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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948.
ANOTHER MYSTERY IN MYSTERY WOMAN'S LIFE
Casablanca, December 15.
The mystery woman of the Near East has disappear ed from Tangiers in unexplained circumstancos. Among the adventures of the woman (Countess Marguerite d'Andurain) is said to have been
. a visit to the holy city of Mecca disguised as a
Bedouin tribesman,
Nothing has been heard of reported in Tangiers in her the 53-year-old Countess since yacht, Djeilun, in, which she early Inst month when she was was said to be planning to bring gold from the Belgian Congo for sale in Tangit is.
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The Countess left her home on" the morning of November 5 tell- Ing ber mak she would return for lunch.
She did not return and has not j been seen since.
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This IR Radio Hong Kong brondebsting on A frequency of 845 kiloeyeles, por second and mi 1.52 megacycles per second ini Tie Agener France the 31 metre band,
reported that the police kept the JI.K.T.
-matter secret order not to
prejudice their inquiries.
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London, December 15, A decision that all national servicemen serving in Royal Navy will have the opportunity of reaching om. cor rank during the poriod of their service, was announced by Mr. Dugdale,
Financial Secretary to the Admirsity. In the House of Commons to day.
Detalia of a similar schema in the Royal Marine being
out, he said.
worked
Router.
GOLD RUSH ON
IN SHANGHAI
LONDON BRIBE INQUIRY
Aliens A Watch
Office Kept
On Stanley
London, December 15.
Sidney Stanley, koy figure in the Tribunal probing alleged corruption in Government, circles, was said today to have been watched constantly since 1940 by officials sooking to enforce his deportation.
An official of the Aliens Office, Ernest George Warner, gave details of a deporation order said to have been made out in 1933 against Stanley and his brother, Marcus Wulkan, now in the United States.
Communist
Leaders Gathering
Warsaw, December 15.
A number of unknown pag- sengers arrived in Warsaw this morning on a special 'plane from
never affected Moscow.
Warner produced the order, friendship had which he said was made against any of his decisions as Minister Shanghai, December 18. Solomon Koshyzek, alias of Works.
This event, and the expecta- More than 80 rival gangsters Rechtand, known as Sid Wul-
tion of the arrival tomorrow of Mr. Key fight each kan and later as Sidney Ston-addressed Was shown Who attempted to
letters two high East European states- other in
to him by Captain men, is giving rise to suggestions mad JE
rush for les.
Shiner mentioning Intrade's ap- of a big international Communist gold and silver were taken into
The police had been
plications for leences. police custody yesterday for to trace Sid Wulkan from
He said gathering in Warsaw. these letters had never been! until 940, when it was no longer had been opened by bis depart- Foreign Minister and a member presented to him personally, but M. Dimitri Manuilsky, Ukraine
An expert in pearls and pre-failure cious metals, the blonde French- woman
to observe order
unable 1933
was thought in the two front of the four Government | possible to deport people to Po-ment alleials and repiled to of-1 of the Central Committee of the
world wars to have had contacts with Belish, French and Ger- mal scrret services. A friendship j with Lawrence Arabia was
spoken of.
Two Husbands
་
Her private life, described as complicated, has A spectacular background.
One husband, a Prague noble man, was found killed with 20 dingiter wounels in his body.
Auother, the Bedouin Sheikh Soleiman, alle mysteriously after!
A Quin Prostaking her to Becen
by Wied
banks.
A secant incident between po- lice, watchmen and traffle poltes for priority lu buying gold war narrowly avolded. Almost
of
land. The deportation order against his
brother, Marcus Wulkan, was recently revoked.
Earlier today, the 22nd day of the point of opening fire, two the hearing. the Minister gangs of policemen were paci- Works, Mr. Charles Key,
an fed by spokesman China Bank,
Tumultuous scenes were again witnessed in front of the four Government banks .ON milling and jostling crowds battled vantage points.-Reuter.
fications of the Ryered
Loпyniaus letter writers.
ninde
Russian Communist Party, also arrived unannounced in Warsaw
ficially.
Captain Shiner told the Tri- today. bunal he and been on friendly 1erms with Mr. Key and his Leading Communists from 22 family for 20 years. He had once countries are at present in the given
Mrs. Кеу แ miniature Polish capital, attending a Unity • by wireless set on her birthday, and Congress of the Polish Commun
had given the children books on it and Socialist Parties. Obacz. The Tribunal Chairman sak their birthdays.
vers here are studying the pos- four letters lind come 10 the
Ribility that second and more He said a Sunday tor Tribunal alleging that
newspaper significant meeting 1 taking coni-report quoting him as saying he place. named Intrude had, received special considera-cut through red tape was a de-
could approach Ministers ond Manulisky arrived by train and licences liberate lie, Ho had never sought
from the General Assembly In other to exercise any
Parik. He was met at Warsaw's Improper
in- main station by the Polish for. #fluence on
Ministers to Hot olga Minister, Bygmunt Med- licence granted, He believed zielewski and the Soviet Am-
PAKISTAN AND INDIA AGREE
New Delhi, December 15, A young nephew died in 1945
India and Pakistan announced being given poisoned today that they have renched #hocolate. A French court ac- very substantial ineasure of agree quitted, ber of charges in con-ment on some of their problems.
10 p.m.-nm the Editorials" (Tome | after
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2,25 p.m.-Gounoda "Prust". Arla 4 kah Principada, Chorus and Ore..
of the iris Opera conducted by Henri Tuner.
015 PAMÁSÁ Berial Story "Ever robtes, the Japper" by Hendy Wate. Head by CliTov!" Davies. (Budlei 0.35 p.m.-Ylott and Piano Reettal by
Fritz Kreld & Rachusanias»T. 10:00 p.m.-Radio News Reel, Landon
Relay)
10.15 rum.-Weather Report,
section with his death.-Reuter.' -Associated Press.
SHANGHAI GIRL'S PARENTS APPEAL
Lawrence, Massachusetts, December 16.
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only intervention by President Truman could save their daughter-in-law, the former Miss Lydia Bowern, a Russian, from death at Com- munist hands.
The Sharkeys want, to bring made 308 wartime flights over her to Lawrence from Shanghai | "The Hump:"
enemies."
to
em-
pany
tion in materials because Mr. Key and Ministers
director,
Limited
were friends of
Gordon Shiner, the director, hadTribunal had been inspired by a One letter alleged that Captain the anonymous letters sent to the
that housted to a newspaper reporter personal enemy, materials he wanted,
he could obtain any and had only to speak to a Minister to eut the red tape.
Close Friend
Bir
Belcher "Amared”
bassador, Vikto Lebedev, Lebedev drove to the Warsaw * airport this morning to eat the unknown arrivals from. Moscow. Observers speculate that some Eastern reaction may be expect Later, Bir Hartley Shawcrossed to the new move fer.an. At- referred to a report from the lanile pact by the Western Na- United States which he had 10H-Reuter.
quoted previously to the Tch bunal, describing Marcus 'Wal-
kan as an unmitigated scoun· ¦ An.
The Attorney General, Hartley Shawcross, zaid other communication on the affair, from a journalist, been found to be largely in #ccurate.
had
Mr. Key agreed that he was
drol.
He had
attributed it to the Proudfoot Agency but now it turned out the report was based on another but no less reliable had also received papers from the Foreign Omeo tending to confirm the aug. gestion made in the report.
a close porional friend of Cap-source. He
Shiner, but insisted
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Senorita Roxas Wed
French Dead To
Be Returned From Britain
Folkestone, December 16. The Tribunal heard a written soldiers and sailors, mony of The bodies of 300. French telegram from the football pool them victims of wounds 20- promoter, Abe
Sherman, who
and she has said: "I will com- Ile married a refugee Russlan
was said to be too II to attend. celved at Dunkirk, will be sent mit suicide rather than die a girl in May 1940 and was
Sherman sald Stanley had told back to their homeland today. him that Mr. John Belcher, Par- slow death
Theso and the under political Always when his plane crashed ployed by the Chinese National
Manila, December 16.
remains of limentary Secretary to the about 300 more of their fellows, The independent In a
Manila Board of Trade, was a particular some of them Free French who telegram
in the Shantung mountains kili- Chronicle said today that Ruby friend of his and he might be died in the Battle of Britain and ing all 43 persons aboard.-Unit Rexas, daughter of President Truman, the Sharkeys said yes- ed Press.
the late able to help Sherman with his other operations, have been dis- terday "The widow of our-hero.
-President-Manuel-Hoxas, was -paper-allocation.
interred-from-British cemeteries. son is in grave danger if she re-”
married recently in Madrid to
The 300 who will not be sent mains in Shanghol for another
Later, said the Sherman state back to France will be taken to rlay.
the son of a Manila physician ment, We have tried for more
Abo and than a year to bring her to our
and is now honeymooning in St. Horry, met Mr. John
his brother, Brookwood Cemetery near Lon- home and necessary papers are lu
Moritz, Switzerland.
Belcher don for reinterment. Harry told Mr. Belcher what Before the bodies aro sent the hands of the American Con-
Stanley had been saying about across the Channel to Dunkirk sulin-Shanghai
The groom was Vicente "Oxy" him that he had bribed Mr.today, there will be a ceremony
other gifis of money. had given him and Mrs. Belcher Ambassador, Rene Massigli, and
DAKOTA CRASH KILLS 26
Bogota, December 15. Twenty-six were killed when-a
"O son transported Chinese / Dakota of the Colombian Lanse / Hokas, son of Dr. and Mrs. Bal- Belcher with £2,500 and that heat Dover harbour. The French
am
The plane, which left Bogota
10.30 for Barranquilla at was found six miles from Facita- tiva
and American soldiers and mill- Company crashed near Bogota tary materials to. Major General morning. Claire Chennault throughout the war and lost his life when his plane crashed in 1947. We want you to help us, Thank you and may God bless you."
It had apparently crashed in flames after an engine failure.
The dead include 22 passengers,
Their son, Captain Thomas J. Sharkey, 28, is reported to have the pilot and co-pilot.---Reuter,
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The two families, though bear- ing the same surname, are not rolated.
Ruby left for Europe lost July! 10 and had intended to enrol in
girls finishing school in New York this winter.
The bride's mother, Mrs. Trini- dad Deleon Roxas, is residing in Manila-Associated Press.
representatives of the French and British War Offices are expected Mr. Bolcher was amazed at to attend. the
suggestions and saldi Upon arrival at Dunkirk the "Stanley is diety, lying little bodies, in metal coffins, will be bastard."
taken to Amiens, From there Sir Hartley Shawcross nounced that the evidence avail- of their families to their home an- they will be sent at the request able for the Tribunal had been towns and villages for burial completed. Reuter.
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