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DISASTER: PLOT THICKENS

CORONER FORCED TO GIVE UP FORMULAS

VISITED BY U.S. NAVAL OFFICER

ACTING ON SECRET ORDERS

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New York, June 13.

Another dramatic development in the train of the unexpected re- velations following the Newark- Chicago airliner disaster, has en. hanced the atmosphere of secrecy and mystery.

To-day, an unidentified naval officer called upon Mr. Victor Burke, Coroner for the Liberty, NY. district, and forced him to surrender all the chemicals and

BRITISH WARSHIPS IN COLLISION

Codrington And Acasta Damaged

London, June 13. Two British destroyers. H.M.S. Codrington and H.M.S. Acasta, were in collision off Malta during flotilla exercises last night. There were no casualties to the personnel.

H.M.S. Codrington was damaged forward and the Acasta suffered some damage on the starboard side, her davits being torn away and boats damaged. British Wireless,

VILLA PIZANI

DEFENCE

HITLER-MUSSOLINI PRECAUTIONS

GUARD OF 300

chemical formulas found in the PICKED TROOPS

second bag of the chemist victim of the tragedy, Mr. B. W. B. Bader. The naval officer, who declined

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to give his name, is believed to have produced an authority from the Naval Department in Webing- | *i, kas mu ton.

He departed na mysteriously as he come.

PROMISE NOT ENOUGH?

Migra

Geneva, June 14. Remarkable precautions have been taken to prevent

日三初月五

BROKEN ASTOR ROMANCE: £50,000 RING RETURNED

JOHN JACOB JUNIOR APOLOGISES

EMPRESS EUGENIE

DIAMOND.

"LANGUAGE" TO FIANCEE

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New York, June 13. A magnificent diamond engagement ring, valued at £50,000, which was given by John Jacob Astor, Junr. to his former fiancee, Miss

John Jacob Astor.

LABOUR

Eileen Gillespie, has now SHOWDOWN

been returned to him.

The ring was restored after he'

apologs required Gillespie's Miss

hail sent of... hima

an

by

parents.

Young Astor, who is only twenty- one years of age and who is one of the world's richest young acquiring a fortune of over $3.-

men,

IN U.S.

KURAMOTO AFFAIR

JAPANESE STRANGELY SILENT

PRESS INTERVIEWS FORBIDDEN

Nanking, June 14. After all the fuss that the Japanese authorities made concerning the disappear- ance of Mr. Kuramoto, they are to-day strangely silent.

Up to timn-time to-day, there had been no indication of the the Japanese ometal attitude as result of the discovery of the Vice-Consul's whereabouts.

No statement was made when Mr. Kuramoto was officially handed over to the care of the Consulate yesterday afternoon and this morn- ing no Japanese representative called on the Chinese, authorities. It is learned that ufler Mr. Kuramoto was sent to his home yesterday afternoon, the Japanese Consulate instructed that a close watch be kept for fear that he

STEEL STRIKE THREAT might again attempt suicide.

DECISION TO-DAY

000.000 on attaining his majority, PRESIDENT MAY

TAKE ACTION

broke off his engagement to Miss Gillespie in January because of alleged interference by the girl's parents.

He proclaimed that he "put his foot down" when Mise Gillespie's parenta "wanted to go with us on

HONEYMOON OFFERI her parents had not inter The Coroner expressed great the Hitler-Mussolini rendez-fered everything probably would surprise at the action and stated

from becoming a have worked out all right," said that he had earlier promised the Vous

for Astor, sober and unsmiling, when Intelligence Department of the centre..of attraction

explaining his broken romance. Navy Oze that he would not permit any of the formulas or the anti-Fascist organisations.

be It is officially announced from nature of the chemicals to

Terlin that Herr Hitler will be revealed.

Signor Mussolini in our honeymoon," The appearance of the naya) meeting icer has caused considerable Venice to-morrow and that they dditional conjecture about the will discuss "the general political Contents of the bag that was blown situation.” to pieces, although it is not yet

Rome is officially silent on the definitely established that the bag topic of the coming conversations, was the origin of the mid-air but Signor Suvich, the Under- explosion that east seven lives--Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has left for Venice, where Baron von Neurath. be German Forelgu Minister, is also arriving to pre-

disenssions, to-night.

United Press.

SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL are the way for to-morrow's

ENTERPRISE

Big Loan Likely for Public Works

Shangh, June 14. The Municipal Government of Greater Shanghai is credited by the Chinese newspapers with a decision to float a new loan of three and

half million dollars.

MODERNISING VILLA, Workmen are busily engaged in introducing modern facilities the Villa Pizani, in Stra, installing

at

electric light and bathroom pipes, A ten-foot wall a mile and half long surrounds the house and grounds, and three hundred picked troops will guard the wall while Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini are in residence.

Signor Mussolini will occupy the room of Napoleon'a brother-in-law, The fann will be employed for the Beauharnals-Beuter Special. construction of stadium, a libraries, hospitals, slaughter-houses and for rond re-

museum,

pairs-Reuter,

MARINES ATTACK PIRATE LAIR

ACTION BY CHINESE NAVAL FORCE

STOP

PRESS

Excitement was caused at the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank this afternoon by the detection by

bank officials of a number of ex- ceedingly elever forgeries of $500

He said he was still wondering why the ring had not been return ed to him. It was made, he said from one of the world's largest diamonds, which his grandfather obtained in France many years ago, having been crown jewels of the Empress Eugenie.

part of

Pittsburgh, June 13.

The Japanese Consulate had also forbidden any press interviews.--. Reuter:

Leading Doctor Sent From Shanghai

Shanghai, June 14. One of Shanghai's leading A great show-down in the

Japanese doctors has arrived in increasing labour unrest in Nanking to attend to Mr. Kuramoto, the United States may be who will not be questioned until he recovers from the strain of his forthcoming shortly.

experiences.

"There are rumours of plans for repressive measures that are, it is said, now being developed. in

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ANOTHER GLORIOUS

WIMBLEDON

Over Hundred Men's Singles Entries

London, June 13. One hundred and eighteen entries have been accepted for the Wimbledon men's singles lawn tennis cham- pionships, representing nearly every country in the world. For the ladies been singles, 86 entries

Wiro- accepted.-British

less,

FAMILY OF FIVE MURDERED

MAN ARRESTED: ALLEGED CONFESSION

MENACING MOBS ROUND GAOL

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GERMAN BORDER Menacing

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TERRORISM IN

AUSTRIA

NAZI INVADERS ACCUSED

scenes

June

New York, June 13.

were wit- nessed round the local jail at Susanvile, California, to-day, when a raging mob threatened to break in and lynch an alleged wholesale murderer now in

custody.

The whole district has been shocked and incensed by the din-

covery of a terrible tragedy ina lonely residence on the outskirts of the town, in which a whole. family and a visitor were brutally murdered.

A man named Alos! has been arrested in connection with the terrible crime, involving five murders..

Vienna, June 13. The Austrian Government, despite the Pressure of the Heimwehr leaders, is still refrain- ing from violently forceful mea- sures against the terrorist acti- vitics.

in an endeavour to check the epidemic of terrorist outrages, the Director of Security in the Province of Voralberg has now children, and a friend, Miss Anna ordered the complete closing of the German frontier.

This is as far as the authorities are at present prepared to go.

Even minor traffic is prohibited. The peasants along the frontier are to be prevented from crossing and re-crossing us is their wont.

GERMANS ACCUSED.

FAMILY WIPED OUT." He is accused of slaying Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fazio, their two

mlatani.

The scene at the household of death was almost indescribable. The place was covered with blood' and had been converted into the appearance of a shambles, sug- gesting that a madman had run amok.

Matters are likely to be Chinese despatches from Nan- brought to a head if the king attribute his strange interlude to disappoinment that he had re- crisis threatening in the mained as Vice-Consul for many

Alasi is alleged to have con- steel industry develops. years without promotion and assert

The order declares that the feared to the crime and ia pur- that he was also mortified when he was not included in the lets or frontier will remain closed until porled to have said that the Fazlo

of the the outrages cease and alleges that family has broken up his home. guests at the dedication

MENACING CROWD. new Foreign Office building-Re Germans have been crossing the frontier every night into Voralberg in order to commit outrages.

The mobs gathered round the The Austrian Government has submitted to the Italian Under local prison grew during the day for Foreign Affairs, and several times threatened to Secretary

and deal out Signor Suvich, all the material raid the premises that has been collected which

summary justice. could prove that Germany is guilty! of inspiring the outbreaks of violence.

Washington.

With the Administration and the the country walling tensely, hoping

ter,

against hope that something will CHIANG KAI-SHEK BOUND be accomplished at the eleventh- hour to ward off the strike of

FOR NANKING 400,000 steel workers, delegates from steel mills all over the 31iss Gillespie's parents state country are pouring into Pitts

PARENTS' STORY.

Week

that Mr. Astor was offered the burgh by ear. bax and train for Likely To Stay For A ring and other non-transferable the Convention of the Amalgamat- presents eight days after the ed Association of Iron, Steel and romance was dramatically ended, Tin Workers, at which the strike

wrote upon condition that he apologising for the language that decision will be taken. he used towards Miss Gillespie and retracting the threats that he made concerning her and her family.

He had now done so and matter was at an end.

the

Mr. Aator has since become engaged to another girl.--Reuter Special.

ITALY'S BATTLESHIP DECISION

Question Raised in Commons

London, June 13. Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, said in the

SLACKENING EXPECTED.

The

Government, however, ex- pects a slackening of the tension and has not, therefore, taken the Nanchang, June 14.

nggressive steps demanded by the READY FOR STRIKE.

General and Madame Chiang Heimwehr. Kai-shek proceeded to Kuling, Dr. Dollfuss probably has high The leaders of the Union clalm where they met Mr. Lin Sen, hopes that the Hitler-Mussolini, that over one hundred thousand Chairman of the National Govern conversations at Stra will bring nu workers out of 100,000 had declared ment, lust evening. General end to Germany's active stimula- thair readiness to down tools at any Chiang is dying to Nanking this tion of chaos in Austria against moment.

evening to attend the Graduation Italian interests.-Reuter. They assert thut-they are able Exercise of the Central Military to close the activities of nearly College to-morrow. every mill in the country

He will stay in the capital for

a week, during which he will, with

More conservative leaders, like Mr. Tighe, are striving to reach Mr. Wang Ching-wel and other compromise to prevent the strike. Government lenders, exhaustively

The principal demand of the review outstanding internal and steel workers is recognition of external problems.-Central News. their right to choose their own representatives for collective.

BRITISH TRADE GROWTH

NOTABLE INCREASE ON LAST YEAR

London, June 13. Preliminary Board of Trade re- turns of British overseas trade for May show

totalling Imports £61,727,000 against £56,330,000 In ATTEMPTING TO SWIM April, and against £57,276,000 in

bargaining, in other words, the MAN DROWNED AT termination of the system of Com-1 pany Unions in the steel industry. PRESIDENT SEEKING POWERS.

A report from Washington says that sweeping powers to enable President Roosevelt to deal with tho strike are reported to be in

SHING MUN

RIVER

A drowning fatality occurred at

notes. Shanghai, June 14. Three Chinese gunboats with

This morning, one forged note Marinen on board have been sent believed to have originated in House of Commons that his at preparation and will be contained to attack a pirato Inir on Hainomoyu Maeno WAB handed in, and attention had been called to Italy's) in a new Labour Resolution, the Shing Mun Valley yesterday, the draft of which it is stated is be- victim being Lui Chun, 33, work- Island, off the coast of Fukion, accepted, the forgery being dis-decision to lay down immediately in rushed by the Administration. mon employed on the waterworks. The man was attempting to cording to reports from Nanking.

It is stated that the marines

cross the river by swimming, when have already landed and are search-

ja audden rush of water, aweeping ing for the desperadoes.-Reuter.

downstream, carried him out of sight of a number of horrified on-

RAIN PROBABLE

covered later.

Examination of other notes re vealed that about a dozen other $500 notes in the bank's posses- slon were forgeries.

A bank official described the for- A ridge of moderately high gerica na very good and said that pressure extende from S. W. China they could only be detected by across the castorn Sea, Loochoos examination of the water-mark,

two 35,000-ton expital ships...

The whole subject of future naval limitation in connexion with the 1935 conference was under the government's close consideration.

Invitations had recently been issued to four other countries, signatories of the Washington

-Reuter.

CROYDON AERIAL

DANGER

Inokers.

The body has not been recovered.

and the Bonins to the Pacific. round which, in the forgeries, there and London Naval Trentica, to HEIGHT OF PYLONS TU mona question about danger to

Prosaure is relatively low over in a white ring.

Other local banks

South Manchuria and tho south

A part of the China Sea. Local fore-warned.

cast:-East winda, moderate;

probably some rain.

take part in preliminary bilateral conversations in the future. All have been relevant technical questions would, it was hoped, bo discussed | In

these

conversations.--British Wireless.

BE REDUCED

►

F

May, 1933.

and

Exports were valued at £32,769,- 080, against £30,100,000 in April 1934, and £30,766,000 in May, 1938 and ro-exports at £4,787,000 against £5,010,000 to April 3,820,000 in May last year.

For the five months, January to May, 1934, importa totalled £301,- 249,000 against £267,003,000 in the corresponding period of 1933.

Exports. for the five months totalled £167,608,000, against £118,877,000, and re-exporto $24,708,000 against £19,941,000.---| British Wirelcon.

alrcraft from the overhead-electric

Tang Pul, living at 106 Main Street, nylona at Croydon, sald orders had Shauklwan, fractured his skull yester London, June 13. beon fasuod for their immediate day when attempting to slight from Sir Phillip Sassoon, Under-Secre- reduction to a maximum height of a moving tram. le has been admitted

to hospital. tary for Air, replying to n Com-135 feet-British Wircices.

The Sheriff is prepared to move the prisoner if the situation gets any worse-United Press,

PULITZER PRIZE FOR SHANGHAI?

YOUNG RUSSIAN'S REWARD

Shanghai, June 14. - News has reached Shanghai that Mark Ginsbourg, a twenty-five- year local Russian, is one of three alternates on the nomination of the teaching staff of the School of Journalism of Columbia University for a travelling scholarship of U.S.$1,500, being ono of the Pulitzer prizes for 1939--Router.

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