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STATE POLICE AID MR. GRACE TO MAKE DECISION
Johnstown, To-day.
Mr. Eugene Grace, President of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, has agreed to close down his Johns- town factory.
The action follows a request from the Governor of Pennsylvania, Mr. George H. Earle, that the factory be closed to avoid possible blood- shed..
his
Mr. Grace departed from earlier refusal to shut down when a force of 500 State police sur- Founded the factory refusing entry to supplies or workers-Reuter.
BURGLARIES AT EUROPEAN HOUSES
GLOUCESTER HOTEL CASE: WOMEN FREED
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1937.
MUSSOLINI'S EXHORTATION TO MOTHERS
Rome, To-day, · "No further obstacles will stand On the ground that they had in-in the path of the Italian people to sufficient evidence to justify con- victory." tinuing with the prosecution, police
the
This was part of a fighting speech this morning withdrew made yesterday by Signor Mussolini Chan before a gathering of 60,000 women charges against two women, Sau-chun and Chan Yim, who were drawn from all parts of the country.
the in connection with detained.
The occasion was the opening of exhibition for mothers and Gloucester Hotel incident.
The charge framed was that of children. entering the Gloucester Hotel with intent to commit
an
The Duce exhorted Italian their a felony, the mothers to be conscious of
at
police having alleged that one of special duties, particularly. as the women booked a room the guardians of the family hearth.- hotel to facilitate the commission of Trans-Ocean. a theft.
The husbands of the two women, who were arrested at the same time,
pleaded guilty to the theft of a dia-YANKEES TAKE
mond ring from Mr. J. Walsh, of
room 405 in the Gloucester Hotel BOTH LEGS OF
on November 29, but the case was
Mr. A. Parks, of No. 5 Quarry adjourned for a further 72 hours. Bay Terrace, ground floor, reports that some time between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. to-day some-one entered his bedroom and stole $30 from his trousers pocket.
MANILA MESSENGERS TAKE entered A VACATION
Sometime between 3 a.m. and 6 .a.m. to-day some
person
the room of Mrs. McMullen of No. 5 Bungalow, "The Lido," Repulse Bay and took away property to the value of $25.
EUROPEAN
FOOTBALL CLASSIC
Central Europe Beats Western Europe 3-0
Manila, June 17.
DOUBLE-HEADER
U.S. Major League Baseball
CARDINALS HAVE A GOOD DAY
New York, To-day.
The following were results of yes- terday's major league baseball en- counters:-
NATIONAL LEAGUE
The entire force of messenger boys of the Manila Stock Exchange went on strike yesterday afternoon, and slowed up trading operations to some extent. The young strikers were not organized, and have not made any demands of their ployers. Neither have they indicat-Brooklyn ed whether or not they will return Pittsburgh to work.
em-
STOP PRESS
TEL. 20022 or 33933
SOUTH CHINA TOURISTS
RECORD WINS
Saigon Champions Defeated
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Opening their engagement of series of four soccer matches at Sai-- gon, the South China football team 0 last Saturday defeated the Cham- 1pions of Saigon by 4 goals to 1.
R.
H.
E.
2
8
4
9
Boston
2
4
2
E. Moore hit a homer. St. Louis
6
8
Mize hit a homer.
New York
The boys, 35 in number, were hired by the Exchange about two months ago, and especially trained in trading operation. The volume of business has grown during the
| Cincinnatti bringing more period, however,
Philadelphia work to the messengers.
The main reason for the strike, Chicago as far as can be learned, was that
vaca-Brooklyn the boys decided to "take a tion." They were all paid on Tues-Pittsburgh day, and a pocketful of money is
Boston Western European team believed to have contributed
Lopez hit a homer. St. Louis : which was composed of four Bel-their truancy.
Joe Medwick and homers.
Amsterdam, To-day. For the first time in the history of football, a team of players drawn from Western European countries met a team of mixed players from Central Europe yesterday, at the Olympic Stadium at Amsterdam before a crowd of 50,000.
The
LOCAL WEATHER
to
gians, three Germans, three Dutch- men and a Frenchman, lost to the Central European team, which was picked from Italy, Czecho-Slovakia The Royal Observatory reports and Austria, by 3 goals to 1-that pressure is highest over Japan Trans-Ocean.
and the Pacific to the eastwards, and is relatively low in a shallow trough extending from Tongking to Formosa and the Loochoos. Fore- cast:-E., winds, moderate; fair generally:
French Air Minister In Budapest
Bucharest, To-day.
Theft From ·Car
The French Air Minister, M. Pierre Cot, is reported to be ar A hand-bag, belonging to Mrs. riving here to-day for a visit of Fielder, and containing $7 in notes several days.
and coins, was taken from car No. He will be the guest of the 1538, while it was parked in the Rumanian Air Ministry-Trans-Cathedral compound between 6.25 Ocean.
and 7.45 yesterday evening.
DREAMLAND DANCE HALL Gloucester, Road, Wanchai.
OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT
We beg, to announce to our numerous patrons that we will open the “DREAMLAND" Dance Hall on 23rd June at 8 p.m. All our patrons are heartily invited to be with us on this occa sion. We have engaged a special Orchestra and we trust that we will provide the Entertainment that you have enjoyed in the past.
Dancing-8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tickets until:10 p.m.6 for $1.00.
Tickets after 10 p.m.4 for $1.00.
to in
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Lai Shiu Wing (2) and Fung King Cheong were the goal scorers, O whilst the other goal was conceded by one of the Saigon Champions' defenders.
1~
Yesterday, the tourists
followed
the
of
up their success by trouncing "Sun Kwong" team to the tune
2 five clear goals Lai Shiu Wing (3)
and Chan Tak-fai (2) were the goal
4
12
3
9
2
6
11
5
10
8
I
6
2
scorers.
1
5
0
9
14
2
C.R.C. UNABLE
Gutteridge hit
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago New York
Selkirk (2), Lou Dimaggio hit homers.
Chicago New York
6
1
TO RAISE MIXED
DOUBLES TEAM
¦| K.C.C. (1) Should Beat
K.C.C. (2)
8 10 Gehrig and Joe
Dickey hit a homer.
9 12
2
As the Chinese Recreation Club are unable to raise a team for to- day, their Mixed Doubles League encounter against the United Ser- 1vices Recreation Club has been un- 1
avoidably postponed.
In the remaining game, the K. C. C. (1) will meet K. C. C. (2) and 0 should win comfortably, although Miss Rose Perry will be an absentee 1 and E. C. Fincher will probably be 0 partnered by Mrs. Sweeney, a
Cleveland
2
7
Boston
5
4
9
Jimmy Foxx and
Joe Cronin
hit
homers.
Detroit
6 10
Laabs and York hit homers.. Philadelphia
3
8
Detroit
8
10
York hit a homer. Philadelphia
1
6
3
Cleveland
8
7
3
Hale hit a homer. Boston
7
12.
3
+
8
0
+9
3 Kong.
McNair hit a homer.
St. Louis Washington
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newcomer.
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