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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1937
CREEPING DESERT PERIL IN UNITED STATES
Committee Believes Anxieties Exaggerate Possibilities Washington, To-day,
Proposals to deal with the great drought problem are contained in a report drawn up by the Great Plains Committee and transmitted to Congress by President Roose
velt.
The report recommends the "crea-
tion in the Mid-West drought re-that there is no adequate evidence gions of a new economy based on that the vast prairies are slowly be the conservation ad effective use coming an arid desert and adds that should the climate really of all available water sources.
President Roosevelt, in an ac change the process would be companying-letter, urges the early slow that there would still be roj beginning of a long-range pro- need to interfere with the Com-
mittee's rehabilitation proposals - Renter.
gramme.
The Committee's report: states
SHANGHAI CINEMA DISORDER
ITALO-CHINESE PACT AS A SEQUEL
Rome, To-day.
Italy and China have agreed to prohibit the dis- play in their country of films offensive to the other.
It is believed here that the ex- hibition of a number of Russian films in China will be prevented on the ground that they are offensive to Fascism, says Reuter.
Quite a stir was caused in Shang- hai recently over the showing of a Soviet film of the Italian campaign. in Abyssinia. The film was with- drawn following a protest by the Italian authorities.
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IN MOTOR STRIKE
BREACH MADE IN DEADLOCK
Detroit, Yesterday. Á definite plan for settlement of the motor strike impasse is report- ed to have been considered by the conference between Labour officials land employers.
Mr. Daniel Roper, Secretary of Commerce, announced after a con- ference with Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labour, that he was very hopeful that the strike would be settled soon.
It is learned that the plan calls for representation by the United
Balloon Barrages In Air Defence
London, To-day.
It is announced that plans have been made by the Air Ministry for manufacture at the Royal Airship Works at Cardington, near Bedford, of a certain number of balloons for use in balloon: barrages which will form part of the air de- fence of London
Since construction of airships
was discontinued at Gardinoton josk
the establishment there has been maintained on a skelton basis.-British Wireless.
Automobile Workers Union of its own members only with stringent guarantees of security.
definite
BREACH IN DEADLOCK. This indicates that breach has beers made in the dead- lock which has persisted owing to the Unions demand for sale cognition of the twenty factories
The conference adjourned at mid- night on Wednesday without reach- ing a solution: buf, wasz for 1 am Reuters –
[A settlement, since reported in another page.]
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