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JUDGE AND CAPTAIN

CUNNINGHAM-REID

"Not Penniless Adventurer

“Mr Justice Langton, in the Divorce Court, gave his decision in the motion brought by Capt. A. S. Cunning- ham-Reid, M.P. for Marylebone, to vary a Registrar's re- port dealing with his application to change certain settle-

ments.

The judge directed that the Registrar's report should be. upheld with one difference-that Capt. Cunningham-Reid's former wife should make an appointment of one-third of her income as between the two children.

The matter aruze out of a divorce compense Capt. Cunningham-Reid granted to Capt, Cunningham-Reid. for his loss by taking the Sir Felix The application to the Registrar had Cassel, fund and taking it out of the been made to deal with the detrimen- power of Sir Felix to deal with it by tal effect which the dissolution of the apportioning £3,000 a year to Capt. marriage, he alleged, had had upon Cunningham-Held and £1,000 a year his marriage settlement and the fu- each to the childrer. iure provision for the two childen.

The proposal was not an unpitrac- Mr Justice Langton referred to the tive one, It left many important marriage of Capt. Cunningham-Reld factors out of account. "to a lady of immense fortune." "It was obvious that

position at A

the

man of very much less fortune mar- ried to

a wife of such tremendous means could easily put him in an unberole role, he said.

Changed Positions

The positions of the parties had immensely changed. The position of the former wife had been much more seriously affected than that of any of the others owing to the immense Increase in surtax and Income-tax. which had made what at one time looked like an immense fortune op- pear to be a very moderate income beautiful millionairess judged by the standard of only a few

generally

On his own showing, too, Capt.

"Indeed," continued the judge, "1 belleve it is a almost a claim of fe- tion that when a hesitating here is confronted with the terrible prospect

-30 far as

hero

of marrying my recollection of early years s romances goes-the did, though always protesting he Cunningham-Reld was not a perinl- would not, marry the beautiful and less adventurer. well-endowed lady in the end.

there

"He will forgive me for saying may be in these circum- that in the witness-box, to which he stances precedent for saying the un-was most ready to go and in which herele role was not the only one in he showed no desire to perplex me,

were cust." which these romances were

he was singularly unable really to Under the terms of settlement of explain his own fnancial affairs," litigation in 1938 the wife had solo said Mr Justice

Langton of the younger child and the

Is simply a gentleman not nd charge of the alder son. med to dealing

with the more Capt. Cunningham-Reid's case was intricate side of financial matters. that owing to his wife's netion and This misconduct he took the natural and his much has emerged-that he has proper course of applying for the a prezent income of some £3,000 a

That, t year.

it is true, carried an obligation to

to his mother,

ho had who already reached advanced years. In £20,000 in addition he has some American securities, the present sta- tus of which is really obscure."

Benefited By £25,000

one

the fact that

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

HARBOUR GUARDIANS - Sturdy-looking 12-inch mortars that guard harbour of San Diego, California. Gun crews are preparing them for sub-calibre practice firing at off-shore towed targets, at their emplacements at Fort Rosecrans.

U-Boat

In Wild

Ace Captured

Dog-Fight

I can now reveal that Cmdr Otto Kretschmer, the Nazi U-boat commander, whose capture was officially announced was taken prisoner after what is described as "one of the wildest dog-fights between warships and sub- marines ever known," writes a "Daily Telegraph" re- porter.

June 9, 1941.

U. S. STRIKE UNBROKEN

Men Defy Threat To Take Over Plant

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY

INGLEWOOD, Calif., June 8 SUMMER

(UP)—The strikers in the North American Aviation Com-

pany's plant have defled Presid- HEADWEAR

ent Roosevelt. The eight-man negotiating. Committee_to-day telegraphed to Mr Stephen Early, the President's Secretary, protesting against a threat that the Army may take over the plant, stating, "Bombers cannot be built with bayonets .. armed forces will not break our strike."

Sequel To

Air Raid

Horror

CHUNGKING June, 8 (Central News).—In addition to meeting out disciplinary punishment, Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-shek has ordered that a thorough investigation - be 'made of the case in which a large number of people were suffocated to death in an underground tunnel in

Chungking during the Japanese air

raid on the morning of June 6.

The Generalissimo has ordered the formation of committee to investi- gate the ease under General Wu Te- chen.

COMMUNISTS FIND PLENTY OF MONEY

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" - MOSCOW, June 8 (UP). The Finance Commissar, Mr A. G. Zverev, to-day announced that there has been an over-subscription in the economic defence loan of nine and one half millard roubles which was issued June 3. The excess al-

on Jun ready amounts Lo 281,000,000 roubles and the subscriptions are continuing

The "Pravda," of

official organ Central Committee, commenting ed!- Kretschmer was lionised throughout Germany as the "Wolftorially, stated that the "tremendous of the North Atlantic." With great but imprudent daring he at-

success of the new loan measures the tacked a convoy at night in poor visibility. As a result tivo-The latest Increase in the growth of triumph of our Party Government. probably three-U-bonta were sunk.

our country might demonstrate the of the moral and political unity Earlier in the evening one of the U-boat

people."

of the

custody of the younger child as well. Children's Education That meant that he was now nad- died with the expense and education In addition, he of both children. was no longer the husband of his im-

In view of all the relevant facts. mensely wealthy wife and could not succeed under the antenuptial settle the judge said, he did not think that ment to the reversion of £3,000 a the detriment suffered by Capt Cun- year in the event of the wife's death. ningham-Held

By one of the past-nuptial settle fairly to be compensated at the ex- ments, Capt. Cunningham-Reid re- pense of the former wife, though it -£5,000 n} was true that the detriment, had eived--and still received£6 year free of tax. By the other deed been caused by her action. Sir Felix Cassel was appointed trus

IIe was not tee to deal with another £6,000 Capt.

Cunninghd, on his own year free of tax-both sums being admission, benefited to the extent of taken from the income of the wife. some £25,000 by his association with

Under the latter trust there were his former, wife. four

beneficiarles Capt. possible

"I have tried to

to exclude from my Cunningham-Reid, cach of the child-mind any question of prejudice ren and the former wife.. Sir Felix gainst the lady," concluded the judge. had said he regarded the trust in the "It is not to the point that she should the surface audaciously shadow- light that Capt. Cunningham-Held have behaved badly In the moraling the convoy. Immediately it raced was intended to be the primary bene-

ing since the

Canneery proceed to the attack.

The submarine crash-dived, and Actory.

The suggestions put forward by Mr Justice Langton directed that there was no apparent sequel to the Mr Beyfus, for Capt. Cunningham- the former wife should pay the costs warship's commander therefore re-

dropping of

of depth charges. The Reid, were that the court could re- of the proceedings.

joined the convey, and all the escort vesseln

maintained special vigilance. It was a black, moonless night. An unpleasant swell developed and a Wavell issued this proclamation to

CAIRO, June 8 (Router)—Generat slight drizzle reduced the visibility still more. Keen eyes straining into night to the soldiers of France in

Syria:

"Frenchmen, soldiers, comrades of ed for the development of the vast

Borneo Would Be Great Problem for An Attacker

A bird's-eye view of Borneo, giant oil island athwart the Equator, shows how difficult would be the problem of any attacker, and how simple the task of defenders with adequate equipment.

A ground survey backs up the conclusion drawn from the air, from which can be seen thickly-matted jungle rolling down from the tops of the highest mountains to the shallow and dangerous shore, where it is met by nightmare swamps, cables a special correspondent of the Australian Associated Press from Tarakan, Dutch Borneo.

Perillos, if the few

Dutch Borneo, with Dutch owned

escorting ships had sighted PROCLAMATION

the darkness could only dimly dis- cern nebulous shapes as the ships ploughed a slow course.

The Alarm Suddenly alarm bells clanged. AU the escorting vessels began a furlous hunt for the unseen U-boats.

Star shells were fired and the warships circled and twisted, sweep ing the depths with their Asdic detectors.

Luck speedily

came

U-boat surfaced near.

BY WAVELL

TO FRENCH

in to-morrow victory and partners

"We have received - an order to

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Hitler's Comic Romance With Elderly Heiress

•

in Hitler's lifar he is fascinated by them and is easily infatuated.

The Boches occupy two-thirds of France and control the rest. They the way of have now begun the conquest of your one ship when the commander spot-colonies. Syria and Lebanon are ted a submarine only a few hundred the first stage in this seizure, which yards away. He signalled full speed is now happening before your eyes. ahead to the engine room and at- "We do not come as enemies, but A petition for divorce was brought

Revelations of Hitler's 'love affairs, his ludicrous attempts tacked.

on the contrary, to your help against by Mr Joseph George Meyer before It is the jungle which is Borneo's

Half-a-dozen of the U-bont crew our common adversary.

Instead the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl since to win a wife, and his tragic wooing of Renate Muller, the film greatest defence. A beleaguered in- vader would have little chance of

Billton Island spaced nicely in the nung themselves into the sea as of resisting us, lend us your Gregor, in the Divorce Court this star, are put on record in “Hitler's Girls, Guns and Gangsters" centre of the water jump. So, the their craft sank. Then, while the against

your people's mortal enemy. morning Mrs Dorothy Meyer was (Hurst and Blackett, 161.). lot of an attacker on Borneo would a existing, particularly if he was ham-

British sailors were dragging some General Wavell continued: "We named as Respondent and Mr Odd Contrary to popular belief, women have played a big part on all sides by trained jungle be a dificult one, and any invasion of the Germans on board with ropes, have come in considerable force and Erik Fingalson

centres of plan is immediately confronted by the unbelievable happened a second any resistance on your part would Respondent. The sult was stated to habitation with their food, water, Innumerable difficulties.

useless. be

I kno

know that you would

have been brought on the grounds of and other supplies were blown up,

Well Defended

To avoid the possibility of being fight like heroes, but without hope. adulters. and his

were harassed supply ships were

The Hon. Mr Leo d' Almada, Jnr., by bombers, suomarines, naval sur-the United sites have strong inter-sped sway. But, as it happened, the side what honour means to French Britain, units of her Empire, and torpedoed, the victorious worship We have learned in fighting side by

Instructed by Mr D. H. Blake, of face units, and mator torpedo

Borneo's importance to-day of submarine had been damaged soldiers. It is far from our thoughts Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for

charges dropped from a to tarnish it. it is the producer of various petro-/is controlled by Britain, and much by us and had been forced to After recalling the Allied victory

A decree nisi was granted. leum products without which the of the high-octane fuel for air force sister

over the "Boches" 20 years ago, modern war machine is paralyzed, operations in Malaya, the East come up.

New Zealand, Indies, Australia,

Numbers of the crew were cap- General Wavell concluded: "We are portion's oll

We would like it to be, with your Other centres.

work of rescue went on.

During the hunt, one warship help, side by side with our comrades and leum products, such as petrol with Tarakan, I saw corroboration of much less tetracthy lead, and crude which had dropped a number of in the past war and not against the reocat Netherlands

Endles oll are needed for transport trucks, depth charges believed that a third you." Government statement that the urm

armoured cars,

The oll wells been considerably improved,

have been developed combined

with correspondent wrlics These de- British, American, and Dutch capital fences are new, and their quality and ingenuity not by Govern and quantlly cannot be revealed.

boats.

Petitioner.

Fagan and Tartes are at Balik the Pallippines comes from its Dutch tured by a sister warship, and the going to beat them a second time. Ruman Iron Guards infatuation for his niece, Angela furiously summoned his bodyguard

Tarakan. While at Balik

Papan

Petro-

defences of the oil' centresaj ships and submarines actors, and U-boat had been sunk.

.had

Still Defy Law

LI

Leni Riefenstahl, the famous Aim brought to an end and Hitler must star, was given the special mission return to Berlin. of captivating Hitler. She falled, The result was an article in the Instead of love, Hiller talked bu- "Berliner Illustrierte Zeltung" which siness, and he got her to buy him posed the question: "Was Richard securities for Investments abroad! Wagner a Jew?"

In 1037 when Goebbels and

Erna Ran Away*** Himaler were worried about Hitler's When Hitler read the article, he must and left Bayreuth and Frau. Wagner Raubal, they agreed that "Adolf

within an hour. be married, and married quickly."

wooing The lady must have a romantle Another unlucky. Hitler background to please the old women was that of Erna Hantstaengi. Erna, Heavy Prison Sentences of both sexes in the Party," said a cultured Society girl, treated his

Goebbels. "And I have found the courting as a joke. SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Haile Selassie. Thanks

Dally he sent her dowers; blush- BERLIN, June 8 (UP). A report real thing. Indian Troops

Money, plenty of money, ingly he presented her with his best from Bucharest officially states that

Nordle tradition-Frau painting. But so tired did Eran be- a military court has sentenced to romance, SIMLA, June (Router)-Halla from three to fifteen years imprison-Siegfried Wagner, Richard's Wagner's come of his attentions that she ran Selassie has sent a special personal ment. 44 Iron Guard agitators who widowed daughter-in-law, the heiress away to Switzerland.

Itenate Muller, the popular Ger Bayreuth sho taking advantage of every going on

message of thanks to the Indian defled the law by singing their Iron

"And is she agreeable to the idea?" man dlm actress, who made a flim natural aid to finish off quickly the interim the din Buc

Criticism of the Ministry of Supply divisions which so greatly helped in Guard song on June 1 during theed Himmler. "She doesn't know in England, was introduced to Hitler what the jungle and the swamps is still being, well defended. If an concerning a test for treating the overthrawing" Italian. rule in German-Rumanian football match,

by Goebbels. would take a little longer to do, Invader were fortunate enough to get leather of Army boots to prolong Abyssinia.

Two women were included in the anything yet, but leave it to me,"

They had many meetings, but the 'Defence Co-ordination a few thousand ashore at great their life appears In a report on

group who were sentenced and 48 replied Goebbels,

Frau Wagner, English-born, mid- projected romance did not materia- Haile Selassie says: all that would fall into his supply services of the Select Com-

"I am well others were acquitted. Like that of other islands in the lo

Muller died suddenly. dle-aged and mother of three child- ise. Miss would

be blazing welis, mitteo on National Expenditure. aware of the sympathy which the

ren, was not beautiful, but had great Reports that she committed suicida Netherlands Indies, the defence of

The report states that the Ministry Indian publie and press have shown

natural charm.

were officially denied. Borneo is based on close co-opera-smashed drills, sabotaged refineries, tion between the Netherlands Indies and torn-up pipe lines, Borneo, greed to make a test on 200 pairs for my people throughout the years Navy, Army, and Air Force. The would be useless for the production of boots. Six months afterwards of their misfortune and oppression,

reports

received covered only 100 of I am grateful for it. I am even straits and port approaches have of oil for at least two years,

the 400 boots subjected to the test, more grateful for the

The magnificent been heavily mined, shore

It

but by private

Making Army

dies and in

Is

Boots Last

island has been, and

is enough to say that the Dutch duction for the

oro batteries and machine guns cover likely land- ing places, and military uerodromes aro in positions commanding : all! approaches. From them, too, alr craft can bomb transports and supply ships long before they reach the ahore,

SHORTS STORY!

"

Incom Tote as the

the evidence was, part which Indian troops recently

appeared to indicate some measure played in the liberation of my of success from the treatment, states country, Their training in mountain

fortunate that the inventor's

and adds:

Soviets Uncover A Racket BPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH MOSCOW, Juno D

(UP) The

of

Tactless

12

For his first meeting (which Goeb-

bels had engineered) with Frau TYPHOON BURST

Wagner, Hitler made elaborate pre- parations."

He visited a dentist to have his!

replenished his wardrobe.

DAM

Frau Wagner was not impressed Japanese Missing

the report. It states that it was un- warfare enabled them at Keren and official "Izvestia" to-day reported decayed teeth made 'gold bries,' and}

ho also pro- afterwards at Amba Alagi: ta. scale the discovery of an ilegal under- in posal to treat 10,000 paire was not precipitous heights and capture ground women's goods factory

Moscow.

at first. positions which seemed impregnable. The trial of twenty operators re-

When she asked him what opera Sensation in St John's Wood, "It the time that boots can be used)

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHS. vealed at the defendant looled the Outnumbered without repair is increased by only

he liked best, he The approaches to Dutch Borneo London.

material for State-owner plants and The Merry Widow."・・・ So, day tactlessly replied

(Domel)- TOKYO, June 18 are guarded on the eastern and west- Man seen walking wearily, one week, and assuming that each

"Their courage in the face of su-employed private workers."

after day, Hitler accompanied Frau Eighty of 113 peasants living In the era sides by other lalands which are

to the Wagner Festival, tiny village of Cumu, Monbetsu- Wagner an army of 2,000,000 amounts to parlor enemy numbers, armed with also defended. Outer islands off the Wearing R.A.F. great coat and repair averages 45, the saving with

gun, Hokkaido, are reported missing southern up of Borneo streich right no trousers,

£400,000 per annum, apart from the the most modern weapons, has excit- up to Mindanao, one of the largest

Meanwhile, Himmler, in Berlin, since the dam belonging to the Oumu Woman rushed home and told her

what they have done. I wish to exe creased total life of army boots." Islands of the Philippines. The husband: He's a parachute in possibly larger saving due to the ined the admiration of all who know Rangoon To Thailand The romance was developing

saw the prospect of big money for Water Power Company crumbled at Broadcast Started

the Nazi

from Eugen- 0.20 a.m. yesterday under pressure of Party The commities recommend that press to all ranks of the Indian Celebes, facing the eastern coast of he has a bundle on his back."

newspaper, water which rose to unprecedented Borneo, separated by the narrow Husband, a member of Scotland wider test should be carried

proportions during the typhoon on paign for the freedom of my coun- new daily programme for That owner and Alm are only a few hours Yard Flying Squad rang up the forthwith, Macinar

Every day, he was ringing up to Friday night, the sincere fiight from tho oll

Balik Yard. centres, and

thanks of my listeners, begun laat evening from They sent telephone":"mes- Tarakan are a short air sages dad cars to St John's Wood Papan and

2.30 p.m. on June 14, Wing-country, myself and my people." Rangoon, has evoked considerable have a word with Hitler, and every

day the excuse had to be given, Dar Volunteer "guards patrolled tho distance from the Jarge military and

"Stop, that man," was the order. Commander, A.. H. S. Stoole-Perkins, The message was signed on May interest in Thing was inaugurated Fuelrer 15 listening to Wagner mus area and searched for the mealny s naval air bases of Java.

The police did

Director, of Air Bald Precautions, 30 by the Emperor himself seated at The programme was

manoma nezmynes the food..continued, to devastate It is only 600 miles from Malaya And found their "parachutist an will inspect the Air Raid Precautions his writing table in the magnificent by a message from the Premier, Mr alc to-British Borneo, and lose from R.A.F. footballer in football pants Despatch Corgs at the Volunteer stone palace built for the Duke of Umw, followed by the President of At all costs, Hinsaler decided; the houses and croper which were ready

Wagner Idyllin Bayreuth must be to be harvastacija Sumatra to the nearest section of going home after a hard match Parade Ground.

880,

out divisions which fought in the cam RANGOON; June 8 (Reuter) -d | bergners Gu

the Senate.