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BUTTER

KOWLOON TUNNEL CONTRACT

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New Evidence At A.R.P. Inquiry Change To Cost Plus Basis:

Business Of A Wife

DISCLOSURE THAT THE CONTRACT FOR A.R.P. TUNNELLING IN KOWLOON WAS ORIGINALLY BASED ON A FIRM PRICE PER LINEAL FOOT AND LATER VARIED, ON GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE, TO A COST PLUS TEN PER CENT. BASIS, WAS MADE AT THE RE- SUMED HEARING TO-DAY OF THE A.R.P. INQUIRY.

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CORDELL HULL DISCOURAGES OPTIMISM

The US Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, at his press con- ference yesterday, said he had no advices of any impending agree- ment ment concerning the Japanese American talks, which had been under way for several months.

or announce-

Mr. Hüll added there was nothing new : in the Japanese American sitúption.—— Reuter.

Wants To

Shoot Back

(SPECIAL" TO "CHINA

The head supervisor of the Kin Lee firm, - who obtained the contract, admitted that his wife was the sole proprietress of the trans- portation company engaged in removing the muck from the tunnels. He agreed that his wife's company was not formed until this year, but denied that it was started solely to undertake the sub-contract før removal of earth.

Wan Hin, managing partner of Messrs. Kin Lee, Building Con- tractors, was the first witness called this morning.

He told the Commission that there were two other partners in the firm, Tam Yiu-po, who lives in Ship Street, and Kwong Nai- kwong, whose address is in Hen- nessy Road.

In answer to a question by the Chairman, Mr. Justice P. E. F. Cressall, witness said his Arm were at present engaged on tun- nelling work, in Kowloon, for the; ARP. Department,

chat with Kwong Wing, one of

whether

machinery for opening tunnels.

WAR ON

U-BOAT

PIRATES?

Chairman: Now, will you tell (SPECIAL TO "CHINA, MAIL") the Commissioners, shortly, how you came to get the contract? - High quarters in Wash- In the very beginning it was the mngton forecast that Presi- engineer, Mr. Bishop, who had a dent Roosevelt, in his my fokis. Mr. Bishop enquired broadcast to-morrow, will we had engines and condemn piratical acts What month was this?-Sep- and submarine attacks, tember, As to the terms, I think Kwong Wing, so with special reference to the sinking of two Ameri- Where does he live?-In Jaffe can ships in the North At- Is that Kwong Wing (indicat-lantic and the other sin- ing a person sitting in Court)?king in the Red Sea..

be able to tell.

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Yes.

The chairman then asked The State Department reveals it Mr. D. S. Blake, who had has received: word that the 'attack entered an appearance for Kin on the U.S.S. Greer was a “blind Lee, If he would mind Kwong attack," the U-boat not bothering

Pleading for MAIL"!) Wing being asked to leave the to determine the nationality of the

so

we can shoot back," Capt. Holliday, master of the U.S. freighter "Steel Sea- farer," sunk by an uniden- tified plane in the Red Séa, has drafted a full re- port to the US Legation in Cairo for cabling to Washington.

Capt. Holliday added: are going to run into these fellows we should have guns.”“

Court. There were no objections. warship..

Nature of the protest to Ger Estimate Submitted many is entirely up to President Robseve't, the State Department Chairman: Did your foki tell- sald, but they rogard; all these you anything about this convers Incidente ha fagrant "violations sation he had with Mr. Bishop? of the freedom of the suas goin — He did. He asked me who- State Department officials any therm we had the equipment they will not be surprised if the and I said you. We were asked President tells the Navy in future. to submit an estimate to treat Axis submarines as pir- Who asked you? Mr. Bishop. ates if found in the sea. lanes bo- We submitted one and we were tween the U.S., Greenland and asked to make a test of 200 feet Iceland International News Ser-

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4BRITAIN SELLING He said the ship was not material. He and the crew row (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAILO blacked-out and it was bright "ed 24 hours to an island where Mr Jesse Jones, U.S. Fédéral moonlight. The plane resem- their signals were picked up by u Loan Administrator, sald yester bled a Gorman Junkers 88' and British warship..

day Britain contemplates selling gilded to 160 feet above the Others of the crew in another U.S. securities back, to pay the ship,before. bombing.")"

feboat were rescued by a Dan- $425 millions loan recently, ex- Capt. Holliday revealed the ship ish ship.--International News Ser-tended International Nowa Ser-

Vice was laden with Lease and Lendvice.

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President Roosevelt's action in calling a conference of Cabinet leaders, with the de- cision to reconvene Congress on Monday, lends belief that he is preparing to ask re- vision of outright re- peal of the Neutrality Act.

Congress has been recalled a week early presumably to speed passage of the Tox International

Bill

News Service:

Message To Pope

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA--MAIL") IDENTIFYING HIMSELF FOR

ATTACKED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Senator Clark, testify- ing before the U.S. Senate subcommittee ` yesterday, charged Hollywood film magnates controlling the industry with being de- termined to plunge the nation into war by propa- ganda.

He named Warner Bros., Joe Schenck, Zanuck, 20th Century. Foxr Korda, Chaplin, United Ar tists, Henry Luce and “March of Time."

Senator Clark warned he would do alf in his-power ta smash the movie monopoly. ''they' did not cease.

Counsel for the movie industry branded the hearing as an "h- quisition with no possible basis for the charges."-International News Service.

THE FIRST TIME AS AN "IN- was not disclosed, its length is TERMEDIARY," MR. MYRON thought by observers to indicate TAYLOR, PRESIDENT ROOSE- Mr. Taylor was the bearer of a VELT'S SPECIAL REPRESEN- highly important message from

The mess TATIVE AT THE VATICAN, President Roosevelt. YESTERDAY CONFERRED age might possibly bear on the WITH THE POPE FOR 70 MIN- United States attitude towards Russia-International News Ser-

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