Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPHTM
OH, NANCY... I'VE CHANGED
MY MIND--
May 2, 1940.
By Ernie Bus
I'M GONNA MOVE IN TOMORROW, JUST
SO I CAN FIRE DIS GUY!
NANCY
I THINK
YOU'RE MAKING
A BIG MISTAKE!
MY MIND'S MADE UP!--- I'M
GOIN' IN AN' TELL MR.
JOLLYBEAN DAT I
DECIDED NOT TO
MOVE IN WID HIM!
I'D LIKE TO SEE MR. JOLLYBEAN!!
AWAY, YOU RUFFIAN!
A Look Through The Telegraph
50 YEARS AGO
May 2, 1800.
An untanned boots are gulfo the cago in Europe, and our swells are rapidly following the lead of the world in this trining matter of dress,, it la possible that the following may prove of more or less Interest: The authorities at Eton and Harrow have given instructions at pupils at these large public schools shall not wear the fashionatile brown "untan med" lonthier boots with ordinary alliro, as they do not consider them becoming or dignised habliments.
•
upan
earring
The sentences parse Ateliers is getting hotter and hatter Lately bor of these daring scoundrels got four months, then another soon fuilawed
im into 8.M. located by on
Wede to-day one was sentenced by house for nine months. All with well- merited L
•
Yesterday at noon a number of war Junks arrived in Kowloon Bay and the mandarins in cominand vialled the lip Tol. As a result of their interview the latter official quickly called out in rag- ged army, who soon lined the evil smol- ling beach in their threadbare array. At 3.30 the object of the turnout became ap parent, several boats putting off from one of the junks with scores of soldiers, guarding six dirty unahaven wretches In baskets, bound for execution. All looked emaclated to the last degree, But none appeared to have been dowed with opium. Their queues were braided with inps of
"tabs" white cotton, on the were written their name and wich
crimes. The executionem-two fellowa, wearing white jackets and straw hats, their queues wound round a latter to keep them Irdin blowing away-had been waiting on the beach for an hour or mare, handing thair swords around to be examined by the crowd, or inspection witich evoked fre
jesta. When salutes from the quons Yemen announced that the victims were recovered ashore they hastily coming their weapons, threw away their clgarct- tes, and walked to the water's edge to meet them. The prisoners were placed in two lines just shove the high water mark and euch executioner look one Une, first removing his broad brimmed hat The first head in the line flew, off ke lightning, but the blow at the second was les effectual, the neck not being suite cut through. The man therefore fell for ward on ils face. The swordsmen passed ou anki lopped off the third head. and then returned to the second man, who was bleeding horribly. Lifting the head by began turgat, the victim rolling his eyes mean while in most ageriised way. The ver- tebrae had not been severed by the first
the
Minesweeper Dunoon Sunk
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON May 1 (UP).— The Admiralty announces the mining and sinking of the mine-sweeper Dunoon.
Three Officers and 24 rat- ings are missing. They are feared lost.
H.M.S. Dunoon was com- manded by Lieut. Cmdr. H. A. Barclay. He is the missing.
among
Altogether 40 survivors were picked up, Seven were sent to hospital, and four are in critical condi- tlon.
·
Other survivors said that the explosion' was terrific. Many of the crew were flung into the air, several being killed as they fell.
The Dunoon was one of 23 mine-sweepers built un- emergency der the war programme in the last war. She was launched in 1917. Her normal complement was 73.
Courtesy To Danish Officials
BOMBED BY NAZI RAIDERS
MOLDE, the Norwegian city south of Stavanger, which was heavily bombed by Nazi raiders this week.
"NO SURRENDER" AT: ICHANG, SAY CHINESE
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
ICHANG, May 1. (UP).-The Chinese forces will defend Ichang to the last man.
This declaration was made to-day by General Kuo Chien- chi, Commander of the famous Yangtse city's defences.
It followed reports that the Japan- ese, who yesterday effected a land- ing on the western side of Tungthug Lake, intended to drive on Jchung. General Kuo does not believe that the Japanese will attempt to strike against Ichang.
LONDON, May 1 (British Wire- less)-It was stated in the House of
Ichang Roady Commons to-day by the Under Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs that as a matter of courtesy His Majesty's "They have insufficient ́mún-power Government will continue to necard to move up the Yangise River," he
Danish diplomatic privileges to the Minister in London and his staff, in said. In any case, ichang is ready
to repel any attack. of the fact that His Majesty's
**Tho Japanese will the minimum of three divisions to push relations with
stroke, and for fully Bree quarters of Punent could no longer main-
a minute the executioner was carving the neck all round it. At length, dropping
the queue, he struck the neck repeatedly tulta spent since it was now up through Hupeh.
until the head Danish
in the second line, who had witnessed
the harrible scene, were then dealt with under German control, and despite
by the second executioner. The firet and the expulsion from Denmark of HM. third were decapitated expeditiously, but the second required wo strokes, Five representatives. minutes later the beach was deserted,
nerd
A
"The Chinese guerillas under my command keep me fully informed of the Japanese movements and so far large-
It was not possible, however, for have given no word of any
the heads and bodies lying as they fell His Majesty's Government and as they will probably be until to morrow, if anyone cares to no aver and eognise the Danish Minister as hav-
ing official status.
wea for himself.
Life in the "Gorgeous Emi" le not all beer and skittles, as no doubt most of us have long ere this found out. One of our greatest plamice in certainly the mast Quito
Mosquitos are, no doubt, troublesome, but old residenti, as a rule, tako but little notice of them either their blood has lost
to re-scale Japanese land forces..
"The invaders cannot push any further up the Yangise River, owing to the rapids, so any attempt to attack Ichang must come overland."
Big Operations
Duty Concessions To Soldiers
They Didn't Gain Much
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, May 1 (UP).— Competent British sources here to-day stated that the invasion · of Denmark has netted Germany Jess than one million out of n
tons total of 4,800,000 Danish shipping.
of
The remainder of Danish vessels is scattered in various ports throughout the world.
Communists Celebrate
CHUNGKING, May 2 (Reuter)- May Day Demonstration
In the The óperallons involved Japanese pushs into South Shunst are much of its pristine richness on first LONDON, May 1 (Reuter).-In the believed to be on a scale seldom pre- landing, thoroughly inoculated with mosquito pol-1 House of Commons to-day, Mr. Mal-viously witnessed in fighting in North sun, that the xlings are hardly felt I colm MacDonald, Secretary for the China.
have or - they
become to
of us and then poisoning us into the bargain.
bers of the B. E. F. in France.
Ladies, of course, suffer much more He added that Dominion soldiers their skina are much more tender, and would be covered by the decision.
on men from thong litla torments, as
In Hyde Park'
LETTERS
gle
Prayers For Norway
To The Editor,
The "Hongkong Telegraph." Sir-In view of the terrible strug- In which Norway and Britain are now involved together, the 11 o'clock morning! service In St. John's Cathedral on Sunday next will have special reference to this distressed land und those who are Buffering: hardship there.
To this service nil Norweglans and Scandinavians are warmly invited. Dr. Karl Relehelt of the Lutheran Church of Norway will preach.
The service will be one of Holy Communion in which all who share our faith are invited to take part.
A. P. ROSE, Acting Chaplain.
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) ana 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Band of H.M. Cruiser From the Studio
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.c's and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. nod 8-11
p.m. un 0.52 m.c's. per
second...
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession.
12.30 Variety with Ginger Rogers, The I Billies and Vivian Ellis.
1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 Boy Fox and His Orchestra In Dance
co Music.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- her Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Hayda-Symphony No. 101 in D Minor ("The Clock").
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
2.15 Close down.
5.45 Studio Chlidren's Hour. 0.45 Closing local Stock Quotations 0.47 Variety with George Scott Wood, Rudy Starita, Ray Kinney and Others.
7.30 London Relay-The News.
Signal, Weather 8.0 Local Time Report and Announcements.
of
Selection
8.03 Studio Concert by the Band
one of
of His Majesty's Cruisers.
"Like
Time" Schubert); Interlude 2. Tesero Mio- Waltz (Becueel); 3. "The Ficet's Lit (Ellis and Cole- 4.-Dance-Music: Fox-Trot-Crash Bong; (b) (a). Waltz-Love Never Grows Old; (e) Slow Fox-Trot-I Poured My Heart
Is a Tramp: Inter
Interlude 5. Dance Music: Into A Song. (d) Fox-Trot My Lady
London Relay-"Vive
la
9,43 Variety with The Rocky Mountaineers, Mac Questal and Others
(a) Novelty Waltz-Bella Bambino; (b) Fox-Trot-Little Boy Bubbles; (c) Waltz-Cinderella Sweetheart; SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH LONDON, May 1 (UP).—A (d) Run Rabbit Run.
9.05 Reginald Dixon at the Organ crowd of 5,000 people, mostly 9.15 London Relay News Suru- The Japanese front is said to ex- It was fint fur the poison that is when Colonies, in reply to a quesiton, said
from a point in
south-west Communists celebrated May Day mars. nuisances instil into the wound when
Park to-day by probiseides into the that it had been arranged that mem-tend
Hyde they plunge their akin, no one would mind them much, bers of the forces serving in Pales-Shanst, near the Shansi border, to o in and goodness only knows why they une will be granted the same cus-point in south-cast Shanst upproach- "damning the Churchill Gov. Fance." should add insult to injury by first dining tons and duty concessions as mem-ing the border of Honan.
ernment and demanding a "just, As Japanese forces with bases In Hukwan, Changtze and Changchin negotiated peace.”
10.18 Compositions of Ketelbey. Numerous mounted and foot police advanced southward reaching Ching-
The Clock, and The Dresden Chinn elen, the Chinese right wing at, patrolled the meeting, which
Figures (Ketelbey)....Ferby Kauff- Lingehwan is said to have advanced conducted in an orderly manner.
Soviot Celebrations
mon and His Orchestra: Wedgewood in two columns.
Blue; In The Moonlight....The Lon- One column, heading north-east-
MOSCOW, May 2 (UF) The don Paladium Orchestra; The Phon celebrated May Day to Melody: Algerian Scene...
(Violin) with The Composer at the Piano,
10.38 Flext-Concerto No. 2 in / Major.
Egon Pelti (Plano) and the London conducted Philharmonic Orchestra by Leslie Heward.
at dinner parties and other social gather- ings they expose more surface to attack,
But it is on the feet, ankles and legs that
they suffer most, and to such an extent caused great concern among the populato
case that newcomers kuva
Is this the frequently not been able to gel on bost
ta by no means an uncommon thing for
there.
was
or shoe for days after a Brat attack. it Bir Henry Maybury, consulting engineerward towards a Japanese base, is said
on roads and traffe to the Mistry of to have reached Yingchen on April Soviet Union bed into which to thrust their feet and and Home Counties Traffice Advisory stated to have advanced in a west-demonstrations in Moscow and other ladies to have made a kind of muslin Transport and chairman of the London 28, while another Chinese column is with Impressive military and civil Albert Sandler the ends of their skirts when seated at Committee. rave evidence beforward direction to Chingchen. table, this completely baffles the would- House of Commons Committee consider-
be marauder. (This was before the worlding the Charing Cross Bridge Bl
Ed..
25 YEARS AGO
May 2, 1013.
the
cities.
Thousands of crack troops of the In South Anhwel, after Japanese know that mosquitoes caused malaria-Ansuming that Charing Cross Bridge in forces had captured Tsingyang, they Muscow garrison, including infantry,
completed by 1940, Sir Henry
continued to push southward towards cavalry and Border Guards, filled the review before Stalin and other Soviet estimate that at the rush hours bridge will be used by 1.000 vehicles en Linyangcheng. hour point southward and 250 vehicles
leaders. an hour northward."
The Diplomatic Corps and Military Trafalgar Square in 1940 would have, be son Governor General of Ausiratta, and estimated, at least 10 per cent, more frat
Attaches in full ceremonial uniform se than to-day and that was one of the Lord Liverpool, Governor general at New points the new bridge would retlove, Zealand, on the brilliant and memorable
5 YEARS AGO achlevemente of the Australian and New Zealand troops in the Dardanelles.
Mr. Winston Churchill wired his con- gratulations to Sir R. C. Munro Fergu
is
Chinese forces are now said to be advancing in a northerly direction towards Tungling on the south bank of the Yangtze River above Wuhu.
Fierce Fighting
were in attendance.
Gormany Represented Germany was strongly represent- Following the parade of the troops of whippet tanks and
across the Square, 27, Japanese artillery is reported to Among the 500 planes which flew The key note of Chancellor Adolf Hit-have tred over 1,000 shells into the in perfect formation over the Square fer two speeches, delivered here to-day small town, after which part of the were four-motored bombers, pursuit The latest casualty that comprises the was the revitalisation of Germany. He Japanese forces entered the town and planes and naval aircraft. following:
MANDA exhorted the people to tallow the
engaged the Chinese in street fight- And unity to national 2nd Lt. F1 Government Wounded: A. D. Adama, Anderson (Monmouth), D. Bell Royal strength for in this was the way to peace. ing. Scots), P. Beresford, V, Booth, M. KATD.
c. Claremont, Bowie, FW. Brown,
May 2, 1039. CHUNGKING, May 2 (Reuter)}ed:" Sir R. C.. Ferguson replied that to win The "Dally lioraid" stateo the admiration of a British Tar is an reallably informed that London author Heavy fighting is sald to be continu- honour worth having. Lord Liverpool roles are aware that German troops haveing in the area to the north-east of hundreds piled that it is a source of great grail been substituted for police in at least Nanchang. tuele troops were so closely connected the Rhineland. in the arduous operations with the Rayal Navy, to whom the Empire
heation to everyone in the Dominion that two cities of the demilitarised zone in In an attack on Chingon on April medium sized land battleships raced
much.
CWCB 50
Bonkin, W. l. 3. Dunlop. J. W. Bille
A. Engilsh, J. Fint, F. Garvey, G. Gin's
10 Captain 0. Green (Royal Scots),
Captain A. Taylor (Royal Scots).
*
#
"
•
He spoke first to a gathering, of 270,000
After
11.0 Close down.
Danes Ignore Offer
So Nazis Manufacture Another Lic
LONDON, May 1 (British Wire- half less) When the Danish town of More than a million and a people followed the military parade through an error in the early days Esbjerg was hit by a British bomb bloody hand-to-hand fight-carrying banners and placards of the war, the British Government Nazis and later to a crowd of many hun-ing for three days, the Chinese are pleting Soviet industrial progress and accepted liability to pay compensa- dreds of thousands at the Tempelnot alleged to have once more gained the Soviet desire for peace,
to the Inter complete control of the town on April There were no anti-Fascist slogans. Aerodrome. Its referred national situation only very briefly, de- Blaring: "We say to other peoples: You 29, necording to Chinese leid dis- need not fear that we want anything patches reaching here.
The French Embassy announces that a from you. Wo do not waht war. We Heavy fighting is said to bo still
German deserler reports that Krupp's seek peace. However, we have never re-progressing in the vicinity of Feng- engineers have been "biy for two months
mounting a long range naval gun near Dixmude. This gun, të in believed, is the
nounced our honour.””
"
sin, where the Japanese are launch- Sir Bolton Eyres Monsoll, First Lord of ing vigorous counter-attacks. one used in the bombardment of Dunkirk, the Admiralty, was asked in Parliament Bring at a range of 21 miles. Nine shells if he could give any further information were fired during the second and third bombardment, and it is believed that the regarding the construction of submarines Government. Replying by the German gut was damaged by its own are: or
he said the Brišish Naval Attacho at Der- through the activity of French aviators
lin was informed on April 2 by the Ger who were in the neighbourhood,
man authorities that an order to manu- facture machinery, armaments, etc., for Twelve 250 ton submarines, was given at Christmas, and an order to construct the
10 YEARS AGO
May 1, 1030*
An aerial bombardment of Chengchow,
the Kuominthyn stronghold in the heart
of Honan Province, this morning by four
Nanking bombing planes, which dropped several bombs with disastrous effects, has
Men's Doubles Badminton Tourney
tion.
At the beginning of March, the Dones not yet having made a claim, the British Legation in Copenhagen reminded the Danish Government of the previous undertaking to pay full
POLICE XI TO PLAY INDIANS compensation.
+
Jel. 28151.
CARD TABLES
The Most Successful Folding Card Table
In the World
VONO
Opened and Closed in a Few Seconds. The Legs Fold into the Table.
Covered Brown or Groon Folt
$22.50
"SIMMONS" ALL METAL FOLDING CARD TABLES IN A VARIETY OF COLOURS: A REALLY HANDSOME TABLE AND STRONGLY $40.00 CONSTRUCTED
BRIDGE CLOTHS FOR THE ABOVE IN CRUSHED VELOUR SIZE 48" x 48" IN BLUE, GREEN, AND BEIGE
$10.00
FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
LANE CRAWFORD'S
The House of Quality & Service
PEPSODENT.
TOOTH PASTE and POWDER
CONTAIN.
IRIUM
FOR GREATER CLEANSING POW.E'R
IRIUM Pepsodent
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
Rope material Fastening device 10-Western staja 16-Persian nodiaman
Wood 100
15toober whesi
shion
17-Oriental bird fámsste land botan, wa
trumpet
10-European time
20-Pattern est in sheat
mial
3—Pertaining to Dar
BODAY ROTETOmend—~ 34—Arial container 25-Orient G
30-atened 34-rame of mina
-Characteristic 1-Take 39---Receptacle for
saben of desd
$1 (Brattbh)
4-Contempino
aprafo
15-Locale 44-V133 Word ke
Moslem women 48-Coloni
Boerse rodent 12-Viacid Nguid
pecto
De plans of pinë famils Mylaltia eismand
(3-örides in Kata #i-Variety of bradress
sabbage
[114
25
2.
13
14
*****By LARS MORILIS
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
KUCAN
ULTED
#3-incident dá-Poetic came for
Ireland 67-Units of 10 inches
Englandi
Benches 69-Performances
DOWN
·Eặgon of karment 2-01 00
-Delonging to me
tode in capering
manner
36
126
34
30
ų b
43
144
413
19
50
52
55
Yugo-Slavia And Russia
The Danish Government made The following have been chosen to public at the time the renewal of the represent the Polico In their League offer by the Brish Legation, but no Cricket play-off against the Indian statement of the damages suffered at Recreation Club at Sookumpoo Esbjerg had been received by the Saturday
British Government before the Nazi Trade Negotiations C. Pope (Capt.), T. II. King, B. C. Invasion.
од
hulls and assemble the component parts. A men's doubles badminton tourna-Fay, A. E. Carey, W. L. Clarke, T. It is Interesting to note that the was given about the middle of April He was also informed that, as a result of the ment will be held by the St. Andrew's R. Hunter, II. Danbrowsky, J. Lewis, Nazia are now implying that extensive preparations which had born Club to-night, commencing at 9.15 A. Estall, L. Oakley, A. Kirby and British Government has made, the first submarine would probably p.m.
Ithe compensation promised,
be completed within six months,
B. G, Baker (reserve).
the
withheld
י!
Artipe in furniture Abate
Turkish masurate Hedleya: print bound to land Appropriate beforehand
10-Bald
11-1100
12-Monica) cumposflion
-21-Automatlig
23-Cruse to live 28-Antratte materiaa 27-water-raising
apparatus 15-Ciell wrongs `(law)" 20-Intonlented 10-Trigonometr fanétions Jt-Mephistophuin -Make happe 11-Stop Ja-Exit a.
42–Places of worship 43–Octrestle writingą 44-ftata la cory approber K-Covered with even
47-RUS
13-Make brown from
sup
63–—– Bord
3-word of mouth
Longu
of dollar
10-Oms) bay 10-Hundredth 87-Warning cry and
in kolf 58. New York CaQK) S-Emal) vegetabĺe
37
12
13
33
32 31
57
Slavia are proceeding smoothly.
It appears that Yugo-Siavia wishes to sell copper and other minerals, 1ork and dried fruits. She wants to buy in return cotton and petroleum. The Yugoslav delegation has had several interviews with the, Foreign Trade Cominlasör, M. Mikoyan.
Yugo-Slavin's recognition of the MOSCOW, May 1 (Reuter)It Is Soviet bas..not yet been discussed, understood that commercial negotia- but it may be raised later if the tions between - Russia and Yugo-commercial agreement in negotiated.
Proceed Smoothly