American
To Britain
LOST
GROUND GAINED
BY THE ENEMY
These girls employed in a big electrical works manufacturing vital parts for bombers, work through all alarms wearing fibre helmets which have been issued to them, until the spotter gives the 'take-cover' signal, when they go to shelters which have been provided within a second'a reach of the work benches. Photo shows the girls at work besir'e the brick and concrete inter- nal shelters. (Copyright, Fox).
Marion
Held By
Japanese
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
LEARN -
IT WAS RELIABLY
THAT THE PANAMA VESSEL "MARION," WHICH DISAP. PEARED SOME WEEKS AGO WHILE ON ITS WAY FROM SHANGHAI TO HONG KONG, HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE NAVY.
"That is more harmful than the Here I have seen the two fam-equivocation and obedience in
Curtiss-Wright
Vichy which keeps the single-en- ginod fighters -Tomahawk P40 Mediterranean forces away from: ED IN SHANGHAI LAST NIGHT and Mohawk 1-shed of their any action in the full battle of
the Mediterranean, wrappings and assembled. Many have been sent to squa- drons. Equipped as multi-gun air- craft with plenty of kick, the fast- er of
the two-Toinahawk--has been credited in America with speed of over four-hundred miles per hour.
This is probably on the high side but in the first mock combat between American and British fighter planes which I witnessed. the Tomahawk was faster on the level than its rival,
a Hawker
Hurricane Mark 1, which was the chief killer of Guering's Heinkels and Junkers in 1940.
It also climbed more rapidly.
I have also inspected, out in the open. two first-rate American types of shore-based naval craft.
To Protect Shores
They were the Grumman Mart- let and the Brewster Buffalo. Pos- sessing a high rate of climb and good ceiling they, with others I have mentioned, will play a big part in the protection of Britain's shores this year.
are
"That is why the Free French are at present redoubling their efforts in order to make up a3 far as
possible
de. for the ficiency on the part of France to help bring about the victory.
"At this
very moment, our troops supported by our air force, victoriously engaged in the battle in the area of Koutra Oasis in Italian Libya, 600 miles from they had set out." the frontier of Chad from where
Reuter.
CHUNGKING SECRET PLANS REPORTS
The ship is now at Swatow and may be taken to Formosa in the near future
Another Panama ship of which nothing has been heard following departure from Shanghai is the 5.S.
Anchow. Our Own
its
Correspondent.
CHINA CLIPPER DELAYED
The "China Clipper" which was
arrive scheduled to
in Hong Kong yesterday, has been wait- ing in Los Angeles for termina- tion of unfavourable weather con- ditions existing between IMMINENT | Angeles and Honolulu. MOVE IN HER The Clipper flew from
PLANS FOR AN
Los
San
Another aircraft on view was JAPANESE the Douglas-Boston, bomber which an R.A.F, officer
aahter SOUTHWARD EXPANSION Francisco to Los Angeles five days
PROGRAMME ARE who has flown it describes as
as it was anticipated
Bristol Blenheim 4.
NOW IN ago
that
1rt than
"more manoeuvrable and light- THE POSSESSION OF THE Dying conditions would be more er on the control, faster and CHINESE GOVERNMENT, AC- favourable from that better on the climb" than the CORDING TO A REPORT GIVEN from the Clipper's usual starting
PROMINENCE IN THE CHINESE place in San Francisco. It resembles a British 'plane ex-NEWSPAPERS IN CHUNGKING from Los Angeles yesterday but The "China Clipper" departed cept that it has a tricycle under- YESTERDAY. --
was forced to return to Los carriage the first R.A.F. 'plane The plans are said to have been Angeles after
being in the air to be so fitted.
revealed as a result of a careful sixteen hours. It is now sched- This was the only strictly offen- study by the Chinese High Com-uled to arrive in Hong Kong on' sive American 'plane at this unit, mand of papers and documents Wednesday, February 19. but the types inspected are but a recovered from the wreckage of
The "California Clipper" is few from a range of over thirty the Japanese, aeroplane shot down scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong | United States types available to Britain which will prove of great on February 5, when Admiral a few days following the "China value in strengthening the RAF. Osumi, member of the Japanese front line at a critical stage of the Supreme War Counelt, was killed war.-Reuter.
in the crash with eight others.
Admirat Osumi at the time was proceeding to Hainan Island to assume the post of Commander-
feet in the South Seas.
Clipper.
ADMIRAL" NOMURA
INWASHINGTON
The now Japanese Ambassador, Admiral Nomura arrived
In
Reliefs for London Staffs in-Chief of the combined Japanese Hundreds of members of Ministry of Labour staffs in "quiet areas" have volunteered to go to London Chinese military authorities re- Washington yesterday and to relieve their colleagues there, fuse to divulge details of the docu- met by officials of the State De- and plans are being made for ments which have been brought, partment, the Japanese Embassy clerks from these areas to spend to Chungking for examination by and local Japanese residents. - one or two months in London. experts. Reuter.
Reuter,
WEATHER REPORT
over
JAPANESE DESERT
at
The Royal Observatory reports Twenty Japanese soldier's that pressure has increased very | Chungstang on the east bank of considerably
Manchuria the Han River in Hupeh deserted which is now covered by a strong on February 7. four were shot anticyclone, Shallow depressions and killed by other Japanese sol- are situated over Indo-China, the diers who gave chose. Ten sur- Loochoos and to the North-East rendered to the Chinese while the of Hokkaido.
rest are missing. - Central News.
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