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TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1936.

Apology To Army For "Disgraceful" Exhibit

Carlisle, July 1.

"for the

THE executive committee of Carlisle Carnival to-day tendered a public apology to all ranks of the ist 3r. the Border Regiment, stationed in Carlisle..

The apology was disgraceful exhibit shown by the Carlisle Ponce Comicil in the street procession on Thursday, | June, 10.**

Ring Of Fortresses Encircle Europe

Vienna, July 10. The chain of great military forte which France built as A |barrier against Germany is being copied in other parts of Europe, which is gradually becoming a eviss-cross pattern of bristling steel defences.

The exhibit referred to depicted. Ivo British soldiers in khaki lyin

dead on a battletek,

"That this exhibit should have been paraded on the castle square. and dragged around the cly of Carliste on a dray is a matter of our deepest rretel," said the con- miller.

Ironically enough the tabteam op-

prared the purtate mind of Carlisle Castle, where the process sien was judged.

^

gymnastic display by a squad of soldiers

from the castle was on to-night's cagival programme, Thia morning rumours that the soldiers While Germany is supposed had been forbidden to take any part

carnival

donker by to be debating the erection of in the

was

a Hindenburg Line facing the Major Chambers, the C.O.

However, the Carnival Committee French Maginot Line, Czecho~| held"

on emergency meeting artci

their Slovakia has jumped. to action forwarded

apototy 10 the in the rush by the nations to troops, wall themselves

potential enemies,

in

against!

The Czech Parliament has voted a defence plan which will be rapidly pushed to completion under the stress fear of invasion, A double line of

it is expreted, will.

be erectest, one along the German frontler and The other tn

south facing will

forts

Hungary. It

Indientions are they be constructed with the advice of France, whose geneeni staff has exi lied in military defence works since the days of the great French Curt builder, Marshal Vauhan.

REPLICAS OF FRENCH France and Czecho-Slovakin

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in the home in the near future possibly every citizen with wavelength all his own for pri- reyale communication in the far alles and it is natural the Czech stest future-was the picture painted walls will be replicas of the French, by David Sarnoff, president of All along the exposed parts of their the Radio Corporation of Ameri- frontier the Cinch will burrow

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ander the warth, planting perfected} C#,

curities of war rendy to jump out meeting of a hearing before the death against invaders who, Czechs Federal Communications Com- say, muy come from Nazi Germany or mission to-day. thermany's friend, Hungary,

Wits massive forts already in place the need for care in de allocation He made these points to Bustrate

the along

Franco-German, German-Belgian and

Pruner,

Franco-Italian

of the wavelengths below the pres- shortwave battd, wavelengths

frontiers, the time tot far distant t when most of the autons of Europe which are son to curry inflable

sibilities in corninuunication of the will look at as their borders

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NOT PRESS COMPETITOR Austria and, thany, Italy and

Mr. Sarton pointed out that the In the heart. ་་་་་༣ of Europe' danger area in event of finite newspaper should not be ap in the considered a compellier but rather War has Set caught

tu the present press, But The French aft shand forts ends near, the Swiss weiter was told from informed frontier, but infications are that high suture that some newspaper the possible use of Pached on Tasimile and taken the same ob- now defence pinn

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· the Czech-Slovakia's new Eine of sted. the Prague Government is said to be contemplating asking Austrin to build a complementary line.

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Military experts are not at all eep ta that Germany inters to built

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With the growth of Germany's aerial force, land forts are consider: ed as tending to be absolete: France pant Indreds of milliards of france on the ten years' task of building her billion a week listening torraui, a chain of 300 forts along the Rhine- cording to Professur Allport of far- land.

Germany, it is said, feels she would00,000 on radio set purchases and 6. In 1983 the people sunt 2700,- rather spend this sum un aeroplanes; 100, especially as the French air force is $150,000,000 said to be inferior in quality to the operate their sets. German het bepause Braneo's de fener funds were largely expended in the Mugot Line over a period of years-uited Press,

600 PRISONERS GET WAR BONUS IN VIRGINIA

Richmond. Va., July 1

for electric power to

7. The wireless" industry con- sumed 1.000.000 miles of wire in the manufacture of apparatus while the NHC at the same time was the largest

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the world's greatest wire organization, the A.T. & T., spending $3,000,000 in 1935.

Considering the present eco- nomic situation, the many new ne Developments of radio prianise new industries. new services and new employment.

Considerable stir was enused by an Approximately 600 of the 5,000 nie address by J. W. Studebaker, United in the state penitentiary system re- States Commissioner of Education, crive their World War bonuses along, who asked for ultra short waves, for with the cest, but they'll have trouble educational purposes sú that every spending .

Ischnol would have radio reception.

Maj. Rice M. Youell, superinten dient, inade the estimate. About hall

of those cutitled to the bonus. have

made application, he said. When the OATH OF

money or bonds" are received, they

will be placed to the credit of the LOVE SIGNED

veteran in the prison bank account or will be forwarifel, to the veteran's home, if he so desires,

THE "POMMY” AND.

"JACKAROO”.

IN BLOOD

Tokyo, July 19. Divorce lawyers would do a slender business if all married couples took the oath whleh wha-found, ritten in blood, on a piece of paper dropped inadvertently by young Japanese waitress: Australia is a land of expressive The girl had just been married and colloquialisms. An Englishman is the paper fell from her purso while

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