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NAZI WARSHIPS WITH BOMBS Kowloon
British Successes Reported
3 LONDON, Doc.
A The Annual Meeting of the (Router).
strong Hong Kong Society for the Pro-
of R. A. F. formation tection of Children will be held in the Helena May Institute on bombers attacked Ger-
Exchange At Monday, December 11th at 5.39 man warships in the
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The Meeting is open to all vicinity of Heligoland, obtaining direct hits with heavy bombs, the Air Ministry announces to-day.
persons interested in the work si the Society,
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The announcement adds that all British machines returned safely.
Ono Messerschmidt was the only enemy machino encountered.
It was shot doi
Dec. 4. .Dec. 4. The announcement further udda .....Dec. 4. that a constat reconnaissance plane, in Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct a surprise attack, destroyed a German
Service" London dale, 26th Nov.submarine.
Dec. 5. ...Dec. 5.
Australia and Manila Haiphong, Hollow and Fort Bayard
Sunk By Plane
The pilot flying a Coastal Command Dec. 5.
150 miles from land .Dec. 5. aircraft wan
Shanghai......... Air Mail by "Pan American Airways when he sighted a minute object on
Direct Service"--San Francisco the horizon eight miles distant.
dale, 28th Nov.............Dec. G. With his binoculars, he was able Air Mail by "Air France Direct Ser-to satisfy himself that it was an
vice"-Parla date, 29th Nov.
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Haiphong and Fort Bayard
Japan
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So that he might approach un- .Dec. 6. observed, the pilot climbed Into a
Dec. 6.
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.Dec. 6.
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Before the submarine could fully submerge, a direct hit was scored.
The bumb exploded at the base of the conning tower,
No Survivors
2 p.m. The aircraft remained over
the
Manita, Ceylon, India, Egypt and position for five minutes to look for
Europe via Brindist-due Brindisi, survivors, but none was seen. 28th December,
G.P.O. nnd K.P.O.
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Die amerikanische Preffe
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bes Führers vocbestimmter Nachfolger, ver fügt im Vuslanb über nicht weniger als
· IIM 30 050 000.- hat in Buenos Aires, Luxemburg und Ejula. (Japan) die Kleinigkeit von
RM 35 960 000.- Ribbentrop ist der Meidste von allen. Su Holland und
ter Schweiz liegen für ihn
RM 38 960 000.- -bes Fährets Stellvertzeler, verstette in Sao RM 16 430.000.- Baolo und Bajel hat sich bei seinem „A.S.J.”-Gefhäft gefund RM 7564 000,- gemacht. Er hat ber wie ein Bax aufpast, beß lein Deutscher mehr als 10 art fiber die Grenze inmit, RM 10.550 000.- verschob felber Streicher, ist bekanntlich der Wächter der deutscher Chre". Er hat im Ausland einen Sparpfennig RM 3 000 000.-
Seb
Beh
Simmler,
Die Neuhorter Zeitung „Journal American“ Bes
merkt hierzu:
„Man hört init Genuighuung, daß so viele Nazi-Vonzen ganz selbstverständlich batuit rechnen, daß der Tag louimt an dem sie Deutschland verlassen müssen
Das find Cure Führer!
The Royal Air Force recently dropped these leaflets over Germany. The leaflets, printed in German, purport to show the amount of money each Reich Bilutster has stowed away in foreign countries.
Tour
of
Finland Shows
Reds have no Walk-over
IUP STAFF CORRESPONNDENT)
JAPANESE Blaze
LEADERS
IT IS now established that
TO CONFER at least 42 people lost their
TOKYO, Dec. 4 (Reuter), General Abe, the Japanse Pre- mier, has invited the leaders of the leading Japanese political groups to a joint conference at his official residence this after
noon.
He wilt ask for their eq-operation in the execution of foreign and domestic policies in connection with the hostilitle in China, according to reports circulating here.
Political leaders invited include Chil Machkla, President of the Min- seita Party: Fusan Osuke, Presiden ut the Orthodox Seiyukai Parly; Chikuhei Nakajima, President of the Selyukai Reformnist faction; and 7son Abe, President of the Social Mass party.
FINNISH TROOPS GAIN NEW VICTORIES IN
SNOW STORM (Continued from Page 1) parachutes although there were no eye-witnesses.
Two Finnish detachments closed in
lives in the disastrous Shanghai Street blaze last night.
'this morning During charred bodies.
were still being recovered from the debris of the two burnt-out tenements.
The majority of those injured were people trapped in their houses or who lo leap over tho chose hastily verandahs into the street below.
Fatal leaps from the blazing houses were made by at least four people.
Death Toll Mounts
Latest official reports reveal ikat the casualties in the fro total 04, of whom 42 are dead and 12 aro In Kowloon Hospital. Many of the latter are not expected to live.
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A tragle feature is that curly half the victims are children under the ages of 12 years, Included in the dead
four female infants under four years of age and seven female girls between 4 and 12 years of
Many of the bodies recovered this morning were charred beyond recognition.
The Bre was responsible for the highest death roll in many years.
Most of the bodies recovered this debriy
the gutted tenements at 182 Shanghai Street.
on the invaders from two sides ap-morning were buried deep in the
It was at parently encircling them. Brst believed that the plones were currying out a reconnaissance fight. One was abot down and the others
seaped under fire.
Moscow Communique
อ
- MOSCOW, Dec. 3 (UP)-Com- mmunique No. 4 says; "There was continued advance on all fronts, the Gulf Islands of Hoeland, Seiskaart, Lavansaari and Telesanm have been occupied."
Several people were saved by magnificent work on the part of the Fire Brigade, which used jumping sheets to some effect. Firesnen used ladders to carry other survivors down from the first and second floors.
Most of the survivors admitted to
hospital gained their injuries br jumping from the second floor to the pavement below,
FIGHTING AROUND
NANNING
(Continued from Page 1.)
several attacks on the Japanese at Tsengshing and exacted heavy tolls from the Invaders.
Moscow radijo, at 3 p.m., announced the capture of Terioki. Meanwhile "Pravda's" Karelian correspondent, Nikola Virta, charges that the Finas have been using poison gas since the Brst days of hostilities. He confirm- are ed the fact that the Finns stubbornly resisting, but claimed that they have been routed.
He also confirmed that the Soviet flect shelled the south Finnish coast. Moscow radio asserted that the populace of Teriaki welcomed the
Japanese claims of success in the Russian army, while engineers re- moved the Finnish mines from imghting on the southem front
carried by "Domei," which states that portant buildings and discovered a
Bitter fighting now rages at Fukwo, 17 miles north-west of Tsengching.
Japanese Claims
arc
When the aircraft left, a long oval patch of bubbling, foaming water the sub- covered the spot where 3.45 p.m. 200 b.
4.30 p.m. marine had been.
HELSINGFORS, Dec. 3 (UP).—I have just finished "buge arms dump in an underground about 4,000 Chinese remnants of the Two members of Live 400 n. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct 14 n. Servico"-dun London, 13th Dec, Cabinet, Sir Samuel Hoare and Lord .190.
Hankey, were visiting the RAF a two-day trip to the Russian frontier area, and the hideout, Coastal Command Headquarters when industrial cities there are
announcing the
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a wireless message destruction of the submarine was re-modern ghost towns. "'ceived from the alrcraft-
Cruiser Hit
"The industries, particularly paper and cellulose, are function- LONDON, Dec. 3 (Reuter)-It ising 24 hours a day. But a child Blackouts, arc a rarity. learned that two cruisers were among is the German warships successfully at-rigorous, and every window
sealed with cardboard. tacked.
The cruisers were lying close to a flotilla of six or seven destroyers.
is
world's of the At Virasoja, one .Dec. 5, 5 p.m. The leader of the attacking forces biggest paper mills ceaselessly grinida for export. At this Dec. 5, 7 p.m.
reports that when he ordered the at-out cellulose ....7.00 p.m. tack, heavy anti-aircraft fire opened factory, imitation silk for Indles men's suita Wednesday, Dec. 6
and one British plane fell out of stockings and cloth for .0.30 am. formation but was able to regain is ground out of the wood from Fin-
land's forests. 10 B. Fort Bayard
.1.30 p.m. height.
A score of mills around the lakes 4. Shangha! and Parcels only for It returned home with the others. els. n.
There were no casualties among and rivers bring an unceasing sup- 10.30 am.
ply of raw materials. Copper mines Amoy and Parcels only for Tientsin the RAF personnel.
Photographs were taken during the provide sulphur for paper bombing.
facture, and the copper ore is then Among the ships on which direct refined with the same electric power hits were obtained was one of the which reßnes Iron. from other mines. cruisers.
Berlin Version
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CHRISTMAS
BERLIN, Dec. 3 (Reuter). A later statement regarding the Heligoland raid declares that owing to heavy anti-aircraft fire, the enemy was only able to drop a few bombs which did very slight material damage. One fishing boat was suik.
Cruisers Bombed
Long Arctic Night
manu-
LONDON, Dec. 3 (UP). It has been oficially announced that Royal Air Force planes bombed German warships in the vicinity of Hellgo-have füllen in the past three days.
land.
an
Double Blockade Has Started
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UP),—
blockade double Britain's against Germany started at midnight.
Its purpose is to deprive Cermany of £100,000,000 in foreign exchange by seizing German exports.
The earlier protests have now subsided, the Allies hav- ing informed neutral powers that they do not intend depriv ing neutrals of vital imports,
It is announced that the first mass meeting in Terfoki pussed & resolution supporting M. Kuusin, "gainst that gang of Tanner, Cajander and other hangmen and tyrants."
Ay
33th Division and its reinforcements, who were recently dislodged from their prepared positions near Nan- ning, suffered crushing. defeats Saturnay near Taikaofengai, about 15. miles north of Nanning.
on
In the north, the Human front was once again the scene of considerable-
**** Hof Fighting Near Lako STOCKHOLM, Der. 3 (Domel) Chinese activities during the week-
from Helsinki Reports
that end. Fierce fighting took place along severe fighting is going on between the north bank of the Sintalang River the Finnish and the Soviet forces and when the defenders launched several the Flanish defenders neur Lake raidu on the Japanese positions near Ladoga.
Yoyang, states "Central News."
On December 1, Chinese forces. Information available in Swedish sources says that Soviet landing attacked Matang and Tangkiapallou, parties from Murmansk and Alexan-south of Yoyang on the railway. drovsk have succeeded in Innding at Pelsamo, the Arctic port on the north ern coast of Finland, which had been recaptured by Finnish troops, Soviets March Through
MOSCOW, Dec. 3 (Domel). The Soviet military command at Leningrad announced that Soviet troops have
into
Marshes
through marshes and on Sunday ad-
Another Chinese unit at Sintsiang launched a drive on Yoyong by high- and Inflicted considerable way casualties on the Japanese outposts. In Shans, Chinese forces are said to be vigorously attacking Changtze,
Japanese stronghold.
continued marching Finiana SCUTTLED SHIP'S vanced to 40 or 45 kilometres from the SURVIVORS SAFE
frontier.
CAPE TOWN, Dec. 3 (Beuter). The crew of 155 and 13 passengers, including 14 women and two children, from the scuttled German ship, Watussi, were landed safely with ne loss of lives.
the land parties were either anni- hilated or when prisoner,
situation.
Jasses.
within striking distance of Leningrad |
The detachment advancing from to be eliminated, and garrslons set Larelia also has reached to 30 or 40 There is very little daylight in up to forestall any possibility of lond kilometres from the border and oc-
through the weak winter in Finland. Motor cars turn attack
Baltic cupied the railway station of Musta- on their lights in the middle of the states.
mek. The Soviet troops were clos- afternoon. The ronds are narrow be
With a quick series of conferences Ing in on Helsinki.
Soviet aircraft on Sunday did not in the Kremlin, reminiscent of tween the lakes, and any mechanical transport is impossible except Hitler's at Berchtesgaden before the show any activity due to bad weather. them and they are well guarded.
Soviet Flect Claim Austrian and Czechoslovals coups, All the frontier Flans are happy Stall followed Hitlerian tactics to
MOSCOW, Dec. 3 (Domel)-The
Situation Unchanged LONDON, Dec. 3. (Reuter)—A over the coming of snow, which they expect to be an important aid in the oust Germany from the Baltic-a headquarters of the Soviet Leningrad coup robbed of no whit of signl-Milltary District has announced that) campaign against Russia,
Occupied Sursarl, Hogland, Seiskari on the Finnish radio states that there several inches ed with German consent, There is not enough snow yet," fence by the fact that it was execute the Soviet Baltic feet us conpletely Finnish army communique broadcast Labunsuri, and Chilarisari Islands in no change in the general military they say, although
Little Activity Ethnographically, temperamentally the Gulf of Finland.
It is pointed out that the Soviet The snow-covered forests in Fin-
HELSINGFORS, Dec. 1 (Reuter). Latvin, Lithuania-were Government demanded the cession of Estoniu, Two cruisers were bombed and it land hide many secrets of defence and historically the Baltic states-
recent A communique stules that there is islands during Its to Russian domination, these amenable
Iftile activity owing to heavy snow- has been learned that photographs against the Russlans.
The phantom figures of soldiers Once part of the Russian empire, the negotiations with_Finland,
fall except north of Lake Ladoga zbow direct hits were registered.
To Apa The Nazis ?. The cruisers were lying close to a glide about, clad in white to blend people maintain a cultural sympathy
with the landscape. White tents are with Russians and the Russian langu- STOCKHOLM, Dec. 3 (Domel), where the enemy has cuffered heavy flotilla of six or seven destroyers.
the leces. The omong
The Soviet troops are reportedly en-
Denying the Soviet allegation that The R.A.F. Squadron Leader paid pitched
countering stubborn resistance at the Although virtually they first saw Heligoland through a frontier forces are well armed with age is in wide use,
losing their hands of Finnish defenders in various gun was used, the Finnish Govern- gap in the cloud and that heavy nnti light machine-guns.
I saw airplanes y overhead at independence in foreign affairs, the parts of the country, Swedish military ment considers il "not out of the aircraft fire opened when he ordered
intervals of 10 minutes. They looked Battle countries take comfort from circles believe that Soviet milltary question that the Russian accusation the British planes to attack.
There were no casualties among as though they were about to land at the lack of indication that the Soviet authorities are planning a large-scale is a pretext for their future use of The official resume of the situa the British planes but one German some hidden airdrome. I judged Union tends to agitate Communiain or offensive in Finland similar to the poison gas."
their air speed about nearly 300 miles Sovietize their economie and political German drive in Poland, plane was shot down.
All Soviet railwaye leading to the tian alleges that the Russians have The omelal announcement sald bne per hour. They appeared to be an institutions at present,
The Russian Battle defences will be Finnish border are reported to be-brutally treated the inhabitants nork German submarine was sunk by a unrecognized factor In the Finnish
directed by the Soviet Union much crowded with trains carrying troops of Lake Ladoga, who direct hit with a single bomb behind defence programine.
did not even shake the tree us are those of Outer Mongolia, the and war material, while the Soviet evacuated their homes. the conning tower when she was sur- Stalin prised on the surface in the North to get the Polish and Baltic plums; protectorate forming the buffer with Baltie fleet is reported to have com- pleted concentration midway be- The they fell into his lap during a high Japan. Sea 150 miles from shore.
tween the Estonian coast and Hangoo RAF, patrol saw no survivors or wind stirred up by Germany. But
it is different. with Finland
Military power is available to dopreparatory to a fresh attheke on the wreckage.
With Germany pledged to non-the job, but Bolshevization by force Finnish port.
Manoeuvre Falls aggression-and busy, anyway, fight would be a bloody procedure at best: ing a war with France and Britain-Land no indication was forthcoming!
HELSINGFORS, Dec. 4 (Router). BERLIN, Dec. 3 (UP) hins after Stalin extended his western that Stalin Intends to essay such foreign correspondont reports the failure of a Soviet military manoeuvre been announced that British bombing defences halfway across Poland he task. planes yainly attacked Heligoland at immediately turned his attention to
Ifis immediate ends were gained by in the attempt to break the Finnish midday.
strengthening his Balile position.
the establishment of a bulwark defences in the Lake Ladoga area. "Only a few bombs were dropped
against Germany, or the British, or The much-practised landing of A Russian Soo and they did tille damage as a ré-
any combination which might at troops by parachute was carried out sult of vigorous anti-aircraft fire,
What was a German sea was to be some time try to crusade against behind the Finnish lines, the troops One fishing, boat was sunk,” says an
old hob- Communiam. Stalin wants Finland being equipped with machines guns. announcement by D.NB. (Omelat made Russian, and the
After some skirmishing, however. goblin of German navel and air bases to complete hils, plum. German News Agency).
German Version
had
not
It is claimed that a large number of Russians were blown up in a mined forcat near Terijoki
Russian losses are placed at several thousands.
Eighteen more Soviet tank reported destroyed,
are
Moscow Claim MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (Reuter)The capture of Hogland and a number of olher strategic alanda is claimed in a Leningrad communique.
Finns Hold Potsamo STOCKHOLM, Dec. 4 (Router). According to the latest reports, the Finns are still holding Petsamo,"