1940-08-28 — Page 17

Wednesday,

VICHY CABINET RECONSTRUCTION NEAR?

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

PETAIN 'REJUVENATES' DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

VICHY, Aug. 27 (UP).—Marshal Petain to-day signed an important diplomatic shake-up, chiefly of Ministers, Counsellers and other diplomatic] agents but no prominent ambassadors!

Special Mission to Near East

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, Avg. 27 (UP)---Colonel de la Minat, formerly Chief of Staff of the French Army in the Middle East left London to-day on a special mission.

He has received Instructions from General Gaulle, leader

of the French Free forces.

Britain's Successful "Salvage" Campaign

of

LONDON, Aug. 27 (British Wireless)—The Minister Supply, stating that the national domestic salvage campaign had made a very good start, announced:

"The value of the lunge for July wante ver #300 000 with turn from abritel 50 wait

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LONDON Aug 27 (euter) it is cantoumerd thank the comunities in the

destroyri Hostile which rank striking on

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•The details will be published to-night.

The shake-up promotes numer- ous young diplomats and is in line with the Foreign Minister's announcement of the intention to rejuvenate the French Foreign Office, the first

step in which week was taken a

when numerous ambassadors Were shifted and others returned,

ngo

Cabinet Shake-Up SPECIAL TO THE TELCORAPH”

NEW YORK, Aug 27 (UP)-An intercepted Germann wireless report Y French political quarters nt Vichy believe. Ühe Feror? Cabinet I will be prvinstructed when M Laval ferturns from Paris

The import was M Baudoin and [General Weygand will 1 dropped From the Cabinet

SIR ARCHIBALD'S TRIP

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Shonghiat Aug 27

Sir Archibald Clark Keir, the British Ambassador to China, early for Bom here Mottning rated

Empress of Hongkong aboard the Axin TU AS understood

the that Ambingnader ofter rinying • few Any at Hongkong, will proceed to

tromet

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CARTOON

August 28, 1940.

By Abner Dean DEATH OF ONE OF BRITAIN'S 4 RICHEST DUKES

Chọc, that by Kyhl Proties Graduate, Dime

ABNER

DEAN

718

"In the exchange of prisoners, Sir, General Kravitz wants to

know if you'd like to swap stamps with him, too!"

Grants To

For Injuries

LONDON.

Aug. 27 (British

Civilians in War

Wireless).Sir

LONDON, Aug. 27 (Reuter)-The death is announced of the Duke of Bedford, one of the four richest dukes in England. He owned several parts of London.

of

Besides being one of the four married a daughter Archdeacon richest, the Duke of Bedford was Tribe. The Duchess became a famous nylatrix, undertaking some also the second oldest in the

remarkable Rights. She was lost in country. He WRS 82. The March, 1937, when she left her home Duke of Portland, the G.O.M. of his rank. is one year older..

finrbrand Arthur Bussell, 11 Duke of Bedford, was born Irz Fritusty

and educated ut 1830. Ballet College, Oxford. He joined the Grenadier Guards in 1879 and served during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, after which he was A.DC. to Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India, from 1884 to 1980.

In 1803 he micceeded to the title.

Served In Last War

Colonel Commanding Bedfordshire Reciment for

the

at Woburn Abbey for a short solo Alight. Several weeks later a body was found in the Channel near Dover and there was fairly conclusive proof that it

of the "Flying Duchess."

Lord Tavistock succeeds to

litie

was

that

RADIO

ard ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and Rothe 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

Second Talk by Fr. Ryan

years, he rejoined the regular nemy In November, 1914, and served until 1919, being mentioned in dispatches Land receiving the K.BE

The

On "Great Authors” Duke interested himsrit

Programme Broadcast by local government 1fe was Chair-Z W on a Frequency of 845 k.c's. man of the Bedford County Council and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 pm. from 1893 to 1928 and was the first and 8-11 pm on Mayor

0.52 m.c's. per of Holborn From ita second inception in 1804 watil 1030 he was

12 15 pm Chairman

Short Service of Inter- The Woburn Farish Cunell

cession.

12.30 Frimo Reala's Accordeon A student of natural history, he Band and Betty Driver (Vocal). scan for 17 years President of

1.00 on Time Signal and Weo- Zarologien Society of

ther Report,

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London and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Hr niso neted as President Society of the University College Hospital Weather and of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund

and was n trusler of the 1.45 Excerpts from British Museum

Sullivan's "Patience" London Property

1.03 Arthur Akkey in Variety, 130 Reuter and

Rugby Press, Forecast and Announce

He states included valuable pro Walter perty in the Bloomsbury district of

1913

ments.

Glibert and

2.15 Close Down, 6.00 An Hour of Dance Music.

7.00

Closing Local Stock Quota-

taking his favourite cocker spaniel Womersley, Minister of Pensions, in a broadenst speech to-night London, where all the streets bear Lions

7.00

names connected with the family. In 1.02 explaining details of the CivB In juries Compensation Scheme,

Webster Booth (Tenor) and he wild port of his London the London Palladium Orchestra. Crate which included Covent Garden 7.30 London Relay-The Newa. sald:

Market, Drury Lane, Aldwych and @ 00 Local Time Signal. Weather --This is the first time in the history Sirnad Theatres, the Opera House Report and Announcements, of any nation that the ordinary work. the Waldorf Hotel, the Bow Street 8.03 A Programme of Old English ing people have been recognized by Poller Court and property In 20 Music.

U.B

BEER

the Slate

<f danger

standing in the front Dine | streets The sale realised £2,750,000,

have been given the

....

1.30 Atudio-"Grest Authors" No.

In spite of it, a very large part of 2: Samuel Johrwork, Ingat right to compensation formsbury remained in his posses-

purses that may come them from ston

The Duke's estate of Woburn is ntralto).

enetay altacks.

A talk by Father T. Ryan, B.J. 8.50 Songs by Essia Ackland (Con.

"When you ure facing this rent model thanks to the revenue avail- 0.00 London Relar-The New

danger with an undaunted spin that has led other nations with admira- tin 1 hope will sustain you to remember that the Injured and bereaved will not be left by the state without foITH measure of help given them as an admitted right

ble from his London property for 9.30 London Relay-"Matters of

11 apkeep. The woods contain the atoment.

Southern

most remarkable collection ofi 9.45 Tidworth Tattoo, 1934. strange birds in the country In the Massed Hands of the park, in addition to tare varieties of Command.

eer, there is a herd of lammas.

In 1883 the Duke, who was a K.G..

10.05 A Variely Programma. 11 00 Cluse Down.

WAR FUND FACTS

Over the period ending August 24, 1940, 2154 receipts had been issued. Of these, 226 were given to Public Companies, Firms, Clubs, Associa- tions, Messes, Schools and other organisations. Private (individual) donations total 1928. 172 subscribers have given sums varying from $1,000 to $100,000. Of these, there were:-

Donations of $100,000 each

2

3

$ 50,000

1.

9

1+

$ 25,000

16

3

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$ 20,000

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$ 16,000

2

$ 15,000

10

$ 10,000

$ 7,500

12

$ 5,000

+1

£1,000-0-0

BEER AT ITS BEST

BREWER

UB

SHANGHAI

LAMIT

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and 3

Between them, the 172 subscribers donated $1,059,737

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