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SENATE DEBATES BIG MONEY BILL

6,000 First Line Planes Aim Within Eighteen Months

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.

was

THE "HOSTILE ATTITUDES of certain dictator- controlled imperialistic nations”

referred to by Senator Sheppard, chairman of the Military Affairs Committee of the Senate, when the debate on Government's $358,000,000 air force and army re- armament Bill began in the Senate to-day.

Fire Destroys Aeroplanes

MELBOURNE, Feb. 27. DAMAGE ESTIMATED at £50,000 was done by a fire to- day which destroyed seven # 11- acroplanes, including seater machine at the Ansett hangar at Essendon, Essendon, which is alx miles from Mel- bourne, Is the Croydon of Vic- toria. Reuter Special.

U.S. Air Experts

Japan?

the In

Senator Sheppard said that "We cannot draw a line round the his view, which was based on leea and laud frontiers of the United President Roosevelt's recent messages to Congress, was that there must be an immediate expansion of American armed forces, with a total strength of 6.000 aeroplanes by 1941.

States and say this alone is what we will defend. The Panama Canal, Hawall, Porto Rico and Alaska are vital links in our defence clean. To permit these strategic areas to al. into the hands of an enemy would be to jeopardise the seurty of the

United States.

PANAMA DANGER

"With the Panama Canal out of commnissian permanently or for a prolonged period, our navy at

19 present constituted would be helpless as the guardian of two oerans, and our regretive defence system would

Russian Rail To Mongolia New Line Forged collapse

To Far East

ol

Attempt To Clarify

Position

A Look Through

-RADIO-

The "Telegraph" Talk by Father Ryan On

50 YEARS AGO

Feb. 20, 1680. WEBD'S

NOYAL MARIONETTES

nud

GAIETY COMPANY

We have the pleasure of appearing THIS EVENING

the 28th February, 1889.

in the

THEATRE ROYAL, CITY HALL In their mirth provoking entertainment; consisting of

THE ITALIAN FANTOCCINI, THE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, and the beautiful Pantomime of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Chinging into the HARLEQUINADE,

after which

MRS, AUSTIN POWER,

will appear In her

"Election of New Pope" ́

BARBARA GILMAR

1. Two Waltzes: (a) Wie ein Wun- der; (b) Live, Laugh, und Love; 2. Two Tungos: (a) The Wind has told me a Story; (b) Jealousy: Interval; "Capriol" Sulte (Peter Wurlock). The Constant Lambert String Or- Radio Programme Broadcast by chestra cond. by Constant Lambert; ZBW on a Frequency of 013 k.e's. 3. Two Traditional Airs; (n) My Lady and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. Greensleeves; (b) Drink to me only wid 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per with thine eyes. second.

ILKT.

12-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St John's Calhe

dral.

12.30 Harold Wiplama and the B.B.C. Male Chorus with-Light Sym- phony Orchestra.

May Day Overture (Haydn Wood) Light Symphony Orchestra cond.

9.0 London Relay Calling The Tuno*,

The

including: Robert Naylor, Cavandish Three, and Harry Gordon and partner. Presented by F. II. C. Piffard.

9.30 London Kelay-The News, 0.50 Songs by Stuart Robertson (Baritone).

Songs That Everybody Should by The Composer; The Lincolnshire Know; Intro: Here's a health unto Foncher (Traditional); Wrap Me Up His Majesty: Green Bottles; Mussa's In My Tarpaulin Jacket (Traditional) in de cold, cold ground; Come Land- Harold Willums and The B.B.C.lord all the flowing bowl; Who's dut Male Chorus cond. by Standford a calling: What shall we do with the Robinson with Pluno; Mannin Veen drunken sailor; Will ye no come back

Light Symphony

Goodnight again; (Baydn Wood)

Judies....With Orchestra cond. by The Composer: Piano accomp, by Gerald Moore.

10.0 London Relay-The City of Vive La Compagnie; When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Tradition- London'-3.

"The City Companies' by Sir Ernest CAN'T GET A GOOD NIGHTS); There Is A Tavern In The Town!

(Traditional) Harold Williams, Pooley, Clerk to the Worshipful Com- REST." The whole concluding with a grand and The B.B.C. Male Chorus with pany of Drapers,

10.15 New Variety. TRANSFORMATION SCENE,

Dance Orch-La Havane A Paris 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea--Conga; Cachila-Rumba....Le- cuona Cubon Boys with Vocal Chorus: Vocal-Ride Tenderfoot Ride (m Romance and Rhythm'); Let's Break The Good News (Davis)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. OFFICIALS REFUSE to comment on reports that United, States aviation experts are em- ployed in Japan,

However, other reliable sources Indicated that such technicians would be a logical part of plane sules.

They said that companies usually send experts to direct assembly of machines in order to avold difficulties which might injure the reputation of the company.

It is understood that United States "It is to be hoped that I will never avis.ion companies co-operated 100 with the Uniter be necessary to fight to preserve the per cent, recently Monroe Doctrine and the liberties of States Government's request to ceast this hemisphere, but if we must exports to Japan, and therefore,

nction will be un-is réllably indiented, that the com- panies have not sold patents or other rights to Japan,

FOREIGN POLICY DEFINITION

It is understood that the usembly Senator Vandenburg (Republican) experis are connected only with sulei

inoral in the

embargo. Jemanded that Congress be given af prior

lear definition of American foreign United Press. policy before passing the Bill.

Saiyuan. Feb. 27. Another link has been forged be-ight, prompt tween the Soviet Union and Outer perative."-Reuter, Mongolin with the completion of a new railway between Klakhta auri Ulanbator, captal of Outer Mongolia As a result of the completion the new railway, the transport route between the U.S.S.R. and China vi Outer Mongolia is understood to hav been greatly strengthened becaus the Kähta-Urga Itailway conngels e the Outer Mongolian rapital with b line linking Uria vin Tùngantog wit Suchow in western Kansu.-Dömet,

GOODS FOR CHINA While arms and ammunition wil be supplied by the new rallway frat. the Soviet Union to Outer Mongol.. and China, entile and introl pic duets will be exported to the Sovie Union from Outer Mongona,

One important object of the nev railway is to transport coal from th Nara.ha minca, about 30 mile. southeast of Urga. -to the Sovie Union. Rich in deposits and of fin quality, about 3,000 workers ar employed in the coal mines Naratha, in pointed out.

a

He said that the United States would be joining in an armaments:

ace that "eads to the disintegration

I civilization through bankruptcy,

I not through conflict."

The final vote will not be taken on he Bill until to-morrow, at the arliest-Reuter.

DANZIG WARNED

Warsaw, Feb. 27. An official statement declares that

I order is not restored at the Danzig; Polytechnic, Poland will be obliged o take appropriate action.

כ

24 Arabs Killed In Explosion

Jerusalem, Feb. 27.

The explosion which cost the lives

"TYPICAL SONG"

Entitled

Plano.

THE PLACE OF DEW DROPS INther Report.

THE GROTTO

OF STALACTA,

•

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25 YEARS AGO

February 28, 1914. In the House of Commons, Colonel Seely, Minister for War, made

atement regarding He stated that 32.

aviation. Love

1.03 Gracle Fields (Vocal) and Maurico Winnick and His Orchestra

Alone Again-Fox-Trot; A Melody Lea Allen with Novelty Accomp.; From The Sky--Fox-Trot (im The Trot: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes--Fox- Dance Orch-Night And Day-Fox- Trall of the Lonesome Pine') Mourice Winnick and His Orchestra Trot...Tummy Dorsey and His Or with Vocal Refrain; What Archibald chestra; Comedian Sandy Goes To

Goca Says,

(Casting); Falling in Sea; Part 1-The Stowaway: Part 2 The Shipwreck....Sandy Powell; Love Again (Ilm. The Blue Dance Orch-Arroyito-Tango Ar-

Fields with Gracie acroplanes bad... Gr

Orchestra; Maurice Pesenti substituted, and and saproved types: Stres In My Eyes-Waltz (tim "The Kentin; Chagrin D'Amour-Tango...

chestra with Vocal Refrein;

Vocal- substituted, and consequently there King Steps Out').

Orchestra with Vocal

Ti-P-Tin (Leveen-Grever); Adam ruere were now 101 aeroplanes in the Refrain: The Biggest Aspidistra in And Eve (Duncan Sisters-Granatt)

ad been a minimum loss of ife. nick and His Service, and over 100,000 miles had The World (Harper & Connor); Now

He em-It Can Be Told (ülm 'Alexander's The Duncan Sisters accomp. by Fields two planos; Dance Orch.-Cinderella Jeen Blown since July.

Band")

Gracie Fields

**Sweetheart-Waltz; I Let A Song Go hasised that the British Army had, Ragtime For its size, a large proportion of (Vocal) with Orchestra: A Rendez-Out Of My Heart-Slow. Fox-Trot

Dream-Fox-Trot (film Oscar Rabin and His Romany Band. aeroplanes than any other, and also

also vous With A machines the

11.0 Close down. was 'Poppy'): The State Of My Heart The speed of

. Maurice Winnlek and greater.

on the le dwoit

over- Fox-Trot whelming advantage of aeroplanes His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, for scouting in war time, and stated

Weather Forecast and Announce- that 125 aeroplanes would be re- quired yearly in order to maintainments. the standard. All could be obtained in the United Kingdom.

10 YEARS AGO

Feb. 20, 1020.

A colourful spectacle was

pre-

1.40 Rate de Costa (Piano). Dancing

Butterfly (Young and "Waltz Petkere);

Time" Medley orc. Levy); "Words And. Music-Medley (Noel Coward),

1.32 New Varity. Humorous-The Crazy Gang At

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COLUMBIA

A VARIETY OF THE BEST SELECTIONS

DX803-With Sandler thru Opera of 24 Arabs in Haifa this morning sented at the Club de Recreio on Sea (Crazy Gang and Will Wise)...

cod by time bembe smuggied Saturday afternoon, when an Inter-Nervo and Knox, Flanagan and Allen, DX888-Savoy Paul Jones into the market in vegetable baskets. national Dance Festival was held. Naughton and Gold; Piano & Vocal

kuru ielacut is kapurieu irom,

Following were countries

Let Mc

und Whisper (Rosell

DX092 Strauss in Vienna .... roy); Akko, where an Arab was shot dead presented in the tabletusies re-You Belong To Dreamland (Gil- DX891-Musie from the Movies 1938

Australia (Miss Draper),

(Miss Heyman). Turner Layton; Vcent in his own home.

The situation #3 result of the Rose), Delrium (Misa Capell and This May Be The Night (fim 'My DX886-Marching with the Grenadiers

Miss Walker), Bolivia

(Mi M Lucky Star); By A Wishing Well DX874-Ballade No. 2 in F (Chopin)

Tony DX722-Tannhauser. Grand March explosion is extremely tense.

The victims of the outrage were Jorge), Chile (Miss Lily Sanchez). A light railway is operating be

conveyed from Inifa to Baind Esh China (Miss Jielen 110), France (lm 'My Lucky Star')

Martin with Jerry Joyce and His

DX041 Ballroom Memories Germany Pradej, tween Ulanbater and Narailia. 11.

schmuck in a single funeral pro- (Mile.

Orchestra. No hint is given as to what anure-

Relcken and *Master

DX887-Love Songs with Sandler the past the coal was transported by

2.15 Close down, escort. Schramm). Great Britain (Mrs. truck from Urga to the Soviet Union. plate action will be in the event of cession this afternoon, British sol-, (Tisses

un armed

0895-Loves Old Sweet Song Military observers attach sprafie in unsatisfactory reply, but it is diers providing

DX425 Sen Chantics significance to the new communica- thought it would take the form of while scouting planes circled over- Suyer), India (Misses Zalena tion line betw:en the U.S.S.R. and reprisals against German students in head.

The general curfew

OX855-Traumerte. (Schumann)

Simultaneous with the improve- ment the so-called "Red route" through Sinklang (Chinese Turktes-from Warsaw states that abrut 100 tan), the same circles express the Follah students marched to the Ger- belief that the northern transport man Consulate at Cracow this even- route between the Soviet Union ending. Northwest China will be reorganiz:d

-at-

purchase

de Ju

ul

Rosa

0.0 Relay of the Dance Orchestra Arcul and Satbant Kor, and Moster from the Roof Garden of the Hong-

kong Hotel.

(a) You'll be reminded of me; (b) imposed on Latif Khan), Italy (Murlo Blastroc Outer Mongolia in view of the recent Poland, and perhaps their expulsion! Arabs and Jews alike, was lifted for chi). Japan (Miss E. Hachiuma); You went to my head; (c) This time strengthening of Sovich defence from Polish universities. forces along the eastern and southern

also asked for the a short time this afternoon to enable Netherlands (Mme. Bluisse), Portugal it's rent; (d) I'm the melody man. Poland has

8.14 Record: Some Of These Days provisions. (Mlle. Albuquerque), Russia (Mme.

South Renshagen),

Africa (1163

Midnight

Myfulr borders of Outer Mongolia:

In (Brooks); Talstechnie to be closed.

Kelly), Spain (Miss Bella Pestonji)(Newell Chase)....Pairida A Geman News Agency despatch Trans-Ocean,

5 YEARS AGO

borough (Piano).

6.21 (a) Music Maestro Please: Feb. 28, 1934. Dismal weather, with racing pro- (D) Alxandra's Ragtime Band; (e) reeding in a steady drizzle from an Now it can be told; (d) My walking early hour, spoiled the fourth day stick.

Girl 6.35 Records; Dear of the anuual meeting both from the

and (Buck, Morse); Just One Word Of the spectators viewpoint of

Consolation (Willams, Lemonier)... participants.

Owing to the wretched conditions Bing Crosby (Vocal) and the Three only three ponies faced the starter Cirers with Piano; Ma Petite Java (Castoncelll)....Gigetto Casloncelli

Accordeon) with Guitar

between

Kläkhta

They were met by police armed

on the basis of the newly-completed with tear-gas bombs, fre heses, and rullway

und rubber.truncheons, and the students abandoned their Intended demonstra- tlon-Reuter Special.

Ulanbator-Domel,

KING'S

COMING SHORTLY!

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

patient

GARY COOPER MERLE OBERON

The Cowboy and the Lady

* PATSY KELLY - WALTER BRINNAH

Fancy Knight - Mabel Todd · Honey Kačk ON

Alo

A Walt Dimary Süly

Symphony Criarn

In Tehnicolour "MOVINO DAY"

CONVERSATIONS OPEN

Berlin, Feb. 27,

New Glen Liner In Hongkong

is the

•

romance.

Old

The Glenroy, second of the Glen for the main event, the Champlona

0.45 London Relay Sweet Thames Conversations between the German line rasanger-cargo liners of the Stakes, in which Liberty Bay started

Flow Softly' and Polish governments concerning Glen Line for the Far East-Europe a firm favourite.

A musical programme dealing with the treatment of their respective service, rearled Hongkang yesterday

We refuse to mention names, but the River Thames, its history and minority groups were opened at the on its inalden voyage.

Written Wilfrid Rooke story about the local by the

Among the

nboard' here passengers Foreign Office here to-day

"who told off his Ley with musle selected by Mark H. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, were: Mr. W. B. Chilton, Mr. and racehorse owner

.chemist,

Lubbock, The BBC Theatre Orches- Baron Weizsaccker, who is assisted Mrs. A. Tabbut, Mr. J. D. Renton,

"Wattinell," he boomed, "wattinell's tra conducted by Incold Lowe by Dr. Voilers of the Reich Ministry Miss Mary M. Swinton, Mr. J. G.

7.40 Closing local Stock Quota- The then Instruing, part by the Leration Fraser, Arnes Blaber, Mr. II. V. the iden. When I asit for embroca-

tion for a pony's legs I want embro- tions. Councilor Herr Bergmann, and the Hawley, Mrs. L. Kinsbury, Mr. H. La cation--not lavender water, like the 7:42 Iławalian Music. Mister of the Pon Ministry for page, Miss A. L. Hindmarsh,

Howall Sing To Me A Howallan the Interior, M. Zyhorskl, who is A recention will be held aboard last bottle you sold me. I rubbed it Polish Foreign Ministry. Trans- the ship at 6.30 p.m. to-day at Holt' on my griffen the day before yester- Lullaby (Mills)....Andy Iona and 1

redrted by Counsellor Kunickl of the

Decan.

U.S. Timber For

Nazi Planes

Tacoma, Feb. 27.

Wharf.

Disorders In Danzig

day, and ever since the has done His Talanders with Vocal Quartette. nothing but look at herself in the water trough and sigh."

Requiem Mass For Late Solicitor

Hongkong

7.45 studio-Talk on Dog Show. Cyril Champkin on the First Show.

7.55 Plano-Accordion. The Whistler And His Dog (Pryor); Store And Stripes For Evrr-March (Scusa)....

..George Scott-Wood an- A Requiem Masa was held at the sisted by Flu'e. Gullar and Drums. Warsaw, Fch. 27.

Catholle Cathedral thla 0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Further disorders between German) Roman and Potch ludents occurred at the morning for the late Mr. F. X. Report and Announcements. to have protested timber owners

Danzig Polytechrain Tolumnaktu to-day, D'Almada e Castro. Snr., who died! gainst the shipment of where a number were Intured. last week. The service was attended first timber-10 Germany, Italy, and The Germans attempted to form n by relatives and friends.

n for the construction of acro-bio for the Poles in the lecture

·lm.

Forest conservation interests

and

The Rev. Frs. G. M. Spada and L.

hall at the furthest point from the Fung omelated, and at the end of

the mass, the Absolution was pro-} They asserted that there countries lecturer's choir. were contumin 100.000,000 fir logs The resisted, and a fight en-nounced by the Rt. Rev. Bishop II.

Valtorta.. sued ---Neuter. lä year-United Press.---

8.03 Studio "The Election of the New Pope" a talk by Father T. Ryan, S.I.

6.18 Irene Scharrer at the Plano, Andante And Rondo Capriccioso (M~ndalssohn).

830 Bludlo-Concert by. Barbars Gilmar (Soprano),

.Albert Sandler & Orch. Carroll Gibbons & Orch.

..Louis Levy & Orch. Orchestra Raymonde. .Grenadier Guard's Band. .Anatole Kitain. Plano. Garde. Republicaine Band ...Debroy Somer's Band. .Albert Sandler & Orch. ......Lubbette & Eisdell Geraldos Accordeon Band. .Emanuel Feuermann. Cello..

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