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February 1, 1940....

KING'S ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO ALHAMBRA

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NANCY

FAYE BENNETT KELLY

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JOAN DAVIS

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JANE WYMAN KANE RICHMOND

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WALLY VERNON • JOAN VALERIE EDWARD NORRIS Ditted by Roy Dauth

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NAVAL DEFENCE MASS REMOVAL

BILL SLASHED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31' (Reuter),)

OF POLES

DEFRAUD BUS COY.

AN alleged large-scale plot to defraud the Kowloon HITLER KNOWS Motor Bus Company was discovered by the Police when they raided an unnumbered hut in Li Uk Village, Cheungshawan, on October 28.

WHEN WAR

WILL END!

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH" BRUSSELS, Jan. 31, (U). The Berlin Corres. pondent of the "Libre Belgi ques,'

." who travelled in a train through Germany in the same compartment as several German officers and soldiers from the Western Front, reports that all the men with whom he talked are confident that itler knows how the war will end. "They do not believe that the war will last beyond 1940," he reports. "Their opinion is reflected in the words of a sub-lieutenant aviator — injured, not in fighting, but in a motor car accident who said: "The Fuehrer has ordered the

Festival Wagnerian

for August. That is signifi-

cant.'"

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This was disclosed at the Criminal Sessions this morning, when Wu Wing, 22, Ho On, 23, and Wong Lee, 26, bus conduc- tore, were charged before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, with conspiracy to defraud the Company by pretending that the tickets prepared by them were genuine.

A woman named Chan Tai, 27 by Wong Ping, who added that be- | wan charged with alding and abetting. fore the bit was raided he had a Ho was additionally charged with number of conversations with Inspec- possession of 141 forged tekets and tor Carey, Wong with forgery of a way-bill and posssion of same.

Mr. W. S. T. Louey, manager of the Bus Company, sald Li Sang had

Mr. II. C. Macnamara, instructed by Mr. E, S. C. Brooks, prosceuted been employed as a conductor for un behalf of the Bus Company. Mr. four or five years and was dismissed Perey Chen, instructed by Mr. C. Asometime in July last for dishoticsty. Wong Wah, who had also pleaded 5. Russ, was for the defence.

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The Jury comprised: Messrs. A. guilty, had been engaged as M. Silva (Foreman), Wong: Sheuk-pector for seven years, and quite in, Ler Luk-kat, C. L. Gregory, S. probably had a certain amount of V. Fong. Chan Yew-ho and Vinluence over the junior staff..

The ease is proceeding. Oindrinky.

Prosecution's Caso

COLUMBUS CREW STILL IN U.S.

Mr. Macnumura said the organiser of the plot was one Li Sung, who was formerly employed by the Company as a conductor, and who had already pleaded guilty to the charges against him. Li was dismissed on July 21,

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, about and

-month later he arras

arranged with Wong Ping, a printer, to print (Reuter).-Immigration ollicials

DIESEL ENGINES the fogedekes in that in La Uk state that the crew of the Village. Wong, however, turned out

to he un informer, and it was on his scuttled liner Columbus are still Information that the Police ralded the interned on Angel Island, San

Francisco,

FOR PLANES WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Iteuter).ut on October 28. Wu and the womah were arrested at the time of American econautical engineers are the raid, while the other two were reported to have perfected a

taken into custody whilst they were esel engine for planes which,

10 per cent. at work on different buses on the weight for weight, s

same day, more powerful than petrel engines.

Detceuve-Inspector A. Carey that a told the Court that when he raided alors

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Thus the report that 500 of them have mailed aboard Japanese fshing bonts is denied.

current Rumours, however, ure

plan cxists to divide the into small units, scatter Coast and then

Rangoon Tension the but he found a large quantity of them along the

At An End

in 3

to-day

that

"peacePrinting Press, sald bis firm had Denmark To Build

Bus

forged tickets. Previous to the raid quietly put them aboard. Japanese he bud a number of conferences with chip

The lors themselves say Wong Ping, at one of which Methey are willing to try the hazardous

Bus Com- RANGOON, Jan. 31 (Reuter).The Louey, inanager of the

Ivoyage in order to get home.. tension between the Hindus and pany, was also present. Musiems in Rangoon ended

Printer's Evidence when the lenders of the two com- Mr. Lee Yat-Ngok, of the Local munities took part procession".

From the beginning the trouble had been printing tickets for the nothing to do with the Burmese, and Company since 1024 on an average

of 30 million a year. Comp storted during a procession by the with the genuine ones, the

maus held in the occasion of the ground of the forged tickels was in- COPENHAGEN, Feb. 1 (Reuter). National Congress' celebration of In-distinct, smudgy and irregular, while The Ministry of Defence has an- dependence Day,

the paper

was also different, being (nounced new programme, Including more transparent. There were also two mine-sweepers, two torpedo- a number of mis-spelt words on the beats, one submarine, and smaller forged tickets.

Fleet Air Arm Evidence that he $100 by Li Sung to print the tickets strengthened. One hundred but had been paid only $30 was given aircraft guns will be acquired.

OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS

"Code of the Secret Service" (Orlen

Утиные

wired aufnet) Bf WAY counterfelting by the United States Secret Service. Material for the fla

was

promised

vessels.

The

Up Defences

Wishing all our Chinese Patrons a

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"Three Smart Girls Grow Up" (Stajes-! tle): Dennun Durbin straightening out! the love atlairs of two older sisterel

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and singing a few songs in a fresh and entertaining sequel to "Three Smart Giela" Nan Grey, Holer. Parrish, Charles Winninger and Robert Cummings are in the enet:

LATE NEWS

Balkan Talks To-Morrow

BUCHAREST, Feb. 1 (Reuter), Neutrality is almost certain to be the keyave of the Balkan conference at Belgrade on Friday.

The deliberations will be private, published. and no agenda will be However, it is believed that the first step will be statements by the various Ministers with regard to the position of their countries.

A Belgrade message says that on the eve of the conference, Germany has requested the countries in south- eastern Europe to define their at titude in the economic seld, and this request has greatly added to the im- portance of the conference.

The request has aroused a general demand that the Balkan Entente co-operates to form a strong economic blue to reinforce political indepen- dence of action with regard to the belligerenta.

the

A report from Istanbul says that M. Sarajnylu, before leaving for Belgrade, declared that Turkey was not neutral, but WUX outside present war.

That did not

they

were waiting passively upon events, but were taking all measures necessary to prevent the flames from spreading to their home.

mean

af Turkey was not attacked or com- pelled by events to implement her engagements, she was, determined to pursue her palley of peace.

S. Africa Peace Move Lashed

CAPE TOWN Feb, 1 (Reuter) Generid - Jan Smuts was frequently. Interrupted by the Opposilkun when he replied in the debety on, the Emergency Power Bill. In the Assembly,

At times, the entire Opposition ope peared to be shouting and talking. General Smuts declared that any- one, who thought that the Govern ment had acted because it feared an English rebellion or under the prez- sure of the English section was living) in a dream world.

Mr. Modely, Minister of Labour, nt the

· COPENHAGEN, Fch. 1 (Reuter), The House Naval Committee has As a result of the increasing difculty tenintively approved of the three- to maintain order in Russian-rycupl- said that he was horrified year building programme of approxi- ed areas in Poland, the Soviets have mately $855.000,000, providing 21 new adopted a polley of mass transporta-mere idea of South Africa making a

perco. separate

The first reading of the BUI was warships compared with 77 proposed ton of Poles from East Poland to in the original programmTIO.

currled.

the interior of Russia.

Happy and Prosperous New Year

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