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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 3, 1939.
AUXILIARY SHIPS FOR NAVY
Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare Outlines Programme
Anti-Submarine Work And Mine-Sweeping
London, To-day.
It has been decided to make a considerable addi- tion to the 1939 programme of new naval con- struction, stated Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, in the House of Commons yesterday.
Additions included 107 trawlers for minesweeping
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COMMISSION
Budapest, To-day.
It is announced that Rumania has accepted Hungary's request for appointment of a mixed mili- tary commission to investigate the recent frontier incidents.--Reuter Bulletin.
CONGRESS
and anti-submarine duties, of which 20 would KEEPING UP
be specially built for the purpose and the rest purchased and converted."
some for
the
It was also proposed to construct] plated, but Mr. Shakespeare said 56 vessels of the whale-catcher he was unable to give details at type, some for service vessels and marine duties.
There would be 10 minesweepers, six boom defence vessels and one cable ship, the total number of in the foregoing vessels involved being 180.
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British Wireless adds that anti-sub-
ships will cost about £11,000,000,
will be required. for which a supplementary estimate
A floating dock to accommodate small craft up to 5,000 tons had also been purchased.
AIR RAID ON KWEILIN
Wuchow, To-day.
ECONOMY DRIVE
CUTS
REALISTIC
R.A.F. TESTS IN BRITISH ISLES
London, To-day.
Approximately 1,300 planes will participate in R.A.F. home de- fence exercises which are taking place from August 8 to 11 on a larger and more comprehensive scale than ever before.
Principal objects of the exer- cises will be to test the air and ground defence of Great Britain against air attack, and the organ- isation and efficiency of the forces participating.
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WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
HAVE Area of the exercise will be a SEVERAL BEEN MADE BY THE HOUSE north and east line connecting AP-Macclesfield, Droitwich, Salisbury OF REPRESENTATIVES PROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE and Bournemouth. WHICH SLASHED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL FROM
$216,000,000 NEARLY $53,000,000.
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Principal cuts were the com- plete elimination of a $119,599,918
500 FIGHTERS
There will be approximately 800 defending planes, of which 500 will be fighters.
The ground defences will in- searchlight and balloon barrage
Eight Japanese heavy bombers item for the restoration of capi- clude anti-aircraft batteries and
Further additions were contem- carried out an intensive air raid on Kweilin, provincial capital of Kwangsi, on Tuesday and caused considerable damage to dwelling
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About twenty persons were killed or wounded. The. naval bombers flew at a high altitude owing to the heavy ground fire.
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tal impairment of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and reduction of the proposed outlay for the ac- quisition of strategic war mater- ials from $25,000,000 to to come $10,000,000.
The attacking force, which will number 500 bombers, is I resumed from territories east of
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England. The committee also cut the
A.R.P. organisations will also be recommended for tested on the night of August 9 to $7,300,000 training civilian pilots to 10, when there will be a black-out $3,000,000, commenting that the of London, lower figure would be sufficient to train. 7,500 students, which is half the number contemplated by the civil aeronautics authority.
The committee's record show- imposed ed that total appropriations this Federat- year already exceeded $13,000,- arrivals 000,000 compared with last year's
of total of $11,361,000,000.
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Quarantine restrictions by the Government of the ed Malay States against from Hong Kong on account smallpox have been removed.
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U.S. PROTEST TO JAPAN
Washington, To-day.
In order to prevent anti-British agitation in China from develop- ing into an anti-foreign move- ment generally, the United States charge d'affaires in Tokyo, Mr. Eugene Dooman, has been in- structed to advise the Japanese Government accordingly..ja
This was announced by the Under- Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, at yesterday's press: con- ference.
Mr. Welles said that Mr. Dooman will protest once more against Ja- panese assaults on American citi- zens in China, since the Consular authorities had made up about 600 reports on such incidents to Washington.-Trans-Ocean,
REPORT DENIED
London, To-day.
It was stated in a Commons answer yesterday, that no negotik- tions are in progress with the Government
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