GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 14 December 1938, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES

U.S.A. FILM STARS SMUGGLING NEW YORK, December 12. George Burns, ex-movie radio team, pleaded guilty in the Federal Court to nine counts of smuggling 4885 dollars worth of diamond-sludged jewellery. The maximum penalty on ail counts would oe eighteen years' imprisonment, and 45.U00, dollars tine, but it is believed he will onry be lined. Omer prominent cinema artists also expected to be involved in the smuggling investigation. which began a fortnight ago, and tnose already questioned, include Katherine riepojurn, Jack isenny, and Wallace Ford, the movie director. The authorities receniv arested the wife of a New York Judge and agent, wno allegedly smuggled clothing and jewellery for prominent persons, through claiming diplomatic privileges, giving him freedom. Burns’ name was found among the latter’s (correspondence,. The information is believed to have been lodged, with the authorities by a servant of the Judge’s household, who was incensed by lhe anti-Nazi remarks made al tne dinner table, and left threatening, "You will suffer for this.” Burns is alleged to have made a statement he was not aware that the duty was not paid on the jewellery, lie consider<4l the offence merely a technicality, nql involving moral guilt on his part.

CANADIAN POLITICAL FEUD. 1_... OTTAWA, December 12. A plot to o.ust the Prime Minister (Mr King) through an alliance of the Ontario Premier, Mr Mitchell Hepburn, and the Quebec Premier? ivl. Maurice Duplessis, is alleged by tne Transport Minister (Mr C. D. Howe) and tne Labour Minister (Mr Norman Rogers) as a development of the feud between the eastern provinces and the Prime Minister over the Dominion’s refusal to sanction the export of electric power t 0 the United States, and the alleged tavourism by the Dominion Government towards the agricultural provinces in the west Denying any conspiracy, Mr Hepburn states a section of the Liberal Party has long been convinced that party leadership is drifting, and is uncertain and impractical. He would not lead a revolt at the next election, but would support it. The Primo Minister, endorsing the plot charges, declared that the Hep-burn-Duplessis opposition has been tolerated for long enough. It was time for a showdown. The issue must be the first matter before the party caucus when Parliament meets in. January. '

JEWISH EMIGRATION. LONDON, December 12. Plans for financing on a large scale the emigration of Jews from Germany will be discussqfi at a conference in London to-morrow, following talks begun at The Hague last week, between Anglo-American and Dutch financiers,' and member s ,of the International Jewish Colonisation Society. It is hoped a project appealing to all nations will be evolved. JERUSALEM, December 12. The Jewish National Council, after a meeting, whereat the recent speech'ek in the British Parliament were criticised as tending to water 'down the Balfour declaration, and bar Jewish, migration to Palestine, carried a resolution demanding the Jewish Agency to reconsider the decision to participate in the forthcoming London, Arab-Jewish conference.