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CLEANING UP AIR CLOTHING RAID RAVAGES DIVERTED
STEEL-HELMETED soldiers in khaki battle dress, their rifles and other military equipment tem- porarily laid aside, are helping in the Battle of London,
They consist of 5,000 men of the Pioneer Corps, whose main job in the Army is road building and civilian work, but now they are in London with picks and shovels helping clear up the ravages of German bombers.
A Reuter staff correspondent, who watched them working yes- terday got an idea of the celerity with which these
men
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soldiers and men unft for com- batant service are ridding Lon- don of its scars.
in a stacked
Onc company of 200 single day this week 44,000 bricks ready for removal; loaded 320 tons of debris into lorries; prepared 15 lorry loads
TO S'HAI
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
A LARGE AMOUNT OF CLOTHING COLLECTED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR WAR REFUGEES IN EUROPE AND WHICH HAS BEEN UN- ABLE TO FIND A WAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, WILL AR- RIVE IN SHANGHAI NEXT MONTH AND WILL BE IM- DISTRIBUTED AMONG EUROPEAN JEWISH REFUGEES, THE AMERICAN FRIENDS
IN COMMITTEE PHILADELPHIA HAS IN- FORMED THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE SOCIETY, ACCORDING TO THE "CHINA PRESS."
DAYLIGHT RAID ON MEDIATELY
NAZI FACTORY
As each bomb hit the target a
During daylight raid carried out by R.A.F. aircraft on Wednes- day morning heavy bombs, were
The large consignment of clo- dropped on a factory at Salzber-thes could not pass the blockade gen in north-west Germany. and other war restrictions.
American After consulting the
the. Salva- stop their green flame shot up turning to advisory committee,
Re- red and when the aircraft came tion Army and the Jewish
Committee, the local branch of the American Society stressed the pressing need among Chinese and Jewish refugees Shanghai.
of wood, furniture, Iron and so forth for removal. Air raids do not work. Apart from
the rapid
clearance of debris their useful-away the factory was seen to befugee
ablaze.
ness consists in sorting and stor- ing large masses of material much of which is put to new use.
Reuter.
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Another British aircraft operat- ing off the port of Den Helder in northern Holland spotted and bombed a convoy of eight or The unexpected godsend comes ning large motor vessels each as answer fo the crying need averaging scire 4,000 tons.-Bri- of Shanghai indigent thousands. tish Wireless.
Havas:
A thirteen-year-old street ur-involved in the incident, and it is chin was accidentally shot in the alleged that he fired at a group of hand in Wanchai yesterday after- fleeing men, the lad being hit by noon, and is now in the Queen a richochet, Mary Hospital.
The incident occurred on the A European police sergeant was waterfront.
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The Minister of Labour has replied to M. Dimitra- Itos, Greek Under-Secre- tary for Labour and Se- cretary-General of the National Confederation} of Labour, who broadcast on October 31 an eloquent appeal to the workers of the world enemy, neu- tial-and Allied.
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