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WORKING two and a half hours" "overlime" on their normal school day, scores of boy's between fourteen and sixteen-years of age are turning out factory components for arms works by the hundreds every day.

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Shanghal, Aug. 15, The Americans on Nanking's black list to-day expressed feurs that preparing to Nanking agents were carry out their assassination threats, following reporl in the Tairiku Shimbun alleging that a new group of Chungiting terrorists had arrived

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They are culileg down by two- thirds work that skilled men need to do to finish the component. Nearly thirty lathes from handicraft an

and technical schools of Newcastle have been centralised in tree school workshops, which have been turned into seven-day-a-week factories. The pupils are receiving troiled by the Japenese Army, de- clared that Chungking intended to to payment for their work.

These school factories open at 8 harm Americans and Britons, feeling um, each dayan hour before nor- ccnfident that Japan would be blam- mal school hours and the youngsters ed and thereby prejudice

between Japan There is a break for lations work flll noon.

western Powers. The late Mr. Olsen was a native lunch, and then they go on for an- hours completing the of Hozton, Norway. He was found other four

Several Americans have brought dead in his bunk on board the ship peace-time engineers working day.

the report to the attention of the ni Taikoo Docks on Wednesday morn-shift of eight hours.

American Consul-General, Mr. But- rick,

The funeral of Mr. Frithjof Olsen, 40, chief engineer of the Dukat, was held at the Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley yesterday.

ing, death being due to natural causes, Many want to work at night but

A service was conducted in the are barred by regulations. Colonial Cemetery Chapel by the Rev. Mr. Neilsen, and

among

those were present Captain Stansiad. Capt. A. Svensson, Capi, A. A. Warlid Mr. O. Fingelsen, Mr. Olaf Bjordahl, Mr. S. Thunem, Mr. H. Olsen, Mr. G.

The lathes are not idle, though volunteers, many of them teachers. put in a night shift of four hours and work on Saturdays and Sun- ...clays.

The curious thing is that many of

Petterson, Mr. A. Lellety, and Mr.these teachers are being taught to

the re- and the

Commenting on the report Mr. J. D. Powell, American Editor of the China Weekly Review, said it was just an attempt to cover up for the Nanking Regime and pave the way for more Nanking terrorism,

"If the Japanese fail to get control to-day they of the British sectors

incidents will probably provoke there and then and occupy the area on the grounds that others are unable to maintain order," he said.

F. U. Nielsen and members of the work the lathes by the boys. crew of the Dukat.

The boys all have their parents Wreaths were sent by Mr. N. W. permission to take part in this vital Smeby, Mr. B. Owrum-Andreson, aid of increase arms output.

Mr.

But their normal schooling is not Mr. B. Naess, Mr. L. II. Ongstad, Chin Sen-hay. Mr. Y. Krogh-moe, neglected. A spread-over system is Mr. Sverre Berg, Mr. J. Johnson, employed, so that each boy works

Mr. C. D. Alcott, anti-Japanese rlean radio commentator, de- owners of the Dukat, Messrs. Gad-only two or three days a week in dard and Douglas, Messrs. Thoresen the "factories" and devotes the rest and Company, Captain and Omcers of the week to normal school work, clared that in the past many mur-

Mui Hock, 9.9.

One of the Newcastle education ders had been announced in advance of the Dukal, 8.8.

by these means. Ngow Hoek, Sen Naroke Sjenants authority-official-responsible_for_thein view of the deportation-order

scheme, said: Misjon and Bjordalk Ag Thunem.

The Empire Air Training Scheme

LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter). The Air Ministry ounces that the Under-Secretary for Air, Captain I It. Balfour, arrived in Canada to-day to discuss various matters in connee- tion with the Empire Air Training Scheme.

It is stated that the scheme is well ahead of schedule and that excellent) progress continues to be made.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Reuler). It is announced from the White House that President Roosevelt is leaving to-morrow to spend a week end watching the manoeuvres of the First United States Army in the northern part of New York state.

and subsequent threats, the authorl- "We are not playing: we are doing ties should know where to place the vital work. Our output doubled in

blame if any American Newspaper- the Arst two days and has been in-

men are murdered," he declared. creasing each day since.

The Japanese revealed to-day that "What is more, we have no waste.

the Japanese We have centralised wil the

Embassy had held avall- able Inthes from the schools. Thereeveral employees of the Tairiku Shimbun for questioning in connec- is room for more. Perhaps there aretion with the assault on Mr. Hallett unused lathes lying in garages. We Abend, New York Times correspon would like them on loan so that we dent on July 20, but had released can increase our outpul. "We have hematted Press. the boy-power to spare."

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A MAN who continued living with his wife after bigamously marrying a girl he met at a Boxing Night party, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment at Somerset Assizes nt Wells,

The man, William George Johnson ( He was married when 21, after (42), Independent, was said to have serving for four years in the Great settled £8,000 each on his wife and War, and lived happily. He com- daughter, sent three children of the mitted bigamy 15 years ago, and

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ATTACKED

New York, Aug, 15, Mackay Radio to-day reported that stcomship Thermopylae had Was

The Government has decided to the raise u 3$25,000,000, war loan at given distress signals and

and the Federated evidently being attacked by a sub- three per cent.

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