THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 2, 1940.
COMPARATIVELY QUIET DAY OVER
ENGLAND
BULGARIAN TROOPS TAKE
OVER FINAL ZONE
Bulgarian troops yesterday marched into the final zone in southern Dobrudja, in- cluding Silistra and Kassum, without in- cident. The Bulgarian- Rumanian frontier of 1912 is thus restored. -Reuter.
COFFEE STALLS IN FAVOUR
: Street coffee stalls, which were a feature of London night life before the war where all classes met in the early hours of the morning for plain and wholesome refreshment, have been called upon by the Minister of Food to.
ENEMY AIR ACTIVITY over Britain had three phases yesterday and these ventures cost them four "planes - one in Surrey near
Redhill which is believed to be the same ma- chine which machine-gunned a train in a south-east London station, and three in Poole, Dorset, where a large formation of German 'planes was routed by fighters.
Guns in north-west, south-west and cen- tral London fired on a solitary raider which lost no time in making off. Bombs were drop- ped in a south-east London area during the afternoon's alert.
An Air Ministry communique says the enemy made several
abortive attacks on the South of England.
For the most part his aircraft did not penetrate far inland and Į few reports of the dropping of bombs have been received.
NEW POST
FOR EVANS
OF 'BROKE'
A small number of aircraft reached London and dropped bombs. These caused several Admiral Sir Edward Evans, casualties, some fatal, and famous for his explolt in H.M.S. bombs were also dropped at a Broke during, the attack on Zee- point near the Welsh
coast, brugge during the Great War, who causing. a small number of is one of the London Regional casualties.
Commissioners, has been given
While four enemy aircraft were play their part in the emergency shot down, three of our planes feeding of Londoners affected by are missing. German air attacks.
*Lord Woolton has asked coffee stalls proprietors who had gone out of business to come into existence again. He wished them to provide food for people in air. raid shelters and said the Minis- try would be glad to secure petrol and supplies of food for them and arrange which shelters |
CHINA IN THE
FIGHTING LINE
The
sons of many
Munitions making in Australla. Photo shows an opera- tive filling bombs with T.N.T. The fluid sets hard and is then rammed. (Copyright, Fox).
PIERRE COT TO BE NAZI PILOT
VICTIMISED
M...PIERRE COT, FORMER,
SHOOTS HIS
FRENCH AIR MINISTER, HAS LEADER DOWN!
BEEN ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE RIOM "WAR GUILT" TRIBUNAL.
A warrant has been issued for
One of the strangest in-
the special task of organising his arrest and all his property has cidents of the present air
London shelter arrangements.
This appointment follows those of Sir H. Willink, organiser of provi-
sional home for London homeless, and Sir Warren Fisher to co-ordin- ale the restoration of communica-' tions and tasks of demolition and salvage. British Wireless.
MINISTER
to go to while protection would Chinese Government RUNS
be given against air raid risk.
leaders are serving in the
is
GAUNTLET
.Lord Woolton also announced forces. that to meet the needs of people
The son in bombed London areas 58 emer-
of Oong Wan-hao, gency feeding centres had already Minister of Economic Affairs,
Fifteen times in three a fighter machine been prepared and provision had the pilot of been made for 200 centres to be which participated in three com- Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, brought into existence just ab bats against Japanese aircraft ter of Health, has run the required. British Wireless. over Chungking this summer, He let of air raids,
EIRE'S AREA CHIEF
K
Eire is to appoint area commis- sioners similar to those ap- pointed in England who will have power to carry out the duties of Government in their districts in the event of an invasion.
Mr. Lemass, Eire Minister of Supply, revealed this in a broad- cast to the Irish people.
been seized.
M. Cot is at present in America war occurred over Eng-
Reuter.
THE TYPHOONS
The Royal Observatory reports that the anti-cyclone has weaken-
land on a
Monday when a German fighter was brought down by another German fighter in the same squadron.
A Group-Captain of the RA.F. ed considerably and moved into was flying escort 17,000 feet when the Pacific Eastward of Jahe met 18 Nazi bombers, with a pan; another, is .. developing over fighter escort above, over Surrey. Mongolla.
The typhoon has partially filled up and exists as a depression in the Eastern Sea probably moving northward.
He attacked the bombers head- on, turning them away,
He turned his attention to the fighters and found three of them attacking another Hurricane, weeks The Pacific typhoon is situated which dived out of their reach,
400 miles north of Yap, The German fighters were Minis-about
strung out in a line after, the gaunt-moving W. or W.N.W.
British plane and as the British Group Captain was about to dive on them, the first Nazi fighter bust into famës.
was recently awarded $300 for He usually visits control cen- landing his machine safely though tres first to see officials at their it had been badly damaged by posts, and then goes to A.R.P. machine-gun bullets...
posts, first aid posts, shelters, and for the food and rest centres homeless.
The son of Mr. Chu Cheng, President of the Judicial Yuan, took part in the Pingyang bat-. tle north of Ņanning serving as
FRENCH EMBASSY
APPOINTMENTS
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") One night he was close to a
Armand Gandon, 'in charge of| church that was bombed. Allthe French Embassy office
Apparently the pilot of the Becond German fighter was .so excited he shot his own leader down.
He did not last long. The R.A.F. in Group Captain shot him down;
a Junior officer in the army. other night he was in the midst Chungking, has been appointed Reuter. The eldest son of
General of falling incendiary bombs and consul at Yunnanfu, it was an- Chiang Kai-shek is commander of on another he got out at every nounced in Shanghai to-day. a local defence corps in Kiangsi, station along the tube railway to Amedee Beaulieux, secretary in- where he is serving as district see conditions for himself. Bri- terpreter, is appointed Counsel-
superintendent.-Reuter.
D. CRE
tish Wireless.
The Home Guard of Stroud, now have two well armoured cars and an ambulance. “Two re- sidents gave high-powered cars which a local engineering firm armoured with the approved thickness of steel, free of charge. Other tradesmen and skilled members of the home Quand aeslated in the work, which resulted in the vehicles seen in plituse. Photo shows mombora of the Stroud Home Guard at exercise with their armoured vehicles. (Copyright, Fox).
lor for Chinese Affairs to the French Embassy. Havas.
HILLSIDE
STOCK EXCHANGE MYSTERY
STEADY
The body of an unidentified The London. Stock Exchange | Chinese, believed to be that of a yesterday was generally steady "boy" employed in the Bowen witir selected Kafirs responding Road Military Hospital, was found to moderate buying. Japanese on "a hillside in Lo Wat Village, bonds were sharply lower while Taun Wan District, New Terri- British Governments were inclin-tories, by villagers at eight o'clock ed to improve after early dull- Inst night.-
1
tless. Industrials • maintained There was a small cut on the their level. Wall Street was firm. throat but no, sharp instrument
-Reuter.
DOCK THIEF
was located anywhere near the body, at the side of which was; a length of rope stretched out, and a rattan basket .containing some clothing and a bottle of Chinèse wine.
Charged with stealing a gold watch, valued at $240, from the cabin of Captain Belgan”ut. Kow- loon Docks on Monday, Chan JUST ACCIDENT ? Wal-sin, 28, was sentenced to three months' hard labour and or- Lord Luke stufed: in a speech dered to be expelled by Mr. E. in Londou : yesterday::that Himsworth' -nt Kowloon""""this fewer than twenty London hos- morning.
MR. CHURCHILL
HAS AUDIENCE
no
pitals, including some of the. biggest, had been damaged by Nazi bombing raids.-British Wireless..
The air raid warning was in operation when the King arrived The Prime Minister had: anat tho Colonial Office yesterday nudience of the King at Bucking- but the all clear was crounded British | during the visit avhich lasted many-
ly an hour, British Wireless.
ham Edlaco yesterday,
Wireless.