M, Henri Rotver, living at Cassis, near Marseilles, thas been awarded the Diderot Prize, which provides a stim of money for a journalist to study in China. The prize, which was founded by Mme, Roube-Janski. well-known novelist hax been awarded only one before, to Mi. Vidal-Lablache, ies in New York are doing their tutinest to Gold $2,000.00 to assist the ye Army in the tight nst the Japanese. Several Chine ese miereti uted cheques for G3$10,000 each, although the majority of the contributions, total= Jing about 15,000, are one-dollar and five.dollar items, 'The Alr Ministry, announces that the Royal Air Club hax been oMelally informed that the altitude Might of Flight-Liewtenant Mod. Adam, of the Royal Air Force, in June last, in A Bristol 138 monoplane with' a special Bristol Pegastis engine, has been homologated by the Federation Acronautique Internationale as a world height record in Class C. "The official gute is 16480 metres, 53,637 feet, Zamnboansta, 4 small town at the southern extremity of the Philippine archipelago became the largest city. in the world in point of aren when President Quezon approved a charter iving it a total area of 1,059 square miles. Zamboanga boasts of only 101,018 inhabitants, Tokyo previous: ly held the world record with an area of 833 square miles. followed by London (639 sq. miles), Los Ange-Jes (4425), Berlin (348)" and New York (10).
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