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Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
PALESTINE A.R.P. In Chungking
VIOLENCE CONTINUES
24-Hour Curfew
Re-imposed
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JERUSALEM, Jan. 22. BEHOR MURASH, prominent Jewish merchant was shot dead by Arabs in the heart of the city to-day.
January 23, 1939.
WAR CAPITAL
IS HONEYCOMBED WITH TUNNELS
CHUNGKING, Jan, 22.
WHEN THE air-raid sirens shriek their warning signal this summer, more than 100,000 of Chungking's estimated population of 700,000 will trek swiftly to the capital city's newest bomb-proof shelter, a 4,100 metre tunnel drilled into solid rock.
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in Jerusalem, while the Old City was searched following the murder of Behor Murash.
When the war is over, China's | earth. Is encountered, concrete arches Unknown inen shot are killed Sheikh Nabulsa, a mosque gatekeeper engineers will be prepared folare being constructed to make the
tunnel bomb-proof, show the world how a war- Two Jews were wounded while un-shelter can be quickly turned into loading petrol at the Imperial Air- peace-lime subway, China's: Ten air pumps, each of five to ten ways seaplane base on the Sea of first.
horsepower wit be installed to pro- generator will Another message from Jerusalem Chungking Itself is still compara-vide ventilation. A
from tasy bambings. also be installed to provide light, had says that Ragheb Nasashibl, leader ively rate
10-day.
Galilee
and
of the few
AIR PUMPED IN
of the Palelize Arab Defence Party Japanese planes have flown over the also power for a system of loud (Moderates) broke a long silence by city live times during the hostilles speakers whereby instructions can be brandcast to the people in the tunnel have found the city but once. cabling to his cousin, who is acting
A blanket of clouds, mist and smoke during ralds. as leader of the party. The cable ex-shrouds the city virtually every day will be converted into
After the war is ended, the tunnel subway, pressed approval of the recent parleys Until this blanket lifts or the Japanese for passenger and freight trafe with the nuthorities concerning repre- sentation of the Defence Party at the planes encounter one
from one end of the peninsula to the the sunny days, the city will be compara-uther," a Chinese offiežai told London conversations.
The fact that the party leader hasi
tively safe.
United Press. To go from one end Chinese anti-aircraft units outside of the city to the other now involves broken a silence which terrorism the city with the exception of the either walking up and down endles hitherto had made advisable, is relost raid have remained silent and all nights of steps or following a tortuos garded as a significant development Chinese fighting craft grounded dur-winding street that is jammed al ing the raids in order not to give hours of the day with thousands of away the exact locality to the ralderfenolies and pedestrians.
Total construction cost is estimated FORCED TO FLY HIGH
Cut 700,000 Chinese dollars. The In aution. Japanese bombers are Ministry of Finance allocated 200,000 forced to fly high-sacrificing accur-yuan of this while the remainder will the Chungking Air attacking Chinese pursuit planes. acy for safety-in order to pape they be borne by
Defence Headquarters.
- Krater,
Social Items
A meeting of the Hongkong Group of the Peace Pirdge Union will be held at the Challenge Dookshop, Ice
The
25, al 5.30 pan., when a talk will being Finge of the fast Japanese ings are old and constitute a real fre
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Own
flying distance from Hankow,
CHOKED WITH REFUGEES House Street, on Wednesday, January the present Japanese tase, to Chung-
is too great for the limited Because all of Chungking's build- given by Mrs. Irene Short entitled "Activities of the War Resisters pursuit planes, so the bombers are hazard, the elty is chatted with three
Horsed to
times its normal population, the fire depend on International" The meeting is open i
and fighting equipment is seanly aripaments for protection. to the public.
every effort During the first raid the Japanese Water-pressure Is low, bombers made on Chengtu, which is has been made to provide bomb-proof shelters. More than 50 public dugouts The wedding of Miss Letitia Nancy only alightly further from Hankow have been constructed on the various Edwards to the Rev. Edwin Badger than is Chungking, six of the heavy hillsides, each 30 to 40 meters long took place at All Saints' Church bombers were shot down by the faster
and capable of accommodating 500. Kobe,
recently. After returning Clanese
Pursuit planes.
Many individuals people or from
their honeymoon, they will An American pilot, now employed and organizations have constructed make their home at Himeji, whereby the Chiese Government, testined other and smaller dugouts. A few the Rev. Mr. Badger is a missionary to this, and then pointed out that well-placed high-explosive and in- priest in the Nippon Selkokwal. The if the Japanese had been able to use cendiary bombs would not only parti bride, previous to her marriage, was a protective squadron of pursuit ally destroy the city but would kill or also staßioned at Himeji,
planes, probably none of the bombers maim thousands of civilians, and as a [would have been lost.
Chinese Melal told the United Press, "we will make a catacombs out of the 'mountain city'-Chungking-if we
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The wedding of Miss Lucienne Poulain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
BOMB.PROOF TUNNEL
more.
L. Elliston, of Shanghai, to Mr. Recognising the possibility of alhave to in order to save lives.".... Edward Stutz of Kobe, took place in Japanese thrust to the west, where aj United Press. Shanghai recently at the Consulate base could be established for daily General for Switzerland. The bride and protected raids, to Ichang and the was given away by her father and nctuality of coming summer days only Intimate friends of the family when the cloud blanket would no attended the ceremony. Both the longer protect Chungking, Chinese bride and groom have been residents engineers studied the problem-and of Kobe for several years and
are produced plans for a bomb-proof well-known there. The room is tunnel. connected with the Osaka ofice of Ground was broken on August 13,j. Liebermann, Wealehil and Company 1938, the first anniversary of the out- and the bride has been with Teikoku break of the Shanghal hostilities. Over 100 executive omleials have Sanso Kabushiki Kaisha,
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New Purge In Russia
Moscow, Jan, 22.
Since then, more than 250 labourers been dismissed or reduced in rank have been excavating the tunnel, during the past week in a campaign
Brought all the way over from while hundreds of other coulies trot to tighten up labour discipline. to The campaign "extended
England for the occasion, the lovely up and down the hills, carrying the
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officers had been dismissed for un-
veil of Old Limerick ince which has excavated sandstone to the river and aviation with the announcement that adorned brides of the Arundell fam-other points where the stone can be ten pilots, engineers, and executive! ily for more than two hundred years, used for construction purposes. was worn by Miss Gweniter Living- Most of the excavation is by
is by manual punctuality, stone Lewis as she exchanged mar-labour, although two drilling riage vows with Philip Grenville machines are used. Occasionally, a Harris-Arundell in the Cathedral of tercine blast rocks the city streets from his post on January 7 and 8. St. Mary and St. John, Manila.
when black powder-wed by the which is the
of dynumite 15 CX Christmas-Renter, Chinese in place ploded.. Engineers lament the lack BOMBED FROM AIRuld have been completed by late of drilling machines, for the project
British Conduct Raid On Indian Hamlet
February instead of this summer if such machines were available.
20 ENTRANCES
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Or
The dismissals Include M. Molokov," chief of elvil aviation in the Far Eust, who will be prosecuted for absence
Russian orthodox
German Warning To The Czechs
20 entrances to
Berlin, Jan. 22. Peshawar, Jun. 22. tunnel, and either by chance
M. Chvalkovsky, the Czech Foreign A small hamlet In Kazha valley, choice, the main entrance is at the northern Wazirlatan, used by the "Cave of the Goddess of Mercy." Minister, has been given to under- the west stand that there should not be room Fakir of Ipl as a base from which outside Tung Yuan Men,
Czecho-Slovakia for a policy instigated raids on Bannu and gate to the city. There is an en-in Deralimailkhan districts, was bomb. trance at each of the five elly gates, directed against Germany, sald ed from the air to-day.
one just off the main business centre, German spokesman, commenting on and one in Central Park (where a M. Chvalkovsky's visit.
A
In accordance with the usual pre few scraggly animals and birds hold M. Clivalkovsky's discussions with cautions of the authorities to avoid forth in the capital's only zoo.) Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop and loss of civilian life, leaflets were These entrances lead direct from the Herr Hitler were restricted to dropped by alteraft giving the vil-streets, while others are formed by economie problems and political lagers 24 hours' warning to remove ladders, and one by a shaft.
relations, and military questions were themselves and familles from thei
The tunnel will be 2.5 meters wide not touched, srene of action,
and the same distance from top to The "National Zeitung" expects The Fall of Ipl has been har-bottom. The arched ceiling is from from the visit further improvement boured in the hamlet in defiance of 10 to 30 meters from the surface of in Czecho-Slovak relations, not only Government orders and warnings. the ground above, and is constructed with Germany, but also Hungary,— Reuter.
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CAIRO, Jan, 22.
As
THE REPORT that the Palestine Arab delegates have de- cided not to go to London is denied by Dr. Husseinni Khalidi, one of the delegates, who was formerly Mayor of Jerusalem.
He told "Reuter": "We are starting which was more in the nature of a for London on Tuesday, and are request than a definile condition.
Calro Nouri will return to hopeful of success."
Meanwhile Nouri Sald, necom- quickly as possible in order to enable panied by Jemal Huddelni left this the delegates to leave on Tuesday
for London, as arranged. morning by air for Beirut where, it is understood, he will endeavour to Palestine leaders, however, do not persuade the Grand Mutt to agree believe that Nouri will be able to to the British Government's desire persuade the Mutu to agree with the that all the Palestine parties, includ- British request, since the Arab High ing the opposition, should be repre- Committee has alrendy unanimously sented.at the London conference. opposed the suggestion that oppoal- It is understood that this desire tion parties should be represented at was stressed fra £1 communication the London conference-Reuter,
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