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DUNLOP Fort

In a class by itself

DUNLOP

FORT

THREE FLIERS VANISH ON PACIFIC CROSSING

FRANTIC CALLS R.A.F. CREW'S

FOR HELP

"PLANE

GOING

DOWN"

WHEREABOUTS

UNKNOWN

BEARINGS LOST NEAR HAWAII

(Special to "Telegraph”)

(Dy Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphío Bles- wigra Ordinanes, 1884. Recelerit. Berembey 2.) 4.m.)

San Francisco, Dec..4. C. T. P. Ulm, G. M. Little- john, co-pilot, and L. Skilling, the navigator, attempting to fly the Pacific from California to Australia, via Hawaii, are lost somewhere in mid-Paci- fic..

Mutual Wireless says it picked up distress signals from Ulm, saying "The plane is going down. The plane is going down." Later there were further S.O.S. signals.

"WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN

Charles Ulm

FINANCIAL AID FOR FARMER

AUSTRALIA'S DEPARTURE

INTEREST FREE LOANS

(Special to "Telegraph")

Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphic Ma

Another message from the air-mars Ordinance, 1814, Received, December men said that the plane would be uble to float for two days, provided

the weather did not change for the

RESCUE REPORT

Honolulu, Dec. 4. the Coastguard cutters, Tiger and Itasca, are search- ing for Ulm and a Navy sea- plane squadron took off im- mediately daylight came to- day and scoured the sen to the south, where it is believed the fliers foll. Efforts to locate the plane by radio compass have thus far been. unsuccessful but it is believed the airmen are still afloat aomewhere. Reports that that the President Coolidge picked up the fliers have not been confirmed. - United Press.

worse, and that they had landed gently on the sen

"Come and pick us up," the mes- sage added.

Unfortunately, the filers could not give their position. They were completely bewildered, it appears,

"WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN"

Globe Wireless reports inconically ! that Ulm and his companions landed safely in the sea but that the plane's' position is a mystery. "Where- abouts unknown," said the Wireless, and added that it was believed that

·ESCAPE

Forced To Leap

From Planc

London: Dec. 4.

an

One of four Air Force bombers of

India Squadron, on a flight to Singapore from Kohat on the North-west frontier; crash- ed after leaving Alor Star, to-day.

The pilot. Fight-Liouten- ant Paish, becoming faint through petrol fumes attempted to return to Alor Star, but feeling himself to be losing consciousness shouted to his Aircraftsman passenger to jump.

Both took to their parachutes, the pilot landing in a tree and the passenger in a man- grove swamp. Neither was hurt.-British Wireless,

WAITING FOR JAPAN

NO CHANGE IN POLICIES

ANGLO-AMERICA VIEWPOINTS

London, Dec. 4. The procedure to be fol- lowed when Japan denounces Canberra, Dec. 5.

the Washington Treaty will Needy Australian farmers shortly be discussed at a full are to be lent up to a total meeting of the Anglo-Ame- of £12,000,000 free of in-rican delegations to the pre- terest in order that they sent conversations, it was shall be able to compound

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, who yaster- day secured another triumph by con- vincing his Conservative collesgoss of the wisdom of approving the Select Committee's report on Indian con- atitutional reform.

BRITISH SHIPPING SUBSIDY

ASSISTANCE FOR TRAMP VESSELS

WORLD SHIPPING REICHSTAG FIRE

CONFERENCE

Preliminary Talks

In London

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(Special to "Telegraph")

|(Dy Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphia Máte

Myer Ordinance, siki. Received, December

London. Dec. 4. - Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of the Trado, announced in House of Commons to-day that a preliminary world shipping conference, which would include the United States. would be held in London early in January.

The conference agenda will be drafted later and the World Conference of mer- chant shipping interests would be held in Berlin in all probability, he an nounced.--United Press,

FRENCH FINANCE

LOWEST. DEFICIT IN MANY YEARS

(Special to "Telegraph")

REVELATIONS

VOICE FROM GRAVE

MURDERED MAN'S CONFESSION

GOERING INVOLVED

VAN DER LUBBE "A BLIND"

Berlin, Dec. 4. A voice from the grave to-

STATE CONTROL OF BANKS

NEW GERMAN POLICY

END OF PRIVATE INITIATIVE

(Special to "Telegraph")

(Dy Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphia Man Dagen Ordinaken, 1893, Reveived. · December 3. 20,20 m

Berlin, Dec. 4. State eupervision of banks and day accused General Goering all other financial institutions, and Dr. Goebbels of com- is the principal point of the many long anticipated in some quarters, plicity in the Reichstag fire economie and Anancial laws plot, and declared that the adopted by the Reich Cabinet tu poor, half-witted Van der Lubbe, executed for his part in the fire setting, was no more than a "blind" to hide the real culprits.

The Reichstag fire was started with the connivance of General; Goering, present Premier of Prus.

day.

The new law draws a definito

dividing line between the money and capital market and virtually us an end to purely initiative in credit transactions.

A capital stuck law has also been put into operation-Router Special.

Dy Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphis Mersin, and of Dr. Goebbels, Minister EUROPEAN

[sages Ordinance, 1884. Received. | 8,030.J

Paris, Dec. 4. France is the proud possessor

of Propaganda, both close allies of President Hitler, according to

of the lowest budget deficit for an amazing document published by La Journal, well-known Paris

many years.

newspaper.

RUNCIMAN'S

The Chamber of Deputies by a EXPLANATION

vote of 471 to 122 passed M. Ger- The document carries the auto- main Martin's budget estimates, graph signature of the Storm London, Dec. 4. Including a deficit of about 597,"

Ernst, one of the 127,461 francs.

Trooper, Karl For the first time in their debts and start afresh, announced to-day.

The Government seems to be young men who was shot dead in The British are inclined to the history, the House of Com-riding more securely than any of

Hamburg during the rocent opinion that the denunciation will mons to-day voted a subsidy there is litle fault found in the "blood-lotting" engineered by Herr

Its immediate. predecessors and The Government will take into not necessarily mean the end of for tramp shipping.

Chamber with foreign or finance Hitler and General Gooring. consideration various factors of the present negotiations, while

fight to.commit the Government to

it was learned here to-day

MISSING

NOT SEEN FOR TWO DAYS

FIANCEE: ANXIOUS

Missing from his hotel for two days, Mr. F. E. Webb, an Inspec-2 tor of the Society for the Proven- The document, which is counter-tion of Cruelty to Animals, is be-

the individual's position before) Americans feel that such final aç-i By a vote of 231 to 50 the policies. However, there will be a

im Bill was carried. It grants a policy of inflation of the franc, signed by two confederates, was ing anxiously sought by his

United Pres8.

making the loan, but if his chunces tion by Japan will put 201 jare even and his prospect of mediate end to, the talks.

success apparently satisfactory, No concrete decision con bo £2,000,000 for use in assist-t is believed in some quarters-smuggled to Dr. Branting in friends." |the lone will be forthcoming. made on either side, as yet, since ing operating steamers and neither, British nor American thought has yet crystallised. to make it possible for Bri- The Americans, however, feel tish ships to meet foreign that the Japanese have veered somewhat

competition.

The decision was reached at a meeting of Commonwealth and State ministers,

It is expected the whole £12,000,- 000 will be advanced within three years-Renter Special,

|

COMMONS DEBATE

from their original subsidised stand and may be considering a Reuter. compromise. During the last three days this trend has been

London, Dec. 4. most noticeable. But it is re-

The House of Commons 'to-day called that Britain and America debated the British Shipping

FINAL BLOW TO have both made it perfectly clear Assistance Bill, which authorises

COMMUNISTS

COMPULSORY

that they will not accept parity of the Board of Trade to pay sub- naval strength with the Japanese sidies in respect tramp voyages in and that argument in that direc-1935 up to £2,000,000 and to make tion is simply futile.-Reuter.

advances for two years of not more than £10,000,000 for scrapping, building or modernising British cargo vessels.

MILITARY SERVICE NEW GOLF

IN CHINA

Berlin, Dec. 4.

the machines was "somewhere south It was announced. from the

of Hawaii."

Chinese Minister's office here to-

Globe Wireless heard Ulm day that Chiun would shortly; radioing that he had lost his bear, introduce compulsory military} ings near Hawaii and later picked service.

-up frantic calls for radio beacon

signals.

Tha step will be taketi, it was "VERY LITTLE GAS"

stated, in order to put an end to "We have very little gus left," the activities of Communists one message said.

within China's borders, The

And over and over again the air-Communists would be crushed, the men asked for signala.from shore so Minister's announcement added. that they could correct their course

and make the best attempt they

China whs, admittedly, feeling

could to reach the coast of Hawaii. the world trade depression, but

Ulm was carrying 825 gallons of fuel and was engaged upon a survey

Sino-German trade was showing encouraging headway, sald the

"of an American-Australian airways Ministry-Reuter.

-United Press.

GRAVE FEARS

RECORD SET

Adelaide, Dec. 4.

Leo Diegel, American golf veteran, established a world record championship aggre gate of 282 to-day,

Diegel, in a struggle with some of the greatest golfers in the world. played flaw. lessly over the Seaton Kooyonga course, winning the John Martin purse.

His rounds were 68, 69, 71, 74:

San Francisco, Dec. 4.

GENERAL INJURED - Grave fears are now felt for Charles Ulm and his companions.:

Tiantain, Dee. 4. attempting a flight from California| General Uematsu, Commander of to Australia.

1932.. the Japanese garrison forces in Thoro has been no news of them North China, received a painful for over four hours. It is believed wound in his head as a result of a they are adrift within 200 miles of fall from horse during the course Oahu, in the Hawaiian group, but of military manoeuvres held within the army and navy planes have the compound of the Japanese mill- combed every mile of that area in tary barracks at Tientsin this morn vala Reuter.

ing Central News,

The previous best aggres gates were those made by Gene Sarazen (U.S.A.) in Henry Cotton (Britain) in 1934, when he won the British Open Championship, and W. Boger when he won the Australian championship a short time ago. All three had 283-Reuter

INDIA POLICY APPROVED

CONSERVATIVE SUPPORT

BALDWIN SUMS UP POSITION

on

Sweden, but Ernst bad Corbidden- Mr. Webb was last seen. publication of the material unless Monday evening, but no alarm The met a violent death.

was felt until his fiancee, Mrs. G. While the document absolves Harvey-Turner, a member of the Herr Hitler from all knowledge of catering staff of the Repulse Bay the plot, it alleges that the Storm Hotel, Informed the police, who

instigated enquiries, Troopers first discussed with

The missing man had been stay- General Goering and Dr. Goebbels ing for some time at the Airlie a protended attempt on Herr Hotel, but he left on Monday with Hitler's life in order to discredit the intention, It is supposed, of the Communists and strengthen taking rooms elsewhere. Whether the Nazi power. This scheme was he did so or not la not definitely abandoned, however, in favour of known, as he was not seen after the fire-setting.

4 p.m. on that day, GOERING'S PART

Mrs. Harvey-Turner is naturally. very upset at the disappearance According to the Ernst docu-of Mr. Wobb, "I last saw him on ment, Gooring supplied certain Sunday when he was perfectly. Storm Troopers with a phos happy and everything was quite not The President of the Board of

phorescent material which, he, normal" she said. "He did Trade_Mr. Runelman, "said one of

about going: Ernst, carried from the cellars of say a word to me the Government's objects was to

Goering's house to the main hall of away and it was a great shock enable British ship-owners to The Government's policy on India the Reichstag, where It ignited when I found that he was missing. cannot think what could have compote on approximately equal to-day received the approval, ex-itself automatically half an hour terms with foreign tramp shipping pressed by an overwhelming ma-after its application to furniture happened." which was receiving subsidy jority, of the Central Coune!! of the and floors. assistance from its Governments. Conservative Party, An amend- Government support was restricted ment moved by Lord Salisbury was the Dutch youth who was sentenced The weak-minded Van der Lubbe, to tramp vessels because of the defented by 1,120 votes to 399, a to death and hanged following his peculiar position in which they majority of 712. were, and the benefits which they The meeting was held in fulfil-trial on charges of having set fire circulating a description of the brought to the trade of Britain ment of the pledge given by Mr. to the Reichstag, was used merely missing man and are pursuing

"blind. Although he as a whole, and the essential part Baldwin, as Leader of the Party, to lieved he was acting alone in the

be-neveral trains of enquiry. they played in Britain's system of consult the Conservative Council matter, it was arranged that he to-day, Inspector Wobb is describ In a report issued by the polled national defence,

prior to the introduction of the The Government had made It Government's bill on India, which is datart a fire in the Reichstaged as being 34 years of age, of clear that this kind of assistance to be based on the recommendations gallery half an hour after the medium bull, with a long faco Storm Troopers had retired from and brown, wavy hair, well brush- could only be given if the British of the Joint Select Committee. the building having not thelred back. He la 6 ft. 10 inches;

Mr., Baldwin, in a powerful and tinder-Reuter. shipping industry itself took steps

London, Dec. 4.

as a

DISGRACED

Mr. Webb left the Army about

a year ago to take up the duties Inspector Fowler. of Inspector which he shared with

The Kowloon City police are

In slature, and when last seon was? dressed in the blue uniform with Peak cap and wearing the badge of the Society.

ANTI-OPIUM DRIVE

to reorganise itself within its own earnest address, urged that the re- limita,

port should be supported. Theirs Three conditions they regarded was an immense responsibility, for

(Special to "Talograph") as of first importance, were that the considered opinion of the re

Berlin, Dec. 4. advantages given to industry should presentatives of the Conservative not be dissipated, that there should Party must carry we

weight in Britain Herr Helmuth Brueckner, Presi- be greater employment of British. and would be regarded with im dont of the Province of Silesia, has alpa and British soamon at the mense interest not only at Home, boen stripped of all his offices and expense of foreign subsidised ships but in the India Empire and dismissed from the Nazi party on the grounds that he damaged the and that shipowners should them throughout the world.

After tracing the events leailing party's interests through certain selves, within their own organten- tions and particularly in the inter up to and since the setting up of acts.

Brueckne national shipping-conference, the Simon Commission, Mr. Bald--Herr Brueckner founded the press for an adjustment of the win insisted that the policy recom-Nazi party in Silesia and was drug criminals have besh: supply of world tonnage.--British mended by the Joint Select Com-member of the Reichstar Prussian

(Continued on Page 7.) M State Council Reuter Special,

Nanking, Dec. 1. vigorously enforcing the new anti- The Metropolitan police are oplum regulations within limits of the capital past few days no use t

to be severely punished Newer v