"Hongkong Daily Press," July 23, 1941.
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1941.
ISOLATED ENEMY PLANES REACH
MOSCOW IN INITIAL RAID Nazi Military
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF Camp Bombed
RUSSO-GERMAN CONFLICT
MOSCOW WAS RAIDED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MONDAY NIGHT BY GER- MAN PLANES SINCE THE SCART OF THE RUSSO-GERMAN WAR. More than 200 Nazi machines attempted to raid the city but only isolated planes reached the city.
While the Germans claim that heavy damage was inflicted, a report from a neu- trai observer in the Russian capital states that there was very little damage to Moscow when he toured the city yeste day morning, says Reuter.
Yesterday morning's communique from the Soviet Information Bureau states: During last night, stubborn fighting continued in the directions of Pskov, Polotsk, Nevel, Smolensk and Novograd-Volynsk.
place.
"In the other directions and sectors of the front, no large-scale operations took
Concern About State Of British Prisoners Of War In Greece
OF
LONDON, July 22 (BW8)—REPORTS OF CHAOTIC CONDI- TIONS IN GREECE AND ACUTE SCARCITY FOOD AMONG THE CIVILIAN POPULATION are causing Concern about the state of British prisoners of war both bf dirette and
Crete.
The Red Cross and 31, John War | Prisoners in Crete, Organisation have as an um-approximately 13,900, 37% mediate
tion
EARLY RAID BY COASTAL COMMAND
LONDON, July 22 (BW8)-An Air Ministry comunque states: "Early this morning, Coastal Com- mand aircraft bomben a German military camp and other objectives on the west coast of Denmark.”
A fuller description of the at-, tack on the German military camp on the Danish coast is given by the Air Ministry News Service.
The camp, it states, was envelop- ed in smoke and flames after it had been bombed before breakfast
..
"Our aircraft continued this morning by Beaufort aircraft their operations against of the Coastal Command. enemy mechanised units.
WENT DOWN LOW "According to preliminary "The countryside over which we data, during Monday, our Air were patrolling,aldie Sergeant Force destroyed in air-com- Pilot, "seemed perfectly. innocent bats 32 enemy planes. We put in the growing light, I saw what seemed to be the outline of lust eight aircraft."
a building, I went down low to investigate and I had come across a skilfully oncealed camp.
* TOO HASTY " LONDON, July 22 (BW8)—The German newspaper, FRANKFUR- TER ZEITUNG, which has main- Eined an outspoken attitude roughout the Nazi Regime says: me sectors of the front, our
"It was a peach of a target in the rays of the bug sun. I let 504 atics of bombs and saw them burst. Debris shot up all over the place. Then flames appeared and The fortresses which we be spread untf there was a large fire
already conquered blazing.
wries were too hasty.
210,000 to the British Ambassador
suddenly resumed resistance by When we were several miles on in Ankara and 25,000 to Dr The British Ited Cross have es virtue of underground fortifica- the way home, I looked back and Brunel, representative of the In tablished a reserve of about 500 tions not noticed by our soldiers. saw the tre still burning brightly. ternational Red Cross in Greece, 000 parcels of food as well as con-
"Again and again fresh battles "Other aircraft successfully for the purchase of any food sup siderable stores of clothing at must be fought in territory already bombed the rallway and pler on plies available In Turkey and Geneva in charge of the Interna-considered dominated by our the Danish coast." Greece to supplement prisoners' tional Red Cross but these cannot army. rations
be dispatched to Greece as heavy "This stubborn resistance is only
The prisoners war department German military traffic going east explained by Bolshevik fanaticism WOMAN KILLED
of the Red Cross recently stated through the Balkans occupies all that as far as they could judge, available freight space. about 8,000 men were taken in
Greece and these have now been mostly evacuated to Germany.
GEN. HONDA
FOOD SITUATION CRITICAL LONDON, July 22 (BWS)-It is TOKYO. July 22 (Reuter). While the resignation of the pro- learned here that Italian deserters Axis Foreign Vice-Minister, Mr. in the Wolobefit area-50 miles Ohashi, has been accepted, Gen north of Gondar in Abyssinia-re- Honda has been prevailed upon to port that the enemy's food situa- withdraw his resignation as Am-tion is critical but that the garri- bassador to Nanking. according to son had been ordered to fight to an official announcement.
the fast.
U.S. To Lend Britain $500 Million
or fear of political commissaTA.
"An enormous number of Rus- slan tanks have been destroyed and our tanks are still engaged in hard battles.
The article concludes: "A great part of the Red Army has been annihilated but it still remains impossible to judge how long will take before it is beaten.
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BY LORRY
A fatal traffic accident occurred yesterday when Lam Wan-szė, 33, married woman, of Nam On Fong, Village, Suukiwan, was knocked down by the front left wheel of a
415-19 Marina House, Queen's Road Central. G.P.O. Box No. 1
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Five Bishops In Colony
rokowing the consecraton uk ino Very Rev. J. L. Wilson is Bishop of Singapore at St. John's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, there are now five blahops in the Colony. The above group, taken after the service, shows from left to right: Bishop Mok Shan-tsang, Bishop Wilson, Bishop Norman S. Binsted. Bishop C. T. Song and Bishop R. O. Ha!L~~{King's Studio). Full description of the service will be found on Page 2.
MANILA EXCITEMENT HAS DIED DOWN BUT UNDER-CURRENT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL
MANILA, July 22 (Reuter)-The excitement apparent here last week regarding the possible imminent develop ments in the Far East has died down considerably though necessarily there remains an under-current of uncer tainty.
Such developments as the evacuation of Japanese na- tionals from South Africa and Tokyo's imposition today of war-time censorship and restrictions on telegrams to Japan were noted quietly.
Well-informed circles feel that Japan is continuing to
of reserves while simultane- ously preparing a ground of forany contingency such as
Soviet and Siberian forces if the possible weakening of the
reserves are required on the European front.
Defences Of play in the international war
India
military truck No. 5652 driven by State for India, announced in the Mr. L. S.. Amery, Secretary of G. Howarth, of the Royal En-House of Commons that important "Only one thing is certain, and gineers, Wellington Barracks. steps are being taken to streng- that is, Germany will fight this According to a Police report, the then the defences of India, saya war against Russia to the end.
military truck was travelling along Reuter. "We confess that hardships in Shaukiwan Road about 11.45 am The Executive Council of the these battles exceed anything in yesterday from Lyerman to Cen-Governor-General will be enlarged, history and we assume increased trai, when Lam crossed the road A National Defence Council of bitter resistance and the power of and was struck down. :
30 members will be set up and the the Red Army is caused by the She received serious injuries members will be selected from the knowledge of its leaders that last and was sent to the Queen Mary governments of the different pro-unlikely reserves in the fight."
U.S. DRIVE FOR ALUMINIUM
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuter)-The Federal Loan Agency POTS AND PANS
states that the Interest and dividends from pledged securities, plus earnings assigned to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from United States branches of 41 British Insurance companies, will be adequate to amortise the entire loan by the end of the maturity perlod.
•
DEPRIVED OF CHANCES OF BUSINESS,
SAY JAPANESE
The collateral, which is estimat- ed to be worth $500,000,000, is in three categories:.
NEW YORK, July 22 (Reutër)----. The opening day of the drive aluminium pots and pans produc- throughout, the United States for
ed a huge result,
Washington officials predict that the total will exceed $0,000,000 pounds and even suggested that
But Japan's chief aspirations, it is felt, lle toward the south which connexion, it is not consi- dered that forceful action in any way is imminent because
Firstly, the Japanese Fleet is to move while the
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Fatal Air Collision
R.A.F. PLANE AND ENEMY BOMBER
LONDON, July 22 (BW9) ----AN Air Ministry communique states:
"An enemy bomber collided with an R.A.F. aircraft over the Home Counties during last night
"Both aircraft were destroyed and the crews killed,
"Another R.AF. aircraft crashed in the city of Lincoln, The occu- pants of the aircraft and one civilian were killed."
FEW ENEMY PLANES
An official communique states: "A few enemy aircraft few over- land during the night chiefly in the coastal areas.
"Bombs were dropped at pointa in East Anglia, demolishing some houses in the town and causing a small number of casualties in- cluding some killed.
"A few bombs were dropped elsewhere whith caused only minor damage and no casualtics had been reported."
$25,000 FOR PLANE
LONDON, July 22 (BWS)A Bri- tish resident in the Federated Malay States who last year gave $25,000 to the Imperial Exchequer, an interest-free loan of Straits Lasked that the pan be converted into a gift and tus by the lamie time given a further $25,000 for the purchase of a fighter plane.S
The condition of the gift" was that his name should remain secret.
Mannheim Bombed
An Air Mistry communique yesterday states that Monday night's offensive by the RAF concentrated on Frankfurt and against Western Germany was
Mannheim, says Reuter,
Industrial targets and communi cations in both cities were heavily bombed while smaller forces of aircraft attacked the docks at
From all these operations one of Cherbourg and Ostend.
our bombers is missing.
Hospital, but died at 9 c'clock last vinces and states, and well-known typhoon season in the South China GERMANS ARE
night.
| Industrialists.
Colony Blacked-out But Work On A.R.P. Tunnels Continues
A tour of the various districts on the Island revealed that last
from the round.
Firstly, securities of 61 Umited 30.000,000 to 40,000,000 will be rals-night's black-out was an Improvement on Monday night-as viewed States corporations listed in the ed New York Stock Exchange with Two big piles of metal were dis.. present market value of $205,000,- played in New York in Times 000;
Aquare and City Hall Park, con Secondly, unlisted securities of talning an amazing assortment 40 United States valued at $115,000,000; and
corporations from Jelly moulds to warming
TOKYO, July 22 (Reuter) "No business at all" was the reason Thirdly, capital stock of 41 Bri-| given by a Government spokesman tish-owned United States Insu- at a Press conference this morning rance companies with a new value for the evacuation of Japanese na of $180,000,000. tionala · from the Union of South
Africa,
OBJECT OF LOAN
The object of the ipan 18 to pro- He pointed out the changed in-vide Britain with dollar exchange ternational situat'on had deprived without having to sell securities the Japanese residents in Bouth and Investments at forced sale, Afriva of the chances of doing
The loan will bear, three per businesă.
cent, interest.
The number af hundreds, how-
The loan will mature in fifteen
ever, he added, was only 30 and years and an extension of Ave not a hundred as reported by the years is provided if two-thirds of Press
the capital had been repaid at the
The spokesman said the Japan- end of the fifteen years.
ese Charge d'affaires, Mr. Yoshida
and his staff of three and the Japanese Consul, Mr. Nakagawa
LOAN ANNOUNCED LONDON, July 2 (Reuter)-Ari with his staff of four would re American loan of $425,000,000 10 main at Pretoria and Capetown Britain to pay for war supplies
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4 Leading article: Hot Wes- ther and Dress Hoform, Radio programmes: Coming events: Crossword puzzle.
However, the majority of the population still did not seem to realise that the black-out actually started at sunset as witnessed by the fact that nocserious attempts were made to obscure lights unfl well past 9 o'clock.
Sampang and Junks along ther waterfronts still remained bad-of- Tenders. In Shaukiwan, Aberdeen and the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter, there had been much improve. ment,
An eastbound tram in Shauki
wan was made a target by some apparently mischievous persons, who showered a fusillado of stones and broken glass at the vehicle from a height, some being thrown into the first class compartment.
„During the past two nights ‚ of · black-out," work at the various" AR‚§', tunne's still un- der construction Continued without abatement. While th ́s persistency must be praised
and the necessity for the com- pletion of the tunnels in tinte for emergency taken into non- sideration, no attempt was made whatsoever to observe the Black-out Regulations. One tunnel behind the Hong- A search for the perpetrators kong and Shanghal Banking Cor was conducted, but no arrest was poration had it lightsTM shining
be fully norom the road on the wall. Many Ughte were shone but from of the building opposite.
Sea is at its height,
Secondly, Japanese shipping is ENCOUNTERING
widely dispersed and it would be,
st least, six weeks before evacuees from South Africa reached home; Thirdly, the new Japanese Cab
DIFFICULTIES
tnet is probably not yet quite set- IN S.E. EUROPE
tled down; and
ANKARA, July 22 (Reuter) Fourthly, it would be imprudent The Germans are encountering for Japan to move in any direc-many difficulties in South-eastern tion, North or South, unless there Europe is a more definite Indication of an outcome of the Soviet-German conflict.
HELEN JACOBS WINS
SEABRIGHT, New Jersey, July 22 (Reuter)-Many well-known lawn tennis players figured in the 59th invitation tournament wherein the first round winners included Helen Jacobs, who beat Mrs. Cole man by 6-3, 6-0, Bobby Riggs who beat J. Moorhead by 6-1, 6-2, both
winners having held American and Wimbledon titles, e
Arthur Marx, son of Coucho Marx, im bomedian was also among the men winners.
It is learned in Ankara that German anti-aircraft crews in Athens were recently involved in a serious brawi with Italian Ber sagliers, resulting in many casual- tles necessitating hospital treat ment,
Street fighting is also reported in Sofla between German and Bulgarians who accused the Ger- mans of robbing the country of food.
Bulgaria's difficulties have been mcreased by the fact that she la now building 150 miles of railways liking Bouth Servis in Yugoslavia and Salonika in Thrace with Bul-
garing
SHARE 'COSTE
It is reported the Germans will share the cost and supply a large part of half-a-million inhourets required from prisoners, but Bal- DEFENCE HIGHWAY share depends on the price. Ger- garla's only chance of paying her
BILL PASSED many is willing to pay for Bu
garian tobacco, ⠀⠀ WASHINGTON, July 2 (Router) To will be recalled that last year the backs of some" buildings, Apře | REALISTIO. TURN......... The House of Representatives has many Bulgarians - destroyed the sumably redential quarter ad Black-out exercises In Kowloon passed the $367,000,000 Defenderup rather than self at the price Hitler, in need of troop Jacent to the tanke of the matte last night took a more realistin Highway Bill which has been offered by Germany EVIDE Half-yearly Naval Promo Petroleum Company in King's turi when on two qcasions decontent to the Senate for consideras sarim mobilation will help
Roads
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