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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940.

EUROPE GETS RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WAVE

London, July 31.

With the exception of Central France, where the dry spell entered "îts' 52nd day,West Europe's heat wave today generally shows signs of break- ing, but the Eastern seaboard of the United States continuos hot.

Britain, including London, had intermittent light

the

rain. The sharp change from sushine to showers scattered thousands of August Bank holiday crowds at the seaside, so used to sunshine that they were not provided with waterproofs. A cold wind with rain swept jeep! for the Channel and

coast, is continuing Holland. Belgium had rainstorns North Sea after a morning of sunshine, and fine, hot and sunny.

The Channel coast the temperature fell sharply in

was pro- imised cloui and some showers. Eastern Germany.

Across Atlantic, thunder- Jelearing tomorrow.

The

Berlin: Cloudy skies aforms brought relict to New Yorkom, sweltering in the city's

West strong terrupted "holtest ever July,"

Brussels: Belgium's Ave-week summer days. There Wis no drought ended "todny when ruin- ruins but temperatures fell back storms broke over most of the to 10 degrees Centigrade during country. They came as a sur-the night and reached only 17 prise in the late afternoon after fegrees Centigrade in the after- In morning of splendid sunshine, toon.

with a shade temperature of 20 degrees Centigrade.

Holiday-makers on the coast

enught, by

the downpatr Women in finis frocks at Os- tend scurried for shelter.

Wedther offietals prediet only a temporary respite, It may rain tomorrow, but Tuesday's forecust

hot and stay again.

The heat wave was unbroken

in his today the 52ol day of

the dry spell. The noun temperu- ture was 31 degrees Contigende,

Ta foreezint for the Paris re-

+372 winds today in-

serles #

of warm

forcens! some rain

Potsdam Observatory windy weather with in the

The next few days,

Hague: After a fortnight's exceptionally hot and sunny we ther, it rained all day today with in cold wind that kept holiday.

makers indoors.

from

Temperatures dropped between 20 to 29 degrees Cen- tigrade to about 18 degreas Centigrade.

Today's Grand Prix

motor races at Zandvoort were run in driving rain. New York: Thunderstorms to-

gion and the rest of France, ex-day relieved New York's Intense

ANGELA WANTS A CHURCH WEDDING

heat wave.

Temperatures were still

very bigh on the Eastern seaboard. Ai

New Jersey, the tem- Newark,

10 38 degrees perature soared Centigrade, It was 37 degrees Centigende at Portland, Maine.

About 10,000 people spent last night on the bench at Atlantic

City, New Jersey.

oficial stallifies sold that at 16 people had died as a re- kost 76 sult of the hot spell.

Rome:

Hundreds of thousands London, July 31. of Romans tel to

the sea today The British actress.

escape the stifting atmosphere Angelaj to

capital, where the then- Lansbury, said to-day that she of the will marry the Hollywood set moneter showed temperature designer, Peter Show, in a Lon-reading of 35 degrees Centigrade. dom church about August 12.

The pistiman-haired star, boru

In the Corkney district, planed to marry in historic Old Bow Church around the corner from her birthplace.

But a previous marriage to the actor, Richard Cromwell, ende

in divorce, und the Dow

Ron.

Vicar

and

Similar temperatures are ported throughout Italy. The continued hot dry spell is play-

the crops havoc with further electricity cuts are threa- tened as the mountain streams supplying hydro-electric stations have run dɛy,

Intermittent

London:

light

refused to quarry a divorced per-rain fell in most parts of Britain, including London, in the night and early moruing, clearing over London in the afternoon.

♫

She still insists on being mar- riert in a church and is still looking for churchman who will marry her and Peter.

Under the Church of England

divorced

may be person married in a church if the Vicar agrees.

ล

are

# th meantime," Angelo sati. La ས་

having a great | family counion and doing a lot | of sightseeing."—Associated Press.

RAF TEMPESTS FOR PAKISTAN

Nicosia, July 31. Thirteen Tempest

Öghters. bearing the Pakistan insignia, passed through Nicosia Airport today, bound for Pakistan.

Churchill Escapes

A Ducking

Gardone, July 31.

The motor boat in which Mr. Winston Churchill was riding sprang a leak and sank but the former British Pra- mier falled to get wet,

Mr. Churchill barely had time to transfer to another craft with his easel and painte when the boat in which ho was crossing the lake to the Eastern shore sank several yards off the jetty in front of His hotel.

The record boat brought him safely to: Saint Vigilio Point where he painted the landscape United Precu.

Referendum On Military

Service

Wellington, July 31. A referendum on whether of not there should be peacetine conscription in New Zealand will probably be held early In August.

SOCIALIST PARTY

་

MISSION VISITS KING LEOPOLD

Geneva, July 31,

M. Paul-Henri Spook, Acting Belgion Prime Minit- ter, arrived here tonight with a Socialist Party Mission to see King Leopold at his villa in Pregny.

M. Spook was accompanied by M. Jules Joseph Mer- : lot, Minister of Pensions, and M. 'Anton Spiney, Socialist Deputy and Burgomaster of Malines.

The fourth member of the vlous route, attenpling to shake party registered at the hotel as off following correspondents. M. Georges Prosper de Blieck, an They finally drove Into the industrialist.

grounds of a well-known Geneva the 12-inke-side restaurant-Reuter.

The four men maste hour journey from Brussels in a big, binck Cadillac. On their ar rival they went straight to their rooms. in ane of Geneva's loading hotels for a rest.

M.

Ieft

Speak and his party the hotel at 7.30 p.m. local time, waying that they were going ไฮ see the King.

M. Merlot, member of the Bel-

clalist

gian Socialist Party Executive, told correspondents: The So- Parly decided to send three delegates to try to clarity the situation which must Le colved in the Interests not only of Belgium but of Europe."

M. Merlot said that the So- ellist Party's polley bos not changed,

Not Against Monarchy "The Socialist Party has never declared itself against the Mon- A bill providing for the referen- archy as such. This is a situation dum has been introduced in Par-resulting from the war." Hament by the Prime Minister, Peter Fraser.

At the same time, Mr. Fraser explained details of the Govern ment's provisional conscription scheme.

It would provide that all Bi- tish male subjects ordinarily re- siding in New Zealand register on reaching the age of 18 and be called up for training a year later. the armed pervices

They would serve 14 weeks in and would have to take two weeks reserve training annually for the nex three years.

of 33,500 men would be affected It is estimated that an average each year, Mr. Fraser said. United Press.

GINGER ROGERS' MARRIAGE OVER

Hollywood, July 31. The film actress, Miss Ginger Rogers, and her husband, Jack Briggs, bare separated after six years of marriage. Her mother, Mrs. Lela Rogers, disclosed that the break-up had seepried.

Miss Rogers, who is 37, kas

before..

been Reuter.

married Twice

The sharp change from sun- shine to showers scattered thou- Bank Holiday sands of August

Liego, July 31. crowds at the seaside.

A Ukrainian miner who escap- High winds and choppy seas ed from his police escort on the spoiled Channel bathing and way to be questioned about the boating at some places and in the death of a Polish miner was Inter Dover area "no bathing" signals found in a policeman's house, were hoisted.-Reuter.

hiding under a bed. Reuter.

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BRITONS' HEALTH BETTER

Pittsburgh, July 31.

A British industrialist, one of group touring the United

States to study methods of cut- ting production costs, says that Britons are healthier than they were before the war.

Bertram White, Technical Di rector of the Federation of Bri tish Industries, sald that though the

Austerity

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Tho Industrialists advance guard of a large num ber of European experta com. ing to America study American woekmanship. industrial methods with district Pittsburgh they discussed engineers and manufacturers. - The party then drove by a de-Associated Press.

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