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Gangsters Render U.S. Police Weapons "Useless??

WARNING TO CONGRESS

Washington, May 10.

A terse warning by the chief of the nation's federal agents disclosed here that the American underworld may soon possess weapons so powerful that the millions of dollars worth of police equipment will be “absolutely use- less" against gangsters.

J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Department of Justice in Washington, gave Congress a glimpse of what to expect in testimony at a secret session of the House Appropriations Committee.

Ho assured the committee, however, that the federal agenta were experimenting with now equipment, including a powerful type of armoured automobile, designed to smash the most desperate and heavily armed criminal gangs.

Describing ingenious methods of pletely armoured. It was made yo criminals in secking to outwit low that the rear window could be opened enforcement agencles, Hoover said and machine guns pushed through to that It had been learned that "certain fire at pursuing cars. equipment in firearms la being "These ears are not only steel in manufactured and that this equipestruction but they ment affords a greater velocity and artnoured glass which will resist even greater penetration power than the a machine gun bullet." current type.

also have

He told the committee that the gangster cars were armoured by un- derworld gunsmiths.

"It is such a menace that millions of dollars worth of equipment pur- chased by the Jaw enforcement agencies in this country, including to guns," he explained. "It is entire- The same thing is done in regard ours, such as bulletproof vests and ly possible to take an ordinary 45 chiols, used in approaching houses calibre revolver and convert it into during raid, will be absolutely use machine gun less with this high-powered equip-baste changes made in the construc- by having certain ment and ammunition about betion by expert gunsmiths." nut on the market."

ALL CASES SOLVED

Hoover did not disclose further details of the new equipment, but it Hover and the G-men hatf solved was learned that the Department has 62 kidnapping cases conducted extensive experiment with powerful guns and with equipment.

un which

they have worked since the enact- ment of the Lindbergh kidnapping

for defence against the most modern how in 1932, weapons.

the Department of Justice appra~

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936.

ON THE FRANCO GERMAN

FRONTIER

A French anti-aircraft gun team at practice on the frontier.

Imperial Airways: New Names

JAPAN

PREPARES FOR WAR

For Machines

RADIO

ALPHABETICAL TOUR OF

Imperial Airways have decided

to introduce, in the naming of ROOF OF

their air-liners, a new system in

which an alphabetical class WORLD

sequence will be adopted.

IN CHINA

The initial letters "A" and "B" being needed for the existing fleet, Tientsin, May 4.

and the letter "D" being allocated SIGNALS LAST ONLY The Japanese Army in North to aircraft of the "Dinna" class, the

1/10,000 SECOND

Houver supported a provision in pappers In those cases are known fences against attack either from dying-boats new being built by "The identities of all other kid-China is preparing elaborate de-letter "C" is to be reserved for the

Washington, May 10. Messrs. Short Brothers, and the One of the most ambitious at- priations bill for purchase of such and are being sought netively," he the South where General Chiang letter "E" for the Innd-planes under} tempts over made to explore the Kai-shek is massing troops along construction for the Company by outer limits of the stratosphere the south band of the Yellow losers. Armstrong Whitworth has been inaugurated here with River or the west, where the¦Aircraft Ltd.

the granting of a federal licence Communist army is crowding As a result of this decision, the for a

radio station which will almost to the Hopci border. following nanes have been selected broadenst signals so rapidly no for the 28 new Empire flying- boats:-

ordinary receiver can record them.

cars, costing $7,000 each), us រុ effective weapon against the under- world. The

agents seized two much 667 gangster care and have been expert- menting with them, Hoover said.

COMPLETELY ARMOURED "We have found in the past a numi- ber of underworld characters have these cars," Hoover said, "We recent- ly seized one in Boston. It la com-

Man's Finger, in Love Letter,

in a Box

A HUMAN finger with a love

letter wrapped round it has been found in a box in Brighton Cemetery,

"Tin Lizzies" Of The Air: Big Fillip

Washington, Apr. 28. With live najor automobile manufacturers reliably reported to be working on details for an aerial "Tin Lizzie", the Commerce Department is racing to prepare the nation's air- fields for the expected influx of new planes.

It is extremely likely that the Japanese Army will move south- ward and attack the Nanking troops as the Nipponese already have their hands full "con- solidating" their gains in North China, but they hold a genuine fear that General Chiang is plan- ning to attack the Japanese position in North China.

BIG LAND 'PLANES

Caledonia, Cambria, Calrgorm, Cotswold, Cheviot, Coolin, Calpe, The Carnegie Institution, which rea Capella, Canopus, Caster, Cassio cetved the Reence from the Federal pein, Cenaurus, Cygnus, Capricor- Communications Commission, will nus, Cavalier, Corsair, Courtier, establish immediately at Kensington, Challenger, Centurion, Coriolanus, Maryland, its stratosphere radio, Calpurnia, Ceres, Clio, Ciree. Calyp shooting Into space every tenth of a so, Camilla, Corinna, Cordella, second a signal lasting only one ten-

- thousandil of a second.

•These

radio pulsea are the fastest The twelve big Armstrong Whit-ever attempted. They will be broad- Construction of a hure Japanese worth land-planes are to be mumed, cast continuously, night and day, for

several

the The department is aware that as military nerodrome

years, bumping into and barracksns follows:-

lonized layers of the outer stratos- of quartering as many as on to one cheap model is manu-capable factured and distributed by any ore 15,000 troops are being rushed to

phere many miles from earth and of the large suto producers, it is completion on the Hopei plain three

bouncing back to a special receiver highly probable that the common miles from. Tientsin. The project

at Kensington for analysis. Scientists man may take to air as he has to

hope to ascertain facts" "which"no- will be completed In June, giving the

balloon the open roads.

could stratosphere. Japanese a new military stronghoki

obtain, According to Col. 3. M. Johnson, in the north, assistant secretary of commerze:

"CHEMICAL WORKS"

Eddystone, Elsmore, Ettrick, Echo, Ensign, Explorer, Elysion, Empyrean, Egeria, Enterpe, Endy

lon, Euryalus.“

ever

The Chief Constable of Brigh-

For the Maya composite aircraft ton, Captain W. J. Hutchinson,

now in construction for Imperial

SUN SPOTS Airways-and in which a largu was immediately informed of

"A short time ago we got informa

flying-boat is to carry on its wing. tion that it was vory probable that

They expect to obtain new fucts the discovery, and the fing one of the big producers would put taken by the. Japanese military seaplane the letter "M" has been from 10,000 to 510 kilocytes ante New construction has been under- and launch in mid-air, a'long-range concerning all radio frequencies-- taken to the Royal Sussex out a cheap plane. They might well, authorities in various parts of the allocated. The lower component of learn conclusively the effects of the County Hospital for examina- in a couple years, put out between city, and the building of "chemical the Mayo composite nireraft is to 11-year sunspot cycle on wireless tion by Dr. L. It. Janes, the 10,000 and 60,000 planes, which in worka" by the Army is causing con- be named "Maia", and the upper

addition to what we have and what siderable uneasiness, pathologist,

Around the finger was a letter time, might multiply the number of might be the normal increase in that

component "Mereury"-the signi- On the border of the Japanese fleance of these names being that, Addressed {u "Darling Rene," planes in the air by six or seven Concession and the Chinese areas, in mythology, "Maia" which anid:

times"

huge reels of barbed wire have been mother of "Mercury".

was the plnerd, ready to spread across the streets and spin around the buildings. tho concession

"Knowing now that you don't) One official pointed out that 2,340 love me, I am acuding you this airports have already been establish first token to show you how much | 2d. The new fields have been The buildings at

clustered about the large cities. All border where Tung Ma Lu. "East I love you. By the time you are in shape to service planes. In Horse Street", ninin artery of the receive the last token you will addition, the department ins techni- Chinese City, becomes Asahi Road, know how true is my love for eally approved 100 airport and land- main street of the Japanese Concos

ing field projects to be paid for with WPA funds. Several of these, how on, have been converted into virtual

fortresses:

EMERGENCY BARRACKS

10" The letter was signed "Les." The discovery was made by a fever, still await action from state

gravedigger at the foot of ก

administrators.

Through February 15 the WPA

Rare Royal Documents

KING GEORGE'S HONOURS

broadcasting.

Their equipment was three years

in the making. Federal engineers

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recommended issuance of the licence THE WHOLE TOWN IS TALKING ABOUT THE

after ascertaining that the ultra-brief signals could have no possible effect on commercial or amateur broadcasi- ing.

The Commission simultaneously issued to the craft laboratory of Harvard University a licence for ex- perimental testing of similar apparatus which will be used in correlated efforts to measure, the heights of the lunized layers, through which no radio signal apparently cân pencirate,

SOLAR ECLIPSE

grave near the wall surrounding spent $18,090,965 on such projects The Japanese also have made the Brighton extra-mural ceme-with 410 either under way or com arrangements

with tho Chinese

The Craft Laboratory's machinery tery,

pleted, I was revealed. An mid-authorities whereby certain godowns,

London, May 1. will be slipped to Ak-Birlak, Siberti, The finger was apparently from al $3,000,000 2015 been con- warehouses and unused public build-

where an eclipse. of the sun next the hand of a man. It was the tribited by

localities. Previouslyings in the Chinese areas, suficient

Nearly 300 men and women month can be observed under Arst Anger of the right hand andth CWA and ERA and engaged in to quarter two full divisions of who were the last of his subjects | peculiarly favourable circumstances. had been severod at the second

such construction projects.

troops, have been cleaned out and At the snare the the department altered for use by Japanese troops in George the Fifth are possessors kind ever granted and predicted that to be granted honours by King the licences were the first to their The Commission's scientists gaid joint. It appeared to have been bas actively interested itself in spur- the event of an emergency. cut off quite recently.

ring cheap plane production. It has It was enclosed in a wooden box spent

The present Japanese

of rare royal documents, $6,000 on one meel alone,

the resulting experiments will be of military

inestimable value to several branches about 5in, long by 14ln, square. This is called the "Arrowplane" and arracks have been enlarged to care Their honours were bestowed of selence. If the observations aro The box was wrapped in

for almost double the present 'garrl- a blue was built to fulfil department speci- son strength, and a large number of warrants formally conferring result in multiplication of the wewe, by one king but the parchment | successful, it was sald they may even envolope.

Beations by Waldo Walerman of buildings in the Japanese concession to be similar to some issued from by unvice pilot and is considered

It had a steel clip, and le said It was flown across the continent are being held in readiness for the them were signed by another bands now available to broadcasters, municipal annatorla. There was practically foolproof because it w no ribbon or any kind of binding not fall into spins.

large part of the Kwantang Army, honours but died before signing the George conferred the Development of a model like this (the Japanese Army of Manchuria), warrants. There was wide specula around it when the package was found, although it is believed would enable rapid popularisation of n division of Japanese troops from possible, from the fact that it was ing because it takes little skill to Korea, another full division from tion as to how King Edward VIII found partly open, that it may at 11,000 leansed pilots in the country. addition to the regular forces station- dignity" after carrying out the

operate, At present there are only Japan, and scores,

of airplanes in would write the "grants, of one time have been bound up.

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ENSURES PEACEFUL SLEEP

The new warrants, instead of commencing with the words "George the Fifth by The Grace of God," begin with the name of the new king and make notation of the fact that "whereas our beloved, his late majesty the king, was gracious- ly pleased to signify his intention to nominate and appoint you..NA and whereas our beloved father died before fixing his signed manual to his royal warrants..

The warrants are signed by the | Duke of Connaught, Grand Master of the Order, at the bottom and King Edward's signature appears at the top.

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SIAM WON'T HAVE NUDISM

Bangkok, May 6. THE police have declined to

allow registration of the Sunbathing Societies on the ground that the weather condi- tions in Siam are not the same as in foreign countrica. 'More-. over, sunbathing is deemed against Siamese customs.

The promoters are appealing. against this decision. Thoy state they have a tentative membership of 1,700 persons anxious to participate in their sunbathing programme.

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