1938-08-24 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 24, 1938.

DIRECT ALLEGATIONS OF PAYMENTS TO TAMMANY LEADER AS A "FIXER"

New York, To-day.

Evidence of alleged payments by gangsters to Mr. James J. Hines was given at a continua- tion of the trial of the ex-Tammany leader. George "Rosy" Weinberg, ex-business manager of "Dutch" Schultz, accused Hines of accept- ing $500 weekly as a "fixer" for the Schultz gang and caused a sensation in court by add- ing, "I, myself, paid Hines $500 in front of Hines' home.".

The witness declared that at a meeting attended by Hines and Schultz, it was agreed to pay Hines $1,000 as a down payment and $500 weekly. "Thereafter I saw Hines weekly and paid him $500 each time."

PALESTINE SHOOTINGS

London, To-day. A telegram from the High Commissioner for Palestine re- ceived at the Colonial Office this afternoon states that early yes- terday morning one Jew was kill- ed and another seriously wound- ed near Jaffa when shots were fired at the cart in which they were travelling.

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About midday, a police patrol was ambushed near Beisan. They were attacked by a gang which numbered thirty and they killed four of them. The police suffered no casualties.

Shortly before midnight. near Tulcarm, Captain Oakley, of the Royal Scots was killed by the ex- plosion of a land-mine-under the lorry in which he was travelling.

Early this morning a goods train from Lydda was held up by a bar- ricade eight miles from Jerusalem and an armed gang, after shooting and killing an Arab policeman of the escort, made the crew alight and then set the empty train in motion backwards down the hill.

After two kilometres, however, the vacuum brake worked auto- matically and the train

Hines had promised "protec- tion" from police raids on Harlem "Policy Banks."

Weinberg also stated that! Schultz demanded 60 per cent. of the profits of the multi-million dollar racket to take care of his mob "and Jimmy Hines."

Resuming his testimony after lunch, Weinberg alleged, that a he named, Magistrate whom agreed to "take care" of a police raid and "fix arrests."

PRODIGIOUS SPENDER

The witness in further testi- mony described Schultz as a pro- digious spender, taking as much as $18,000 to $20,000 weekly from the racket for personal ex- penses, chiefly for entertainment purposes. Reuter.

BRITISH OFFICER'S GALLANTRY

London, To-day. To-night's "London Gazette” an- came to nounces that the King has approv- rest undamaged. British Wireless. ed the award of the military cross to Lieutenant Godfrey Lerwill, 2nd.

FLYINGBOAT AT Royal Battalion, Ludhiana Sikhs,

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Paris, To-day.

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11th. Sikh Regiment Indian Army, attached to the Tochi Scouts, for gallant and distinguished service in action in connection with opera-

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WAR ECONOMY

ness activity. In view of the fact, however, that Japanese offi- cers and men at present fighting for a Japanese victory had to en- dure almost unspeakable hard- ships, it was only natural that the nation behind the front had themselves some restraint in the consumption of Tokyo, To-day. goods.

Lieutenant de Vaisseau, took off tion on the north-wset Frontier IN JAPAN:

yesterday morning for its first part of its Atlantic flight and arrived in Lisbon at 18:05 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ns-Ocean.

of India.

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Lieut. Berwille was in :command of, and the sole British officer pre- sent, in the isolated Datta Khel Scout Post from May 10, 1988 un- The Japanese Minister of Fin-

The Government did not intend til relieved on June 9. Between May ance, Mr. Ikeda, in an inter-to introduce restrictions on the 27′ and June 6, large numbers of view last night, stated that the consumption of goods which had tribesmen attempted to beslege, the Japanese Government would not nothing to do with the present post and the men in the garrison. hesitate to carry out strict con Hotflities.

trol of raw material as well (The Ministry of Finance Two night attacks were made un- der cover of heavy rifle fire at close as of consumption goods in order collecting the necessary data for to bring the war against Chiang establishing a policy of control of range and support from three guns

*^: businesḤand... indultry. At the Bring solid and explosive shelle. Kai-shek to a victorious end.

The Government would, how-same time the Ministries of Com- flouter Lorrill, athéngh,isolated reand despite the large numbers of ever, not establish control only merces and Welfare were preparing ald for those unemployed who lost Er the enemy in the vicinity, conduct for control's sake.

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In his opinion, the Minister de- their work in” consequence of the clared, too strict control would restrictions of raw material and [only hinder industrial and busi- State control-Trang-Ocean,