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January 22, 1941. By Walt Disney
Czecho-Slovak Institute Advance MALAYAN WAR Chinese
Opened In London
LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter) ——“In these coming months we shall need all our strength and courage and all the help that free peoples can give us. There is no margin to spare. Yet our faith in final victory is unshaken. 'We know that we must win through."
other allies with the fire and de-
Into Eritrea
Italians Hard Pressed held, was utterly overthrown. The Thus declared Mr Anthony Czechs were now fighting side by side "REUTERS" AT Oritish H... CAIHO Eden, the Foreign Secretary, with the foren of Britain, Poland and
Jan. 21. Imperial troops, at the opening in London of the termination of men who would not pushing deeper into Italy's East Czecho-Slovak Instituto CH- endure bondage. From time to time African Colony of Eritrea were tablished by the British Council he was greatly moved and encouraged reported to-day to have reached by news of some noble net of opposi-
as a national centre for Czecho-tian by those gallant Czechs who had a point some 30 miles to the cast |
The King in a message to President) Benes wrote, "The Institute will form
on
Slovaka in Britain who now now to suffer the rule of Hitler's of the Kassala frontier post
Gestapo. number 15,000,
evacuated by the Italians In reply. Dr Benes expressed the Sunday. Czech determination to increase and
The retreating Italians whose deepen Anglo-Czech friendship "once strength is now revealed to be no in the pursuit of those ideals of the world is rid of Hitler's vulgar oss than two divisions, ure being }
Hangsterism."
a happy link between our two peoplen
liberty and justice to which both are so whole-heartedly attached."
Referring to Mr Eden's allusion to hard-pressed by British light- the struggle of the Czechs at home armoured units and motorised Mr Exion also declared that it would against Nazi oppression, Dr Benca infantry- not be so long before the tyrant Inj said, "They deserve your praise and whose clutches Czecho-Slovakia was they will not fail you."
French Cameroons Join Britain's Economy Plan
undertakes-to purchase the total ready for signature, output of cocoa, palm kernels,
beniseed from the..
French Cameroons as well as nearly the whole production of coffee and a large proportion of the produc- tion of bananas.
Indestructible
The pursuit continues day and night
hilly and across
d/Mewt country, Every effort is being made to maintain contact. Occasionally British Brengun carriers are able to send bursts into the Italian "tail"
Running Away
and
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SINGAPORE, Jan. 21 (Domei). The creation of a Malayan War Committee was announced here to- day by the Governor, H.E. Sir Shenton Thomas, at a meeting of the Legislative Council for British Malaya and Straits Settlementa. The Governor said that the new committee is cont- posed. of civilians and officials and also the chiefs · of local fighting forces.
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CHUNGKING, Jan. 21 (Cen-
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action sank two Japanese war- SUNBEAM-TALBOT 10 H.P. SPORTS CAR; ships in the Yangtze above Nan- |king within three days.
One of the vessels with irrops| aboard was suak on January 12. Chinese farmers on the bank
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saw large numbers of Japanese FRIGIDAIRE. Five cubic feet drowned. The other sunk' on January 14 was a transport,
loaded with munitions and other NEW MORRISON MINI-GRAND milltary supplies.
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As a result the Japanese are MOFFATT ELECTRIC COOKER. taking strict precautions against and set of cooking utensils Chinese shore batteries and have sent out minesweepers to remove FIVE PRIZES cach 1,000 Gold Flake Cigarettes floating mines in the river.
Brisk fighting hos again flared up FIVE PRIZES each 1,000 Players Cigarettes In the Anwel-Chiclang border re- FIVE PRIZES each 1,000 Captain Cigarettes glons. Some 1,500 Japanese infantry-
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The Italians are apparently, with drawing as fast as they can having covered 20 miles on the first day. Indian, Sudanese and British troops LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter),—An economic agreement re- are taking part in the pursuit, it is lating to the French Cameroons has been concluded between the learned.
TOKYO, Jan. 21 (Reuter) Before their withdrawal, the British Government and General de Grulle's Council of Defence. Italians were strung along à 100-mile Japan's foreign trade continued
The Japanese northward push from front from Omager, where the tron- to grow in 1940. despite the chang, Yangtze, port in Hupeh, is The British
Government; French Equatorial Africa is almost tiers of Sudan, Eritrea and Abyssinia European war: The volume of reported to have totally collapsed.! GOODS TO THE VALUE of $250
converge to a point 20 miles to the commerce with nations outside After the defeats at Lungwangtung north-east of Kassala. palm oll, ground nuts and Midland Bank Safes The direction of the retreat is to- the yen bloc was almost as large and Changchialing, the Japanese are GOODS TO THE VALUE of $150
now
in full retrent. wards Agordat, nearly 100 miles from as in 1939. the frontier,
Japanese attacks at Changshoutien Agordat is the terminus Mr. Isao Kawada, Minister of and Hochintsi, north of Chungslanu G.E.C. RADIO SET of Eritrea's only niain point of communication the Finance, made this announce on the cast bank of the Han River, frontier region, with Red Sea port of Massawa.
the important ment in the House of Represen-about 125 miles northwest of Han-
kow, have also been repulsed. tatives to-day, introducing the
VANITY BOX and COMPACT attack A daring
made last Abyssinian Army
record-breaking: 6,863,000,000 Thursday by a Chinese unit at Tao- "REUTER" WITH THE
tehwan in the vicinity of Taych, the FILMO CAMERA yen ordinary budget. ETHIOPIAN ARMY
GO miles This was disclosed by the Chair-
SOMEWHERE IN THE SUDAN,: The exports of 3,972,000,000 yen Iron-mining town, about
Japanese Cameroons depend. While ensuring man, Mr Reginald McKenna, in the Jan. 31 (Reuter).There is a rattle Increased by one per cent, while im-southeast of Wuchang the livelihood of the population, the annual statement which elreuiated to of musicetry and hundreds of tall ports of 3,700,000,000 yen gained 10 defences were destroyed. agreement gives Britain useful com- shareholders in place of the usual dark men clad in white jibbas and per cent with a favourable balance modities that it can absorb.
"in view of the possibility of khaki shorts leap from their cover! 20 speech
art of 203,000,000 yen. The agreement has axed the rate the meeting being interrupted by an of thorn bushes and advance in open of exchange for the French alert."
order across the desert to where in Cameroons at 170.025 francs to the Nine branches of the Midland the midst of a group of his staff pound,
Bank, he said, have been completely stands a small bearded khaki-clad The agreement is retrospective, wrecked and eight others sovorelynguro-wearing-a-topee-and-with-the- covering the second year of the war damaged, but repair work will enable crossed swords of a General on his A similar agreement relating to the staff to return to them shortly, epaulets.
On these commodlites and timber, regarding which a separate agree mont is foreshadowed, the French
LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter)-Not a single safe or strong room has been
destroyed in the Midland Bank, one of the largest banks in Britain wila branches throughout the country.
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Emperor Haile Selassie Is which- ing the exercises by the new Free Army of Ethiopia which is being trained in the Sudan by British, South African and Rhodesian officers. After the exercises, the Emperor drives to the parade ground in the middle encampment composed of low matting huts and stands at the salute
LONDON, Jan. 21 (Router). SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" while the cream of his troops,
TOKYO, Jan. 21 (Domel)--The shouldering more of Britain's most-The difficulty of getting food modern rifles, march past in long parcels by tortuous routes to Flotilla has disposed of 750 mines on Imperial Japanese Navy River lines, throwing out great clouds of sorely-pressed British war pri- the Yangtse, the Navy Minister,
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At their head rides Crown soners in Germany was again Admiral K Olkawn, told the Diet 10 TWO PRIZES: LADIES' SHOES Prince of Ethiopia mounted on raised in the House of Commons | day, magnificent white charger. The Em-to-day.
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necessity, completely prohibited ship- the ancient House of 250,000 parcels were despatched by Judah and stand at the head of a the General Post Once during the and other important points along the SILVER CIGARETTE BOX (Centenary Souvenir)
ping trame in Pinghus, Wenchow fighting army ready for battle.
past month and that during December China coast. Surprise attacks have 100.000 parcels and over 100 tons of been carried out against Chinese The Emperor told me to-day that food lett Geneva for camps in Ger- military bases along the coast.
THREE BOTTLES OF WINE he was well pleased with the pro-many,
The most daring operations in the The War Secretary, Captain David year were carried out by the naval SILVER "LOTUS" CENTERPIECE gress and bearing of the troops, which he attributed to
Margesson, said that a special com- British officers. These officers, soine of them missioner which lind gone to Lisbonir force which since the end of April
to October have continuously bombed | SILVER CIGARETTE CASE well over six feet in height, were to investigate the delay transmis- various inland bases in Szechuen, formerly graziers and white hunters sion of the parcels had ascertained especially Chungking. In Kenya, mining engineers In that the parcels were seriously de- While the naval aircraft in South Rhodesia
und
school-masters, etc., ayed in transmission across the China are still continuing attacks
and France. against the Burma road, the naval "INNOXA” BEAUTY CASE One former Sudan District Com- Ships hind been missioner is among them.
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All commands are given in English ey parcels by sea direct to Marecilies continuing vigorous activty convenient or other
Parcela Szechtien area. ports. ane burly
and
heard to say sergeant was had also been sent by a new over-
in the
"INNOXA" BEAUTY CASE The losses inflicted on the enemy"INNOXA" BEAUTY CASE up, you sona innd route through Portugal, Spain air force by the Ficet air arm during of Afrien." Troops are trained in all and occupied France direct to camps the past year amounted to about 320 the arts of war. They include men in Germany and if this route was from distant parts of Abyssinia and successful, li would be developed. former refugees in Kenya from the Italian invasion.
During the long journeys in twos, threes or larger bands, they stole rifles and machine-guns and attacked when possible.
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while the Japanese suffered 11 planes (ONE 12" CANOE AND PADDLES lost.
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The Flect forces effectively Bup- The Emperor's second son, Duke
ported the Army in the entry into Karrar, is now under training with- Atcording to official of the French Indo-China by transporting ONE CASE "SPEY ROYAL" WHISKY BA the British and he will shortly take Chinese Maritime Customs, Shayu- and escorting them by sea,
command. He was formerly in the chung has not yet been occupied by Loss of Submarine Wellington College Officers' Training Japanese troops.
The Navy Minister then made a Corps
Advice was received that the special statement regarding tho A constant streain of Abyssinian
attack and sinking of Submarine 1-77 in August Japanese expected, to troops and camel convoys of arms lake over the place on Monday last year. The disaster occurred is finding its way into the Abyssini- an interior where British artillery last, but as yet the troops have not about 3 pan. about 000 miles south
In an appearsuce. Trade between Hongkong and of Tokyo Bay while the fleet was
engaged in manoeuvres, Shayuchung continues and yesterday Jaunch masters returning from the village declared that everything was quiet and normal there.
destroyed or damaged.
manned by Abyssinians already in position.
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The undersea craft wia lont observed by an aeroplane which happened to fly in the vicinity. that moment, the ship was seen bow ginning, submerging operation but since that moment communication
Assal Supplies Hit CAIRO, Jan. 21 (Rentor)-The RAF. has raided Assal and register ed direct hits on the supply depot.
The South African air force suc- cessfully bombed Neghelli in Abys- From all operations, all British air-with the ship was totally lost. The sinta, Administrative buildings sur- craft returned, “
fleet at once searched in the aur rounding a molar transport park This communique odds that one rounding area but falled to obtain were "eat in fire and completely | British fighter, reported as not any traces of the missing ship; guiled, and a large number of having returned to lis bage of Janu- The matter was made" public on vehicles in
the car park were ary 19, is now reported to be infe. October. 20.
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