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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, -1940

Roosevelt Expected To Gain Nomination With Huge Majority

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was yachting on the Potomac River yesterday as the De mocratic Convention machine put the

FOUR SHANGHAL

finishing touches to its programme which JOURNALISTS opens in Chicago at noon to-day. ON BLACK LIST

The President's detachment from the politi-

Following the recent or-

'cal scene, however, is more apparent than real, because his closest political asso- der for the arrest of 83 ciate and personal friend, Mr. Harry prominent newspaper pu- blishers and editors in Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce, is Shanghai, the “reorganis- handling his affairs at the Convention ed" national government and a special telephone connecting Mr. at Nanking has now or- Hopkins with the White House has been dered the arrest of four other newspapermen, says installed.

a Nanking message to the "Central China Daily

The movement which has been spreading all over the country for months, with at least the Presi- dent's passive consent, is gather- ing a momentum which by Thurs- day will probably give President Roosevelt nearly 90 per cent of the votes in the first ballot.

If he refused to accept this, he would be the first man in United States history to refuse the presidential nomination.

HELPED ARMY News," the Wang Ching-

DODGERS

wei organ in Shanghai.'.

The four, who have been placed on the "black. list," include. Mr. L. Z. Yuan, Chinese reporter, on the "Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury," Mr. Woo, managing at editor of the "China Press," Mr. Court Hoh Chih-hsiang, translator of the "China Weekly Review" and with Mr. C. W. Wang, of a local Chin-

Ten men appeared According to some of the most Bow-street Police acute political observers, the Pre- recently charged

sident will accept on the assump-

tion that the draft is really spon-conspiracy to defeat the ese daily. taneous and will "sacrifice" him- provisions of the National

self to run again because.

Firstly, it is the will of the Service Act. people.

The case was a sequel Secondly, the New Deal is! threatened by: Mr. Wendell Wil to inquiries that Scotland kie.. the Republican nomination, Yard have been making and,

Thirdly, his experienced hand into allegations that men can guide the country through an physically unfit have been

international emergency of un- precedent proportions.

The warrant for the arrest of the four men stated they have..

sought refuge in foreign, newa, papers in the International Sets tlement and engaged in "spreads

ing, rumours which are, calcul¿. ated to incite assassinations and

kidnappers to the detriment of the public peace and. order and the peace movement."

The order for arrest was issued in the name of Wang Ching-wei impersonating other men in his official capacity of acting. called up before the Army chairman and concurrently prest Will Make Way Later Medical Boards.

dent of the exécutive yuan of the : reorganised Chinese national gov-

-Reuter. Some observers think that in The men were, Jack Brack, ernment at Nanking." deference to the third term tradi- twenty, salesman, Burton-street, tion, President Roosvelt will Brick-lane, E; Maurice Kravis, probably make it clear he will twenty-two, machine operator, resign in your of the Vice-Pre-King's-road, Brighton; Joseph twenty-four, labourer, sident when the country is safely Barnett, through the world crisis.-

Median-road, Hackney; Sydney It is fully expected in Israel Barnett, twenty-three, Washington that as soon as the trimmer, of. Lynton-road, West Convention nominates President Acton, W. Bert Aaronberg, forty,

GOEBBELS" SAYS "WHAT

Roosevelt, the tempo of actions of Gilda-crescent, Stamford Hill, THE HELLE

to assist Britain will be speeded N.;. Conny Rikfov, fifty-seven, up, most things in both domes traveller, of Commercial-street, tic and foreign policy of a possi E.; Samuel Rifkov, twenty-three, ble controversial nature having tailor, of Old Hill-street, Stoke

for political reasons.

Claiming that Hitler's

been put into low gear recently Newington; James Boulton, enemies had many chan- twenty-three, amusement caterer, ces of "destroying him," Quietly, however, such help as no fixed address; George Old, has already been provided for, thirty-one, driver, of Drysdale Nazi Propaganda Minister continues to be given. For ex-road, Lewisham; and Louis Bar- Goebbels, writing in the

ample, it was stated on good au- nett, labourer of Hampton-road, German weekly paper EMPLOYS: 60 PEOPLE "Das Reich," "yesterday, They were remanded till Tues- day-all in custody except. Old Says:---

thority that four out of every five Forest Gate. planes now being turned out in United States, go to Britain, Renter.

ALIEN'S DEATH PUZZLE

A Westminster inquest on Mrs. Alice Gilbert, a 37-year-old Aus- trian, of Hillway, Highgate, who was found unconscious in a furn- ished flat she had taken.. in St. George's "square,. ŚW.; and died next day, from coma, was ad- journed for an analysis to be made.

"

A pathologist stated that he

and Aaronberg, who were granted "While people in Germany say bail.

the Fuehrer is always right,

"But the

Fuchrer earns his

Mr. Fail, on behalf of Aaron-people abroad say he is always berg, said he was a naturalised lucky. - British subject, and employed sixty people in a Hackney factory luck. His rule is that in political making women's gowns.

life one must always be ready to His Chief Inspector Salisbury said strike while the iron's hot, that, so far as he knew, Aaronberg opponents. work more or less had a clean record.

directly into his hands.

"NOTHING" "What do these Churchills, Reynauds and

Brack asked for ball "on grounds of health."

?

Inspector Salisbury · referring Chamberlains,

to Brack, sald... “He is definite- Daladiers think about? Nothing; ty a Grade IV man ̧ who has absolutely nothing. been impersonating ather, men before medical boards.

Old was granted bail In 100 and Aaronberg In £250,- Inspector Salisbury, said one of the Barnets was living under a

"If I were an Englishman or

a Frenchman. I would be de sperately asking to-day what the hell, my › Government did during those five hard winter months.

fabricating

could not say what was the cause false name at Brighton, and diffi- "And the answer would have of the coma.

culty was experienced in arrest-to be: Nothing but boasting, in- Mr. Geza Nagel, of Hillway, ing him. The police were misted venting cheap lies. Highgate, said that Mrs. Gilbert, by the man's wife and a relative, slanders and telling the hated who was his housekeeper, was a."C" category alien.

On Wednesday week, when he returned home, he found that she

had prepared his dinner and left ar

a

note in English As time went on he became anxious; and reported her missing to the police.

GAS WAS ONE

When the police entered the flat they found Mrs. Gilbert near a disconnected gas stove, · The tap

CODE-BOOK FOUND IN

RAID

Government,

Germans that the result of a German defeat would be the carving up of the Reich."

tions.

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Det-Sgt: McPherson said accus- ed's address at No. 33, Fuk Wing Street, second floor, was visited by the police on the morning of July 11. Accused produced - three secret code-books from a safe. {{

on the disconnected' pipe was on, Claiming that he was an official. The police, added the Sergeant, but the gas had exhausted itself. in the 6th Route Army, of the had no evidence to show that och

"Lam cused" had, used, the books, Mrs. Gilbert Was breathing, Kwangsl and was taken to hospital. Chung-yuen,alius Lam King Mr. C. A. 9. Russ pleaded guilty Dr. Magnus Hainės, pathologist, ngar, aged 41, was fined $100, or for accused, and in mitigation, said that he found no corrosive six weeks' hard labour, bý, Mr.stated that defendant had :: made poisoning, and could not say the Q, A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon no attempt to use the code-boolts origin of the coma from which this inorning, when charged with or hide them when police visited she died:

a breach of the Defence Regula his address,

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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1940

SEVEN MORE NAZI PLANES CRASH: FIGHT OVER CHANNEL

A TERRIFIC AERIAL BATTLE MILES]**<

ABOVE THE CHANNEL, OFF · SOUTH-EAST

ENGLAND, TOOK PLACE BETWEEN BRI JAPANESE

TISH AND GERMAN PLANES YESTERDAY HEAVILY BOMB

AFTERNOON.

·

When enemy raiders were approaching SHA-YU-CHUNG the coast, anti-aircraft guns opened fire and British fighters roared into action.

The sky was filled with white blobs from bursting shells and the rattle of machine-guns mingled with the roar of the planes' engines.

An eye-witness states the bat-, 'tle began when. German dive

bombers attacked a convoy the shore.

off

it is

Four German bombers, believed, were shot down by the

* British fighters which broke up

the attack and drove the raiders back across the Channel..

One German bomber was seen to dive towards the sea

with smoke pouring from it. The pilot baled out at a height| of about 1,000 feet and ` para- chuted down to the sea.

The battle ended with a Spitfire chasing two bombers out to sea. It is belieyed it brought down one of the bombers and then went in pursuit of the other.-Reuter.

Six Brought Down

the Straits of Dover, carly yester-|

STRICKEN

JAPANESE

ISLAND

Ships Rushed After Volcanic Eruption

A Japanese warship

An Air Ministry communique which left its base on Issued later stated enemy aircraft] which were attacking shipping in Saturday morning for day evening were intercepted and Miyake Island, which was five of them-one fighter and four struck by a volcanic erup- tion, reached its destina-

bombers-shot down into the sea by our fighters.

Reuter:

In addition, an enemy bombertion at 2.30 on Saturday was shot down by A.A. fire.

One of our fighters was lost-afternoon and landed a relief party despite a Saturday's Clashes heavy sea. Later reports show that three British fighters altogether were lost in repelling enemy attacks on our.shipping and coast on Satur- day, in the course of which 12 enemy

Two N.Y.K. liners, including the Daifuku Maru, arrived at the scene on Saturday to aid relief work.

Relief parties have arrived from neighbouring prefectures, destroyed aircraft were

and others damaged.-Reuter.

Seven Destroyed

•

including Tokyo.

Twenty-one persons are miss-

ing and another 21 injured, while 34 houses were destroyed.—Reu-

The Air Ministry stated last ter.. evening it was confirmed that al second- enemy fighter was shot down in last evening's engage-| ment over the. Straits of Dover: This was the seventh enemy air-

WARRANT FOR

ARREST ISSUED

Sixteen casualties among the Chinese population resulted yesterday morning,. when three. Japanese 'planes dropped 14

bombs chung.

on

Sha-yu-

Several bombs were also dropped on Kwai- chung some miles north of Sha-yu- chung, killing. 10 peo- ple.

The invading air- craft appeared Sha-yu-chung,

over the

most frequently bombed

Mirs

Bay

port, at 11 a.m., drop- ping five bombs on the beach and nine in the town.

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Two women

and

two men, who were among the wounded,

:

were later conveyed to Kowloon for admit- tance to the Kowloon -Hospital.

GESTAPO SHY OF SCRUTINY

The United States De-