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Pee, efaer Official Removed
'MOSCOW. -^ A. Chernoff was re-
tnoved r Conrrnissai' of Agriculture of
the. So lfrt Union this week -end by
the Ce*,,.a1 Executive Committee. R.
I. EilcIe was named his successor. ..
No reason was given for the dis-
missal of Chernoff, but alleged anti-
Soviet wrecking of agriculture has
broug''t a wave of trials and execu-
tions of local officials throughout the
provinc: , within the past two months.
Terrorism Continues
JER SALEM.—Renewed Arab op-
position to the proposed division of
Palestine into Arab and Jewish states
was expressed here following the fire
which destroyed 50,000 of the 2,500,
000 trees of the Balfour forest, owned
by the Jewish National Fund. .
Terrorists were believed to have
started the fire, which was extin-
guished only after a long fight in
Which police were aided by Jewish
colonists.
Germany Declines
BERLIN. - Germany declined the
nvi.tatiou of Belgium to take part
in the conference of signatories of
the nine -power treaty scheduled to
open at Brussels No -v...3. ,.. •.
A note to the :B russelseGovernment
explained that Germany, not being a
signatory nor a later adherent to the
treaty, "sees itself unable to partici-
pate -in deliberations over application
of the agreement."
100 Killed In Flood
DAMASCUS, Syria.—More than 100
persons were believed killed when a
flood engulfed the village of Dmeir,
northeast of here. Twelve bodies have
been recovered. The water attained a
level of nearly 10 feet and several
highway communications between
Damascus and Baghdad.
The great flood rushed down from
the hills and swept through the town,
Washing away almost all the houses.
Stern Insurgent Advance
13ENDAYE.—A Spanish Government
commrnique announced this week -end
that an insurgent surprise attack on
the Guadalajara front northeast of
Madrid had been beaten and the insur-
gents suffered heavy losses.
General Franco's insurgent troops
were driven hack into their own
trenches, the communique said, leav-
ing a great number of dead and
wounded.
Euston To Try Again
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah.
--Capt. George E. T. Eyston, who sped
809.6 m.n.h. over the salt desert this
week end, will make another attempt
yery shortly to better speed records.
Three Britishers Killed
SHANGHAI.— Three Royal Ulster
riflemen were killed and several
wounded during Japanese shelling of
Hungjao, suburb to the west of the
International Settlement and home of
many foreigners, British military head-
quarters announced.
Artillery shelling and aerial attack
in the Chinese -Japanese war spread
damage among mission and other for-
eign property, wed this week -end Brit-
ish defence lines along the Settlement
frequently bad been under fire.
Branded as Fraud
LONDON. — In a fighting speech,
David Lloyd George, war -tine Prime
Minister of Great Britain, to—1. the
SPORT TODAY
By KEN EDWARDS
Hello, gang! —
Back again from
the old fishing
grounds, and how
they take those
little minnows.
There are plenty
of whitefish in
Lake Sinicoe now.
lV.,;; ,e -i t you try it sometime?
Well, did you get around to an-
swerin,g last week's question? What
wrestler has had his nose broken 23 •
times? The answer is Little Beaver,
the 24 -year-old Cherokee Indian iron
man.
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"War Admiral" is following in the
foot -steps of peppy "Man o' War." It
seems he lad a hoof injury last sea-
son but new in his first few races he
is walking away well in the lead.
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At the time when the big Owlahoma
oil wells were discovered on the In-
dian reserves, oil was their -gold,
hence one o: