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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 7,
1941.
DANGER UNEXPLODED BOMB
BOMB WORKING-After night raid by Hitlor's airman over London, air raid wardens roped off part of famous Float street with red lantern to mark danger spot.
RADIO Germans Flee
tievin) and the Minister for Supply | ZIW, 355 metres (815 k.c.) and 31.19 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
(Sir Andrew Duncon).
This action has been taken na a further step to deal with the ques tion #if War production. It t thought probable that Mr Bevin will be gluftiman of the committer but in some circles Lord Beaverbrook is favored.
The Minister without
Portfolio, Mr Greenwood, who up to the pres sent has belt the position of Chair-1 man of the Production Council, will, while remaining in the War Cabinet
Bach Brandenburg Concert No. 2
Radio Programme Broadcast by
Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 'k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.10 p.m. p.J. on 9.62 m.c's. per and 8-11 sterid.
II. K. T. 12.15 p.m., Short Service of Inter-
now devote his whole attention to cession.
the problem of post-war teconstruc- 12.30 Kitty Masters (Vocal) and tion, of which he has a great kuus- Harry Hoy and His Orchestra. fedge, an he was member of they 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wen- Ministry of Reconstruction after Urmer Report.
ast war.
Homeland
To Escape R.A.F. Bombs
More than 500,000 Germans have fled from their homes to Northern France to escape the R.A.F.'s nightly bombing raids on Germany. Berliners are moving to the quieter countryside of occupied France in thousands.
RECORDS
OF 274 YEARS
Film of Birth, Death Entries
A complete photographic re- cord of every birth, baptism, marriage and death entry in England between 1538 and 1812] is being compiled.
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'This monumental tank has been undertaken by the Society of Genealogists, in ease originals are destroyed by enemy action.
The rolls of Alm-ns many as 10, opo exposures are recorded on one roli 12in in diameter are bein stored in a safe place: Parishes whlel lose their registers will be supplled with prints,
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INWARD MAILS
The krephy of parish registers began under an ordinance of Thornds Cromwell in 1538," said Mrs K.Dlom- field, secretary of the society. **In 1612 entries began to be inade on printed forms, and there are so few to a page that the cost of photograph- Members of ing them is prohibitive. our society and voluntary workers Australia and Manila have
undertaken
ken the task of tran- scribing entries from that date until 1837, when registration was taken over by Somerset House."
National Index
from the Pilgrim Trust, and two years ago a catalogue, the National Index of Parich Registers, was produced.
News leaking out of Germany through reliable neutral travellers shows that the evacuation Mrs Blomfield said that the work of Berlin following the big British raids is assuming huge proportions. By car, coach and rail-was started with the help of a grant way, thousands are leaving Hitler's capital daily. Many hundreds more set out each morning to tramp their way to the safer parts of the Reich.
Until recently the evacuation was unofficial. Now the Nazi authorities have introduced an official scheme. Crowds are 1.03 Songs by Paul Robeson (Bass). queuing up at the register centres which have been opened in all Another body to be set up --Climbing Up. IIo! Bo, Roll Up parts of the city. be our dealing with sports, It is Sattorman
The "Berliner Boersen-Zei- the Germans may take their places expected that an executive communit-, 1.13 The Band of H. M. Coldstream Lung" reported that instead of in the safe areas. ter to deal with the whole problem Guards.-"Les Cloches De Corne-
Evacuation is proceeding at, high) will be formed and that the Mines, ville--Selection and "Florodora"the 4,000 children who were to speed from Hamburg, one of the
have been sent from Berlin 10.A..'s favourite nightly targets. fer for Supply will be Chairman, Selection.
Press, the Polish town of Poznam dur- pected during the week. When the Weather Forrest and Anounce-ing October, 20,000 were to be}
Special Trains
An official annumacement
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Cormons reamembles these will b
an early debate, proixably in secret,! on the question of production and Rian power.--Reuter,
anch 1.30 Reuter
inents.
Rugby
sent.
Nazi Chiefs Differ Over Jews
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The scelety has just been informed that an application for a fresh grant to enable the work to continue has been allowed.
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OUTWARD MAIL TIMES, Registered and Parcel Mall, are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise [The rociety recently had sent for stated, and where malls are advertis- Special trains are being run daily
Home reproduction Greiser, formerly President of photographic
ed in close at or before 9 am, regla- · 1.15 Chabrier Cotillon-Ballet
to East Prussia and to Czechin- Music, London Philharmonic Orches-
Other Berlin children were goi lovakia.
the Danzig Senate, and Forster, ancient parchment registers which tered and parcet malls are closed of to East Prussia, to Austria” and to tra eod. by Antal Durati,
The Journey usually takes three formerly Nazi leader in Danzig, been in the safe of a church p.m. on the previous day. When
damaged by
bomb. The pages) sails are advertised to close after 2.03 Colerkige-Taylor-Four Char-zeelunslovakia.
days,
but the refugees seem inclied whose abusive rivalry within the were shrivelled to a third of their 5 p.m. Registered, and Parcel mails Humiliation Valses--New Light Sym- acteristic
to face that rather than the RA Nazi party was notorious last original size, fough thr Andern are closed at
5 p.m. Parks is the favourite "funkhole" bombing. iphony Orchestra cond, by 3. Alnalic 1 in understood That Mr Devin Murray
of the Beeing Berlin adults. Morei In South Germany, near the Swiss year, are How
Governors of millboards in which they had been
Tuesday, Jan. 7 rebound, church plate and recent of them 1088),000—unny Close Down.
Air Mail for Manilla, Guain. Hone- the border. Hundreds of Nazi officials adjoining parts of occupied
paper registers were unharmed. wives of Nuż oficials and Army have sent their wives and families Polish territory.
Tolo, U.S.A., and Europe vla "Pan officers-are seeking refuge in the over the frontier Into Switzerland to
American Airways and Trans- city.
live.
Allattie Services"
Bevin Looks After Labour London, Jan. 6
will be chairman in charge of the
2.16
velade Grld of war output, but will! 5.15 Indian Programme, particularly
responsible
8:30 Closing Local Stork Quains
inbour, and Lord Heaverbrook, 311 Alexander, and St Andrew Duncan || will be in charge of Air Poncy, Navy i and Army output repectively.
It expeted at Lord Beaver- brook was offered the chairmanship), but declined.
632 Compositions of Bach. 7.00 London Relay --Tho News. 7.15 London Relay "Questions of the Hour."
Dick
than
They feel they are safe because, fa their view, the RA.F. will not bumb the foriner French capital.
The Czech authorities in Prague 7.30 Itarry Roy's Tiger-Ragamul-bave been instructed to send 10,000 Czechs at week in work in the dan- Lanmur and
ger arens of Germany. Their houses in Bohemia
and Moravia will be taken over by the Berlin refugees,
Nazi efficials in eerupled Poland have been instructed to find billets in Peland for at least 250,000 Berlin residents,
I possible Heat Mr H. S. Hui Dorothy son will handle food production and i Powell, it is stated that Mr Alexander's 8.00 Loeit Time Signal, Weather special Job will be to combat the Report and Announcements. U-boat campaign.-United Press.
UNIVERSITY LECTURE
8.03 Reginald Dixon at the Organ. 8.15 London Relay lolher of
Pearl" Musical Comedy,
9,00 London Relay The News and
Prof. Tachen Yin-lon, Professor of News Commentary. Mediaeval Chinese History of th 9.30 London Relay-Talk: "Scots Tsing-hwa University and Visiting Abroad."
Professor of the University of Hous- 9.45 Malcolm McEachern (Bass) keng, will give a lecture of Wu Tre- [ant Light Symphony Orchestra.- tien (Empress Wu) and Buddhism" 10.15 Vocal and Instrumental- at the Fung Ping Shan Library on Varlety. Friday, January 10, at 5.30 p.m.
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MINOR PARTIES ECLIPSED
In U.S. Presidential Election
Third parties were overshadowed by "the third term" in the 1940 U.S. Presidential election,
So intense was the battle between the two major parties this time that only meagre slices of votes went to minor candidates. In most political races the third-party vote was not even large enough to cloud the clear-cut line between the Democratic and Republican candidate.
Minor Candidates
Most Americans forget there were. any candidates in the presidential race | except Franklin D. Roosevelt and i Wendefl L. Willkle. They were thef only
Onc represented on all 48 state ballots. Minor party candidates were:
Universal Week Of Prayer
I
officials are
Some of the Nazi themselves crossing the border each night and returning to Germany lu the morning.
Crowded Vienna Vienna is now more crowded than has been at any time during the the past ten years. Thousands, of Germina from Berlin and the Rhine- land, who have relatives in the former Austrian capital, have abuu- doned their own homes and cone to
As in the case of Czechoslovakia, live with them.
That they curse Goering for having they have been instructed to turn Poles out of their homes, and send said: "Not a single British bomber them to work in Germany, so that will ever fly over Germany,"
Pleas For Help Said Ignored
Film Stars' Father Makes Allegations
Mother's Statement
live
Reports reaching England throw an interesting sidelight on the diver- gence between the two, especially in their attitude towards the Jews.
BANK S
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter 1953,
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Praised Jews According to the "Svenska Dagblas det," Grelser, who is Statthalter of the Wartherau or Posen district, spoke of the 220,000 Jews in his} province in glowing terms when head-up Caulai addressed a foreign Press conference in Berlin recently, lie was full of praise for their ability as workers.
Forster.
on the other hands, accord- ing to a recent German wireles bulletin to North and South America. bousted that ble province of Dunda and West Prussia was the only one -of-the-four Eastern-districts.com-.
pletely free from Jews,
Guarantee Of Peace
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Willam A. De Havilland, a gaunt Englishman of 70, charged BAZAAR IN HONGKONG that his actress daughters, Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine,
Hongkong Committee repeatedly had ignored his pleas for financial assistance after an Student Relief will hold its fourth Haiphong ti-British feeling in Japan ruined his Tokyo law practice, according annual charity bazaar at St. Paul's Hamburg to a United Press message from Hollywood.
College, Pedder Hill, for three days He said he believed his daughters refused to answer his letters | beginning from January 29. Sir because he married a Japanese woman after their mother divorced Robert Kolewall has been, Invited to him. De Havilland added that he was en route to South Ameri-be honorary Chairman. ca, where he hoped he could live cheaply with his Oriental wife. Fontaine, two of Hollywood's wife, whom 1 love deeply.
The Misses De Havilland and ignored me, perhaps because of my "Since the is an Oriental I cannot The only exception was in Atlanta Penitentiary for opposing mother, Mrs Lillian Fontaine. Anyway. I have an income of only
brightest stars, phoned their
peacefully in the, United States. Wisconsin where the State's the World War.
This time the Communist candidate in Saratoga, Cnl.. when they $80 a month and that, I understand, usual liberal representation was
for President. Mr Browder, was learned of their father's accu-
The variety show "Funlety," re- Branches. is not enough in this country. threatened by a three-cornered under arrest on charges of acquiring sations and issued a statement
“So I am going on to South Ameri-cently produced at the Ching Fleet race amont, Democrats, Republi- passport under on assumed name. in her name, which said:
ca to live and die, in poverty, but in Club Theatre, is likely to be pre- cans, and Progressives,
He was released on bail in order
pence."
sented again on January 25. It is that he could conduct his campaign.
He said he would send for his wife, understood that the proceeds of this who remained in Japan, as soon as he second performance will go to swell "The news of Mr De Havilland's found a home.
the Bomber Fund. arrival comes ps a surprise to me during and my daughters because the 21 years that have elapsed since our separation and subsequent di- [vorce, my daughters and I have had Organised by the World's Evan-ly one coninct with him. *The Socialist President. Normangelical Alliance in 1846, the annual girls and I came to Amerien in 1919. Thomas; Vice-President, Maynard observance of the Universal Week of where I have brought them up." Krueger.
Prayer commenced
The Misses De Havilland and Fon- at St Join's
talne, now 24 and 23 Socialist-Labour: President, John Cathedral yesterday. with Thanks
M.P.s and peers are demanding that Lord Trenchard, creator respectively. were toddlers when their mother left of the R.A.F. in the last war, should be given a responsible post W. Alken; Vlee-President, Aaron giving, Confession and Intercession.
There was a fairly large attendance brought her daughters
Havilland 21 Orange.
years ago. She at the Air Ministry, where he can put into effect his demands
to America Communist: President, Earl Rat yesterday's service, including Immediately and settled in Saratoga,
that our bomber offensive against Germany should be intensified. Browder; Vice-President. James Ministers of all denominations, who where she and the children became
attended as members of the congre American elitzens.
Although still a Marshal of the R.A.F. Lord Trenchard has Prohibition: President, Roger W. gation. The service was
no activo post in the organisation. conducted Babson; Vice-President; Edgar V. by the Rev. J. 11. Higgs and lasted
Returned To Get Divorce When seen by a reporter, hel Mearman.
approximately halt an hour.
After 9 years in this country Mrs made it clear that he wantel. Throughout this week unll: Sun-De Havilland returned to Tokyo to Germany to be hit still harder. It has suffered, more than any other: National Greenback; President,
"But," he adds, "it is all too small. | HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE John Zahnd; Vice-President, James day, services will be held every even get a divorce. The next year the This is what he says: E. Yates,
Ing, and to-day's service will be led sill prosperous De Havilland visited
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN part of the Armed Forces of the Although Socialists offered veiers by the Rev. Frank Short.
Americs and met his daughters, then
other Crown from the cult of defence. in their early teens. He returned to museum pleces have been preach-Many more bombers are wanted. Japan and Look un Oriental wife in that you cannot win a war with-
"I, for one, have never claimed We know you help War Charities, since. Mrs De Havilland later mar-
"The great offensive weapon that the war could be won by air but please do not forget that war, 870,000 Mr Thomas polled in 1032. Arthur Peterson, Amerlenn Deputy ried California
Is the bomber... This business man.
bomber Mr Thomas had predicted the elec-] Marshal, has resigned and will end "For 47 years I was a patent nl-
force
dene magniflcently tion of President Roosevelt.
his duties to-morrow. Sam Tittle- torney in Tokyo
De Havilland sald
when allowed to carry out His baum, former Chicago polleeman on disembarking. "With the Sino-
proper work, for which It was bulit and organised, “and not news commentator In Japanese war, my business was run- oned. I appealed and appealed again
carry, but defensive il to my daughters for help. They!
W. Ford.
an kointionist foreign policy and a chance
to
De
Lord Trenchard Says Britain Must Hit Out
"For many yenta and
express opposition to con- SHANGHAI'S NEW MARSHALs daughters have not seen him out fighting and without attacking.
scription, the total vote they polled
was not expected to come up to the
Browder in Gaol
Shanghai, Jan. 0.
has been nominated
All-time Socialist high was polled and radio In 1920 when Eugene V. Debs ro- Shanghai, ceived $10,700 votes, while a prisoner his successor.- United Press.
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Shortening War
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WE ARE AT WAR
| kade, the air' can prepare the way
war, Hungry Children for victory, and that this war could | MUST be fed.
be made sharter if everybody were aa wholeheartedly for offence as they have been in the past years, for defence,"
We dally foed hundreds,
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