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PLOT TO KIDNAP
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sent. immediately to Manchester while work proceeded on the rofit- ting of wings and undercarriage and oorhaal of the ongines. In fors than week the fascingt, straight and true in evory pari, was back at Hamble Mon tackled with redoublod vigour the final task of Assembly and to-day the veteran "Southern Star," rejuvenated and "as staunch" na British engineering
skill can make her, is ready for Washington, Jan. 23.-Chiengo her long journey of 13,500 miles dispatches to-day reported that thin back to Sydney and Melbdurne. Since her departure from Sydney Chicago police have succeeded in on the homeward trip she had more exposing a plot to kidnap General than her share, of adventure; but Charlos U. Dawes, the retiring she is certainly provided a notable demowetration of the sage
United States Ambassador to Great with which von major damage can, be Britain, and hold him for ransom. repaired in a modern British sore- plane. And that is a point of some minent for the aircraft operator in any country.
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The reports of the plot to kidnap General Lawes, who is shortly, a become the executive heq of the Toderal Emergency Finance Recou- struction Corporation, have served to zovive interest in the bill ålröads prosocited to the Congress by Senator Rosene C. Patterson, Ro- publican Missouri, which would authorize federal operatives to deal with interstala kidisapping.
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the eases her only state and local ofials have jurisdiction.
General Bawea is sado in Washing- ton and it is believed that any plans to have him kidnapped in Chicago, his home, have been frus- trated
New Finance Corporation. General Dawes, and Mr. Eugene Mayor, the Governor of the Federal Reserva Board, conferred to-day re- garding the organisation of the Federal Emergency Finance Reacon- struction Corporation as guard were required to cope with the ¡oprush of job seekers.
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So groat was the press of the erowds attempting to obtain em. ployment, with the Reconstruction Corporation that, special police ba to be summoned to duty to control the situation. General Dawes in to- be appointed executive head of the Corporation while Mr. Meyer will be the Chairman of its Board of
Directors.
Without a recurd vote the Honsu of Representatives to-day passed a bil providing for the appropriation 6f 0.8300,000,000, as the initial capital of the Reconstruction Cor- poration, which is designed to limber up credits and speed a re- turn of prosperity. The appropria tion measure urged by President "Hoover, having been passed by the House now goes to the Senate for early action next week.
The bill providing for the creation of the Reconstructión Corporation was finally passed by the House and Senato yesterday and signed by President Hoover at the White House.
FORMER PLANTERS OUT OF WORK.
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London, January 12-Many men who were formerly engaged in planting or mining in Malaya are till making unsuccessful search for work in Great Britain. I heur that a number of those most un- happily situated dre receiving financial assistance from the Euro- pean Unemployment. Fund raised in Malaya, through the good offices of the Agency...
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One of these unfortunato men whom I met recently, asked that his gratitude to Malayan contributors to the fund should be expressed through the columns of the Straits Times and suggested that." Euro- poans out of jobs in Malaya would do wall to stay there until the economic storm blows over..
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"FORGOTTEN BY FRIENDS:"
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The frieads I have helped have Your best I confirmed this information on now forgotten me. inquiry from the superintendent of friends often prove your deadliest the home referred to, which does enemies. splendid work in alleviating. dia- tross He informed me that a num ber of men from Malaya had been giyen food work and a bed there this winter, including mm who used to work on rubber estates.
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