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BOOK READING PUBLIC OF COLONY FIGHT SHY OFF ALL BOOKS ON WAR
Light Fiction Sells Better
Than Anything Else
THE COLONY'S BOOK-READING PUBLIC is fighting shy off all books on the war and on the political situation in Europe, Light Action sells better than anything else, and some of the old favourites and best-sellers of yesterday are match- ing strides with the newer books. This was the general report given a Hongkong Daily Press reporter wha made a round of the local book stores yesterday.
"Wish I Had Been Up" LONDON, Jul 25 (Reüter)
the RAF
up."
GENERAL.
MR. MACDONALD Payment Of
AND HITLER'S THREAT
Volunteers
LONDON, July 2 (Heuter) --- Negotiations are proceeding with representatives of General De
Al batties of Elle south-east coast were witnessed by a young Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, speakink Gaulle as to the rates and emolu- LONDON. July 25 (Reuter) — man just accepted for service in
at a luncheon in London, after ments to be fixed for payment of He said: "I wish I had been outlining the work of the Health French Volunteers, said Sir Edward Ministry in connection with air cries. Joint-Under-Secretary for This RAF recruit saw a Gerida, declared man fighter, from which the plot when I would most wish to be
"It I could choose the moment In the meantime advances had
War, in the House of Communis. bad baled out, dive, and crash,
alive in the long unending future, been issued to them on a proviK- He continued: "So thrilling was I would choose the few days or it that the watchers forget their weeks hence, whenever
cial scale. Similar negotiations
with the time were proceeding
Poland. own danger from flying bullets comes, that the enemy strikes with Advances had been made to the and stood peering up into the his maximum force against this Polish troops and also to the sky, watching the planes rushing island.
Czechs. With the Norwegians, There is now no favourite lead-| non-Ection books,, Havelock Ella's
in and out of the clouds.
We 'sour' suffer, Dutch, and Heiglans, payment of ing the field in the way John autobiography, "My Life" is meet-F
"There were squadrons of RA. Maybe for a short time, maybe for these troops has been undertaken Gunther's "Inside Asta" was last ing with some demand, and some deadliness of
fighters taking part. The long time, but in time we shall by the Governments concerned at year, and, indeed, the slump in other books
their fire, when as Alasdair T.A they got within range of the invaders and so tear their aero-
so sink their ships, so slay their their own rates." interest in books on the Far Loch's "I Left England," a story enemy, was seen in the wreckage planes from the sacred sky above-
ola voyage to the Amazm and of a German fighter which other distant corners of the earth. in a
fell our homes that we shall turn the The best sellers in this class re- are expected to meet with a lage
street. Its smashed
tuse-tide of war. main Gunther's contribution, demand,
riddled with
bullet Edgar Snow's "Red Star Over "Escape" a novel of inside. Ger- China" and Amieto Vespa's many by Ethel Vance, which is "Secret Agent of Japan.""
Eastern Atuation continues un- abated
.
to be made into a moving picture Few of the newer books on the shortly with Greta Garbo ina East have caught on and the only leading role, is another book stat- title that was considered worthyed to be awakening interest. Ano- of mention by more than one ther is Lewis Golding's "The World bookshop was Sven Hedin's "The I knew." Wandering Lake. This book can-
holes."
WIN
RESETTLED IN GERMANY
"Of course,
"Hitler claims that he and his regime represent something young and vital, but dictatorship and tyranny represent one of the oldest and most disastrous systems of government. It is we of the British Commonwealth who stand as re- presentatives of the new liberating, political forces of mankind.
LONDON, July 25 'Reuter) Between 75,000 and 80,000 Ger- Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" is mans from Besserabla and Nor ging mimics of the dead past but "Victory will rest not with brag- not be described as political, while stated to be dead as far as Hong- thern the only other one agreed to as kong's interest is concerned. "I settled in Germany, according to
Bukovina are being rewith pioneers of the future." at all in demand was Madame hope the author were dead too."the "Dienst Auf Deutschland." Chiang Kai-shek's "China in Peace was a comment that came with and War."
The paper says that they are this information.
the descendants of Germans from East Prussia and Southern Ger- many who settled there about century ago.
WAR AND SOLDIER "War and Soldier" by Ashihel Hino. a Japanese soldier's part humorous and part pathetic ac count of why he' was "in it all" is stated to be quite in demand, a good, many of the purchasers be- Ing military people. Vicki Baum's
Nanking Road," a book of action.
is stated to be also regularly asked. for.
Japanese Ship Seized And Sunk
ANGLO-POLISH, AGREEMENT
&
Nine Nazis Shot Down
NOTHING KNOWN.
"IN LONDON LONDON, July 25 (Reuter) Nothing is known at the Rumanian Legation in London of reports pub- lished in Berlin and Rome that the Rumanian Minister in London has been recalled by his covern- ment, says Reuter's diplomatic cor- respondent
However, in Rumanian quarters here it is pointed out that it will not be surprising if the Rumanian Government has decided to change its représentation"in London.
The present Minister, M. THea, has always been regarded as plu- British and one of those responsi
guarantee to
LONDON, Wy 25 (Heuter) - ble for the British
COUL-
The destruction of eight "eremy Rumunta. which Rumania has now aircraft has been visically condenounced. - firmed so faz. A series of muniques during the day confirm that enemy bombers were shot CHUNGKING, July 25 (Central) An agreement initialled
LONDON, July 25 (Reater) —
down on the southeast coast of -Daring the operations at Chen-the Eritish and
between Scotland, off the Welsh coast, and Sir Nevile Henderson's "Failure hai Chinese troops
Polish Govern- captured "a
near the northwest coast during ot 13 Mission leads the feld Japanese
ments reaffirms Anglo-Polish poli-the night and early morning. merchantman which" among the newer books on Europe they later sank
tical and military co-operation at the mouth
Late yesterday afternoon the Air along ..with Douglas Reed's of the Yung River, according to a
on a new basis
Ministry announced that five more "Nemesis." Winston Churchill's dispatch from Ningpo.
The agreement reaffirms the aircraft were "Step by Step" and Reed's two Japanese planes circling over Chi- continue the struggle for
confirmed to have alliance and the necessity to been shot down. The ninth vic- earlier books "Disgrace Abound-
Anal tim so far has not been officially nese positions were also brought ing" and "Insanity Fair" remain down by Chinese
solid founda-confirmed and was reportedly shot victory and forms anti-aircraft favourites, though Gunther's "In-tire. They crashed
tions for the establishment of down into the sea off the southeast into the side Europe" has gained a reputa-, sea,
a Polish army in Britain.
coast of England in the morning Ambassadur to thing had notitled
It was reported that the Frenc tion for being out of date.
during an unsuccessful attack on the Chinese xovernment at Chung-
Three
ap-
NO ONE BADLY INJURED
that
a convor:
Chungking Notified Of Vichy Dictatorship
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Several Japanese warships ar- Harold Nicolson's "Why Britain rived off the coast at Stebpu, ten Is at War" remains the favourite miles northwest of Chenhal, at
king of the establishment of the among the Penguin Specials, while noon yesterday, Japanese marines
new dictatorial government Penguin's Political Dictionary is from the warships tried to stated to have had a good de-proach the shore in steam boats LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)
HEALTH WORK
France by Marshal Petain, follow- ing the receipt. of a similar notifi mand, now subsiding. Hutchin- but were driven back by the C-A Ministry of Home Security com-
IN KWEICHOW cation from his home government. son's "Pictorial History of the nese coastal defenders. War and the "History of the
KWEIYANG, July 25 (Central-
The reports were given pro- munique says A belated report War" series by Stephen King Hall Antwel, states that a
enemy air- The Kwelchow Health Commission minence but no commerts were Tunki craft yesterday afternoon dropped is doing its utmost to improve the made in regard to the possibility and another by Sir Ronald Storrs southbound
Japanese bombs on a town in And fewer buyers than the excel-north of Maotsun or the Tientsin and a few casualties.
south-cast health conditions in the province. of China's recognition of the new was "derailed England, causing slight damage Health Institutes lence of the works warrant
have beer French regime. Pakow Rallway at 11 p.m.
established in 71 hsien, and more The Shun Pao July 12, as a result of the damage were dropped
Earlier yesterday
stated that some bombs are expected to be set up in other changes which occurred in France White Books and Blue Books of a bridge by Chinese guerillas, south-west
district in districts within a month.
during the past few days were the. are gathering dust, though maps Four
Scotland Littlel first-clasa .coaches
Anti-epidemics work is also being most surprising in modern" Euro. were damage was done and no-one was pushed with relentless efforts, pean history. What impressed the
MAPS IN DEMAND
train
from
on
and atlases, despite the fact that overturned, resulting in the death seriously injured. they now get so easily out of date, of over thirty Japanese officers are yet much in demand. Janie's and Torty Chinese merchants. "Fighting Ships" maintains the TRAIN STRIKES MINE popularity that came to the work A report from Loyang states that, with the start of the war and the an eastbound Japanese train companion volume,, "All the struck a mine laid by the Chinese| "World's Aircraft" ja also descrip-near a bridge at Tsiactso, mining
ed as a very good seller.
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FULL MILITARY HONOURS
LONDON, July 25 (Router)—The town on the Taokou-Chinghua wounded captain of the Italian In the fiction class, Christopher 'Railway in north Hunan, on the cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, sunk Morley's "Kitty Foyle" a saga of morning of July 17. The locomo a few days ago by HMAS. Syd- the American working girl, fights tive and four wagons loaded with ney, bas died on board the Bri- of all opposition to the title of munitions were blown up. "most popular with Hongkong" A Shans dispatch claims
tish hospital ship-Alexandria. readers" from Taylor Caldwell's Chinese troops forced
that He has been buried. With full "The Eagles Gather" and "Dynasty, into Tung Ha Tang Chwans. Cemetery. British naval officers entry honours in a British Military of Death by the same author. northeast of Tsincheng in south-and ratings being present. John Steinbeck's "Grapes ot east Shansi, last night. Over 200
Wrath" and Vicki Baum's "Nank- Japanese were killed in
ing Road," already once mention-The remnant
an
action.
Japanese fled to
ed, remain in the first half-dozen Paltsun and Pakhingchen, Last year's authors who have northeast of Tsincheng. come out with newer books con-- tinue to receive a good following Kenneth Roberts "the Rabble Gathers" is coming in for a fust share of interest after his more popular "Northwest Passage" and Margaret Irwin's "The Bride" re- tains the readers she won with her earlier books, "
both
PROPOSAL TO SIDE WITH AXIS CHUNGKING, July 25 (Reuter)
COMMUNICATION REOPENS
CHUNGKING, July 25 (Central). --Following the Chinese recapture of Chenhai, "northeast of Ningpo on July 22, telegraphic communi- cation between the town and Shanghai has now been resumed, according to a Shanghai report,
Shipping between Shanghai and Well-informed quarters state the town, however, is still a matter. Steady as ever are the bests of that a proposal by certain Chinese or uncertainty as there are still other years, Margaret Mitchell's 'leaders that China abould enter into over 10 Japanese warships patrol- "Gone With the Wind," Rachel close relations with Germany and Jing northeast of Chenhal Field's "All This and Heaven Too," Italy has been firmly rejected. soun to come out in a movie ver- The majority of the leaders pre- sion with Charles Boyer and Bette ment when the proposals was made Davis in leading roles, and Mar-1at a recent meeting voted for the Jorie". "Kinnan Rawlings "The continuance of the Government's Yearling."
policy of placing hope in the United States and Russia for assistance in
MYSTERY FAVOURITES
Dennis
A LAUGH ON
A ADOLF!
LONDON, Jay 25 (Reuter
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GERMAN CLAIM: LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)
A German Command communique, claims that a convoy of live mer
the end of the news.
LONDON, July 25 (Reuter
Other authors remembered with chant ships totalling 17,000 tons When the House of Lords met regularity by the local reading has been sunk by German fighters yesterday afternoon it went into public are A.G. Macdonell and and another of 4,000 tons was set secret session and discussed the Damon Runyan. Among the newer afire...
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