HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Das Reich Warns Nazis Of British Air War: Screaming
Night Sirens
BERNE, August 24 (Bcutor)-Fe can certainly reduce by one- half British forecasts of their air war plans against Germany, but we shall have to go to cellary often enough ant the nights are shorter again. It serves no purpose to have illusions at this prospect,"
NAZI SOLDIERS IN NORWAY DESERT
So warns DAS REICH under the heading "Good Nerves." It adds "Atrens screan again every night The experience of 50 to 100 air raids whereon many German cities including Berlin can look back has changed nervousness, which was understandable at the beginning. into indifference
CABLE
ANTI-NAZI Roosevelt Corrects
SPEECH
IN GERMAN
LONDON, August, 24 (Reuter)-A
volce delivering an anti-Nazi specch
German broke into Satur
1
day night's musical programme
Senator's Statement
On War Production
HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 24 (Reuter)—American broadcast by the "Deutschsland- Defence production is on the average up to the estimates sender" Station.
though it has never been completely satisfactory, PRESI- Listeners in London were unableDENT ROOSEVELT told a Press conference on Friday.
to hear all that the speaker said, but the following sentences could be made out:
Referring to SENATOR BYRD'S statement earlier this week asserting that defence production was "serious- ly lagging" the President said that he had asked the War Department to check up and this showed that Senator Byrd was wrong in regard to all categories of war pro- duction, except planes.
"Against Hitler stands the greatest industrial power of the world-the United States. Against Hitler stands the LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter) ---
greatest sea power in the world Evidence of the trouble which
"Not that people become insep-
Great Britain, Against Hitler The War Department had stands the greatest land force are being experienced by the Gersible. On the contrary people are
told President Roosevelt that man authorities in
In the world--the Soviet Union. Norway. bot more conscious than 12 months ago
"How then can Hitler hope to win
it was very unfortunate that! only with the Norweglans, but also of the hours of alarm which change even with their own compatriots, the fate of many. People know that this war? I tell you. Hitler win Senator Byrd's data was so in- has reached the Norwegian Tele
every individual is equally menaced bring nothing but sorrow upon you accurate and that somebody
Is as there graphic Agency from Norway
first and second Then destroy Hitler and make an had misled Senator Byrd. that danger line. People have learned end to this senseless war.” The Agency says the fact
Becoming more specific, Pres1- Germans soldiers are using oppor
that this incalculability is based The sarue voice broke in again dent Roosevelt said that Senator of war which, in 'during the German news-bulletin at Byrd had declared that not a tunity to escape on a large scale, on the law
no
U.S. Strike
Jeopardises Construction
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1941. -PAGE 7
LONG LULL IN GERMAN U-BOAT ATTACKS ON ATLANTIC
SHIPPING EXPLAINED
The slackening of German U-Boat attacks on British ' and allied shipping formed the subject of an interesting broadcast from London yesterday by Mr. H. C. Ferraby, B.B.C. naval commentator.
ALL FIRST AID POSTS
Mr. Ferraby said that what he was going to say might be news to many people. In the first twenty-two days of
Germans August, the
had
IN COLONY claimed only once that their
MANNED
were
U-Boats had attacked British Merchant shipping. Only twice in the same period had Italian communiques mentioned any activity by their submarines.
All first aid posts in the Colony the manued throughout the morning and afternoon yesterday in connexion with the monthly mancing exercise of the Clyflian Medical Defence.
the
was revealed by a placard posted up whatever form it appears, demands: 2 p.m. This is believed to be the single tank had been shipped to directed the Navy to "take posses- Post communication officers and days with only one attack being
Its price.
by the local police in Stryn D: Nordfjord by the order
REMORSELESS FACT of the German Commandant which "People in the stiffening restric states: "None must assist escaped ted atmosphere of air rald shelters German soldiers with lodgings, have no other weapon to face food, clothes or in any other way. this remorseless fact except the If such refugees are discovered sober, quiet weighing up of circum the nearest Folice authorities must stances. be informed immediately. If thes Instructions are ignored, offenders will be prosecuted under the Ger man martial law."
From Trysil
Norwegian Parish on the Swedish border, it
were
Arst time that the "Deutschland England. but actually, declared sender" has been successfully in- the President, hundreds of tanks terrupted, though for the past few of modern design had gone to days the station, working on the Britain, 50me of which
me frequency, has been faintly known to have been sent to Egypt jand newspapers had carried storics of the excellence of their per ionnance.
heard
United States."
LONG LULL "Since the beginning of July," Units of the St. John Ambu continued Mr. Ferraby. "the Ger- lance Brigade,
Auxiliary Juan Admiralty had to allow long Nursing Service and the ARP. periods to pass with nothing to HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 24
Medical Anxillary
participated, report. Now we have pas sed (Reuter)-Pres. Roosevelt has Ambulance and lorry personnel, through a perlod over twenty
slon of and operate" the strike-medical talson offteers responsible reported. We may well ask what bound Kearney and New Jersey
for communications took part in the meaning of this alackening? the exercise. Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
"Don't imagine that the Battle It was learned late in the even- A White House statement says
of the Atlantic is over. That 18 that the strike "jeopardises con-
ing that the turnout yesterday far from the case. We don't have
that struction of vessels essential to the was an improvement on that at figures
con tell us how last month's exercise.
many German and Italian sub- Regarding Senator Byrd's state-
It is expected that work which i
INSPECTION TOURS
marines have been destroyed and ment that the programane pro-stopped on Aug. 7 will restart on The Director
of Medical Ser. We only have Mr. Churchill's con- vided Sur the average
month- Monday (today).
servative of two to four a week, We vices, Hon. Dr. P. S. Selwyn- ly deliveries of only four
After further studies of negotia-Clarke, accompanied by Dr. J. B. many U-Boats have been put out (90-
must also remember that a great millimetre anti-aircraft
tlons, White House sald methods Mackie, inspected first aid posts in Kuns, Mr. Roosevelt said that the pro-
and policies relating to
of action and damaged and that the Kowloon, while a similar inspec-it will take several weeks to put NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (Reuter)-gramme actually called for mouth-
ultimate title to the factory will be tion tour of first aid posts on the them back in the fighting line." who were guarding the frontier, ed by the fact that reprisals have from Oshawa Ontario, near To-
The Duke of Kent who arrivedly deliveries of 61 for the remain- worked out and a decision reached Island was made by Assistant discared their weapons and escap- always followed in double or ten-ronto, was cheered by a crowd of
ing months of this year and the as to whether Government will buy Commissioner E. M. Raymond of
LOSS OF CREWS ed to Sweden when they heard fold severity. We make no illusion about 4,000 as, hatless and smil
War Department believed that the the shipyard, lease it, or hire a the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Mr. Ferraby said that another that Germany had launched an at-propaganda. Therefore, we do not mg, he shook hands with the wel-
programme would be met,
manager to operate it.
accompanied by Corps
Important fact that had to be Superin tack on Russia.
As in the
borne in mind
these that pretend that nights with screaming
саде of the North tendent Chan Yu-kin orning ofciais.
American Aviation factory, Presi-
CI trained sirens are pleasant."
Officers and personnel of the 15 37-millimetre) anti-tank guns would be produced monthly,
9.30 am to 12.30 p.m. and again whereas the actual output was 72 Chief of the Army and Navy, in from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in July and would be 160 th August, pursuant the
the
"The men and women on whom the day's work lays the heaviest burden are often, when Just 1orn from sleep, overtaken by this de ceitful fate.
"The complaints of those who is reported that 40 German soldiers suffered such losses cannot be st
Gap Between American
And Japanese Policies
RUSSIANS TAKE VILLAGES
Continued from Page 1
In the last battle alone our troops captured and destroyed in
addition to fifteen 75-mm guns and eight 105 min, howitzers, 70 sub-machine guns, 45 machine guns, five anti-tank guns, anti
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Reuter) The gap between American and Japanese policies in the Far East about 20 light guns. "must be bridged" declared Admir-
"The Third Rumanian Division
DUKE OF KENT
CHEERED BY 4,000
Chinese
Newspaper
On Post-war Settlement
CHUNGKING, Aug. 24 (Reater) -The Chinese do not want to A-
pose another Versailles on Japan. declares the Chinese daily CHINA TIMES in a leader this morning on post-war settlement,
ACTUAL OUTFÜT
Was
losses involved losses
Benator Byrd had said that onlydent Roosevelt acted as the Chier various units were on duty from crews. That was why the hal
Executive
to
and
Commander-in-
constitutional
260 in September and 320 in Octo-powers and Federal statutes.
Senator Byrd had stated that
ber.
Mr.
ARRESTED
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 24 (Reu
thirty-six prominent
German
TWO MEETINGS OF THE VICHY
CABINET
only 15 mortars of 81-millimetres PROMINENT NAZIS months immediately ahead. would be produced monthly in
July was 221, August would be ter-The Roosevelt sald that production in 340 and September and October Nazi leaders arrested here on Fri: would be even bigger, ever.
The Vichy Cabinet held two Senator Byrd's figures regard-the
day are charged with delivering to meetings on Saturday, says Reuter Advocating equality among na-ing planes were substantially cor- totalling 1,100,000 pesos from pair by a further meeting this after- The inorning session was followed authorities sams
al Nomura, Japanese Ambassador has ceased to exist as a fighting/Peace, the Chinese daily points out The President took exception to local benevolent and cultural pu! Interior, held a conference for the
tans and also the indivisibility of rect, said President Roosevelt. He subscriptions ear-marked for noon. the failure of the League of Byrd's contention that production poses. Nations was due to "too much em-of military aircraft had declined phasis on the importance of big-progressively in May, June and ger Powers, ignoring the interests July. and position and also too much Importance was planes
of smaller nations, The production of training LONDON,
produced had
Aug. 24 (Reuter)~~ increased Money market credit has been f craft remained steady because under the Influence of a heavy there had been changes in design last-minute rush to buy 24 per and testing of new designs to cent. National War Bonds last
to the United States, at a Press Conterence after he had seen Mr. Cordell Hull. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Admiral Nomura added: "I have
unit."
an
HARASSING RAIDS Apart from Konier's drive on undefined sector of the 'cen- tral front, there are also reports of
Soviet cavalry into the German
MONEY MARKET
July and August, though It. dia not mark the end of the battle of the Atlantic, could be regarded as victory for the alles.
"The whole world has now been told what is happening in the Atlantic," said Mr. Fer- raby. The voyage of Mr. Chur- chill and the Empire leaders across the Atlantie was one of the most striking demenstra- tions of the British command of the sea that has ever been given,
was
A RESOUNDING VICTORY Later, M. Pucheu, Minister of the
"It may perhaps also appear to have been very daring, but we representatives of the French and of those dangers or the dangers should not under-rate the anxiety Foreign Press.
He made a number of statements the danger of
that we knew existed. There
a furious attack on internal problems which will be from German U-Boats and also published simultaneously in
from their dive bombers. There The statements will be broadcast counter with the new Germa
was also every possibility of an en- by French stations.
a very strong conviction it wil. continued harassing raids by the laced on Europe ignoring the t-and production of military air-distinctly short supply this weak cupies and unoccupied zones.
though I don't know just how."
rear.
He declared his conference with Mr. Hull embodied a frank general discussion of problems affecting high spirit of the Soviet forces, A indications go to prove the the Pacific. but that no agree-both in the North, where they are ments were reached.
holding a threat to Leningrad,
"We talked not as diplomats but and in the Gomel region where
portance of Asia”
Thailand
a
as human beings in an effort to they fully realise the necessity for Refuses To
And mutually satisfactory solutions stopping of major differences" the Japanes. movement Ambassador added.
BEST BRITISH
MATERIAL
IS FOR BURMA
RANGOON, Aug 24 (Reuter)-If
Burma, until recently the back-
any sweeping flank
into
Eastern Ukraine Consider
with all its new industries.
KEXHOLM DESTROYED ROME Aug. 24 (Reuter)-A
New Order
meet lessons learned last spring. week together with some calling
battleship Tirpitz,
"None of these things happen-
NEXT LEASE, LENDed, but day after day during that
APPROPRIATION
PLANE FIGURES
in by the banks in connexion with President Roosevelt, in referring the payment of the £15 milion
Lime our officers in charge were questioners to the Office of the Treasury Deposit money, necessi-
keyed up for action. The success. Production Management for exact tating the special buyer to enter is estimated that Congress will be out was a resounding victory, the LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter)-It with which this voyage was carried information, said that his recol-the market on Thursday and Fri-asked to approve of the sum of psychological effect of which will lection of July plane production day. figures was 1,466 compared to the
£1,000,000,000 for the next Lease be much greater than that earlier estimate of 1,508.
and Lend appropriation. BANGKOK, Aug. 24 (Reuter)-At
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 24 (Reuter)
which followed the destruction The fact remained, concluded-The Mexican Government an- the Office of Production Manage-
The NEW YORK TIMES quotes of the Bismarck. present Thailand refuses to con- the President, that except regard-nounces the closing of all German ment as saying that the Uniteo Ladoga was completely destroyed sider questions like the Japanese planes, Benator Byrd's state- Consulates in the country, owing States will turn out £250,000,000
"It showed Britain's ability to use the seas without let or New Order and co-prosperity ment as a whole, was full of des- to their subversive activities.
hindrance. It proved once. scheme as she does not want to be crepancies. In every single item.
and for all the utter baseless.. saddled with consequent obligations
ness of the German claims to hiye imposed a total blockade on us."
Belsinki dispatch says that Kex- holm
the on
shores of Lake
by
the Russians
before they
evacuated it,
CAMPAIGN NECESSARY
or forfeit her neutrality, says the
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter-The popular Thal dally. THAI MAI in water but now of high significance German Press, under the direction one of the rare editorials on the in the whole Far East strategy, of Dr. Goebbels, is telling the New Order.
should become the scene of an ex- German people that the present What does Japan mean by a New tension of the war Britain's best campaign against Russia is neces-order anyway, asked the journals.
Frenchmen
material and men will become in-sary to open the way for the final It says the phrase Co-prosperity Indignant
creasingly avaliable.
offensive against Britain.
ed soon.
"WE ARE READY"
In
Saigon
worth of tanks in 1942
To Improve Transport On The Burma Road
$103,000 AT AUCTION
This is emphasised by the stream It says that at present only the what is its object? We have been
CHUNGKING. Aug. 24 (Reuter)-Concrete proposals for the Im- Scheme sounds well enough, but of young men, representing every German Fleet and the Luftwaffe
provement of transportation on the BURMA ROAD have been snd-
SHANGHAI, Aug. 24 (Reufer) branch of Britain's armed services. are engaged against the British. Waiting to hear more about it, con-
mitted to General'ssimo Chiang Kai-shek by American transportation
A LONDON TIMES copy, dated. which is now flowing into and out but that changes may be expect-
cludes the paper,
experts who are at present en route back to Washington after a LONDON, Aug 24 (Router) visit to Chungking and a survey of the Burma Road,
1805, giving an account of the of Rangoon
Frenchmen in Saigon have publicly
Battle of Trafalgar, fetched over Many of these men, though in- Meanwhile, neutral Press re-
Provided our independence and demonstrated against Vichy's capl-It is learned, is a day and night der in order to speed up traffic.
Among the proposals submitted. (station at the Sino-Burmese bor- at British Night of the "XCDN
$103,000 in an auction last night. credibly young looking, are already ports say that the Luftwaffe is ex-integrity are left intact, we are tulation to the Japanese, according functioning of the Chinese customs veterans displaying on their tunic pected to resume its heavy attacks ready to do anything to satisfy to a communique Issued by the
Moonlight Follies," the proceeds army decorations which were not against Britain as soon as the nations friendly to us, said Luang Free French Headquarters,
It is stated that previously the from which all go to the War won Hghtly.
bad weather clears up.
Customs station was only open for Fund.. Vichit Vathakarn, whose official The communique says, "A French The Board of Trade have made hours resulting in motorcars and
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter) Inspection during designation now is "Acting Foreign officer who succeeded in escaping an order prohibiting from Monday trucks arriving after office hours. A man, Wong Sik, residing at
usual office GERMAN CLAIM
FATAL MISHAP
YOUTHFUL PILOT
One may, for instance, ran German communique claims the broadcast on the security of That the Japanese declared that the except under licence to China,
LONDON, Aug. 24 Reuter-A Minister," and who on Aug. 21 from Balgon before the arrival of (today) the export of any goods being held up at the station.
across a youthful R.A.B. pliot who capture of the Dnieper bridgehoad, land,
24
Jslands and
ALREADY APPROVED
No. 620, Shanghai: Street, first Reuter learns that the proposals oor, was knocked down by lorry have already received the approvat No. 1174 of the Shing Wo Hing NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (Reuter
of the Chinese Government.
Transport Co., when he was cross- The new ruling, it is stated, willing the road at the junction of to the nation from Hyde Park on across the border without any in- on Saturday night. President Roosevels will broadcast enable a steady flowing of trafic Mongkok Road and Shanghai St Monday evening.
terruption during hours.
Wong died soon after admission His addreas Ja expected to begin Mr. Daniel Arnstein, bond of the to the Kowloon Hospital. for a quarter of an hour.perts, told friends here that he had WOOD, LITTLE WIN at 6.45 pm. G.M.T., and will last group of, American transport ex-
has run the whole gamit of the Cherkassy, 120 miles south-east of country, he said, her contributions Japanese of Admiral Decoux, Vichy
French in that city are indignant Japanese Pacific Luftwaffe or fought through the Kiev.
Though Thailand is amell over the servile attitude to the Macso. Battle of Britain.
Faces change as officers, take
DEMAND ON HUNGARIANS
to the welfare of humanity are Governor-General in French Indo charge of their planes or units and The Germans have demanded from to support the campaign against public demonstrations.
MOSCOW, Aug 24 (Reuter)-to auntribute a considerable sum
great. She was the first country China, scatter into the rotesses of
This indignation was shown by Burma's frontier, but the essential the Hungarians hve more divi- features of a war-time disembarksons for the Eastern front, ac-wa
typhus in Poland after the World ation port remata as reinforce-cording to swiss reports quoted menta arrive,
From a chain of bir felda, link- ing up with
Burma le increasingly able to
fous intent."
by the Tass Agency.
MOBILISATION
She has never missed an oppor- tunity to participate in interna-. tional enterprises for the well-
TRIED TO MOLEST YOUNG GIRL
Monday (today) is Labour Day discovered there was no founda to America.
tion to the reports that the Chi-Craig Wood and Lawson Little de- DETROIT, August 24 (Router)---
LONDON,
nese were poor drivers,
The Chinese drivers, hi added, were as good as thoss found anywhere else in the workt.
teated Ralph Guldahl and Bam Snead seven and alx in a two-ball foursome in the challenge match between Bobby Jones team and the United States 1939 Ryder Cup team.
thong of Malaya's, FRESH HUNGARY being of humanity at large. A middle-aged woman and her answer back to any with "burg
MUST NOT LOSE TIME 12-year-old daughter, both street Japán must not lose any more sleepers on the pavement outside THE ENTIRE NATION 18 RAL
Aug 24 (Reuter)--- time before declaring openly she No. 126 Temple Street, Yaumati, LYING BEHIND THE SHAIL" de-
·MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (Reuter) has no demands on Thalland, the were awakened at 4 am yesterday einrod, tits, Teheran Balio tonight, Tomorrow's meeting of the Frosh mobilisation is taking place same way us Britain has already when a man, it was alleged, crept Hongkong Rotary Club will be a in Hungary,
done, saya the THAI RASUR com-up to the girl and tried to moluat
Routers learns that a big group closed one. On the following It is also said that the Germans menting on the inang Thai hor
Mr Samuel Sung Young (Halung of American transportation ex- Tuesday, Sept. 2. Mr. John W. are complaining of the low. nght- broadcast of Aug. 10 which drew
Ohling-chih) recalled Chinese parts, including mechanics and tacmand arro Yuen will address the Clab mosquity of the Hungarian pointed attention,
The mother struck the man with Minister to Brazil, has arrived operation expert will leave for "The Magic of Colour,” a troops,
a plece of firewood and he ran Hongkong en route to Chungking China to help to away.
where he will hereafter serve la
This omission is Japan's part
..
VICHY, AUS