HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
GERMAN
FLEET
ATTACKED
CABLE
BY R.A.F.
MINISTERS.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1939 -PAGE 9
HEAVY DAMAGE BY MANY DIRECT HITS NOT IN WAR
British Planes Encounter
Anti Aircraft Fire Anti-Aircraft
NAVAL ACTIVITY CONTINUED
THE ROYAL AIR LONDON, SEPT. 3 (REUTER) FORCE BOMBED THE GERMAN FLEET YESTERDAY, THE PLANES ROARED OVER THE FLEET AS IT LAY AT ANCHOR IN THE ROADS OF WILHELMSHAVEN HAR- BOUR AND IT IS REPORTED THAT THEY SCORED HITS ON A NUMBER OF WARSHIPS.
THE ENTRANCE TO THE KIEL CANAL WAS ALSO BOMBED.
LONDON, Sept. 5 (Reuter)-A commiunique issued by the Ministry of Information states that a successful attack-- was carried out yesterday afternoon by units of the Royal Air Force on vessels of the German Fleet at Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel, at the entrance to Kiel. Harbour.
Several direct hits with heavy bombs were registered on a German battleship in Strhilling Roads, off Wilhelms- haven, which resulted in severe damage.
At Brunsbuttel an attack was carried out on a battle- ship lying alongside the Mole, causing heavy damage.
During the operations,
which were carried out in
very unfavourable
conditions,
weather
British aircraft encountered air attack and anti-aircraft fire, resulting in some casualties.
LEAFLETS DROPPED ..
of Information The Ministry also announced that on the night of Sept. 3. aircraft of the Royal Air Force carried out extensive recon- naissance over northern and wes- tern Germany, but that they were not engaged by enemy aircraft.
More than six million copies of a note to the German people were dropped over a wide area..
A radio message from 'Berlin ad-
mitted that R.A.F. planes succeed
ed in dropping leaflets over Ger- many on the night of Sept. 3.
OFFICIAL WAR COMMUNIQUE
LONDON, Sept. 5 (Reu- ter)-An official war com- munique issued In Parts says that contacts have been progressively made on the front.
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The Navy has taken up positions and aerial forces are "proceeding with the necessary reconnaisance,"
Gen. Nobuyuki Abe, the new Prime Minister of Japan.
NEW RADIO STATION IN.
YUNNAN
CHUNGKING, Sept. 5 (Central -A new broadcasting station has been built in Yuxinan to replace the Central Broadcasting Station in Chungking which was damaged during Japanese air raids on the wartime capital on August 26 and September 3...
This station uses the call signal XGZ when operating on 250 metres and the call signal XGX when operating on 16,85 metres
$3,000 TO FAMILY 25.21 metres.
OF MURDERED S'HAI EDITOR NAVAL ACTIVITY
CHUNGKING, Sept. .5 (Central) LONDON, Sept. 5 (Reuter)-The-Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek announced last night has ordered a grant of $3,000 as a Admiralty that naval activity was continued pension to the family of Mr. Chu on all seas, but that as yet there Halang-kung, Chinese editor of the had been no major operations to "Ta Me: Wan Pao," who was mur- dered by pro-Wang Ching-wel as- report.
The Port of Dover has been sassing in Shanghai on August 30. A message of condolence has also closed to commercial shipping.
The Admiralty also announced been sent by the Generalissimo. that no British mines had been laid in the area where the Athenia sark. This is in reply to the Ger- man assertion that the vessel had probably struck a mine.
DUTCH PROTEST PARIS, Sept. 5 (Reuter)-A Dutch communique states that." during the night planes of a for- eign power were signalled over Holland. As they flew above the clouds it was impossible to estab- lish their nationality or to fire at them..
The Dutch Government will Invite both parties in the war to open an Inquiry to determine whether their machines were guilty of this violation.
BOY'S
THOUSAND MILES ON
STOLEN MONEY
his employers, was sent to a re-l mand home when he appeared at,
and
CZECH LEGIONS"
WARSAW, Sept 5 (Reuter) The President has issued a decree the formation of providing for
Poland. Czechoslovak legions in These will be part of the Polish Army, while retaining their special national character.
Thousands of Czechoslovaks have already Joined the Legions which will be commanded by the Czech General Prchala.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION READY
GROWING FEELING FOR REPEAL OF ARMS EMBARGO CLAUSE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Reuter)-A proclamation
of American neutrality will be made within twenty- four hours. There would be no call for a special session of Congress, Mr. Stephen Early, the White House Sec- retary declared, until the decree was published. NEW YORK, September 5)
throughout the country con- tinue to emphasize the hope that the United States may of the war, the feel-
Finding Jobs For Unemployed
HOW EMPLOYMENT. EXCHANGE WORKS
CABINET
LONDON, Sept. 5 (Renter)--- The appointments of Ministers · not in the War Cabinet an- nounced last night' show the following changes i---
ME W S Morrison remains Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- caster, but also becomes Minis- ter of Food;
Lord MacMillan, Minister of In- formation (a new ministry); and
Mr. Ronald Hibbert Cross.
Co-
The largest group of the un-Minister of Economic Welfare (a employed was that formed by the new ministry). skilled labourer,' said Mr. J. Vin- Mr. Morrison will continue to cent, Mendis, Manager of the Em- ployment Exchange. In the course of a talk he gave at the Dehiwala Y. M. B. A recently on the "Em- ployment Exchange and How It warks."
Mr. Mendis stated that the Ex- change was a new institution and the nature of its work and the procedure adopted by it were not known by the public.
assist the Minister for the ordination of Defence and will answer for him in Commons.
Lord MacMillan, the head of the new Ministry of Information, was Assistant Director of Intelli- gence. Ministry of Information in He has been a Lord of 1018. Appeal in Ordinary since 1930. His title is that of a Life Peer.
The primary function of the Mr. Ronald Hibbert Cross is a Exchange was to find jobs for the merchant banker and M. P. for unemployed, who had registered Rosendale; and has been Parlia- themselves at the Exchange. Ap-mentary Secretary to the Board of paintments were only made ac- Trade since last year. carding to the vacancies, which occurred.
The Exchange also provided a correct idea of the extent of un- employment. It also provided a working organisation for the un- employed.
24.000 REGISTERED
The total number of registra- tions at present was about 24,000. All these men were Ceylonese. The largest amount of unemploy- ment was among the skilled la- bourers, who formed about 45 Der cent, of the unemployed.
the
.
Eighty per cent of un employed registered at the Ex- change were 'Sinhalese, while the total registrations of "the Tamils amounted to about 5 per This was due to the fact that many Tamils did not come down to Colombo unless there was de- finite employment.
cent.
Little "War"
In Tientsin
!
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL:
RONGKÖNG - HOTEL; BEPULAR BAY HÓTEL}
SHANGHAI
APTOF HOUSE; PALACE HOTni:
HOTELS LIMITED
In awrociation with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peking.
Murder Trial Witness Says He Is In Fear
Mr. Conrad Oldham, the Singapore District Judge, and Second Police Magistrate, recorded farther evidence in the second pa
in which Uce court in the preliminary inquiry into the ease
Bongkong-Stugapore Battery, Adalet Khan, a corporal of the stands charged with the murder of Sergeant Gul Bas Kken of the same Battery on July 31 at the India Barracks, Chang), (** When the court adjourned this afternoon, Mr, Conrad Oldham In reply to a request by Inspector James A. Embury who is conduct- ing the inquiry on behalf of the Crowh, expressed his willingness to sit all the afternoon to-morrow so that the inquiry may be com- pleted.
"
Mr. 8. C. Goho, counsel for the accused agreed, '"
Most of the afternoon, was en-
20 MONTHS FOR PAUL
MITCHEL
GIRL BREAKS DOWN GERMAN FIRES ON
gaged by Mr. Goho in cross-exa-WHEN ACQUITTED mining an important prosecution Paul Vincent Desgrande Mitchell, BRITISH SENTRY
witness. Abdul Hamid, who in his 23, and Harold Lough White, found
In chief - yesterday gulity of conspiracy to defraud at CHUNGKING, Sept. 5 (Central) examination A British sentry patrolling the said he, saw the accused running the Old Bailey recently, were aske Hal Ho River in the British Con-away from the barracks towards tenced by Judge Beazley. Betty the guard room with a chopper to Patricia Cappel, who appeared with his hand.
cession aboard a sampan was fired at last Thursday by a German in a high building on the bank, states a Tientsin message.
The British sentry returned fire. Neither him nor the German was hurt.
Police searched the building and After one During the eleven months in arrested the German.
been day's detention, he was fined for which the Exchange had
con-
WIFE REFUSED HIM DIVORCE
working 1,543 people had been the offense and released. His pistol given. employment. Of these only was confiscated. 280 had found work as a result of the Discontinuance Scheme. The skilled workers, he tinued, were graded according to their efficiericy by an expert, who had been loaned to the Employ- ment Exchange. In the case of anskilled labourers certain details such as height and physical, ft- ness were noted so that selection for suitable employment may be easter."
MAN ACCUSED OF
DUAL MURDER
them was found not guilty and· discharged.
Mitchell pleaded guilty to other charge of obtaining money by false pretences.
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This witness told the court to-day that he was afraid of his life, "Even now I will not serve in the HK.S. Battery any more, I will go back to India.
Mitchell was sentenced to 20 I am in grave danger. I ex-
months' imprisonment and White pect danger from the co-vil-
to nine months' imprisonment.
Mr. Derek Curtis-Bennett, ad- lagers of the accused" sald Abdul Hamlá
dressing the jury for Miss Cappel, Abdul Hamid, cross-examined by suggested that her prosecution was Mr. Goho, said that he was on the an afterthought. She had been bed next but one to the deceased. treated more like a tennis ball thaw He was asleep. He suddenly heard a human being.
someone
a noise. He heard Gul Bas: say Judge Beazley advised the jury "Get up quickly
has that evidence on the charge of struck me." All of them. rose. forging a cheque was nothing like When Gut Baz spoke the room was strong enough against Miss Cappel,
and directed her acquittal," a in darkness.
Naik (Corporal) Ghularn put on the light. He did so
once.
Din
Judge Beazley, summing-up, saki at the facts showed a most undest
able state of affairs and that no- body came out of it with credit
Allegations that a man murder VISCOUNT GORTS
Mr. Mendis stressed the fact thated his wife because she would not references were more valuable divorce him and also killed the than certificates for those seeking woman with whom he had. Lived employment. Certificates often did through fealousy were made at give correct information as em-Salisbury recently, ployers wished well of the men they were sending away.
William H. Cousins, 44, of Labur- nam Cottages, Alderbury, was com- mitted for trial charged with thei murder of his wife, Mary Ann Cou- sins, 52, and of Faith J. Cable, 46,
SUITABILITY AS BASIS Selection for employment was definitely based on sultability and not on "pelerity of registration, on July 9.
he added. The Exchange did not make the selection of workers, but provided the employer with
A
Cable,
PRESENTATION
New King's Colour
For School
giments had defended that Empire.
"We have had constant talk of Turkish baths, where, apparently. some of them sleep, of meetings, in bars in London, and of cocktail parties."
A “MAYFAIR PLAYBOY”. Referring to an incident' Emory Joe's, a night club, the Judge said it could only be describ
the dock..
£1,200.
A new King's Colour was pre-ed as a disgrace to anyone who sented by Viscount Gort, V.C. to took part in th
On being discharged, Miss Cappel the Duke of York's Royal Military
said that Cousins had been separ
Mr. E G. Robey, prosecuting, School near Dover. It takes the broke down and had to be led from place of the Colour presented by
Bgt O'Sullivan said that Mit- ated from his wife for about 10 the King when Duke of York..m
chell, after being at Cheltenham TRANSPORTS HIT number of suitable persons on the years, and had been living for 1924.
specifications and details supplied
At the prize-giving afterwards and Bradfield Colleges, bad by the employer and left the final about that time with Miss Cable.
He had asked his wife to take Lord Gort emphasised the ir private tator.
In 1936 Mitchell married, but he KWANGTEH, ANHWEI, Sept. 5 selection to the employer.
him back on a number of occa-portance of self-knowledge, self-
had stated that it was more er He also commened on the large sons, but she had refused to do control and self-reverence. He
lessa marriage of convenience, stay put or to be growing (Central)-Two Japanese trans-
he received the number of letters
so. She had also refused to divorce urged the boys to be proud of the arranged to enable his wife to ac- people soliciting A 14-year-old boy, who travelled that the Arms Embargo clause ports steaming upriver on
favours for particular applicants him so that he could marry Miss Empire and the Army: British re-celerate an inheritance of £12,006," nearly 1,000 miles, paying his ex-in the Neutrality Act must be Yangtze near here were hit by Chi- from various
Such letters, he remarked, would penses with £4 10s 5d stolen from repealed.
If Fate decreed that those regland for that service he received Mr. Robey read from a written be more useful if they were sent to places where relief was granted, statement by Cousins addressed to ments should defend it again, they Mitchell was bonne over in 1836 as the Manager of the Employ the poitee, Passages from this would do so with all their might for three years for obtaining £502
and valour and with British pluck.
BRIDLINGTON SCHOOL credit by frand. ment Exchange had to supply em-
"I feel inclined to antsh this bor
He went to America with £1,200 ployers with labourers who had zible life because I have been de
Presenting the prizes at Bridling- the qualifications insisted upon by
mother to return. prived of the woman I have always ton School, Major-Gen. Beith, and had to get money from his them
Sgt. O'Sullivan added that he had marry. Ever since Director of Public Relations at the
my life:
has War Office, said that at the end Christmas, 1938,
undesirable characters, changed for the worse. I do not of the year there would be in this own Mitchell as an associate intend to commit suicide. I am country 1,000,000 men under arms. 13 of share-pushers and people
They could dispose of the alleg lived by their wits going to make up my mind to die
Mr. J. Burge, for Beste on Winchester scaffold with a good tions that this country was de- heart for the woman I have loved cadent when it was realised that he had lived the life of L and lived with for all these years." $3 per cent, of those registering for play-boy. He had made
the Militia were at for service and effort to get work, and over 80 per cent A1, RK
BEST INSURANCE
nese shore artillery on August 30 and, 31 respectively, receiving heavy damages, according to a be
ted field report. Both the damaged vessels were A detective said that the boy going to war so long as the Demo- stole the money on the day he cratic Powers have superior fight-able to limp downstream for re-
0127 best
in pair. started work, and went to Estoning strength and
can, He then:
surance is to do what we
KIANGSU FIGHTING Went to Belfast and stayed one short of going to war ourselves,
KWANGTEH, ANHWEL Sept. 5 day;
to assure that superiority."
"Tennessean" (Central)-Three hundred Japan- The Nashville
re- ese troops took Kaochun, a town writes: "The need for the moval of the ban ön war ship at the southwestern tip of Kiang-
friends ments to our
has long su Province, on August 31, accord- ̈
the Caxton Hall, Juvenile Court, The Washington "Evening Star" Westminster,
writes: "There is little danger of
Went on to Dublin, and on the way stole £2 from a woman's handbag in the tra
Returning to Belfast, took the boat, to Charghw, where he bought been recognised. The restora-ing to reports. clothes and shoes, stayed one day tion of the "Cash and Carry" prb- { and went back to Belfast;
vision in the old law becomes
Went to a boarding hotse, sald more necessary.” his money had been stolen, and
was detained by the police.
·MOOD MIGHT CHANGE,
|
Mr. Mendis finally gave a de monstration on the flag system which was used to denote the efficiency of those registered at the Exchange
BOYS CAPTURE 25
FEET LONG With the arrival of reinforce- ments the Chinese who withdrew BOA - CONSTRICTOR from the town launched a coun- After trailing it for miles, four ter-attack on the morning of Sep boys of Ayer Itam Village captured a boa constrictor measuring more The boy's aunt told the court
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Reuter) tember 3, They have retaken Ku-
than 25 feet in the thick: under that he had been "a handful";
that though cheng and Chikiao, respectively since a child. His parents wereOfficials admit
re-west and northwest of Kaochim, growth of Paya Terubong HUL. America's determination to dead, and he had run away from main out of the war is at present and are pushing toward Kaochun home four times.
He told the magistrate: "I took very strong.
with thousands of itself. the money because my auntie does Americans waiting to cross the not like me."
Atlantic, if further torpedoings occur, & mood of belligerent un neutrality will inevitably arise.
RUMANIAN VIEW
JAPANESE TRAPPED YUNGYUN, KWANGTUNG, Sept. 5 (Central)-An engagement took place on the Tsengahing Tsungia
were:
wished to
WOMAN'S BODY IN CAR"
In the statement, Cousins also alleged that Miss Cable had asso- clated with other men.
SABOTAGE:
endeavoured, without stiCEDES, obtain a commission fr the Royal Air Force,
LONDON, Sept, 5 (Reuter) decree issued by Meld-Marshal Goering, the Nazt Air Minister In Berlin yesterday, announces heavy “Australia la prison sentences for the sabotage Mensies, the of goods and equipment of nation in a broadcas al necessity.
Mr. Robey said that Miss Cable had been in a convalescent home at Bournemouth, and was last seen The reptile which swallowed the alive by a fellow patient when get balt, consisting of a live fowl wasting into a car with Cousins there
He added brought down to the Sunday mar on July 9
stood, the people ket at Ayer Itam Village for sale. That night Cousins's daughter
and the British wor Weighing approximately 300 cal found him at her mother's home SUPPLIES:
-A state of wat des, it was placed in a sunny bag at Durrington. Later she heard a
PARIS, Sept. 5 (Reuter) Trance's Australia shortly the mouth of which was properly shot, and found her mother on
supply of wheat, sugar and butter berlain secured,
the floor.
Downin is stated to be assured against ga The reptile attracted consider
When the police arrived, sad emergency. The last wheat her RADIOPHONE READY BUCHAREST, Sept. 5 (Renter) border on the morning of Bept. 3. All préparations have been com--Rumania is remaining neutral The Japanese were assisted by able attention among the town re
as her alliance with Poland in-bombing planes. The Chinese foot sidents, who went up to the Bur Mr. Robey, Cousizia told them that left a surplus estimated atten pleted for the official opening,"
Bome wondered whether (cluded no staff tairs, except such soldiers feigned retreat to entice day market, f the Kunming-Rangoon radiophone
boa-constrictor was the service. As soon as a date is used as concerned possible aggression the enemy to a point where Chi-
nëse artillery units heavily shell that escaped in Bench Stre in consultation with the Born
indicated them. Bone 100 Japanese In-Market Street vicinity authoriti thrown open to the public (Ced that the Bulgarian attitude is fantry and cavalry men lost their tured reptile, howev
Jone of strict neutrality.
KUNMING-RANGOON
the
by Soviet Russian
Dispatches from Sofia
Ilves.
smaller spe
he had strangled Miss Cable in a milion quintals represent this car and then shot her He took several months bread supply,
them to the car, opened the door,
kissed the body, and then handed
them
the
not guilty, and
by the Kingto