1938-09-13 — Page 25

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER

13,

1938.

SOCCER. SECTIONS ARE NAMED JUST “A” AND “B”

University Not To

Play In League

The two sections of the Third Division of the Hongkong Football Lengue have been

erroneously described as "Kowloon Section" and "Hongkong Section" this Renson. whereas at a meeting of the Manage ment Committee recently it was de-. elded to name the sections merely "A" and "9".

For the sake of convenience, the Association has placed as many Kow- toon teams as possible in one section.

Armstrong Giving Up

Title Featherweight

Los Angeles, Sept. 12. Henry Armstrong, the negro triple boxing champion, an. nounced to-day that he will be relinquishing his featherweight title owing to the scarcity of challengers.

Besides the featherweight, Armstrong also holds the light- weight and welterweight titles-nited Pyrna,

HITLER STOPPED JUST SHORT OF ULTIMATUM

(Continued from Page 1 the in a position to prevent ourselves

from being pilfered.

The University, it is understood, are withdrawing from the Third Division as they find it Inconvenient to play their game: in Kowloon. In fxture 1st drawn up, they have eight games la Hongkong and ten in Kow- toon,

SPORT

ADVTS:

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Seventh Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, 24th September, 1938, (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office. Exchange Building; the Club House, Happy Valloy; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 15th September, 1938.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary,

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COMING SOON

QUEEN'S

even

Judy Garland and Ronald Sinclair in "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry." coming to the King's Theatre to-morrow.

"If a member of the majority of oppressed peoples prutests he can be knocked down,

killed: for economieally they are being systema- CHINESE RETIRE TO fically ruined and they want STRONGER POSITIONS

exterminate them.

La

"I these creatures cannot help themselves they will find my help. (Cheern).

"I sald previously that Germany would not tolerate the subjugation of these people and I request foreign statesmen to be convinced that this is no mers phrase.

for

(Continued from Page 1.)

of poison gas, succeeded in breaking into the Chinese line. However, the timely arrival of Chinese reinforce ments drove the invaders back and recovered the ground lost.

Field dispatches received here late last night state that the Chinese ure still holding this strategic hill.

On the south bank the Chinese continue to exert their efforts to

nup up" the Japanese west south-east of the city. Four hundred Japanese at Szetowpingshan, to the west of the city, were killed by the an enveloping attack Chinese in yesterday,

Small parties of reinant Japanese are said to be holding out inside the They are also being "mopped

How Test Profits Are Allocated

「rest

on

the

London, Aug. 24. Тіске "no time Hmli"

strain mutches may be a players, bui they are a source of rejoicing to the Cricket Board of Control, saya the Evening Standard. Four years ago thin Anal Test realised £18,000. It was finished in four days.

The division of Test Match receipts | is complicated. The Australlons get half the outer gate less entertain- ment tax-the "outer gate" being all Inkings other than those for reserved seat accommodation. In 1934 the Australians received £22,504 03 their share of the Test receipts. This year it promises to be some- what larger.

The English share is administered by the Board of Control. After ex- penses have been paid the remainder allocated among the English cricket clubs,

The clubs whose grounds are used for the matches divide 40 per cent. of the spoils. The thirteen QUEEN MARY

Пrst-class counties whose grounds RETURNS

hove not been used receive 50 por cent. as their share. London, Sept. 12.

The minor counties and Oxford On the conclusion of her holiday in Scotland Queen Mary left Edin-and Cambridge Universities get the 10 Per cent. Already has been paid oul to each burgh this morning for Harewood remaining

first-class country "on account." House in Yorkshire where she will £750 be the guest of the Princess Royal

The players are not so fortunate. The professionals are paid only £50, Wireless. and the Earl of Harewood.—Išritish:

plus expenses, for each match. But they Are not paid a penny for "overtime," not even Leonard Hut-

2:

have also attacked Fenghsien and ton. Peihsien, north-west of suchow.

Menaced by their netivities, the Japanese at suchow are strengthen- ing their defences in and around the city, and have pasted more troops along the railways. Japanese com- munications between Isuchow and Kaifeng on the Lungbal Railway ond between Hauchow and Pengpu on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway have been completely eut of a result of Chinese guerilla activities.

"For us the Strassbourg Minister meant much. We are not revenge- ful, if we made a renunciation we did it for the sake of peace and to bury the quarrel with France. "We accepted the greatest sacri- flee in order to pave the way International conciliation.

"I would not serve European we were indifferent to the peace

the Germans in Czecho fate of Slovakia.

"We should understand if France and Britain were defending their felty: The presence of these remnant ; interests in any part of the world,

The Japanese are unable to trans- troops nobably gave rise to the but we ourselves have our German interests which we will defend at all Japanese denial of the Chinese report their artillery and other heavy arms because of damage to most of eupture of the city.

the railway bridges between these Reinforced by about 3,000

eilles. Central News. the Japanese at Kushih in south- castern Honan are attacking Fuchinshan with increasing ferocity. Another Japanese column from Kushib is driving toward Kwangchow. otherwise known as Hwangehwan, about 30 miles southwest. It is en- gaged by the Chinese at Hwangkang tien, ying between Kushi and Kwangehow.Central News.

cosis.

"When the regional elections were about to lake place In Czecho- Slovakia the Czechs were not certain of their success and President Benes now invented the lie that Germany had mobiled. it is interpreted to mean now that Germany has re- treated before the threats of France and Britain,

such

was

hre

of the air

up."

Dien,

Juichang Fighting

the

S. CHINA AIR RAIDS

(Continued from Page 1.)

Pelping-Hankow Railway in southern Honan, were completely destroyed by bombs dropped by Japanese airmen during an aerial attack yesterday.

Three Japanese bombers took parti in the raid, dumping 43 light and heavy bombs at the busy business section of the town and the southern districts.

More than 250 houses were de- molished. As the populace had tasten shelter in dugouts, nely between 50 and 60 cansunities resulted-Central

News. Kiukiang, Sept. 13. Japanese forces have seized

Chengchow Bombed greater part of the Chinese defence

Chengehow, Sept. 13. positions west of Juichang, which

to Chengchow was subjected

11 frant with inaintain an 8-mile

ferce bombing by nine Japanese depth ranging from 3 to 5 miles,

released Driven out of their second defence | planes yesterday, which lines in the Julchang area, the over 30 missites over the elty.

More than 40 civilians were either Chinese forces are at present falling back on the third defence lines killed or wounded, while over 100 Inking Niaolowshan and Hoshang-houses were razed to the ground.-

Central News. 1320,

numerous

"A great Power cannot swallow an impudent lucident again. As Nazi 1 am used to hitting back. On May 28 I adopted grave Staunchly Resisting measures; the strength of the army

increased, the building of

Tehan, Sept. 13.

naval force was greatly accelerated and

Despite concentrated land,

and the there was an immediate extension of and aerial bombardment

The sector already captured by the fortifications in the west. The most alleged use of poison gas. the Japanese forces contains about 50

to dis-300-metre heights and formidable fortifications of any kind Japanese failed yesterday

under construction there and lodge the Chinese a sikuling coverxd gun emplacements.-Domei, 2,708,000 workmen arc busy on strategle hill commanding the high- those fortifintions. In addition way from Singtze to

Teban workers and a there are 84,000 hundred thousand members of the Labour Corps and numerous supper battalions, bestles one infantry divi- slon. Eight thousand truck-loads of material are moved dally and a hundred thousand tons of gravel and rails are being used in these forti- lications, which will be ready by After completion they will comprise 17,000 def

defence works of reinforced

which concrete

will aggregate nearly ten miles. Behind

winter.

Kwangtai Burns Fiercely

Hankow, Sept. 13.

TAMMANY LEADER GAINS DISMISSAL

(Continued from Page 1)

"Don't you remember any testi- mony about lines and the poultry racket," he asked,

This was held to link Hines with

The timely arrival of Chinese rein- forcements narrowly averted the fail of the hill in the morning when the A Chinese military com- by Mr. Dewey on Saturday: Japanese succeeded in wiping out monique states that the entire | 200 Chinese troops and breaking: |

was through the Chinese Birst ine of de city of Kwangtsi, which fence by the use of poison gas.

wrecked by Japanese aerial After repeated attempts to dislodge bombings two weeks ago, has the Chinese during the last few days been in flames since Friday. had ended in failure, the Japanese The Chinese, who recaptured the

7 'clock fresh assault as

tity last week, are still in possession made yesterday morning. For an hour

feverishly Japanese planes and land

and naval and

Japanese will have sufficient re- inforcements to launch a "face-say- ing" counter-afinck.

arc

crimes with which he is not accused in the present proceedings.

The sensational ending to one of New York's biggest trials comes after of evidence.

consolidating four Wosecution enn now ask for

the laws of iron and concrete stands į guns subjected the Chinese positions Their positions against the day when

The

the

the German nation in arms.

10 FL terrific bombardment. "President Benes indulges

in Chinese defence works crumbled in tactics, speaks of organisations and succession under the heavy deluge negotiation. This cannot continue. of bombs and shells.

"The Germana demand the right At 8 o'clock Japanese bifantry-men to self-determination and

began to charge the Chinese line in that the oppression of three and a three columns under smoke screcus balt million Germans in Czecho- and with poison gas. Two hundred Slovakia erase or that the five right Chinese soldiers on the Arst line The opposing forces are presently of self-determination takes its place, were affected. But the

demand

1 is up to Praphe to effect an arce-treo

it is our resolve to see

see the wrong ments does not remain wrong.

2

The Japanese, who are added by Mongols, are presently on the defen- sive, as their communications along the highway to Hwangmel have been eut by the Chinese, who launched a flanking movement on Sunday.

Chinese locked in a gigantic pitched battle troops on the second line tubbornly gent with the Sudeten Germans, and held their round until reinforce on the highways east of Hwangchuan

and Shangcheng, Counter- In arrived.

Gunfire is audible in Shangcheng. attack the Chinese drove back the which is now sixteen miles behind "No new Palestine shall arise, The invaders and at soon recovered the the front lines.

I Arabs in Palestine may be :

Jost ground. defenceless and deserted but the Ger- At 1.30 p.m. the Japanese made mans in Czecho-Slovakia are neither another attack. Bringing their heavy Chinese action, the defenceless nor deserted. The Aus-netillery into trians are here now they will agree blasted large numbers of attackers, that we do not deserve to remain and once again repelled the Germans if we are unwilling to bear staught. the consequences,

losses in killed and "Italy

of the #17] Germany are re- wounded as a result generated nations; the German Fan- bitter ghting are estimated at over successes by Japanese troops around

1,000 men, Central News.

Door

pire begins to breathe again and a new Hadian Empire has arisen.

Japanese

"One may not love them, but one Hauchow Uprising

eannot remove them-Reuter,

CAR OWNER FINED

I

on- !

tay's

A tense situation exists at Hwang- chuan, which is only ten miles from the battle-front-Unied Press. Successes Claimed

Tokyo, Sept. 12. For the first time in eight days the decisive Japanese papers report

The

a new trial before a different jury on the sume Indictment or convenc a Grand Jury for a new indictment. -Reuter.

Canada Urged To Boycott Aggressors

"take

Niagara Falls, Sept. 13. 'The Convention of the Trade has Unions and Labour Congress passed a resolution calling upon trade unionists throughout the Dominion to lead in organising the Cann- dian people in an intensified boycott of all goods from aggressor nations such as Japan, Italy and Germany." the Southern The Congress also called for an bank of the Yangtse the Japanese embargo of shipments of arms advanced from Kiangsi into Hupeh. The Japanese have been held up for aggressor nations--Reuter, ten days hy a stubborn Chinese

Innkow where,

10

Hwalyin, Sept. 13. People in districts around Hsuchww.resistance.

At the same time Japanese papers

CHINESE BITTEN Important junction of the Tientsin- Pukow and Lunghai Railway, have here report that the Japanese on the bank of the river have Plending guilty by letter io norganised a Self-Defence Army to north

Leung Chi-huen, 17, was bitten by charge of leaving his car unattended assist the regular troops in harassing advanced through Honan towards

Hankow and after several days of dog while he was visiting a friend Leung was the Japanese.

They have twice broken ntonertal bombing have occupied the at Lan Kwai Fong. Helde Erich was fined $5 by Mr. Qangshan, west of Hauchow on the northern slopes of the Tapich moun- treated' at the Queen Mary Hospital.' have killed tains, one of the strongest Chinese and the dog was removed to Ken- Lunghat Railway, and

nedy Town for observation. over 100 Japanese soldiers. They defence bulwarks-Trans-Ocean.

in Salisbury Road on

A. A. Macfadyen at the

Magistracy this morning.

August 10,

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