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Saturday, 8 July 1939

  1. North-China Daily NewsCredits For AlliesThe promptness with which the Bill was introduced into the Commons following first indications of the British Government's plan to lend from £10,000,000 to £60,000,000 to her new allies that they might rearm against poss…
  2. North-China Daily NewsWould Be Used for ArmsLondon, July 6. Mr. G M. Huggins, Prime Minister Southern Rhodesia, interviewed by Reuter in London today, said he Would strongly object to the Reich returning to Africa north of the Equator. Asked if he agreed to the su…
  3. North-China Daily NewsMany Soviet Tanks DestroyedWestern Manchoukuo, July 7. Smouldering Soviet-built Outer Mongolian tanks today provided a strange spectacle on the barren plains of western Manchoukuo as the isolate ed columns of dense smoke appeared as if they came f…
  4. North-China Daily NewsTrue Solution Needed"Since the issue involves the Tientsin Concession, concrete questions to be discussed will be confined to those affecting the British Concession in Tientsin, but a true solution of the questions will not be achieved unle…
  5. North-China Daily NewsNew Instructions Sent to MoscowParis, July 7. Fresh instructions have been sent to the British and French Ambassadors in Moscow, Sir William Seeds and M. Paul-Emile Ni another effort to reach final ment with Soviet Russia for a pact against aggression…
  6. North-China Daily NewsEasing of Tension British People Determined To Withstand CoupsLondon, July 6. The British people were determined to make no more concessions to force, Mr. Anthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary, declared today in a speech in his Leamington constituency. "The British people have mad…
  7. North-China Daily NewsBig Navy AdvocatedThroughout Lis term as a Cabinet minister, as during his years in the House of Representatives and the Senate, Mr. Swanson continued to advocate a strong naval establishment for the country. As Secretary of the Navy, one…
  8. North-China Daily NewsLord Halifax ProtestsLondon, July 6. "Inconveniences" created by increased Soviet demands each time British proposals came nearer to the original Soviet scheme were understood to have been stressed by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, whe…
  9. North-China Daily NewsAccords for PeacePolicies for a strengthening of the anti-Comintern pact, the Prime Minister also said, had undergone no change. "Our aim is to contribute to the peace of the world in the interests of humanity and justice. Any intertiati…
  10. North-China Daily NewsThe Perfect ManHaving referred to the Perfect Debutante,.it is only in accordance with the scheme of Progress, which so obviously governs the affairs of the world, that I should invite you, to consider the Perfect Woman, writes Showman…
  11. North-China Daily NewsHuge Fire StartedA terrific fire was started below the Yangtze River wall. The flames spread with the speed of a raging forest fire and destroyed a line of Chinese homes one-quarter of a mile long and thirty yards wide. The fire cut a sw…
  12. North-China Daily NewsCommonwealth May ShareIf the bill is passed, credits may be granted to all countries enjoying friendly relations with Britain. These will naturally include member-nations of the Commonwealth. New Zealand, Poland, Rumania and Greece would defi…
  13. North-China Daily NewsPolish Decision ReachedWarsaw, July 7. After consultation with Great Bri-lain and France, the Polish Government is understood to have reached Danzig Declaration Due on Monday Players. He also managed Weveral theatres here, including the Lyceum…
  14. North-China Daily NewsNetherlands Trading Society(Nederlandsche Handel-Maatsehappli N.V. Amsterdam) Corporate week at [88.83 as compared with 8843-for the previous Thursday. As measured by the Dow-Jones 11 Commodity Index, commodity prices ^|were practically unchanged …

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