THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 11, 1941.
OUTWHEELERING WHEELER
Senator Taft Discovers "Deep Dark Plot"
Of Naval Air GERMAN AIR
Talk
Base In Ulster
“I HEARD WEEKS AGO ON RELIABLE AUTHORITY THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS CONSTRUCTING A NAVAL AIR BASE FOR BRITAIN IN NORTHERN IRELAND," SENATOR TAFT TOLD THE U.S. SENATE YESTERDAY.
Asama
Maru's
Mission
He added that since he made the first draft of his speech to the Senate yesterday SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" Mr. Wendell Willkie had, "after calling upon the President, announced his opinion that the United States should establish military bases in Northern Ireland and Scotland."
Senator Taft added: "The occu- pation of Ireland perhaps half
troops for service
would relieve million British elsewhere and
would be
protret
would put half a million Ameri- can boys into the British Isles.
"A base in Ireland much more effective to shipping than a base in Iceland.
has that argument
"Every been used for the occupation of Iceland applies to Ireland, Eng- land and Portugal."
IN
SENATOR TAFT CONTEND- ED THAT THE LANDING OF UNITED STATES FORCES
AN ICELAND WAS
EQUIVALENT TO "EXACTLY AGGRESSIVE WAR" AND ONE
GOERING
AS GOOD AS BEATEN
as
"The Luftwaffe is ACT good as beaten," the pro- minent aviation journal "The Aeroplane" declared in London yesterday.
WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAD
CONGRESS
A total of 666 German women and children re- fugees
from Batavia docked in Shanghai in the Asama Maru yester- day.
Of this number 199 disembark-
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BRITAIN'S
"ACE" GOES TO BID FOR AIR
HIS "DEATH
The loss in action over the Channel of the German air ace, Captain Balphasar, of the Richtofen squad- ron, was announced in а German com- munique yesterday.
It said that Balpha- sar, who had been repeatedly decorated and had won 40 vic- tories in
SUPREMACY
The British Common- wealth air training-plan, which is six months ahead of schedule with 85 per cent, of its units going full blast, has uncorked the bottle in the struggle for air supremacy by supplying an ever increasing flow of intre- pid young air crews.
So declared Mr. Power, Cana- De- for National dian Minister air battles,
fence and Air, in a war commen- was killed in battle
tary broadcast from London last with British airmen night. over the Channel.———— Reuter.
ed in Shanghai, the rest are pro- | 1000000000000000000| ceeding to Japan.
The Asuma Muru's schedule! was altered last month to enable! her to proceed direct from Man- ila to Batavia to pick up the re- fugees.
"Hell Hitler"
the refugees shouted as the liner approached the wharf where a big' gathering of the local Nazi Party was
on hand to greet the arrivals.
All appeared healthy despite their year long detention in var. ious internment camps in Bata. via, Those staying in Shanghai are to WITH-
German in the NO RIGHT TO TAKE
be quartered THE OUT
AUTHORITY OF
School for the time being.
Wonich told newsmen the The publication said that evid-
was foodt Neld
inadequate "If the President can
ence of the unwillingness of Ger-camps'
belled appearance troops to leeland on this ground
man airmen to engage the British though their when he can send them to Scotland
finding themselves out-the words.
Husbands and male relatives England: he
numbered had been given by a can send thein
wing
following ? Pogfugal.
were detained in other camps and | German claim that on a recen are still in Batavia.--International
daylight raid 25 British bombers News Service. were escorted by 200 fighters.
Commenting on these raids "The Aeroplane" says they are already a matter of deep anxiety to Ger- many and are rapidly assuming the quality of a menace.
to
These countries are not farther away than Iceland."
commander
Combat Rumours Meanwhile the Senate Naval Affairs Committee voted to sum- mon Col. Frank Knox, Navy Secre- Chief Admiral Stark,
THEY AIM AT THE CREA- tary, and of Naval Operations, to testify to- TION OF A TECHNIQUE OF
ΤΟ United ENSURING that the
THE R.A.F. day on reports
AIR SUPREMACY ON States Navy has engaged in actual | LOCAL combat with German vessels.- ANY SPECIAL OCCASION.
Reuter.
FOR NURSING MOTHERS
The scientifically balanced
"If by this method bombers can be protected while carrying out their attack, similar immun- ty might be secured for other forms of destructive military un- dertakings.
STABBED AT CLUB FIGHT
CHINESE SHOT DEAD IN SHANGHAI
"In May last year we started with 168 pupils," said Mr. Power. W "To-day, in "pupils and graduates, we have one hundred fold that
number and many more: more in
numbers than a division of in- fantry.
"A division such as has never been known before, young men coming from the United King- dom, Newfoundland, -the Straits (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]
British residents Bettlements,
Australia, America. of South Terrorism claimed its custom- victim in
New Zealand and Shanghai
many hun- daily ury
Chinese an unidentified
dred speaking with the accents when
of California, Virginia, Pennsyl- was killed by two gunmen.
vania and New York. The assassins fred a fusillade
"And no ordinary young men, of 12 shots, one striking victim's head causing instant either, but the cream of the youth International News of the liberty-loving countries of
the world."-Reuter.
death. Service.
the
ITALIAN AIR BASE AT SYRACUSE ATTACKED
R.A.F. AIRCRAFT attacked Italian float ‘planes, probably Cant Z 506 craft, on the Harry Distleman, an ex-
water at Syracuse on Wednesday, according bookmaker. known as Scarface Hubby, stagger- to yesterday's R.A.F. Middle East communi- dosed into Wardour Street, que.
"Some military and naval ob- jectives are harder to
troy by bombs than shells, tor-W.1, with a knife in his Three float 'planes were burnt out and back, shouting "I'm stab-several others badly damaged, numerous
pedoca or a well-placed ex- plosive charge.
"The R.A.F. seems to be laying
a set of excellent foundations."— Reuter.
DENMARK SHORT
food-tonic that helps mother OF EGGS
and child. Supplies valuable Calcium and VITAMIN D and other food essentials.
Ocomalt
NEW STOCK
ARRIVED
SINCERE'S
bed!" and fell dead.
which ho was .a member,
There had been a fight at a casualties being caused among the crews. billiards and bridge club of The communique makes no mention of any Another man, Eddie Fletcher, attack on Naples, referred to in yesterday's
Italian communique.
was wounded so sovorely that he may lose an arm, Police detained a man, but made no charge against him.
Billiard balls were thrown, and me fought with cues during the fight at the club.
A friend of Distleman said, "An attempt was made to break up the club. Harry tried to stop it, and he was stabbed in the back. as he went down the staircase."
In Syria, RAF. aircraft attack-1 ed Vichy aircraft on the ground.
two and at Aleppo, destroying damaging about 10 others. Australian aircraft and damaged armoured cars.near Beirut and in the Damour area,
RIDDLE
attacked OF 19
R.A.F. bombere blew up SISTERS"
ammunition stocka at Beirut and .bombed, the rallway station at Rayak.
Martuba and
The Financial Secre
The acute dearth of eggs in Denmark owing to the slaughtering of CONGRESS REJECTS
In Cyrenaica R.A.F. bombers tary to the War Office aerodromes at can't trace that famous poultry through lack of CURB ON EMPLOYERS attacked enemy
starting
list of Home Guard ap- chicken food, has raised
By 170 votes to 91, the House fresat both ph
Representatives yesterday
the one the question of using theor
During the night of July 8/9 pointments - turned down a proposal that: Pro- eggs of the hundreds of sident Roosevelt be empowered to heavy bombers carried out further,
Aires on the quays near the teen out of 319 officers 20 thousands of seagulls take over defence factories where attacks on Benghual, causing large showing that only nine-
the managements have refused to
Cathedral: Mole..
are plain "Misters." throughout Denmark: use federal conciliations and
Attacks were also made on Ornithologists compute that mediation services to settle labour
landing grounds at Derna, Mar- That was his reply, given in a answer to Mr. about 2,000,000 sengulls produce disputes. Reuter, --
Parliamentary: : tuba and Gazala...
Alfred Edwards (Lab., Middles- at least 800,000 clutches, each of A two or three eggs, in the early DR. KOO PRESENTS ARE
Malta Raid
brough E.). But, added the secro- tary: spring, with a second clutch in the. summer; hence, there is a possi-
Unidentified enemy aircraft "Those lists, which I have ex- bility of at least fom 3,500,000 to
during the amined show that less than 10 per 4,000,000 gulls' eggs a year, equi- His Majesty the King yesterday which raided Malta
Inter- cent. are peers, baronets, knights valent in weight and nourishment received in audience at Bucking-night of July 8/9 were to about 2,000,000 hens' eggs. ham Palace, Dr. Wellington Koo, cepted by British fighters and ono or brigadier-generals."
(The list referred to by Mr Gulls eggs have been hitherts the new Chinese Ambassador to raider shot down into the, sea.
One British aircraft is. missing Edwards was given in a War issuedón a great delicacy, and it is now the Court of St. James, who pre- proposed to organise a systematic sented his Letters of Credence as a result of the foregoing opera- Office Order Paper,
tions.-Reuter, | collection-throughout Denmark,
Reuter..
CREDENTIALS
April 14.)