The Archive

Friday, 8 March 1940

  1. The North-China Daily NewsBad Effects FearedThese land regulations which the Opposition now opposed, he said, were part of the policy of that White Paper. They believed that these regulations would damage the interests of both Arabs and Jews. The Secretary of Stat…
  2. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsNew York Prepares BerthNew York, Mar. 7. Everything is completed for the docking of Britain's new giant liner Queen Elizabeth, including the moving of the Mauretania away from her berth alongside the Queen Mary and Normandie. The task of pilot…
  3. The North-China Daily NewsThe Shanghai Bankers Associationhereby intimate that commencing from Thursday, March 7, 1940, the undermentioned charges for Securities held in Safe Custody or under lien will come into force COMMISSION shall be charged in accordance with the following…
  4. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsThird Stage of MissionBerne, Mar. 7. Mr. Sumner Welles, United States Under-Secretary of State, left here for Paris last night on the third stage of his mission of investigation into European conditions. He plans to go to London at the beginn…
  5. From United Press · North-China Daily NewsMassive Aid for Finns?Copenhagen, Mar. 7. The local press openly charged today that the Allies were preparing to land troops in Scandinavia to bring quick and effective aid to Finland. This "open official secret will lead the Scandinavian cou…
  6. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsFrench Press WelcomeParis, Mar. 7. The press warmly welcomes Mr. Sumner Welles, American Under-Secretary of State, who is due here pt 930 am. from Switzerland. Newspapers describe him as Mr. Roosevelt's peace reporter. President Albert Lebr…
  7. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsJapanese Ship Searched By FrenchTokyo, Mar, 7. The captain of the Bangkok Maru has wirelessed to the head office of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha stating that on Tuesday afternoon, despite a protest from the Japanese Consul, naval authorities in Haiphong ins…
  8. The North-China Daily NewsSituation Said DelicateRome, Mar. 7. Anglo-Italian relations were in a "very delicate" condition today as a result of the British naval blockade [of German coal shipments to Italy, believed to be ready to conclude a trade agreement with Italy …
  9. The North-China Daily NewsA Timely WarningMuch has been said by various people in favour of the more definite declaration of war aims, while others have been busily engaged in preaching the gospel of the proposed confederation of Europe when peace is once again …
  10. The North-China Daily NewsNew Fact in American HistoryThis is a new fact in history. American business men are not looking for war profits, They have learned that in the long run there is no profit in war, but they are anxious to ce-operate with the Allies in every way poss…
  11. The North-China Daily NewsNavy Blue UniformInstead of Air Force blue—which has been commandeered by the Women's Auxilitary Air Force—the women pilots wear navy blue coats and skirts and jaunty glengarry caps. Most of them look little more than schoolgirls in thei…
  12. The North-China Daily NewsThe German PressAs was expected the bitter comment of the Netherlands' journal "Algemeen Handelsblad" on the subject of wanton German aeroplane attacks on Netherlands' shipping very quickly brought reactions in Germany, and the matter w…
  13. The North-China Daily NewsEntered for King's CupAnd Mona Friedlander—dark, vivarious, pretty. She is twenty-five; had entered for the King's Cup this year; has done commercial flying, but this summer added another 100 hours to her total by doing Army ce-op work, flyin…
  14. The North-China Daily NewsArmed Thief ShotRobbery; C.D.C. Wounds Bandit in Chengtu Dist. One armed robber was shot dead and another wounded as a result of brushes with the Shanghai Municipal Police in Louza and Chengtu districts last night. The "lone bandit of L…
  15. The North-China Daily NewsFine Record of French Navy EmphasizedParis, Mar. 7. Control by the Allies of all the seas except the Baltic, fear by the German fleet to leave its bases, restriction of German submarine, plane and mine attacks to merchant shipping only, these are the result…
  16. The North-China Daily NewsU. S. CommoditiesNew York, Mar. 6. The cotton market early moderately eased on liquidation and realizing, and the absence of any important buying. Later, prices further slipped back on foreign selling and hedging. Finally, the market clo…
  17. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsJapan Has Slight Hold On Yangtze ValleyChungking, Mar. 7. The Japanese have at present only four divisions holding the Yangtze valley between Hankow and Shanghai, with very small garrisons being stationed in key cities, according to an estimate by a foreign t…
  18. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsThrough the IceHelsinki, Mar. 7. Viipuri Bay has now turned into a bloody battlefield, as the Russians are exerting every effort to gain a foothold on the shore. Soviet batteries have moved forward over the ice, and are pouring project…
  19. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsPeiping Flower Market Burnt OutFamous Beauty Spot Goes Up in Flames Peiping, Mar. 7. Practically the whole of Peiping's famous flower market, well-known to tourists, situated just outside the Hatamen Gate, was destroyed by fire this morning. More than…
  20. From Domei · North-China Daily NewsFar East OpposedTokyo, Mar. 7. Expansion of the British seizure of j|contraband goods to the Japan Sea was the last thing in the world the Japanesne navy desired, a spokesman for the Navy Office asserted today. The Japanese Government, …
  21. The North-China Daily NewsTo Make ReportThe Council delegates, it was understood, attended the meeting so as to be in a position to compile a full report for the S.M.C. No details of what occurred at yesterday's meeting, were released but it was presumed that …
  22. The North-China Daily NewsNorth of CreekEstablishment of an authoritative Rent Dispute Mediation Committee, which would adjudicate claims on "key money" and other charges arising from a housing shortage in Hongkew, was being sought by the local Japanese commun…
  23. From United Press · North-China Daily NewsMahan Ships Load Coaln Raman Italian ships continued Mar. NAE esterday.—United Press. Seized Germans Leave Japan for Home Kuhara group of the Seiyukai Party, strongly opposed 1o enforce expulsion on the contention the measure, Phe bill which…
  24. From United Press · North-China Daily NewsBlack List of German Firms Made KnownNames of Companies on London Schedule London, Mar. 7. A new list of 110 German firms operating abroad with whom Britons are forbidden to trade was issued yesterday revealing that most of the firms were in China. Eighty o…
  25. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsTo Be TriedTokyo, Mar. 7. According to the Japanese press, Proof has been collected against Mr. James R Young, Far Eastern representative of the International News Service, irrespective of whether Mr, Young will recognize it or not…
  26. The North-China Daily NewsA Country DiaryShanghai, Mar. 6—Looking out of my window this morning, I saw a Rook sitting alone n a Poplar tree with its feathers fluffed, its neck hunched up into its shoulders, and its bill held downwards in an attitude of dejectio…

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