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一拜讀 號一月五英港香 MONDAY,

MAY 21,

1934.-

日九初月四

BIO CENTE

BINOAS

·HILIS PER ANNOR

DUNLOP Fort

unequalled by any other Tyre

in the world"

SENSATIONAL OFFICIAL INDICTMENT OF N.R. A.

CHICAGO

FIRE

DISASTER

1,500 INJURED: 2,000 HOMELESS

WORST IN U.-S. A. SINCE 1871

(Special to "Telegraph")

10 Téterapih. Copyright, Telegraphio Hei

Ordinancs, #37). Recrland May)

er, 20,3 in.)

Chicago, May-20.

Industry Regimented for Exploitation

ice Darinió

Chicago's hospitals are FOOT AND MOUTH

crowded with hundreds of persona injured in the most disastrous fire in Chicago's history, which raged out of· control for six hours, during which it completely gutted every building over an area of a square mile.

The parks are crammed with re- fugees from the outbreak, and the problem of finding them shelter is extremely pressing.

DISEASE

OUTBREAK IN TAI

HANG AREA

Considerable

NOT THOUGHT VERY SERIOUS

reticence is At the moment they are being being displayed in responsible and the quarters with regard to an out- "cotted" in the parks theatres, while nearby cities have break last week of foot and. mouth disease in the Causeway offered old.

Bay district.

It is now learned that the

The fire is described as the worst In the United States since 1871. It destroyed part of tho elevated authorities have been cognisant tramcar system and completely of the outbreak since the middle ravaged the stockyards which it is of last week. believed will take years. to rebulld.

35.M.P.H, CALE.

The affected beasts are located at Tai Hang, where there are one or two Chinese dairy farms.

DARROW BOARD'S

REPORT

"FAIR COMPETITION”

1

ILLUSORY

BOLD MONOPOLIST

PRACTICES

Washington, May 20. Regimentation of industry for the exploitation of the workers and consumers is the net result of the operations of the N. R.A., according to Mr. Clarence Darrow, chairman of the Recovery Review Board appointed by President Roosevelt to examine N.R.A. working.

A sensation has been caused throughout the United States by the publication of the report of the Board, and considerable prominence is given in all the lead- ing papers.

GEN. JOHNSON ON WARPATH

Demands Abolition of Board

Washington, May 20. General Hugh Johnson, N. R. A. Administrator, in a letter to President Roosevelt describes the Darrow Report as a superficial, intemperate and insecurate document.

lic urge the immediata abolition of the Review Board on the ground that it is of un service to anyone and "nothing but a political sounding-board."

The Board, he says, has pre- sumed after a few hours of .cavalier inquiry and prejudiced testmony, to paaa judgment on codca

upon which N.R.A. officials had spent weeks of inquiry and investigation."

The Board's continuances as a Government agency would enable it to promote private purposes at the public caponat. The Board is clearly incapable of fulfilling its functions,-~* Reuter.

FASCIST COUP IN BULGARIA

QUEER SHIFT IN ALIGNMENT

LIKELY TO BE PRO-FRENCH

Sofia, May 20. The establishment of a vir- tual Nazi dictatorship, under military domination,

in Bulgaria, has caused surprise throughout the greater part of Europe.

Germany is jubilant; Haly looks upon the development with ausple lon,

The un explanations given in Justification of military coup d'etat.

aro the

Political and moral decompoal- tion had reached alarming pro portions and the country was ini danger of reaching an impossible situation, declared the Miniator, Colonel Gueorgtuor, In Fejezan interview with Router inte to-

| night.

King Baris of Bulgaria, who has accepted the dictatoriblp virtually forced on him in the soup by the Non-Party Association,

A. FARTHING PWAR DEBT

PAYMENT

N.R.A. is alleged to work in favour of the great NEW VICTIMS OF "The now Government would, hu

capitalist trusts against the interests of smaller en- terprises. The steel and film industries are selected as typical examples of the domination of the larger companies.

SOCIALISATION RECOMMENDED

Mr. J. F. Sinclair dissented and

SOCIALISM DEMANDED.

GAS DISASTER

APPEAR WITH NEGLECTED BURNS

CLOTHING

Further contributions are

Bald, follow the same pulley as regards foreign affairs as the last.

NEW LEADER.

Colonel Gueorguloft, is a Afty- two-year-old retired Army officer. He was firat elected a Deputy In 1923 and was Minister of Com- munications in an earlier govern- ment. He may be described as મા stockily built and lost the sight Impressive man. Ho

eye in the Gront.ar. Sofla newspapers are ap- bearing normally, but are restrain- ed from publishing any criticism: of the dictatorship.

not

of

الد

PUZZLE FOR U.S. TREASURY

A LETTER FROM PORTSMOUTH

(Special to "Telegraph"}

(By Telegraph. Cepyrioni, Telegraphis Miam

Ordinamov, LIFI. Revstend St #3 .m.)

May

2004

Washington, May 20.

This grave indictment of the prises are left at the mercy of the A NEED FOR OLD National Recovery Administration large. is contained As far as is known at present,

in

An eighty- The foregoing findings are sign- thousand-word Report of the Na-ed by a majority of five members The outbreak commenced in the the disease is confined to the heart of the stockyards and above district and only a few tional Recovery Review Board, of the Board. spread with lightning rapidity beasts are effected. Mr. Mackenzie, chairmanship of Mr. Clarence has filed a separate Minority Re to hand for the. Telegraph's which has been meeting under the by the 35-mile gale, the Government Veterinary Sur fanned

It fa reported that a decreo, "leaping from the stockyards

geon, is in charge of the enues Darrow-the-veteran-criminal port

Fund on behalf of sufferers abolishing all political partics is into Italstead Street and raging and though he declined to make a lawyer, whose laat great case was through the business and residen- etniled statement this morning the honour-slaying trial in

in the gasworks disaster. about to be issued.

A surprise greeted off- tial districts in that part of the

Thero, is Honolulu.

a third and supple-The distributing centre an-

GERMAN VIEWS.

pials of the United States city for three hours.

The Board, it will be recalled, | mentary report, which is filed by

Darrow was established by President Mr. Clarence

and Mr.nounces that there is still A message from Berlin indicates Treasury Department when Roosevelt Jome time ago and W. M. Thompson

much need of help. Every unofficial Nazi circles at the dressed to them by Mr. Mar- that jubilation is expressed by they opened a letter ad- directed to ascertain whether thei This says that there is no hope) N.R.A. codes tended to promote for the small businessman or for case handled is subjected to Bulgarian developments.

The tin monopolies or to eliminate or op-complete recovery in enforced the closest scrutiny:

Finn, a resident of press emall enterprises..

restrictions upon production for

Portsmouth, the English the purpose of maintaining higher

naval port. prices.

Over

The flames leaped to a height of hundred feet, and spread three-quarters of a mile wide and a mile long, one great blazing in- ferno.

CATTLE PANIC.

The firemen were hampered in

ho

gave the assurance that the outbreak is not a very serious one.

CHINESE FINANCIAL

REFORM

combatting the flames by the low Important Conference

pressure of the water supply and

an appeal was made over the wire- less to all residents of Chicago to refrain from using any water dur- ing the outbreak except where absolutely casential.

Begins To-day

Nanking, May 21. The Chinese Financial Admin}-

Minister.

"SAVAGE AND WOLFISH."

After investigating one hundred and thirteen complaints against eighteen of the codes, the Board finds that the phasa "fair com- petition is merely resounding and illusory..

the difference.

ANTI-TRUST LAWS.

"The hope of the American people, including the small business man, les in the planned use of America's full resources, following Socialisa-

·tion.”

ORGANISED EXPLOITATION.

coup is regarded as another sign of the need for the iron fist in The St. John Ambulance modern European government distributing centre Wan kept The new Bulgarian Government extremely busy during the week is warmly welcomed in Belgrade. end Investigating requests for It is believed that one of its main one farthing, and was Assistance and making grants. tasks will be to clear up the

A fact now disclosed for the first time is that many of the victims of the disaster who received burns did not

to hospital, but have been temporarily cared for by friends. Several such cosce pre-

go

The letter contained 1. coin,

sent "o

Macedonian Terrorist Association account of the British war debt." in preparation for Yugo-Stay- Bulgarian Allance,

The letter declared: Congress says that Britain must pay and so, as a humble Briton, I am sending It adds: "What the powerful

INTERESTING REPORT. my bit. That's all I can apare. The livestock in the yards were, strative Conference ቢዘ In-producer calls fair, his weaker

The sooner you realise it and the- where possible, sot loose in the augurated this morning at Cen- rival fiercely denounces us most To give sanction to the Govern seated themselves to the distribut- Minister In Paris, who has been the bettor."

Reports that the Bulgarian

sooner you write it off the alate streets. Many of them were al trai Government House, under unfair.

ment to sustain profits could not ing centre yesterday, one particu- recalled, to Sofia, will become ready burning, carrying the flames the presidency of Dr. H, H. Kung,

"There is no way to reconcilo be described as Planned Economy, larly pathetic instance being that Foreign Minister, leads to as they ran screaming down the the

Treasury officials are perplexed the but as refimented organisation of an old man of 79 years, badly belief that Bulgaria has been about how they should credit the streets, adding to the confusion, Over 500 officials, mostly fin- "All competition to-day is savage, for exploitation.

burned about the feet and face. brought from the Itailan to the farthing. It is estimated that three hund-ance commissioners and high off wolfish and relentless and can be The transfer of the powers of The only clothing he had was

the N.R.A. to the Federal Trade borrowed suit.

French sphere of influence. red blocks have been destroyed and cinis of vrrious provincial Gov-nothing else."

It is not likely to be applied to that the damage will amount to as ernments, attended the conference,

Commission, would, In the opinion

In Rome the coup is welcomed the reduction of the British debt One or two other cases provided as another sign of the growth of as it is not an officially sponsor- high as $25,000,000.

The conference, the first of its

of Messrs. Darrow and Thompson, evidence of neglected burns, and kind, will be devoted to a lis- cussion of ways and means to im- The Report recommends a ro-help to inform the public of the grants have been nfate in all suchascism. On the other hand, the ed payment.

rapprochement with Yugo-Slavis, It will probably be added to the prove and regulate financial ad-turn to the principles of the inherent difficulties of the amall cases.

bringing Bulgaria into the French Conscienco Fund-Reuter Special. There is a distinct need for old sphere of influence is the cause of One hospital alone has treated ministrative systems in all pro-Sherman Anti-Trust laws for the man at the present stage of in- 45 fremen, ten of whom were in vinces and to reform the age-old Turpose of restoring the normal dustrial development and the clothing. which would be greatly strong disapproval, particularly in A Borious condition. Physicions land inxation system.

competition which the Board be capital structure of the United welcomed at the Ambulance view of the fact that the Queen of are surprised at the small number; The accrstarint of the Confer-lieves to be one of the great needs States-Router.

Brigade distributing contre at Bulgaria is a daughter of the of fatalities-belleved to be three-ence has received no less than of the time.

King's College. but it is pointed out that the alarm seventy-five proposals for dealing The Report further maintains was sounded early, All employees with these problems, from various that price-fixing by industry and of the yards were able to escape and provincial govornments, which price regulation by government the people in the residentini blocks will be given due consideration at would Involve practically the had plenty of warning.

the Conference--Central News. same dificulties,

FIREMEN BADLY HURT.

The bluze started at 3 p.m. and by nine p.m. had destroyed a squaro mile of property and was still burning, although control had been gaiited.

An embargo has been placed upon cattle entering Chicago.- United Press.

.400 FIREMEN BADLY

BURNED

HEAVY MUNICH ·

SENTENCES

FOR ANTI-NAZI ACTIVITIES

MONOPOLY EVILS,

BORDER BATTLE

RECALLED

i

FISHERMAN DIES IN

HOSPITAL

The St. John Ambulance Brigade Fund has been further auppie- plemented by another contribution

King of Italy.

ITALY CHECKED.

of $150 from the Kung Sheung Po Italy is a distinct cheek to Italian The weaning of Bulgaria fromt Fund.

10.00

policy in the Balkens na Italy has Already acknowledged.. $3,070.85 hitherto boon the champion of 'of treaty rovision in favour Class 7 A. Ellis Kadoorie.

Bulgaria, and has counted on School

Bulgaria në a potential ally Reuter.

50.00

·10,00 25,00

Officers 1st, Batta. South

Wales Borderera

The problem of policing indus-| try in order to prevent price The police this morning stated competition, on which the Ameri- that Cheung Fan, 27, a fisherman CAN public has long relied to of Fung Hong village, has died in avoid the ovlls of monopoly in-hospital of a soptic wound in the Regnas efficiency in business and high arm.. prices, would be insuperable.

Canton Sympathisers Last Thursday's gun fight on A, Gray

In a special reference to the the New Territories border is Mr. Le Koon-kan motion picture industry, the Re-recalled. Armed raiders believed Mins Lo Tam-yong port says that monopolistic prae- to have crossed over from Chineas Per St. John Ambulance tices are bold and aggressive and | territory, fired upon · an Indian Brigade (Mr. Wal Pd- Mr. (Bu Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphia Marta maller enterprises are cruelly police patrol of three men when

Cucaping from an

(Special to "Talsgraph")

Reuter Story Of The Outbreak

Capit

Ordinance,

| 21, 8.50 -8.m.)

Chicago, May 20.

10. Reseived

Hoppressed,

MAJORITY REPORT.

Unsuchess-

ful early-morning attempt

cheung, $30: Young Wing-hoog. $10; Mr. Chol Man- choung, $5; Mr. Lung Kam-chuan, `$5)

Total

10.001

5.00

6.00 TWO MOTORING

MISHAPS

VICTIMS SENT TO HOSPITAL

60.00

$2,236,35

Munich, May 20...

to rob a fruit merchoat Sentences of eight years, fivo Monopolistic conditions in the nt Shataukok village. In years and three years' ponal sor-stool industry have long existed the ensuing gun fight, two of : Three Aromen were killed and vitudo were to-day passed upon owing to the absolute control by the men aro belloved to have beon: over a hundred and fifty seriously three residents of Kaiserlautore, the larger companies. This con-wounded before they escaped with Injured in the giant fire in the who was accused of communient trol is assured through the Ameri- the others. stockyards, which is still raging ing to a foreign government acan Iron and Steel Institute,jupčka rama, mamylag thespiadad believed that nonfal falsified order purporting to come which in lost to represent Flats LED Drama has been gained.

from the national headquarters the large and small enterprises, with a abot wound his detention, bolag, ined for the wook bygge Up to the present at least two of the storm troops. Router but in reality, owing to the voting on suspicion of having been con- Macfadyen in the Central Police

(Continued on Page 18,): Special.

{ arrangements, the small enter nected with the affair, followed. Court this morning..

tha

The posachaton of 19 po phụ lottery:

In a collision between a motor car and a hand truck in stone Nullah Land, yesterday, the coolio pulling the truck was knocked down and his removal to hospital with serious injuries followed.

Admitted to hospital, yesterday

have been the victim of an accident on the foland Rond when he was struck by a motorcar

Fan Loung, a quarryman, dropped a distanco of 30 feet when he slipped and fell down a, quarry at Shaukiwan yesterday.

'wan' cónvoyed to hospital suffering from serious in: jurles.

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