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U.S. Defence
SENATE DEBATES BIG MONEY BILL
6,000 First Line Planes Aim Within Eighteen Months
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.
THE "HOSTILE ATTITUDES of certain dictator- controlled imperialistic nations" was referred to by Senator Sheppard, chairman of the Military Affairs,
the 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.
Senator Sheppard said that "We cannot draw a line around the his view, which was based onea and land frontiers of the United President Roosevelt's recent States and say this alons is what we messages to Congress, was that there must be an immediate expansion of American forces, with a total strength of 6,000 aeroplanes by 1941,
will defend. The Panama Canal, Hawaii, Porta. Rico and Aluska are vital links in our defence chan. To armed perm.l these strategie areas to fal into the hands of an enemy would be to Jeopardies the zeeurty of the
United States.
Russian Rail To Mongolia New Line Forged To Far East
PANAMA DANGER "With the Panama Canal out of enmmission permanently for a prolonged period, our navy as at present constituted would be helpless as the guardian of two oceans, and our respcctive defence system would
Fire Destroys A Look Through
Aeroplanes
at
MELBOURNE, Feb. 27. DAMAGE ESTIMATED £50,000 was done by a fire to
BEVCA day which destroyed aeroplanes, Including a. 14- at the Ansett Beater machine Jangar af Essendon. Essendon, which is six miles from Mel- bourne, is the Croydon of Vic- toria Reuter Special.
U.S. Air Experts In Japan?
Attempt To Clarify
Position
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. OFFICIALS REFUSE to comment on reports that United States aviation experts are em- played in Japan.
However, other reliable sources Indiented that such technicians would be a fogical part of plane sales.
They said that companies usually send experts to direct assembly of machines in order to avoid difficultles which might injure the reputation of the company.
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The “Telegraph" Talk by Father Ryan On
50 YEARS AGO
Feb. 20, 1889. WEBB'S ROYAL MARIONETTES
GAIETY COMPANY
We have the pleasure of appearing THIS EVENING
the 20th 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
TYPICAL SONG"
"Election of New Pope"
BARBARA `GILMAR
1. Two Waltzes: (a) Wie ein Wun- fer; (b) Live, Laugh, and Love; 2. Two Tanges: (a) The Wind has told in a Story: (b) Jealousy: Interval;} "Caprio!" Suite (Peter Warlock).... Or The Constant Lambert String: Radio Programme Droadcast by chestra cond. by Constant Lambert; ZBW on a Frequency of 845 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 and 8-11 p.m. un 9.52 m.c's. per with thine eyes.
speend.
ILK.3.
12-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe diral.
12.30 Harold Williams and the I.B.C. Male Chorus with Light Sym- phony Orchestra.
..
9.0 London Relay-Calling The Tuno'.
Including: Robert Naylor, The Cavandish Three, and Harry Gordon and partner. Presented by F. H. C. Piffard,
9.30 London Relay-The News. 9.50 Sonas by Stuart Robertson (Baritone).
Songs
May Day Overlure (Haydn Wood) .. Light Symphony Orchestra cond.
That Everybody Should Here's a health unto by The Composer: The Lincolnshire Know; Intro: Poacher (Traditional); Wrop Me Up His Majesty: Green Bottles; Massa's In My Tarpaulin Jucket (Traditional) in de cold, cald ground; Come Land- Harold Williams and The B.B.C. ford fill the dowing bowl; Who's dat Male Chorus cond. by Standford a calling: What shall we do with the Robinson with Piano; Mannin Veen drunken sailor: Will ye no come back
Goodnight (Haydn Wood)y The
Indics....With Light Symphony again; Orchestra rand.
Composer:
Piano accomp, by Gerald Moore.
10.0 London Relay The City of La Compagnie: When Johnny London-3. Vive Comes Marching Home (Tradition-
I CAN'T GET A GOOD NIGHTS): There Is A Tavern In The Town
HEST.
(Traditional)
The City Companies by Sir Ernest Harold Williams Pooley, Clerk to the Worshiptul Cum-
10.15 New Variety.
The whole concluding with a grand and The B.B.C. Male Chorus with pany of Drapers.
TRANSFORMATION SCENE.
Entitled
Plano.
Dance Orch-La Having A Paris 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea--Conga; Cuchita-Rumba....Le-
THE PLACE OF DEW DROPS INther Report.
THE GROTTO
OF STALACTA.
•
It is underslood that United State avla.ion companies co-operated 100
with the
United per cent. recently States Government's request to ceass exports to Japan, and therefore,
en suck on and impres will be im-is reliably indicated, that the com- panics have not sold patents or othe Fights to Japan.
hod
Stars
cuona Cuban Boys with Vocal Chorus: Vocol-Ride Tenderfoot 1.03 Gracie Fleids (Vocal) and Ride (Alm Romance and Rhythm'); Maurice Winnick and His Orchestra-Let's Break The Good News (Davis) .Les Allen with Novelty Accomp.; Alone Agoin-Fox-Trot; A Melody. From The Sky-Fox-Trot (lm. The Dance Orch-Night And Duy-Fox- Trot; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes-Fox- 25 YEARS AGO
Trail of the Lonesome Pino') February 28, 1911. Maurice Winniek nad His Orchestra Trot....Tommy Dorsey and His Or- What Archibald, chestra; Comedian--Sundy Goes To In the House of Commons, Colonel with Vocal Retrasting Falling In Sea; Part 1-The Stowaway; Part 2 Seely, Minister for War, made a Says, Goes
The Shipwreck....Sandy Powell; The Blue Angel') atement regarding
Love Again (Alm aviation. Almy
Ar- Dance Orch-Arroyito-Tango Fields with gentin; Chagrin D'Amour-Tango... Gracie He stated that 52 aeroplanes
The My Eyes-Wall: In My eved typo3
A J. Pesenti and Tango Or- Maurice Win- substituted, and consequently there King Steps Out'). M
Ti-Pi-Tin
Adom (Leveen-Grever); ind
been a minimum loss of life.nick and His Orchestra with Vocal chestra with Vocal Refrain; Vocal there were now 181 aeroplanes in the Refrain; The Biggest Aspidistra In And Eve (uncan States Granatt) FOREIGN POLICY DEFINITION
It is understood that the assembly
The Duncan Sisters accomp. by It Can Be Told (film 'Alexander's
two planes; Dance Orch.-Claderella Senator Vandenburg (Republican) experts are connected only with sale Service, and over 100,000 miles had The World (Harper & Connor); Now
to prior
Cracic Fields moral emburgo.cen flown since July.
Sweetheart-Wallz; I Let A Song Go gise that the British Army had, Ragtime Band"). or its size, a large proportion of (Vocal) with Orchestra: A Red Out Of My Heart--Slow Fox-Trot aeroplanes than any other, and also vous With A Dream-Fox-Trol (im) Oscar Robin and His Romany Band.
110 Close down. ); The State Of My Heart-- the
was Puppy') the speed of machines
Maurice Winnick and, Fox-Trot the over- greater. He dwelt on
Rugby Press, wheuning advantage of aeroplanes His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain.
1.30 Reuter and for scouting in war time, and stated tant 125 asrop'unes would be re- Weather Forecast, and Announce quired yearly in order to maintainment nate de Corts (Plans). the standard. All could be obtained in the United Kingdom.
"It Is to be hoped that it will never be necessary to fight to preserve the Monroe Doctrine and the liberties of must this hemisphere, but if we Suiyuan, Feb. 27.
Jght, prompt oction Another link has been forged be- tween the Soviet Union and Outerperative."-Reuter, Mongolia with the completion of new railway between Klakin an Ulantator, captal of Outer Mongolia As a result of the completion ut the new railway, the transport rout between the U.S.S.R. and China vi: Outer Mongolia is understood to hav been greatly strengthened because the Khanta-Urga Raliway connects the Outer Mongolian capital with th tine linking Urga via Tùngantog wit: Suchow in western Kansi-Domei.
GOODS FOR CHINA
While arms and ammunition wi be supplied by the new railway frut. the Soviet Union to Outer Möngul. and China, catile and in.neral pic ducts will be exported to the Sovie Union frun Outer Mongolia.
It.
Jemanded that Congress be given a
lear definition of American foreign United Press, polley before passing the Bill.
States He said that the United vould be joining in an armaments ace that "eads to the disintegration (elvilisation through bankruptcy,
I not through conflict."
The final vote will not be taken on he Bill until to-morrow, at thej arliest Reuter.
DANZIG WARNED
Warsaw, Feb, 27. An official statement declares that ferder la not restored at the Danzig Polytechnic, Poland will be ebliged o take appropriate action.
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24 Arabs Killed In Explosion
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10 YEARS AGO
Jerusalem, Feb, 27.
Feb. 28, 1920.
The explosion which cost the lives
A colourful spectacle was
pre-
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A VARIETY OF THE BEST SELECTIONS
of 24 Arabs in Haifa this morning sented at the Club de Reczelo on Seu (Crazy Gang and Will Wise)... DX863-With Sandler ihru Opera ung men by time bembe smuggled Saturday afternoon, when an Inter-Nervo and Knox, Flanagan and Allen. Into the market in vegetable baskets
A mester die.dent is nyorita from Akko, where an Arab was shot dend in his own home.
national Dance Festival was held.
Naughton and Gold; Piano & Vocal DX888-Savoy Paul Jones Following were the countries reYou Belong To Dreamland (Gll- DX891-Music from the Movies_1930
Let Me Whisper (Rosell and DX892-Strauss in Vienna presented (Misa Draper), Australia (Miss
Turner Layton; Veen!
in the tableau:-Aineries|rop!) 'tin
and.
Master
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Grand March DX722-Tannhauser, DX041-Ballroom Memorles DX887-Love Songs with Sandler
9895-Loves, Old Sweet Song
One Important object of the nex railway is to transport conl from th Narn.la
30 milc. mines about southeast of Urge. to the Sovie Union. Rich in arposits and of fin quality, about 3,000 workers ar
The situation as a result of the Rose), Belgium (Miss Capell and-This May Be The Night (im 'My DX880-Marching with the Grenadiers
Miss Walker), Bolivia (Miss M Lucky Star); By A Wishing Well DX874-Ballade No. 2 in F (Chopin) mincs 3 employed in the conl Noruiht, it is pointed out.
explosion is extremely tense.
The victims of the outrage were Jorge), Chile (Miss Lily Sanchez) (nim 'My Lucky Star')
(Miss Helen A Light railway is operating be-
110), France Martin with Jerry Joyce and Hi conveyed from Haifa to Balad Esh China
de 1a Prade), Germans Orchestra, tween Ulanbator and Naradia.
schmich in a single funeral pro- (Mlle.
Releken No hint is given as to what anneos
2.15 Close down, the past the coal was transported by
Great Britain (Mrs. escort, Schramm),
0.0 Relay of the Dance Orchestra truck from Urga to the Soviet Union. riate action will be in the event of cession this afternoon, British sol- (Misses
An armed but it is diers providing unsatisfactory reply. Military observers attach specifie
Arculi and Satbant Kor, and Master
kong Hotel. dgnificanes to the new communica- thought it would take the form of while scouting planes circled over Sayer), India (Misses Zajena el from the Roof Garden of the Hong- tion line betw:en the U.S.S.R. and reprisals against German students in, head,
(a) You'll be reminded of me; (b) The general curfew imposed on Latic Chin), Haly (Mario Biastree- Outer Mongolia in view of the recent Voland, and perhaps their expulsion Arabs and Jews alike, was lifted fer chi), Jupan (Miss E. Hochiuma). You went to my head; (e) This time strengthening of Sovie! defence from Polish universities.
the a short time this afternoon to enable Netherlands (Mme. Blaisse), Portugal it's real; (d) I'm the melody man. forces along the eastern and southern Peland has also asked for
6.14 Record: Some Of These Days purchase provisions. (Mlle. Albuquerque), Russia (Mme.
Renshagen), South Africa (Miss) (Brooks); Midnight In Myfair borders of Outer Mongolin.
Kelly), Spain (Miss Bella Pestoad). (Newell Chase)....Patricia Simultaneous with the Improve-Polytechnic to be closed.
A Geman News Agency despatch Trans-Ocean.
5. YEARS AGO
borough (Piano),
0.21 (a) Music Maestro Please: Feb. 28, 1934,
Ragtime Band; (c) (b) Alxandra's Dismal weather, with racing pro- ceeding in a steady drizzle from an Now it can be told; (d) My walking
stick. early hour, spalled the fourth day of the asuval meeting both from the
ment of the so-called "Red route" through Sinklung (Clatcse Tuikes-from Warsaw states at about 199 tan), the same circles express the Polish students marched to the Ger belief that the northern transport man Consulate at Cracow this even- route between the Soviet Union and Ing.
They were met by police armed Northwest China will be reorganiz.d
between
Klakhta
on the basis of the newly-completed with fear-gas bombs, Fire hoses, and and rubber truncheons, and the students abandoned their intended demonstra-
lon-Reuter Special.
rallway Ulonbalor. Domel,
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One Word of viewpoint of the spectators and (Buck, Morse); Just
Consolation (Williams, Lemonier)... participants.
Owing to the wretched conditions Bing Crosby (Vocal) and the Three only three puntes faced the starter Cheers with Piano; Ma Petite Java (Custoncelli)....Gigetto Casloncell! The Glenroy, second of the Glen for the main event, the Champions (Accordeon) with Guitar Berlin, Feb. 27.
Fassenger-cargo liters of the Stakes, in which Liberty Boy started
a firm favourite. Conversations between the German ne and Polish governments concerning Glen Line for the Far East-Europe:
A musleal programme dealing with We refuse to mention names, but the River Thames, Its history and the treatment of their respective service, reached Hongkong yesterday minarity croups were opened at the on its maiden voyage.
nboard here is the story about the locat
Written by Wilfrid Rooke romance. Among the passengers
who told off his Ley with muole selected by Mark H. Foreign Oflee here to-day by the
Lubbock. The BBC Theatre Orches- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs were: Mr. W. B. Chilton, Mr. and racehorse owner Baron Weizzaecker, who is assisted Mrs. A. Tebbul, Mr. J. D. Renton, chemist.
""Watilneil," he boomed, "wattinell's tra conducted by Harold Lowe, by Dr. Vellert of the Reich Ministry Miss Mary.M. Swinton, Mr. J. G. Be the datasior, and by the Legation Fraser, Ames Babe Mr. H. V. the idea. When I ask for embroca
cation-not lavender water, Ilke the Councillor Herr Bergmann, und the fawley, Mrs. L. Kinsbury, Mr. II. L. on for a pony's legs 1 want embro- tions. ment of ve pan Ministry for Page, Miss A. L. Hindmarsh.
last bottle you sold me. I rubbed it is who M. Zyborski,
on my griffen the day before yester=| A recention will be held aboard he Interior,
sisted by Counsellar Kunicki of the the ship at 6.30 p.m. to-day at Holt's day, and ever since the has done nothing but look at herself in the Polish Foreign Ministry. Trans-Wharf.
water trough and sigh." Jccan.
US. Timber For Nazi Planes
Tacoma, Feb. 27.
1es
Disorders In Danzig
Requiem Mass For Late Solicitor
A Requiem Mass was held at the Warsaw, Feb. 27,
Catholic Cathedral this Further disorders between Germon Roman Forest conservation interesis and tallah etulante ocurred at the morning for the late Mr. F. X. limber owners have protested Danzig Polytechnia Unlunzeltu to-day, D'Almada e Castro. Snr,, who died last week. The cervice was attended amayana ganins! the shipment of where a number were injured.
The Germans attempted to form aby relatives and friends. Arul timber to Germany, Italy, and
The Rev. Frs. G. M. Spada add L. an for the construction of nerotto for the alag in the lecture tjfrset
ball at the furthest point from the Fung officiated, and ot the end of the monas, the Alisolution was pro- They asserted that there countries lecturer's chair.
la resisted, and a fight en-nounced by the Rt. Rev. Bishop 11. were consuming, 100 000,000 fir logs
Valtorta. a year-United Press.
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7.40 Closing local Stock Quota-'
7.42 Hawatian Music. Hawali Sing To Me-A Howallan Lullaby (Mills)....Andy lona and is glonders with Vocal Quartette. 7.45 Studioak on tongkong Dog Show. Cyril Champkin on the First Show.
7.55 Plano-Accordian.
The Whistler And His Dog (Pryor); Stars And Stripes For Ever-March (Sousa)....George Scott-Wood as- slated by Flute, Guitar and Drums.
8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Studio"The Election of the | New Pope" a talk by Father T. Ryan, 8.J.
8.18 Ireno Scharrer at the Plano. Andante And Rondo Capriccioso (Mendelssohn),
8 20 Bludio-Concert by Barbars Gilmar (Soprano).
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