1938-07-15 — Page 19

GUERILLAS FIGHT BACK IN SHANTUNG

Situation Now Quiet Along Yangtse

Hankow, July 15.

The situation remains quiet on the Hukow front, where the Japanese are assembling a large army for their big drive along the south bank of the Yangtse, according to Chinese reports.

Japanese reinforcements are said to be arriving in large numbers daily in transports from points down river.

THE HONGKONG

GIRDLES GLOBE IN LESS THAN FOUR DAYS

Howard Hughes Back In New York After Historic Flight

New York, July 14, Even Jules Verne, with all his imagination, could not concolve that the day would come when man wouid travel around the world in less than

four days.

Filoted by multi-millionaire Howard Hughes, the Fant Lochead, mono-

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY JULY

TENSION IN HAIFA EASED

But Terrorism Has Widened Gulf Between Factions

Haifa, July 14. The situation here to-day was easier, though there have been incidents, Including soveral bomb-throwing and arson.

RADIO BROADCAST

L. A. Lafford and E. Turner From St. John's Cathedral

LONDON RELAY

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 845 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. on 9.62 r.c's per and 8-11 p.m. second.

0.00 Dance Music (Recorded) and Varloty. Two Arabs were seriously

Goin' wounded and one Jew slightly

Swing Orchestra--Keep (Cecil Norman); Blue Strings Clifford injured, and the Jewish super-and Cyril Hellier)....Bert Firman's

92°

Phew!!!

night has swee died shot Instumph Lite (Stuck on, Isabella Call in at

Mountain (Teich) Tessin Band; Comedy

Tree; Fox-Trot-The Joo-Jah

FOX- Billy

a wylde gulf between the Arab and Trot-By An Old Pavoda i vocal

The week of terrorism has created Jewish communities, and the Jewish quarters bordering the Arab arcas are under heavy guord, Jewish shops on the fringe of the border

"New York World Fair, 1930." since completed its circuit of the roof of the world when it passed over the centre of Floyd Bennett Airport at 2.34 p.m., Eastern Summer Time.

Three days, inoteen hours and fourteen minutes earlier, the Lock- heel plane had taken off from the same eld at the commencement of what has now became the world's most remarkable flight.

have been permanently closed for fear of attacks. Reuter.

The complete circuit covered 14,006 miles, at

at an average speed of 200.71 Even including the time m.p.h. Howard Hughes and his four com- Palestine to-day, although there were

Moscow. and Fairbanks, where they refuelled, north, says an officiel message

spent in Paris, Mo

re-

Cotton and His Band with

Long chorus: Polkas-Lucy

(Arr. Godfrey); My Teddy Bear (Gangl- Solo by Gill Vin- Server) tans (Bassoon Jenkins Cosmopoli-

Gilbert

Mackintosh's

on the coolest things

to wear-

they know.

ter); Orchestra With Organ "Swing, Teacher, Swing Selection; Intro: NO MAJOR INCIDENTS

How'd in like to love fallin and get their advice

I In me; love with you every day; Moments London, July 14. There were no major incidents in ke his; "Sally, Irene And Mary"

Seleudon; Intro: could use panions

dream; Half Moon on the Hudson; Qmsk n number of minor incidents in the

Sweet as a song....Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra, Lori- the avo

avertige

age flying speed was 181.02ceived by the Colonial Office.

don with Al Bollington at the Organ: m.p.tt, a remarkable achievement.

Jerusalem is quiet while the post-Wallz Tis Better To Have Loved beparted from Minneapolis on the ing Jaffa and Tel-Aviv, is satisfactory. New York World Fair, 1930" tion in the southern district, includ-

And Lost; Fox-Trot-1 Can't Re-

Henry nember Her Name.... last leg of its flight at 8.11 a.m. Central Summer Time, and reared

ques And His Correct Dance Tempo

Orgat Orchestra; Orchestra with towards Floyd Bennett Airport with

Curtain Up (Ballerina EL 40 m.p.b. tall-wind, which caused it

Wood); Manhattan Moonlight (Alter) at times to hit the highest speed of

....The B. B, C. Variety Orchestra the entire trip.

conductor, Charles Shadwell with B.B.C. Theatre Reginald Foort at the

Fux-Trots - Somebody's Organ: Thinking Of You To-Night; Picture Jack Harris and Me In Paradish vocal chorus by

Chinese mobile units are reported to displaying activity in Shantung, where China's Secred Mountain of Taishan is located. According to a Chinese official military despatch Chinese guerillas are engaged in severe fighting with the Japanese garrison there.-Reuter.

No Major Change On

Yangtse Front

Nanchang, July 15. There has been no major change in the situulien on the Yangtse front, A number of Japanese warships are erulaing in the river at Hukow. They shelled Lion Hill shortly after yesterday. Chinese shore batteries retaliated and repulsed them

noon

The Japanese inside the walked-city of Hulow are still besieged by the Chinese. With their retreat cut they are running short of provisions and urms and ammuntilon. Two Japan- ese planes flew over the city and dropped ble bags of military supplies to them yesterday.

The Chinese made several attacks on the Japanese in the l'engisch aren,

casualties. Inflleling considerable Central News.

Japanese Planes Bomb Swatow Area

Swatow, July 15.

The Chaochow-Swatow Railway was again the objective of Japanese ralders, who aged two bombings here yesterday morning.

In the second raid, two Japanese Haval bombers released two missiles which fell wide of their mark and landed neur the Chapsan Primary School. The aircraft conducted t reconnaissance Dight before winging away. Central News.

Trouble in East Hopei Peiping, July 14.

The Yung Pao reports that the police force al Tangshan, in East flopel, has been strongly reinforced by special police, following trouble in

that area.

RUSSIANS

CROSS FRONTIER

Manchukuo Sends Protest: Border Forces Strengthened

Tokyo, July 14.

CAME IN AT TOP SPEED

Dark, forbidding clouds hung over New York as the airmen raced to their destination, and when they arrived the ceiling was only 1,000 feet and rain was spattering the runway. The Lockheed streaked In

its with throttles wide open at an altitude of about 800 feet, circled twice, and then landed beautifully on the short runway.

Escorted

nerosa the field by 24 motor-cycle police, Hughes slowly taxied across to the administration building, where he was greeted by the cheers of 30,000 spectators.

The machine landed, as it had de- parted less than four days earlier, with Howard Hughes at the controls. He revealed that he had remained

the at

controls throughout the The Hainking correspondent journey, except when he used the of the Domci News Agency robot pilot.

his dozen Soviet

companions As Hughes and reports that

the cabin they were soldiers crossed the Manchukuo stepped from

greeted by the popping of hundreds near Hunchun, border

and

of photographers' flashlights. penetrated two miles into Man-

Hughes

The flight said: chukuo territory,

wonderful. This is the best crew in the world. We were in no danger at any time throughout the fight.

"I feel O.K., although I guess we're I'm glad it's all all a tle tired. over"-United Press.

The Manchukuoan authorities im- mediately protested to the Soviet.

Domel reports that the U.S.S.R. has considerably strengthened Its border defences recently.-United Press.

BURGLARS SENTENCED

Caught Soon After Robbing European

The three Chinese who appeared on remand before Mr. Edwords at the Central Magistracy this morning charged with having burgled the re- sidence of Mr. G. MeCommon, No, 15B Magazine Gap Road, on Wednes day morning, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment each.

Strict searches are being carried out, the report adds.United Press.

Japanese Retreat Cut

Haukow, July 15. The men were Wong Fun, 20, Chun With their retreat cut by the Chan, 20, both carpenters, and Chan Chinese the Japanese troops ut Yuk-tong, 26, street coolle. They Hukow have been thrown into a pleaded guilty to the charge. precarious position, declared Chinese spokesman when reviewing the

was

CROWD GOES WILD

New York, July 14. The official "ving time for Howard 61 Hughes grca, air voyage was hours, 7 minues.

Pandemonium rose as the planc swooped down to the exact spot from where it took off on Monday at the commencement of the fight.

of

The New York Commissioner

ver Whalen, and Mayor Pollec, Grover La Guardia were the first to enter the plane. The alrmen's wives had a desperate time trying to force their way through the crowd, which had gone completely berserk.

Police were forced to use their truncheons от the crowd which surged forward across the rails on to the field.

the

of

Galilee is quieter.

The situation in Haifa is less tense,

but early this morning, near Qalollya,

goods train was derailed as a result, of sabotage. Traffic temporarily Interrupted. British Wireless.

D

R. A. F. MAN FINED ON THREE COUNTS

the

The

His Orchestra

with Vocal Sam Browne: Orchestra

-"Radio City Revels" Selection; Intro: Take a Up from Tullp There's a new Moon over the old Mill; Swingin' in the Corn; Good- night, Angel....Louis Levy and His Orchestra with vocal refrain, by Eve Beeke and

FitzGerald; Gerry Comedy Fox-Trol-000000-Oh Boom! (Riley)..Bhly Cotton and His Band. 7.00 Songs by Waller Glynne (Tenor).

Old Rustic Bridge By The Mill Dream Of Paradise (Skelly); A (Gray and Littleton); The Valley Where Wishes Come True (Eatherley -Elliott).

7.10

Schubert Moments Murio- лих, Ор. 94).

n. Bowles of the R.A.F., Kai Tak, was fined a total of $20 by Mr. Q.A.A. Macfadyen at Kowloon Magistracy this morning on three summonses; having failed to stop the engine of his car while travelling on a vehicular terry on June 11; having failed to re- to his port to the police an accident car; and with driving the car without

vaild

liccace. Sergeant Sheppherd and that on the evening of June 11 his car was parked with others outside the Jor- don Road ferry awaiting conveyance to Hongkong

when

he saw a car with three Europeans in it drive to the When front of the waiting rank. the "all clear" signal was given the defendant's car shot forward and signoi was failed to stop when a

terry given to him to stop by Inspector. On going on to the ferry the engine of the defendant's car was kept running all the way across the harbour. One of the front mud-Flerey);

s1

guards of the car was badly damaged and it seemed that the car had been involved in on accident.

DAMAGED THAT DAY Replying to Mr. Macfadyen, the defendant said that the mudguard was damaged when the vehicle took #bend too sharply in Fanling on the same day.

moned for having

was sum-

Wu Chang, Garaglowed Bowles, an unlicensed driver, to drive his vehlele. Wu said that when the defendant hired the car he entered. certain particulars, including the number of a motor driver's licence, in an entry form book. A licence was also produced but he did not inspect it. was the last to leave the

Discharging the defendant Mr. Macfadyen warned him and also the Mayor La Guardia, congratulating

of his garage, to be more them as "the careful in the future and to examine; the fliers, described finest crew who ever took a ship and ascertain for certain that the around the world."

Ucence produced really belonged to Despite

presence

Afty the person presenting it. soldiers, and a thousand police, thou- Mr. B. L. Ellis was fined $8 for Acting Detective-Inspector IL R.sands of wildly excited spectators having fulled to drive his vehicle on con- Whant said that on the morning in broke down the fence in an effort to the left side of the Road in Nathan question Mr. McCommon was awak-reach Hughes. The fliers remained, Rond at 2.15 p.m. on June 14. The Chinese, according to the ened by some noise, and on making Inside the plane for fully five minutes! Mr. P. M. N. da Silva was fined spokesman, are holding a strong itne a round of the house found that a after landing owing to the terrific $5 for having left his vehicle un- between Hsiangshan

Hukow, window in the dining room was wide crush,

attended in Saigon Street, north side, They have been launching repeated open, and a pane missing.

from 7.40 p.m. to 8 p.m. on June 10. Suitcases were found lying in the counter-attacies in the Pengtsch ores to prevent them from reaching their back yard. comrades beleaguered at Hakow. The men were arrested five minutes Japanese worships concentrated to after the burglary at Stubbs Road

by two Shantung constables. the south-west of Hukow, the spoker-

The articles stolen were, revealed, have been inter- man

onc attache Chinese suitcases, mitiently shelling positions at Kutangchen on the bank needle-works box, one electric fron, Lake. Chinese shore two pocket wallets, two sixpenny

the war situation in a press ference yesterday,

batteries

and

the

case,

three one

of the culled with effect. The pieces, one half-penny piece, and &

panese so far have not been able ten cent piece.

For

WIB

a

with

Principal Chinese Detective Wong

Woman

Takes Blame

A siggal victory. the spokesmun Lou was also in court. said, was won by the Chinese in the Stangkow urca on July 12. Rein- forced by fresh troops, the Japanese attacked the Chinese at Hsiangshan, a strategic hill in the vicinity. great ferocity.

time the situation

ttuntion there

extremely critical. In a counter-attack the Chinese crushed the Japanese and rogained complete_control the Helangahan area. Between 300 and 400 Japanese were slain and ve machine-guns, 60 rifles and 200 cases of ammunition were captured.

or

Towns Reoccupied

ROMANCE WITH HEPBURN? Finally Hughes was whisked off across the landing field to a hargar in a car, escorted by police motor- cyclists.

famous Katherine Hepburn, the film star whose name has been linked In romance with that of Hughes', left her home la Connecticut in a fast car D# soon as Hughes was reported to have landed

Alleged Cat Burglar Hurt

Minneapolis, Reuter. In City Fall

SAME PLANE FOR R.A.F.

New York, July 14.

Losing his balance while climbing Howard Hughes' official flying time down a drainpipe yesterday, an un- of it hours, 7 minutes is less than a known Chinese age about 28 years third of the time taken by Wiley Post, was admitted to the Queen Mary who previously held the round-the-hospital 'suffering from internal in- world record. Post's time was 7 days,

a fractured skull, juries and 10 hours and 40 minutes.

The man is alleged to have com- According to one estimate the aver-mitted a larceny at 130 Queen's nge speed, including time spent on Rond Central, and was making his the

gralind

escape down the drainpipe when he Wiley Post's

•FO-1 was 101 Looking under the bed of a cubiclem.ph. compared wit

83 m.þ.h. of the house which he raided on

interview with Routers Wednesday afternon, Revenue Officer

In un Hughes saki ·will never under-

fell.

Played by Ethel Leginalta (Piano). 7.35 Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions

7.36 Light Orchestral, That Matchless Pair Of Eyes (Pete Gypsy and Falussy)....Hungarian

(Ritter); Free Band; Glpsy_Winc And Easy (Porschmann)....Barna- bas Von Geczy and His Orchestra;-

(Vilmos, prc. Magyar Melodics

Wedding Dance Waltz (Lincke)....Alfredo and His Orches- tra; Old Vienna Melodics (Rob. Pollack); "Good Old Times"; "This Year's Wing".. Edith Lorand and

Her Viennese Orchestra.

8.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report,

8.03 Songs by John McCormack (Tenor).

A Song Remembered (R. Barric Eric Contes); In Sweet Content (Maedermaid Sanderson); Ever In My Mind (Taylor Russell).

nese

8.00-8.25 On 640 Kilocycles Wei Chung Lok of Tal Tung, Music Asso- clation,

Shanghal. Well known Chi- Harpist and Violinist. 8.13 Lalo-Norwegian Rhapsody. Played by Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, sous la direction de Pierre Chagnon.

8.22 Lala-Symphonie Espagnole For Violin And Orchestra.

Played by Bronislaw Huberman (Violin) and the Vienna Philhar- monic Orchestra' conducted by Georg Szell.

3.50 Lindsay A. Lafford At The Cathedral Organ With Eva Turner (Soprano).

1. Chorale Prelude On Nun Donket (Marche Triomphale) (Karg-Eiert) Lindsay A. Lafford; 2. (a) Of Flowers The Fairest ("The Peasant Cantata Bach); (b) O Magnify the Lord ("Chandos Anthems"-Handel)

Turnier

Overture

.Eva

(Faulkes)

.Lindsny A. Lafford; 4. (a) Love On My Heart From Heaven Morning Fell (Clive Carey); Hymn (Geo.

Turner; 6. Inno d'Innocenza (Bry- son)...Lindsay A. Lafford: 6. In- troduction And Passacaglin (Mux Reger)....Lindsay A. Lafford.

0.30 London Helsy-The Newn, 0.50 Piano Selections.

Rondo In E Flat Major (Chopin- Op. 10)....Anatole, Kiteln (Piano Solo).

10.00 London Relay Saturday Night Varioty.

With the B.B.C. Variety Orchestra conductor,, Charles Shadwell Pre- senied by John Sharman.

11.00 Close Down.

Italy Ready

Quezon Won't To Send Men Talk To Press To Aid Japan.

E. T. Warden found 120 pounds of take such a light again. The plano dutinble tobacco in three large bag-behaved magreently and wo never kels. Two Chinese, Kwan Hon, 24, were in any danger." coolle, and Lau Ling, 28, woman, In north Klangsu, the Chinese, the were arrested.

Hughes expressed great satisfaction at the results obtained with selontiac spokesman stated, have moccupled

To-day both of them were charged Instrumenta-mony of which are on Fowning. Yoncheng, Tingkichen with possession before Mr. Barnett the American Air Force secret lat situnted north of Tungtal, and are at the Kowloon Magistracy.

Returning from a visit to Japan, which had been taken on the flight. Senor Manual Quezon, President of now striking at Jukao and Halan. A

Philippines The woman took the blame for the The Instruments were tested through the

Commonwealth, complete collapse of the Japanese de-

the light, and worked beautifully. arrived in the Colony carly this fence lines in that part of the pro- offence saying that she owned the vince was predicted by the spokes- tobacco. The man denied the charge. It is revealed that the whole dif-morning on the Canadian Pacifle R. O. Warden said that when he ference between the New York

Tran

=

The spokemoun admitted that Tsi-entered a cubicle of the house he World Fair, 1989" and the type of yuan and Shaopusnchen, in north saw Kwan attempting to destroy a Lockheed whieht will be delivered to Honan have been captured by the piece of paper or bili. Japanese In their westward drive into Lnu was fined $500 or six months Shansi. Chinese counter-attacks on hard labour and further sentenced Taiyuas, however, have exacted a to a month's Imprisonment without heavy toll of 1,000 Japanese lives the option of a fine.

* Kwan was remanded for 24 hours. ON-ReuterkG Central Newrit

the Royal Air Force. Is that Hughes' plane is, naturally, not armed: Two hundred of these machines have been ordered from the Lockheed Aircraft colon by the Royal Air Force,

liner Empress of Japani. He will go on to Manila this evening.

As in Shanghal, be refused to grant an Interview to the press..

Another prominent passenger wos the Hon. Manuel Rozas, Speaker of the Philippine National Assembly, who, together with his family, l returning from Washington.

Priping, July 14. Italy has suffered the loma of 80,000,000 leo in trado brough refusing to sell arms to China the nail- sind not breaking Comintern... Pačí, necording 10 the Hein Min Pao.

The newspaper adis ·That hould third Powers actually help China by force of arras, #flair will not wall to be naked. 'before' sending strong forces of Black · Bhirt troops to help Japan."United Press.

it's hot-

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Choucroutes garnies

Fonds d'artichauta

Cassoulets

Olives

Capres

depen

Escargots d'Alsace

Etc., Etc.

autres specialites

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fromages

et

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