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Meanwhile, the senior branch of murder have been trying to get the Editor, and be accompanied by the Mackay Ily continued to job as policemen in the United the Writer's Name and Address flourish in Britain, and became. States This has been discovered not necessarily, for insertion, but in due course, Barons Reay by Federal experts, who compared Their male Ene ceased in 1875, with finger prints of applicants when the two titles were united with those in the criminal records.

(By Major-General A. C. Temperley) in the Dutch representative of the The Army, hotels, and taxi-|

London, January 10. that no wheeled transport succeed- family, the father of the present driving are other occupations that TN's previous article I endeavoured in getting through for three ex-convicts, according ed to trace the course of the weeks, and troops had to be fed by appeal to Lord Rery is chief of the clan!

Mr. J. Abyssinian campaige up to early seroplane. I lay stress on "this to this investigation. Mackay, and has for some yes Edgar Hoover, director of the December, and to indicate certain matter of communications, as it been a British subject. He was

Bureau of Investigation, states possibilities as to the future. Since is the vital factor in the Italian |30 on Christmas Day last yesz. ·

that 6 former criminals have then another five weeks have pass-plan of campaign. "The secret of MR. JOHN'S GHOST

been found among 8,799 applied, and at the beginning of the war Napoleon said flies in the Mr. Augustus John, who has cants' fingerprints submitted to New Year and on the hundredth communications [not been seen much in London his department in one month. day of the war we may again take

Slow Advance istock of the position. since he sold his Chelsea house to:

Criminal Records

"It has taken them three months Miss Gracie Fields, returned re- Among 7,539 men who enlisted Makalie and Gorahai fell about to advance 70 miles; by all the cently and has taken a studie in for Army service during the November 7, and Marshal de Bone rules the next 70, will take them, One cannot help wondering Glebe-place."

month 494 were found to have was succeeded by Marshal Bado- very much longer. And Addis why the British Admiralty and

He had some difficulty in find-criminal records, including rob-glio on November 17, n.”

Ababa is 50 miles away by road, the Treasury should be supposed ing one large enough for his re-bery, theft, embezzlement, for Marshal Badoglio must have and the rains begin in May!

have chosen au American quirements, for John is one of the gery, breaking and entering, and found the army the prisoner of the

To tuza to the military situa- News Agency for its con- few modern artists who still likes unlawful wounding. Penitentiary decision in which he probably tion. A month ago the Italians fidences on the subject of the.

sentences had been served by 53 had had the final say to employ were consolidating their position, contemplated increase of the paint on the grand scale.

Es new studio is reputed to be of them.

overwhelming numbers and arma-with their chief strength means of defence against "pre-haunted by the phantom of a dis- Fifty persons out of 689 who ment. This has produced the pre- Makalle, their right dank along datory nations.” Just at preembowelled white stallion, strayed sought work in hotels and amuse-jant impasse Correspondents at the Takkaze river, believed to be sent the representatives of Washington and London, Paris from Henry VHL's hurting-ment places in Miami, Florida, Asmara are occasionally, permit-famly held, and the left flank, box which used stand next and Amazille, Texas, had criminal ted to lift a corner of the veil from the escarpment to the plain, and Rome are in the middle of door.

records, including white slavery. which has been drawn over the guarded by a mixed force of na- deliberations to limit the size of

For years, the house remained desertion assault, bootlegging, army's. communications. These tive levies and Danakil tribesmen ships and guns, and such other antenanted. Then Miss Olga Lynn Larceny, and driving stolen cars. appear to be in a terrible condi-There had been a stiff little action minor matters as are left open redecorated and modernised the

at Azbi, on the left, but except for for an agreement after the re-

Mr. Howard Donovan, who was

Losses In Larries

this peace seemed to reign every- tirement of the delegation from place. Later Mr. Gerald Reitlin- Tokyo. It may be said that the 8, the archeologist, who has a fer six years American Consal at Indeed, giv

of where, though the Tembien massif beautiful collection of oriental Kobe, and is now on leave in the months to

the was known to be full of the enemy. only possible basis for an agreė-|

United States, has, according to character of the country, On the Abyssinian side, corres- ment is confidence in each antiques, lived there.

It is not reported that either of word received from Washington, t is clear to other's good faith and desire to them was troubled by an equine been transferred to Hong Kong enced observer that the Italians thousands of warriors continually any experi.pondents had watched scores of avoid war; for if any particular visitor.

upon the expiration of his leave can only be hanging on by the passing through the capital. But (in February.

jeyelids” until they can get at least they vanished into

two good metalled roads through mists, and one began to wonder

ito

to

TRAFFIC JAM ENDS CHASE

war was thought to be impend- ing no navy would set out to limit its strength. One also knows that quite large estim- ates for an increase of the American Navy are being sub-Wellingborough

way.

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tion.

the number

and

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the northern

to the front and, where the ground whether they would ever be heard permits, build some light railways, of again as formed, bodies.

They started from the frontier

Changed Situation

BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley

WHAT 3 FIGURES- WHEN MULTIPLIED BY 4

EQUAL 3?

12

Your Daily Smile! After a chase by police through

(Northants) An American woman has just brok- nitted to Congress, which streets, a traffic Jam caused two en a world's record for throwing the with a great fourish of trumpets Then suddenly the situation would not be necessary unless men to abandon a car alleged to hammer tested he hum-to get a quick success at Adewa changed. Intense

Italian | dred-yard sprint at the same time.

for political reasons Again, in activity was a clear indication some actual danger were in have been stolen sight. Is there no connection

their next bound to Makalle, they that their intelligence service had between these facts? There is the Chancellor of the Exche- "What is the correct headgear for were content to gamble with dirt discovered

of Africa?" tracks instead of roads. But their at last meant business.

that the Abyssinians still quite a large section in the quer, that new ships would be the wide open spaces States that insists on regarding paid for out of revenue Loans slight weizert vat frightful loses in lorries, as well They did not commit the folly

suggest a veldt an Anglo-American war as "in-may be needed now and then, hat?

las in camels and mules, appear, to of trying to stage a big offensive, evitable," and the voting of an but their object should only be

have convinced them that exten-but they struck three hammer- amount of $3,000,000, to be to keep the level of construc-

Texting Himself

sive work on the communications blows at different parts of the line. raised by loan, equal to half a fion regular, both in the in-

*#s” shouted the greengrocer to is necessary in order to avoid a The tactics in each case were whole year's income, as soon as terests of economy and of re-the small boy loitering near the ap complete breakdown

ple barrel, are ye tryin' tse take an

identical Bodies of 3,000-5,000 the Washington Treaty expires, gular employment.

They narrowly escaped it at men, whose approach had been appie?" would look like a menace and Should a loan be raised in the "Na, I wis tryin' not to.”

Makalle, where it is understood (Continued on Page 11) would be interpreted as such. current year it is quite certain The actual facts of the situa that the proportion that will be tion are very much the other used for new capital ships will It was our own Govern- be different from what it would ment that called the Conference have been a few years ago. to consider whether the Wash-There has never been a time ington Treaty could not be re-when there has not been con- newed, and even in the face of troversy as to the relative effec-] almost certain faïlure — due to tiveness of various arms, and the action of Japan it has there is planty of it "to-day. persisted in trying to save some-The outstanding clash of expert thing from the wreck The opinion is as to the value of issue of a loan for the

vast bombing aeroplanes against big) amount mentioned would be ships. The Duce is said to equivalent to wiping out all the hold the idea that battleships reductions of debt that have are out of date. The meaning been achieved, and it would ab- of his remark that England is sorb an amount of capital that no longer a Mediterranean at present being unremunera-Power was that any port within tively employed. enables the reach of the Italian planes could floating debt to be financed at no longer give shelter to a very low rates. This may be fleet. On the other hand said without for one moment he has himself laid down the questioning that if necessary keels of two enormous battle- for safety that sum or more ships; and in these questions would be provided.

one judges of the views of a The need for a renewal of Government by actions and obsolescent ships and for more by words. But he has also planes is admitted by every-another new weapon, which is body who realises that the also in favour with Japan. This policy of one-sided-reduction is what is known as the "sea- has not merely had no effect. sled," a small torpedo boat cap- but an effect in the wrong direc-able of great speed and of being tion. One is reminded of the worked by three mĚT. Gladstonian days, when a stern small crew would need a good economy on the Fleet for a deal of nerve, and would prac term of years was inevitablytically be staking their own succeeded by a panic and pro-lives against heavy odds. fuse expenditure for overtime. Nothing is known" of what The names of Lord Charles answer will be adopted The Beresford, Lard Fisher and sled would not survive a hit W. T. Stead inevitable recur to from any sized gun, and a memory. They performed a modern fleet would be preceded useful public service that should and surrounded by destroyers. not have had to be done by The army also has its pro- means of-newspaper sensation-blems of mechanisat alism. Until there is clear has been experimented with

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