THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 5, 1941.
Ubrary, Supreme Court
ITALIANS EMULATE NAZIS
BRITISH
................................................** BOMB HERO
AUSTRALIA TO BUILD WAR FACTORIES
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IS GAOLED
Two Fascist Destroyers Sunk By Their Own Crews Five Disposed VICTORY
Of In Last Few Days
TWO ITALIAN DESTROYERS have been scuttled by their crews off the coast of Saudi Arabia, in the Red Sea, and a third destroyer, left in a sinking condition on Thursday, has now sunk.
This latest and self-inflicted blow to the Italian navy is contained in an Admiralty communique yesterday quoting a report from the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.
The communique adds:
"This brings the total Ita NOSES OUT
lian destroyers sunk in the Red Sea in the last few days to five.
"The Leoni was sunk by naval aircraft on April 1. and the Safro and Danielle Manin were sunk by naval aircraft on April 3.
Prisoners Taken
"The destroyers scuttled were these has capsized and her tore- part is just showing above the
'the Pantera and Timre. One of
water.
"The other is lying on the
bottom, with her mast and part
of her formost funnel showing above water.
"A number of Italian prisoners of war from these two destroyers have been landed."
Earlier
FISH AND
NAZIS
GETS NAME
LAST WEEK'S BRITISH NAVAL VICTORY IN THE IONIAN SEA (EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN) WILL BE KNOWN AS THE BATTLE OF MATAPAN,
An - Admiralty communique issued yesterday antiqutices this decision, adding that it had been reached after consultation with Admiral Sir Andrew Curining- ham.
Cape Matapan is the southern- most point of the Greek mainland
and the nearest land to which the main part of last week's ac-
Reuter. tion was fought.
BLIND BUILD NAZI 'PLANES
BLIND WORKERS ARE NOW EMPLOYED IN THE JUNKERS AIRCRAFT FACTORY AT DES SAU,
Special kennels for the dogs who lead theni to work have been | constructed at the factory, states
a "New York Times" message from Germany.
A large number of factories för the manufacture of ex- plosives are to be built in New South Wales of a cost of several million sterling.ac- cording to the Aus- tralian Minister of Munitions yesterday. Explosives and fill- ing facfories will be located in areas milés apart. Reuter,
NEW INDO-BURMA
TRADE AGREEMENT
trade
These blind men make exact measurements to one-thousandth of a millimetre with the same
Under the Indo-Burma precision as their fellow workers agreement, which is, being with good eyesight.
forced on April 7, Indian goods The secret is an acoustic meas-will enjoy a 15 per cent prefer-
en-
When enemy aircrafturing that enables the worker to ence over non-Empire goods and tell the result of his measurement a 10 per cent preference over are approaching a certain by ear.
Empire goods. British patrol ship, the This apparatus, perfected after The agreement, which is for an several years' work, has enabled indefinite period, is subject to ter- men resting below deck the Junkers factory to employ mination after six months notice. usually know of it before many blinded war veterans. -Reuter. the look-out. Joey, the ship's tabby cat mascot, gives them the tip,
Snoozing in a spare bunk, she will suddenly leap to her feet, arch her back, then scoot up the London companion ladder to
the upper reports from
circles as deck. quoted authoritative
The men know what's to believing that the Italians still follow. had in the Red Sea three destroy- ers, two torpedo-boats and two or three submarines. which are still being sought by the British Navý,
Four U-Boats Destroyed|
Originally it is believed the Italians had! seven destroyers and two torpédo-boats in the Red Séa;
Of these, four destroyers had been sunk three in the past four days.
Of 22 Italian U-boats announc- ed as having been destroyed, four- were sunk in the Red Sea. - Reuter.
9, WANTS TO JOIN R.A.F.
They dive for their steel helmets, slip on their lifebelts, and, sure enough, as they make for the-lad- der the "action stations!" alarm
sounds.
FIRST FULL STORY OF BRITISH HARRAR SUCCESS
gun, (From Reuter's Special Correspondent With
The South African Forces In East Africa)
Meanwhile, Joey has taken a front-stali seat near a and there she will sit and calm- ly watch the "how" when the guns open fire on the enšiny. The mien attribute her extra-
ordinary intuition to a sixth sense plus an association of ideas in- spired by a liking for fish.
Expects A Feast
One day Joey's ship, following in the wake of a destroyer which had dropped depth charges, came across thousands of fish floating,
then a feed of fish.
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A man who made bogus
Collections on behalf of hospitals was stated to
have used the name, of
had one hospital which been saved from destruc- tion by his own gallantry in an air raid.
The man was Albert Charles Wilkinson, aged fwenty-eight, a hospital porter, of Northam Street, távo Southampton, married with children. He was sentenced to three months' hard labour at Southampton Police Court for obtaining, and attempting to oặ
by tain, charitable contributions fraud.
Wilkinson was one of the heroes of a recent air ralt attack on Southampton.
Picked Up Bomb
Showers of incendiary bombs fell on and round the hospital where Wilkinson was working, and the nurses' home was desi troyed.
Wilkinson played a hero's part in dealing with the fire bombs. To reach one bomb which lodged An on a flat roof, he climbed adjoining roof and Jumped across a gap of about eight feet. With his bare hands he scooped the burning bomb off the roof Into the roadway.
It was stated in court that Wil- kinson made use of his position at the hospital to collect money in the prefence that it was for hos- pitals.
He called at the house of a constable, and asked for. dub- scriptions, The officer, not satis- fied with his explanation, took him into custody.
In a written statement Wilkin- son said he thought he would get some money by going to various houses and say he was collecting for the hospital fund.
APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments are
gazetted:
Dr.. E. Newton to be Surgical
Specialist.
IT IS NOW POSSIBLE to tell for the first time the full story of the surrender of Harrar, second largest city in Abyssinia, on March 26. After artillery had battered the Italians out of an immensely strong position in the rocky Babille Pass, the British force came. Hawkins within sight of Harrar.
Italian
con- cars
វា
stunned or dead. Buckets were
an They were met by
· lowered, a good supply was scoop- ed up, and Joey had the feast of lorry flying a bedsheet on a long her life.
bamboo as a white flag, An Ita- That's how her association of lian emissary was taken to Bri- ideas started. Bang! Bangland, tish brigade headquarters.
sisting of a couple of Staff It happened: once. Why in the bush, shouldn't it happen again? Joey The Italian emissary read appears to argue,
statement declaring Harrar an Joey's full name is Josephine-open city, promising the peace- fulness of its citizens and, offering It was Joseph-until the ship's to surrender Harrar at 7 o'clock company found her purring over a the next morning. little of kittens under the bridge. Unfortunately, that morning the shin "hit it rough and shipped it green." Joey raced along the deck from the cook's galley but before she could reach her fami- ly a monster wave, breaking over the bows, had washed them over- board.
NINE-YEAR-OLD KENNETH OF THORNTON HEATH, SUR- REY, SAW A COUPON IN THE MORNING PAPER INVITING now. READERS TO WRITE. FOR THE FREE LEAFLET GIVING DE- | TAILS OF FLYING SERVICE IN THE R.A.F. HE WROTE:
"To the Air Minister. "Please could you train me to fly on a small Gloster Gladiator in about two weeks."
His mother told him not to post
the letter. But he did.
The Air Ministry replied that it would be difficult to train him to flý sg it would”: take more than | two weeks and they had no air- erate small enough for the job”.
So now Kenrieth is waiting im patiently until is old enough to Join the RAF In the meantime he is cutting more coupons from the newspapers and run
Ing, chmpaign; among
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INDIAN AIRCRAFT DE FACTORY MOVIE
a
MESSAGE FROM GEN. WAVELL
British Warning
in
In reply, the British general repeated a warning dropped pamphlets on Harrar to the effect that he would not regard Harrar as an open city if the enemy persisted in its resistance at the
gates:
the
The Italiana protested und avallingly but eventually Italian emissary returned to Harrar on top of a British" ar- moured car turret to aurrender the town.
Mr. G. White, to be Controller of Land Transport and Mr. B. A. to be Controller of Labour.
"WHAT I DISLIKE"
OUR KIDS
IN U.S.
BRITISH CHILD EVACUEES in the United
Kage over
States hate ice-cold milk, American-made tea heated houses and little girls who use cosmetics They like ice-creams, hot-dogs, shower baths and Skyscrapers.
STEADIER CLOSING ON
This is revealed in a symposium conducted among British children By the "New York Mazine."
LONDON STOCK MART Here are observations the ma
gazine
Bays were made
by
evacuees:
American children are a bit rough. The children in America don't seem to be shy at, all
As British armoured cars rush-:] ed down- thể pass - they passed five Italian field-guns being taken Frices' on the London Stock General Wavell has sent a mes- to Harraf-evidence of why the Exchange early in the session sage through the Commander-in- Italians desperately hoped, to were somewhat marked down, in Chief, India, acknowledging the stave off the capitulation of Har~| Aurañout bys ERG approaching Bud Punjab Assembly's resolution con-rar until the following day" for get and the Libyan news but gratulating the Middle East arm- | these were, guns which had held closed steadier above the lowest. les on their African successes.. up: the British advance" in the Gilt-edged, home rails and Indus- Air Marshal SIP John Higgins. He adds: “The terms of the mountainsy
trials recorded fairly widespread | but yesterday visited the new Indian resolution are deeply appreciated Up to Diredawa', the British small losses, Kémia “occasionally. aircraft: thetory at Bangalore,vj by all of us and will serve parti- force had achieved a fear - un-were lower and ofis irregular but so
· Sir John. is one of three Indian cularly as encouragement to the approached in milltary history among foreign: lasuses: Chinese; Government representatives on the Indian troops who played such a advancing at an average of 16|Japanese and Brazilian bonds bidad; of directora of the factory, gallant purts in the recent suc- miles a day for two months, improvedie VallisneyaMENT
Raufar
cesses.Reuter
Reuter
and active Router.
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1. was, autonished' to sedenia of thirtoon wadrina i powder, and I don't like le indol Ba American accents are the people are the Americans are not ableitd
much as we can.
hang.. Ameriönnu.
kay pal; hear
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