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Propaganda Americans Now In Favour Of U.S. Convoying War Supplies

Tactics By Nazis

Busy In Syria

NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuter)-A Gallup survey on the question, "Should the United States Navy be used to guard the ships carrying war materials to Britain?" resulted as follows:

Yes. 52 per cent. No 40 per cent. Undecided.8 per cent. The survey was completed before the President's fireside

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ANKARA, June 8 (Reuter). -Gorman propaganda is very active among the Moslems. in Syria, It is learned here. They are making great play with talk, the Jewish question and

are

hundred and twenty trucks of

Five State Analyses

also distributing food. One Dr.Gallup notes that just after sugar, wheat, rice and aviation war began 21 months ago, 84 spirit-have arrived at Aleppo. per cent. wanted American ships The food was given to the to stay out of the war zone. State of the largest Five populace while the spirit was

analyses on the current question kept for the Luftwaffe.

As regards the local population, all were as follows:

agres that 'experts

the Syrian

Yes No Undecided

44 Christions are openly pro-British. New York 50 German propaganda has also failed: to succeed among the Shin Moslem minority while the attitude of the French la mixed.

Air Desertion

It is reported that recently, from three flights sent up to chase the British from the Ryak airport, two Joined the British and flow 10 Palestine. Syria's main oil refinery at

sabool was badly damaged by}

early in May.

The more I Italk with those recent- ly in Syria the stronger is the im- pression that whoever gets to Syria Germans, first, whether British or

will meet with very little opposition. Everybody seems disgusted with Vichy misrule and would welcome the restoration of law and order,

· German Influence Apparently there are no Germans in uniform in Syrie yet, only a largo

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BRITISH ENVOY'S

NEW JOB

Leakage of Wa Goods to Axis

U.S. Congress Wants Action

Special to the "Telegraph"

WASHINGTON, June 3 (UP). The House Rules Com mittee plans to call in military and diplomatic officials to confer with them prior to taking nction on the proposed Congres- sional inquiry into the leakage of war materials to the Axia

powers,

Representative John Coffee | asked the Committee to approve hla resolution creating a special investigating committee of five Representatives and five Sona-

tigation should" determine the

HOSTAGES RELEASED |

tors. He stated that the inves. Situation In Iraq means for plugging access by JERUSALEM, June 8 (Rou- the Axia poworks to war tory Tho enti News For America

entire European LONDON, June 3 (Reuter)It materials in the western hemis- Staff of the Iraq Petroleum has been decided to entrust the phere, adding that he would be Company, whom the rebels had direction of the existing British willing to amend his resolution held as hostages, have been re- information services in the United to include Russin,

leased, according to word re- serving na States to Sir Gerald Campbell, now The Committee Was called into ceived here. All are fit and well

British Minister in demand in the United States

residences or hotels. but according to a Turkish resident for fullor and moro complete in Syria of

of long standing, "every day information concerning Britain' Germans the

ara are growing more. war effort and for improvement of powerful and more active."

the supply of news from British Britain has no time to lose. he sources, It is announced. In London. added, as the Germans are doing. Sir Gerald, whose office will be in their utmost to stir up religious dis- New

his York, will relinquish cord. He would not be surprised if appointment as Minister in order to religious riots and fights broke out assume that of Director General of at any moment.

the British Information Services,

Official

Changes

CHUNGKING, June 3 (Central News) partial reorganisation of the Fukien Provincial Government war, effected by, a declajbo

Xuah" at its

the

this

The resignation of

on of Mr Hsu Hauch-

yu as a member of the Provincial Government was accepted. Mr. Pao Ko-yung was relieved of his con- current post as Commissioner of: Re- construction and Mr. Lu Kwel-hsieng appointed his successor.

Upon the petition o

of the Kwelchow

Provincial Government, Mr Ho Chl- ww was appointed the'first "Mayor'of Kweiyang Municipality.

The

AERTEX

meeting alto approved of the CELLULAR SPORTS SHIRTS

appointment of Mr Kwah Chi-yu ds

rector of the Ret Director

the

Revenua

of Ministry of Fleance, in que-Wear an Acrtox Cellular Sports cession

salon to Mr Kao Ping-fang who Shirt when comfort is essential. will be transferred to another post.

They are

as satisfactory when

Mr Ku Shu-sheng was appointed swinging a racquet or club as for Director of the People's Education leisure or lounging hoor Look -Department of - the- Ministry of

Education and relieved of his in- well wear well," "Wath well. cumbent post ds Director of the White and plain colours also in Popular Education Department. chock and stripe designs,

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Wholesale Dismissals Eighty-two thousand officials have LONDON,- June · ·3 (Reuter), been dismissed by the German authorities in the Morayin-Home MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS Protectorate, according to advices

the Czecho-Slovak authorities in London.

MACKINTOSH'S LTD.

air force personnel and ground stoff, ingian, in response to the In executive session and will consider and have returned to their celved" by

Big Bomber

Production

+

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Huge Order Placed WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reu- ter). Two huge new orders, estimated to provide about 800 giant bombers, have been placed by the War Department.

One of these orders placed with Consolidated Aircraft Company

of

San Diego is valued at $228,630,209. The second, placed with the Boeing Company of Seattle, is valued .$93,242,000.

де

Target Is 500 Monthly These orders are understood to be designed to further President Roose velt's bomber producilon goal of 500

bombers a month.

large

The announcement of the placing of these orders followed quickly on the intimation made carlier to-day that three large aircraft manufac turers, Douglas, Voga and Boeing, had decided to pool all theli resources to speed up the production of a single type of farge bomber.

ADMIRAL

HONOURED

Previous Posts

the resolution to-morrow. It was

titude.

Priched Raschid Bubble

The dismissed officials include civil servants in Government depart- ments in Prague, municipal and local employees, postmen, railwaymen and

also indicated that it will seek to determine President Roosevelt's at- Curtailing Shipments

AMMAN, June 3 (Reuter)-Mafor The Secretary of State, Me Cordell Glubb Pasha, leader of the famous school-teachers, Hull to-day stated that the United British Desert Patrol, returned here.

These mass dismissals are attribut- States is working on the curtailment to-day with his men after successful ed to persistent sobolago which con- of shipments of strelegle raw participation in the operations which linues to hamper the authorities. materials from South America to led to the collapse of Raschid All's Recently four serious railwaJ, AC- Germany vla Orlent.

the

cidents due to untraceable causes At the press conference. Mr Hull, rebellion in Iraq.

had been reported. Sir Gerald was High Commissioner answering a direct question, declar In Canada until Mr. Malcolm Mac-ed that the Government is giving the Donald was appointed to that post-problem considerable attention and watching the Japanese- tion carly this year. He has had is also long

experience of the United States Netherlands East Indies trade negotin- and in

tlons, but he indicated that there is popular thera. Becoming Consul General in

no reason for alarm. Philadelphia in 1920, he went to Sau Francisco in 1922 and to New York In 1931, where he remained until he went to Ottawa in 1936. He has also served in Brazil, Belgian Congo, Italy and Abyssinia.

"Britain's motto is Thumbs Up, not Hands Up" he said in a speech in New York.

A Dream Story

recent

Soon after his appointment to

LABOUR'S SOLID AIM

LONDON, June 8 (Reuter).

FATE OF MATCHEK

Major Glubb, who hus been described as the "Lawrence of Arubla" of this war was accorded an official welcome by Emir the ruler of Trans-Jordan.

Abdullah, The

Emir has cabled congratula- tions to the British High Com- missioner, Sir Harold MacMichael, on the "termination of the trouble in Ex-Croat Leader Iraq caused by Raschid All, which hns

JERUSALEM June 8 (Reu- falled

to affect Anglo-Arab ter) The Croat Peasant Party friendship."

The Emir paid a tribute to the leader, Dr Vladimir Matchek, loyalty of Iraq's Regent and to the whose whereabouts have been "British generalship in the air and on unknown for some time and who land.

Acknowledging this, Sir Harold is feared dead, is now interned MacMichael expressed warm appre-at Kuponich, it is learned in au- clation for the Emir's support and thoritative Croat circles in the

Candia, ht told a social gathering Labour to-day is united in the assistance during the recent trouble. Middle East. 1 about a dream in which he saw Hitler in a vast stadium, apparently cause of freedom, declared M. running in an athletic meeting. Camille Huyemans, President of Hitler was dashing about and cross- Ing bridges. He reached

last the Labour and Socialist Inter-

the

Winant Sees Mr Roosevelt

Working Out P. I. Export

Control

The Vice-President of the Party, M. Koshutich, has also been arrested. Four special military... tribunals have been established Croatia re cently and they are now trying many cases of alleged treason to the new puppet state."

Treason" is loyalty to the original Yugo-Slav kingdom

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Crete

bridge, but this was an illusion-nationale, at to-day's session of there was no bridge and Hitler fell the Labour Party Conference. into a chasm.

Mr George Gibson, Chairman of the Trades Union Congress, said that the working people would not be behind If the country reached the

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" stage when further sacrifices were

MANILA, June 3 called for, but there would be no

(Domel)-Mr wage cutting until unlimited divi-Charles Yost, Assistant Chief of the dends were sacrificed.

Division of Control of the State De The session concluded with the department, arrived here yesterday WASHINGTON, June 3 (Router). Iegates standing in silence in honour and told newspapermen that ex- -President Roosevelt-conferred-for or comrades on the Continent suffer port control would be carried out

-2,800-New-Zealanders- an hour to-day with Mr John G. Ing under the heel of tyranny. They simply as possible in order to pre- WELLINGTON, 'Junë, '3 (Router). Winant, United States Ambassador to sang the "Internationale."

vent serious damage to the Philippine -Altogether 2,800 New Zealand: Great Britain.

Bevin's Speech

export trade.

soldiers are unaccounted for follow- Mr Winant, it was noted, was LONDON, June ́ ́3 (Router).—

Instead of a highly troublesome ing the Crete evacuation, according carrying a bulging brief case when British Labour will never yield, de- license system for each individual to information at present in the LONDON, June 3 (Reuter)For he entered the White House. Heclared the Minister of Labour, Mr class of goods, Mr Yost said that a Government. distinguished services in effecting mained for luncheon at which Mr

Ernest Bevin, broadcasting to the generalised and broad licensing sys This was announced by the Acting the withdrawal from the beaches of Harry Hopkins, who is charged with Greece under fire and in the face of the carrying out of the Ald For National Conference of Social Work-tem will be adopted for goods, ex-Prime Minister, Mr Walter Nash,

cept those which are officially de- to-day. the great difficulties, of many thou-Britain programme, was also presenters in the United States.

Labour, he said, was whole-signated.

He said that the majority should sands of Allied troops" and for

heartedly supporting the

be-

'No Copper Ore For Japan probably be correctly recorded as cause they believed that it was The "Manila Dally Bulletin" re-

missing. righteous.

ported that the High Commissioner,

Some thonsands, he added, had we, are determined, to Preserve Mr Francis Sayre, acting on the order arrived in Egypt from Crete, includ MALTA, June 3 (Reuter).-British our spiritual inheritance. We will of the State Department, rejecteding 768 wounded.

not be driven back into slavery, the application for export of copper Therefore," Labour, in conanon with ore to Japan. Observers regard the whole nation, is determined to this action as being in line with the Announcing this, a communique victorious end.

see this bitter, struggle through to a copper contro! measures of the Omce states that bli British machines re-

for Production Management and turned safely.

Prussian policy is

the very diet that exports to foreign countries The incident occurred during the States itself. What has

of that of the United

of scrap fron, copper ore and copper been second air raid alarmm to-day, but very encouraging in the evolution of hibited. on the first occasion enemy planes your merely flow over the island, presum- ably on reconnaissance.

services in command of His Majesty's ships at the victory of Capa Matapan," Vice-Admiral H. D. PHI ham-Wippell, second in command of the Mediterranean Fleet, has been appointed Knight Commander of the

Bath.

This is announced in a supplement -to the "London Gazette" to-night.

Quiet Over Britain

T

MALTA SCORES

Unimportant Raids

fighters shot down into the same Junkers-52 troop-carrier this after- noon.

There were also two alarman on Monday,

war

Bayonets Versus Aeroplanes

Heroism fr Not Enough JOHANNESBURG, June: 3′ (Reu-

so concentrates will be entirely profer)The "Rand Mail, In a leader

the relationships has been growth of the policy of good neigh" bourliness, one which has encouraged every lover of the rights of men all

the world. over

"It stands out as a tremendous contrast to Prussian militariam and

LONDON," Jurie: 45-{Reuter).--Be- tween dusk, and an early hour this morning, the only enemy, air activity No incidents followed the first over Britain was the passage of a while on the second occasion; enemy few machines over the coast at two aircraft were driven off by anti- domination widely-separated polsts. No bombs aircraft Are, dropping their bombs were reported.

into the sea,

✓

Chungking Suffers Heavy Casualties in New Raid

CHUNGKING, June 8 (Reuter).Casualties in yester- day's bombing, were probably higher than those in any previous rald this year, according to reports from various quarters.

Many factors contributed to

Tale of Heroism

Shortage of Potatoes

Sends Price Soaring The price of potatoes has doubled in the last few days, the price this morning being 48 cents per catty,

Potatoes normally consumed in Hongkong come from North China, Formosa and Japan.

this misfortune. Seventy-seven Casualties were high at Chaingpen. Dealers say, however, that ship- people were killed and many a densely populated town on the ments are few and far between,

protection at the entrance.

US. Plane Crash: Fifth Victim

entitled "Heroism is Not Enough,” says that the overwhelmingly im

feature of the Battle of Crete portant was that from the British viewpoint, It was a battle of bayonets against aeroplanes.

the bayonet could do the

did, but it was not enough.

оп

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SAN DIEGO Juno 3 (UP) learned from Crete: if man are

is the primary lesson to be pitted Mechanic Lewis McCannon, the fifth against acroplands, they will always victim of the Consolidated bomber lose. Crete was lost the day crash died here several hours after he had been questioned by a withdrawa, what step was absolute-

fighter squadrons representative of the Federal Bureau ly necessary but the question is wit of Investigation regarding the crash.ther when that had to be done, Lite The wreckage of the bomber is being land troops should not also have raised for examination.

been withdrawn."

e

Chinese Military Supply Bonds Campaign Launched

were injured in one dug-out north bank of the Chlaling river op and there is consequently & Military Supply Bonds, organised by Chinese Christians in The N.C.$1,000,000 subscriptions campaign for the Chinese which was constructed, not for posite Chungking, where many bombs definite shortage in the Colony, Hongkong, was formally launched at a ceremony held at the the populace but for trucks. word dropped This dug-out was without any tale of heroism is told of an old though one large shipment is ex chinese. Merchants Club. He learned that the workers of the Com- woman who was killed in an attempt pected within the next two dayThose present included the cop mercial Press, Ltd. will contribute to save the life of a child. When the The present retail price is appróxi÷- After an urgent alarm, many peo- raiders appeared, the child was run mately 400 per cent, higher than the taits of various solicitation units. two days salaries for the purchase ple: focked into this tdug-out for ning in the street. The old woman, price obtaining about this time last pastor 21 Kou-yan, Mr. Lam Tre

Following at prayer: conducted by of the Bonds per

M&Mr Fitch's Plea trucks which enters straight into a wilo, was already safely

sheltered, Your: rock for some distance, without any dashed out into the

street

fung, who presided, reported that to bring

CHUNGKING,,,June:-5):'(Interna- already "N.C.3500,000 subscriptions tional)There is no place in the turns. It has no stones at the end the child Into the duz-out. Bola

had been realmed and expressed; the world where::help:ls umuce trance, as there are in all dug-outs were killed.

hope that the goal of N.C.$1,000,000 where our money will brin

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One bomb landed directly in front Kian Raided

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