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Mr. Cudahy: European SHANGhai bishop Famine: Daily Express
LONDON. Aug. 8 (Reuter) The statement by Mr. Cudahy, US. Ambassador to Brussels, about the horrible, famine that will overtake Europe this winter is commented on by the London Daily Express,
Me, Cudahy, says the paper. is an honest observer, but one must consider very carefully his hope that means will be found to send food to the Belgian people or the position this winter will be desperate.
It is possible, says the Dally Ex-Italy and the areas under their press, that some Americans might control,..! blame the British blockade for this
HOOVER PLAN famine--but the fact is that the re- The official” German wireless an fugees cannot return to harvest June 27 stated that while the their Cops because the German Hoover plan for the relief of Bel- won't let them.
glum, Franes and the Netherlands
·LABOURERS BARRED
was doubtless "worthy of commen- "Germany, keeps the labourers dation" the German authorities from the farms and food from the themselves had already taken all; Belgians." the paper goes. On [the `necessary steps to ensure the
feeding of these peoples.
The Nazis have taken the stocks of food away to feed thelf own 'army, and any food sent to Belgium from the United States will go the
same way:
Among many other" instances of j this assertionaler in his Reich- stag speech on July 18 said that Nazi supplies of food were "limit
"We have only one guarantee less." against this—a Nazi promise!"--the paper concludes..
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No Claims will be admitted after the No Claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the Gooda remaining undelivered after the 9th Aug
1840, will be subject to rent. 13th Aug, 1840, will be subject to Bent. All claims against the vessel must All Claims against the Steamer mast be presented to the undersigned on or be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 23rd Aug, 1940, or they before the 27th Aug., 1840, or they will not be recognized.
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To comply with the General Bonded To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations. Consignees Warehouse Regulations, consignes murt must have a Revenus Officer in atten-have a Bereave Officer is attendance dance when duemage datiable goods when damsgai datiable goods are are examined.
amined
All broken, chafed, and damaged All brokes, chafed and damaged Gooda Goods, are to be left in the Godowns, are to be left in the Godowus, where where they will be examined on the they will be examined on the 12th 7th Aug., 1947, at AL., by Aug. 1940, at 10 ax., by Mesars Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke.
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Agenta. Hung Kang 6th August, 1940.
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THREATENED SHANGHAI, Aug. 8 (Reuter). Terrorists were activo aguin here early today, thrée kid-“ nappings in two hours glaim- ing four Chinese victim,
At least one case is known to be political.
Two Chinese were kid- napped from a hotel in the Settlement.
Bishop John, head of the Russian Church here.. Is the latest foreigner to receive threatening message,
VATICAN AGREEMENT
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940.
FOREIGN MAILS
AIR MAIL SERVICE ·
The air mail postage to"U. SA and Canada by Pan-American Airways has been increased to $3.50 per ♣ ounce with effect as from 2nd August. The air mall rates to other. American countries etc. via Pan-American Airways have also been increased and a schedule of rates is exhibited in the General Post Office,
The following air mail services, are at present available to the United Kingdom:—
Routa.
By Imperial Airways to Dur- ban add onwards by sen.
By Pan-American Airways to U. S.. A. and onwards by Trans-Atlantic Air Service.
By Fan-American AirwLY'S to V, S. A. and onwards by sea
Rate
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$5.00 per 1 oz.
$3.50 per 02. plus 15 cents per oz.
Superscription required.
Via Imperial to Durban.
Via P, A. A‚ ̈&1⁄2· Trans-Atlantic
Via P. A. A to US..A..
All air mail correspondence must bear the blue air Mall label.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended. INWARD MAILS.
Japan
From
PORTUGAL TO CEDE CHURCH PROPERTY
RESERVE SUPPLY
LONDON, August 8 (Reuter)—} ~~~ Germany entered this war with According to Rome Radio, An LONDON STANDPOINT a reserve supply of 7 million tons agreement had been signed be- LONDON. Aug 8 (Reuter)-While of grain which her invasion of ad-įtween the Vatican and Portugal authoritative London circles sill jacent countries, it has lace been whereby Church property, taken maintain their previous standpoint estimated. has increased to nearly over by the State in 1910 and now London and Straits.........
Bangkok that scate local food shortages in 10 million tons.
under its control, will be returned Java and Manila Thus should famine oştur in Bel-by Portugal to the Church. distinct possibility, they assert frium or other occupied, territory such a famine should occur it this is solely due to the fusibility would inevitably be a direct conse of the Nast maching to cope with quence of the Nazi inability pro- a situation of its own making, perly to distribute supplies of food- Though "a few food ships from stuffs which they themselves al- the United States to Marseilles, State, "ways claimed to hold in reserve and which "left the port of departure
Japan and Shanghai. that only the Nazi rapacity and before the collapse of France, have LOYANG, Aug. 8 (Central)- Japan, Shanghai and Formos8. **** **** inability to maintain proper com-been allowed to pass the British Following several days" inclement shanghai. munications can be blamed. contraband control, no general weather, a cold wave suddenly Japan and Shanghai.......
Official Nazi statements have re- Anglo-American conversations with swept over here this morning and Straits. peatedly emphasised that huge food regard to rellet supplies have been was followed by a snowstorm which London and Straits reserves are held by Germany and (conducted nor are they in prospect, "raged for one hour,
Sandakan.
Haiphong and Fort Bayard Under another clause, marriages Bangkok and Saigon. taking place in Catholic Churches Bangkok and Tourane. in Fortugal will in future be legal straits. without an additional civil cere-u. 8. A., Japan and Shanghai (Seattle meny hitherto required by the July.)
DIRECTOR - GENERAL DEMPSTER LINER SUNK BY
OF INFORMATION
LONDON, Aug. ↑ (Reuter)— Sir Kenneth Read, Director: General of the Ministry of In- formation, has resigned,
He will be succeeded by Sir Frank Pick, formerly a mem- ber of the London Passenger Transport Board.
FLEET AIR ARM
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them in a terrific dogfight in the outer layers of a 'cloud.
After the raiders have been dis- persed, the Hurricanes resumed their patrol.
TORPEDO: HIT AMIDSHIPS
Straits.
Due
9th Aug.
Dth Aug.
9th Aug.
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Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Ber-
vice."-San Francisco data, 8th August,
25th Aug.
13th Aug.
13th Aug.
13th Aug.
USA and Manila-(Ban Francisco date 20th
July)...
13th Aug.
14th Aug.
London and Straits.
15th Aug.
18th Ang.
15th Aug.
17th Aug.
(Ban
17th Aug.
18th Aug.
Shanghai and Amoy kno Haiphong
Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Service" Saigon.
· LONDON, AUG. 8 (REUTER)—THE ELDER DEMPSTER LINER,Shanghai and Amoy................... ¡ACCRA, HAS BEEN SUNK OFF THE WEST COAST OF FIRE. Shanghal. OVER 450 SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN LANDED AT A NORTH-WEST | Haiphong ENGLISH PORT,
First reports on the disaster suggested that there were 25 per- sons missing, but latest offléial figures show that only eight mem- bers of the crew and eleven passengers are missing, presumed drowned. The Admiralty states that there were no children in the ship.
The Accra was a motorship of
Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Service”. ¡Japan and Shanghai.
Shanghai Shanghai
USA, Honolulu, Japan, and Shanghai
9,337 tons and she was sunk by KARELO-FINNISH Francisco date, 20th Juls).
a submarine during an attack upon a convoy on July 26,
She sank in about half an hour, going down stern first with her colours Aying, one of the crew having hoisted the British ensign. MOTORBOAT OVERTURNS
REPUBLIC
Calcutta and Straits Japan and Formosa. Japan MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (Reuter) Shanghai and Amoy Otto Kuusinen, who headed the Java and Manila Govemment set up by Moscow Shanghai The battling aircraft often
in captured Finnish territory after Sandakan "swooped to within a few hun-
The lives were löst when a the Soviet invasion, has been ap-Australia and ́Manila, dred feet of roof-tops.
motorboat overturned In the pointed a Vice President of the London and Straits For half-an-hour. there were choppy sea,
Republic.
Japan and Manila. almost continuous exchanges of Some of the survivors, were in The number of Vice Presidents Calcutta, Straits and Saigon cannon and machinegun fire be-lifeboats for hours. tween Messerschmitts and Hurri-
A New York report states that 'canes. The noise sometimes was the Accra was sunk when three
shattering.
This eye-witness saw no bombs dropped.
Anti-aircraft guns were silent, Cunners let the aircraft fight it cut among themselves.
NEW GERMAN MACHINES
LONDON Aug. 8 (Reuter)-It is
A
days out of a British port
CAPTAIN INTERVIEWED Captain John Joseph Smith, the master of the Accra, told an in- terviewer that the ozicers and crew displayed great courage and
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Fran-
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has been raised by decree from USA Honolulu Japan and Manila-(Ban 11 to 18 including spokesmen of cisco date, 10th August). the new Republics, the other four U. 8. A., and Manila--(San Francisco date, 2nd being Modavia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
-DAR-ES-SALAAM'S
FINE GESTURÉ coolness after the explosion and "LONDON, August & (Heuter) in the rescue operations they The Governor of Tanganyika has might have been queueing up been asked to convey the Imperial people for a cinema show so quiet-Government's thanks to the Dar- ly and coolly did they go about es Salaam Chamber of Commerce the work of marahaliing those for £600 lent free of interest for
the duration of the war."
revealed at the Air Ministry that the German, Air Fleet attacking shipping in the Channel were taken on by 12 Hurricane pilots.
They tackled a formation of aboard. 50 Junkers bombers, protected by fighter
A majority of the enemy fichtem were Messerschmuftts, but some of Germany's new Heinoer 1138 were tried out for the first time since their Irregular appearance during the battle for France.
The Hurricane plots shot down six hunters dive-bomting 878, three Messerschmitts 1088, as well as damaging others,
Captain Smith added that the passengers were at luncheon when the torpedo exploded, and they fled out of the dining-roome in orderly fashion
JAPANESE IN ENGLAND
LONDON," August: B (Eetter)
There was an abundance of The number of Japanese registered room in the lifeboats and most with the Police in England is 365, of the loss of Life was due to the of whom 762 are males, stated overturning of the motorboat and Capt. D. Peaks, Under-Secretary direct hits on the liner.
August).
OUTWARD MAILS
Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given, below unless otherwise stated, and where malla are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm. on the previous day. When malls are advertised to close after 6 pm. Registered and Parcel malls are closed at 5 pm.
FRIDAY
Straits and Calcutta.
For
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U. B. A Central and South America and United-Kingdom via Van
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Date and Time
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G.PO.& KP.O. Note: All Mall for United-Kingdom will be far-Reg. 9th 8.16 A couver B. C.-(Parcels for Canada onler: V
warded with or without superscription,
of the Home Office, in a written Fort Bayard, Holhow and Haiphong'> The men in the lifeboats sang reply to Lent. Col, Bir T. Moore Shanghai and Japan. "There'll always be an England" (Conservative) in the House of Parcels only for Tientsin when on their way to the rescuing Commons yesterday."
NO PANIC
NAVAL BATTLE?
Straits.
Bangkok
SATURDAY
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10.00 AM
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In doing so, they relieved the ships, engagement fought "by the same squadron отег Dunkirk some
A steward who has been torpe- months ago, in defence of the doed four times, including the rid despatch to the Stefani Agency Japan
· ROME, Aug. 3 (Reuter) A Mad- Parcely only for Shanghai and Tientsin. retreating B. EF..
Lusitania and the Yorkshire, said declares that violent gunfire shaq Shanghai MASSAWA RAIDED
the torpedo hit them amidanipe been heard in the Mediterranean, CAIRO, Aug. 8 (Reuter) Suc-and shook the ship from stem to south of Valencia, cessful air raids were made on sterns was how th Massawa by R.AF bombers,
There was not a trace of panicgagement occurred between For-| Zealand vin Bydney, Eirect hits were scored on a among the passengers and thementera, one of the Balearic Is submarine, naval vessel and quay crew behaved marvellously. None ands, and the north coast of Africa Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South
Arald on Bardia resulted in of them saw the submarine, but near Algiers.
Lisbon and United-Kingdóm damage to shipping and buildings, they understood that at least one One of our flying boats was shot was sunk a few hours later, down la the Tobruk ares de
Italian bombers approached the Malta area today but they turned back before our fighters could en gage them.
Fisherman belleve a naval en-Madang, Salamaua, Rabaul, Australia and New Beg
CHINESE TUNGOIL FOR AMERICA
Ord. 3.30 GPO.&XPO
Africa, Hag 945, PIC
| Ord.” 3,30 pH
G.PO.&KPO. Parcels 3.00 M
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The following is the list of un... Iclaimed telegrams lying at the SHANGHAL Aug 6 (Reuter) office of Cable & Wireless Ltd The United States has decided to Penn Company, from Johannes- NAIROBI, August 8 (Reuter) dispatch a feet of ocean-going burg; Fenton, 15 Hillwood Road, Yesterday's communique states: steamers to Rangoon Indo-China and noor, Kowloon, from Gilling-
"Two enemy aircraft bombed and Kwangchowwan, for the purhamkent; Bhinn, Swire, from Lon- Shanghai, Wajir without success. They were pose of transporting to the don: Gillespie, Prison Dept., from puraned by our fighter aircraft, United States large quantitie 21 Manlia; Kalachand. Naraindas, Hits were registered on one enemy Chinese tungoll bristles, ny, Kowloon from Bombay machine. Both escaped in thefore and weavin clouds
report to the Tamelwanpa