DAYLIGHT
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 1, 1940
RAIDS
NEW TYPHOON,
R.A.F. Busy Over France And Holland DOGFIGHT IN MEDITERRANEAN
GENERAL FRANCO'S VISION
SIGNAL
SEAMEN CONVICTED
Appearing on remand
before
Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at the Central Magistracy this morning, Harry Neal, and Alfred Gerald Wall; both seaman, were ordered to pay $50 compensation to carpenter, Lee Choy, when con- victed on charges of common as- sault,
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for slight concussion and a frac-
An announcement by the Act-| It was alleged that defendants the complainant in ing Coast Inspector of the Chin-assaulted
Connaught Road Central near the ese Maritime Customs in Shang-Hong Kong Club on Saturday AN AIR MINISTRY communique issued that says: With reference to Notice last. The complainant was treat- in London yesterday stated that R.A.F. bomb-to Mariners No. 1059 concerning ed at the Queen Mary Hospital
the signals now exhibited by the tured nose. ers carried out daylight attacks throughout Custom Houses at various Chin- Defendants were also ordered Asked in the House of Tuesday on military objectives in northern esc ports Commons yesterday whe-France and Holland.
Damage was done to sidings at Ostend, to two black balls, signifying pro-Somerset Road; has reported that ther diplomatic or other action had been taken dispersed aircraft on the aerodrome at Uer-bable typhoon or strong gale, will his residence was entered, last "to meet the threat of quedille, near Cherbourg, and hangars and placed to one black cross,
other aircraft at St. Inglevert and Boulogne.
General Franco's an-1
In the course of their reconnaissance and nouncement on July 17 that it was Spain's duty escort duties, Coastal Command aircraft at- to obtain command of tacked gun emplacements on the Norwegian Gibraltar and expansion coast and a supply ship off Haugesung, north in Africa," Mr. C. R. Att- of Stavanger.
lee, Lord Privy Seal, de-
An
Dogfight In Mediterranean
clared there had been The naval base at Emden was falso attacked. One of our air-
Admiralty statement in some misconceptions on craft is missing.
issued yesterday says General Franco's state- Night operations were curtailed London
been re- Jowing to bad weather
information has but at-that
two sea Gladiator ment.
tacks were made on oil refineries/ceived that After an historical reference to at Hamburg, the Ruhr, Monheim, aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm in- Spain's greatness, General Franco and near Duesseldorf, goodsyards tercepted three (said Mr. Attlee) went on to re-at Soest and aerodromes at Duis-aircraft in the Mediterranean on
Monday afternoon. fer to the political statement of burg, Antwerp and Courtrai. Queen Isabello, including what he termed the bequest of Gibraltar operations. and the vision of Africa.
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General Franco added that these were questions which after centuries still endured as an eter- nal obligation.
Mr. Attice said that full note had been taken of the statement: but His Majesty's Government 'did not regard it as involving a fresh departure in Spanish po- licy-Reuter.
No aircraft was lost on these
Heavy German Losses
Italian Savoia
Onc Italian machine was shot down in flames. The second was Been to be badly hit and it is considered unlikely that this ma
chine regalned its base.
During the month of July at
One of the British machines! least 240 German aircraft were made a forced landing in the sea shot down by the R.A.F.. and and the pilot was picked up un- ground defences.
This must have
hurt.
Involved a The Air Ministry News Service loss to the enemy of at least states that during yesterday's 600 officers and men killed or raids, lightning attacks were made taken prisoner.
Jon coastal objectives as far apart Many more enemy aircraft as Flushing and Cherbourg. have been put out of action in Mrs. R. B. Chatin, of No. 29, the air or on the ground but the Kadoorie Avenue, has reported figures above take into account the loss of her Siberlan terrier, only of aircraft which are con- from the above address yester-firmed as having been destroyed.drome one of our aircraft was day.
ANNOUNCING
THE
ARRIVAL
OF
NEW SUPPLIES
OF
DAKS
Reuter.
THE PRINCE
Will Begin To Tell
In an attack on Flushing dero-
engaged by a number of Messer- schmidt 109 fighters. One of the enemy machines, caught by a burst of fire from a British rear gunner, was sent diving into the sea with smoke streaming from the wings. The bomber, although hit in one-engine, returned
OF SLACKS safely.
FOR MEN
Barges off Walcheren Island, a storage plant at St. Colomb and an aerodrome near Amiens were among the day's targets which sooner or later is bound to have a disastrous effect on the Axis.- Reuter.
CHUNGKING RAIDED
AGAIN
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While several buildings on the main road were hit and demolish- ed, the majority of the bombs. fell in open fields, so that casualties are.small in number.
Anti-aircraft guns did not open up, leaving the sky free for Chin- ese fighters, which engaged the raiders.
The all-clear signal sounded at
14.30 p.m.-Reuter.
The Japanese lost five planes in raids over Chungking and other
THERE IS NOTHING SO Szechwan towns yesterday while PRACTICAL AND COM- [one Chinese plane is reported FORTABLE IN THE missing.-Central News. *WEARING AS DAKS
JEWISH REFUGEES
THEY, GIVE THE MAXI- MUM OF EASE AS ALSO
IN SHANGHAI OF PRIDE IN THEIR POSSESSION. CUT &
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") · FASHIONED FROM A recent statistical survey shows SUPERB - MATERIALS. that Shanghai's foreign population WE ARE PLEASED TO is increased by Jewish refugees at ANNOUNCE THAT WE the rate of about 40 persons a ARE NOW ABLE TO SUP. week, arriving regularly from PLY THESE IN ALL Germany via Siberia. SIZES & IN A VARIETY❘ Approximately 90 per cent take OF FABRICS; IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, up residence in the Hongkow dis- FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH, CORDUROY AND TROPI-trict, which is now under: Ja- CAL WORSTEDS.
IN A FULL RANGE OF SIZES
WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT
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panese military control.
The spreading of the European war stopped Jewish refugees from travelling by the oversea · route from Italy.Havas.
AMERICAN AID FOR LATIN AMERICA
as warnings of gales to sign a bond of $100 to be on expected to affect the locality, good behaviour for one year. notice is hereby given, that from the 1st August, 1940, the signal) Mr. L. Alltree, of No.
24,
be discontinued and will be re-night, and money, jewellery and
clothing to the value of $97.30. 'stolen.
STOP PRESS
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used by the Sunday Herald", and In order to block Nazi-Fascist "China Mail to indicate nows which, infiltration, American business strictly copyright under the provi elons of the Telecommunications. Or leaders are to ask the U.S. Gov-dinance, 1930, and may not be reprint ernment to give immense finand under any circuntatanecer cial aid to Latin-American banks.wholly or in part, without prior
Frangement. Havas.
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A brief Admiralty an- nouncement in London just after midnight revealed the loss of H.M. destroyer Delight In a German air attack. The communique added there was little loss of life. Formerly on the China Station, Delight is the third of the ships which went home from Hong Kong to 'be sunk in the war, the others being - Daring and Duchess. While in Hong Kong she was commanded by Com. mander Havas.
M. Fogg-Elliot.—
The Japanese press and Chinese "puppet" papers in Cantor have launched a vio- lent anti-British campaign, according to private messages received in the Colony to-day.
The press in general warn. Britain that Japan will not tolerate the re-opening of the Burma Yunnan Highway. which has been temporarily closed for three months.
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