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Japanese Aircraft Makes Attack At Pakhoi

SOVIET-

DIRIGIBLE DISASTER

Moscow, To-day.

Thirteen of the crew of nine- teen were killed when the Soviet dirigible V6 crashed on a practice flight in the Kandalaksha district, in Murmansk Province, yesterday. Three others were injured and three unhurt.-Reuter.

NORTH POLE EXPEDITION'S LONG DRIFT

Moscow, To-day.

Not Certain Whether MUSSOLINI

American Flag Was LIQUIDATING

Being Flown

SPAIN COMMITMENTS

London, To-day.

The number of Italian troops fighting for Gen. Franco in Spain has been radically reduced during

A fleet of Hong Kong junks, under charter to an American company, and carrying a cargo of petrol belonging to the Texas Oil Company, was attacked on Saturday by Japanese aircraft and severely machine-gunned off Pakhoi. According to brief cable information received lo-past months, declares the cally by the owners of the cargo, the monetary "Evening Standard," and damage sustained was negligible but on one of now the total is estimat- the junks, a member of the crew was struck by ed as 20,000. the hail of bullets and killed.

....

Withdrawals are still going on, the paper claims, and states that

ed from Signor Mussolini assuran- ces that he does not intend to in- tervene further in the Spanish war.

Mr. H. L. Decker, of the Texas sustained by a junk and not by the the British Government has receiv

"China Mail" cargo, which was intact. this morning that the junk was one

Latest position of the Company, told the Papinin North Pole ex-of about half a dozen which

pedition has been given by radio as 73 degrees 19 minutes north and 18 degrees west.

The camp on the ice floe is slow. ly drifting south and is therefore about 100 to 200 kilometres east of the uninhabitated coast of Greenland.

The ice-breaker Taimyr spee- ding to the rescue has been in- volved in a dangerous adventure,

According to a radio from the vessel she has met a heavy gale, with seas sweeping over the decks." All on board, however, are safe.- Trans-Ocean..

MURMAN SETS OUT

Moscow, To-day. Two aeroplanes were on board the ice breaker Mur man when she left for Green and to rescue. the North Pole scientists,

The Murman is carrying sufficient coal and food for six months.

The planes will be used to spot the exact position of the scientists and an at- tempt will then be made to bring them to safety. Reuter

were

towed to Pakhoi from Hong Kong.

tion and were lying off the

port

They had arrived at their destina- when the attack occurred.

"It is a miracle that greater da- said Mr. mage was not caused,"

Decker.

"Evidently the Japanese airmen

Ac- are not very good marksmen. tually the damage did not amount to more than $10.00 and that was

TOKYO'S GREAT "ILLUSION"

Tokyo, To-day. Active and substantial support of the “provisional government” in Peiping as well as other separ- atist governments, in the process of development of China, promised by the War Minister. General Sugiyama, to the parlia mentary budgetary committee yesterday.

was

This is interpreted as meaning that certain restraint which Japan has hitherto exercised in dealing with the "Peiping Government,” now to be removed.

- Establishment of military að- ministrations in sections of · China controlled by Japan, was declared by Gen. Sugiyama to be Impossi- ble since no state of war existed. between Japan and China→→Trans- Ocean,

"We are still awaiting further details regarding the man who The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An- was killed. It is believed that he thony Eden, told the Commons yes- was a junk foki. I cannot say terday that reports of further Ita- for certain whether or not the lian troop arrivals in Spain were American flag was being flown not true-Trans-Ocean.

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