THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1941.
MUTT AND JEFFAIR
MISTER, I'M IN AN. AWFUL EMBARRASSING POSITION: - I DON'T USUALLY DO THIS
BUT I'M A LITTLE
PUP AGAINST IT!
CAN YOU SPÁRE A PENNY? HAVEN'T EATEN ANYTHING FOR THREE DAYS!
A CENT? WHAT CAN YOU
EAT FOR A CENT?
ゲート
Ubrary, Supreme Court
OH, I WOULDN'T THINK OF ASKING YOU FOR MONEY
TO EAT, SIR
CORB
I JUST WANNA
?
WEIGH MYSELF!
TO
O SEE
HOW
MUCH I LOST!
Page
Bv BUD FISHER
KIN YA BEAT
THAT ?--- THE CHEAP SKATE ONLY
GIMME WHAT I ASKED FOR!
ONE CENT:
"INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH" KILLED
Mr. S. J. Warmington, the actor known to mil- lions of listeners as "In- spector Hornleigh," the B.B.C. radio detective, was killed in a night raid on London.
He Was in bed when in-
cendiaries began to fall. He got up to help The Bre-watchers and|
AR.P. workers, and was dealing bomb fell and killed him and
with fires when a high explosive
several others. He was 56.
Councillor L. E. Smith, Mayor
of Westminster, and Councilor
K. G. R. Henley, Mayor of Ber
mondsey, were killed in air at closed. The Mayor of Weat
tacks on London, it was dis.
SOUTH AFRICAN SUPPLIES FOR
THE MIDDLE EAST
THE RISING TIDE of South Africa's war supplies output, including vitally important repairs and replacements of parts of the Middle East mechanised armies, was outlined by the Union's Director-General of War Sup- plies, Dr. H. J. van der Bijl.
In a statement in Johannesburg yesterday he disclosed that expenditure exceeded at the end of March this year £43,250,000 which is almost as high as the Union's total 1939 pre-war Budget.
minster was killed while visit. ing a shelter which received a direct hit, and Councillor Henley was killed by a bomb while helping the fire-fighting service. General Sosnkowski, Vice-Pre- mier of Poland, was injured in the back. neck, and hands in the raid.
was Marshaling
for the
The South African war supply Union has effort. having fulfilled the criti-
already sent by air cally urgent task of equipping the spares
many Lons
of urgently needed for tanks. Springbok Army
aircraft, and African campaigns, is now maksult of which much-needed fight- East gums in the Middle East as a re-
The General, who Pilsudski's right-hand
important contributions to ing equipment quickly returned man, was the common Empire pool.
†to service. the only General to win victory in the Polish campaign, defeating
Not only did South Africa's several German divisions near war supply output in July reach Lwow.
the highest levels ever but the
OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD
by
the
Mass: Production
"This big repair shop develop- ment has been undertaken the clastic adjustment of existing armament programme without impairment to the plan- ned output of major items," de- clared Dr. van der Bijl. who mentioned that the total delivery of South Africa's armoured and fighting vehicles now runs well
into four figures and that these vehicles have been most success- fully employed already in three campaigns.
The mass production of aerial bombs in and other
progress
the past six months s being delivered to the Middle East thus saving valuable ship- ping space and time for Bri- taln.
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4 Clamp
8 Chart
11 To muddy 12 Former tear 13 Southwest- stern- Indian . 14 Greek letter 15 However,
17. To consider
19 Residue 21′ Dervish's
cap
23 Compact
mass
24 Part of
hammer 20-Meadow
28 Fruit
31 To cry like
33 Fruit drink? -35; Night before" Sant'event.ge
38 Proposition
38 Surging
41 Article 42 Man's name
44 Likewise
45 Head organ
47 NGITÓW.
Plopening.
49 Firearm
#51 Military cap:
04 Worm
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38 Epoch....
59 Faith
62 Fucl
64 King of Boshan
65 Tropical
bird
WWE
66 New Zealand
bird
Bộ Bum
70 Girl's name :71 God of love
72, Holland, commune.
VERTICAL
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2 Sloth
3 Fold
4 Necessary to
life
5 Four
6 To weaken
7 Poetic:
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'Mix-up
9. Consumed
10 By
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suddenly
* YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
TWOMPI OF A CONSCIENTIOUS RAT ANSER ASI EM AHRT DA
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conjunction
18 To sleep
20 Border
22 Envious
25 Pen-point
27 Flurry 29 Indchiscent
fruit
30 Males
22 Humorist
34 Sheop 70-Atmosphere 37 Prefix
thred" 30 Ship's record, .40 Large ox....... :43 Character in. Vanity, Fair"?
46 Female- rutt 48. Edible
emollusk 50-Abyssinian,
title
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3 Shakespear
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19 Cry of sheep 00 Football
lineman'
01 Animal hair. 63 Pronoun: 67 Artifelal'
Janguage 69 1Lypothetical
force
Women were operating ma- chines in factories with the most excellent results.
The most notable increase was in small arms and ammunition output thanks to the rapid con- struction of new factories and the flow. of new machinery with the British Government's assistance.
Reuter.
SLENDER GIRLS WANTED
Small and slender girls are at a premium in the Iowa Social Wel- fare Board offices..
Chairman King R. Palmer wrote the Iowa Executive Council that congestion in the Board's Ale room had caused "inefficient procedure and delayed operations" and "wo are literally forced to use only the small and slender girls m this room.”
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