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ROOSEVELT V. ROOSEVELT IN THOSE GOVERNMENT FLATS:

POSTPONEMENT PROBABLE

NEXT PRESIDENTIAL PACE?

CHINESE IN

N. Y.

AIR CRASH

TRAGEDY MARS

WELCOME TO TSAI TING-KAI

COLLISION IN MID-AIR

(Special to "Telegraph")

Chu Telegraph. Copyright, Talspropalo ži

Ordinance, 2004 Received Augsat 21.12.2 pm:)

WITZE

New York, Aug, 23.

Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor of England, whose visit to the United States has, of course, aroused much speculation sa usual,

THEODORE'S ATTACK

ON THE NEW DEAL

RETARDED RETURN OF PROSPERITY

STRIKING COMPARISONS

(Special to "Tolograph")

(A Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphic Mon magra Ordinance, 1091. Received August

14. 10.30 am,

New York, Aug. 23.

A slashing attack on the New Deal and the general

In a mid-air collision over RE-TRIAL OF basis of the Roosevelt Re-

New York between two Chi-

nese-piloted machines to- day, one of the fliers was killed and the other slightly injured

The smash occurred over the city and one of the planes went hurtling down and crashed on the top of an apartment house.

The tragedy, married the plans of the Chinese community at New York for the reception to General Taal Ting-kai, the hero of the Shanghai War and later a pro- minent figure in the ill-starred Fukien revolt against Nasking.

NULLAH CASE

SPECIAL JURY TO BE CONVENED

TRIAL TO RE-OPEN" NEXT WEEK®

The Telegraph learns that

covery programme was made to-day by Colonel Theodore the Roosevelt, cousin of President and former Governor-General, in the Philippine Islands.

The Importance of the speech

lica in the fact that Republican

elreles are being vigorously can vassed by an influential section of the Party in support of Col: Theo dore Roosevelt's candidature as the fi opponent of Mr. Franklin Roosevelt in the next Presidential

election.

Colonel Roosevelt, addressing a Rhode Island, to-day, declared that the National Recovery Act had "retarded the return of prosperity through its maze of regulations and the attempted dictatorship of the Administrátor."

General Tsai Ting-kai, who is a Special Jury will be con-Republitan rally at Providence.

have rehabilitated vened for the re-trial of the believed to himself with the Nanking Govern-Nullah outrage murder ment, arrived to-night aboard the

Wednesday German liner, Bremen, and the case which on Chincar airmen were up with the was left undecided by the idea of flying out to sen to meet

failure of the Common jury the incoming liner.

to agree.

STUNTING MISHAP.

U. 5. BEHIND WORLD. He urged strict economy in Government expenditures, balanced budget, proclaiming that

In lieu of the normal light rains, London this year has bad long periods of bright weather punctuated by heavy thunderstorms, similar to that which broke over the City yesterday. Photo shows the Regent's Park Zoo when a storm burst at the end of last month.

TRIBUTE TO

BRITISH FORESIGHT

CONSISTENT AIR PROGRAMME

COMMENT OF U.S. EXPERT

London, Aug. 23...............

The Chief. Justice, Mr., A‚_D._A...__ Prior to setting out, they began MacGregor, will probably again stunting over the city and a slight preside and if the present trial

Mr. Clark Howell, Chairman of collision occurred, although one concludes in time the Nullah trial as the result of the Franklin the Federal Aviation Commission, of the planes was sent down out will be re-opened on Wednesday Roosevelt pulley; the United States set up by President Roosevelt, who of control.

was relatively worse off to-day next.

been risiting continental Edward On Wah, a twenty-six-

any, other country in the has The Attorney General, the Ilan. than year-old expert plot, was in the Mr. R. E. Lindsell, said this after-world,

centres to investigate the various

JGEMINI ADAM

BRITISH TENNIS

SUCCESSES

Yankee Trounces

Porry and Miss Botty Rainbow

Nuthall

Germanstown, Aug. 23. F.. J. Perry and Miss Betty Nuthall scored an excellent victory in the American open mixed doubles cham- pionship to-day. states Router They defeated W. Allison and. Mrs. Van Ryn in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5.

Another signal British victory is recorded in the Sports Pages.

MILE VICTORY IN CUP TRIAL Newport, R.I., Aug. 23.

ERECTION BEING

STAYED FOR TWO YEARS

FINAL DECISION NOT REACHED

IN HANDS OF GOVERNMENT

The Telegraph ́ ́under- stands that there is every likelihood of progress with the erection of the May Road flats being postponed for two years.

The purpose, it is stated, is to enable Government to clear off. certain large commitments, auch as the now Government Civil Hospital, the 100 foot rond at: North Point, the Upper levels Police Station, etc......

The only work which has been Idone on the site to-date is that of clearing the brushwood, but tenders for the elte preparation will be in by the end of the current. modth,

When a Telegraph representative: made enquiries at the P.W.D. this morning he was informed that the matter had not yet been definitely Bettied, although, it was quite possible tha. May Rond flats and Heveral other smaalt jobs would be held over this year and bè fn-t; cluded in the 1936 Budget,

It might be possible to budget. for the site preparation in 1935 and then withhold the actual erection of the flats until a later date, but the whole matter was in the hands of the Governor and nothing definite would be decided. |until the budget for next year was

The Boston yacht "Yan-presented. kee" again proved her prowess--and in no uncertain

fashion, against the Vander- AMERICAN AND WIFE bilt yacht, Rainbow, to-day.

With

machine and was instantly killed. neon: There is a Special Jurors As compared with 1928, he said, methods of organising the avin- WAR DEBT TO BE the Yankee dealt the Rainbow ona

Kong Shak, the other pilot, list comprised almost entirely of Britain's industrial production was managed to effect an emergency heads and assistant heads of firms 103 per cent, that of Sweden 100 tion industry is now in London, landing and was only slightly in- but consisting of any nationality..por cent, Germany 80 per cent., and has paid u werm tribute to the jured.

as opposed to the Common Jury France 79 per cent. and the United manner in which Britain' is which is, roughly speaking, drawn States 67 per cent. United Press from English speaking people not

It was afterwards learned that the license for On Wal's machine had been cancelled in 1932 follow ing a crack-up-United Press.

in those positions.

In a case of exceptional difficulty

uch as this, the Judge' or the MR. W. A. DOWLEY

Attorney General may order the convening of a Special fury under

CUBAN OFFICERS the Jury Ordinance and though

TO DIE

rare in criminal cases, there have been instances here such an the Cheng Kwok-you and the Carvalho Yeo trials, whon Special Juries 'umpanelled in the first

inatance.

EXECUTION DELAYED were

FOR ELECTIONS

(Special to "Telegraph")

{y Telegraph. Cepurioni, Telegraphis Mes sages Ordinance, 1886. Recolved August { 11 )

Havana. Aug. 23. Major Hechovarrin and Captain Erice, who were arrested follow- ing the discovery of the Army revolutionary plot were tried by court-martial to-day and sentenced to death.

HITLER AMNESTY IN BAVARIA

BRINGS RELIEF TO THOUSANDS

(Special to "Telegraph”)

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(By Telegraph, Copyright- Telegraphio Mew

Received Ordinance, TSI,

Ampat m.)

Munich, Aug. 21. It is learned that as a result of

President Mondicta later con- firmed the death sentences, but stayed the executions, because the present laws of Cuba forbid er litler's amnesty, 402 poli- tical prisoners and 1,610 criminal capital punishment, until the As-prisoners have been released in sembly passes new decrees.

The officers are likely to be Bavaria, while proceedings pend- Imprisoned for months as the ing against thousands of suspects Assembly has not yet been elected, have been quashed.-Reuter Special. -United Press,

SOVIET DEBT TO AMERICA

AMBASSADOR TO. MAKE OFFER

(Special to "Telegranb">

LOTT AND. STOEFEN THROUGH

REACH FINAL IN U.S. DOUBLES TOURNEY

Germanstown, Aug. 23.

G. M. Lott and L. Stoefen, winners of the Mon's Doubles nb Wimbledon, reached the fial of

LEAVING

SAILING TO-MORROW ON RETIREMENT

Mr. W. A. Dowley, after twenty- eight years in the Colony, is leav ing for England to-morrow retirement.

handling the problems of the

newest method of transportation.

He said he had learnt much in

London and considered that

WIPED OUT

SOUTH AFRICA REPAYING

Britain in this connection had FINAL AMOUNT AT done particularly well.

END OF MONTH

i

Capetown, Aug. 23,

MISSING

Reported Disappearance In Tungling

Mr. Charles Francia Adams, former Secretary of the Navy Department, at the wheel, of the most crushing defents ever given to a contender, in the anal series of the America's Cup trials.

Peking, Aug. 24. The result caused considerable

A brief report from Malanyu, aatonishment for while Yankee which does not give names, states was defeating Rainbow cenalatent that an American merchant and ly a little while back, changes his wife are missing somewhere in mude aboard the Vanderbit craft the Tungling district, where they had oriabled her to reverse the went on Tuesday from Mukden. they mat and it was thought that missed" verdict on the last two occasions They were reported to have been the same afternoon. A they were at least evenly matched. vigorous search by the local au- thorities has falled to establish their whereabouts-Coutral News,

THE RACE.

4

He said: "You had 1 definite scheme for air development in 1918 and havelatuck to it. You have readjusted and improved

The Yankee to-day crossed the It is learned that the Govern line first and quickly secured but you have the same fundament- al basis as in 1915."

ment of the Union of South two lengths lead, which she main- Saator Africa intends to pay the whole tained to the turn. Manoeuvring President Roosevelt, he added, of the remainder of her war debt cleverly, the Yankee then gained

réorganise and re- haped to Dil

establish the whole of the aviation to Great Britain at the end of the the commanding weather berth on

the homeward Journey, finishing) He is a well-known Hongkong which in the last ten years had

industry of the United States month.

The total is not great, amount-ja mile ahead of the Rainbow over figure, and has been prominently been the subject of considers-ing to £8,000,000.

the thirty-mile course-Reuter Identified with St. George's Society. tion by no less than sixteen com Negotiations for Hiquidating the

of which he is past President, missions.-British, Wireless debt to the British Government and with the Navy League,

He also probably ranks as one of the Colony's kérnest film Jans.

Mr. Dowley came to the Colony

firat in 1906 to folk the staff of the. Vacuum Oll Company and he left them ten years Inter to establish his own business as a broker.

There will be widespread feel- ing of regret ut his departure andį general good wishes for n long and happy retirement.

PRES. ROOSEVELT RETURNS

STUDYING PROBLEMS IN WASHINGTON (Special ̧to-"Telegraph")

GOLD SHIPMENTS

TO EUROPE

BIG CONSIGNMENT

YORK FROM NEW...

(Special to "Telegraph”)

By Taleoraph, Crouriche Telegraphis. Man megaa Ordinance, 2535. Ziserived Augnal,

New York. Aug. 23,

It la announced that the Bank of Manhattan' is preparing to ahip a consignment of gold valued

at a million dollars to Parin on Saturday."-

The transfer of gold from the (by Telegraph, Copyright. Telegrapate Me United States to Europe has been pa, Ordinance, z dárko Reorived Augus

fordshadowed;,' by“. the recept! Washington, Aug. 23. strength of foreign currencies, fle Telegraph, Vopyright. Telegraphia Man pra Orainanes, 1211 Recrived Augusthe American Doubles champion President Roosevelt has return and particularly of the franc, in ship this afternoon, when theyed to the capital from Carrollton, in terms of dillars Router Special, 13, #4) BMJ. Washington, Aug. 28. defeated Bell and Gregory Mangin where he attended the funeral of

The Soviet Ambassador, Min straight wots, after a traffle Troyanovsky, has informed the battle for the fret.

State Department that he will offer The scores were: 10-8, 6-1, 7-0 A written debt settlement proposal in favour of Lott and Stoefen. to-morrowUnited Press,

Reuter.

the late Mr. Henry Rainey A taxi-driver was held up last

He is belloved to be actively night hear Kfuklang Street, concerning himgolf w

with the shaipo by two Chinste threatened textile strike and other aged himz prossing problems. -United Presi

have, it is revealed, been proceeding ATTACK ON HERR

in London during the "ast few wecks,

Arrangements are now being made with the British Treasury for the Union to redeem the loan. It is notable that the Union of South Africa is the only Dominion which did not take advantage of the British Government's offer to suspend payments in connection with the general 'war

debt moratorium of 1931.-Router.

BROADER FARM ACREAGE

FIVE

FER CENT. MORE NEXT YEAR

Washington, Aug, 23. The Farm Administration announcing, to-day at ten per cent curtailment of the baske neriske for 19250 Operating

HITLER ALLEGED

PROMPT DENIAL BY

DER. FUEHRER

S

(Spacial, to "Telegraph") (By Tegraph. Copyright, Telapraphio Man spe Ordinance,

Received Augun £323.

GOODWILL TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES

SPANISH WAR VETERANS MAKE GRANT

(Special to "Telorranh”), {De Telegraph, Dappright, Telegraphía Men Ordinamon, "1196* Tisvolved; Angkat 45, 10,40 mom,}

Pittsburgh, Aug. 23, The United Spanish War Veterans to-day voted a surd "of $2,000 to Ex-Senator Meana of Colorado to defray the cost of a goodwill trip to the Philippines, Talanda.United Press,

ATTEMPTED ARSON. The smell of kerosene by in- mates of Nos. 8 and 10, Hau Wo Munich, Aug. 25. Street, prevented an attempted Following the publication abroad arson in the early hours of this of sensational rumours alleging that morning. At about 2.10 .m. they an attempt had been made upon the detected jose paper, soaked in life of Herr Hitler, the United Kerosene, burning on the stdin Press correspondent here tele caso of the first floor. The flares phoned to Ober-Slazburg, where the wore soon extinguished and are Naz! Lender is, staying and re-damage was done. célved a prompt dental-United

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