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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11,

1938.

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YE L.C.C. IN PILLORY- A CURE IN VERSE

The Kid And. Tho Ideal Girl

SMILING JACKIE COOGAN and his young bride. Betty Grablo, who is known as "Hollywood's Ideal Girl," leaving the Church in the film city altor their wedding, which took place recently and attended by many Film

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Was

CHINA TO ADOPT WHOLESALE GUERILLA

TACTICS

(Continued from Page 1) only to control a narrow

arrow belt along the rathway, Chinese guerila troops are immediately outside the "belts giving the Japanese troops constant harassings. In the same manner

Poem Read in £180,000 Will Dispute

During the hearing of a dispute over £180,000 will,

in the Probate Court in London it was alleged that the testator had delusions that:

His parents were mad;

He was poor;

Kissing or handshaking would affect him with disease;

The Government

extortionists;

was

a set of thieves and

"

The L.C.C., and his relatives, sharks,

It was also alleged that when motoring he used to drive deliberately at oncoming cars, and laugh at the confusion of the drivers.

It was also alleged that motoring he used to drive deliberate ly at oncoming cars and laugh at the confusion of the drivers.

tors, said that Mr. Bohrmann aged 52 or 53 when he

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and

when Mr. D. N. Priit, K.C., for the execu

died. His father had started life as a German The wili was that of Mr. Alexander subject, but come to England

merchant and India Henry.

nry. Louis Bohrmann, a bachelor, traded us on East of Denmark Hill, S.E. It was dated made a substantial fortune.

Mr. Bohrmann suffered from November 1026 and had a number of codic!ls. The executors, Mr. Wil-chronie asthma, said Mr. Pritt. He llam R. Cuesor and Mr. Cyril William had a farm near Sevenoaks where he Walmough, solicitors, of Billlter-bred cattic. He could not be called aquare, E.C., asked the court to pro- mean with money, but resented nounce for the will and codicils under "endging" or waste. which the bulk of the estate goes 'to' charities in the United States.

RELATIVES' PLEA

It was alleged that Mr. Bohrmann would swear, hiss and spit at his mother.

that

He could brook no contradiction, was insanely susplelous and vindie- Relatives of Mr. Bohrmann opposed live, and frequently declared

and everything was the will. They alleged that he was everybody noi of sound mind, memory and against him, understanding when he made the will and codicits, that he was insane, and list he suffered from delusions.

Chinese guerilla unite are attacking Roosevelt

Talks About

ellies near Haugchow and near. Tul- yunn. The entire 29th army under se General Sung Chch-yuan,

which collapsed at Peiping and Tientsin last inta July has been re-organised guerilla forces, centred in Toming city:

Bigger Navy

Another allegation was that he suf- fered from a delusion that his parents were attempting to harm him, and that his relatives were conspiring to obtain from his parents money whitch belonged to him.

FAMILY TREE

It was also alleged that he used to lock himself in his room, shout, rage, and overturn furniture.

A genealogical table several feet. long the family tree of Mr. Bolir- mann-was produced in court.

THE SHANGHAI BLUNDER

Mr. Justice Langton remarked that Washington, Jan. 10. there seemed to be a delightful General Yeh Chien-ying, Chief of

President F. D. Roosevelt summon-Biblical simplicity about the heads of Staff of the former Red, or Eighth ed

State

Navy und

Department the families mentioned in the tree. Route Army, commented as early as officials for a further discussion on "tere one seems to have had six August Just

thal in the present war the proposed supplementary naval blessings," he remarked. China should adopt guerilla or mobile building programme. tacties instead of positional tactics. White House officials state that it many more," rejoined Mr. Pritt.

He observed that the chief reason for will be several days before President

"And the sub-blessings are very

Evidence would be given, said Mr.

the collapse of tite 20th army was Roosevelt semis his expected mes- Pritt, that Mr. Bohrmann perfectly their ignorance of mobile tactics. He sage to advocated mobile tueties chiefly on

Jay

Congress, concerning the understood what he was doing and AN

was of full testamentary capacity. “MONEY-SUCKERS"

the ground that China lacks effective programme-Heuter. heavy weapons with which to resis!

the Japanese bombardments. Long, before the Chinese retreat from -Shanghai-he-pointed out the inod- visability of positional tactics by the Chinese defence forces in the Shang- haj sector.

In the meantime they had the re- markable fact that in northern Shansi

ever

NOT MUCH HEADWAY

Budapest, Jan. 11.

In his will he showed one phobia

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ISLAND WHERE THERE ARE NO TEN COMMANDMENTS !

And a man can do his worst i. See what happens when forgotten women and men want to forget, turn an island paradise Into an inferno of hate.

which many other people had; he COLONY OF DANGEROUS WOMEN AND DESPERATE MEN !

directed that an artery-should-be-cut-

to make sure that he was dead.

were 483

He would be found referring in his letters to "the ever-present problem of making provision for money-suck- the Eighth Route Army appeared No communique was issued at being relatives." There

victorious and furthermore end of yesterday's talks

between letters.

Mr. Pritt held up a large photo- were able to maintain their positions Austrian, Italian

Hungarian and

graphic document. "Here," he said, As diplomale here. far behind the Japanese lines.

"I have 'a curse upon the L.C.C." an instance, he said, the former Red

The general impression seems to Mr. Justice Langion: Is querilla troops were still maintaining be that not much headway was thude,

ern Shansi, their strongholds in northern

is regarded as fairly certain, malediction in German? (Laughter.) -No, it is in good, ordinary English. These facts serve as material exam- that neither Austria tar Hungary

Mr. Justice Langton: It is always ples for leading the re-organisation will leave the League of Nations to of other national troops into guerilla join the anti-Comintern pact, which more Impressive in German.

believed to be Italy's hope in "CURSE THEM”. attending the conference.

All Europe is watching develop-

forces.

FOUR GOLDEN RULES

very are

the

was in worse.

Mr. Priti said the curse

he had rend The principles of the guerilla tacments at Budapest with concern, for (Laughter.) verse, and lies in China

simple it is quite possible that this meeting The "curse" rend: Guerilla strategists state that the will be the preliminary to some new

А curse on all London's councillors be

.of

golden rules consist only four political alignment.--Reuter.

whenever the points: firstly that enemy is coming to retreat, secondly whenever the enemy is stationed any- where to harass, thirdly whenever the enemy is evasive, to attack, fuurhly whenever the enemy is in retreat to drive to kill.

guerillu

Besides the Government forces, there'nre about 20,000 guerilla volunteers drawn from civilians in the Pelping, Tientsin and Pooting areas, Commander Yang Pao-ming) should be considered the "Father" of the guerilla forces' around because the first unit he

Jast August consisted on cam Pepe

STOP PRESS

YOUNG KWANGSI 1wo

PILOTS DEFEAT farmers, two workingmen and one and they had only ex-serviceman,

JAPANESE AIRMEN one ancient Russian hunting gun and 30 bullets. Yang Pao-ming now has

Nanning, Jan. 11. Fresh from school, several young thousands of men in northern Hopel constantly waylaying enemy units, Kwangsi pilots showed their ability seizing Japanese weapons in surprise as airmen on January 8 when they attacks and destroying munitions, shot down three Japanese pursuit aeroplanes and tanks.

planes and one Japanese bomber

All the Chinese military author- during fights over Nanning, former ties and the people belleye that the

Is oficially capital of Kwangsi, farther the Japanese troops penetrate

announced. into China the more dangerous. It

Chinese

plane was

also will be for the Japanese lines, of

was revealed. The pilots communications and the less chance who engaged the Japanese are all

damaged, they will have of victory-United new graduates from the Kwangsl

Presa.

Bomb Plotters Discovered

Paris, Jan. 11.

A number of arrests have been made in connection with the bomb outrage of December 9 last when ax-| plosions occurred in two headquarters of employers near the Arch Triumph In Paris resulting in

One

Who for acquisition of this propertie

Did vote, and on all those who inay here be And on employce.

Who helped such deed to com- plete or agree.

all ofcinis, and every

And on all those who, at any time,

May work or live on this pro- pertic.

For wage or reward of any kind When In the service of the L.C.C.

Misfortune accompany them all through life.

May none their desires be ever fulfilled

Their peace be destroyed by dis- pute. and strife,

Their seed with vice and crime be fouled,

Their bodies racked with discase

and pain,

Their misery worse than

dare tell.

they

And when death at last their liven doth claim

May their souls be damned and go to hell.

The curae, Mr. Priti explained, was Aviation School, having no expeTI- ence in actual air combats, and the to be hung on to a key of Mr. Bohr- planes which they piloted are old mann's house, and it ended with the and hardly fit for fighting. However, me after June 1933,"

words: "Accursed be who owneth

despite these disadvantages, they Mr. Justice Langlon: Do you

successfully out-manoeuvred Japanese

during

tho two

say the testator did that airmen

(Laughter.) successive raids on the city-Central BOLSHIES"

News,

HWEICHOW VISITED

himself?

Evidence was given by Mr.. William Robert Caesar, a solicitor, who sald that Mr. Bohrmann told him that in Tunchi, Anhwel, Jan. 11.

England they were a lot of Bolshles. Itweichow, scenic town in south He was excited as he said that this Anhwel, was visited by Japanese country should not have his money. bombing planes yesterday. Three He added: "You can offer it to bombs were dropped on the city--| America, where I have always been The Surete has discovered the Central News,

well received."

death of two policemen,

of

the

Identity of the.men Involved in the bombing, it is reported.-Reuter.

The hearing was adjourned.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING AMONG THESE

MURDERERS. KILLERS AND THIEVES?"

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