President Roosevelt's eldest son, James, has been given the important task of inaugurating a scheme for Government rationalization.
This year's olive harvest in Por-is a record for 20 years, the ids being more than twice that of last year.
Two new warships were launched in England lately, the cruiser Woucesier on October 19, and the o-boat destroyer Tartare on ber 21.
Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador at Cairo, former Minister to China, who is on leave, and Lady Lampson were guests of the King lid Queen at luncheon at Bucking-Palace on Friday. Sir Miles Was received in audience by the King.
Marquis Koichi Kido, member of the House of Peers ana director of the Bureau of Peerage and Heraldry Qf the Imperial Household Ministry, has replaced Mr. Eiji Yasui as ister of Education. When Imperial motion is granted, Domei under-formal investiture will take The Second Chamber of the States-General of Holland has reduced the civil list of Queen Wilhelmina, from Gid.1,200,000 to Gld.1,000,0¢0 annually Gnd fixed the civil list of Prince Bernhard. of the Netherlands at Gid.200,000, A slight reduction has
ties, been effected in the salaries of The 17,150 ton motor tanker Hitna which bag been built at the edrich Krupp shipyards at Kiel, for the Standard Oil Ca. of California Was launched yesterday in the presence of numerous distinguished for-ign and German guests. The ship will be christened by Lady Hamilton, wife of the managing director of the California Oil Ca. Ltd. of London.
The Farm Credit Bureau will con-. tinue to grant loans to finance the ding of granaries and the marting of agricultural produce in districts safe from military operations, States a dispatch to the "Sin Wen o." The directorship of the in, which was recently vacated "Mr. Chen Chen-hsien, has been t over by Dr. Franklin Ho in a Concurrent capacity.
Italy has laid down certain districts in East Africa for cultivation of gotten, entrusted to industrial and cultural organizations well sup-lied with technical and Bnanciri Tequirements. They will be under State control. Current commercial negotiations between Italy and Japan, Which provide for large Abyssinian egtton purchases by Japan in exchange for Japanese manufactures, Were responsible for the decision.
Besides sending messages of condolence to the families of the late Lieut-Gen. Hoh Mon-lin and Divisional Commander Liu Chia-chi, Qeneralissimo Chiang Kai-shek has Grdered Gen. Ho Chen-chun, paci-eaton commissioner and acting chairman of Hupeh, to award them ich $20,000 as pensions. Lieut.-Gen. Hoh, commander of the 9th Army 4nd divisional commander Liu both met their heroic death during the battle o! Yuanping in northern Shansi on. October 15 and 16.
The President of France, M. Albert Lebrun, paid a private visit on Thursday morning to the German Pavilion at the world exhibition in Fans.
Two men, alleged agents of the Nazi Secret Police and charged with espionage, will be tried before the Leningrad Military Tribunal.
His Majesty, King George VI and Queen Mary are going to Sandringham next week after the opening of Parliament. This will be their first visit to their Norfolk residence since early in the year.
Asfao Wosan, Crown Prince of Abyssinia, and his wife are applying to the authorities of the Cairo Coptic Church for a divorce. They were married on May 9, 1932, the Princess being the daughter of Ras Seyoum, Abyssinian leader.
General Chiang Po-li, one of China's most outstanding strategists, will shortly visit Germany, it was learned in Berlin yesterday. He will be received by Ceneral W. von Fritsch, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, and other prominent Army leaders.
Concern is felt in Warsaw at the threatened strike of all chimney sweeps who demand increased wages by Monday or work will cease. Last spring all chimney sweeps of Warsaw put a similar threat into effect during which: time the number of houses that caught fire increased ominously. Higher pay was granted.
The Sino-Japanese Trade Association formed about two years ago has been dissolved, according to a letter sent by the chairman and vice-chairman of the association, Messrs. Chow Tso-min and Hsu Hsin-loh, to the People's Anti-Japanese Economic Boycott Committee. It is learnt that the entire board of 21 directors 04 {he association has resigned and its office has been abolished.
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