THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 7, 1940. MUTT AND JEFF
YEH, HE SWALLOWED IT!
ANOTHER GOLFER HIT
BALL RIGHT DOWN.
MUTT'S THROAT!
OH, THE POOR DEAR! I SUPPOSE THE DOCTORS ARE GOING TO
OPERATE!
YEH, I THINK
So!
WHO IS THAT NERVOUS, FELLOW WALKING UP AND
DOWN THE HALL? IS
HE A RELATIVE?
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By BUD FISHER
THAT'S THE GOLFER
?
WAITING FOR HIS
BALL SO HE CAN
NO!
FINISH HIS
GAME!
OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES
BROTHERS TOOK WEDDING SAVINGS
If you're interested in the drama of human re- lationship these stories will intrigue you.
Brigid McCartan, a charming brunette of 19,
went into the witness box at a children's court in Belfast, said her two brothers, aged 13 and 15, stole £61 of her sweetheart's marriage savings of £102.
She told the magistrate that the | 200 German and Austrian women engagement had not been broken who were given leave to visit their husbands in different parts of the Isle of Man.
off.
Charged with the brothers were two other boys, and the case was
adjourned for a week to enable the second two boys to repay £5.
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Scene: Cenotaph in St. Peter's Square, Manchester. A few women reverently place upon it a large' wreath made in the form of R.A.F wings.
It was a tribute to Aircraftman Benjamin Gill, aged, 25, of Hyde Street, Hulme,
..
The
The reunion took place in the gardens and ballroom of Derby Castle,
THIS DAD MUST DELAY CELEBRATION
U.S. HEAR LONDON AIR-RAID
To tall, lean, dynamic Mr. Ed Murrow—London commentator of Colum-
bia Broadcasting System -came an opportunity such as commentators. dream about.
It was 11.25 at night, and he was standing on the steps of Trafalgar Square, waiting to make States about London after dark. a routine broadcast to the United
As he waited the sirens went. Simultaneously, his engineer whispered: "They're ready for you." So Murrow upped his microphone to the skies and gave the States their first taste of Lon-- don in an air raid.
He did more. He let them hear
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His 'plane brought down bý Berlín a Manchester, a anti-aircraft fire near wireless operator, who had been few nights ago, a Doncaster R.A.F. the footsteps of people walking in the R.A.F. for two years, and man, Sergeant-Observer John into the shelter at St. Martin-in- had lost his life on active service. Schofield, aged 23, of Prince's the-Fields, he eavesdropped on a
neighbours, Road, Doncaster, will be a pri-conversation women were
between man and who had known Gill since he was soner of war in Germany when wife ("Do you think we should a schoolboy in the district, and his child is born in the near take cover, dear?"), he
word- after making a collection and future,
painted the searchlights, he pick- ed up sounds of buses and taxis buying the wreath they hired a taxi and called for the airman's
running as usual.
4 SHOWS mother to take her with them to
Murrow says (with personal
DAILY the Cenotaph.
relief tempered with professional
2.30-5.18 he picked disappointment) that
7.15-0.30 "But," he up no bomb crashes. adds, "they tell me at the New York end that those sirens, and the hurrying feet, were among the most exciting and vivid things they had ever heard."
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A "special" was run from the women aliens camp in the south of the Isle of Man to Douglas with
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"He will have to wait until after the war now to see the baby," Schofield. "When I said Mrs. heard my husband was missing I pictured him coming down in the North Sea. It was a great relief to hear he was safe, even though a prisoner.
OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD
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Said 1, "Are you broadcasting. any more raids to the States?"
Said he, "No-it's forbidden-- unless you happen to hit one by accident."
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A COMPRESSED AIR-GUN WHICH THE INVENTORS SAY WILL SHOOT 10,000 TIMES A MINUTE AND PO88IBLY FAS- TER HAS BEEN DEMONS- TRATED AT LOS ANGELES WITH HALF-INCH BALL- BEARINGS AS BULLETS.
At 10,000 feet the missiles pier- ced aeroplane, armour-plate and cut a three-inch oak plank in two.
The gun emitted only a gentle hissing noise. The steel balls shot out so quickly that they struck brilliant sparks from each other at the targets.
The gun muzzle was cooler after the firing than before. In- strument dials Indicated that the air pressure was 150 pounds square inch. The inventors said 2.000 pounds pressure would be feasible.
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Anyone who can spray plants with a hose could knock down a diving 'plane with this gun, said W. B. Hale, one of the inventors.
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