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‚ back' with hien---- from the grave!
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AND KILLS. TO LIVE!
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BETTER PICTURES OF NOT SO VERY LONG AGO YOU'LL ENJOY SEEING AGAIN ! SPECIAL FOR TO-DAY
Hell Bent For Glory And Heaven Help Them ! They roared through the dawn with death on their wings and the laughter of youth on their lips. JUST ONE SPLIT SECOND FROM ETERNITY !
IF HE KNOWS FEAR He Hides
It In His Daring!
IF HE KNOWS LOVE He
Hides It In His Heart!
FLYNN
as the dauntless leader of
The DAWN PATROL"
starring
BASIL RATHBONE DAVID NİVEN (5) DONALD CRISF-Melville Cooper - Barry Fitzgerald Carl Esmond A WARNER BROS. PICTURE
a squadron of aces
Directed by EDMUND GOULDING, Screen Play by Saton 1. Millor and Dan Tetheroh From an Original Story by John Monks Saunders Music by Max Steiner
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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 19, 1940-
YOUNGER MEN TAKE HIGH COMMANDS IN AIR FORCE
PREPARING TO TAKE
CREATION OF A new Army Cooperation OFFENSIVE
Reports from London co-published in the American
Command of the R.A.F., announced on Sun- day, foreshadows energetic attention to two of the most pressing problems of aerial operation with the British Army,
First, close study will be given to aerial artillery observation problems and suitable aircraft for this;
Secondly, the extent to which British dive bombers can replace artillery in harassing the enemy infantry.
The new Command is essential and the new commander is the right man to probe these pro- blems. He went through Wool- wich and served with the Artil- lery, joining the old Royal Fly- ing Corps in 1914.
He went to France in January, 1940 to assume supreme command
SOLDIERS' CINEMAS
of A hundred donors
£100
press yesterday morning about the new R.A.F. ap- pointments interpreted them as evidence that Britain is preparing to take the offensive.
The appointment for special duty in the United States of Air Chief Marshal. Sir Hugh Dowding, who has been chief of the Fighter Command since July, 1938, hits attracted particular attention.
It is regarded by the "New York Times" as an attempt to achieve standardisation of American and British fighter.aircraft.
of the army cooperation squa-cach are wanted by the Welfare
It is no secret in Britain, says drons attached to the B.E.F. and Department of the Eastern Com- the paper's London correspondent, the R.A.F.'s advanced striking mana to provide the £200 that American 'planes lack adequ-· force and to evolve watertight week needed to meet the cost of
Reuter. ate armament. cooperation between the R.A.F. the mobile cinemas which are now. and the British and French giving performances to the troops armies.
at their battle-stations throughout the Command.
The reshuffie of other R.A.F. appointments 18 destined to rive younger men in their late forties their chance in high
commands.
New Fighter Chief The new chief of the Fighter Command, Air Marshal Sholto Douglas, who is 47, will carry on the vigorous defence of Britain established by his predecessor, Air Marshal Dowding, who held the command four years.
Air Marshal Douglas during the last war was one of our Anest fighter pilots and commanded two Agnter squadrons.
region well.
!
Air Marshal. Boyd's new ap pointment takes to the Middle East a man
who knows the
held He has
commands Mesapotamia and Aden and has been an able deputy to Air Chief. Marshal Sir Arthur. Longmore, who commands the R.A.F. Middle East Command. Reuter,
FIRE PUMPS DEFENCE
The Ministry of Home Security, referring to a statement issued by the National Federation" of Iron- mongers on the supply of stirruo hand pumps for fire fighting pur- poses, says that every pump which the Department has been able to obtain has been issued, to locali services or sold to local authorities. for official uses.
Answering allegations made by the Federation, the Department 'says an attempt has been mede t ; accumulate a stock in advance of the announcement of public sales through local authorities. Pumps required for this sales scheme, it is stated, have only begun to be manufactured.
Large Orders
It is true that the cost of stir- rup-pumps has increased sub- stantially in recent months, but that has been duo: to the war situation generally, and it is not
Governmer attributable to any policy in rolation to stirrup-pumpi. themselves.
The total number of jumps available, in fact, will be largely increased, as a result of Govern- ment retion, because, the Govern- ment, by means of large orders; induced a number of manufac- turers to produce pumps who would not otherwise have done so. The fact that the pumps are being produced to: Governmeril order has made it possible for an in- eransed mupply of raw Materials to he released.
The fact that a number of pumps of unsatisfactory, work- manishin' were finding their way on to the market was, in itself, a good reason foi controlling pro- duction by means of Government contracts.
up £100 each to see, us through for a year.
"The running cost of our cine-
"With leave scarce and concert mas-on-wheels works out at just
restricted the mobile said Lord parties. over £200 a week,"
a veritable Nathan, Director of Welfare to cinema has proved
the troops. With the Command, "so I want a hun-godsend to
value is dred people to come forward and winter approaching its join our 'donors' roll" by putting steadily increasing.
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'HENRY'.
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EDNA MAY GLIVER EDGE COLLINS JOHN CARRARINE DONNIS DOWNON. – JESSIE RALPH..."ARTHUR SHIELDS., ROBERT LOWERY... RODER IMHOF
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