THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 30, 1940. MUTT AND JEFF
YOU CAN TRACE YOUR ANCESTORS BACK FÜRTHER JHAN ME? HOH! I'LL BET YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
I DO, WHO YOUR
TOO! ANCESTORS BUT WHY
WERE!
SHOULD I TELL YOU?
MY FAMILY CAN TRACE
ITS ANCESTRY BACK TO WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR! MY ANCESTORS WERE 7 MY. HIGH-CLASS PEOPLE!
ANCESTORS WERE THE. CREAM OF SOCIETY!
YOUR ANCESTORS!
LISTEN, MY ANCESTORS CAME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER!
SO WHAT? 'MY ANCESTORS.
WERE ONA BOAT, TOO!
I SUPPOSE YOU'RE `GONNA TELL ME YOUR ANCESTORS WERE IN; THE ARK WITH NOAH!
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By BUD FISHER
OH, NOAH
MY PEOPLE HAD.
A BOAT OF
THEIR OWN!
9-17.
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INCOME TAX WHY DUCHESS FIRE ON
FOR CHARITY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"!
WHITE
THE
RUSSIAN EMIGRE COMMUNITY IN SHANGHAI, NUMBERING OVER 25,000, WILL HAVE TO PAY A MONTHLY INCOME TAX TO THE LOCAL RUSSIAN EMI- GRANTS COMMITTEE FROM NOVEMBER 1.
The measure will be similar to the income tax formerly im- posed by the Chinese Govern- ment on those Shanghai residents who did not enjoy extrality rights.
It is understood the scheme is devo of any political attach- ments since its purpose is - to centralise all educational and chárity work. Bachelors will pay an additional fec.-Havas.
IS UNHAPPY
Unhappy in Nassau because the weather is so hot, the Duchess of Windsor hopes to come to New York soon "to cool off,” ac- cording to pn inter- view in the "New York Mirror."
An interviewer wrote that dozens of mosquito bites bulged through the Duchess's stockings and there were dark rings under her eyes..
"I've lost pounds," she said. "All my life I've disliked hot wea- ther, and coming to
ITALY TRUE Nassau is like taking
TO TYPE
AGENCY REPORTS FROM
а
permanent
ming cure."
ROME SHOW THAT THE ITAL- | 100000
JANS HAVE BEEN TRUE ΤΟ
slim-
SHIP NEAR QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
STANLEY
Naval patrol boats, police launches and fire floats were rushed to Stanley Bay last evening| to render assistance to the s.s. Tai Po Shek, on which a fire had broken out.
At about 6.15 p.m. after the vessel, which was flying the French flag, was on her way to Kwangchowwan, a naval patrol boat on duty in Stanley Bay in- tercepted. flashes from the ship informing them that a fire had broken out on board.
The naval craft wirelessed the Water polics and police launches and: firefloats were sent out.
The fire was extinguished with- in an hour and the ship continued her voyage.
The cause of the outbreak is not known and the damage sustained was said to be slight.
****... JAPANESE
RETREAT
TYPE IN THEIR TREATMENT his staff from listening to foreign
OF GREEK DIPLOMATS.
Electricity in the Greek Legation in Rome has been cut off so as to
broadcasts..
The Minister and staff are to
leave for home either to-day or IN M
prevent the Greek Minister and to-morrow. Reuter, . IN KWANGSI
OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD
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The Japanese withdrew from Nanning at 8 p.m. on Monday. They set fire to rows of houses to cover│: their retreat. The big fires burned far into the night.
Despite the Japanese announce- ment of voluntary abandonment of Nanning, their withdrawal was apparently carried out under pres- sure of the Chinese general offen- sive in south Kwangsi.
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HORIZONTAL
1 To Have con-
fidence in
6 Wanders
11 Virtuous
12. Anything
that exists
14 'Land
measure
15 Nobleman
17: Wings
18 To allowin
20 Prickly bush-
23 Greek letter
24, Grape, refuse,
26 To destroy
the force of
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3k Inhabitant
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30 Floor 2
covering
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243 Spanisht - Bill
Defabrics
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10 Frozen
#water.
40 Citrum fruit
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Mischiet
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53 Needy
35 Printer's measure
56 To acquiesce
59 Fastened
61 Weird,
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tity of yarn
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VERTICAL
1 Menace
2 Sun god
3.To employ
4 To pierce
5 Latin: earth'
6 Note, of scale
7 Preposition.
8 Luzon
savage.
9 5,280. feet 10 Large
marble,ar bronze. Agure,
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singer
19 Captures.
21 The, dill
22 Style of type 25 Secret vault 27 Flowering -
shrub
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mammal
34 Country in
Europe
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tambourine 37 To pardon 30 Sloping walk 40-Hind of rig. on sailing venscis 41. To alter 44 Recom- *mences
ascending turning on full power, 147. Otherwise?
10 Cranny, BZ.Poétic
entways 54 Fish eggs-
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30 Japanese
Incasurò
Strong Chinese columnis, had steadily closed in" on the city from several directions while other units recaptured Lungchow, Mingliang, Suilu, Szelo--and-
strategic points.-Central
News.
NAILS FOR COFFINS: A JOKE
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA_MAIL")
of
Irked by the impossibility of obtaining a sufficient amount nails, an undertaker in Kisennuma, Japan, advertised in a local paper requesting that "anyone Intending. to pass away, provide about half a pound of nails for their coffin." The undertaker explained that the shortage of nails compelled him to place this advertisement. The "Nichi Nichi" denies the alle- gations regarding the shortage of nails, and says the advertisement was only a joke. Havas.
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