1941-01-17 — Page 53

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 17, 1941. Bringing Up Father......

I'VE GOT A DATE AT DINTY'S TONIGHT-| GUECS I HAD

·BETTER SNEAK OUT-'CAUSE IF I ASK MAGGIE SHE MAY COME OUT OF THẤT KIND SPELL OF HERS - AN' START

RIGHT-

BY GOLLY-IT'S SO QUIET IN THE HOUSE NOWADAYS-IT'S HARD TO SNEAK OUT-BUT

I'M DOIN' OK. SO

FAR-

I SAY- MRJIGGS-

I SAY-

OF COURSE - THAT FAT-HEAD WOULD CATCH ME SNEAK- IN' OUT-HE'S CATCH- IN LID TO ME-

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By George MacManus

MRS JIGGS TOLD. ME TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE A DATE WITH DINTY MOORE TONIGHT-

SAY

THAT

AGIN-

WILL

YOU?

Cope, 1940, Kong Pranvers kyndicwor, Inc.. World righus cosneved

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FRIENDLY GESTURE TO CHINA

"China regards the Burma road as one of her life-lines and looks on the re-opening of the road as another gesture of Sino- British friendship.”

This

made in statement was Rangoon yesterday by General Wu Te-chen, Chinese Mister for Oversons Affairs

He added: "I wish to point out

MORE U.S. NAVY TRANSFERS

IN THE OFFING?

COL. FRANK KNOX, Secretary for the Navy, declared in Washington yesterday that he would object to any clause being inserted in the "Lease And Lend Bill" to prevent trans- that keeping the road open will fer of any part of the United States Navy.

Col. Knox made this statement before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of next-door neighbours the security Representatives.

help bring victory for China and

peace East.

and stability to

the Far

"Because Burma and China are

and peace of Burma are impurtant to China, while China's develop-

great ¡¡

deal to

ment means Burma."

Economic Base

General Wu disclosed that they had succeeded in establishing a strong economic base in the north- west and south-west provinces for developing the natural sources of that rich region.

He hoped the Yunnan-Burma railway would soon be completed in order to develop potential trade between China and Burma. Reuter.

re-

Two gunboats for the Nanking regime were launched yesterday at Klungnan Dockyard in Shang- hai, says Reuter.

He gave as reason for his ob- jection that he

could foresee conditions under which the navy could be transferred on very advantageous terms.

In the course of his evidence, Col. Knox said that the essence of the President's plan was that the United States should become virtually the sole purchasing and distributing

for war agency materials produced in the United States.

There would thus be constituted one great funnel through which all such material would flow.

"We shall then be in a position. to apportion these munitiona among ourselves and other demo- cracies whose defence is import- ant to us."

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6 To cool

suddenly

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13 Pertaining.

to the Muses

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of

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Cgg

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wheel

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calcium

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* Musical dramas 05 Vapour

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tuber

VERTICAL

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2 Relinquishment

of a right

3 Spanish article

4 To narrate

5 Heavenly

.body's path

6 Seat of King

Arthur's court

7 Tilling

implement

8 Caravansaries,

↑ Chinese

measure

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father

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Russian ruler 27 Edible root 30 Iniquity 33 Filth

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(var.)

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British Assets

Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secre- tary of the

Treasury, declaring himself in favour of the Lease-

told his and-Lend Bill,

press conference yesterday that, to the best of his knowledge, the Chur- had no assets chill Government available for American purchases apart from the U.S.$1,775,000,000 which he reported to Congress on Wednesday.

He explained that although the assets did not include the values of Canadian or other Empire investments in the United States, these additional resources were not available for London.

Declining to offer any estimate of the value of these assets, Mr. Morgenthau said: "The British Empire is a family und it has the same problems as a human family. Because some members of a family have assets, it does

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