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„THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 6, 1941.
MOSCOW AIR RAID DEFENCE HIGHLY DISCIPLINED
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent
In Moscow)
MOSCOW HAS NOT yet experienced anything like London's gigantic fire raids, but it would already appear that the fire- fighting organisation is more disciplined and more complete than London's.
I talked to-day (Tuesday) with several women who received medals and other dis- tinctions for gallant fire-fighting and the organisation thereof, and also with the assist- ant chief of Moscow's fire-fighting body, M. Pavlov, who is the recipient of the Order of the Red Banner.
Fighter Pilot's Requiem
M.
Pavlov particularly dwelt upon the controversy as to whether incendiary bombs could be easily extinguished with water, contend- ing that Moscow's experience had shown that if a bomb was tackled with water immediately after its] fall. the danger of injury negligible.
was
All the women dwelt on the enthusiasm with which the youth | of Moscow participated in the fire-fighting and on the sense of, social duty shown by the popula- tion of Moscow.
GRANT TO
MALTA
RELIEF FUND
The Government has decided to make a grant of £1,000 to the Malta Relief Fund for the assistance of victims of air raids, as a gift from the Colony.
Approval has already been inform- ally given by the Finance Committee, and the formal vote will be sought to-mor-
row.
Teutonic
Club Raided
ISPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL",
A half ton of documents One pretty young working-class woman told how they learned from was seized in a police raid The following verses were London's example that it was i written by an R.A.F. officer
the Teutonic Club at necessary to organise defence and on an operational station of Fighter how even before the war they had headquarters in Buenos Command in memory of a col-
constituted fire-fighting teams for league killed in the Defence of each committee.
Aires. The members 16 to 65.
Britain.
Here, in this quiet field beside
the streain,
Pale and remote from war, your
body lies,
The u
Aus strife is now a fad- ing dream, The anguish swift-gone as the
wind's shrill cries.
No nightlong vigil proved your
chivalry,
No haughty crest your helmet
did adorn.
On steel-wing'd charger with
out livery,
You strode he sky and put the
wind to scorn,
were aged from
Youthful Enthusiasm
Old people did marvellously and the enthusiasm of the youngsters could not be realised by those who had not seen it.
three
15
It was the Afth raid in days and was led by the Argen- tine Dies Committee" which Investigating Nazi activities.
Meanwhile Bolivia has charged that the La Paz revolutionary plot was "undoubtedly organised" in Rio de Janeiro. -International News Service,
BROUGHT LETTERS
INTO COLONY
She to d of one named Formush- kin, who, while extinguishing in-. cendiary bombs, was flung some distance. clinging to a waterpine by the blast of a high-explosive 'bomb which fell in the sam" street. He picked himself up and continued to put out incendiaries. Charged with. a breach of the and also dived into the wreckage Defence Regulations by bringing of a house to rescue an old man. two letters into the Colony other
She added that it'was a job, than by post from Shanghai trying to get people to go to shel-board a British vessel yesterday, Shen Yui-tseng, 27, was fined A young woman_factory hand $10 or 14 daze by Mr. D. J. N. from the old part of Moscow which Anderson at Kowloon this morn- largely consists of small
wooden ing, houses, said that each house had With falcon stoop and cannon, its team of fire-fighters.
crying loud,
Never again the earth in small
to spy, Between the edges of a sund-
ring cloud
No more against the carrion
bird to fly,
Never again to see your father's|
farm;
ter.
Emergency Water
Particular attention has been The treasur'd acres, the squat paid to emergency water supplies,
house, the womb
Of an old race; never on Exmoor
warm
In sunlight hear hound music
'cross the combe.
your eye,
and numerous reservoirs have been dug by voluntary labour sufficient to provide for two hours
continuous stream of water.
a
on
On the ship's arrival, yester. day, a police party went on board and searched passengers. Two letters dealing with private affair were found.. in accused's possession.
CHINESE SOLDIER. FOUND HANGING.
the
Every team is provided with A Chinese soldier, Leung. Ting- fire equipment including pumps, cheong, was found dead in Never to be old, never to lift asbestos-lined gloves and caps, kitchen at Argyle Street Intern- while tin hats are becoming mortment Camp. at 6.30 am. this. Nostalgic, seeking in the skies general. The watching of pre- morning. The soldier ended his
you knew
mises goes on through 24 hours life by hanging. With ageing mind to catch the with two-hour shifts, but as soon
memory
Of days when England owed so
much to you,
You were` a son of Alfred and
his: men.
Who stayed the pagan onslaught |
at Wedmore,
Crusaders: sired you;. Drake's!
blood nerved you when You turn'd a new Armada from
・our share,
i
England rejoice! Rejoice
knoty your land,
cas.men who enunt bel ・your libérty”
The tawdry goldlust and the Ang craven bandw
Who'd freedom pain for slaves'
securityM
Seamen, they) saj), rest happy on
the bed be
Of ocean, on whose breast they.
had their toll.
You, who the sky commanded,
we instead tr
Commit with pride to the proud
English" soil.
*
ns a warning goes, everybody goes the fire-fighting over a consider- to the roof and each member of able area and since the start sach term is responsible for a giv of the blitz they have extinguish- ration of the premises. 66 incendiary bombs without a
Firefighters from neighbour-single outbreak of fire... ing houses are responsible for On one occasion, it is stated, unattended: premises like an Eixty IncendЛary bombs dropped evacupied Rehnqi-bulidinge di simultaneously on one roof and One elderly housewife, whose were cut out immediately by ten husband is at the front, organised fire-fighters-Reuter.
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