to the states for a decision by Congress in February.

Thirty-six of the 48 states mundi. ratify the repeal to cancel the eighteenth amendment.

Town Votes to 2. Iowa elected 99 wet delegates to a convention to be held at Des Moines on July: -10, the vota, za~ compiled by the Associated Press, being 368,691 for repeal to 242,613, for continuance of prohibitiqua.

The sentiment of New Hamp- shire voters was decisively, ex- pressed as they have a majority of | more" than two to me to delegates

favouring,tépásl in the

opponents: 80,337.

Atewide.

of 75,369 to

In Connecticut a complete slate of fifty delegates pledged to vote. |for repeal at a convention at Hart- He will probably be de-

|ford July 11 was chosen by a land- Jayed for one day- Reuter.

|slide of ballots, 236,942 for repeal Mr. Ulm, who accompanied Sir to 5,849 against: Charles Kingsford Smith in 1928 on his America-Australia flight;| took off at 11.55 a.m. on Frida

Michigan First.

Michigan on April 3 became the from Derby, Western Australia, first state to vote for repeal and The plarie carries a crew of since then thirteen others have fol- Watertown, NY. three. Mr. Ulm previously flew lowed the wet trend. Two more to-day revealed that non-stop from Sydney to Derby states are to vote before the end of Joseph Doldo. 20, alleged to belin 21 hours. mentally deficient, admitted mail-

Police

ing bombs to President Franklin ULM LEAVES FOR D. Roosevelt.

He also sent a letter to President Roosevelt, enclosing a check: for $75,000,000 as a "war debt pay- ment."

A SHORTER

WORK WEEK

IN AMERICAOn three Mr. Roosevelt's Plan For Recovery.

TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT

Washington.

separate becasions authorities said that Doido sent

crude home-made bombs to the

President. The first оде WES

RANGOON.

Alor Star, Later,

Mr. Ulm took off at 6.a.m. for Rangoon. Reuter.

$66,500 ESTATE

enough to keep postal authorities Probate Of Will Of Late

on the look-out. None of the bombs exploded.

Dr.

Obremski.

June...

The complete list follows:

1. Michigan

2. Wisconsin

8. Rhode Island

4.

Tilinois

Delaware

6. New Jersey"

7. New

York

6. Nevada

16.

11 Massachusetts

12. lows

13. New Hampshire

14. Connecticut.

tes voting dry:

States

Note

Dry leaders, still hopeful that thirteen states wonki vote for the

continuation of prohibition and

Authorities said they were sol crudely made it was doubtful whe- THREE EUROPEAN PROBATES thus block the repeal move, point- ther they could have done any dam- President Roosevelt in a public age, had they been opened Unit -The Navy department has statement issued just before he left ed Press. formally accepted the airship for holiday in Massachusetts,

Washington, Yesterday."

Pittsburgh

Brooklyn

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Pittsburgh

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American League,

Boston St. Louis

Reynolds hit a bomer.

Boston

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Ferrell hit a homer.. St. Louis

10

Silver prices dropped a further. 1/16.on Saturday, spot silver clos-New York

ing at 18 7/16 while forward all- Detroit ver closed at 18-9/16.

Game went to 12 innings.

9

613

The London on New York and the New York on London cross rates New York closed on Saturday at £-G$4.22 as Detroit. against "£-G$4,21)- and. 4-G$4.25 on Friday.

LATVIAN MINISTER RESIGNS

Riga, to-day,

Philadelphis Chicago

Philadelphia

8

.0

5 10

Williams and Jimmy Foxx hit

homers.

The Latvian Minister of Educa tion, M. Kehninsch, has resigned, Chicago

his portfolio being temporarily taken over by the Premier, M., Washington

Margers Skujenieks.

Cleveland

Tal Minister was known for hir Whitehill pitched. hostle policy towards the National

minorities in Latvia, especially the Washington German one--Kpomin,

Claveland

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2 Macon, and the big dirigible, the made it clear that be jotends to do world's largest, was commissioned everything possible to improve the on Friday at Akron, O..

Sunnyvale, California.m

CASHIER'S CAR GUTTED.

Mysterious Fire At Kowloon Tong.

A Baby Austin motor. owned by the Chief Cashier of

the China Light and Power Co.

Ltd, Mr. 8. Chung, was - last night found completely gutted by fire in Kowloon Tong.

ed out that the southern states, Andrew are traditionally dry ---A. P

WEATHER REPORT

A petition by George Burn for probate of the will of Dr. Marian Obremski, late of Nagu-| chi-wan in the New Territories and formerly of No. 96, Nathan Road, who died at the Kowloon Hospitali Showery weather, with moderate on April 25 at the age of 71, leav-least winds, is forecasted by the ling $66,500, was granted.

Royal Observatory in the weather: Letters of administration have report issued this morning. been granted to Edward Lumen Bradshaw, in the estate of Yip Bradshaw, alias Lily Bradshaw, late of No. 15 Flemming Road, Wanchal, who died intestate at the Alice Memorial Hospital on" April 8.: leaving $8,700.

The Macon is to proceed to Lake-Conditions of the workers by bring- hurst New Jersy, where it ing about a reduction of working will remain for several months behours with the payment of a living fore proceeding not later than wage for a shorter working week. October 20 to its permanent base at The statement declared that

the purpose of the bills for na The Macon, sister ship of the tional recovery was to put people Akron, which was destroyed in back to work and at the same storm off the New Jersey coast in time it urged leaders of industry April with the loss of 78. live, to forego quick profits and try commanded by Commander Alger

to increase the country's pur- The car was reported missing on A petition by George Gwinnett Dressel

The Macon was virtually com chasing power before raising Saturday night, having been taken Noble Tinson, solicitor, the lawful from the motor car stand in Balis-attorney, for letters of administr)- pleted when the Akron was destroy- prices,

bury Road.

tion with the will annexed to the President Roosevelt also stated ed and there was talk of junking

estate of Marie Joseph Alphonse - Stanilas Simon, late of No, 20, the dirigible. But a joint congres that the Government would only

Avenue de, Friedland, Paris, who sional Inquiry committee gave naval allow-rated businesses to co

died 'at Le Vasinet Seine at Dise on aviation a clean bill of health, operate without interference The ship is: 785 feet long

froin the anti-trust laws it they The Hong Kong Broade

July 18, 1981, leaving $30,900, was Station is now broadcasting with re- granted. Last week's® 48-hour training followed out these conditions.

duced power. The cruise over the Middle West to

rangement a

from Akron was made

will continue mill the transmitter haa boen ferred to Major James Doolittle, the Ameri without incident. After the Mann's

me, can pilot returned to the Colony from departure on Sunnyvale the Alton's

the newly

Shanghai this morning on the a kom. change-over, was made Empress of Asia, He is on – bust. old base at Lakehurst is to be pat

@ out of commission.

The first thing, the state ment concluded, is to get an many hundreds of thousands of men as possible back to work before the autumn.

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67 KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE.

Sumatra Havoc.

Batavia, To-day, At least 67 people “wes killed in an thquake at

Bouth

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