HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. "
NERVE CENTRE OF BAVARIA'S NETWORK OF ELECTRIC RAILS
CABLE
CHINESE WINS INT'L MARATHON RACE
TURNED INTO MASS OF FLAMES: UNKNOWN ATHLETE FROM SWATOW:
R.A.F. RAIDS
ONE OF HEAVIEST R.A.F.
LONDON, Nov. 10 (Reuter) The nerve centre of Bavaria's widespread network of electric railways, Munich's four-mile long sorting yard and railway workshops were turned into a "mass of flames" by the RAF's attack on Friday night.
This is one of the heaviest raids ever launched by the R.A.F. on a single objec- tive-it lasted over 90 minutes-and pilots and crews who took part all agree that it was one of the most successful operations of recent months.
BIG JAPANESE
-DRIVE
Continued From Page 1 Italians entirely miscalculated the Aghting power of the Greeks and the hatred that the Greeks have borne against the Italians for
years,
and the sorting yards became engulfed in a sea of fire as relays of the attackers rained down high explosive and in- cendiary bombs.
Good visibility-in some cases up to 50 miles-aided the RAF, în Friday night's attacks on Italy, states an Air Ministry "communi- que.
power
DAYLIGHT RAIDS
FIVE INDIANS IN FIRST TEN
The first International marathon race rùn In Kowloon yester- day, "over a distance of about 8 miles, was won by an absolute un- known to the distance racing world of Hongkong, LEI YUR-FUNG,
22-year-old athlete from Swatow, who finished a few yards ahead- of Karam Bux, the H.K.S.RA, champion.
en-
Fazal Illahi, another Indian runner, was third, with Pte. Man- son, the Royal Scots runner, fourth. It was a close race all the way.
There were two entries also in in having staged such a race, a Railway lines were wreck- target area a sheet of fire visible the women's section, the winner sporting event to the taste of all of this race, Miss Lu Shui-lan. communities locally, and on the ed, locomotive sheds strück 60 miles away.
in Berlin the Killgenberg power finishing the 4-mile course for organisation of the affair, that station, the Putlitzstrasse, Lehrter, ladies in under 30 minutes, with was very well taken care of.
Miss Wong Man-shang second, There were silver trophies for Potsdamer and Anhalter stations.. the Spandau sero engine works
In the first ten were dive In- the winners, the first man in re- and the goods yards and railway dians, three Chinese and two Eu-ceiving two handsome cups and a shield and the tenth a small junctions were attacked, Ater-ropeans. There were a number of
shield. Banners were also given to rifle fire broke out at Klingenberg other European and Indian
but they did not place the next six men in and medals to station spreading to at tries,
all. the others
finished. who among the next ten to finish.
Special prizes were given the last The course of the race was from runner to finish and the youngest. least half a mile square,
Gascoigne Road, from the start-
competitor. The submarine bases at Vege- ing post opposite the Alhambra
There were a number of speak- sack and Lorient were attacked Theatre, along Nathan Road toers at the prize-giving ceremony, while daylight raids were madewards "the Star Ferry, turning into among them Mr. Lau Tun-kwong. on the oil refineries and factory Salisbury Road up to the Railway Mr. Ng Pa-ling, Chief Secretary at Salzbergen and on Deukelder Bridge, then along Chatham Road of the Association, Mr. Las Chi- and Matauwel Road up to the ming. English Secretary. Mr. Lin together with an attack convoy of eight or nine motor Prince Edward Road intersection. Ping-chuen, Chairman, and Mr.,
cutting into Boundary Street as Lei 8am-man. vessels of about 4.000 tons each.
was made on A heavy attack the Seebach shipyards and other dock buildings at Bremerhaven and over 30 separate fires were
The explosions violent that the crew felt them above the roar of the engines at several thousand "fect.
The R.A.F. bombers were over Italian territory shortly after 10 p.m. (B.S.T.) and the leader of Turin the force detailed for
the objective by quickly located the light of flares..
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FIAT WORKS BOMBED High explosive bombs were rained on the branch of the Flat motor works at the southern out- An explosion skirts of the city. within the factory area was clear-seen.. ly visible followed by outbreaks of Are."
were
on
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"So we may take it for granted that both dictator, and Signor Mussolini in particular, are doing some hard thinking as things are going badly for Italy. Further- more, the Greek resistance is put ting new heart into all the Balkan people who have not bowed down to the Axis threat, Italy is now Already our in mortal danger, raids on Brindisi and other places have upset the morale of the Italiang and it is cur determina- tion to take full advantage of that. This is now Italy's dilemma,
"There is another view. Can The attack on the factory last-
At Einden tons of high explo- Germany afford to let the Greek ed for over half an hour and fires war drag on? German forces are started in the early stage were sites and bearly a thousand in- even now menacing the Greek intensified by fresh salvoes of incendiaries were dropped by air right flank and the Germans can cendiary bombs from the follow-craft making shallow, dive at- tacks, sometimes from less than only attack it by going through Ing relays of aircraft,
1,000 feet.. Bulgaria. That would mean the Implication of Turkey and that in turn means the possible implica tion of Russia,
"And so you see a reason for the invitation to M, Molotov to go to Berlin
WORRYING WEEK
with
One line of heavy calibre bombs overshot the target and fell on the nearby Flat aircraft works causing a series of vivid white ex- plosions.
Three strategic posts on the Turin Rallways were bombed for fully 15 minutes and large fires were caused on all thre points,
At Milan, the attack on the great Pirelli Electrical and Cable works at Sesto Sangiovanni, a
"Altogether, what
this Italian business, the Greek busi- ness and the re-election of Presi dent Roosevelt for a third term. last week has been a worrying one for the Axis. The bad humour of few miles north of the city, caus- the Axis over the re-election of ed a series of fires which were Mr. Roosevelt is growing more and more apparent.
still burning when the last salvo
of high explosive bombs fell across the works at 11.10 p.m.
EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY LONDON, Nov, 10 (Reuter)
car-
Altogether 25 raids were ried out agains. ports and ship- ping. 10 against ol targets, 14 against rallways and goods-yards. 14 against Industrial targets and
large number against dromes.
а
far
as Nathan Road and then again onto Nathan Road to finish at the Alhambra Theatre.
The length of the course was 13.527 metres and there were 65 runners who finished out of an entry of about 90.
FRIZE WINNERS
The following were winners:
the prize
1. Lel Yuk-fung, 39 mins. 45 secs. 2, Karam Bux, 39:50; 3, Fazal Illahi, 39:55; 4, Ptc. Manson, 40:35; 5, Lukman Khan. 40:38; 6. Leung GOOD ORGANISATION.
Nai-yick, 40:50; 7, Dally Singh. The Hongkong and Kowloon | 41:27; 8. A. Lewis, 41:37; 9. Yeung Tenants Association are to be Chi-ho. 42:15; 10, Naranjan Singh. congratulated on their initiative 42:30.
GREEK MOBILISATION IS
NOW COMPLETED
LONDON, Nov. 10 (Reuter)Greek mobilisation is now complete and the Greek defences are manned by half-a-million troops. The aero-military authorities are highly satisfied that these two movements have been carried out within the fortnight of General Metaxas call- ing the Italian blaff, writes Reuter's Special correspondent in Greece.
Our losses in all these raids were eight aircraft and the Gef mans lost one fighter and another probably destroyed..
INFLEXIBLE WILL
"You have heard it said on many occasions that German propaganda
Continued from Page 1 an example of entelency. It "you want to see this myth ex- R.A.F. raids on Germany and tions production which had reach
ploded,, just consider what has German occupied territory during ed usually about the fourth year, been put out by German pro- the week ending at dawn."Nov. 8. Our army must be equipped,
Into and perfected previous weeks owing to the wea-strong, keen and offerisive weapon ther were exceptionally heavy Above all, our air force must add superiority of numbers to that of
paganda over the election issue.
"Firstly, there was an announce ment of a plan that the dictators
though less numerous than the trained
a
Hitherto, all encounters have been between Greek gatposts-and-"] the superior, but baffled, Italians columns. The first major clash is not expected before next week.
DEATH OF MR. CHAMBERLAIN
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MYSTERIOUS SINKINGS OFF AUSTRALIA
FIRST U.S. SHIP
TO BE SUNK
LONDON, Nov. 9 (Reuter)— Two ships, one British and one American, have been sunk mysteriously off the Austra-- Had coast, It was announced in Sydney yesterday. Though the name of the British vessel is not given, it
re- vealed that the American vessel, the first American ship to be sunk in the présent war, was the "City of Rayville" (5,883 tons).
Only in the western Epirus sec- tor have the Italians penetrated any distance towards the Greek main defences but the Greek.de-berlain's death in a talk in Lon- fensive systém in this area never don last night, sald: "There are envisaged holding the valley and mary sad hearts today in Britain thought of Mr. the shifting of the Greek forces sad at the
death. Whatever in conformity with the strategic Chamberlain's plan gives the main line as the individual opinion may have been marsh-land governed by the "Me about his policy, there is univer-suspect sabotage.
sal regret that so single-minded taxas Line" along the heights...
Greek advance posts in the and sincere a man should not
were preparing to put before and successful and covered superiority of quality which in Florina sector have immeasurably have lived to see the end of what
Americans on election day. Then ticularly wide area. came Japan's entry into the Axis.
:
WES
While Mr. William Hughes, Aus tralian Navy Minister, suggested a mine was responsible, the crew. of the American freighter alt
BASS STRAIT CLOSED
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machines are still more in man-improved their positions by storm- he called 'the evil thing which we had been swept up
Ing and capturing the heights do- are fighting." hood than they displayed.
minating. Koritza and its vital communication routes,
Among the outstanding objec- to which both Mr. Roosevelt and tives were the oil tanks at Poggin Mr. Cordell Hull gave an answer Reale and the main line of the
"We are straining every nerve to that brought England and the
rallway, a: Naples: the Krupps accelerate our production and with United States closer together.
"All these talled to work cut armament works at Essen were the ardent resolution of British. attacked for -over four hours labour guided by science and im- according to the Axis wishes and
of fire proved organisation. I do not when many thousands a new one had to be tried and this was to present America with bombs and tons of high explosives doubt that we shall succeed." a clearly established new order were dropped causing huge ex- in Europe, to show "America that piosions and making the whole everything the garden of Europe was lovely, Something
in
ktor.
this
Mr. Hughes added that a mine off Wilson's Promontory and announced that the Bass Strait, between Aus- tralia and Tasmania, Was now closed to shipping.
towns.
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HOME SOCCER
RESULTS
LONDON, Nov. 10 (Reuter)—The following are the results of Home football matches played yesterday: NORTH (REGIONAL) Blackburn 1. Burnley 1. Bury 5, Stockport 2. Chester 6, Crewè 0." " Doncaster 4, Sheffield" Wed, A Everton 5, Manchester 0. 2: Grimsby 3, Manchester. C..2 "Leeds 2. Middlesbro. 1. " Lincoln 2, Chesterfield 0. Manchester C-5, Liverpool 1. Newcastle 3, York 0 Oldham 4, Bradford Preston 5, Rochdale 0. Rotherham 1. Huddersfield 0. Sheffield U. 3, Barnsley 1. Southport 2, New Brighton 3. Tranmere 2, Wrexham 3.
SOUTH (REGIONAL) Aldershot 5, Chelsea 3. Fulham 1, Charlton 2
Leicester 3. Mansfield 2. Milwall 2, Luton 0. Portsmouth 4, Bournemouth Reading 6, Clapton .. Southampton "1. Cardiff 3. Stoke 5. Birmingham v.. Swansea 2, Bristol City 2. Walsall 11, Notts C. 4. West Brom. 1, Coventry 4.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE Albion 1, Hamilton 4. Celtic 0. St. Mitren a Dumbarton 1, Hearts Hibernian 7, Falkirk 1. Marton 5, Queen's Park &.. Motherwell 2, Airdrieonians 0,i: Rangers 3. Clyde 2
Third Lanark 0, Partick 0...
AROUSED ANIMOSITIES
"There was no man in. ALPÍNE TROOPS Over 2,000 Italian Alpine troops overthrow of the evi tyranny of world more determined to see the
The British vessel, it is learned were taken prisoner when columns
the dictators. It is strange that carried no passengers and all but of these soldiers rashly pushed this man should have aroused one of the crew of 56 are sate. forward in the central Pindus sec-such animosities among men and They landed in three boats AID FROM AMERICA
wornen and yet he did. But if were attended to at Here was where help from across Reuter's Special correspondent the ocean was especially valuable with the Greek army in Athens anyone proved the blood-guilt of
Air but one of the crew of the and he welcomed cordially the aid says that a crack Italian Alpinist Herr Hitler and his regime it was
Mr. Chamberlain."-
"City of Rayville" have been land- went wrong with this plan also read the agures of British ships promised from the United States Division which was encircled some
Mr. Chamberlain had an active ed in Austràlia. and France, despite M. Laval, and funk in September and October as well as the important con- days ago in the Pindus doctor in
tributions already received, Spain, despite Senor Suner, could
the central front, may now be con- political life. From 1931 to Octo- "The Agures were, of course,
ber of this year. he held office not be brought into it in time, grossly exaggerated," said Mr.The enemy are doing their sidered to have been annihilated.
"Neither threats nor blandish Lakin "but the interesting thing utmost to cut us off from the vital Military circles in Athens declare continuously. He was the son of ments were any good and then on is that the Axis Powers having supplies and the maintenance by that this Findus victory will go the late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain from Major C. R. Attlee, Lord the eve of the polling came the failed in their invasion of Britain, sea" power of the ocean routes is down in Greek history as the and a half-brother of the late Sir Privy Beal, who says: "I think The following are the results of
Chamberlain He was what interests
us most is the the Rugby League matches play- attack on Greece and the have shifted from the aeroplane absolutely necessary to our victory. greatest feat in Greek arms since Austen Americans knew at once that the to the submarine, Mr. Church We are striving for the freedom the Great War of Independence of elected to the House of Commons courage he showed in carrying oned yesterday:
in 1918 and held the offices of when he was U and his great whole new order business was a admitted that our shipping fosses of the nations against the oppres- 1821.
Postmaster General, Minister of sense of duty. He became Prime pretence. The Axia propaganda! have been serious for some time sor, for the progress of peoples
Health and Chancellor or the Ex-Minister at a dimeuit time and
was changed many times. First of past and he also admitted that through self-government and for DEATH OF SEN., chequer. He succeeded Mr. Stan he never deviated from what he
all the result of the election in our inability to use the ports on the creation of wider brotherhood the United States did not interest the west coast of Ireland had among men which alone will bring them and then it was that who- grievously hampered our work, back prosperity and peace," ha ever was "elected it would make We need however, attach no great said.
ABUSED ROOSEVELT
ITALIAN BOAST
Arid cheers, Mr. Churchill ex- pressed Britain's sympathy and admiration for the mal heroic
no difference to the European significance to these losses. position.
"A peculiar aspect of the sub- "They had abused Mr. Roosevelt, marine warfare is the boast country of Greece now defending in the past just as severely az of Italian, propagandist that their soll against the latest Italian they had abused Mr. Churchill, numerous Italian, submarines have but on the eve of the election they lately passed through the Straits kept quiet. But now that Mr. of Gibraltar and that they are Roosevelt has won, after a day or going to take part in the work of
outrage.
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PITTMAN
HISTORY WILL JUDGE
HOME RUGBY RESULTS
LONDON, Nov. 10 (Renter)
Castleford 14, Hunslet 7AN Dewsbury 6, Bramley 10 Ballfix: 21. Batley 3 Huddersfield 3, Bradford Hull 6 Featherstone `0.- Leeds: 28, Keighley 8 Liverpool 13, Leigh 1000 Warrington 0, St. Helen's 2 Wigan 23, Broughton 18′′ Korm 12, Wakefeld 12
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RUGBY UNION
Tue Rugby Union” matches mulbed as follow
Guy's Hospital 30, King's College
Hospital 5
Rosslyn Park 36. Bt. Thomas's
Fambridge University
ley Baldwin as Prime Minister in thought was the right, course."re -1937.
Mr. L. 8. Amery, Secretary for Continued from Page 1
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India, said.The country has been elected as Democratic Sena. His name will be associated first lost a great servant and a great tor for Nevada. Po
and foremost with the events of Englishman, who tried his hardest. Benator Pittman was a warm September 1938. The three flights to serve peace. Those who were supporter of President Roosevelt's he made to see Herr Hitler won privileged to work with him knew foreign policy and he was quoted him overwhelming popularity and of his fine character and warm- more than any other politician in acclamation was accorded him hearted disposition.” the United Btates.
even in Germany for his enzorts He was #orous opponent of to make countries settle interna-
Mr. Leslie Hore-Belliha, farmer the dictators and a strong critic of tional disputes by negotiations so all pretending in the Axis pro cutting Britain off from her main PASSENGER JUMPS ing a friend of the democrá
Japanese militarim and while re-than by bloodshed,
Secretary for War, said: "HistoryHospital 3 paganda is vanishing and full supplies,
He said then I believe in will judge his achievements. He play is given against the re "It is also interesting to recall INTO HARBOUR étés, he was outspoken in his con- poate in our time. His action elevated a standard of duty and elected president...
that Spain occupied Tangier and
became the mibfect of great con- devotion to the State and his About 5 pm. yesterday a Chi- The tone la menacing and described the occupation of it as
troversy, but none doubted the friends will remember the un- threatening. A Rome broadcast based on restitution. Sir Samuel nese male passenger on the Man
Speaking on the problem of sincerity of the then Prime Min-affected character of his life. recently threatened America in the Hoare, British Minister in Madrid. Chl jumped overboard, in an at- undernourishment among Chimess ister to defend peace. following terms: American in has been asking General Franco tempt to commit suicide, while the soldiers at the Y. M. C. A. Dish Under Mr. Churchill's leader-Labour and National Service, said: ternal affairs are of no interest and his Foreign Minister some launch was on its way to Hong cussion Group last night, Mr. Max ship. Mr. Chamberlain plunged "Whatever opinion may be held to us, but we should like to point questions about Tangler, while the king from Enamshulpo. He was Bickerton; of the Foreign Auxiliary into the service of his country as to the policy he pursued no one cut that Mr. Roosevelt was com Axis Powers are full of gier about rescued by the crew of a motor to the Chinese Red Cross, Bald and helped his new leader. He could question his honesty of par- pelled in his desire to get re-it and say that the occupation of boat.
that bad feeling among these resigned in October and the re- pose and Integrity of courage." I elected, to yell out that no Tangler is making the English On being brought over to Song-soldiers constituted a major handi- gret is that he has not lived to never doubted his determination American soldier would be sent quake more than ever for the kong the would-be suicide was cap to the work of the doctors. see victory for Britain... Get to see the war through to victory. In an International game play.. abroad. Washington will con- future of Gibraltar...
given some money by a well-dress- The soldiers were being paid $12.50 |
once the die ta cast. I feel that ex at Oldhaut, England Just tinue to aid Britain, but the Axia We shall want to know more ed Chinese man, who witnessed the a month and, of this $7.50 ATTLEES TRIBUTE
bis passing is the passing of an managed to beat Wales, the first c nas, faith in its job and will do about this especially in view of incident, before being sent to the was taken monthly to DAY for One of the first tributes to Mr. age. The world he knew will score being five points to three im 11. We advise all Americans to Italy's threats to starve us out. Queen Mary HOSDUBL
their board
Chamberlain has already come never return."
favour of the former
demnation of appeasement,
Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister ( of
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