1937-04-03 — Page 6

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DURANGO

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 3, 1937.

AGAIN RAIDED

His Excellency, Sir Andrew Caldecott, K.C.M.G., at the annual inspection of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. He is shown; accom- panied by Colonel Sleeman, inspecting the nursing division of the Brigade.

APPRENTICES GO

ON STRIKE

Clydeside Unrest Spreading

Glasgow, To-day.

A WIFE'S FALSE CONFESSION

Humouring Insane Husband

Two Hundred

Casualties In

Rebel Air Attack

Barcelona, To-day.

Insurgent aircraft again bombed and machine- gunned the town of Durango yesterday and the civilian casualties are estimated at 200, according to reports from Bilbao.

A NEW CATALAN CABINET HAS BEEN · FORMED, IN WHICH SENOR DELLAS RETAINS THE PREMIERSHIP AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

CLOSE CO-OPERATION. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE VALENCIA GOVERNMENT AND ALL ENERGIES WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS WINNING THE CIVIL

WAR -REUTER:

Valencia, To-day.

Six insurgent planes dropped more than thirty bombs on Durango yesterday. Seventy were killed and about 150 wounded.

REBEL REPORTS:

THE SIX PENNY CLASSICS

Remarkable Success Of Venture

Rebel headquarters, says a mes-

London, To-day. sage from Salamanca, continues to

Remarkable success. has attended It was stated at Manchester As-claim successes on the Basque the enterprise of publishers who sizes that a wife, whose husband front, where" several important about two years ago started the accused her of being unfaithful, strategical positions are said Apprentices are now striking on

to issue of sixpenny editions of es Clydeside to the number of 2,000 had written at his dictation letters have been captured from the loy- tablished works of fiction and of and they are also demanding an in-admitting this, although it was un-alists.

biography, travel, history and true. She did it to humour him The Government troops launched other "serious" works. crease of a penny an hour in wages.

The Glasgow district committee The husband, George Danvers, several attacks on the Cordova It is estimated that over 10,000,- of the Amalgamated Engineering 41, a motor-driver, of Ashton-on- front, all of which were repulsed. 000 sixpenny editions have been of The city of Cordova was bombed sold since the inception of the ven- Union has been directed by the ex-

Ribble, Preston, was accused ecutive to instruct the strikers to attempting to murder his wife and by Government planes, and rebel ture.

of attempted suicide.

headquarters state that the raiders It is announced that the works return to work.

damaged the hospital.

of Shakespeare are to be published. In a broadcast from Seville, Gen-on the next anniversary of his eral Queipo del Lano declared that birthday, April 23rd. at sixpence a One morning in January, it was in retaliation for bombing of the play.-British Wireless, declared, Mrs. Jessie Danvers re-hospital.- rebel flyers had carried ceived heavy blows on the head. out an attack on the city of Jaen.

--Trans-Ocean.

the

The committee replied that rule of the Union were observed and that it was recognising the strike officially.—Reuter.

INDIAN STUDENTS IN LONDON

Meeting In Support Of Gandhi Policy

London, To-day.

The Secretary of the All-India Congress Party has been placed un- der arrest, says a message from Patna.

He was found guilty but insane and ordered to be detained during the King's pleasure.

The police later found that her husband had cut his throat and then tried to gas himself..

Danvers was said to have had delusions that certain men were in league to "dope” him.

TOO MUCH RISK

U.S. Opposition To Air Race

VALENCIA NOTE STIR

Conservative Press Reticent

SIR WILLIAM BEVERIDGE

To Be Master Of University College

London, To-day. Sir William Beveridge, the well- known economist and Director of the London School of economics since 1919, will succeed Dr. Poyn- Considerable stir has been create ton on latter's retirement in June ed in the London newspapers by as the Master of University Col- the latest Note of the Valencia lege, Oxford-British Wireless.

The

London, To-day.

com-

The hartal organised in Bombay had repercussions in London, where Meetings held in Washington to Government to Britain and France, Indian students held a meeting discuss the arrangements for the giving proofs of Italian interven- which took the form of a demon-New York-Paris air-race under the tion in Spain, stration in sympathy with the Con-sponsorship of the French Govern-

"News Chronicle," gress Party.... Several resolutions ment, to commemorate the 10th an-menting on the photostat copies of were passed.

niversary of Col. Lindbergh's flight, Italian Staff documents, calls this One of the resolutions was that have revealed a growing opposition. irrefutable evidence of Italian in- the British newspapers were giving It is suggested that the National tervention. a false picture of the situation -India. -Trans-Ocean.

Annoying April Fool "Joke”

Peiping, To-day.

over the Atlantic.

ever, is

more reticent.

MATTER FOR LEAGUE

ANOTHER WOMAN

DIPLOMAT

Mrs. Borden Harriman May Be Appointed

in Aeronautical Association, which The Conservative press, how-

would have to supervise the depar-

Washington, To-day. It is understood that the sexage- tures, should advise the French au- thorities to change their plans and

nàrian, Mrs. Borden Harriman, widow of the famous banker, will set the course overland instead of The "Daily Telegraph" believes shortly be appointed United States

that the charge brought against Minister to Norway. Apart from fears that at least one Italy will be dealt with next week

The only other American woman pilot would lose his life in such by the Chairman of the London diplomat, Mrs. Rhode, resigned the a race, it is believed that the cost non-intervention committee:

Ministership to Denmark on her of providing adequate weather re- The death of Dr. Hu Shih, Ph. ports would exceed the $28,000 offer ble it will then be stated that the

The paper says that it is possi-marriage last year-Reuter. D., (Columbia) LL. D. (H.K.), pro-ed as prize-money.

whole question is a matter only for fessor of Chinese Literature in the In the opinion of Dr. Kimball, the League of Nations. National University, Peiping, was head of the New York Weather The Morning Post” points out reported in one of the Feiping pa- Bureau, upon whose advice every that the Italian delegation in Lon- pers on April 1, All Fools' Day, and successful transatlantic flier has re- don will easily be able to reply to this has caused much trouble to the lied in the past, 10 ships with train- the charges by producing emple famous scholar, especially the, num-ed meteorologists aboard would have evidence of breaches of the non- erous telephone calls that he has to be stationed between the United intervention agreement by other had to attend to Our Own Corres- States and France days before the Powers, notably the Soviet. pondent.

start:

Trans-Ocean.

HIGHER NÄNKING

DUTIES

Nanking, To-day.

In order to balance the budget, the Nanking Government

has decided to raise the rate of tax on cotton, cement, matches and tobaco

-Our Own Correspondent.