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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935
ITALIAN FLOODS TAKE HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE
130 HOUSES DEMOLISHED
· CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL,
Milan, To-day.
US. RELATIONS WITH JAPAN- Unpleasant Incidents Deplored
Washington, Today.. Hopes that no more unpleasant incidents may arise to mar the re-
Saito, after a conference with M.
principles involved in such carica-
A terrible picture of desolation was pre-lationships between Japan and the sented by the district round Orba yesterday. United States were expressed by Tuesday's torrent transformed the ground into the Japanese Ambassador, M.. one great morass, in which the dead bodies of Williams Phillips, American Under- human beings and animals lie strewn amongst Secretary of State.
The Japanese Ambassador stated broken furniture swept out of the ruined houses that he had not protested against The villages of Molare and Caprietta have the club rag at Seattle, but had almost completely been destroyed, while in Ova- discussed with Mr. Phillips the da itself 130 houses have been entirely demol- tures as that recently published in Vanity Fair, showing the Emperor ished.
of Japan pulling a gun on which! The rescue work commenced was mounted a rolled certificate of¦ immediately, being continued the Nobel Peace Prize, the heading throughout the night but was being "Unlikely Historical Situa- greatly hampered by the deep tions."-Reuter. mud- caused by the passage of such masses of water, while re- newed cloudbursts added to the; difficulties. Thus, the exact number of victims is not likely to be known for some days. since it will probably have to be de- termined by taking a census of the stricken district in order to! see how many still survive.
DAM BURSTS
COLOUR FILMS COMING
British Producers Interested
LIMITED SUPPLY OF SPECIAL CAMERAS
Film producers anxious to make colour pictures are "queuing up,"
It is expected that this competi- tion will last until January, when more of the cameras will be on the market.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Organisation For War Veterans
** CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
London, To-day.
The cause of the catastrophe both in Hollywood and in London, was the unprecedented rainfall on to book Technicolor cameras--the Monday night and Tuesday morn-
A resolution passed at the Bri- insention of Dr. H. T. Kalmus-ofing, which resulted in the water which there is only a limited mum-in the Orbicella dam suddenly in-tish Legion Congress, with a sug creasing from the normal amount gestion to alter the statutes of ber available.
Association of 15 million cubie the Inter-Allied of five to metres, finally bursting the dam former combatants, will be sub- with a noise like thunder for 200 mitted to that body" at its sixth
annual congress next month. metres of its length. .
The resolution, advocates the The reservoir les considerably Producers Eager
of "International” Certain British producers are so higher than the devastated vill-substitution
accounts for the for "Inter-Allied" in the Associa- eager to be the first in the field ages, which that they have sought facilities to force with which the water swept tion's name, thus enabling ex- make a colour film in Hollywood, away everything in its path. The soldiers' organisations of form- water which er enemy countries to be admitted although such a picture could not vast quantities of
be registered as British under the poured down into the valley can into the Association - Trans-
be judged by the fact that they Ocean Service. Cinematograph Films Act.
The making of the first film of now form a lake 40 kilometres this kind in Great Britain will be long and 2 wide-Trans-Ocean gin in September at the studios of Service. London Film Productions.
It will star Mr. Laurence Olivier, whom Mr. Alexander Korda the film director, considers one of the most important discoveries he has made.
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Prague, To-day.
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Laboratories Coming Dr. Kalmus, whose process was used in the production of "Becky
Senator Thomas also said that retired Austrian General Rudolf Sharp stated recently that ar- Senator MacCarran will introduce Kranss in Marienbad is stated to rangements are being completed his Silver Tax Repeal Bill as for the building of Technicolor rider to the Tax Bill ·, laboratories in London; which will
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be available to all British pro- A later message from New whose house the police are said to York states that the further drop have seized great quantities of in- ducers
Mr. Korda said. "London Film in the silver price is seen in Wall criminating documents and pam- Productions and its associates have Street as a reflection of the dis-phlets
Since the authorities decline to a substantial interest in the new appointment of speculators at the! company formed to develop Techni-failure of the Treasury to bid up, give any information, it is not color in Britain, but there is no the price, coupled with the fact known whether the charges come that Congress is in an adjourn under the heading of the espionage question of a monopoly.
"A national film industry cannot ing mood, and further action law or the law for the protection reach its maximum strength until in favour of the silver bloc is not of the republic-Trans-Ocean Ser- there is complete co-operation looked for, which might have in vice among all producers."
duced. further unloading of speculative long holdings.
PARIS CONFERENCE purchases are reported in the
Meanwhile additional Treasury M. P. AS LION TAMER
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FANS ASSOCIATION
New York market, bat, according. to silver traders, the Treasury is endeavouring to make it as diff He referred also to the practical cult as possible for speculators to escaped recently when the petrol unanimity displayed by British get rid of their holdings. tank of the motor-boat Elaine ex-public opinion in regard to the Meanwhile official circles re- ploded at Yarmouth yacht station. questions at stake.
main silent în connection with and the vessel burst into flames. The discussion which followed the price drop; but Senator Pitt The Circus Fans Association of The man at the wheel was blown revealed a community of outlook of man commented that he was not Great Britain, which was formed into the river. His wife, jumped the French and British Govern-alarmed. He was confident the only 18 months ago, and of which in and awam towards the side and ments as to the extreme serious Treasury knew what it was doing Lady Eleanor Smith is president, the other people leapt ashore as the mess of the situation, and the —Renter
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Another message from Washing about to begin offers the last change ton states that Mr. Morgenthau, of producing a basis of settlement acceptable to both Italy and Abys Secretary to the Treasury, issued
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