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DARDANELLES REARMAMENT

AIDS DEFENCE

DEFENCE OF SOVIET

PACT OF PEACE

These two representatives of Iraq and Arabus recently signed a Treaty of Alliance between the two countries, At right Al Mashimi, Iraq's Prime

Minister.

This Chinese Is A Real Weather

Prophet

Hollywood, May

BLACK SEA SEEN AS INVIOLABLE RUSSO-TURKISH LAKE

into

Washington, May 25.

The decision of Kemel Attaturk to rearm again the. demilitarized zone along the Dardanelles was viewed here as another plate in Soviet Russia's armour of defence.

As a result of this move, in view of some, the Blacki Sen is likely to become a "Russo-Turkish lake" inviolable to warships of other powers, save in times of peace.

The state department received major naval power such as Britain or | only a brief report on the march Japan.

Musenw's relation with Angora 'are į of Turkish soldiers

thel

elser than Base with any other demilitarised area in violation capital, not even excepting Paris, with which it recently made a defensive of the Lausanne treaty.

This friendship began in Home HinnieW. WATE American diplomats what surprised because, in view of early post-war days when both

k the prey

victor favourable nations were Hussin's England and

has been and Powers

cultivated! response to Turkey's request to

since. vise the Lausaine treaty by con-

Almost monthly political or they expect Attatürk ference, wait for legal means of accomplish-tural delegations of the two countries ing his end. But, not being a sig exchange visits. Soviet engineers are United helping modernize Turkey's industry. natory of the treaty, the States has no direct interest in The nation across the Black Sea has become one of Russia's primary eus- Turkey's action.

military Diclator Attaturk's action was ex-tomers. Not long plained here in two ways:

ית

to

delegation headed by Commissar of War Voroshilov spent some time in

1. A defensive monsure to insure Turkey's control of the Black Sea in MILITARY ALLIANCE caso of attack by Italy, Greece or any Mediterranean_power.

2. An act of assistance to Soviet and populous Russia whose large Black Sea coastline would be subject reniain to attack should the Strait open while it was at war with a

Yer On, official Chinese of The Highest Award,

Sam's

Good Earth", can look an onlon in the

nut-predict Uncle "y and weather bureau, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer mummers swear.

Aviator's Trophy,

Given to Musick

No verification of this power is Yee's awinlable, however. It seems

Paris, May 18, specialty is predicting rain, and the

Aniericans were awarded three Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is i trying to get a proposed text moved of the five 1935 Harmon air to San Francisco,

The little Chizene, whe is also

native som iT California, (Santa

Barbara) was

the

trophies of the International League of Aviators.

Capt. Edwin C. Maslek, pilot of the "China Clipper" on its first flight to the Philippines Trophy,

was

awarded the

Bo

iR Openly, at least, there military alliance between the two, although they are bound by unusually strong treaties. First was the pact

friendship and amity negotiated in 1921. It was followed by an even, stronger treaty of non-aggression made in 1925 and recently extended to 1846. It provides among other things that:

Each of the contracting parties | binds itself not to participate in any

hostile net by one or more powers against the other contracting party. As a protocal to this treaty, Russia to give and Turkey greed in 1931 each other six months notice if either increased their fleets on

Black Sen.

Under the Lausanne trenty (which now appears to be scrapped, at least in part), Turkey agreed to leave the imported from ht San Fernando valleg truck garden to

straits open even in time of war.

No open agreement that Turkey North China farm ou erentes av M-G-M backlot for Paul Maul and

would close the straits should a naval

war un Aviator's power declare

Russia has Luise Hanier to mope against.

Lever freep signed. But veteran Labourers on the lot with a yen to

diplomats in Moscow long Hebing discovered is allegedl Capt. Orvil A. Anderson, co-pilet foreign meteorological ecruitlam, and now the of a strutosphere balloon light last have taken the matter for granted. entire east consults him on the week November which set a record of 72,- 315 feet got the spherical balloon end passibilitie

The reference with an award, while Mrs. Amelin Rashurt and Miss Jenn Batten of het lich, but he fatna makes to rerret of it. All he does, New Zealmt received an equal num- he explains, (without four-bit words). Į her

onion is

is to cut the top of a leaf.

Dry weather-leaf curl

of votes for the your's best woman aviator, so both got awards.

The plenty

other major award, for quick, Wat weather-oblon take his dirigible pilot, went to Capt. I. von

Schiller of the Zeppelin company.-- Even more remarkable than Yee's, Arnociated Press. predictions is his ability to tell when! an onion is hurrying, and when it !

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1 Turn round a Scottish island and

go on with the story.

if you look behind this you'll

see a pin.

for the South Atlantic erassing u

aying frunt England trials, was responsible for 10 Nora is well situuled to enjoy

a few degrees,, but Yee can't explain December, exactly how he gets over that one,

the view.

io de Janeiro, ya Africa. She also the scrapping of London's 11 Cun it, as the Yankees say (two) #1 feel him wind," he says-United breame The Best woman to fly the Waterloo Bridge.

Press.

South Atlantie alone.

MOUNTAIN-TOP

SEANCE TO END

ALL

SEANCES' -

New York, May 15.

words, 4, 2).

Secret came out in a paper 12

Stick. presented to the Institution of 14 More American talk archite-

tural this time. Civil Engineers in London by Faces one going upstairs. Engineers | E. J. Buckton and H. J. Faraday, who are engaged on the demolition.

John Rennie designert the bridge more than 125 years ago.

GOOD WORKMANSHIP

16 Long ago someone thought of this beast, never having seen it. 18 There was a novel way of get- ting in this famous old prison. 21 It will be apotted that the doctor

has eaten fruit.

24 Old-fashioned vehicles still the

motorist's stand-by.

*The workmanship was extreme-26

LAST effort to establish contact with Harry Houdini,ly good throughout," the englusers the famous magician, who died ten years ago, is to be made shortly by his widow.

Mrs. Houdini says: "This will be the stance to end all seances, I will hold the seance on a mountain top, as near as braven as possible, and with as many interested people as possible,

"This will be positively my last attempt to communicate with my husband, who promised he would try to come back to me if a thing as spiritualism. I will abide by the there was such result."

One of the strangest friendships in history existed between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini. Both regarded the other as sincere-but misguided.

Conan Doyle was convinced that Houdini would make a perfect medium, but that he lacked faith.

Houdini admired Conan Doyle, but thought him too rently to believe anything.

SALESMAN SAM

tion that it became known how said, "It was only in the demoli- 30 perfectly every arch-stone had been cut to taper, and how soild and faultless had been the interior ronstruction of the piers.

One of these shapes cricketers like

Beppo lost it embroiled in It was from her I gather that fight (hidden).

11

Outside, I contended, this will be Tide in? Possibly.

insitate,

3 Evergreen apostrophe to a well-

known wimmer.

"That Remie, realised Inter the ings is evilenced at London 35 This oil is necessary. defects in the design of the fool-34 An adder that frequents Imnke,

DOWN Ridge, designed by him and built between 1824 and 1831.

“A simitar spread of footings is there distributed in a height of 20ft, Instend of Gft, as at Waterloo Bridge."

"Footings" are enlargements at the lower ends of the piers la dis- tribute the weight.1

2 Here lived King Arthur. 3 One who behaves riotously.

Don't put the cart before the horse, turn it round and join up. with rese.

5 This might be a Communist

speech-

6 Place her under the lamp to see

In

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an old soldier.

7 this country one takes wine

as a matter of course, though the

measure you get is short.

Wind-phase (anag).

1 You must look up these mean-

units,

13 Hidden in Che 30.

17 Inoxirate: an A 1 beer tin will

19

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20 Try

are Red Indians?

22 Hilden in Clue 30,

23 Moors that have sworn fenity

to King Edward.

26 It comes in one or other. 27 Heirs do, you'll agree?

28 Set about a word in Clue 0, and

soundly twist this instrument. 29 Avenge (nnug.)

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MY MY, YOUNG FELLA, HE'S A HANDSOME SPECIMEN OF HOSS-

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YEAH, BUT, CAREFUL, MIS- TER HE'S PECYISH AU DON'T LIKE STRANGERS, YA BETTER - - HEY, LOOKG OUT!

It Might Have Helped

SORRY HE KICKED YA,SIR!) HE'LL-KICK ME, WILL BUT I. WARNED YA TO BE ON YER TOES!

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