NANCY
OH, BOY! WE'RE HAVING
TURKEY
AT OUR
HOUSE!
WE AIN'T GOIN' IN FER TOIKEYS
DIS YEAR!
WHAT ARE
YOU HAVING
PIG!
Wednesday,
CHER
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OH ONE OF THOSE CUTE PIGS WITH AN APPLE IN HIS MOUTH ?
January 8, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
ER-- YEAH-
PIG AND APPLE!
WELL --- ANYWAY--- IT AIN'T NO LIE.!
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UFSI
ITALIAN FIGHTER'S END-It's a desert graveyard for this Italian fighter plane shot down by British anti-aircraft gunners, somewhere in North Africa. Plano apparently
came down in flames and only skeleton, charrod and twisted, remains.
Britain's Role In
Future world
made by Dorothy Thompson re-
cently.
Nazi Pilot Knew
Isle of Wight
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Britain's Health Standard High
NEW THAI CANAL
SCHEME
THE That Government is contemplating Joining the Phang nya river, which flows into the sea on the west const of the Penin Isula, and the Tapf river at Surat Thani, reports the Thai news-
paper, "Pramuen Wan."
The Phang-nya river is situated inland of the Papra Strait. which is approximately 239 miles from Penang, while Surat-thuni. la on the east coast, almost on the Isthmus of Kra.
The distance between the two rivers is anid to be about 20 kilometres, and the policy is to make this a combined stream navigable for small craft which will only have to traverse a dis- tance of from 600 to 800 kilo- metres.
This would be a highly valuable) route, as at present ships travelling: from the Indian Ocean to the Gulf of Thailand have to go right round the Malay Peninsula via Singapore.
This appears to be quite a feasible selieme in place of the Kras Illumus. A survey is now being carried out.
Other Routes
Soviet Army Leader
Lauds R.A.F.
A striking article by Capt. Krainef in the Soviet Army organ, "Red Star," emphasises that the Germans have failed to win mastery of the air.
In their first mass attack on There is still another project for Britain, he writes, they failed to seagoing vessels to link the Indian repeat their successes against Ocean with the Gulf without having French aerodromes because they to go round the Malay Peninsula. Incked information of the redia Two routes appear, to present them-
tribution of British forces; selves.
Inland
the RA.F. Command, in fact, in- fluenced the whole course of the struggle.
German's Mistake
One is to join the Satul river, many field aerodromes and land- which is almost 100 miles from ing grounds had been added to Penang, with the disen at Phat the 300 aerodromes existing be- A prediction that the future Blacksmith's Arms, at the top health standard in the world, accord-sula and has its outlet at Songkhla, had been beautifully done.
Britain has apparently the highest lung on the east coast of the Penin-fore the war and the camouflage world society will develop in the of the hill? I could do with a ing to Dr Haven Emerson, former a few miles further down. The dis The defensive measures taken by English-speaking world
Was drink," coolly said a crashed president of the American Associa-tance is not loo great.
German pilot to Harold Blow, ation of Public Health.
The second proposed route is to Dr Emerson has made a study of extend the Thachin river at Trang, lorry driver, who was taking
European health, and said that Bri-which is a few miles from the Satul Spraking in New York she said: him into Newport, 1.0.W.
tain had two outstanding safeguards river, to the inland sen at Phatha- "To-day under a rain of bombs, in The pilot, a lieutenant, 6ft 2iu tall, for remaining isolated from ony, lung, with the outlet at Songkhla, debris and wreckage antidst
the who had baled out after the petrol European pestilence. The first was also not of a great distance. These moans of heroes who are dying a tank of his machine had been rid the English Channel, and the second two routes have already been sur- soldler's death in children's dresses died by bullets from a British fighter was the British quarantine system. veyed. and matron's aprons and in the sober plane, was seen near a hedge on the carb of business men and the overalls in rond between Culbourne and
Typhus was the greatest threat to of workers, a new British demnerary Carisbrooke and was given a lift, by
Blow after submitting to a search.
him how he knew where 可 "It Is the common people who be-
asked have like Shakespeare's kings. As he was, and he replied that he had
is being born.
the health in Europe at present, stated
Us
Dr Emerson, and it would break out most likely in such countries Poland, Russia and the Balkans.
Germany was another trouble spol. surely a stand here and talk to often been to the land and knew
After the last war the tuberculosis Ic death you there will rise in the English- every inch of it, suid Blow.
rate doubled there, and the speaking world a poet to write of also raid that he knew
Southampton kingly common people when this well as he used to go there in liners severe working conditions, added to war is over. Sume new Shakes before the war. He spoke broken the lack of expert medical care under penre will write the drama of Dun-English. He did not seem worried the Nazi regime, has brought about the present low standard of health. aluut his fighting days being over."
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Nazis Fear Sabotage By Workers
The Germanın also falled, Capt Krainer states, to concentrate on the bombing of air factorles-most of them being bombed once or twice only at the most. The Spitfire works at Woolston suffered most, then the air engine works at Rochester. The whole air industry of Britain goes on working.
There had been few attacks against fying schools, except Cranwell, and in ony case most of the flying schools were in Canada. More successful blows were struck at petrol atores. Undefeated
Reports reaching trade union
The present-battles showed that the headquarters in Britain point to air mistery did not belong to elther Increasing difficulties in Ger-side. The British Air Force was unde- feated, and was now actually wlden- many's transport.
Germany's railway system was
ing its scope of offensive action and was overtaxed even during the years of war preparations,
To-day it cannot cope with demands.
Locomotives and goods wagons are declared to be insufficient in number. Open wagons are being loaded one ton over normal limit.
Men are being required to work up to 14 hours a day.
Plant and men are showing the effect.
At the close of the first year of war the German State Railways admit that goods wagons arc in service only on 100 days out of 300.
R.A.F. Has Helped
was continuing to raid Berlin. In
fact, only mass concentration on one target, eg, Britain's industry, could give a decisive result.
There was much damage in London, but the forces of resistance of this giant elty are silli great. It con-. lnues to industrial and Government work,
Hongkong Man
In Command
Auxiliary Military Corps
From plain Mister to Major- Occupation of other countries has General in one day is the ex- added to the demands on transport
of troops and war material and food-perience of a former Hongkong
stuffs,
man who is now behind the British air attacks have helped great clean-up of London's bomb very substantially to
the debris. difficulties by the damaga done to waterways.
Increase
d
name
He is Major-General L. W. Germany's movement of barges to Amps, who commands the the North Sea coast for the advertised Auxiliary Military Ploneer. invasion of Britain swells the trouble. Corps.. By a coincidence, the
is also have extensive trouble commanding officer's in trying to maintain output of war forms the initials of the Corps. material.
Hongkong remembers Major-Gen- int much war work is being tral Ampe as a partner of the firm of transferred to occupied Czechgan and Amps, which was respon- sible for the construction of the new territory.
એક building of the Hongkong and Shang- But the newspapers of Prague and hal Banking Corporation. After the Brno carry reports of men condemned
** air raids have done so much
Sabotage Fears
to
to death in some cases and to long building was completed, Mr Amps terms of imprisonment in others for (as he then was) retired. He paid a
last removing essential parts of machinery visit to the Colony year shortly in Czech factories, with serious effect before the AM.P.8. was formed. on production.
"Promoted from just plain
Major-General In one day, Amps The German rulers' fear of sabot-has had an amazing career," a close
correspondent. ago is based not only on the known friend of his told a
A constructional engineer, he was lieutenant of the RE.'s in the last war, and lost a
foot when wounded on the Somme. He has never let his disability handicap him, though; in wonderfully active, and has travelled and worked all over the globe.
Fought In France
hostility of the occupied countries, but also on experience during the last war
monthly
Dr. Friedensburg, * German tary expert, writing, in Journal last January, said:
One of the reasons why Germany Jost the war in 1810 was the systema-
tle sabotage of production by the "Soon after he returned to Britain workers, technlolans and engineers in last year he was selected for the post occupied area of Belgium and he now holds. Under his leadership the A.M.P.C, not only did invaluable
the
France.
Even apart from deliberate bot-work erecting fortifications and other age that may or may not be practised, buildings in France, but also fought Hitler faces all the time the fact that gloriously.
ho is more and more dependent on "When the great withdrawal from hostile people, from whom he can France began, 11,000 of them helped never get sny measure of willing co- to defend Boulogne. Amps is proud operation.
to bear the name of his corps.”
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