1939-06-12 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 12, 1989.

Woman's Marriage Tangle Dilemma

ADRIFT AS

AS HER

HER HUSBAND MARRIES MOSLEM GIRL

"Am I Wife Or Widow?" She Asks

"Am I a Widow?

Ipswich, May 28.

Have my children a father? And have they a stepmother as well as a mother of their own?" -

These are questions which Mrs. R. B. White, of Penang House, Heath-road, Ipswich, asks herself again and again as she considers the strange twist Fate has given to her married life.

BENES TO VISIT LONDON

Dr. Benes, former President of Czechoslovakia, has confirmed that he has agreed to lecture in Lon- don University early next year on some such subject as Democracy or Diplomatic History.

Details will be settled when he visits England in July.

CHINESE HIT

Third

Stage Of Siegfried Line

Berlin, To-day. THE third line of forti- fications ordered by Herr Hitler last October

Her husband, forty-one-years-old | certificate, signed by a Singapore BACK IN SHANSI: to strengthen the de-

David John White, a prison warder, Moslem priest. is thousands of miles away in Singapore.

He may, for all she knows, be her has husband no more, for White turned Mohammedan and married an Eurasian woman. Apparently his marriage is perfectly legal.

"What am I to do? It seems can only wait until things clear themselves."

ORDER REDUCED

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"I turned Mohammedan before I married my second wife,” he told the magistrate.

The order made by the Ipswich Bench was for 21s. 6d. a week for

the first Mrs. White, and 3s. weekly

for three, dependent children.

But the Singapore magistrate reduced the order to one of 118. 6d. weekly for the wife and 1s. 6d, for cach of the children.

TOWNS RETAKEN Chappelle

Yuanku, To-day.

A sweeping Chinese victory over the Japanese driving to- wards the Yellow River in south

Shansi, as a result of a fierce

counter-offensive, is reported in a late military despatch.

Maotsintu, important river cross- ing, which was captured for a brief period by the Japanese on Saturday, White, who took the oath in Chris-and Pinglu, west of Maotsintu, have

White told his strange story. the Singapore magistrate when he main- opposed confirmation of tenance order for his English wife, and made by the Ipswich Bench, sent to Singapore.

He produced a Moslem marriage service.

THRILL TO THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORT IN THE WORLD!

He careened 'round the curves in a car that hadn't a chance... for the love in the heart of a girl! What if it did mean riding with death

look what it meant if

he wont-

ROAD DEMON

A Sports Adventure

HENRY ARTHUR JOAN VALERIE HENRY ARMETTA TOM BECK BILL ROBINSON

Directed by Ono Brower

A 20th Century-Fox Picture:

TO-MORROW

ALHAMBRA

ON PENSION

tian fashion, said he had a pension of £13 a month, but had spent most of a gratuity of nearly £400 receiv- ed when he retired from the prison

Mrs. White had not heard of the variation in the order when I saw her to-day.

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"What am I do? Where do stand?" she asked. "Am I wife or a widow? Or am I single again? And what of my children?

both been retaken.

The Chinese counter-offensive was launched on Saturday after- the Japanese completely by noon at lightning speed, which took

prise.

sur-

Already, exhausted by their drive, the invaders abandoned Maotsintu, fleeing pell-mell. Following up their success, the Chinese advanced on Pinglu and recaptured it yesterday morning.

fences between Aix-le- and Saar- bruecken are now com- pleted, according to Herr Todt, who is the con- sulting engineer for the Siegfried Line.

Herr Todt stated that the new fortifications run west of a line connecting Aix-la-Chappelle and Saarbruecken, while the earlier fortifications are situated

on the eastern side.

two

Herr Todt added that "the new line is particularly heavily arm- ed. Especially strong additional bulwarks have, in the meantime, been added to the fortifications from Saarbrucken to Basle." Reuter.

The Japanese sustained heavy GERMAN REPORT OF

casualties.

"David and I married 20 years ago. He will be 42 in November.

Maotsintu... lies....completely in "We have five children, and they ruins as a result of terrific aerial live at home here with me, and bombardments in support of the three of them are entirely depen- land units last Friday and Satur- dent."

day-Central News.

"FIND BRITISH HUSBAND"

Nazi Order To Women Refugees

LONDON, MAY 28.

AGITATION IN POLAND

Warsaw, To-day. The Polish Clerical organ, "Maly Dziennik," demands drastic mea- sures against German activities in Poland.

The paper demands a large scale confiscation of the real property of members, of the German minority in the Corridor and elsewhere. The paper points out that Germans are still in possession of large estates in the Corridor, in Poznan and Polish

JEWISH AND OTHER WOMEN REFUGEES FROM NAZI | Upper Silesia.-Trans-Ocean. TERRORISM-ARE OFFERED EXEMPTION FROM THE USUAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE EXPORT OF THEIR WEALTH, IF THEY FALL IN WITH A NEW PLAN:-

"Marry a French or British hus-I that they are henceforth agents of band and obey faithfully the orders the Gestapo and must obey such that will be sent to you through orders as come to them under pain accredited agents."

of being denounced to the British or French Governments."

This instruction has been issued

to married and unmarried women.

SPANISH GOLD

Paris, Yesterday. M. Georges Bonnet, received the The French Foreign Minister,

Spanish Ambassador to-day.

return to Spain of Republican war material and gold.

The two statesmen discussed the

It is alleged by the French police I cannot say what is being done that the Gestapo has a roll of in England, but it is certain that "reach-me-down" husbands always in France the Nazis have estab-available for these ceremonies, and

It is believed that France in- lished clandestine matrimonial that their forged papers have been agencies where these unions are put so cleverly produced that detection sista on retaining part of the gold as payment for the support of through with the aid of bogus pa- is impossible. pers.

The French authorities have taken Republican Spanish refugees in Content to get away from Ger-sworn statements from scores of France.-Trans-Ocean.

similar many with the wealth that so many refugee women to whom

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of their race have been forced to propositions have been made, and leave behind, the fugitives accept they are in possession of documents fugee's property is covered by

& ex draft on the Paris agency of these marriages of convenience, that each woman refugee is even though they, involve bigamy.pected to sign before being allowed Swiss bank, and only after a favour- “AGENTS OF THE GESTAPO” to leave Germany with her worldly able report from the Gestapo is

Then they have a visit from #goods.

the draft available for the person Nazi agent, who explains to them The cash value of a woman re-in whose favour it has been drawn.

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