1934-07-24 — Page 12

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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1934.

POLISH CAPITAL MENACED

BLOW TO VISTULA GROWS TO

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CRIME RAGING TORRENT

Organisation Setback

DILLINGER RELICS FOR WORLD FAIR.

Chicago, To-day.

The killing of America's Public

Enemy No. 1, John Dillinger, is universally agreed to be one of the most stupendous blows ever dealt at organised crime. The entire nation, particularly the Middle West, is breathing more easily.

Curious throngs hong round

the morgue yesterday seeking to

view the body, while showmeri at the World Fair are scram

bling for mementoes..

Federal officers under orders to "bring them in dead or alive" have launched a search for Dillinger's hench-

men.

Dillinger will be buried in a ¡cemetery at Indianapolis, along-l side his mother. His father, ac-

companied by an undertaker and also the outlaw's half-brother and a local newspaper proprietor, left Mooesville, Indiana for Chi- cago, in a hearse.. to claim the body... - Reuter.

400,000 HOMELESS SOUTH

OF WARSAW

FURTHER RISE IN RIVER FORECASTED

Warsaw, To-day.

With one-fifth of the entire country devas- tated by the worst floods in living memory, Po- land is to-day faced by even more serious disas- ter, as the Vistula River threatens to burst the levees and flood the capital.

Normally a gentle stream, 200 yards wide, the Vistula, with in the past week has grown to a raging torrent more than half a mile wide, sweeping down to the sea and spreading death and

destruction.

The turgid waters, supplemented by swollen tributaries, were anxiously watched by thousands of Warsaw residents last night. It is feared that the river will be two feet higher to-day.

INTERNATIONAL

Warsaw, To-day.

Four hundred thousand people] are already homeless near San

ARMS EMBARGO Domierz, south of Warsaw owing

Hope For Immediate Action.

SIR JOHN SIMON'S VIEWS

London, To-day. Answering a question in the

to the Hoods, and worse may be in store for Warsaw itself.

More than 800 square kilo- metres of land is under water to the south, and one-fifth of the entire country is devastated.

Already carrying a torrent of object of the most-intensive man-hunt House of Commone, yesterday, re waters from four swollen tribu- Since his garding the imposition of an in- taries, the Vistula River was re inforced last night by further sensational escape from Crown Point ternational arms embargo on countless millions of gallons gaol, in March, he was trailed by anwarring nations, the Foreign Se-from the upper reaches above army of Federal, agents, with a price cretary, Sir John. Simon, said:

Dillinger, who was wanted for 15 cold-blooded murders, has been the

in United States history."

on his head.

On several occasions

hts capture seemed imminent, but he "There is now reason to hope and his henchmen shot their way out that all the other Government who of all traps.

have accepted the League's pro-

When information was received that

he was attending a cinema in Chicago Posale in priniciple will take ne- on Sunday, Federal agents surrounded Cessary steps without delay." the building, and as soon as the Prior to, this statement, Sir John notorious killer emerged he was shot Simon, answering a question, said down before he could draw either of his two guns.,

BEARISHNESS ON WALL STREET

Further Selling Wave Expected.

OPTIMISTIC FORECAST

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

Cracow.

It was estimated that by to-day there would be a fur- ther rise of two feet.- Reuter.

TYPHUS THREAT *

The floods of the past few days || that so far as he was aware, the have been truly catastrophic, be only_Governments who had, up to tween 500 to 600 persons having present, been actively preventing perished, while the damage totals the supply of arms to belligerents, £50,000,000. ware the British, the United

There is also an alarming pos

States, the Dutch and Swies albility of an epidemic of typhus Governments.

in the whole of south Poland.

Asked if it was not possible to Millions of small farmers have

go further and propose an econo- bean ruined.

mic boycott, Sir John Simon said

that the practical thing to do was

to take advantage of the oppor- tunity now offered to make the embargo they had been so long British

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New York, To-day.

Bearishness is indicated on Wall

Wireless Service.

Street and further selling is ex-intermediate developments.

CANTON CONTROL

(Continued from page 1.)

LIKELY NOMINATIONS

It is very likely that Mr. Lin Yun-koy, Chairman of the Kwang- tung Provincial Government, will become the first Governor of

pected. Favourable are that there Professor Harland Allen, the Kwantung under the Kuomintang are indications of no foreign economist, expects that stocks and regime and that Mr. Lam Tick- ||liquidation and the reports of a commodities will continue to be chung, Provincial Commissioner fairly steady bond demand. sustained by inflation anticipations of Interior and close adherent of Unfavourable factors are the in- although they are fluctuating con- General Chen Chi-tang, will be- creased short selling with no in-siderably more than they were re-come vice-Governor. dications of covering so far, and cently.

Such a system of appointment

the general belief that no Inflation "Most railroad bonds are over-will avold the selection by Nan. moves can be started now." valued Investments to-day and king of a Governor for Kwang

The "Brookmire" business foremost railroad stocks are poor tung. The Provincial Govern- cast continues to anticipate a bus speculations, he declares United ment will be changed.in form, but neas upturn in the Autumn, and Press, per S. E. Levy and Com-the same personnel remains after cautions against nervousness from pany.

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