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October 16, 1939.

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U-Boat Food Stores GAOL-BREAKER TAKES

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Running Out

EVIDENCE that some of the Nuzlynboard the United States merchant- U-boats, "plunted” on sinpping routes mon American Shipper. They are! before the outbreak of war, are now being taken to Boston, running short of supplies, has been) The German ‘radlo unnounced thei

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furnished,

An Ostend trawler he reported blockade by herself ksuing a Bst off being stopped by a U-boat. wine contraband goods. cummunder asked for s fur is crew, of 40,

The trawler. skipper offered him one basket, but the suimarae com- munder Insisted on huving twe more AN well as some .fresh cod. trawler was then allowed

to continue her trip.

The

It claimed that the British blockadel was hitting neutral countries and thati Germany would "profrer" them and "repiner, by inerented suppiles, the deficiencies caused by Britain."

The British liner Arandorn Sur MANY PETTY THEFTS

European Victims Lose

carrying £3,500,000 in gold and 4411 passenger-and four merchant ves- sels have reached port safely after elurling U-boats.

NEW NAZI THREAT

The Arandora Star is now in New

York after a crossing which took 12 diya.

Variety Of Articles

Mr. d, W. McLeod, of the Noval!

GAS-MASK WITH HIM

Over Wall,

Wall, Dodged

Policeman, Vanished -all in Two Minutes

WITHIN two minutes recently, a prisoner in Wand- sworth Gaol had escaped from a warder, climbed over the prison wall-carrying his gas mask-dodged a policeman in a busy street and disappeared. Late that night he had not been found.

The man, Benjamin Cooper, aged about 30, was serving a two years' sentence.

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WOMEN TO BE

PANTO 'DAMES'

· PANTOMIME will be dir- ferent this year,

Francis Laidler. Panlo King. now planning five producilous al in coxial about £40.000. ald that Mother Guote, the Widow Twankey. the Ugly Sisters. usually played by hoarze come. dians in skirts, with their bair done up in curfing pins,, ARE TO HE PLAYED BY WOMEN:

The object of this drastic elange is to release saare men for war service. Only essential comedians will be retained,

'Mir, Laidler has appealed ́lo the authorities to allow Covent Gar- den, under strict safety, condi- tlons..to reopen, It has vaults with wall three feet thick. which he considers would be Ideal nya skelter. He also has pantomimes ready for Brighton, Shemeld, Bradford, and Leeda.

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OPENING OF THE SEASON

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NEW COMMISSIONER EUNICE ANNOUNCES

Sayre Predicts Far East- American Relations

Yard, has reported that he either lost for luid stolen from his pocket on Travelling without lights, she fre- October 11, a wallet containing $374. He was working in the Governor's garden, watched quently changed course on Instruc-i Miss Fearon, of Timpingshan, was by a warder. Suddenly he made a dash for the wall ilona radioed by the Admirally. robbed of clothing worth $19 from

Two more vessels were reported to her cur in Nathan Road од

Friday,

From a window of her home In the street. I was astonished by the have been sunk, but in each case the

1 cokl adjoin the man's coolness, but before Mr. C. F. Livesley reported the Alma- lerrace, which crew have been rescand and are re-theft of two pairs of trousers from prison.

Mrs. Tillman

what raise a shout the policeman turned ported to be well. One of the ships his roof in Austin Road on Fritny. happened met.

round-and with that the man jump- is from Elre, which is a neutral coun- Mrs. Griffiths, of Flankow Road. She said: "I was just looking out ed over the fence into the nursery try, official vircles in Dublin ex-zrports the theft of a name-platejat my window when I saw a shortish and, in a few moments, hud dis- press surprise at the sinking.

Irom her door on Friday.

man drop over the prison wall and appeared." (The nursery, owned by The ships ore:

Captain Proes, of Bowen Road, walk down the streel.

Messrs. R. Neal and Co., Ltd., is reported the loss of jewellery valued "He seemed to be in a hurry, but opposite the main doors of thr at 5410 when thieves entered his did not run, He was carrying un prison.) house through an open window on ordinary civilian gas-mask, haci n "The policeman dashed up the Saturday.

suck over one arm, and was wearing street ta the prison. In few prison clothes.

seconds warders sprang over 4110

Shanghai, Oct. 15. wal, as the prisoner had, and dozens,

Mr. Francis B. Sayre, former of them leapt over the fence and

Assistant Secretary of the State De- dens." started searching the nursery, pariment at Washington, arrived in Shunghal this afternoon en route to Miss Edith Palmer, a neighbour of Manila to Lake up his new appoint- Mrs. Tuman, who also saw the esment as High Commissioner of the cape, auld:

Philippines. "He had almost got us for as the

Interviewed, Mr. Sayre preferred policeman when the latter turned not to discuss the question of Philip- round and saw hầm. As soon as pine Independence at the present raw the man climb over the wall Junction, stating it will be one of tried to shout to attract the police-several questions requiring hls man's attention but could not makr{special attention on his arrival in the

nyself heard.

Gartavon (1,777 -10m), of Glangow, -Shelled and sunk, by submarine. Crew landed in Azores by Swedish : tanker.

Invertiffey (0,456 tons), of Dublin, Jewellery and money to the value -Crew rescued by United States of $254 was stolen from the residence steamship R. G. Stewart,

¡of Mr. Wexham, Carnarvon Road, The crew of the airlegte (4,425 tons), of Glasgow, previously reported Junk, were later reported to be safe

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AMAZING COOLNESS

A camera valued at $45 was stolen from Mr. Poinset's car at Deepwvaler post my house towards a policeman "He walked right down the street, Bay,

who was on point duty at the end of

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"A few moments inter the prisoner (trade agreements with the nations in passed right under my window. He the Far East will depend largely on was hurrying a little but apparently the outcome of the present China _trying_to_look_unconcerned as if he war. It is recalled that recently Mr. were on some errand or other." Sayre handed the Japanese Ambas- Warders searched the nursery. sadar at Washington the notice of There hey found Goodman's Los abrogation of the trade agreement. mask.

Mr. Sayre said the agreefnent was "Auxiliary firemen and specia), war too obsolete and a more modern one reserve police also joined in the was wanted 10 protect American chase, while a message was sent to rights more adequately, Scotland Yard and the police all over In this regard be pointed out that the Metropolitan area were instruct- jail recently concluded trade agree- ed to keep a look-out for the man.

houses

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THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

ments with foreign countries were ALL WAVE PORTABLE RADIO

Housewives were questioned and based on "equality of treatment."

Regarding the European war, Mr. the prison searched. neur Some of these were empty owing to Sayre astuted the United States was

vitally interested In Its wartime.

outcome. evacuation and t Was thought he might have concealed Some of the most precious things of four civilisation are nt stoke. It is Himself there.

The grounds of the Royal Victoria future attitude will be; but he per- Impossible to surmise what America's Patriotic School, near the prison,sonally hoped his country were also searched.

could

nvoid being involved in the war, he

Three years ago, after the whole. "only time can tell," he con- of Britain.had been searched for two cluded.-Reuter. Įdays u prisoner who had escaped

from Wandsworth was found-an the

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INCOME TAX IN ENGLAND

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to the original point and the luimoter- ing begins all over again.

I have seen strong men reduced to tears by these relentless in- quisitions and when & man's nerve is so shredded that he breaks down Into sobbing, he is in a very dangerous condition in which he may do some- thing rash There are sadists among, tax Inspectors who delight nchfaving this result.

Another unpleasant tealure of these investigations is the method adopted for squeezing more money out of the taxpayer.

The Inlund Revenue can legally go back for six years but if they th that tax has been lost over a longer

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This particular method of extortion is often nothing but legal blackmail.

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obtain money by such means would get seven years penal servitude, but the Revenue have been doing i tor years because no taxpayer has had the courage or means to fight the authorities on this point.

It is right that the man who has dodged tax should be brought to book but when the methods tied produce suicides it in 'obvious that, they need urgent revision..

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