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London, July 27.

After providing ale for its customers for 210 years the Hare and Hounds. Tavern, in New- market Rond, Cambridge, is to go. Renewal of its licence was refused on the grounds of redundancy,

Under a bequest made in 1696 20/- is paid out of the revenue of the tavern every year to the poor of the parish

of St. Botoph's, Cambridge.

“BLUEBEARD"

ON NEW CHARGE

"World Revolution".

29,

1936.

RUSSIA'S HUGE INCREASE IN POPULATION

Moscow, July 21.

the

for adequate preparation. Hence the It is estimated here that Rus-arm determination to increase

The absence of man-power, they jein's population within the next Population. thirty-five years will have in are determined, is not to be a deter creased from 170,000,000 to the rent in their forthcoming struggle for they hope to reach a natural increase stupendous number of 500.000,-power, Within the next few years

of 1,000,000 a year. 000.

Billions of roubles are now being set aside by the Government for the

of nur-

Last year, when the country's natural increase of population establishment of thousands broke all records, reaching the series and kindergarten. Thousands Agure of 4,500,000, the Kremlin of additional beds in maternity homes refused to be worried. We must are being provided. The programme sanctified by quotations from realise that this huge increase is is

Lenin, who frankly urged workers to ratse large families so that they may the result of deliberate policy,

Up to now the Bolsheviks have

session

of tremendous natural

tackle even greater tasks.

A "FINAL STRUGGLE"

to

he

And

Los Angeles, July 25.

"Bluebeard barber," THE

Robert James, who is being tried here for the murder of his

wage the "Tight" against capitalism. fifth wife by drowning her after mainly eascentrated an Industrialising have the man-power necessary a backward agrarian country in pos-"Workers must raise children,"

rewrote, "who will fight for the TC- the venom of two rattlesnakes failed to produce fatal results, sources. Now that they feel that this making of the world. We fight bet- faced to-day evidence which sugis on its way to fulfilment, they are ter than our fathers, and our children that he also 'murdered his looking ahead and are determined to will fight even better than we. Reated

they will conquer." third wife.

NEW MORAL CRUSADE Witnesses testified that the third wife, Winona Wallace James, waa

As an Immediate step in the direc- The thought of "World Revolution," found drowned in n bath-tub at a tourist camp at Mattitou, Colorado, though relegated by them to the back- tion of increasing the population, the in October 1832. James suggested ground in the course of the Internah Kremlin has undertaken on earnest that she had fallen under the water struggle to socialise and colloclivise campaign to stabilise family life and Russia, has by no means been forgot-generally set Soviet morais in order. owing to a "dizzy spell."

"The final decisive struggle" be Motherhood is glorified, and divorced The prosecution is attempting to ten.

before, tween the Communists, who now con-husbands who fall to provide alimony prove that, James hit this woman with a ham-trol one-sixth of the globe on the one payments for the support

being punished mer and while she was unconscious hand, and large sections of the united children are

n precipice. She capitalist world on the other, is not period of imprisonment.

fantastic! pushed her over

"Those men who are inconsiderate attempt Gurvived this

on her life, to the Bolsheviks a mere

dream, but a grim reality which calls of the welfare of their offspring and brutally abandon them, putting the only to die by drowning,

burden of their

the upkeep on mothers, are discrediting the dignity of the Soviet citizen". Such is the tenor of a barrage of editorials that have been appearing in the press within recent weeks.

some wecks

MADCHEN REVOLTS WHEN

TEACHER FORGETS 'HEIL'

Berlin, July 15.

Scene in a classroom of a Berlin

giris school-

The English hour is finished. The)

her books, schoalmistress closes starts to walk away. The girls do hot move.

Whispered comments grow

to

opes remarks. The leader of the class leaver her desk, goes to the mistress, and anys: "You have forgetten the German salute."

The thistress is embarrassed. "The girls have started to leave their places and nobody would hear," she replies.

"Not, listen to the German salute?" asks the girl scornfully, walking to the teacher's platform. "Stand to attention," she eulla. "Every girl stand up with her arm raised. Heil Hitler!"

Hell Hitler!" roar the girls in

chorus.

Sequel: The girl is highly praised by the authorities for her behaviour;

is the teacher admonished for her

forgetfulness.

Three Drowned

In Human Chain Tragedy

London, July 21. THREE men were drowned when a human chain, formed to rescue a girl, was broken byį heavy waves at Whitsand Bay, near Plymouth on Sunday evening.

Twice the chain was reformed, Miss Eileen but finally the girl, West, aged 20 of Upper Tooling, Into swam ashore. Miss West got dimealties through the strong cur- rent and her plight was seen and four chain formed of a human

soldlers. Just as they reached the girl a heavy

civilians and three

OIL ARTERIES

of their

על!

Abortions, legalised by decree in 920 and widely practised, must be prohibited, it is urged. In fact, a draft of a new law dealing with this problem is now the tople of general discussion.

arc

Local authorities

convinced that as a result of the Government campaign, the birthrate in the country" certain to increase and far exceed the natural increase of 9,500,000 of last year.

The Bolsheviks are, in fact, deter- mined to become a world force of great magnitude, and are now setting out to plan their population increase even as they have been planning the construction of factories and the agri- cultural output.

:

Italy's Stratosphere 'Submarines'

Paris, July 22. THE importance of aviation in modern warfare and the part it will play in the development of Abyssinia is described by General Valle, the Italian Under- A view of the 1,100 kilometres long Secretary for Air, in a talk oil pipe-line, so important to England, which carries oil from Iraq to Haifa, published in Le Journal to-day.

General Valle, who has just con- Dear the Mediterranean. Recently na attempt was made by Arabs to blowcluded a civil air agreement with

said: up the line, British troops arriving just in time.

The line of pipes is now constantly watched by flyers.

The Increase of

The Hatless

London, July 27.

To go about without a hat is be- wave broke the chain, and three of coming increasingly popular. the men and a youth were swept

out to sen. The youth was saved--

Among women the habit is more

ones of

Roy Horsham cf Stoke, Devonport, confined to younger people but but the three men Isaac Edwards with men, the bald heads of age aged 21 of Devonport: Mr. F. Wi-and the well covered liams of Torpoint, married with two youth vle with one another in be children, and Private Edward Lowe

Ing hatless.

of the Klog's Regiment stationed ut. Devonport, wore drowned.

There is apparently a general belief that it is more healthy, and SHIP REPAYS A DEBT this is true, according to a doctor, to the extent that it is healthy to When the P and 0. liner discard any superfluous clothing, Ranpura ran aground, loaded with but it could be dangerous it # rich cargo of Chinese art adopted without being used to it, treasures, at Gibraltar last April] another P. and 0. boat, Barrabool, helped to get her off. This month

have seen the futility of an army, however courageous, if it has no air force. Even In the moun- lainous regions of Abyssinin, where the machines had to fly at such an altitude that they lost 30 per cent. of their power, they gave conclusive results.

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Abyssinia we shall have eight CARL BRISSON in "SHIP CAFE"

aerodromes, principally where it will be possible to fly during the rainy

season.

"Abyssinia will be held by avia- tion Aviation, you must not for- the arm of poor nations. ket, L Think how many aeroplanes one can bulld with the money needed for only one battleship. "Abyssinia will be supplied with 300 aeroplanes, of which 200 have already arrived.

"A this moment we are build. ing 100 fast transport machines which will be capable of trans- porilug 2.500 men in any average day, and of carrying 14 tons of material each.

They will travel at 250 miles an hour. "The future of aviation is in the Italy's Stratosphere stratosphere. Squadron, under Lieut.-Colonel Pezzi height of 40,000ft." at Guldonla, has already reached a

be

General Valle added that work was

what may going forward on termed "submarines of the stratos-

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Ranpura returned from Falls To Death

eighteen hours out to relieve her of mails.

Egypt's Greenshirts

Are In Alien Pay

Cairo, July 20. Nahas Pasha, Nationalist Pre mler of Egypt, announced in the Chamber to day that the Green shirts the extreme Nationalist Youth organisation were paid by a foreign Power.

He

The Premier said he had proof, which he could not disclose. did not specify the Power.

Over Cliff

CGI.

Mr. Willam C.Tuke, formerly a City chartered accountant, victed murderer, released from Broadmoor about six months ago, fell over the cliffs at Saltdean, Brighton, last month, and killed.

was

Six years ago Take killed his

GODDESS PUT IN LINER

TRAVELS WITH

·MAHARAJAH

Bombay, July 21. AFTER 34 years rule, the Maharajah of Mysore left

wife and fifteen-year-old Bon at India for the first time last their home in Penshurst-gardens, night.

Edgware. He was sent to Broad- He is travelling in the P. and meor after recovoring from a 0. liner Ranpura, bound for Greenshirts, are forbidden to throat wound ho received at the Europe, and his tour includes a

conduct propaganda."

*Youth organisation of Wafé,

time of the murders.

At his trial at the Old Balley, Nahas Pasha's party, are Blue-where he was found guilty but in Groenshirts, demanding sane, it was stated that he had more activo method, have slogan, been worried over his son's lack of

Imental development, "Egypt for the Egyptians"

shirts.

visit to England.

The family goddess Chamundes- installed on board warl has been the liner, and Brahmin cooks. will provide a vegetarian diet for their Euler-in-a-special klichen..

A Paramount's' Comedy with Songs.

TYPHOON THREATENS PHILIPPINES

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120

145

The Manila Observatory, repor tingut. 8.30 . to-day, gives the position of the typhoon as Lang, 124, Lai. 17, moving north-west. Its track is shown by white dote abu ve. A second typhoon was reported

yesterday in Long, 128, Lat. 4.i

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