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The SIMPLEST and SPEEDIEST way YOU can help WIN THE WAR is to give regular CASH DONATIONS to the Government.

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Donations to 30-12-40: $1,521,581,66 Remitted to London: £94,389.19.6d.

Hongkong, December

1940.

The Manager,

Sir,

Bank.

Hongkong-

Commencing 2nd. January, 1941, and until further notice, please transfer the sum of $......... Monthly, to "War Fund, South China Morning Post Ltd." and debit my current account.

Yours faithfully,

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

NANCY--~

DID YOUN HAVE A

| NIGHTMARE?

I WOULDN'T. 'MIND. IF IT·

WAS JUST AN

ORDINARY NIGHTMARE--

December 31, 1940,

By Ernie Bushmiller

HOW-14.

BUT THIS, ONE WAS A DOUBLE FEATURE!

INSIGHT INTO LOCAL DEFENCE TRAINING

Put A Stop To

BRONCHIAL

TROUBLE

15 long as Lund-tearing coughing,

Abouts keep on troubling you,

your chest and funga are bound to get weaker.” 80, put a stop to -bronchial trouble, chast waakzasa, coughs, colda snd 'flu by regularly' taking Popa antiseptic, breatheable tablets,

Dissolved in your mouth, a Peps <ruleguso rich, medicínal essencia which mix with your. breath 'and are carried deep lato' your lunder Thus PepasOON KEINOVE congestion,

phisgn, etc., from your bronchial ALTE ANA

tubes and assist your breathing,

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VOLUNTEERS IN TRAINING-Valuable experience in modern warfare conditions was gained by Hongkong's Volunteers during their recent camps. The picture above shows mon preparing to camouflage a trench. Leaves and shrubbery would be placed on top of the net. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

FORD FAMILY RANKED

WEALTHIEST IN AMERICA

The Securities and Exchange Commission's recent study of the United States' 200 largest non-financial corporations cites the Ford Motor Company as the "best example" of control by one family.

"PRESENT" OF BUTTER FROM

DUBLIN

The Marchioness of Sligo, of Upper Belgrave Street, S.W., pleaded "Guilty" before Mr Ronald Powell at the West- The report, prepared for the Monopoly Committee, shows minster Police Court recently to that three members of the family-Henry Ford, his son, Edsel, summons for obtaining 1lb. of and Edsel's wife, Mrs Clara J. Ford-own all of the stock, and in butter for household consump-

so doing rank as the wealthiest family owners of corporationtion in contravention

stock in America.

The Ford company stock had

a book value of $624,976,000 on December 31, 1937. It com- prises two issues of common stock, in. both of which Henry Ford owns a majority. Edsel is. the next largest owner. The family owns a very small part through the Ford Foundation.

studied.

Socialist's Liaison Plan

Rationing Order.

of the

Alr Vernon Gattle, prosecuting, paki the matter came to notice through the interception of a letter written by the defendant to a friend in Dublin. This ran:-"I do so op- preclate your present. It.

It you will be able to Бела another present

enclose 21. 250 keep an account against me." That letter was sent

address

to the Ministry of Food, and Lady Sligo was seen by an inspector. She made an extreme- ly frank statement and said she did

The de Pont family, with $573,-) 600,000 holdings mainly in the E. I. du Pant de Numours Company and the United States Rubber Company, of committees of members of legal in obtaining butter in that ranked as the second wealthiest Parliament to assist Government way. stockholders anong the corporations departments and constructively said Lady Sligo wished him to ex- Mr Melford Stevenson, defending, Rockefellers and Mellons

to criticise policy is being ud-press her unqualified regret. Other large family holdings, with House of Commons.

vocated in the lobbies. of the statement to the inspector was made the total value of issues covered by

with the most ruthless frankness and, the survey and the corporations in The iden emnantes from Socialist she did not conceal anything. which they have their mata interest, have an old party basis and would cept the suggestion that this was a The Magistrate. I can hardly ne- members. The committees would

A scheme for the appointment not know she had done anything

follows:

Her

The Rockefeller family, $396,583,-be comprised of members ho are present. There will be a fine of 40s... 000; Standard Oil Company (New keenly interested in given subjects. with £3 3s costs.

Je Inc.; Mellon family $300,-/claimed that they

(Indiana), and of Call- They would be consultative and not and Socciy Vacuum Oil executive in character, but it is

minum Company of Amerien, and

and expedite business.

Mc-

would relieve

000,000, Gulf Oil Corporation, Alu-nisters of some of their duties and

United Koppers

Company:

Last September a number of front Comick family, $111,102,000, Inter- bench. Socialist, M.P.s were appoint- national Harvester Company: Hart- to maintain contact with Govern- ford family, $105,702,000, Great At-ment deportments so as to give the lantic & Pacifle Tea Company of maximum assistance in the prosecu America; Harkness family, $104,- tion of the war.

Since Socialist members have Jul- 801,000, Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), (Indiana), and of Calf the Government the scheme has fornia, and Sucony Vacuum Oil; largely fallen into abeyance, al- Duke family, $99,453,000, Duke ough a few leading Sociallats still Power Company, Aluminum Com-maintain contact with Ministries on

of America, Liguet & Myers behalf of their party." Tobacco; Pew family. $75,628,000, Sun Oil Company; Pitcairn family,

$45,578,000, Pittsburgh Plate Glass SMUGGLER HAD

Company: Clark family $57,215,000, Singer

15,000, Manufacturing Company: Reynolds family, $54,706,000, i. 3. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Kressi family, $50,044,000, S. 11. Kress & Company.

Hearst's Control

£30,000 ROUND

HIS NECK Although diamonds are a pro- South African diamond industry hibited export in the Union, the

The SEC noted that it was not possible to defermine the market value of the Ford stock since it is is booming. not traded in, but added that the There are ways of dodging legisin- market value was more likely to be tion. It is possibe to go to America less than to be higher than the book on business with a few diamonds in value. The report noted that in one's pocket, and these find a rendy most of the cases the market value sale across the Atlantic. was given na of December 31, 1937. One man who left the Union re- As an example of what it termed cently svah said to have had diamonds "complete control not merely by one worth tens of thousands of pounds on family but by one Individuat," the him. He paid as much as £3,000 for SEO noted that Hearst Consolidated one stone, says the Associated Press. Publications Inc. was owned by A necklace provides a convenient William Randolph Hearst through means of cluding the Customs. A re- his ownership of Hearst Corporation cent instance was that of a passenger, and American Newspapers, Inc. a man, who left the country with n Out of 280 corporations studied. £30,000 diamond chain round only about 60 were found to be his neck. without a visible contro of owner

New diamond-cutting shops have ship control," Lack of a denite sprung up in Johannesburg, despite centre of control was rare among the fact that there were already utilities compantes, the study said, dozens of eld-established businesses. with only four of 46 corporations and old diamond diggings are getting) ileted in that enterary,

a new lease of life.

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