Canton, Apr. 22.
The wolfram and antimony monopoly in South China has been divided between three Japanese firms, according to an announcement by the headquarters of the Japanese Army in South China.
The concerns granted the exclusive right to "collect" wolfram and antimony are Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, and Sugihara Sangyo Kaisha.
The headquarters of the local Japanese gendarmerie has flatly denied widespread rumours that the Japanese authorities intend to conscript all able-bodied Cantonese youths for service with the Japanese military.
Asserting that the rumours have been circulated for the purpose of "disturbing peace and order in the city," and to discourage Chinese from remaining in Canton, the gendarmerie announce that effective measures were being taken to suppress all such "wild reports."
Officers in mufti, they said, had been sent to all parts of the city in an effort to locate and arrest rumour-
U.S. Warships Mass for Passing Canal Washington, Apr. 22.
A score of United States warships from the south Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico were expected to arrive at Guantanamo Bay today and tomorrow. The naval base apparently was predesignated as a rendezvous for the warships which are en route to the Pacific on short notice orders.—
United Press.
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