MURDERED PREMIER

Evening Star, Issue 23380, 25 September 1939, Page 7

MURDERED PREMIER

ALL RUMANIA IN MOURNING SIMPLE LAST RITES LONDON, September 24. (Received September 25, at noon.) The Bucharest correspondent of the Associated Press states that the nation is still mourning for M. Calinescu, whose funeral King Carol and Prince Michael and high officials attended. Thousands witnessed the procession to the station after the funeral service at the Athenaeum The body was taken to the family home at Curtea Do Arges, and thence to the grave on a farm cart drawn by six oxen. BANISH RESERVISTS 10,009 GALLED UP COPENHAGEN, September 24. (Received September 25, at noon.) Denmark is calling to the colours in the next few weeks 10,000 nieu who normally would not be called up until the summer, BURIED WITH MILITARY HONOURS BRITISH AIR FORGE PILOT ' BERLIN, September 24. (Received September 25, at noon.) The German wireless amuiounces that a ninth British Air Force pilot was buried with military honours at Wilhelmshaven. MILITARY CREDITS BIG TURKISH APPROPRIATION LONDON, September 24. (Received September 25. at noon.) The Exchange Agency’s Istanbul correspondent states that the Government is asking the Assembly to pass military credits totalling 20,000,000 Turkish pounds.

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DR GOEBBELS’S DENIAL BERLIN. September 24. (Received September 25. at 11 a.m.l Dr Goebbels received foreign Press representatives and emphatically denied the reports that the Nazi leaders had deposited cash abroad in order to protect themselves against a German collapse. He added that the writer of the original article had failed to accept his challenge to produce confirmatory documents.

The German news agency states that Dr Goebbels reiterated that Germany was determined strictly to respect the neutrality of all States. AMERICAN ARMS EMBARGO PRESIDENT'S REPEAL CAMPAIGN HYDE PARK, September 24. (Received September 25, at 1.40 p.m.) President Roosevelt announced that he was returning to Washington tomorrow to assume personal command of the drive to repeal the Arms Embargo Bill, in connection with which the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at present is drafting legislation. ■ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY FORMER DOMINION GERMAN CONSUL SYDNEY, September 24. (Received September 25, at 12.5 p.m.) The New Zealand German consular party arrived at Sydney yesterday. A strong military guard was placed round the wharves when the vessel, berthed, and communication between the consular party and laud was forbidden. ANNUAL CHURCH SERVICE NEW ZEALANDERS IN SYDNEY SYDNEY, September 25. (Received September 25, at 12.45 p.m.) Former members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who served in the Great War and who now live in Sydney, attended the annual New Zealand service at St. Columba’s Presbyterian Church last night. Two tattered banners were hung in the church on each side of a wooden cross from Pozieres.

MEXICAN OIL ITALY BUYING SUPPLIES NEW YORK, September 23. The Mexico City correspondent of the ' New York Times ’ states that taly has contracted for increased shipments of oil in exchange for rayon, i’he amount of the increase is not known but it is described as “ very considerable.” At present Italy is Mexico’s best customer for oil. She bought 6,300,000 barrels between January and August, compared with Germany’s 3,250,000 .barrels. Russian support in this direction to lerman is a likely result of the Mexican Anti-Communist Measures Rill, which has been presented to the legislature. It requires Mexican Communists to sever ties with the Moscow Third Internationale. The penalty is outlawry, v -