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HARDINGE BRIDGE THREATENED AS GANGES BREAKS HER BANKS

Edward Shackleton, orphaned when a baby by an Antarctic disaster which overtook his father, Sir Ernest Shackleton, i followingTM- In his father's footsteps as an ex- He is plorer of icy wastelanda. seen waving adieu to England as he sails for the Arctic.

NATIONWIDE

HUGH JOHNSON'S

TACTICAL WIN IN

PERSONAL DUEL

UNDISPUTED N.R.A. DICTATOR

ROOSEVELT'S CLEVERNESS IN DELICATE SITUATION

Washington, To-day. Observers concede that General Hugh Johnson has won a complete tactical victory as undisputed dic- tator of the National Recovery Ad- ministration after a personal bat tle with Mr. Donald R. Richberg, General Counsel of the N.R.A. and Director of the Industrial Emer- gency Council, and the Secretary of Labour, Miss Frances Perkins, over the N.R.A. re-organisation plans.

STRIKE IN U.S.

THREATENED Counsel, with the understanding

Mr. Richberg will remain, at least tempararily, as General

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600,000 Textile Workers "I Have Not Resigned "

May Walk Out

ANOTHER STOCKYARD FIRE

BLAZES IN CHICAGO

Firemen Gain Control Despite Working Amid Bellowing Cattle

Chicago, To-day.

Fears of a repetition of the dis- anter of four months ago were yes- terday aroused by a fire at the slockyards.. Workers frantically drove bellowing cattle to the lee- ward of the flames, but the pro- digious efforts of the firemec res- tricted the flamas to one of MessŢE. Armour's factories."

The damage. Is estimated at U.3.875,000.-Reuter.

AEROPLANE SABOTAGE

MYSTERIOUS

DESTRUCTION

AT NANCHANG

$18,000,000 LOSS REPORTED

COMMUNISTS ARE HELD

RESPONSIBLE:

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Canton, To-day. Following the destruction of 58

15 INJURED-eroplanes at Nanching and the

IN FIRE

HOSPITAL SITE CONFLAGRATION

MATSHEDS GUTTED AT POKFULAM

explosion of the supplies depot of the Central Aviation Academy at Hangchow, the military authorities at Nanking have notified Canton and other military stations to keep se aeroplanes and spare parts in well- guarded places in order to prevent

botage.

Upon receipt of this informa- tion, a state of emergency has Five Chinese.coolies were in- been declared at the aerodrome jured in a fire which destroyed the at Shlu Kow. Ling near here. Philadelphia, To-day. Replying matsheds of Messrs. Woo Sing, At the same time the aero- to a United Press telegram asking contractors, at the site of the new dromes at Shackwan, in North-3 if there was any truth in the re- Government Civil Hospital, Pokfüern Kwangtung, and Meihsien, (By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraports that he had offered to resignam, at 1 o'clock this morning.

in Eastern Kwangtung are now phie Alcesages Ordinance, 1894, Rhis post as N.R.A. head, last Mon- The coolies, who were inside the duly protected against incen

day. General Hugh Johnson replied, burning matsheds, were hurt in the diarism

BEFORE OR ON SATURDAY

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAG-

workers will be called on, 57′ before, Saturday,

lenders have virtually completed |

the

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ceived August 28, 10,05 am.}.

Washington, To-day. "I have not resigned. There is no

The destruction of the bombing It is stated that a nationwide fight between Miss Frances Per- confusion which followed

and pursuit. plaifestat Nanchang strike involving 600,000 textilekins, Mr. Donald R. Richberg and alarm, jumping from the windows was done in a mysterious manner.

of the Burning buildings.

The machines were placed under The fire which apparently was ground in the Nanchang airport,

cooking fire, was fant It is indicated that the Union CODE GROUPING REALIGNMENT caused by a

and the approaches to the sero Washington, Later.The N.R.A ned by a strong south-easterly drome were well-guarded. After plans for the walk-out. They do has announced the complete realign-breeze, and rapidly spread from the burning it was found that a not expect the Government media- ment of code groupings into 22 shed to shed. The fire brigade was fuse was, connected to the under tion to be successful.-United classes corresponding closely with summoned, but so fierce was the ground depot from a place two Press, per S. E. Levy and Company. the groupinge of the census bureau blaze that the sheds were practi- CONFERENCE TO-MORROW and international classification.cally demolished before their ar

rival. Washington, later-Mr. Lloyd United Press, per S. E. Levy and Garrison, of the National Labour Company. Board, has telegraphically invited

members of the Cotton and Textile KOO AND YEN BACK

Institute and the leaders of the textile workers, to attend a round table conference to-morrow or Thursday to discuss means averting a walk-out.-United Press, per S. E. Lery and Company.

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of

PARIS PREDICTS STABILISATION

IN SHANGHAI

May Go To Kuling

Shanghai, To-day. The Chinese Minister to France,

Dr. Wellington Koo, and the Am

miles away,

FUSE TRACED

It is believed an incendiary The injured coolies who were taken to the Government Civil Hos-bomb was placed near the 58 ma- pital were: Lee Ching, foreman, chines, and the ignition was made Lee Yee, Chan Sze, Lee Wan-tal, through the fuse. The fuse was traced to a vacant house in the

and Lee Lam.

MOTOR-CAR SALES

IN AMERICA “

outskirts of the city. The loss to

estimated to be over $18,000,000.

Another report stated that se- veral unassembled дет planes were inside the supplies depot in Hangchow. They, were complete-

August Production Mayly destroyed. It is believed that]

Be Lower Than 1933

bassador to Moscow, Dr. W. W. Yen, arrived here from Tsingtao; this morning. Dr. Wellington Koo,

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL who called on Mr. T. V. Soong ati

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra- 9 o'clock, when interviewed. gàid phio Messages Ordinance, 1884, Be-

Pegging Of Dollar And that he and Dr. Yen were leaving ceived August 28, 10.05 a.m.)

Pound Foreseen

Paris, To-day.

for Nanking this evening to see

New York, To-day, Mr. Wang Ching-wei and would! July domestic sales of passenger meet automobiles are estimated at 228,- possibly go to Kuling to Financial circles here predict the Marshal Chiang Kai-shek after the 000-units, as compared, with 228,-

Nanking visit. early provisional stabilisation of He said that the date had not yet Automobile production during both the dollar and the pound, the been fixed for his return to Paris. former al 121⁄2 francs and sterling-Reuter.

ai 70 francs.

642 units in June.

Communists were responsible..

Here is one of the first authentic pictures to arrive in Hong Kong

from the Gran Chaco district where Bolivia and Paraguay are continuing. a two-year war along a 60-mile front. This photograph shows a group

army guards.

of blind-folded Bolivian prisoners being escorted to prison by Paraguayan

KILLED AND 42 INJURED IN KOREAN TRAIN DISASTER

Coaches Plunge Into River As

Result Of Terrorist Action-

Seoul, To-day.

Three people were killed and 42 - injured in a train disaster hear Gansan, North Korea, last night,

The coaches plunged over a bridge into the River Kyutokusen, and only the engine remained on the bridge.

The disaster is believed to be the work of terrorists.-Reuter.

MANCHUKUO

RECOGNISED

BY VATICAN Technically, Reports Are Denied

MISSION AT KIRIN

Rome, To-day. Vatican circles deny the technical accuracy of reports that the Holy See has recog

SCHOOL TEACHERS PAID UP

50 VILLAGES LAID WASTE

THOUSANDS

FLEE BEFORE RAGING WATERS

ENGINEERING FEAT

IMPERILLED

FRANTIC WORKMEN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT BRIDGE

Calcutta, To-day. The great Hardinge Railway Bridge at Saran is gravely menaced by the torrent the Ganges

of flood wa

[ters

which has swept away 50 villages and caused thousands to flee before its devastating path.

Experts are anxiously watching the mammoth construction, the longest bridge in India, which was built by British en- gineers a score of years a cost of

Chicago On Sound Andago at

Solvent Basis

Chicago, To-day. The City's great unpaid; namely 17,000 teachers and other school employees, formed a night-long queue to draw the arrears of wages paid by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan.

The wages, debts to landlords, clothiers and grocers.

£3,000,000.

Thousands of men have been working feverishly “night and day to protect the bridge from the floods, and, up till now, the protective walls have withatood the tremendous strain. “

Many lives are feared to have been-lost in the calamity, while hundreds of cattle have been drowned as they have been left Mayor Kelly has declared that in the fields by terror-stricken. Chicago is now on a sound and sojowners. vent basis-Reuter,

SALVATION ARMY GENERAL

47 High Councillors To Choose Successor

Forty-seven

London, Ta-day. Salvation

Army High Councillors from all parts of the world meet to-day to choose a

SILVER EXCHANGE IN nised Manchukuo It is point. new General to succeed General

N. AMERICA

Established After Frequent Requests:

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAILI

August is estimated at 225,000 (By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra unita, as compared with 289,000 phic Messages Ordinance, 1896, Re-

ceived August-28;-10.05 am) Junits last August-United Press,

Montreal, To-day.

The newspaper, L'intransigeant, MARSHAL CHANG SUMMONED per 3. E. Levy and Company.

estimates that British Exchange. Equalisation Fund has been forced to utilise £50,000,000 in defence of the pound since June

1.

EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON FRANCE

Governor Franc, presiding at a

Reuter.

BY GENERALISSIMO

ARREST IN MURDER CASE

village in the Au Tau district.

A charter has been granted to

the formation of a silver exchange.

ed out, however, that one of the Vicars Apostolle has been instructed to negotiate with the authorities at Kirin re- "Roman": Catholic garding -- a mission which might be con strued to imply unofficial re- cognition Reuter..

RAILWAY CONTRACT FOR GERMANY

the Montreal Stock Exchange for Supplying Material For

Chinese Project

According to newspapers here, a

Berlin, To-day.

Sino-German syndicate, consisting

Higgins who is retiring in Novem- tber.

The famine spectre' looms in several districts in the Province of Bikar and Orissa where the crops are being irreparably dam- aged. Reuter.

MONSTER STEEL MERGER

$323,000,000 Combine In America

REPUBLIC'S ACQUISITION

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL" The latter. yesterday gave a (By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra formal reception to the Councillors phis Message Ordinance, 1894, Re

ceived August 28, 1.40 am.) whom he exhorted to perform a

Cleveland, To-day, great purpose, in a great way.

A merger has been announced A two-thirds majority is in which the Republic Steel Cor necessary, the balloting may last poration has merged with the Cor for two daya. The nominations rigan-McKinney Steel Corporation, will not be made until the Council Whitch in turn takes in the Trucos

Steel Corporation,

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meets-Beuter. ⠀⠀

BANKING MORALE IMPROVEMENT

SPECIAL TO CHINA, MAIL" (By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra

The merger is subject to the

stockholders ratification.

The new enterprise will have Hankow, To-day.

assets of approximately U.S.8828,- A Chinese male has been arrest-The new exchange becomes opera- Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang

000,000 and a combined ingot pro- R.F.C. Chairman's View ducing of 6,000,000 tons annually. left here for Kiakiang last nighted and charged with the murder of tive as soon as the formalities have Lam Ngo, the 38-year-old married been completed. It will be the only aboard a Chinese gunboat en

-United Press, per S. E. Levy'and' route to Kuling in response to a woman who was struck over the exchange in North America trading

Company. meeting of the National Bank of/summons from the generalissimo.head on Saturday at about 9 p.m. silver spot and futures. of Messrs. Otto Wolf and Company | phía Messages Ordinance, 1898, Ba« MORE!

Cleveland, Earlier. The President of the Stock Ex-and a group headed by the Bank ofceived August 28, 10.05 am) Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. The arrest was made at a small

Financial circles in Cleveland. change, Mr. D. S. McMaster, yes-China, has concluded a contract with

Washington, To-day, learned that the merger of the Cor terday said: "We undoubtedly need the Nanking Government to con- The Chairman of the Reconstruc-rigan McKinley, the Republic Steel, such a market - on this continent.struct a railway from Yunhan to tien Finance Corporation, Mr, Jesse and, possibly, the Truscon Steel After numerous requests the Mon- Pingsiang. All the material is to Jones, yesterday sald that Amert Companies would be completed yes treal Stock Exchange has decided be supplied by Germany Reuter. can banking morale had Improved terday according to message re- to sponsor it."—United Press, per The awarding of the contract materially since last September, colved by Meaars. B. E. Levy and

was announced in an exclusive "Most banks are tending to make Compa S. E. Levy and Company

|cable in the Chinen Hàu, Yester» loun or to industry by longer and A formal announcement regard- day.

more favourable terms,” he said— Ing the terms of the merger will United Press, per 8. E. Levy and probably be made to-day. Company.

Belgium, yesterday, declared that the gold bloc should strengthen its economic alliance "Every- thing, however, depends оп

France," he asserted. United] London's "Silence Night

Press, per S. E.. Levy and Co.

JAPAN: NOT RAISING

OFFICIAL GOLD PRICE

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL..

Tokyo, To-day.

London to-day. Londoners are efforts to make the nights quiet for referring to last night as "Bilence Londoners to sleep in. Night," for the Ministry of Trans It is not only hooters that are to be dealt with by the Ministry. The Japanese Government has Port's order forbidding the blowing They are considering measures to no intention of raising the of of motor horns within an area of prevent the thoughtless slamming ficial gold price, despite the boom five miles of Charing Cross came of motor doors, and to discourage In the London gold price, which into force half an hour before mid-catter gear-baxes and roarin Japanese lenders consider to be night

purely a temporary phenomenon. ---United Press, per S. E. Levy and Company.

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22 exhausts. // Meanwhile, with hor For the time being the police have blow instructions only to warn those who contravene. the order, but:

is "strongly supporting

the pede

especial

care, a

STEEL SLUMP END NOW IN SIGHT

"RAILWAY INCOME HALVED

W

York, To-day The Steel"

New York, To-day The Bad notes operations at 20.5

Compared with 21.5 per more and. Oblo Railway net opera- city the previous week, doncinco

Day Lex $2,166,

of the slump $5,429, 6013 United

WEATHER FORECAST

uly was U. S. Fair, to showery, -- with mode

red with U.S.south-east winde, was the

for: tó-day, an inane 1938 United forec vy and Com the Royal Observatory this,

With the Truscon Steel Co. in the merger, the Republic Steel Corp. would become a U.S.$281,000,000

concer

nounced.

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