CANADIA'S WAR HUSTLE
New Contracts
OTTAWA, Oct. 31 (Reuter). --New contracts for war sup- plies totalling 2.280 and re- presenting an average of one contract every 70 seconds during each working day, were placed In the first week of October by the Ministry of Munitions,
This was the largest number of contracts placed in any week since war began,
These facts were given by Mr. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply. He further stated that three times n many contracts had been placed in Elx months sinos the
Ministry took over the work of th War Supply Board, compared with the previous nine months.
Orders for the Canulin argount 'total 186,750,000 plus merly £30,000,000 for the Britishs areotul. Complete Aircraft
OTTAWA, Oc!. 31 (Reuter). Canada will be able to ship complete aerpolazes to Great Britain within a few months.
Hitherto Canadian companies have only built aircraft frames, the en- being installed แท Brittan Kines plants.
Negotiations are now under way with British firm to obtain patents and plans and British craftsmen will by: cent to Canada to supervise construction of plant.
the While normally it would require erst units
two
before years could be produced on a miss pro- duction basis, it is estimated that with the help of
of sklifed British craftsmen, Canadian production will begin within a few months.
About 11,000 persons are now pin-! ployed in the Canadian aircraft Industry-an increase of roughly 40 lver cent. during the last three ninths.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
ROYALTY AT CAPE COD-Crown Princess Martha of Norway and her three children, who have taken refuge in U. S., are shown at beach at Wianno, Cape Cod, Mass., where they are guests of Frederic Scheoffer. Childron, from loft: Ragnhild, Herald and Astrid,
U.S. Interest In Vichy
Policy Answered
November
1940.
LINDBERGH OUTBURST
Weak Diplomacy Is Alleged
Newhaven, Oct. 31, Cut, Charles A. Lindbergli, speaking under the auspices of Yale University's America First Committee, nach that America's Involvement in the war would be in disaster both here and abroad.
"It would be a disaster becauso li would confuse and aggravate our in- ternational problems, which are cri- teal enough without war," he said. "It would be a disaster for Europe because I am convinced that the re- lationship of the European countries cannot be solved through Amerienn their Affairs. It Interference in
of us
would be a disaster for all because, from purely material standpoint it from no other, we are not in a position to enter this successfully,
war
wo
with adequate prepuration we could probably wage a successful war In the Orient-provided Europe re- mained neutral or on our side. But,
hrough blundering diplomacy,
to turn have already forced Japan to Germany for assistance Just as France and England, through sane- tions, forced Italy to turn to Ger- many and later threw Russia into the arms of the Axis.
"To move against the Orient safe- ly we need an understanding with Europe, but that necessitates either the defeat of Germany by invasion
present policies."
S.A. AIRMEN IN of the continent or a change in our
ACTION
He
added that America should end her wavering polley in the NAIROBI, Oct. 31 (Reuter) Philippines and either fortify the Is- South African aircraft attacked a lands adequately or get out of them military camp at Lughterrandi in entirely-United Press, Italian Somaliland on October 29. Bomb were dropped among buildings in the target area, says a communi-
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Reuter).-M., Henri Haye, the French Ambassador, to-day gave the State Department renewed assurance that the United States had nothing to fear from que. possible developments affecting French possessions in the West- ern Hemisphere.
Talking to pressmen after confer- ring with Mr. Sunner Welles, M. Haye said he had delivered assurances France, that negotiations between
WILHELMSTRASSE Germany and Italy did not involvr.
the question of any cession of terri-
CHANGES VIEWStory or a separate peace with Ger-
An Italo-Greek War BASLE, Oct. 31 (Reuter)The Wilhelmstrasse's view of the Italian conflict with Greece has changed, states the Berlin correspondent of the "Basler Nachrichten."
soon
7.
many.
A message received from Viehy. Just night, he said, denied that Germany had made any proposal for formal peace in the negotiations.
M. Have added that he had not yet erived any reply from Marshal Petain
President tu
Roosevelt's with: regard message
to French possessions in the Western Urmis-
It is suggested thai the italo-
will
have Lireek war sequences for Germany's relationsphere. with Hungry.
ction In action
Ofelai ercles in Berlin compare
Greece with Ger-. Italy's
in Norway. many's act
The political solidarity of Berlin and Rome is emphasized, seeing that the action against Greece is part of the common warfare arainst Britain Neutral observers are seriously concerned at the dunger of extension the Italo-Greek conflict, achts the correspondent.
Viceroy Of India
To Stay
LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)--Lurd Linlithgow's term of office as Viccroy of-India-is extended for a further period of a year from April, 1941.
FOOT ITCH ATHLETE'S FOOT
According to the Government Health Bulletin No. 28, at least 60% of the adult population ef the United States are being attacked by elle known mi Athlete's Fiol
The dis
Usually the disease starts between the toe. Little watery bisters, farm and the skin cracke and peels, After a while the itching becomes in tense and you feel as though you would like to scratch of "all the skin,
Beware of It Spreading
Often the disease travels all over the bottom of the feel. The soles of your feet become red, and swollen. The skies also cracks and peels, and the
and work.
Itching becomes as quickly as pointle, bar
Get rid of this cause it is very contagious and it may go to your hands or even to the under arm or eroich of the Most people who have Athlete's Foot hava tried all kinds of remedies to cure it without success Ordinary germicides, antisepties, salve or oint- events, seldom do any good,
Here's How to Treat it The germ that causes the disease is known as nes Trichophyion. It burses itself deep in the tissues of the skin and sa very hard to kiši. A E79E made shows it takes 15 minutes of boiling to kil the gern wo you can see why the ordinary reme dier are unsercemtuf.
1. we developed solely for the purpose of tresting Athlete's Foot, it is n ilquid that pene- frater and dries quickly. You just paint the stu fected parta, it peein oft the lisade of the skin where he zerm breeds.
Itching Stops immediately
As soon as you apply J. F. you will and that the itching in immediately relieved. You should paint the infected parts with H. F. "night and morning sunlit your feel are well, Bauntly this taken from tirée to ten days, withouah in severe coars it may take longer or in mild caser jega žimo. Mlb wftleave the skin soft and smooth. You will trapeet #zicha quick way it brings you rellet especially it you are one of those who have tried for year to get rid of Athlete's Foot without, Buc
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Service Corps
Beat Medicals
By 37 Runs
IN A FRIENDLY ericket match at Wednesday, Royal Soakumpoo, on Army Service Corps, thanks to Sadter (5-19) and Dewar (1-35) beat Royal Army Medical Corps by Scores were:
37
Fans.
RAS.C-103 (L/Sgt. French 18. L/Cpl Logan 1, M. 5. S. Jones 10: Sgt. Wyre 7-40 J. Bright 3/50).
R.A.M.CG 1Set. Webb 27, Pie. Har-
dawaharlal Nehru, the hallan leaderson 12: S/Sgt. Stiller 5-18; Capt. Desar
of te two
מזיזים!
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4-36)
Mahatma Gandhi to make anti-war speeches in Indis, was arrested at Allahabad to-night, recording to the Small Ball Soccer
Delhi radin,
Mrs. Earl Browder
To Leave
WASHINGTON, 0.4. 31 (Reuter)...! The Department of Justice has order-i ed deportation in Russia of Mrs.] Itaissa Berkantin Browder, wife of fart-Browder, the Communist leader, the ground that she entered the United States illegally.
The Browders were married Moscow in 1926.
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British Garrison In Iceland Visited
LONDON. Oct. 31 (Reuter).— General Viscount Gort, Inspector- General of the Forces for Training, has returned to Englund after fortnight's visil to the troops in Ice- land, according to a Wer Office an- nouncement.
Ten Teams
Entered For
Schools League
Other unit of the South African
ights, All returned safely.
Air Force carried out reconnaissance
Saved Baby-Gave Own Life
NO CRIME -OR ELSE
By Order
A notice posted up in an
Air allied
Force camp Britain reads:
in
London, Sept. 11, Shipbreakers from the London docks have been working ceaselessly through the raids and lunch-hour
"In future there will be no more breaking up the wreckage and searching for bodies in the debris of crime in this comp. It entalls al- for the officers." an East London school in which 500 together too much work homeless refugees
September from
Omeers and men of the Ailled Air 7' bombing had taken refuge, and Forces run their own camps under which was struck by an aerial to the supervision of R.A.F, command- pedo on the night of September 9.
officers. ing On September 10 weak cries from
one Allied
camp the British the living could still be heard. Three
hree commanding officer, a group vip- neighbouring hospital nurses from
Lain, found It necessary to admonish spent all day 'giving morphia to sur
an airman who has
absent vivor nunong the concrete slabs, without leave for some days. Through
the sireps. Under .the
dead man an interpreler he told the airman he crouching Body of a
would be-court-martialled. inoring
year-old child fast asleep and un-
The airman fell on his face in a injured was found. Obviously the
Caint other had fallen on it to protect it.
OBITUARY
DEATH OF FORMER JARDINES SHIPMASTER
been
The Interpreter explained to the astonished British officer that in his own country a court-martial usualty resulted in the offender being shot within four hours.
The court-martial was put in hand.
Another link with the old Clinge nirman's own contmanding off- Coast has been broken with the dealer, who is a prince of a noble house, of Captain It.C.D. Bradley, which oc
was asked to make the necessary curred at Home on October 28 at the arrangements for collecting evidence.
He joined Jardines, Indo-China
2017
The prince replied: "If I say the man Is guilty, then he is gully." The Royal Air Force law was ex-
plied with a large number of official forms which had to be filled in aud returned.
The prince had not finished work two days later.
TEN SCHOOL TEAMS have al-ripe old age of 79. ready entered for the competition In the Kowloon inter-schuel small boys S. N. Co., Ltd., in 1883 when he was miniature football league, sponsored appointed to the old Pai-Sang-Hilained to the prince. He was sup
the Company included by the Children's Playground As-service in
many ships whose names are sorlation. The teams are.
alnost forgotten-Sin Mauzing Kow Wah Yan College.
Primary jahing, Taku. Pechill, Yiksang Schoot of Canton University. Munsant Fooksung. Caflere, Kowloon English College, NA strict disciplinarian, he tional English School, Tak Ming Co nevertheless well liked and admired lece, Mun Far College, Non Ma Col-I
by all who served with him. He re- He saw a new notice on the board. lege, Ating Sun School.
tired at the age of 57, in 1918, and when it was interpreted to him he
smiled.
and
was
A meeting to discut matters con-shice then has resided in the South of rerning the organbation of the League England. will be held to-morrow at 2 pm. in the Svein! Room of Chinese, YALC.A., Kowloon. One reprezentative from each school will attend.
Smash Italians
Italians Now
Says Lord Chatfield
un
LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)—Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield, who was formerly Minister for Co-ordination of De- fence, thinks that Britain should strike violent blows against hways possibilities of night netlan, Italy now.
und if Italy plans to extend her Britain had naval forces inaens to the Greek islands the the Mediterranean able to con- Fleet may be given tain the Italian Fleet, to holdetuity that it has waited for.
Laws of strategy dictate that one the Straits of Gibraltar and to just strike the enciry's weak spot protect the Suez Canal.
with the utmost force. Haly is the invading Greece through Axis weak pot and those seu and nir Albania, Italy can maintain her forces that can be spared from the armica by the short sea route across detence of Dritain against Germany the Adriatic which is not an easy sea should enable us to strike violent for the British Navy; but there are Ldows ngainst Italy now,
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