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HONGKONG TELEGRAPHOMUOctober 11, 1940.
Americans DESERT
In Shanghai
Can
HEROES
Ammunition Saved
To Remain By Stationmaster
Very Few Leave:
Cairo, Oct. 10. An Egyptian stationmaster and a Shanghal, Oct. 10, British Drmy chaplain
the were
It appears that the great majority heroes of two adventures in the wes- of Shanghal's four thousand Ameri- tern desert. În which trains and
are waiting for denker war bombs played parta. clouds before following the United States Government's advice to leave the Far East.
Japanese
Outrages QUEENS & ALHAMBRA
Alleged
Cargo Boats Held Up, Passengers Robbed
A report that his junk had been stopped by a Japanese warship and that some 30 Japanese sailors took The coolness and courage of the away personal belongings valued at at a mall $1,000, was made to the Police by Egyptian · stationmaster The malo sloffe of major American railway station in the desert in saving Leung Tau-kit, 40, on Wednesday.
from being Leung said that he left Kwong Hul Arms are being conserved at full two ammunition vans strength, leaving it to Individual blown into smithereens were des- City, Tol Shan district, for Hongkong and 10 boxes of matches, valued at employees to evacuate their families. cribed to Reuter by a British officer on September 29 with a crew of 12 American women are mostly firm in who arrived here on leave to-day,
During the height of a recent $90. That same night, when the bost their intention to stay until the
under way. A Italian air raid, with bombs falling was near Man Sang, Chinese Waters, nctual evacuation small number of Americans, however, and shrapnel richocheting across the a Japanese warship drew alongside
te reported to be preparing to send station platform the stationmaster, and sent 30 sailors aboard.
with two Egyptian railwaymen,Į Leung averred that apart from re- their familles home.
coupled a light engine on to two vans, moving some jewellery and other be- Omeints of the American President both crammed with ammunition and longings of those aboard, the sailors got them to also took the cargo of matches and Lines revealed
that
passage was high explosives, and booked only until the end of Decem- safely. It is understood that the Bri- the licence of the junk. No violence have re-was used against any person aboard ber. adding that they had received itish Military. Authorities
no order to bring mort ships to commended to the Egyptian Author- the junk Shanghai, although it would not be ties that the statlonmaster be given difficult to free three or four vessels the highest award possible. from coastal
United in the States-Reuter.
runa
Suppressed Excitement
Shanghai, Oct. 10,
Another Incident
Another Japanese outrage was res
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On another occasion, when the ported to the Police by Ng Kwong- Sunday: "The HUNCHBACK of NOTRE DAME”
Egyptian driver of a train from the chan, who said that when he was off western desert was wounded by bomb Ping Hol on September 30, 20 Jap.. splinters, 骁 British army padre anese boarded his boat from a trawler. voluntarily look his place and drove The Japanese took away some of the his crew A tense air of suppressed exclte-the train 200 miles to its destination. cargo, and dumped overboard 10 lbs.
-Reuter,
of gunpowder. He and ment hung over Shanghat to-day as
were taken to Son Met, Chinese Ter local American residents discussed
ritory, and released on October 3. qvcubion of the 1oyalble
city! following the drainatie announcement from Washington that the American consulate in Shanghai would only 1ssue п fornnl circular advising 3,0 Americans In the Shanghai, Cistrict to leave China unless they
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Long Treks to safety
Cairo, Oci. 10. Two remarkable treks have been of His accomplished by members Majesty's Forces in the Middle Eart
THEY HAVE PASSED ON
Charlotte, Vermont, Oct. 9.
The first concerned Major Robert E. Preyler, a South African, who was recently worded the Distinguished Jle and his crew, It pointed out that any im- Flying Cross,
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, operating a bomber, were shot down medinte Wholesale evacuation
was known throughout the Ainericans frt China is cut the ten miles inside Italian territory in who
Libya. They were uninjured, and world as the "Labrador Doctor" died question as the necessary verseis are
America Premade for the border in an attempt here to-day of a heart attack at the Sir Wilfred was the not available. All
age of 70. nident Line vessels are fully booked to regain their own lines.
founder of the Labrador up for the next three months.
After treitklog for some distanced Mission--United Press. However It is believed that in the the rest of the crew were too ex-
emergency event of an
the U.S.
hausted to go further, and the Majer send would Maritime Commission
was forced to leave them by a water- waters for the hole., He continued alone, and final- vessels to For Enst evacuation of Americans,
The
Medical
Katherine Mayo
New York, Oct. 19.
to-day death occurred
of
ty, after П trek insting 14 days, met Katherine Mayo, the author, who is British forces, to whom he gave best known as the writer of "Mother The evacuation newa caused pandemonium
Shanghalections as to where they could find Indin."Reuter. (ጋን the
his crew, who were rescued. Stock Exchange
in the inorning when stocka and shurr dumped regardless of prive, with the result that record losses were eslab- Bebed in many issues,-Reuter,
Appeal to Washington
were
Shanghai, Det. 15.
The secon Is the story of an African soldier in the Gold Coast Brigade. After being cut oft from
but the African
Margaret Carroll
London, Oct. D.
it has been revealed that Mar-
the rest of al conrates, he was garel Carroll, sister of the flm star robbed of agurly all his clothes, Madeleine Carroll, was killed when including his boots, by this Italian her home in London was bombed captors. One night he managed to during a recent rald.United Preza. escape from his guards, who pursued
Miss Sybil Joseph The American Chamber of Com-him for an hour,
The funeral took place at the meree here is meeting to-morrow to i disappeared into the bush. He re-
gatned his own forces In an ex-Jewish Cemetery on Wednesday of consider a proposal to appeal to
Sybil Ida Joseph. Nabbl Wachington for the enforcement of hausted tale: he had not had food Miss
for five days-Reuter Bulletin,
Eleazer oficlated, tadically lower passenger and freight
Deceased, who was 52 years of tutes to the United States abou
of the nge,
tuns an old resident American ships for evacubes of the
Colony, and hind been for some tow income group.
years.
the πt Those Among
present funeral service were Messrs. J. E. Joseph, W, Goldenberg, M. Tolan. B. Godkin. II. B. Joseph, E. Whit-
The present rates would mean that
sending thet I average family nuteschuld gods to the United States would pay about US$1,200, while the passenger fares would be between US$230 and US$500 each.
DIVORCE FIGURES WAR HAS HALVED, THE
LIST OF CASES
LONDON, Sept. 26 (UP)-War is gob, Brasilevsky, Hardoon, K. Weiss, mending broken romances and bring-the Misses Ellia and Mr. A. David. ing peace-lo the tome.
The sponsors of the appeal trave painted out that for an American family of four with furniture the present cost of evacuation would be the equivalent of six years' sainry! tain has dropped more thun 50 per
for the law income group on Chin- was delier salaries United Press.
Bookings For Manita
Stanghal, Oct. 19.
Since war began the number of divorces awaiting judgment in Bri-
cent.
One result is that, the time taiten
to get a divorce heard from the date on which it is set down will soon have shrunk from between nine and 12 months to about the same number of weeks.
It has been learned that a number ut Americans are leaving for Manila Garfeld on aboard the President
A year ago petitions were being remain In Munday. They plan to
made at the average rate of 21 a day. Manila uctil Clipper passages are To-day, the rate in barely 12. available. Very few other Americans
are known to be going to
Manila
except those aboard the Garfield en urge Filipinos in Shunghal to eva- route to the United States via Africa. cunte unices the situation becomes -United Prezz.
Passages by Clipper
Manlia, Oct. 10. Pan-American Airways nounced to-day that they would be able to accommodate several bookings each week as für us Honolulu but passages to San Francisco were virtually im- possible. No bookings had yet been' received from Shanghat, although they might have been received by the Hongkong offler,
worse-United Press.
British Query London
Shanghai, Oct. 10. Embassy The British
has tele- London asicing whether graphed Britons should prepare to evacuate China-United Press.
Hostile Peiping posters
Pelping, Oct. 10. While American missionaries and The Office of the High Commis- educationalists to-day held a meet- sloner, Mr. Francis B. Sayre, said it ing to decide the steps to be taken had not received, n request from the in view of Washington's evacuation
assist In Commonwealth to
the bdvice, the Japanese-controlled Chin-
evacuation of Filipinos from Shang- ese Youth Party pasted anti-Ameri- ul. Unofficially it is considered un- can, British and Soviet posters round Ilkely that the Commonwealth will the city--United Press.
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