The Archive · 1941

Netherlands: Princess Celebrates Birthday

She is in Gttaa, with her twd ly recently received his "wings" tu the Royal Air Force—an honour which is not conferred upon '@nyone who cannot earn it, French Envoy Assists Students in China Shanghai, May 4.

Henry Cosme, the French Ambassador {9 China, has just renewed hhis special assistance fund for. the benet of deserving students of the Aurora University in Shanghai and of two educational institutions in Tientsin, the Institut' des Hautes Navicerts Required For Iran, Iraq Shanghai, May 6, The British Embassy an-ounces that as from May 15 all ships sailing (o the Persian Gulf will require Ships Navicerts and all sea-borne cargo neutral origin consigned to Iran or fraq via the Persian Gulf will require to be covered by a Navicert, Applications in respect of shipments to be made between May 15 and May 22 should be made not later than May 8.

Etudes Industrielles and the Beale Municipale de La0-Si-Kai, For the 1940/41 school form this fund, known as the "Cosme Fund, administrated by a Committee presided over by the Ambassador self or his representative, granted subsidies to 33 students: 10 at the Faculty of Medecine, 10 at the Faculty of Law. and 13 ai the Faculty of Sciences, all these faculties being attached to the Aurora University.

Furthermore, the Ambassador: granted each of the faculties at the 'Aurora University the sum of $1,000 to reward the best students, 'Mf. Cosme hax now sent' the sum $0,900 to the Rector of the Aurora University to renew these grants for the 1941/42 school year.

At the same time, he has granted a sum of FRB, $820 to the Institut Hautes Etudes and FRB. $680 to the Ecole Municipale de La0-Si Kai, the two Tientsin institutions—

Havas Telemondial.

Tomislav Case Said "Smoothly Settled"

Shanghai, May 3.

Questioned regarding. the status of the Yugoslav vessel Tomislav, a Jap-nese naval spokesman at yesterday. afternoon's press conference declared that the case has been "smoothly" settled.

Reiterating that the desire.of the Japanese was to prevent the spread fof the war to the Far Enst, the naval spokesman said the Japanese authoritjes were "pleased" with the amicable conclusion of the affair because of Ballan-Japanese friendship.

The basis of the settlement, the spokesman stated, was the purchase (of the Tomislav by the Italian at.

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