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February 5, 1940.

By Walt Disney

To Get Warders Into Trouble-

DARTMOOR MEN PUT

CEMENT

IN

PIGS' FOOD

CONVICTS sent out on farm work at Dartmoor mixed cement with pigfeed in the hope of getting their warders into trouble.

Fleeing From War's Hum

PITY Wiese bees. They are evacuated tluree of thousands from French farms and gardens In front of the Maginot Line.

They're all dressed up will nowhere to go.

The French Bee-keepers' As- to their Hociation bas come

to all by appealing rescue Frenchmen with lives to spare to give them a home "for the doration."

Separating Work Of

The League

This is one of many similar acts reported from the prison.

A section of the prisoners-the nufority are well-behaved-is doing! lis utmost to make the lives of the warders intolerable.

Succeeding

They appear to be succeeding. The conviels often cumplain to senior officials abuut Individual! warders against whom they harbour a grudge.

Just over a week ago one ma who had been supplied with bread said:

a. proper to a warder, "Serve it in manner"

He promptly lodged a complaint with

" chiet wurder that his brend nd been thrown at him,

Once it was truhl for Dartmoor convicts to address warders na "Siry" or "Guv'nor."

"Now we almost have to Sir the convicts before they will do any- thing

told the "Daily I warder Hernid" reporter,

Too Easy Many warders have been drafted Wennwood from

and other Muldalone, prisons since the war began. They

10 Princetown Scrubs,

are far from happy.

They prefer

big

the sterner discipline,

which, they

jot a "town" prison,

clalm, is more severe than that of

a modern pean establishment.

► ($1$ by Katlad Pratums Komñesie. I

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

1/4

"Come, come, Quineo! This is a love scene and you're playing it like a married man!"

Japan And China Policy

Conditions of the convicts at Darl-Country Does Not Know

LONDON, Feb. 4 (British Wire-moor are

very much better than

What She Wants SHANGHAI, Feb. 5 (Reuter): Turkey, Belgium, Holland, Norway lags." but men recently transferred-In a leader on the Saito in-

less) The League of Nations Com-they were a few years ago. There mitice, consisting of representatives are more epncessions.

of ten states-Australia,

Argentine, These are appreciated by the "old)

The Baguc

on advantage of them.

WESTERN FRONT

FRENCH TAKE

PRISONERS

PARIS, Feb. 5, (Reuter).---

Portugal, Switzerland, United King-run Lidon jail are trying to take cident in the Japanese Diet, The official communique of the

dom-meets February 7.

at

This body arises out of the recom- mendations of the committee pointed in May, 1939, presided ever by Mr. S. M. Bruce to consider and

best methods ort on the report on separating the technical work of the League from political activities owing

of

the Sino-American newspaper, French Headquarters yesterday, “China Press," describes the in-in referring to a "sharp en- cident 28 2171 "illuminating counter with an enemy recon-

No Sign Of Collapse example of what can happen to noitring party," conceals in the

Ja Japanese citizen when he al-1phrase one of the liveliest In Finland

tempts to speak plainly." actions in the present year,

After stating that Saito Was CX-

The reconnoltring party is reported of the to have consisted of several ecin- LONDON, Feb. 4 (British Wire-pressing the bewilderment eneral feeling that the former less).The British Labour delegates, majority of the Japanese as to where panies, and a cul and thrust enrage- latter. The Commillee's special ob- Finland, to-day attended a meeting nation, ject was to facilitate the co-operat-of the ing of non-member states League's economic sociological activities,

has been unduly subordinated to the who are returning from a visit 16 the China polley was leading the ment at close quarters lasted

the "Ching Press" snys: several hours

1ΟΣ

a number of

The French look northern countries Labour "Although Salto did not succeed in

getting answers to his questions, his prisoners. In the movements In Copenhagen.

and

Sir. Walter Citrine said he saw case has brought into sharp rollet financial

one dominant factor no signs of tiredness, hopelessness or collapse anywhere in Finland. He palities to-day: the main dificulty in was, returning convinced that the

Committee Appointed

of

Japanese

Finns could hold out and not merely Japan doen not know wh Robbed Candy Shop:

resources

"If she could only clarify her bazie! In the report adopted by the Aste the winter. But naturally quick Japan does not know what she wants. alms and minimum conditions for sembly in December, Mr. Bruce's and comprehensive outside help was Committee recommended the ap-essential, for their own

China. the Incident, which has with the duty of arranging, super-bearing arms had been called to the dragged on for two and a half years pointment of a "Central Committee" were limited. Everyone capable of achieving a settlement of the war in Finland needed foreign and which at present shows no sign vising, extending and directing the colours.

volunteer workers as well as soldiers of coming to an early finish, would League. non-political work of

in order to implement the recom-and doctors.

He repeated the assurance he gave mendation of the League, the As- sembly decided to appoint an "Or- the Finns before he left Helsingfors ganizing Committee and it is this that England would de her utmost to body which meets at The Hague help within the framework of the It is hoped in official quarters that League resolution,

the

the Organizing Commitee will prove

be considerably nearer the end.

Goes To Gaol

When prefly, 20-year-old Barbara Fok, who runs the candy store at the Cathay Cinema opened her cash box a few days ago, she found that it nau been cleaned out by a thief.

On the following day a young man Opportunity Missed "Salto's efforts in the Diet afforded named Lau Pan, whom she had dis valuable opportunity to Japanese missed from her employ on January leaders to do their thinking aloud-31, returned and demanded alleged arrears of pay. Barbara became sus- a worthwhile exercise for clearing up piclous and enlied in the police, who muddled minds.

in Lau's possession. found $130 Unfortunately for Japan, the

This morning Lau pleaded guilty members of the Dict preferred to Ignore urrogantly Salto's opportune to shop breaicing before Mr. H. G. remarks

and in so doing they Sheldon in the Central Magistracy intentionally closed their minds to and was sent to prison for six weeks. While men of the Royal Navy were any frank discussion which might Hague is necessarily of a prepara-playing football on their club ground have led to a clarification of Japan's

NA final or for at Happy Valley yesterday Leung war aims. tory nature. reaching deelstons are anticipated at San, 19-year-old unemployed youth,

out nucleus

Central Commitice will

to

be tho which

Frow,

but

that

much

it in pointed ppadework

out must

Navy Footballers

Lost Jerseys

be accomplished before this hoped-

for result can be reached, and the work now to be undertaken at The

this stage...:

Spirit Of

The Empire

LONDON,. Feb. 4 (Reuter}.-The essential strength of the Common- wealth lay in its being an association of free people, sald Mr. Anthony Eden in a speech on Saturday.

he

Some thort-sighted MR of

nald, believed that on

SAUNA

(Continued from Page 1.)

crept up and stale two jerseys from under the goal posts. He had not] gone far, however, when he was ar-

detective. rosied by n

This morning before Mr, I. G. Sheldon, in the Central Magistracy, swimming calmly beside El in Leung was bound over for a year the silky water and she is tell. in the sum of $25.

ing me how in the North of Fin-

Post-War Schoolboy

"Finds His Soul"

at

Mr. A. M. Walmsley, of Northamp- ton said this of evacuation at the

"The Pre-war schoolboy Assistant Masters Conference Oxford: could hardly call hin soul his own. Everything, wan organhed. for him. The jerseys belonged to E. R. Aland families spend four or five Now, perforce, he has been given a Education Was Press and A. B. Greenway, of the hours boiling themselves in a breathing space.

sauna and in winter, when the suffering from bureaucratic control. lakes are frozen, they roll in the "To-day the monotonous sameness

Navy.

Dominion Status For India? NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 (Reuter)

snow afterwards!

And eventually I am dressing in the little wooden hut, sleepily groping for my Louis Philippe and a comb.

this freedom the Dominions would The "Star of India," commenting on not stand by Britain's side. They the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi and failed to understand the spirit of the Mr. M. A. Jinnah, the Moslem League British Empire which lay in its lender, for consultations with the of

Viceroy, suggests that Lord Linlith-

greater freedom,

We were fighting not only to main- gow proposes to offer the community!

•

A lipstick. but how out place is such sophistication! I have gone Back To Nature.:

I am cleanor than I have ever

taln but also to keep the progress leaders an assurance of Dominion been before. I am hungry.

in freedom of mind and spirit, of zintus.after the war.

which the British Empire was a living example, he concluded.

He will ask Gandhi to call off the

And I am so sleepy, so very

Congress threat of non-co-operation. VERY sleepy.

in

and

timelobics, examinations buildings, has received a wholesome

shock."

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PHONE 24048.

Annual Match At Kowloon G.C.

The following teams have been chosen for the President v. Vice- President match of the Kowloon Golf Club on Thursday, February 8:

Starting Times

9.00 R. K. Collings v. A. E. Davies, 9.01 A. J. Dennis v. W. A. Stewart. 0.08 T. D. Low v. W. V. Ahorn. 9.12 F. C. Burry v, W.C. Simpson. 9.16 T. Lamb v. E. F. Fincher. 0.20 S. Jex v. W. Bastin. 9.24 W. Kershaw v. N. Hardle, 0.28 J. R. Humble v. E.

Murphy,

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9.32 V. C. Labrum v. D. L. Wi-

liams.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 5 (Reuter),

Glasgow, among other big cities, is While Shanghal Municipal Council oficinis still refuse to break their suffering and the expedient is beingt silence regarding the outside roads adopted of cutting down a number of the Japanese trees in the cities' parks and supply- question, Fu Sino-en, apontored "Mayor" of Greater Shang- ing wood for fuel.

the hal, told reporters yesterday that "at However a leading offelal of arrangement" had been reached. local Fuel Control Offre said that although still acute, the position was improving while an official of the Mines Departement has said that the come and that they hoped that sup- general coal shortage was being over-pllen wuukl be greatly thereased by

Fu refused to enter into the details alleged to be arranged, but stated that all would be published "in EL Low days."

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