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CLAIRE TREVOR

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Romance races with

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and an American G-Man match wits...to win a girl... and solve a double murder!

ARSENE LUPIN Returns

WITH

MELVYN DOUGLAS VIRGINIA BRUCE WARREN WILLIAM. JOHN HALLIDAY NAT PENDLETON

Directed by GĽÖRGE FITIMAURICE •

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THE WEDNESDAY

LOYALISTS Japan Buying

STRIKE ON EBRO Surprise Attack Cains Ground

Paris, July 26. A message from Barcelona states that the Loyalists have crossed the River Ebro at eleven points on a 90-mile front in surprise offensive ner Mediterranean coast.

U.S. Planes

One Of America's "Best Customers”

Washington, July 28. The Argentine, China and Jupan were Amerien's best customers for

aeroplanes during the first half of by the Department of Commerce, 1930, according to statistics just issued

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Acrommullent exports for the 9lx a mouths ending June 30 totolled the US. $37,121,059, which is

cent, higher thin the corresponding period last year.

The Loyalists are now only one mile from Gandesa,

per

Total United States exports of all commodities for the Ari, six months Two and a half thousand Insur-of the year were $1,502,137,000, un gent prisoners, many of them asleep increase of $65,575,000 over the when they were captured, fell into corresponding perloc lost year, Loyalist hands as a result of the Imports totailed $901,003,000, :11 sudden offensive.--Renter.

decrease of $722,000,-United Press,

INSURGENTS ADMIT LOSS

Hendaye, July 26. Insurgents admit that the Loyalists have succeeded in penetrating their Unes across the River Ebro, The success of the surprise offensive was i Japan's new Foreign Minister, accomplished, the Insurgents claim. who will shortly hold conversa-with the alu of a portion of the elvi- tions with Britain's Ambassadoran population, which rose against

the Insurgents. in Tokyo, at which it is hoped

The Loyalists claim to have cap- settlement of outstanding dif- tured, in addition to large quantities ficulties between the two nations of artillery and other

booty, over will be reached,

2.600 prisoners, and deny Insurgent assertions that they suffered severni thousand casualties.United Press,

Factory May Be Removed To Hongkong

Not Worried.

STOP PRESS

YOUNG MARSHAL REPORTED

By Guns Near MURDERED

Gibraltar

London, July 27.

Pelpinut. July 27, Goeral Chung Hsuch-ilang,

the

Replying to the petition nude by

The question of guas near Gibani-"Young Marshal" who was forinerly ! estepayers to the Singapore Munici

tar win raised again in the House of overlord of Manchuria pal Countissioners alleging that the Commons last night by Mr. Arthur recently cane into prominence by note preated by the Hume Pipe (Far Henderson, Labour, and in reply Mr. Ratnapsing

Generalissimo Chinng Fast Lld. factory in Bukit Timah Lealle Hore-Helisha, Secretary for Kai-shek at Sian, has been shot dead is nuisance, The company, War, said that batteries which were at Wuchung, according to the Japan- which spends $1,000,000 a year in the Cibralter side of the straits ese Special Mission. Singapore, points

out

that if it laenuld if they were powerful enough, The Young Marshal is reported 10 forced to vacate prenises leased to shell Gibraltar; but they could also be have been killed by the widow it, the stret pipe fictory may have to

effectively countered. be transferrel to Hongtong.

This was pointed out to the Munici pal Commissioners at a recent meet- Ing

tetter

In reply to the petition signed by tive European residents was presented stating that they had not suffered inconvenience or annoy ance from the noise from the Hume Pipe Works

Another reply, signed by over 700 Astatic ratepayers poiled out thi many of them wook! lose their live- lihood if the factory was removed.

The company stated that its lease only lasted until 1943 but if it were granted a long lease of 30 years it could easily build a factory, which if not sound-proof would be so far sound resisting that it would remove the noise nuisance of which rate- payers had complained.

the other hand if a tease was not granted, the company would transfer its stest pipe factory to Hongkong, resulting in the loss of uver $1,000,000 a yene to Singapore.

In its reply to the ratepayers' petition the compony says:

"We regret to say that we are under the impression that all this agitation against us is motivated by some person or persons whose names do not appear in the petition."

“We are producers not consumers and as such we are benefiting the Settlement and the land."

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

LACE CO. 50, QUEEN'S RD. C.

Gans on the Ceuta side, he went on, constituted a potential menace: but the menace could be avoided by means at the disposal of His Majesty's Government.

of

body-

Chiang Hsiao-hsien, former guard of Chiang Kai-shek, who was killed by Chong Esuch-liang during the Slan meident,

The report states that Chang Hauch-liang was shot at he Was The General Staff, he raid, was not playing

tennis at Generalisah:no unduly alarmed and held the opinion Chiang Kai-shek's residence,-- | that Britain could cope with

Uutted Press. situation presenting itself-Reuter

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