THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 30, 1940.
TWENTY GERMAN
RAIDERSSHOTDOWN
Fighters And A.A. Guns Take Heavy Toll *************** Hot Reception
AMERICAN ENVOY TO STAY IN CHÚNGIKING
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL'')
Indefinite postpone- ment of the departure from Chungking of the U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Nel-|
son
T. Johnson, for his summer holiday may be taken as indication of the close American interest in} Far Eastern develop- ments.
Mr. Johnson was orignally
scheduled to leave Chungking on, July 4 by plane for Hong Kong enf route to Shanghai and Peiping] to spend his summer holidny with his family at Peitaiho.
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OPERATION ON MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
It is announced in London that Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Lord President of the Council, was success- fully operated on last night for relief of in- testinal symptoms of an obstructive nature.
His
condition is satisfactory.-Reuter.
JAPANESE MAIL CENSORSHIP
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]
Provided
AT LEAST FIFTEEN enemy machines were brought down in an attack yesterday morning by 80 bombers and fighters on a south-east coast town, while the aim of the rest of the bombers who so distracted that! they were able to do little damage.
NATURAL
as near to Nature as is desirable are Sir William Crookes' lenses.
Something to offset the harmful glare is necessary but you don't have to have the whole landscape darkened like a rainy day to do that.
Wear Crookes and know what real eye- comfort means.
70: PUS
Lazza
AZOPTICIANES
JUNKS COLLIDE
Fierce anti-aircraft barrages took their toll, while squadrons of Spitfires and Hurri- canes, racing across the sky, broke up the at- tack and shot many of the 'planes down. One squadron of Spitfires shot down four fighters A collision between two cargo and one bomber, while a Hurricane squadron Junks in the harbour on Sunday reversed the procedure and shot down four of rice and 50 bags of rice being bombers and a fighter.
The pilot of one 'plane reports that he attacked a Junkers bomb- ber. It blew up and went into the sea in flames. He next attack - led a second Junkers and saw his into the fuselage. break off the
. As a result of the bombings of Chungking and international de- velopments, the Ambassador has Japanese censorship of mails in bullets pour cancelled all bookings and has the French Concession, similar to He then had to decided to remain in Chungking that already applied in the In-engagement to give his attention indefinitely to watch developments ternational Settlement in Shang-to a Messerschmidt and keep in close contact with hai, will probably be started dur-his tail. the Chinese authorities.-Reuter. ing the current week.
RECORD-BREAKING SEA TRIP EFFORT
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]missioner
The Hokoku
fighter on
He brought the last one crushing down into the sea.
While firing at two Junkers, a Sergeant-Pilot was attacked-by- enemy fighters. He dived to meet them, shot one down and badly damaged another.
a
Another pilot officer attacked The French Consul-General de-12 bombers flying low over the clined to make
any statement sea. yesterday but expressed the be- licf-that-Japanese censors.will be permitted to function following! the return of M. Chapelain, Com- Post of the Chinese Office, who is due in Shanghai
A Spitfire pilot attacked Maru, 10,500-ton shortly from Kunming.-Havas. passenger and freight liner of the
ghter and watched it crash down| O.S.K. Line, left Kobe yesterday
into the sea.. He then shot down for Capetown in an effort to shat-town
days and eventually a bomber.
Another pilot attacked three ter the present 44-day record for shorten the time for the shortest]
dived Japan-South Africa run from 28 Junkers. One
into the the run.
sea, the second caught fire and The ship hopes to reach Cape-to 22 days.-Havas.
the third fled, badly damaged.
Two other German 'planes were shot down by anti-aircraft
port
ANNOUNCING
THE
ARRIVAL
OF
NEW SUPPLIES
OF
DAKS
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THE PRINCE-fire, according to an Agency re-
- OF SLACKS
FOR MEN
THERE IS NOTHING SO PRACTICAL AND COM- FORTABLE IN THE
The Total Bag
Including yesterday's "bag," Germany's losses in attacks on and around Britain now total 318, of which no less than 244 have been destroyed since the rst big raid on June 18. This is an average of nearly six a
day! -Reuter.
Five More Victims
An Air Ministry communique, stated yesterday afternoon that fighter aircraft shot down an Jenemy bomber over the Channel Coast and another in the Thames Estuary.
It is now confirmed that in the engagement over Dover in the morning two enemy bombers were shot down by A.A. fire in addition to those shot down by our fighters.
This makes a total of 20 enemy planes brought down yesterday. ― Reuter.
SHANGHAI
WEARING AS DAKS REUNION
THEY GIVE THE MAXI-
MUM OF EASE AS ALSO
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] OF PRIDE IN THEIR HAPPY PARENTS EMBRAC. POSSESSION, CUT & ED THEIR SONS AND DAUGH- FASHIONED FROM TERS WHEN APPROXIMATE- SUPERB MATERIALS. LY 30 BOYS AND GIRLS, FROM SIX TO 16, WE ARE PLEASED TO ĮRANGING
ARRIVED IN SHANGHAI YES- TERDAY ON BOARD THE "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA" AFTER BEING EVACUATED FROM ENGLAND.
ANNOUNCE' that WE ARE NOW ABLE TO SUP. PLY THESE IN ALL SIZES & IN A VARIETY
OF FABRICS. IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH, CORDUROY AND TROPI CAL WORSTEDS..
IN A FULL RANGE OF SIZES —
WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT....
WILLIAM POWELL, LTD.
10, ICE HOUSE street.
The children looked happy and healthy and all agreed the whole trip had been "marvellous."-
The original party left Liver-] pool on board "the "Duchess of Richmond" and numbered 42, but a few children” were left in Cana-. da and the remainder, continued the journey to join their parents | In China.--Havas.
BIRTH
KADOORIE-On July 30, 1940, to Muriel, wife of Lawrence Kadoorie, at the War Memorl- al Hospital, a daughter."
afternoon resulted in 150 sacks
Idamaged by sea water.
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