1940-12-17 — Page 27

NANCY

AND MAYBE SOME DAY WE GET "MARRIED

EH, NANCY?

OH, THAT WILL

BE WONDERFUL,

WOOFY!

Tuesday,

HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH DLC) Dezember 17, 1

WE WILL BE

HAPPY COUPLE":

LIKE THAT,

EH?

By Ernie Bushmiller __

King Cheers Citizens Exchange At Indo-China

Among Bristol Ruins

LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter)-Standing on a heap of blackened ruins in Bristol to-day, His Majesty the King talked to a woman whose home Iny in ruins.

The woman, carrying a baby daughter in her arms, told the King how she, with three other daughters and ʼn baby, was buried for hours beneath tons of bricks, tiles and broken glass when Bristol had its big bombing attack recently.

The King travelled several miles through the city to see the devastation caused by recent raids, and at several points where he left his car, he was completely surrounded by cheering men and women, many of whom shouted "We are not down-hearted. God bless Your Majesty."

The tour included a visk to Bristol University, where the King huspected the damage to the Great Hall and was cheered by crowd of men and women studenis,

SYRIA ANXIOUS

New Commissioner

Appointed

LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter). The nomination of General Deniz as French High Com- missioner for Syria and Lebanon has caused some restlessness in these territories, according to

His Majesty niso had Д meeting information reaching the Free. with his mother, Queen Mary, who J5 now living in the West Country, and

who gave the King her good wishes on his birthday.

French news agency.

Sabotage on railways and in fnetories is reported while, Italians Try Coal Gas despite * cevere censorship, To Drive Aeroplanes General de Gaulle's latest appeal was distributed throughout Syria ROME, Dec. 10 (Reuter).-The and Lebanon. Italian air force is experimenting| with coal gan as a driving power for It is also noteworthy, according to

that the Free French agency, acroplanes.

restlessness coincides with the recast ng of administrative services in the

The "Stefani" News Agency says that experiments are carried out at

the aerodrome near Milan.

A Breda plane fitted with an 60-hp, motor was adapted for the use of con gas and the agency states) that it took off easily and rose to a height of 150 feet.

Comfort KOTEX

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SANITARY NAPKINS

mandated territory,

the

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SELLING

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T.T. Shanghai T.T. Singapore

291. Japan

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4 m/s L/C U.S.A

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U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02 U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.03

Frozen Danube Hinders Nazis

River Traffic Stopped LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter), The main route for the supply of Rumanian petrol and other commodities to Germany will be closed, probably until March, owing to the presence of ice in the Danube.

The

ERNIE DAS MA

Get Rid Of SMACK Bad COLDS

& CHILLS

Will Not

Yield To Thai Menaces

VICHY, Dec. 16 (Reuter) The integrity of Indo-China is

to be maintained absolutely intact, says a statement Issued to- day by the French Ministry of Colonies in connection with Thai- land frontier incidents,

Complaining about the, frequent border raids in which "Intolerable. attacks on Indo-Chinese persons and property" were made and French and natives were killed, and recalling that That plones had bombed several Indo-Chinese localities, the official

END OF

EXTRALITY

statement says that in reprisal, Indo-After China War Says

Chinese aircraft "dropped bombs on

an, equivalent number of Siamese Mr Wang Chung-hui

focalities."

The stateinent concludes: "The Government of Thailand will doubt- fess not delay in reducing to order these unfortunate excursions of

pirates or leaders of military units

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WRIGHTS.

TELEGRAPH" CHUNGKING, Dec. 16 (UP). Mr Wang Chung-hui, China's Foreign Minister, in a speech here to-day, said that victory against Japanese aggression would mark the end of extra- territoriality.

at a distance from Bangkok." Cambodia's King Interviewed PNOMPENH, Dec. 16 (UP)- Although he has been quite ili fer some Ame. Slowath Mcnivong, 35,

He said that Anglo-Saxon and King of Cambodia granted an ex- clusive Interview to the "United Soviet support for the Chinese Press' to-day from his golden roofed resistance is steadily increasing, semi-sandbagged Palace. It was his and therefore China should do: first statement to the foreign press.

ever

The King said, "Because of the her utmost to bring the struggle present circumstances, the Kingdom) to a successful and early con- of Cambodia is now united more clusion. strongly than

before with

Ho cited the statements of France, for it was France who snatch-

Sumner Welles and ed Cambodia from total destruction Roosevelt, and during the past 70 years has Churchill expressing their willingness caused complete peace and progress. to abolish extra-territoriality at the "It is not only the complete loyalty conclusion of the Sino-Japanese war. of the Khmer people and their King feels towards France, it la even more like the true love that children give their mother. At present, when foreign claims are being made, which appear strange to the Khmers who know the history of their fatherland, River Navigation Control the Cambodians unanimously assure Organisation has ordered the suspen France of their entire concurrence sion of all navigation on the river us for the defence of Cambodian satred LONDON, Dec. 18 (Router)-Sit from to-day, says a Belgrade message soil. Phillip MacDonnell, formerly Judge to London newspapers, of the High Court in Northern

All Yugo-Slav Danube steamers are Rhodesia, afterwards Chlef Justice being withdrawn and will tie up for of Trinidad, and later Chief Justice the winter, and it is expected that of Ceylon, has died at Southport of other Danubian countries will follow uronchitis,

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Admiral Harry Yacneli (Ret.) has NEWPORT, RI. Dec. 16 (UP),

been confined to the Naval Hospital since last Friday with bronchilla.

His wile reported that he was com~ fortable and that his condition is not believed to be sericus; however, he will remain in bed for one week.

manders Isolated from Bongkok, rather than a concerted military VICHY, Doc. 18 (UP).-A com- effort organised or sponsored by the mualque Issued to-day says that Siamese Government, is responsible Siamese “pirales and military com- for the Slam-Indo China situation.

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