1939-04-12 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 12, 1989.

ROAD CENSUS FOR

WAR

Every Vehicle

TRANSPORT

On National Service Petrol Rations

Plans for the war time organisation of Britain's road transport are almost complete. They include the formation of special traffic groups strict rationing of petrol.

and the

JEWS BANNED IN

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GERMAN ARMY

Jews are now excluded from German military service. They are thus placed in the same category as criminals, to whom the right is denied by law to service and to defend the country. ·

According to the military law, Reuter says, Jews were transfer- red to a reserve class which was only called up in case of emer-"

On the commercial side, all owners of vehicles gency. -from the one-man-baker's van to the large scale operator's fleets of six-wheelers are now forming

themselves into emergency groups. On the passen- ITALIAN VIEW

ger side, a scheme worked out by the Ministry of Transport is under close examination.

In the past few days all transport owners have! been filling in forms which will give a complete census of the goods transport vehicles on the roads. Each vehicle has been fully des-mercial traffic will in all probability cribed-Its make and year, its have to be rationed severely. chassis model, its floor dimensions, height, unladen weight, type of

fuel and usual civilian work.

"The road transport industry with 500,000 vehicles is made up of some 200,000 operators; and under war conditions full use cannot be made Every owner has also received a of the industry if there are thou- Ministry of Transport booklet en-sands of individuals each going his titled "Organisation of Road Trans-

own way.". port for a Defence Emergency" in which the plan for a nation-wide scheme is outlined.

All lorry owners are now form- ing themselves into groups with from 25 to 100 vehicles. The opera- tors are choosing from amòng them- selves an "organiser" for each group..

If and when an emergency arises, the use of the vehicles of a parti- cular group will be determined by national necessity, Petrol rationing will be governed accordingly, and fuel will not be supplied to individ- uals, but only to the group.

Contracts for military service vehicles and A.R.P. vehicles are al- ready issued in London.

QUEEN

GERALDINE

SERIOUSLY ILL

Paris, To-day.

Queen Geraldine of Albania is suffering from puerperal fever, the Athens correspondent of the "In- transigeant" states.

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The Queen, who had given birth to a son two days before Italy in- DEFENCE AS FIRST CLAIM

vaded Albania, is said to be in al Thus, each Group Organiser will serious condition. The best gynae- know beforehand how many of his cologists of Athens have been sum 25 to 100 vehicles are on military moned to her sickbed. service, and will be able to decide | Ocean, how many can be transferred from luxury trades to necessary trades

such as food supply.

Trans-

MÅRKED IMPROVEMENT

Later.. An operator who is forming a The condition of Queen Geraldine group in his own area, showed his has improved to an extent where contracts under which he is to sup- her life is no longer in danger. ply searchlight vehicles to London The Queen is at present in Larissa, regiments in time of emergency." with other members of the Royal

In the foreword to his booklet Family. Transport Minister Leslie Burgin says:

Larissa seems to have been "In this island road transport de chosen as the provisional place of pends mainly on imported fuel, refuge for Albaniang of high rank Great though our resources are for since in addition to the 184 per storage and maintenance of sup sons making the Royal Suite, the plies, the heavy demands of active Albanian Premier and 21 officers of and civil defence must have first the Army are staying there. claim on these; and ordinary com-Trans-Ocean.

Going Away?

Consult AMERICAN LLOYD, LTD.

SENTS FOR ALL, LINES.

OF TURKISH STATEMENT

Rome, To-day, “

.

JOAN NO LONGER A TONE

Los Angeles, To-day.

Joan Crawford was granted a divorce yesterday from her film star husband, Franchot Tone.

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This was the second time of asking for Joan, as last month her application had been refused by the Judge.

Joan, to avoid a public appear- ance in court, had on that occasion · given evidence by deposition, and the Judge, refusing the application, said the court was opposed to "mail order divorces."

"PERFECT MARRIAGE" Granting of the application yes- terday brings to an end Holly. wood's "perfect marriage." It was Jóan's second marriage, her first husband being Douglas Fairbanks,

Jr.

Grounds for divorce from Fran- mental cruelty, The declaration made by the Tur-chot Tone were kish Premier to the National As-Joan alleging that her husband wanted to spend too much time in sembly in Ankara yesterday

that

Reuter. Turkey's armed strength was suf- night clubs. ficiently great to enable her to de- fend herself and her neutrality, is described by the semi-official Italian news agency as an unambiguous de- finition of Turkey's attitude in the: present, situation.

WU PEI-FU IGNORES ALL

INVITATIONS

The agency says that this de- claration is especially valuable `at the present moment, "when belli- cose organs in the Democratic coun- tries are endeavouring to lead pub- lic opinion astray by referring con- WANG KEH-MIN, HEAD OF stantly to the guarantee pacts which THE PRO-JAPANESE "PRO- Berve no other purpose than en-VISIONAL GOVERNMENT" circlement of the totalitarian HERE, RETURNED TO PEI-

States."-Trans-Ocean.

AIR MAIL DAYS CHANGED

العالم

PEIPING, TO-DAY. ·

PING YESTERDAY - FROM NANKING, WHERE HE AT- TENDED THE MEETING OF THE “UNITED COUNCIL.”

Wang, in an interview, denied there was any connection between the "provisional government" and Wang Ching-wel, the exiled Kuomintang leader.

not

Wang Keh-min added that the The revised summer schedules of possibility of forming a new Imperial Airways provide that as "central government" was from April 24 arrivals in Hong even discussed at Nanking. Kong will be on Mondays and Thurs- He admitted that invitations days instead of Wednesdays and from the "government" to Mar- Saturdays. Departures from Hong shal Wu Pei-fu, former Anfu war Kong will be on Tuesdays and Fri- lord, to join in the pro-Japanese days as heretofore.

"government," had not even eli-

Reuter. Transit times between Hong cited a reply... Kong and London will be 6 days Eastbound, and 6 days Westbound. Between Hong Kong and Singapore transit times will be 21⁄2 days by 46 the service ex Hong Kong on Tues- days, and 3% days by that ex Hong Kong on Fridays. In the reverse direction. mails will leave Singapore on Tuesdays, arriving on Thurs- days, and on Fridays, arriving__in Hong Kong the following Monday, a transit time of 2 and 8 days spectively.

PUBLIC WORKS FOR RELIEF

Washington,

SPECULATORS" ARRESTED

Moscow, To-day.

Seven: “employes, me arrest-

the

of a State store of the "Moscow

according to ment yesterday.

matically #buyers"

and kolusively to employees receiving a value of the