1937-08-07 — Page 7

CHINA MAIL AUG

MYSTERY BOMB ATTACKS ON SHIPS IN MEDITERRANEAN

Italian Vessel Badly Damaged In New Incident

STORY OF ESCAPE OF BRITISH TANKER

Gibraltar, To-day.

Another mysterious bombing incident occur red yesterday only a few hours after the unsuccess- ful attack on the British steamer "British Cor- poral"

This time the Italian vessel "Mongiola was concerned, and apparently the raiders met with greater success than when the British ship was at- tacked.

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Pupil's Injury

The incident occurred in about the same area in the Mediterranean as the attack on the British vessel, unknown aeroplanes swooping low over the "Mongiola" off Cape Bengout, forty miles east of Algiers, according to the British naval authorities five minutes before the scheduled in Gibraltar.

The captain of the Italian ship is believed to have been seriously wounded.

CLAIMANT TO THRONE

Meanwhile, says a message from: London, the owners of the "British OF ENGLAND

an

'Henry VII. Descendant

If a child is dismissed from school

AMERICA'S

TRADE WITH THE SOVIETS

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Washington, To-day.

mercial agreement, the United States for time

rants Soviet Rus favoured nation treat- ment, was proclaimed by Presi- dent Roosevelt yesterday.

In return, the Soviet agrees buy at least $40,000,000 of American products in the forthcoming year. This is $10,000,000 more than un- der the expiring agreement.

It is expected that coal, on which a special fax of ten cents a hun- dredweight is at present levied, will be the chief Russian produ benefit from exte:

nation treat

will be tons

RATIFIED IN MOSCOW

age from Moscow- state time, is the education authority still that the Council of People's Com responsible for its care during that missars yesterday- ratified the new five minutes?

Russo-American commercia

This point was raised at Gatesment Reuter. head County Court, wher action

was given for agreed damages of not provided 12 240 being paid by Gateshead Cor- case. poration to the parents of William idge Knox, of Gateshead.

It was explained that the boy out of school five minutes before

--Corporal” state that the vessel,

which earlier had wirelessed SOS. when off Algiers declaring she had been bombed and the wire- For selling leaflets on Marine-normal time, and was chased by less receiver damaged and asking parade, Southend, Anthony William another child. In opening the for assistance, has arrived

Hall, of Wilberforce-road, London, school gate, Knox jammed his finger, Algiers.

BOMBED FOR HOUR

She was attacked by three mono- planes and bombed for an hour, but there were no casualties and the damage was only slight.

One estimate says that forty bombs were dropped and none hi their mark, though the concussion shook the vessel and damaged the wireless installation.

Earlier reports

N was fined 20s at Southend,

the top of which had to be amputat-

Damages were claimed or the

ave been

Det Martin stated that he saw ed Hall addressing a public meeting on the sea-front He was telling his ground that the Corporation had audience that he was a claimant to the Throne of England

He offered a number of slips for sale. They were inscribed “Royal Mint of England £1, which Hall explained were specimens of mis

currency.

Addressing the Bench, Hall said he was Anthony - Tudor, otherwise Hall, claimant to the Crown of Eng-

the Brits of the bombing land and of direct descent from }

were Henry VII, and Elizabeth Planta- Imiralty ganet. He explained that the slipe ment saying that the steam of paper would be payable from er was burning furiously and the Crown lands when he succeeded

the entire wireless ap-to the Throne.

had been destroyed.

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