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HITLER SENDING OLD MASTERS VIA SIBERIA

HITLER SEEMS to have relinquished the role of Reich Art Patron-in-Chief and to have gone into art dealing or the double dealing

business.

He is arranging to sell, in the United States, fourteen old Masters --some of the gems among the smaller paintings from museums in Berlin.

It appears, states the Ministry of Econo- mic Warfare, that these pictures are already on the way via Siberia and the Pacific Ocean.

They consist of three Rom- brandts, three Van Eyeles atel works by Botticelli, Fouquet, Ver- mrer af Delft, Velasquez, Raphael, | Giorgione, Lippi and Domenico Veneziano.

Very few pictures by Fouquet and Giorgione are 117 existenc while the sale of three Van Eyck: will leave only one important pre- ture by ether of the Van Eycks in Berlin.

of

It may be that Hitler intends to replenish the collections of the schools concerned from the galleries

Holland, Belgium And France. The picture by Lippi is of "The Nativity," which is accepted as having been pointed as an altar piece in the Medic Chapel Florence The Italians are with a copy.

Sorety In Need

CHUNGKING

VERSION

DENIED

GOERING'S

MURDER SQUADS ODD INACTIVITY

An Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Se- curity Communique yesterday again re- corded "nothing to re- port during day- light."

Up to a late hour on Tuesday night there was no report of enemy air activity over any part of Bri- tain.-Reuter.

L.C.'S Navai COOLIES

A Japanese spokesman in a statement| yesterday contradicted

the

Chungking claims SENTENCED

in that the bodies of Ad- A method used by em- left miral Osumi and others ployees of Lane, Craw-

who were victims of a

ford's to "smuggle" goods 'plane "accident" on out of the grocery depart- February 5 near Canton, ment was disclosed before were buried by

the Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at Chinese.

the Central Magistracy

The transaction has doubtless

been occasioned by Hitler's quest for foreign exchange of which the herrenvolk stand sorely in need,

Since December, 1939, the Bri- tish blockade has stopped Ger-

The spokesman declared that this morning. many's exports, but judging from Japanese the fact that the present market landing on the southern foot value of Hitler's fourteen pictures Mount Hwangyang to the bears no relation to the catalogue of Canton, value estimated at £2,000,000 it reached may be found that Americans will not be so ready to purchase in view of the fact that the release of dollars would make available a large sum of money for the use of Nazi

propaganda, espionage and sabotage in America.

In his hunt for foreign ex- change (though not of

fire), Hitler is prepared to part with Germany's Italian treasures, re- gardless of the sentiments of his Axis partner.

It may be within the bounds of possibily, however, that Mus- solini would not be heartbroken at the interception by the British of the paintings which are of the essence of Italian genius. --- Bri- tish Wireless,

CONSCRIPTION IN MALTA

ге-

bluejackets effected a Three accused, who were

deliveries, of sponsible for

placed south additional groceries (not ordered on February 7 and by customers) among packets to the wreckage

outside be delivered, and covered the bodies of the victims the company's premises, convert- which were later taken aboard aed the goods to their own use. Japanese naval vessel.

and re-

once

to

The accused were Ng Fuk, 22, coolie, Tsang Wai-lam, 22, sales- The Japanese Naval spokes- man, and Ng Wan-fai, 28, coolie.

statement categorically

Third man's

accused was detained denies that Admiral Osumi was

when he was about to leave proceeding to the South Seas as the

Commander-in-Chief of the deliver a packet to the University.

found combined Japanese Fleet in the Inside this packet were South Seas and also states that three extra bottles of Bovril. All the plane was not shot down by the packets destined for the Un- ground fre but crashed into iversity were stopped, and inside were five tins of boot polish and Mount Hwangyang.

two tins of Ovaltine, which were not included in the orders from the University.

Reuter.

THEFT IN CELL

The other two accused admitted that they intended to remove the For stealing an overcoat from a additional articles after they had prisoner at the Central Police left.

Station yesterday, Ng Wong, 22, First and third accused were was sentenced to one month's. each fined $50, or six week's hard hard labour by Mr. G. T. Lowry labour, while the salesman was at the Central Magistracy this fried $100, or two months. morning. He had been detained Conscription of man-power in in the same cell and took the

both for combatant and coat when he was leaving. non-combatant services is an- nounced for the near future.

Malta

These measures have the unanimous support of the Malt- ese Government, Council Press. Reuter.

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Mr. W. A. Mackinlay appeared for Lane Crawford's, and Sub- Inspector Fowlie for the Police.

GIRL RULE AN' INSULT TO TROOPS'

SHEFFIELD'S GRANDMOTHERLY ruling that soldiers who want to take a girl to the pictures must first get the permission of an officer, has been de- scribed as an insult to the Forces.

Yet the City Council, despite all protests, con- firmed its Watch Committee's rules.

Only one cinema is to be allowed to open on Sun- day, and, even if a soldier gets his officer's consent, the girl he takes must not be under sixteen.

gradation immediately...

Alderman F. Threves, chair man of the Watch Committee, said their only desire was to assist the Įmilitary" "authorities,/..

That was not, the case-thère was nothing" to: fear. It was wrong that these young: ; men should have to go to a command- Councillor - Mcs, Ada... Moore | ing off zer or an N.CO, for “a tic- said she had been asked by the ket, if you please," to take their W.V,8, and the W.A.T.S., why | giri friends to the pictures, girls in these Barvices could not Soldiers with daughters under 9. takb.civilian boy friends.

sixteen would be debarred from Alderman Wormersley said the attending. ruling would imply that on join- Councillor Keeble Hawson said: ing the Army young men left "This clause is an insult to the their homes in a state of innocence | soldiers. I hope at the earliest and fell into depths of moral de- | moment it will be removed."