DONALD DUCK
OH-CHI
A TOUGHIE! AND ME WITH
TEN BUCKS.
Core i9y, Walt Humer
BROKE!
SO SORRY!
At
School for 2 Minutes
More than 200 Romfurt, Erucat girls, pupils, at the County High School, are attending school-for two minutes a torek! The time is spent collect- ing from individual pigeon holes school-work left there by teachers, and leaving in baskets the previous week's work. The scheme has been ar- ranged so that the woric may go on while air-raid precautions are being Barried out at the school. Above, studying the week's schedule of lessons.
MUZZLING THE NAZI SPIES Gramophone Record Hid A Message
INGENIOUS methods Вяза which 'valuable information could be conveyed to the enemy will have little chance of suc ceeding now, for Mr. Hore- Belialia, the War Secretary, has minde
order to combat espionage.
a new
--This-nims-at-the-interception of vital messages written in code or invisible ink or concealed in ordinary articles of com-
merce.
It is known that the common- place amt apparently harmless ser- vice of news. advertisements, photography and literature might be adapted to the use of espionage.
commedies Famillar goods and can also be employed to carry hiiden messages.
A Hitler Specch During the last war, it was dis-i closed that personal paragraphs could serve a sinister purpose; that| by means of a code, words could change their meaning. and the movements of men and ships could. be detailed in a contribution to the correspondence column.
A gramophone record was found! recently to be so manipulated that, beginning with a speech by Hitler,
The previous week's work being left by pupils for correction by their teachers.
Jamming B.B.C. Foreign Talks
it ended with something quite dif- Source Not Yet Traced
ferent.
Like smugglers,
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 4, 1939.
By Walt Disney
WALT DISN
Work of Bombers Starts on the Ground
R. A. F.
PILOTS WAIT
FOR WAR TO "START"
WHEN QUEEN MARY HAD
HER
CIGARETTE
How the daughter of a Socalist Minister once admited privately that the most vivid memory of her first visit to Windsor Castle was to
By RONALD WALKER
FRANCE. STANDING on an obser- vation post amid the dismal rotting relics of the last war, I watched to-day R.A.F. bomber pilots keeping in
see Queen Alary smoke a cigarette is related in a book publish recently practice for this war which
"In an age when many women smoke in publle," writes the authoress, "the Labour Afinister's daughter was startled by the onomaly, as it seemed to her, of Queen Mary smoking.
"Yet in an age when fewer women smoked who were not as I
seemed quite natural that Queen Alexandra should smoke.
deed,
once overcame the scruples of a Bishop, and Induced him to smoke a cigarette with her on board the Vletoria and Albert,"
The story is told in "The Lady of Marlborough House," Jonathan Cape, 68, by Miss Kathleen Woodward, who traces with sympathette un- derstanding a life of Queen Mary which incorporates the historic back. ground of her Majesty's experiences as Princess, Queen and Queen
Mather.
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Another "Musical Cocktail"
9.30 New Mayfair Orchestra and Rose Bampton (Contralto). By Erich Porges
"Virginia"Selection (Waller and Tunbridge); "Funny Faca"-Selec- Radio Programme Brondeast by tion (Gershwin); Swana (Kramer),. ZBW un a Frequency of Bla k.c's. Rose Bampton: "Lucky Gir and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. Selection (Charlg and Meyer); Light, and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per My Light (from Gitanfall-Song- second
offerings); When I Bring to You II.K.T.
Colour'd Toys (from 'Glfanfall'
Bampton: Song-offerings)....Rose 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-"Love Lies Selection; "Tivo
cession.
1230 Panco Musto by Ambrozo and
Uls Orchestra,
1,0 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.
1,03 Variety with Charlie Kunz, Frank Crumit, Harold Ramsay, onl Dork Palmer.
ther Forecast and Announcemeats.
1,30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wen-
1.45 Selinberi--Quariet Minor. Op. 20.
Kollsch Quartel. 2.15 Close down.
In
O'Clock Girl"-Selection (Ruby). 10.0 An hour of Dance Music. 11,0 Close down.
GERMAN FUTILITY
A Representations Ignored
By Stalin
From this hill the country rolled away in small hills and straggling valleys into the mist of driving rain. Every inch of the land is pitted and scarred from the shells of 1914-18, and scat- tered with steel helmets, water-bottles, tangled bar-tra; Teddy Bears' Pienie (Bratton)..
and occasional Quintette: Studio-Story by Aunt Furious quarrels are reported to Suson; Little Drummer Boy (Noel, have broken out among Hiller's lleu- rifles red with rust from Pelost), „Gracie Fields (Vocal) with tenants and General von Brau- which the wooden stock has Orch: Good-Night, Lille Skipper chitsch, regarded as a "yes" man. is and said to have attucked von Ribbentrop
in Iiler's presence.-Router.
bed-wire
orumbled away.
A handful of R.A.F. officers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UP).—The Navy Depart- and airmen stood, on the hill. ment's hydrographic office has inaugurated a supplemen- Collars turned up, stamping their feet, rather impolite about tal system of "special warnings" to American shipping the rain, they went about the as a result of the war in Europe.
The navy said the special warnings are issued as necessity
warrants and supplement the READY FOR
primary duty of ship officers to collect and disseminate informa-
tion in the interest of safe navi-
gation.
U-BOATS
not very exciting business of directing the practice bombing operations.
his
Hitting The Target.
rubber-booted feet
Amsterdam, Dec, 2, Germany made strong, secret re- 6.0 "For the Chlidren.". Nursery Rhymes-Medley.....The presentations to Moscow before the New Century Quartette with Orches Stalin's refusal to reply caused con- Red Army marched inlo Finland.
sternation in Berlin. Brass
Biffo ....Frankt
Fox-Trot,...Brion His Orchestra.
and XIM
Lawrance
6.32 Harry Roy's Stago Show, Harry Roy and Ills Orchestra.
(Recorded at the setuni performance
at The Garrick Theatre, Southport).
Nam Singer
Rouse Britain's Suspicion
London, Dec. 3.
The attitude of the German Gov- 6.47 Four Popular Dance Numbers, ernment to the Soviet invasion of 7.0 Sea Shandles by The Royal Finland is obscure, but it is reported that the uneasiness over the Soviet "Ainsical expansion in the north is so great (Plano) that the Nazis are suggesting that Brilain and Germany should join in the fight against it.
7.10 Stufo-Another Cocktail" by Erich Porges
(From Jimmy's Kitchen).
7.30 London Relay The News. 8.0 Local Time Signol, Weather Report und Announcements.
In London, however, observers The radio operator sat at his table
8.03 An hour of Variety with maintain that Herr von Ribbentrop in the middle of a miniature lake. Josephine Baker, “Hutch," Ronald is under no illusion that Cormany Two old boxes served for a seat and Gourley and Ray Noblo and His Or- had made great sacrifices for Soviet
friendship. were sub-chestra,
0.00 Bludlo Comments on Recent They suspect the German Lin- Ing out ground signals. Bombers Events
easiness is unreal, and regard it as a came singly from a nearby aero-
9.15 London Relay-News Sum- manoeuvre to get a peace favourable drome
to alm their bombs at the mary target in the middle of this deserted and shell-ruited Innd,
Since the start of the European How Seamen Have merged. Airmen hurried about iny-
war on Sept. 1, twelye bulletins have; --been-rarlíõed to American-ships at
sen by the hydrographic office.
The first, Issued on that day, re- ported that the German gaverament had announced start of military operations off Danzig bey and warned ships using the harbour that #movement in and out involves dan ger of destruction."
011
The
derdyb and Drogden. (By A Radio Correspondent) spies are expert'
American
Been- Prepared-
By A NAVAL CORRESPONDENT
One
of the chief tessons to be
learned from the repulse of the Ger From our hill we could see the Inan submarine oftark_on_British tiny black shape drop from beneath shipping after two months of war is the machine as it flow straight and tha: to take all possible precautions steady over the target, We stood in peace time is to win half the silent, counting the seconds. Then eame the crunching, hollow sound of the explosion,
in a
Lights No Longer Certain balile,
following day,
In the summer of 1937 Merchant
Defence Courses, embodying One pilot who had dropped two vessels were warned that the British Navy Kovernment had announced that cer-į detalled gulitance on methods of bombs very accurately come flying tain lights and other navigatlon pitis combating or evading submarine at-overhead to wave and waggle his consts of the United Kingdom Luck, were instituted at all the chief wings before disappearing in Use rain might be discontinued without fur- ports of the United Kingdom. Large clouds for home.
numbers of Merchant Service officers: ther notice,
After a day travelling rapidly Other warnings followed.
There attended them, to their great profit through this piece of France_which included a report that the British when war came. It was to such pre- is now occupied by the R.A.F., it is Admiralty and announced the laying cations as these that Mr. Churchild obvious that the service has not been of mines in the Straits of Dover, was evidently deferring when he exide even if it has not had to fight Forth and Heligoland pressed his gratitude to previous the war in the manner that was ex- the Firth of Bight; that the French Government Boards of Admiralty
recent ported. and extinguished navigation lights in speech.
People in England who talk glibly French territorial waters; that the
1918 Standards And Now of the war in the air huve always: govenment had mined en- Dis
At a later date gunnery courses folled to realise that the acroplane) trances to Kongedyb, the Hollaen-
for merchant scomen were instituted, fles on the ground. It can go into The offre advised on the third and sundry merchant vessels had the air and operate successfully only at conecolment.
is behind it an elaborate Jumming of B.B.C. foreign day of war that the German govern- their decks strengthened aft to allow if there Innocent-loolting articles can con-
on short ment had announced laying of mines of guns being mounted quickly if ground organisation. tain messages that might mean the language broadcasts
ammunition,
Ready For Battle · loss of a ship, the slaughter of a bat-waves has begun. Interference, across entrances to the Baltic Sen needed. The guns themselves, with were placed in store at suitable poris talion, or the destruction of a muni- apparently deliberate, is notice-while "respecting, foreign territorini plentiful supplies of
waters."
During at home and in the British Dominions)
the past ten weeks the tions factory vier
able on the 49-metre broadcasts
Warned Against Zigzagging overseas. Most of them have now RAF. hus made itself at home. Its The new order supersedes that in German, Polish, Czech and The U.S. Maritime Commission, been mounted
aerodromes, depots and stores have which prohibited the export and
another warning said. had advised; Thus when war was declared it did been established and the entire ein- Import, otherwise than by post, of Hungarian, certain prohibited articles to most) The source has not yet been estab-commanders of American vessels en not find the British merchant service borate organisation of an air force
as the neutral countries in Europė.
route to and from European black-so unprepared
enemy had is ready to wage the war.
Officers and men make jokes about It also applies to the carrying and shipping of printed matter to all
Immediately the news of the sink-lock of real fighting, but their spirit Hitherto one of the surprises of the outs to avoid being mistaken for bel- hoped.
commanders painting of the Alhenla was recevled, has not been spoiled. Almont from destinations outside the United King-war has been the absence of radioherent vessels. The communisston also
Jamming in the west and the clear suggested that receptiou of most German, Free American flag on the hulls, hatches every necessary step was taken for the beginning the weather has been
and sundecks of their vessels and the prompt institution of system of a dimeulty. and English slutions on the air.
But the men have good billets Another warning
in force for outward-bound amazingly varied. One I saw yes- Germany had Jald mines In Sir Noel Ashbridge, Chief En-North Sen off the German coast. vessels, and a couple of days later it terday was in a ruined chntenu. The dated territory or Elre, France orgineer of the B.B.C., told me recently
The bureau's New York office had been extended to cover the men's mess was in the great salon, any country In North or. South think there was less interference with meanwhile noted shipping In-coasting trade.
its faded and ruined panelling still America.
bravely gilt. B.B.C. stations after the outbreak of lerests that the War Department has
Convoy Controls Passengers to or from countries war than there had been before. begun mine-laying practice off the
control of convoy arrangements olier than those enumerated may The "gentlemen's wave-length agree-Rhode Island const in Narragansett la in the hands of speelally selected. convey "prohibited articles" without inent has been closely observed. Bay and the West Passage.
of assembly. a permit, provided they are approved Germany's reasons for keeping to Ships were instructed to pass to officers at the ports at the port of arrival or departure her own legitimate wavo-lengths are, the custward of the ensternmost of Many of these are retired naval of-
A reminder is given of the United in the United Kingdom.
presumably, that she is most anxious the buoys marking the area where Beers who during pence volunteered The list of prohibited countries has to make best use of her propaganda dummy mines have been laid about to undergo instruction in convey Sale of Work being held to-day and organisation and the routeing of to-morrow at the Women's Interna- been altered by the removal of
trade in war time.
tional Club, Gloucester Duilding. Slovakia, Danzly and Poland, which weupons and does not want to invite 7 icet down.
reprisala by starting a jamming cam-
That adequately escorted convoys Fit Floor, from 11 am to 6 pm.
The Salvation Army Homo tries, and by the addition of Senate interference would also occupy AMBULANCE COMMAND are an effective antidote to U-boat
Girls, 2 Embarkment attack was established in the Inst Women and Mr. Alfred Morris is in receipt of war, and has been again proved by Road, Kowloon Tong, and the Indus- a cable message from London to the the experience of the present month.triot Home for Bind Girls, Pokfulam, effect that his resignation as Director Even against surface attack it has are two well-known institutions, and of Ambulance and Commissioner of considerable value, since a number those in charge hope that many the St. John Ambulance Brigade has of ships assembled in a convey oc- friends will rally to their ald in dis
dom.
Now Enomy Countries
lished.
A permit is no longer required for Germany jammed Moscow broad spotlight the American flag at night. convoy. By Sept. 7, four days after
advised that the outbreak of war, this was actu- and plenty of food. The billets are
to any casts in German for several years.
conveying printed matter British Dominion, Colony or Man-
must now be treated as enemy coun-paign. The broadcasting of deliber-
Marino, Monaco, Andora, and Lich-transmitters which, could tenstein, and the Baltic States, Fin-more effectively, land, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The scope of the order, brendly
be used
speaking, embraces all neutral coun-these countries without a permit." tries in Europe, as well as China, Private individuals are not allowed Japan and Russia,
the ally
SALE OF WORK
for
to send prohibited articles to banned been accepted by the Chapter General cupy less space at sea than when posing of the beautiful articles un- No prohibited matter can now be countries except in special circum- with the approval of the Grand Prior spread out singly, thus being harder remittingly turned out by the in-
of the Order.
for a raider to locate:
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