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Marlene Dietrich In Normandie "Scene"

NEW YORK, June 14.

JUST as Marlene Dietrich the film star, with her husband was about to sail for Europe to-day, Inland Customs of ficials boarded the liner Normandie and seized Marlene's luggage for alleged un paid income tax.

The film actress strenuously denied that she owed any, and the Normandic was held up in the hope of a settlement being reached, but after some hours no agreement was discernible.

Subsequently Marlene was permitted to sail after considerable confusion hac been caused on the pier.-Reuter.

CYNICAL COMMONS' CRITICISM OF SPAIN INTERVENTION

LONDON, June 14.

THE indignation which has been aroused among Members of Parliament by the cynical disclosure by certain foreign govern- ments of the extent of their intervention in the Spanish civil war intervention which they publicly disclaimed at the time of its occurrence continues to be expressed in questions in the House of Commons.

The Prime Minister was asked

connection to-day in

with Herr Hiller's recent speech to returning i volunteers it the British Govern- ment contemplated making a prolest against this mislending of the non- intervention Committee.

Mr. Buller, who replied, said the answer was in the negative since the German Government must be well aware of the views of the British Government.

He declined the request of another Member to recite the numerous as- surances implying non-intervention

in

the Spanish elvil war given by the German and Italian Governments subsequent to July 1836, and he also declined, as serving no useful

Military Missions

In Britain

Polish And Turkish Technicians' Visit

LONDON, June 14. - THE War Office Announces purpose; to raise afresh at the League that the Polish and Turkish mis- of Nations, the question of foreign sions representing the three de- Intervention in Spain.

fence Services, are now in London engaged in technical discussions concerning war material.

He ignored a further interjection of a Labour Member who asked the Government to bear these disclosures in mind as bearing on the trust to be reposed in assurances received from the same quarters in future.-- British Wireless,

FAMED HOLLYWOOD STAR IN HONGKONG

(Continued from Page 2) quite wrongly took the blame for the falture upon buinself and the anxiety affected his health."

Old Troupers' Club

The Polish mission is headed by General Rayaki and the Turkish mission by General Orbay.

The general programme for the missions includes visits to the Fourth Division at the Colchester School of Artillery ut Larkhill and the Armour- jed Division. The Polish and Turkish

officers will also attend the Aldershot Tattoo next Saturday.

Thursday,

HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH

June 15, 1939.

JAPANESE AIR RAIDSK SHOES

ON KIANGSI AND HUNAN TOWNS

15. SHANGHAI, June

KEY TOWNS in Kiangsi and Hunan, including Kanchow, Kian, Taoyuan and Changtch were attacked by Japanese naval air units on Tuesday.

Bases for concentrations of Chinese troops near Haintsunhu to the south of Nanchang were bombed, while a unit which visited Kanchow_in_southern Kiangoi bombed the military establishments outside the city.

AMERICA FACES FASCISM

Declares John

L. Lewis

The raiders visited Kinn in cen-

and tra Kiangal

damaged the

Chinese military establishments" in | the city,

Fire was caused at three places Taoyuan in Hunan, while Changtch in western Hunan on the west store of Tungting Lake was set on fire at seven different points.-Doniel.

Japanese Fail To Land

Sztwul, Kwangtung.

June 15. Japanese marines from four war- ships and more than ten bonta ut- at tempted to land on Monday Slulam, about 12 miles northeast of Kongmoon and some 40 miles north of Macao.

WASHINGTON, June 14. OPENING the C.I.O. Executive

Greeted by Chinese are, they fled Board meeting to-day, to extend

back to their warships. Five of the the Organisation's campaign to probably cover the war industries, steam boals were sunk, and a num- Mr. John L. Lewis said the ber of Japanese käled.

Fascism United States faces

According to a report from Ying- unless the problems are solved tnic, it thousand Japanese at Kung- courageously and without hesita-wohu in the Tsengshing sector were attacked by the Chinese on Sunday. tion.

He said the inability of After sustaining heavy losses, they 11,000,000 workers to obtain retired to Fukwohu-Central News, employment is slowly "under- Japanese Planes Shot Down mining their faith in Government." He also hinted at possible reprisals against A.F.O.L. ruids on the C.L.O.'s fields of activity.-United Press.

the

Peace Talk. Abandoned

Washington, June 14. Mr. John L. Lewis, Chairman ofį the Congress of Industrial Organisa- tion, to-day announced that the peace negotiations between the C.I.O. and the American Federation of Labour have been abandoned United Press,

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Germany's Record Employment

Szewui, Kwangtung,

June 15.

British Trade Boom

LONDON, June 14 BRITISH overseas trade, ex- perienced a boom in May when the figures were not only the highest for both importa and exports of month this year,

any me but were substantially higher than in May, 1938. The Board

of Trade returns pubilahed to- day, show that Imports in May wero £78,541,000 compareil with £70,084,000 in April and £75,308,000 in May last year.

Exports in May were £42- 273,000 compared with £35- 148,000 la April and £38,164,000 10 May last Special.

year.-Reuter

Further Substantial Rainfall

A Japanese plane riding the Chinese boats and sampans in the river near Sunwul Was brought down by Chinese anti-aircraft gun are on the morning of June 5. The THE Royal Observatory re- Japanese pliot was instantly killed.corded 1.47 inches of rain be

Central News.

Japancso Casualtics

tween the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. when last night's storm was at its height. The heavy Milo, Hunan, June 15. Eight hundred casunities have rain was succeeded by flashes of upon the Japanese lightning and thunder. During during the recent engagements the early hours of this morning, been inflicted Maputashan and Hsinkaitong on the north bank of the Sinslang River rain was intermittent and less in north Hunan, according to held than a quarter of an inch dispatches.

in

recorded.

Pressing on Yoyang

the on Canton-Hankow Railway

north Hunan, the Chinese are encircling the Japanese troops entrenched in the southeastern suburbs to the town

-Central News.

*

was

than

More heavy rain fell at 9 o'clock

morning. this

at 10 Although the temperature a.m, was four degrees lower that recorded yesterday morning, the humidity increased considerably, Chinese Advance

being 18 per cent. at 10 am. to-day Berlin, June 14.

as compared with 79 per cent. at 10 Another high record In employ-

Chenchow, June 15. a.m. yesterday. Following their recent defeat of The weather this afternoon will be The War Omee also announces that ment in the old Reich is revealed by the British technical mission arrived the official statistics just published the Japanese garrison in the vicinity moderate to fresh, squally and cloudy to-day ni Istambul and is to proceed showing that whereas at the end of of Tungchow, cast of Peiping, Chin- with occasional rain and thunder. shortly to Ankara where it is to April, 21,270,000 were employed in ese units and milllle are now pushing South and south-west winds are pre-

dicted. study defence questions of mutual the old Relch only, in May there was towards the city itself.

The Royal Observatory's weather interest. The Mission is headed by an increase of 370,000, which is a Brigadier O. M. Lund-British Wire- | record.

A number of important villages in report for to-day reads: An area of the neighbourhood, including Shang-high pressure covers the Pacific to less.

Chamberlain Won't Say

matow. Tsungsinchwang. Tienchtafu, the south of Japan. An area of low Tanoshih and Fongtsun, have been pressure extends from Tongking to London, June 14.

Mongolia. retaken.-Central News.

Mr. Murray said he was a member of the Hollywood Old Troupers'

In the six years from the end of May, 1933, to the end of last May, Club, in which the members who are stil in the money take care of the

the increase in employed persons was less fortunate ones-and-you'd-be-Mr-Arthur-Henderson asked the 8,100,000. But work to be done has surprised," he added, "to hear the Premier in the House of Commons increased, more than the number of nomes of some, once fumous, who to-day whether it was the policy of workers available, despite the utilisa- are now destilute members Government to consent to the Dption of the compulsory labour service, of the club. We see that they get pointment of a French General as soldiers of the defence force, girls medical and hospital treatment, give Supreme Commander of the British and foreign migratory workers. them other benents, and attend to and French armed forces in the event

the Sudetenland, their burla!!”

In Austria and of war.

Mr. Chamberlain said the ques-the Increase of employment since the The still-fortunate members of the tion of the co-ordination of command incorporation of these territories in Club Include Jack Holt, Lois Weber, in the various theatres in which is the Reich has made particularly rapid Mary Pickford ("She's got plenty," Majesty's forces might be called uport progress.-Trans-Ocean, commented Mr. Murray), Buck Jones, to co-operate with the French in the and Tom Mix.

event of war, necessarily formed When asked why the coming of the part of the conversations between the talkies had meant such an abrupt

representatives of the two countries, "Passing-out" for so many famous but it would not be, in the publie silent

stars, Afr. Murray stated: "Just interest to give inforination as to the when the talkies came Norma

Tal- madre, Billie Dove, Corinne Grima particular aspects of these conversa

tions-Reuter Special.

Colleen Moore and a few others were right at the top, but the talkies discovered their Brooklyn accent-1 would call It

It a sort of 'dese, dem, s' dose Lender

tendency, A "It w

was a

Germans Ordered Out Of Palestine

Jerusalem, June 14. Henderson's Questions

Two representatives of a German Franz Reichardt news agency, Dr. British Wireless adds that Mr.

and Dr. Adam Vollhardt, have been Henderson then asked if the Premier ordered to leave Palestine by June I was this accent which finished was aware of the fact that the 22. No reason has been given for John Gilbert's Sim career.

their éxpulsion-Trans-Ocean, John French Press had stated that this lover on the screen, but policy had been determined and that great the Brooklyn accent used to take General Gamelin had been designat- much of the fervour out of the ed Supreme Commander.

Were they to understand that those date was 288,570 and the potential words I love you? However, Ray statements were correct?

increase since Apri 1. had been mond Grifith, a grand comedian of

Mr. Chamberlain rejoined: "The 168,449.-British Wireless. the silent day

still in days, is In the big Honourable Member must not take

Healthy British Recruits longer no money, though stage. A throat affliction makes every statement he sees in the Press

to speak at all, to be correct"

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London, June 14. ese soldiers outside the north gate of Yuhang, northwest of Hangchow, Replying to the Labour member who

3 hours from TOKYO. were suddenly subjected to an en- for Stirling, Mr. T. Johnston,

asked whether the Government had

TOURIST veloping attack by Chinese units.

Under a fusillade of machine-gun taken steps to counter-net the pro-Please apply to the

Powers, bullets and hand-grenades

and BUREAU HONGKONG INQUIRY the paganda of the Axis wiped whether attention had been drawn to Japanese were completely

out.

the Press criticism on the suggestion OFFICE and get details to your The Chinese captured an artillery to place Lord Perth in charge of the requirements or write to KARUI-

of Information, ammunition..

ho. Prime.. During another attack at Panlung-House that the whole question

Chinese setting up a Ministry of this sort shan, a point nearby, the idilled scores of Japanese of the would be brought up for debate on Hasegawa Detachment and set fire Thursday Trans-Ocean. to the Japanese oll depot-Central

| plece and, a.quantity of rifles and lected Ministry informed the ZAWA directly.

News.

Attack On Kiangyin

Tunki, Anhwel, June 15. Chinese units launched an attack'

U.S. Neutrality

>

of

Washington, June 14. on the Japanese near Klangyin, on

The Senate Foreign Relations Com- the Yangtze River above Nanking,

mittee to-day agreed to begin their a few days ago,

The Japanese Yamazaki Detach- consideration of the various proposals ment offered stubborn resistance, It for the amendment or repeal of the suffered more than 80 casunilles, Neutrality Act on June 21.

killed officers Including three Central News,

London, June 14.

Victory Celebrated but he has become Darryl Zannuck's

Authoritative British quarters, bolh next asked if the Prime Minister medical and military, are such

in right-hand man and is one of could give an assurance that in the and gratified at the uniformly high

An Undisclosed Place highest-paid men in the alm colony event of such

Hupch, June 15. Mr. Murray spoke

also of the vast ve if such an appointment being physical standard of the men report-

Under the auspices of the Hupch difference in salaries to-day as com- pared with those of the early silent manner that the French Commandering for the militia. The first batch

in-Chief would be responsible to some of 18,000 men examined gave 83 per Provincial Kuomintang Headquarters cent Ot for active service. Eighty-a masa meeting was held at an un He recalled that John days.

Dunny, Inter-allled body and not to the

of the four per cent were in first-cinus disclosed place on Monday, to cele finest the one of

of the French comedians

Government alone. Mr.

brate the recent victory silent days,

in north Hupch and Chinese Army who often appeared in Chamberlain replied: "I do not think health-Reuter Special. comedies with Flora Finch; received It would be in the public interest to

South Honan. no more than $100 a week Now a discuss this matter.**

The meeting decided to send tele- ployer received

London, June 14. of 17,850 men examined medically grams to Generalissimo Chiang Kai- between June 8 and 12 under the shelt, General Li Tsung-ion and the Chinese troops at the front paying Compulsory Military Training Act their respects for the herole defence as fit and only 413 or 2.3 per cent. wern classed as definitely unit for training.

on these figures in Commenting London for a short visit to their bearing on the results of post-

small Mr.

urray, than that for af

has been before the

To Visit Finland

London, June 14.

The Committee's Chairman, Sena- tor Pittman, asid the Committee-nt present does not plan to hear Secret- ary of State Cordell Hull's testimony. Mr. Hull appeared before the Com- mittee to-day, but only to explain the proposed riew treaty between the United States and Panama-United Press

Relief Supply

Bill

Washington, June 14.

The House of Representatives to

public as an entertainer for 56 years,

In view of his previous associations having been a star circus comedian nt the age of 11. He made, his last with Finland. General Sir Waltor 15,001 or 84.5 per cent. were part of the fatherland Central Newsday received the $1,710,000,000 Re-

major screen appearance two years Kirke, Director-General of the Terri ngo when he appeated with Jack torial Army, has been invited to re- Holt, playing the part of an old freight visit that country. He has now been beat engineer in "Dangerous Waters," able to accept the invitation and is

icuving

llet Supply Bill, for 1940. which is Fukien Town Raidod

$45,880,000 below the amount res quested by President Roosevelt, Foochow, June 15.

The Works Progress Administra- Pucheng, in northern Fukien near tion appropriation which provides an

Since then, as a favour to Sol Lesser. Finland on Saturday in response to war developments in the nation's the Chekiang border, was raided by average payroll of $2,000,000 will be

producer, he stepped for a day into a Bobby Brecn pleture- "Break

the a personal invllation from the Finnish health services, the Parliamentary Ave Japanese planes for the first um gradually decreased to 31,500,000 by

Minister of Defenec Brith Wire-Under-Becretary for the Ministry of during the war. Over a dozen bombs July 1, 1940 United, Pres

Health. Mr. Berneys, speaking in were dumped in the outskirts Edinburgh-to-night, sald they were Central News, encouraging and represented a great the medical since

Mr. Murray is now well content to ba through with pictures, but he ad- willingly accept mits that he would

less.-

Terriers' Strength

London, June 14, improvement !? a part with "some meat in it." He The total strength of the Torri-Loxaminations of war-time recruits sees, however, that he is not likely torial Army is now approximately 20 years ago when the numbers will keep him a comedian unil the for: doubling of the Territorial Field the conscience, of the nation cocini to get this chance that the public 400,000 officers and men, Recruiting placed in Category Three so disturbed day of his death. This seems quite Army during the fortnight ending Post-war expenditure on proper his American-German make June 10, brought in, $28. recruits services, great though. It had been, up is so well leavened with hundur The total potental strengia of the was abundantly Justifying itself

Territorial army field force on that British, Wireless; Irish or otherwise,

several abortive attempts to capture, Lull in West Shanzi

and Liulin, east of Kuntu. der Stad June 15. The bulk of the Japanese is con- Following the crushing defeat of centrating at Chudgyang and Liahih, the Japanese at Kuntu and Llulla, while the remaining part has with- full hins how sot in west Shansh drawn towards Fenyand; further east crossing of Linh are being mopped up" by Normalcy is returning to Kuntu,Smallsolated Japanese units west which the Japanese have made the ChineseCentral News important Yellow River

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