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MRS.

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941.

ROOSEVELT DEAD

President's Mother Passes At Age Of 87

ROOSEVELT

BROADCAST POSTPONED

President Roose- velt's broadcast, sche- duled to take place to-day, has been post- poned until Thursday, according to a report by the Columbia Broadcasting System, says a Reuter message from New York.

U.S.A. AND THE

GREER ATTACK

Spent Childhood In Hong Kong

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S mother is dead. The President and his wife spent Saturday night at his mother's bedside and were with her when she died at 11.15 a.m.

(Eastern Standard Time).

She had been unconscious for 12 hours following what the family physician, Dr. Scott Smith, called "an acute circulatory collapse due principally to advanced age."

on

In 1938 she met the King and Friday Queen during their stay at Hyde Park, residence of the President and his wife, while 'Their Majes- ties were on a tour of Canada and the United States.

of

STOP PRESS

Announcement issued by the Unit- ed States Treasury in Hong Kong states:-

The first intimation of this

""Conferences between the Stablisa- development came night but Mrs. Roosevelt's condi-

tion Board of China and representatives and British Banks have tion did not become alarming un-

of American tillate on Saturday.

been held in Hong Kong in the course of the last week in order to exchange The funeral, to be held at

views on recent developments arising will be [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] Hyde Park to-morrow,

Born in 1864 at Algonac, a

uut of the freezing procedures institut- United States and British Whether the United private.

few miles from Newbord, Newed by the The old lady spent most

York State,

Mrs. Government. Mr. J. A. Mackay, repre the late States will make a strong the Summer in her cottage on

Roosevelt spent

her childhood senting the American, and Mr. H. C. in Hong Kong where her father Hopkins, the British Banks, announced that they would cooperate fully with diplomatic protest to Ger-Campo Bello Island, New Bruns- wick. She left there for Hyde

was in business.

the Board in the attainment of common many against the submar-} Park on August 31.

objectives. They indicated they would White House officials are un- ine attack on the United

only buy or sell Foreign Exchange al result

the official rates fixed by the Board. The Chinese Banks have also promised States destroyer, Greer, able to say whether as a

of his mother's death, President

with In December, 1900, when the their whole-hearted cooperation could not be ascertained Roosevelt's broadcast due to-day

President was 18, his the Board. father died and from then on The Board appreciates the support from the State Depart-will be cancelled, deferred or de- present

livered at the scheduled time.

British and Mrs. Roosevelt's affection was the American, ment in Washington yes- If the latter course is adopted

the

understanding the broadcast would come from centred on her son, whose meter-Banks have pledged and feel sure that terday.

Hyde Park instead of Washing-oric career she followed step by arrived at mark substantial progress.

The view is that if there is go-ton. ing to be a protest it will be large- ly for purposes of

record inas- much as Germany has charged the Greer with being the aggressor.

Childhood In Hong Kong

It is presumed that President Roosevelt will air the sentiments of The late Mrs. Sara Roosevelt the United States in his world was the wife of James Roosevelt, broadcast on Thursday.-Interna- fourth cousin of President Theo-

dore Roosevelt. tional News Service.

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On her return to Algonac she married in 1880 James Roosevelt who was a distant cousin.

step with great pride.

Went To Paris

arrangements and

Chinese

"The Stabilisatión Board of China was Institutes by an agreement reach- ed on April 1, 1941 between China, the It United States and Great Britain. In September, 1937, at the age consists of three Chinese members, Mr. K. P. Chen (Chairman). Mr. Tsuyce of 83, the late Mrs. Roosevelt

one Ameri- cun member, Mr. A. M. Fox: one Brl. went to Paris at the invitation of Pel and Mr. Hsi Te-mou:

French Government. Shetish member, Mr. E. L. Hall-Patch. the

the Paris

Se Exhibition Mr. Choa-Ting-chi is its General where she was entertained to an cretary. The Headquarters are at the official luncheon. She entered the Central Bank Building. Chungking and temporary office in Hong Kong luncheon room on the arm of M. It has Bonnet who was then the French at the Hong Kong Bank Building.

"The United States and British Trea- Minister of Finance and previ- | suries will cooperate to the full to in- ously

Ambassador in Washington.

visited

It is

French

sure that information is available with regard to the freezing Orders issued by respective Government, The United States Government is delegat-

presumed that the late their Mrs. Roosevelt will be buried ating special personnel to be stationed in St. James Episcopal Church, in China and Hyde Park village, where the Pre-pose." sident's father was interred.

Mrs. Roosevelt was very active. attending many charitable func-, tions and State occasions but it is known that the President, when he went to Hyde Park for the week-end, wanted his mother to have "a check up" at the hands of her doctor-Reuter.

V

SHANGHAI MARKET MUDDLE

Quotations for free ex- change are not available in Shanghai to-day, fol- lowing the action of all authorised banks, under the recent freezing orders, in withholding exchange from the open market.

The result is that the only quotations available are: 3-5/32 and 5-5/16 for sterling and U.S. dollars, respectively, for permit- ted imports

It is understood that the Stabili- sation Board in Hong Kong, with which certain Shanghai bankers are now conferring, are attempt- ing to work out a scheme to ell- minate, all free exchange transac- tions, which the result that steri- ing and dollars will henceforth be available only for permitted Imports at scheduled rates. Aw-00 Nothing has yet been an=" nounced," and Shanghal i otill waiting In suspenso for clarifi cation. Some financiera are of the opinion that a free market will probably reduce Shanghal's trade by three-quaters. FEN Essential commodities imported under scheduled rates will pro- bably by rationed for the public through licensed dealers. Reuter,

Hong Kong for this

pur-

The condition of Mr. J. G. Campbell was stated at Kow- loon Hospital this afternoon to have "slightly improved."

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DEATH

KRING-At St. Teresa's Hospital, Kowloon, last night, 7th Sep- tember, 1941, N. L. Kring.. Funeral will take place at 5:30 p.m. to-day at the Protestant Cemetery Chapel

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