1937-12-06 — Page 12

BIG U.S. CONVERSION LOANS

When a liner docks at Southampton for painting an army of men armed with brushes and paint pots swarm round her sides and tackle their giant task. Sometimes they have only a few hours in which to complete the work Photo shows Painters above working from cradles while a painter below with what must be the longest paint brush at work on a ship in dock at Southampton (Fox Copyright).

Bringing Up Father

"THAT MAID'S BEEN UP. IN THE ATTIC ALL. DAY-- I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING?

HILDA-WH YOU LOOKING

FOR ?

Remarkably Low Interest Rate

Washington, To-day.

CHINA MAIL DEC

The United States Treasury has offered for public sale $250,000,000 worth of eight-year 2.5 per cent. bonds, and $200,000,000 worth of five-year 14 per cent. Treasury Notes.

It is announced that persons holding $277,000 000 worth of Treasury Notes maturing on Feb. 1. will be permitted to exchange them for an equal amount of the new Bond issues, but securities they receive will be in addition to those offered for cash sale to the public.

The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, explained yesterday that the new securities will

JAPANESE PLANES refund others already outstanding,

STUNT OVER SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day. Apprehensions aroused by the Japanese victory parade on Decem- ber 3 have not been allayed by the action of three Japanese planes stunting over the Race Course in the heart of the International Settle Iment yesterday.

and that no new money

is in sight in the next two months.

Officials interpret the

stat

confirming the Administration's in-

tention to retrench in the

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financial year and balance the Bud-voirs showing get next year Reuter

APPROPRIATION CUTS

On

New York, To-day. Cuts totalling $800,000,000 amounts appropriated last year are being made to assist fulfilment of President Roosevelt's promise of a At the time, a couple thousand balanced Budget in 1938-39, accord- foreigners, mostly British, were ing to the Washington correspondent watching soccer and rugger games of the "New York Times."

The planes performed power dives and flew at a very low altitude Reuter

-BRITISH M.P.'S IN MADRID

Madrid, To-day. Mr. C. R. Attlee, leader of British Labour parliamentary

I'M PICKIN' OUT ALL THE THINGS WE CAN STILL: USE AN I'M GOING. TO

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the

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The Budget Bureau is reported to have already agreed to the cuts.

Renter.

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Mer- position, together with the bers of Parliament, Mr. Philip Noel- Baker and Miss Ellen Wilkinson, have arrived here...

They are visiting the Madrid front and the devastated areas Reuter.

OH-I'M SO GLAD I FOUND THIS-MRS. JIGGS HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR. IT ALL WEEK

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KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED

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WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO ON BEING

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