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CRAWFORD William POWELL

HOBERY

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FRANK MORGAN

The Last of

MRS. CHEYNEY

with JR$5IN RAISH - MIGEL BRUCE

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Also the Star of "3 SMART GIRLS"

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PREPARES FOR ANY EMERGENCY

Vast Expenditure On Air Force

(Special to "Telegraph"}

Paris, Apr. 25,

War Debts

May Be Paid

Jerry Dean Holds Cubs Scoreless

May Be Paid Brooklyn Rallies

With Goods

United States Ready To Hoar Offers

France, in her feverish forts to But None Are Yet

make herself impregnable. In the next war which all Europe' seems to expect, is buliding across her franiler the greatest defensive worki since the Chinese Wall. And that is only one aspect of

re-armament prog

it is by far the most

of

Forthcoming

Washington, April 24, her sloggering Members of the United States although Administration have expressed The tumous Maginot Line their willingness to consider underground steel and concrete offers from European natións fortresses, already built

along the for the partial repayment of northern border fronting Germany, is War Debts with goods and ser to be extended to the English Channel and to Switzerland at a cost of vices. 2,000,000,000 franes (£18,200,000)

The existing Maginot line already

of service.

However, they draw attention to the most

is permanently manned by at least such measures involving 25,000 professional troops (not con-careful consideration of the United scripts), serving an unlimited term Stales ability to absorb such goods jand services without depressing home They are stationed in the under- markets and deranging the economic ground forts and pill boxes all along structure, the frontier, linked by underground Oncials of the State and Treasury passages and

and underground railways Departments say that no such offers to facilitate the rapid concentration have been received as yet, and that of troops and munitions to any point, the reports have apparently grown The larger units have their own out of a misunderstanding between water, powerhouses and Senator Hamilton Lewis of the atlons. Thest are stocked Foreign Relations Committee and the with

munitions and food to enable State Department. the troops to remain underground for months if necessary.

Earlier, Senator Lewis hud sald The whole system from the Chonnel that he was intending to recoramend to Switzerland will be backed by nito President Roosevelt that such strong secondary line of defence, offers should be accepted and that

In addition to the Maginot line, the such payments in commodities should French programme includes the be distributed in the United States following measures;

for relief purposes.-United Press.

1. Raling a defence loan eventually to total 10,500,000,000 franes (£100,- 000,000), of which 0,000,000,000 (£73,500,000) has just been issurd. 2. Expenditure this year of 18,340,- 000,000 (£108,500,000) on military preparations, of which 9,500,000,000 francs (£87,300,000) will be raised by loans.

3. Expansion of the air force by half doubling its efficiency with

this chines, and quadrupling its

new

air bombing capacity by the end of the year;

4. Enlargement of the navy to the third strongest in the world by bring- ing it to a total of 950,000 tons through construction of 39 new war ships;

5. intensification of the mechanisa- tion of the army and an increase in tanks:

6. Nationalization of war industries; 7. Decentralisation of war In- dustries, Including the removal of 25 aircraft factories from the vicinity | of Paris to other centres as a pro- tection against bombing:

World Mark

For 4-Mile

Relay Race

Philadelphia, Apr. 25.

An Indiana team, consisting of Don Lash, Melvern Trutt, Jim Deckard and Jim Smith, to-day established a world's record for the four-mile relay race.

They covered the distance in 17 minutes 10.1 seconds, bettering the record of 17 minutes 21 seconds pre- vlously held by the Illinois Athletic Club-Reuter,

8. Retention of conscripts In the more than 6,000,000 trained reserves. army for two years;

On the other hand, France hus failed Improvement of the physical to develop the pre-milliary training condition of the troops and the train-of boys on the big scale undertaken ing of youth by the formation of aby Italy and Germany. corps of 15,000 gymnastle and drill instructors;

To Beat Phillies

New York, April 25.

St. Louis Cardinals remain the most consistent team in the National League to date. They defeated Chicago Cubs four to nothing to-day, Jerry Dean, brother of the spectacled sensation, "Dizzy," holding the Cubs to five hits. Chicago committed five

errors,

BL

St. Louis, batting strongly, counted eleven safeties for their four runs.

Boston Braves out-acored the doughty Giants, though each hit safe three ly only six times and the Braves had Boston scored three ce errors, times and the Glants once, New York giving away one error.

In a wild eleventh inning rally, Brooklyn took the measure of the Phillies, ten to six. Manush and Hassel hit home runs at the crucial manent. The Dodgers hit thirteen and Philadelphia ten. Each had one

error,

Wet grounds prevented the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh engagement.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

.whipped

New York Yankees Boston, nine to three, hitting 13 to the Sox' eight, and boneftting largely by the Boston orrors. There were four of them. Doerr hit a homer for the Sex

the Sox.

In

11 inpings, Cleveland beat St. Louis five to four in another slugging match, hitting 15 to the Browns 14. Cleveland had five errors.

Chiengo scored 11 runs to. Detroit's seven in another 11-Innings encounter, Berger whacking a

a home run.

The White Sox hit 14 and the Tigers ten. The winners had two errors.

The Washington-Philadelphia game waz washed out by roin-Reuter.

NEW YORK EXCHANGE NERVOUS

Prices Lower But Fairly Active

New York, April 24. Prices were lower in a moderately active but nervous session on the New York Stock Exchange to-day.

The unfavourable factors included anxiety over the Government's economy programme, some accounts becoming frozen, the recent breaks and resultant uncertainty in the commodity markets, and the criticol foreign situation.

The favourable factors include the steel production increase, good car- loadings returns, good earnings re- ports and estimates that March au- tomobile sales will. constitute record.

ง

Special attention is being paid to 10. Formation of huge reserves of reorganising the army war stocks Including six honths mechanical basis, extending motorisa-sues on the Curb Exchange were supply of fuel oil for the navy and ten and increasing the present 25 research to discover domestic sub-tank battalions. siltutes for gasoline.

DECLINING STRENGTH

About half the artillery is already motorised and additional Infantry regiments are being put on wheels.

The air force is in the process of complete renovation, Air Minister Pierre Cot told the Chamber of Deputies:

The Bond Market was lower with United States Government issuca higher.

DOW JONES AVERAGES

Industrials Ralls Utilities

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Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Change 178.54 170.08 ON 1.56 60.24 59.54 of 70

30.17 20.04 ON 2.3

101.40 101.35 O .14 300,000 shares-United

Parachutes

Up to 1933, or the advent of Hitler,; France was conceded to have the most powerful military machine in the world, but because of the finon- cial stringency, its efficiency and

Bonds "In six months we have increased strength was allowed to decline, especially in the air force. Planes the number of airplanes available were allowed to become obsolete, by 37 per cent., equipment by 40, while other powers, notably KOWLOON

Ger- munitions by 50 and armaments by many, Italy and Russia, were buil- upper only one force is

superior to ours, Soviet Russia's," France now is engaged in an effort

The new developments feature un to regain her former pre-eminence in Western Europe. Her military ultra-fast combination of bomber and situation is conditioned by the fact ghter. Perhaps the

novel that Germany has half again

factor, about which little information large a population, with militarlan la permitted to escape, is the the

plane tion unhindered by Parliamentarian aerial mine-loyer. A

dying checks and almost unfettered control high above the dunger of anti-nir- eraft fire carries a powerful mine, of industries.

Moreover, France, with a birth rate When near a vital bridge or railway lower than Germany's and

or military concentration, the plane Clowers the mine, attached to a enble stantly falling, now faces the called "lean years" Gue to aub- perhaps a mile or two long. It is released when over the strategie normal births during the War.

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Hongkong Name In

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Capital To

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Be

Company With Too

Much Money

On the ground that the Company

Mr. F. Cuaderno, acting Director of

· A vast crowd, numbering at leait |

Pusts, has issued an order against had too much money, Mr. H. Ç. to le death to-day,

eight known agents or representatives Macnamara this morning success- The air forme personnel is being

I was the famous American

the distribution of foreign lottery fully applied to the Chief Justice, The total atunding army at present increased by 1,000 smeers and 10,000 birdman, Clent Sohn, who, in tickets, says the Manila Bulletin. The Sir Atholl MacGregor for a return is 604,000, of whom 213,00 are over- men. Expenditures on the forespecially constructed suit, with wings order means that no letters or pack of capital to shareholders of the Ho seus, but Franeo possesses a moment totul early one-fifth of the whole controlled by his arms and a full agen addressed to those persons, ex- Mun Tin Land Investment Company. ory advantago over Germany, with defence budget. United Press.

mont by the Commonwealth | Mr. Macnamara was instructed for cntrolled by his legs, we giving an cept those exhibition at Vincennes

or by, the Federal Government, will the petitioners by Mr. P. Y. Woo, of 1. K. Woo & Co., and the order was Hohn Jumped from a plane 6,640 bo sent through the maile. feet: Cracefully. with

The order was issued against olght granted after a brief hearing of the Alrelehed urine. By the work! Uko akong and two from Macus.·

he glided towards persons, including one from Hong facts. use ground, Zov, swiftly diving bird. After n fow Mr. Cuaderno stated that evidence; moments of exhibitions of turns he satisfactory to him had shown that capital of this Company consisted of altempled to release his parachutes, these men are using the mail service $400,000. divided into 4,000 shares of which check his fail. These were of the Philippines for the promotion $100 each of which $60 per share strapped to his back and chest, Both of uiteir business, in violation of the had been paid. It was desired to

SOLDIER'S YOUNG WIFE

ASKS BOON OF QUEEN

As the result of the action of a twenty year old London | failed to function,-Neuter, wife in writing to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, begging, na a Coronation favour, that her husband be sunt homie · from

Öl-

Singapore, it is probable that Privato Thomas Barnett, int U.S. TRADE WITH

03

CHINA GAINS

Battalion Middlesox Regiment, will shortly leavo for England.

Mr Barnett is working · as A year ago Private Barnett mar- rled In London. Three days luter no cinema attendant for, 278, 0d, a weet. was sent to Singapore. The WorShe liàs promised her husband she

Washington, April. 24. Omee notified his wife that he could will try to save the £13 fare for The United States Chamber of not retum until 1942.

him to go home on leave.

Commerce annual survey reveals that "His pay is only 10s, a week, and the United States imports from

The application set out that the

Now Mrs. Barneit han sont the ho sends me 78, so he can't save during the year 1930 roke $10ing Posts," Should the senders of letters His Lordship 'grapied on order in

following letter to Queen Elizabeth;-- anything himself,, aho said 'in a pross or 15.7 per cent., over the previous

Tom come Home to me and be the money I would not be allowed to among the major Asiatic countries.

000 or 14 por cent

place, and it would make. Coronailun "Every week he writes to say how year the happiest year in my illa. hole longing to be home again: When know you will understand how I show happy courting couples to much it means to have a husband to their seats in the cinema my heart love and make a home for.".

achos with envy,"

postage laws. He directed all post- reduce the capital by paying back masters and other postal officers and the shareholders the sum of $10 per employees to return to the person de- share out of the accumulated profis positing in the malls any matter of and that the nominal amount of the whatever class mailed by or address 4,000 shares bo reduced from: $100 ed to these people or their agents or to 350,

Counsel and the Company had | representativen..

oldy than moridy

It required and the Any such mail discovered by pos-moro tal officials is to bo marked: Frau-present motion could not possibly dulent: mail from-to this address affect the creditors. The amount. Lo returned by order of the Dhector of be returned totalled only $40,600. addressed to these persons fall to the terms required. show their numes, their mail will be "Couldn't Your Majesty please let interview in London. "Even if I'd your, which is the largest increase sent to the dead letter omce with

be or their agenta or representatives, mark fraudulent" and will stationed in England? -- An unmarried go to Singapore to koep house for Imports from Japan rosu $21,000,-posed of like other dead letter matter. The order will not apply, to mail mat Postal officials are also forbidden ter not under seal which, on examina- soldier could be sent to take his him. .......

to issue of pay any money order or tion, le found not to pertain to the Imports from the Philippines' in- created by 1.1 per cent, from the telegraphle transfer to these persons inhibited, business. Dutch East Indies 89. par cont, and from French Indo-China 44 per cent.

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