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U.S. CONGRESS

ADJOURNS AMIDST

FLARE-UP

|REFUGEES BY ARAMIS

SHIPPING COMPANY'S

NOTIFICATION

It is notified that in order to avoid Washington, Aust. 22.

confusion on the arrival of the M. Without the usual band playing V. Aramis, it will not be possible for or other evidences of Congressional] the Compagnie des Messageries Mord- time-honoured fareweli celebrations, lines to issue any passes to board the the 75th. Congress adjourned to-day vessel. alue die, embrafted until the last in Pezressive warfare between the fight- ing factions of the Democratic Party, connected recrimination with the now killed Supreme Court enlargement, proposal were vulced in the Senate to-day.

as bitter

of

Will friends therefore write to re-

fees, on board ship, c/o the Agent, Aerangeries Maritimes, 3 Queen'a Building, Hongkong, before 0 p.m. 10-day, August 24.

These fetlers will be delivered Goln to the White House at the When the pilot boards the Aran closing hours were the third Ded-or at the latest while the vessel is ciency Bill, carrying appropriations anchored at Kowloon Bay for Port

about $100,000,000, including Health examination, authorisation for a $05,000,000 cotton subsidy fund and a slightly amended

* SPHINX ARRIVES Housing B, as well as a man of minor bills, including

The Messageries Maritimes liner one for Sphinx arrived here from Europe miling sale of American hellum abrond.

yesterday, and discmbarked about 25 passengers who were booked for Shanghai. No new passengers were picked up here for the northern port, and the ship is continuing on

her way to Shanghat to disembark there the 800 French troops she picked up al Saigon,

Legislation left over until possible action during the next session were some of the most important mensures of President Roosevelt's programme, Including the Wages and Hours Bill, crop control, and reorganisation of the executive branch of the Govern- ment.-Reuter.

Housing Bill Approved

Washington, Aug, 22,

•

ACCOMMODATION WANTED

accom-

It is announced by the, Refugees Committee that additional modation is required. in private houses, and efters are invited. The charges which may be made is $3 a day for adults children under 16 years, and

and $2 a day for Committee guarantees payment.

the

THE HONGKONG

BRITISH LOSSES IN SHANGHAI TRADE AND COMMERCE PARALYSED

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1937.

ST. TERESA'S SCOUTS INAUGURATION OF NEW

HEADQUARTERS

RADIO BROADCAST

(Continued from Page 7.)"

8.30 London RelayHic News and Announcements,

Looking their best in nent uniforms, 42 members of the 13th. Kowloon

9.55 Varlely and Dance Music. Shanghai, Aug. 22 (0.12 am.).

Scout troop stood at smart attention Roy Club Rag (Harry loy)... Harry

Novelty Harlem (Eddie Carroll);;

British properly at Shanghai is plac-Catholic

A moderate estimate of the loss to Blahop II. Valtorta at the Chinese Swing High, Swing Low-Selection, to greet the arrival of His Lordship Roy's Tiger-Ragamufline. Plano- el at £1,500,000, due to damage tlon, already sustained from wor havoc apart from a heavy loss and commeter,

to trade which is virtually paralysed.

Yount Men's Associa- Kowloon" Tong.

Intro: Swiat High-Swing Low, yesterday hear a The occasion

call to arms, Panamonla, morning.

was the College Holiday Selection. Intro: I the of inauguration

Head- quarters of the

Scouts,

adore you, The Sweetheart Waltz, the So what.....Patrician Risborough.

new

and

All British drms have been invit-many people present showed the Comediennes-Gert, Daisy And Th ed by the British Chamber of Cor popularity of the Troop.

Knot-Hole; The Coronation Girls. merce to report damage to property.

The Headquarters, a building ad- losses, especially

Elsie and Doris Waters. Tungo Many firms have suffered inous joining St. Teresa's Church, holds all Punto Arenas; San Fernando

where destroyed that is necessary for the making of Heinz Huppertz & His Orchestra. goes were not covered by war Food Scout, and besides a miniature Vocal-Pul On Your risk insurance.

Old billards table, there are the best of Bonnet; Sleepy Head....The Mills Grey British and American oil installa-journals for the use of the boys,

Action and educational

educational books and tions between Shanghai and Woo-

Brothers; Was it Rain?; Sweet Heart- Rche (Filin: The Hit Parade).....

sung are among places on fire. The Rev. Fr. N. Maestrinl, Rector Frances Langford with Victor Young P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND

rice.--Reuter,

at

11.00 Close down.

Kenzie and Company, assisted by 21 and after he had address them, Pan Alley Medley-Nu, 2: Intro: The Managing Director of Mne-of the Church, received the guests, & His Orchestre. Two Planes -Tin olles, Ineffectually battled through Mrs. de Souza, wife of Dr. B. de Goodnight my Love, So do 1.' I Need taining £50,000 worth of cotton. In Scouts by generous the night to save warehouse con-Souza, who has done much for the Yo

You. Boo-oo, Love Marches On, donations mured, but not against war risk.wards the establishment of

to- What will I tell my Heart....Ivor the Moreton and However he

and Dave Kaye. Vocal-A warehouse, containing 2,000 tons of stretched across the door of the new You (Rotter, Jurmann & Sarony); saved the adjoining Headquarters, cut a coloured ribbon Little Ramble In Springtime With building, amidst loud applause. The Trust In Me (Wever, Schwartz & Bishop then blessed the British Wharf Afire

premises, Ager).

.Greta Keller. Fox Trot after which refreshments Shanghai, Aug. 22 (7.53 n..).

were Sweet Suc;, Rumba-Nenita Min. served. A heavy Chinese, bombardment of

Fred Jackson & His Orchestra. Fox the Japanese Consulate area from Rev. Fr. Maestrini baid:

In his address to

the gathering Trots-La-De-De La-De-Da; Hurdy- concealed

Gurdy Man......Nnt Gonella & His enplacements

the It is with great pleasure that Georgians. North Station ushered in dawn this welcome you all here to-day on be morning. One shell landed on the half of the Parents Committee, British-owned Shanghal and Hont- which sees at last its efforts crowned kew Wharf Company's wharf, which in the inauguration of this building. is aflame.

It was one year ago at the meeting Four Chinese were slightly injur- of all parents of our Scouts that itquencies are used by Daventry: ed when shelf from either a Chin- was decided to give our Troop Sallors' Home

ese an at Poolung or a Japanese permanent headquarters. It In connection with the letter pub-warship in the harbour hit a Chinaimteult at first to raise the necessary Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, De listed in the S. C. At. Post yesterday-owned four-storey building, only funds, but the generosity of Dr. de

Wyomin the administration to urclare war on asking why the Sailors' Home could block away from the Municipal Souza who donated the largest sum. the Party rebels, lie demanded that not be used for refugees from Shang-buildings in the heart of the Setfle- and a subscription among the mem-

ment,Reuter. Senator Joseph P. Guffey, Democrat, the Rev. Cyrli Brown, Chaplain

jbers of the Committee, realized soon of the Home. of Pennsylvania, he ousted from nis

made the following

what was required. post na Chairman of the Democratic comments yesterday to a S. C. M. Post Senatorial Committee because of last reporter: night's broadcast in which he labell ed the foes of President Roosevelt's Supreme Court plan "grates,"

The House of Representatives has approved the Wagner Housing Con- ference report, which has now been sent to the Senate, bringing eluse the adjournment, despite a rousing Senate tare-up, shattering Democra tic harmony.

of

mocrat

challenged

rather walk out of that door and never come back, that surrender an honest conviction."

Shattered Harmony

is accom-

DOCK COMPANY AIDS

7

Six MUHon Loss Shanghal, Aug. 22 (7.31 p.m.). With the Arst definite reports i coming in, the loss to British pro-! perty in Shanghai as a result of the warfare is now estimated at £6,000,-

000,

found itself covered by war risk in- Only one British firm has so far

destroyed by fire. surance. It hurt # £50,000

Damuge la continually

cargo

now

Ins 13 large separate fires are burning close to Imperial Chemical blazing in affected districts. One is

Industries warehouse.-Reuter.

Thanks Expressed

seemed

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GSM

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Transmission 1

(G.S.B.. G.S.O., G.S.G.)

1 (1.12. 13

Orchestra.

Ben, The NBC Empire

140 m. Talk: The England Find'~4. 1.35 p.m. 'The BBC Presents the ABC-

Letter 'S. 12.23 pm. The New auf Aunouncements.

Greenwich Time Signal at 2.30 p.m. 2.45 pm. Variety Australian artiste, la- cluding Jean Melvitte and Albert Arien. 3.5 pan.

Frank Gorman and Janet Lind.

New British Dance Music.

Transmission 2 (G.S.D., G.S.G., G.S.IL)

7.1. The

445 pm and of fila, Majesty

Calistream Gunits, from the Palace Per. Brighton, Sussex,

0.45 pm. The Empire Exhibition (Scot- land, 1934: Planning the Exhibition.

Programme of Gramophone

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18th Sept. Marseilles, & London.

10th Sept. Stralts, Bombay & Karachi.

2nd Oct. Bombay, Marselles & London. Dih Oct. Marsellies, Havre, London, Hamburg.

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

10th Oct. Marsellies & London.

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11th Sept.

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25th Sept.

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Organ

Accords, 0.30 pm. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 0.45 p.m. Transmission 3 (G.S.F. G.S.G.. G.S.H. G83) 10.13 p.1. Big Ben. Cinerna

Recital. 10.30 p.m. The Rebel Mah. 11.30 p.m. Sonata Recital by John Franels (Flute) and Millicent Silver (T'iano- forte).

12 in from the Poetry of

Rupert Brooke.

1.10 4. The News and Announcements. 12.30 am. The DBC Presents the ABC-

Greenwich Time Signal at 12.30 o.m. Letter S.

At present the Hame

On behalf of the Parents Com moduting 117 seafaring men, and it

mittee I have to thank heartily Mrs. expects a number of others within

de Souza who has kindly agreed to Wheeler Answers Challenge

the next few days. The accommoda-

perform the opening ceremony, Dr. tion is taxed almost to the limit, there

tlon. Mr. A. II. Baste who volunteer- de Souza for his magnificent donn- Senator Burlon K. Wheeler, De-being room for only about 25 more mocrat of Montana, expressed re-men, and the place is usually in this

ed to draw the plans and to super- seniment at Senator Gutty's refer- state. Women could not be arco-

vise the works, Mr. A. W. da Hoza ences to Senator O'Mahoney, al- musinted at the Home.

and Mr. mounting

F. Remedios whose generous though he referred to the charges

contribution have made it possible to Gesinst himself as cheap demag men fed and housed at the Home was

who have constantly given their Last year the number of centaring

furnish the new premises, and finally Senator Wheeler said. "I fell highly 28.395, while yesterday no fewer than

all the members of the Committee honoured that the honourable Sena- 400 harf to be provided for from the

unfailing support to our young troop. tor for Pennsylvania should have small kitchen.

British Opinion

It is due to their keen interest in singled me out in his speech. Every- one knows that he did not write it.!

London, Aug. 22) the Scout movement that the long 1 pm. The Story of Mosquito Day In any even seafaring men must "British and American interests in cherished dream of permanent head-8.30 pm. Holand l'owell's Quintet, from Everyone knows that he would not have first call on the services of the China are identical,"

the Slleve Donard Hotel. Newcastle, declares Sir quarters has come true at last. dore to deliver it on the floor of the institution.

County Down. Senate,

Erie Teichman, former Counsellor to

What amount of good this building; I happen to know that be- tore Mr. Farley (Postmaster General)

the British Embassy in China, in a is going to do to the young genera- went to Indiana to plead for Party

prominent article in

hardly be the Sunday tion of our parish can The accommodating of Seandina-Times. harmony that his office had syrnng vian refugees trom Shanghai at the

expressed by words. ed to broadcast Senator

Sir Eric continues, "They have al-

The Scouts will find here in their Guffey's submarine crew quarters at Cosmo-ways aimed at promotion of a strong hours of rest healthy amusements speech."

politan Ducks. has been possible and stable Central Government, rui- and sports which will develop their Tremblingly pointing

through the courtesy at Senator

of the Chief ing a united Chinese people. On the bodies and their spirit as well. Here Guffey, who remained gravely silent,

Manager

of the Hongkong and other hand Japan seems always to they will find the most congenial Senator O'Mahoney shouted, "I would? Whampoa Duck Company.

seek to deal locally with regional company for their oge and inclina- authorities and by her actions to front places and surroundings which tions. Here they will be kept away the whole principle pose

of unity! and stability of the Government of are most unit for young boys. U. S.

Chino. CITIZEN SOUGHT

Above all, they will find here that The divergence of the Anglo- discipline which is one of the charac The first session of the 75th. Con-

American and Japanese policies in teristics of the Scout Law and which The American Consul in Hongkong China thus widens every year, gress adjourned sine die amid the has

yet is most essential to the training of received 151 polical debris of shattered harmony Washington regarding the where her prosperity depends on Chinese

Inquiry from Japan must trade with China, und the young.

is because the world seems to have and the Democratie family feud in abouts and well-being of Morton I wealth.

Modern dictators, and long before lost sight of the great fact that man which the Senate rebels attacked the Davis, an American ellizen, who is countries hope that the statesmen of achieve revolutions or transforma- that the soul must have precedence True well-wishers of both them all those who have wanted to is made of spirit and matter, and administration's pofitient tacties in a thunder

reported to have arrived recently at Japan farewell bombardamat Hongkong on a British vessel. Mr. doubtful on realise that it is tion of masses, have always grasped over the body. Excessive import- The promised trouble is expected his whereabouts, is requested to assured by recognising the claim that people. It is hard to

everce the full well that the key to success in ange is given to physical training.. Davis, or anyone having knowledge Chinese and that peace can only be a great movement is in the young and to the development of natural to break out at a special session in

change November, in which various impor-Consulate General at Hongkong.

communicate with the American the new China'

the qualities, while training of manly should be treated ricas and habits of grown-up people,

is left almost completely in tant acts are to be discussed,

with equality."-Reuter.

but it is

2. only too easy perhaps :

apgabeyance. What has always made There is also the threatened Jott have failed to elicit any information

Inquiries at hotels and

Indian Sympathy

ΤΟΥ good for

or bad the

great and happy la not of a 1930 election

nind of the young. The Catholle physical strength, which we have in campaign. The concerning him.

Simla, Aug. 22. Senate adjourned at 0.50 pon, and the

Church with her Divine mission of common with bulls and tigers, but Messrs. Bulabhal Desal House at 7.23 p.m.

and Sa- teaching all people has spared no

no development of the yamurti leader and deputy leader efforts to secure a good education

qualities of the spirit. For this of the Congress Party In the Cen- of children, and

I believe

that the marvellous the Scout Law is a masterpiece in tral Legistative Assembly have Is-growth of educational institutions education, because it blends together for the protection of Indian nationals, Importance of the education of youth. Scout Law is: Duly to sued a statement that they see no throughout the world is an unques- the training of the objection to the use of Indian troopstionable proof of the

spirit and of tremendous physical constitutions. The first

God abroxid

and Country, which meang discipline, They add that they in fact recon The future of Society is in the and discipline to the Law of God mend such use,

but trust that the hands of the young, and the future and to the Law of the Country is troops will not be allowed to tho will be what we grown-ups of to-day the only thing which makes a man anything which may have the ap-will make it by moulding and train perfect and will give Society peace, pearance that India is being involving for good the spirit of the young, prosperity and happiness.

in the Sino-Japanese struggle "for it is a sacred duly of all parents I wish therefore to Our 13th. brionly our estopathy will be with and of all those who have in their Kowloon, under the patronage of St. Dine (China) against whom agres-hands the education of children, to Teresa, a great success which will sive imperial encroachment is being bear this constantly in their minds. undoubtedly result. in 3 insting earriet out under one excuse or on- If we have the misfortune of Influence for good among all the other."--Renter.

living in dark and evil hours this young people of our beloved parish.

Before adjournment

forth

House in the crowded and tense Chamber in approved the Conference report for which the rebels under the leader- $20,000,000 for housing. They pass ship of Senator Wheeler accepted the ed a bill providing an immediate con- speeches of President Roosevelt and sus of employed. They adopted Mr. Guffey in their Conference

report and sent in a

broadcast third deficiency hill to the White House,

elaration of war-United Press, after

eliminating $50.000.000

sugar quota payment,

000.

for

explaining

cie

The Sugar Bl that the Sugar Aet does not necessi-

Washington, Aug 22. fate payments until January. Bow- ever they retained $250,000 for adhe!

Leaders in both Houses informed ministrative purposes, leaving a dealted Press that they were convinced Aciency roughly totalling $100,000,- hat Presiden Roosevelt would ap-

prove the Sugar Bill.

Is Bills for President

reported

that

President Roosevelt is simultaneously making Bills before the President at pre- a statement attacking the continental rent are the Tax Loophole measure,; refineries, but explaining his ap-| lower Court reform. 111 marketing legislation.

sugar proval on the grounds that he did not want to lum growers who planned

the

The discordant outburst of inter- their crops on the assumption of the Party bickering in the Senate took general provisions of the Jones- place before packed galleries, It was Costigan Bill being re-enneted. The an unexpectedly bitter debate that President urged acceptance of overshadowed the finst routine legis- Bil as being better lative tasks.

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The undisturbed Republican would be removed minority were the only calm Bgurer Press.

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they

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