THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 20, 1941.
Duke of Aosta Surrendering
Of
At Noon To-Day
Personally
Clean-Up At Other Sectors
Now
Beginning
THE DUKE OF AOSTA himself will sur- GERMANS
render at noon to-day with his staff officers,
it was announced in London yesterday in con- nection with the Viceroy of Abyssinia's hand-
USED U.S.
ing over of Amba Alagi to the British Im FIGHTERS
perial forces.
Units of the Sudan Defence Force have occupied an important sector in the Gondar area and in south Abyssinia have captured an important road junction. Eight hundred pri- were taken including colonels and staff officers.
soners
It is too early yet to say whe- ther The Duke of Austa's surren- der will lead to the end of the Abyssinian campaign, it was stat- ed in military circles in Cairo last night.
Pilots of a Spitfire squa- dron of Fighter Command were particularly inter- ested in the recent news that American aircraft
flown by British naval pilots, had brought down
It
a German raider. brought back memories of
"FEATHERED lights which they had last SPITFIRES"
It was pointed out that there are approximately two Italian divisions concentrated at Jinuna
Specially trained hom ng pigeons and the same numbe; at Gondar,
raus: are being used in mereasing num- und with the help of the these may hold out until the end bers by the Royal Air Force as
of the rams.
hands.
the
of
However, military eireles stated that in a few days they would be better able to gauge the effect of the capture of Anba Alagi, in which South Africans, Indians. Sudan Defence Force, Patriots and British troops participated.
Importance of the capture the important road juncture Dalle was stressed.
summer-with American- built aeroplanes as their opponents.
Saw feet
il
Among the bonty taken by the Germans when France capitulat- ed was a number of American 'planes. Some were Chance Vought 156 dive-bombers, others an emergency means of commut) - Curtiss Hawk fighters. Both types cation. Through the National) were used in small numbers by On
other hand, when Pigeon Service many hundreds of the Germans in their big raids on. they receive the news the birds have been bred for work shipping in the English Channel Duke of Aosta's surrender, they with Britain's bombers and
But their handling by their Nazi may decide to throw in their
connaissance. aircraft. Some of "owners" the them less than these birds have put up wonder-, justice. fully fast times with their mes Chance Voughts wêre first
ages, often flying against unfav-sighted one July morning by oucable weather conditions.
sergeant pilot. He was attacking As a rule the speed of a single an Me. 109 when he
three pigeon, or
two ying together, is aircraft about 2,000
below much lower than that recorded by him. They looked he said. like the winner of a mass liberated | Blackburn Roes, but they race, even under similar conditions | silver underneath and slightly of of weather But some R.A.F.tarker on top. They had black birds, flying singly from aircraft, crosses on the fuselage and wings. have put up near-championship That was enough for the sergeant. times. The fastest fight recorded He wheeled round and attacked so far in the present war by a them. He red one "feathered Spitfire" of the R.A.F. and saw pieces falling away from long burst was at a speed of 88.7 m.p.h.
Other birds have distinguished themselves more by endurance Such was the flight made recently by an R.A.F. fying in a gale, and to covering 173 miles at an average the bush owing to the terror speed of just over 20 m.p.h. of the Patriot forces, who now lurking there.
Escape Cut Off
of
Only reasonable chance for the two Italian divisions concentrat¦ ed in Jimma and the lake dis- tr.ct to escape has thereby been cut off, unless they take to the than speed. bush.
However, the italiano now pigeon, have a particular aversion
arc
Nevertheless this district is nearly the size of England and it may make some time to crush chemy res stance unless they fol- low the Viceroy's example and throw up the sponge.
Dealing with the German cally from Fort Capuzzo, m tary circles caid that the R.A.F.
gave them a taste of their own medicine with a large dose of dive bombing.
A German attempt with two columns to force Hell Fire Pass was unsuccessful and the Ger-1
U.S. AND
FRENCH COLONIES
THE US. SECRETARY OF STATE, MR. CORDELL HULL TOLD HIS PRESS CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY THAT NO CON- SULTATIONS WERE PRO-
WITH CEEDING
OTHER AMERICAN REPUBLICS RE-
one of them. He closed to
were
300
yards and the enemy plane fell "way in a spin. it was later con- Armed as destroyed.
In the afternoon a Flight Lieut- enant of the same squadron, afte dealing with an Me. 100, fred at another Chance Vought which he considers was probably destroyed.
About a month later a Curtiss Hawk was engaged over the Chan- nel by a pilot of another Spitfire squadron. The "American" fighte staggered away, the Nazi pilot ap- parently having lost con ́rol.
British fighter pilots are glad that American fighters ate NOW available to
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Somehow. +1 them down, but when they were went against the grain to shoot
on the "other side" it was a job which had to be done.
mans again recuperate their losses GARDING THE QUESTION OF TWO YEARS
in the now much trumpled Sollun; | OCCUPYING FRENCH POSSES-
aroa-Reuter.
"600TH" SOUVENIR
SIONS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Mr. Hull added that despite
'LENIENT'
the critical views in Washington | Maximum sentence of two regarding Vichy's "collaboration" years' imprisonment, passed on d with Germany, the United States 73s. a week Passport Office clerk was keeping in mind that Mar- who pleaded guilty to forging a tinique might need foodstuffs and passport, was described by Mr. other supplies. Reuter.
Justice Tucker at the Old Bailey 38 totally inadequate for offence.
the
A TRANSPARENT SIGNET RING MADE FROM THE WIND-
U.S. VOLUNTEER SCREEN OF A ME.109, IS NOW WORN BY THE SPITFIRE PILOT
The prisoner, George William AIRMEN STORY Goddard, fifty-six, WHO HELPED SHOOT DOWN A
of Baldwin- crescent, Camberwell, also plead- GERMAN FIGHTER, AND IN SO DOING BROUGHT HIS STAT-Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. passport and
Brigadier General Claggett, ed guilty to conspiring to forge a to having in his JON'S "BAG" TO 800.
The Me, 109 crashed near
Air Force in the Philippines, who possession a document so closely the is at present in Chungking, yes- representing an exit permit as to coast. The flight sergeant engag- terday denied any knowledge that be calculated to deceive. cd on maintenance, who is a skill-American volunteers were
tom- Israel Heisler, thirty-four, a ed handicraft worker cut a piece ing to China to join the air force. musician, who was similarly an inch square from the Messors-Reuter.
charged, was found not guilty and chmidt's, windscreen, which was
was discharged.
about half an inch thick. He bor- SHANGHAI TRAGEDY
ed a hole with a red hot poker,
then carved the hole to fit the
pilot's finger."
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A trolley-bus burst into flames
The case for the prosecution was that Heislor had been refused permission by the emigration authorities to leave the country.
The pilot, who was awarded in Shanghai yesterday and as After-receiving. £30, Goddard the D.S.O. soon after the shooting result four passengers died and stamped the passport for Heisler down of the Nazi, has, had the over 10 were admitted to hospital with an exit stamp which would motto "000th" carved on the in- with severe Burns. Our Own have enabled him to leave for side of the ring.
Correspondent.
Venezuela or Brazil.
An asbestos Incendiary bomb snuffer with a face guard and gloves of the same substance, takes the place of the sand- bag at the bare of a lamp post in a London Efreet. The anul - fer is just dropped on the bomb while the facc guard and gloves protect the fire watcher. (Copyright, Fox).
INDIAN AIR FORCE
MECHANICS
STRIKE ENDED
As a result of a tentative agrec- ment on wages and hours between Thirteen hundred mechanics of coalowners and anthracite miners, the total of 2,000 required by the the miners have been granted a Government of India for the, wage increase and the strike has Indian Air Force will be in train-ended, says Reuter from New ing by the end of May. Reuter, York.
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