The Archive

Wednesday, 9 August 1939

  1. North-China HeraldConsulates Suffer from RaidsJapanese Raiders Narrowly Miss British, German And French Property During Air Attack Chungking, Aug. 4. were hatily damaged and British and French consulates and the German Embassy the home of an American news-piper corr…
  2. North-China HeraldThe Currency SchemeAug. 3. If the leading article entitled "A Currency: Scheme published in this column on July 22 did nothing else, it most certainly aroused considerable discussion, and some criticism, and it is pleasing to learn that th…
  3. North-China HeraldIt Makes My Blood BoltMr. Chamberlain was then called fon to make a further statement on the Far Eastern situation. "However our feelings may be ex-Jasperated by things happening in the Far Bast, can assure the House that T fully share the mo…
  4. North-China HeraldThe Foreign DebateAug. 2 If the remarks of Mr, Neville Chamberlain on the subject of criticisms of the Craigie Arita formula are read in Shanghai with some degree of heartburning in certain quarters no surprise need be felt. Describing on…
  5. North-China HeraldAction Studied for Spear CaseNext to come up for discussion was! the Spear problem, for Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Spear, British Military Attache in China who was arrested Japanese soldiers at Kalgan on May 28 is stil in the custody of the Japanese m…
  6. North-China HeraldA Mayfair NotebookBy London, July 7. The London Season is making up for lost time now that the King and Queen are home again, Things are speeding up; there is more gaiety In the air. To begin with the Royal home-coming means nearly fifty …
  7. North-China HeraldLined Up in QueuesEven then, they are made to line up ina queue and their parcels are closely examined for size, larger parcels not being permitted to he Drought into the Concession. This is particularly disheartening the expedition invol…
  8. North-China HeraldChina Not Ready to Talk PeaceSufficient 3 Independent of Foreign Imports Shanghai, Aug. 3. "HINA. has almost become independent of foreign imports, and can continue, economically and militarily, to carry on the: resistance against the Japanese: for …
  9. North-China HeraldMr. Chamberlain Gives WarningLondon, Aug. 4. op certain circumstances we might find it necessary to send a fleet out there (to the Far East)," the Prime Minister, Mr, Neville Chamberlain, declared in the House of Commons this afternoon in reply to a…
  10. North-China HeraldPolice Prepare for Anniversariesperiod of anniversaries from August to 13, the Shanghai Municipal Police responded to test calls in every part of the Settlement on the night of August 3. Here are some of the scenes as police search parties sown New Chi…
  11. North-China HeraldBritain Has GivenAppeasement London, Aug. 2. "Appeasement has been buried 40 fathoms deep, and instead the Government is embarked upon a policy of building up a peace front to resist further acts of aggression," says Mr. Anthony Eden, th…
  12. North-China HeraldAmericans Also ProtestAt the same time, the same news: paper "stated, the United States Charge @'Affaires, Mr. Eugene Dooman, called on' the chief secretary of the American bureau of the Foreign Office and described how the fanti-British agit…
  13. North-China HeraldImitation Pistol BluffShanghai, Aug. 3. An imitation pistol for' a genuine gold' bracelet and two gold rings. That is the way of thinking which made Chen" Rwang-en, a" former ornament shop assistant, come to. Imitation pistol but shop assista…
  14. North-China HeraldEnemy Goods Entering KwangsiThat goods made in Japan could enter this province while the two countries are at war, is almost un-Delievable. This was the. statement made, however, by the Director of Forces a few days ago when he addressed an open ai…
  15. North-China HeraldInquest on Jennie Bro Before Mr. C. H. Haines, Acting Carone(inquest adjourned) Shanghai, Aug. 3. 'The inquest into the' death of Jennie Brown, British Sinhalese subject who was found dead in his home at Room 4, House 4, Hwa" Kee Avenue, about 2 pin. on Aug. 1 was opened at the S…
  16. North-China HeraldAdmitted to HospitalTsingtao, Aug. 2, Mrs. Botha Dold, a German who ran a boarding house here for 30 years until. it was seized by Japanese forces on July 27, was admitted to a local hospital here today after suffering a nervous breakdown, …
  17. North-China HeraldDead" Woman ComesEats Peiping, Aug. 6. The Chinese press feattires a story describing "how a. "dead" peasant woman revived when her body lying in state, ard how her husband was so overcome by emotion at the unexpected "resurrection" that…
  18. North-China HeraldSoviet Troops MovingEastward Moscow, Aug. 5. Extensive Soviet troop movements toward the east were reported last night by travel-Jers arriving here on the Trans-'Siberian Railway. Diplomatic quarters regarded the report as 4 tacit commentar…
  19. North-China HeraldNorth of the Creek IncidentConsiderable tension prevailed last week-end following the detention of four Seaforth Highlanders by the Japanese Naval Landing Party. The British soldiers were engaged in replacing Aoterlorated barbed wire barricades wh…
  20. North-China HeraldEverything To MatchEverything to match in decorative accessories for home furnishing is what" women are demanding now. This may. sound. tike another and rather foolish whim, but women are lamp of his which particularly took my" fancy combi…
  21. North-China HeraldItalians Round-up Armed MenShanghai, Aug. 4, Sixteen armed men, some clad in @ungarees and some in foreign clothes, but none in any uniform whatsoever, who were rounded up by Ualian marines shortly after 9 yesterday morning at the Tsaoji Primary '…
  22. North-China HeraldA London LetterBy Euwe Dow And the need of & world of men for London, July 8. Two famous houses have been en-terraining this week—Holland House and Blenheim Palace (the only house in. England except royal ones that May all itself a pal…
  23. North-China HeraldAround the WorldAerial Warfare was only natural that a man of the twe of the Rev. R. Sorensen, Labour member for West Leyton, "should have asked the Prime Minister Inthe House of Commons whether. view of the waste, and suffering involve…
  24. North-China HeraldLittle Damage DoneChungking, Aug. 3. A. group of Japanese' bombers, estimated in Chinese official reports, to have numbered 18 or more. raided Chungking last night. They appeared overhead at 1130 pin. and drop-Fed: bombs In the western su…
  25. North-China HeraldJapanese Assert Right Of SearchShanghai, Aug. 3. reh of foreign passengers arriving or leaving Tsingtao o1 any northern port for the purpose of ascertaining if they were carrying Chinese national currency may be considered normal procedure (at the opt…
  26. North-China HeraldFurther Steps UrgedChungking, July 31, If the United States "would only continue further steps to check Japanese aggression, sooner or later Japan would have to'bow to the White House," says the "Chungking Joint Dally" Wewe" Ina leading" a…
  27. North-China HeraldAnother Company AttackedThen they moved to the staff quarters and offices of the International Export Company. The. staff, which included an Englishwoman, took refuge at the Texas Oil Company's installation, and when they returned half an hour …
  28. North-China HeraldPlanes Shot DownShanghai, Aug. 2 Although reports are widely prevalent that four Japanese bombers, were shot down as a result of an engagement with Chinese planes, and through anti-alreratt fire, careful inquiries by Reuter's correspond…
  29. North-China HeraldSingapore from IndiaSingapore, Aug. 3. 'At least 8,000 troops are' being sent to Malaya from India, i is understood from a reliable authority. The first units are arriving next week. The reinforcements are likely to remain for some time. Wh…
  30. North-China HeraldLondon Not ImpressedLondon, Aug. 5. The Initiative undertaken by the Japanese Ambassadors to Germany and Taly in favouring a military ale Vance with those two countries is considered in political quarters here. fag merely an attempt to "int…
  31. North-China HeraldWusih Gang Leader Chargedsee Sees Sea fore the First Special District Court esterday on suspicion that he and his men had robbed a silk merchant a Wusthof cash and sie, kidnapped and also his wife. The merchant tras killed Tater but, his wife wa…
  32. North-China HeraldFacts of Engagement ToldFurthermore, attacks should be made by surprise, on a single point, ina flanking movement and after etui preparations concealed from' the enemy. At Changkufeng, it was true that the Soviet air force and tanks had deen su…
  33. North-China HeraldGerman Dreams of HegemonySuch a harnessing of the Polish nation with its. 35. million membi (othe German political chariot could jead under the conditions of Poland's geo-political situation to the realization of German dreams of hegemony over E…
  34. North-China HeraldNo Compulsory Service For SingaporeSingapore, Aug. 4. Compulsory military' service, which is being established by the Hongkong Government, is not likely in. Singapore despite the Importance of the island as Great Britain's naval base in the Far East, jcon…
  35. North-China HeraldSome Areas FloodedAlthough the river has not risen any further, some low-lying areas in the Ex-Austrian Concession are under water. 'A visit to the local market today showed no improvement in the food situation, with the same dismal sight…
  36. North-China HeraldGermany Eliminated From Davis CupZagreb, July 30. Running away with the last. two crossover singles, Yugoslavia today defeated Germany by three matches two in the European Zone inal of the Davis Cup, and will now travel to America to meet the winners of…
  37. North-China HeraldBig Amount InvolvedShanghai, Aug, 8, Alleged to have swindled - about $90,000 from a sing-song girl sweet heart and other women friends the Jatter, by telling a story. that Ihe was engaged in' transporting cotton, rice and salt to Shanghai…
  38. North-China HeraldA Country Diary ToastWeihaiwei, July 20—The recent severe 'Az a luncheon of newspaper men the follow= ing toast was offered: "The ladies! Second typhoon in' Shanghai has brought me many ews! only fo the Press in the dissemination of and I ca…
  39. North-China HeraldFour Distinct ProblemsIn the author's own words the term comprises four distinct problems: (1) The relation between the value of money in one country and the value of money in another country (2) the relation of the price level of one country…
  40. North-China HeraldBritish Moderation CriticizedTokyo, Aug. 3. British attempts to cause a modera~ tion of Japanese economic demands inthe Tientsin dispute by widely [publicizing London's strong opposition sharply "Ambassador, Domei learned Such efforts, Me, Kato was …

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