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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 19, 1940.

NAZI

SHIP FLEES TO

SAFETY

THIS GERMAN PHOTOGH APHI, received vin Siberi, shows a N.DL. Uner which succeeded in ruming the British blockade and retuming to port in Germany. She will be tied up for the rest

of the war. Domci Photo.

HAM SANDWICH TWO-GUN TYPIST, CLEARED, SAYS-

FUTURE AT STAKE

LONDON.

A phase of the, "walling war” threatened the fultura of the bam sandwich--popularly reputed to have had its start in England.

Under the rationing plan, food books contala only two meat tickets a werk. A sandwich will count as half a ticket. A Food Ministry official expressed doubt that many persons would spend their meat allowances in that fashion.

That's

Rainy

A

Cure For

Day

Blues"

DALLAS (Texas).

A GRAND jury of Texas men upheld to-day the tradition

of America's lone star Stale, that it is a place where, men are gentlemen, by refusing to indict pretty blonde Corinne Maddox, [two-gun typist, who shot her boss, Attorney Brook Coffman.

Japan Seeks Air Line To U.S. Utilizing Guam

TOKYO-Only international politics'and 120 miles of sea prevent Tokyo from being brought to five days from the San Francisco airport.

Humour!

The jurymen declared that Corince upheld the honour of Texas woman- hood by, pumping bullets from both hier revolvers into Coffman as he of his former stenographersen

lert his office with another girl-one)

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Telling her story to the grand jury { behind locked doors, Corinne sald ed over and over again: "I hated him." | Messri-Goddard and Douzing in the She said: 1 was nfraid he'd presence of the Consignees at 10.00 burn me alive. I'm glad he's dead. fa.m. on Monday, 22nd January, 1940. "I tried twice before to kill him. Consignees must have Revenue The first time there was too big a Officer in attendusre when any dut.

rowd round him, and the second able goods are examined by theAll broken, chated, and damaged tine my revolver jamneri.

Company's Surveyors.

Goods are to be left in the Godowns, No Fire Insurance will be effected acre they will be examined en the 18th January, 1940, at 10a.m., by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas.

But I got him the third time"

that third time.

Eleven bullets found their mark by us in any case whatever,

With little publicity, Japanese out 800 miles of water with) officials are now trying to break American fundplanes without mishap. down the first barrier, knowing

If desired. American scaplanes that American aircraft already

Corinne nail that Coffman was in could be put in service--Japan has tove with her and wanted her to in their possession will hurdle them. But the land ship is favoured elope with him. She refused, so he the second as though it were not or its superior speed and efficiency, drove her to the outskirts of Dallas, there.

and Japanese operators feel (as da stopped his car in a gravel pit, and During recent months the Japanese stony operators elsewhere, more sub-stabbed her with an les-pick, have been extending their alr finest to papular prejudice) that the The jury deliberated; then the not so much through Japan proper matern twin or four-engined land news was taken to Corime that they That was an easy lask Indred-but plane is at least equally as sale for hund exonerated her. to outlying possessions and territory-water operation as the seaplane which is not, after all, designed for to define preeksely, such

anding in or ring out a high rea. Japan-occupied China, Unfertunately

With the European war cutting off none

of these, routes taps any "muin

f many

of Jaomi's ordinary trade line" directly.

At present the nearest approach to anneks, not only the United States such a thing is the Tokyo-Shanghai Sath America as well receive service, which In another day would And to use a North American Iran "Of course; 1-fel that the outcome mecial attention in Tokyo these days. have-connected-with-Chinese- operated (with American minority site air line to promote Japan's of a trial would have let lite sumes South American trade would be a interest) line running from Shanghal bit of humour of very grateful sort. large bowl of roses in her window. And then she turned to arrange a down the const to Hongkong, where; it would join the terminal of Pan

hard

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Arnerishn Airways, trans-Paelle Clipper service is well 114 the European services of Imperial Air- ways (British) and Air France (French),

Chinese Lines Affected The Sino-Japanese hostilities, which

teherished desire to extend its nirways

over to China,

the same time

C.O. HATES

R. ONI Agent.

STOCK MARKET

REPORT

Summary Issued yesterday says:

Hongkong Stock Exchange OMelal

Although the market still remains i She jumped for joy,

quiel business reported was spread the cald. "That's sure a cure for over a representative selection. the rainy day blues." Then the became more

Wherven 5103 cerious.

I felt confident T'd be cleared," she said. "Fin so glad I'll be spared the trouble and embarrassment of a pub-

ie murder trial.

EVERYTHING

ENGLISH, EVEN WEATHER

allowed Japan to acccriplish its long-A CONSCIENTIOUS objcctor. Wilfred Barrett, of Wallcote Avenue, Luton, whose application was heard at the South- caused suspension of such Chinese Eastern Tribunal attacked England, its weather, its working class nirways us lay within Japanese- and its upper class. occupied territory or near it with thei

In a statement Barrett declared: "I own no subjection or execution of the inland fine--first tolsovereignty to any State (though for legal purposes am domi- Hankow, later to Chungking-out of ciled in the Isle of Man), and I challenge the right of the Hongkong These Ines have had to keep going somehow although the English Crown (a backward form of Government) to compel Japanese shot down several commer-jany free man, whether British or otherwise, to serve a cause for clal planes.

which he has no sympathy."

No such necessity, nor opportunity,

existed at Shanghai after the elty) Other phrases were: "I have no was completely encircled and there'sympathy with the English interfer-

fore any traveller from Japan wishence policy and no love it on Girl Who

ing to By to America must first fly its climate is atrocious, Its working to Shanghal, then take a ship trip classes are dirty, lazy, foolish and down the coast which cannot bo sub-normal in physique and

men- shorter than two days and may run tallty. Its upper clarsca are ridícu- to five or six-to say-nothing of the lous ngures of egoism, shobbishness fact that the ship schedules are and irresponsibility." framed with no bearing on Cipper As Borrelt did not appear, his case schedules. And even if the trip could was adjourned. be made by air all the way, a glance at the map will show it to be a tremendously round-about Course hardly worth anybody's while asl compared with the direct steamship

voyage across the Pacifle,

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would cras inquest on Thelma Kath- willingly face a firing squad rather leen Denyer (27), of Clissold Long Chain Of Islands

thon take fe. But Japan has a long chain-some

Crescent, Stoke Newington, who His father, it was stated, who was was found gassed after regard it as a barrier of islands a soldier in the last war, had told his told that it would be unwise for being running southward down the Pacific son to "elear out and never return." This chain falls across Guam, which, incidentally, the Japanese would like he remained in his present occupa- trouble,

Arnold was exempted on condition her to marry because of heart to buy. Nearest to Guam is tiny ton. Saipan Island, lying 120 miles to the northeast, Salpan would not have to

"I am willing to die for my coun-

but he had seen many worse hearts.

There was no reason why the young

be u stop on a Tokyo-Guam air line try because I am an Englishman, but and probably the trip would be best I cannot kill for my country," stated broken only once, or at most twice, i R. Brown, lorry driver, of Somerset for refuelling. But the fact that Road, Reigate, "I would rather cut woman should not have lived for a Japanese territory lies within 120 my right hand of than it Tend to the miles of Guam is of interest to com- death or suffering of my fellow men," merclul airmen as well as to the naval | He was placed Authorities of ball nations,

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New Reich Cross

In short, it is hoved that somehow) the United States may be argued into fetting Japanese commercial planes, fly Info Guam and thus fap the

BERLIN.-Hitler has announced a American trans-Pacifle route at

new decoration," the "cross for merl- post most advantageous to Japan.

torious war service," to be given There is no doubt but that the persons outside the Army as well as Japan Air Trantort would be most to milltary men. happy to establish regular schedules!

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Designed in. two classes, bronze

to Guam on virtually no notice. It and silver, the medal is an eight- has been running American land pointed cross, which bears in the planes to Formosa for several years, centro a awastiky bordered by ook The Shanghai route town surusslorvas.

long time,

Saying that disappointment at not being able to marry and have a family appeared to have preyed on her mind, the coroner recorded verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind.”

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