NANCY
QUICK- SOMEBODY
IS TRYING TO SIGNAL US OFF AN ISLAND!
LOOKS LIKE A
LADY. SHE
MUST BE SHIPWRECKED!
Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
YOU'RE RIGHT. LAD--|
IT IS A LADY BUT
DON'T WORRY..
March 28, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
I'M SURE SHE CAN TAKE CARE
OF HERSELF!!
GET VITAMINS
YOU NEED!
The Beg. U, 1. PIL OFFICIO 21
WILLKIE VISITS KING-Radio picture shows. Wendell L. Willkic, left, chatting with King George, in London, after ho had tea with the King and Queen Elizabeth.
City Crowd Fled From Collapsing Building
ROYAL ENGINEERS in London working on demolition in the City and passers-by had to run for their lives recently from a collapsing building.
The soldiers, watched by a When the great cloud of dust had large crowd, were pulling down settled it was found that the cater- the high, battered walls of a burned-out building in Newgate- street, near the corner. of St Paul's Churchyard.
A caterpillar tractor hauled in vain on a wire hawser looped on a wall.
Then the caterpillar was moved closer in at different point, the hawser slung round some project- ing brickwork, and the tractor given the "Go."
"Look Out!”
For a while the tractor hauled without result, until there was a yell of "look out," and the whole face of the building collapsed on top of the tractor,
*
Soldiers_and_spectators ran in all directions, from the avalanche of debris.
pillar was smashed to pleces. The driver, however, had jumped clear. Not a soldier or civilian was injured.
R.C.N. Warship Destroyed
Halifax, Mar. 27.
The loss of the Canadian war ves-
-ERNIE BUSHIMIKE,
“THE STATESMAN,” CALCUTTA, PLEADS:
DOMINION
STATUS
FOR INDIA NOW
Pleading that India should make a united effort for a British victory, the Cal- cutta "Statesman"-which is under European control and has the biggest circulation of any morning newspaper published in India-declares that this united war effort is "not possible unless the colour war is ended."
"India" the writer says, "is geographically, numerically and materially the central factor in such a common effort. She can- not have a secondary place.
"She is entitled to a Govern- ment controlling her own soil, which can co-operate freely with the Governments of the United Kingdom and other Dominions without having to take orders from a country and Parliament 6,000 miles away.
power
of Parliament should vested in the Viceroy.
HINDU FUNERAL PYRE BUILT ON
LOCH BANK
When Keher Singh, Hindu
"An emergency has arisen. The travelling salesman, died in hos-i
be pital in Ireland his friends of the Hindu community claimed cremation for him.
"India should bo declared Dominion, and relations with Bri- tain should, as soon as practical. be conducted through the. Du minions Office and the Indian High
Commissioner,
"If this is done, the Viceroy will be able to get a representative war Government, and Internat constitu- tional settlement will follow it
Her Job
To
Job Is
Advise Bevin
IN view of the extensive war- time employment of women in engineering, Mr Ernest Bevin,❘ · the Minister of Labour, has There are no crematoriums in created the post of technical Ireland and as it was impossible to adviser to the Ministry on ques- take the body across to Britain for tions concerning the training of cremation,
Ireland Ministry of Home Affairs decided to women for munitions work. allow an open-air cremation.
the Northern
The cremation took place shortly Foyle, near Londonderry, and was after dawn on the banks of the Loch we can draw breath to consider it. attended by about 30 members of "Through the wartime collabora- tion of former opponents, a large the Hindu community.
The only other spectators were two part of the difficulty between the princes, the Moslems and the Hindusen, who had been out shooting on police sergeant. the marches, and will then be found to have dis-
Ashes To Be Scattered appearet.
The Hindus built a pyre of logs collected from the countryside. In the middle of this they placed the collin with the head pointing towards the rising sun.
Reply To M.P.s' Message
A Christmas message from British Parliamentary spokesmen interested in india, appealing for co-operation in the war, is
sel Otter, a converted yacht, with message from rove Liberalhyint. wa olleers and 17 crew members of politickan, xhort Britain to declare i Foyle..
complement of four officers and 37 men, was announced to-day.
This will
When the Bre was lighted the counter-Hindus recited prayers and song Later, two wreaths were thrown on to the waters of Loch
then Water from the loch was On the third day the Hindus re- sprinkled over the coffin. turned and scattered the ashes on Loch Foyle. Some of the bones will be taken away to be thrown into the River. Ganges.
her decision to grant India imme- The ship was near Sambro Light lately after the war Dominion status at the entrance to Halifax Harbour within the meaning of the Statute of when she was suddenly enveloped in Westminster, in addition to showing, flames and sank in a few minutes, while the war is still on, earnest of One lifeboat was swamped and it is British intentions to do the right feared total-it-were--lost-thing-by-India." Unfied Press,
He has appointed to his post associated with the professional Miss V. Holmes, who has been side of engineering since 1916.
She has had experience both in Britain and in the United States, und during the last six years has been employed us an experimental de- signer in engineering research.
She is a member of the Institu- tions of Mechanical, Locomotive and Marine Engineers, and a past presi- dent of the Women's Engineering Society.
Whirlwind-
A glass of fresh orange juice is a big help in bolencing your daily health budget Are you getting all the vitamins- and all the minerals-you need to look and feel and do your best?
Hardly half our families are, says the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 50.take no chances. Make it a zule to est more bright, celerful foods.
Fresh orange juice, for example, is your best source of vitamin C, an 8. ounce glass supplying all you nar. mally need for one day, It also has titamins A, B, and G, and minerals calcium, phosphorsis and from; .
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THE Australian Government is organising a round-up of spics and Fifth Columnists to prevent the leakage of information to the enemy of shipping movements.
This was revealed by Mr W. survivors that M. Hughes, Australian Navy raiders possessed information indleat
ing that they knew the British Minister.
with merchant shipping.
THE Whirlwind, new British fighter, whose existence Lord Beaverbrook disclosed in broadcast recently, is one of the fastest planes in the world.
Little can be said except that it is one of the very latest de- incorporates new signs, and features.
Whirlwind may soon become us
and Hurricane.
He indicated that precautional Admiralty code for communicating much a household word as Spitfire
against leakages of information were being tightened up.
The Australian navy authorities announced that seven Europeans and one Filipino are known to have been killed aboard the ships sunk by the raiders.
He would Instruct the Navy Board to inquire whether too much Iberty was being allowed to crews
Sixty-seven Europeans are miss- of neutral ships in Australian ports.
Mr Hughes recently announced ing, believed prisoners, a four he was investigating statements by Filipinos are believed killed.
The existence of the Whirlwind has been one of the best-kept secrets of the war.
It is only one of the new type fighters and bombers with which Britain will enter the future months and throw into the battle with the LuftwafTe.
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HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
The Society 'asks for -
$28,000
in 1941 to meet the increasing needs of sick and destituto children in Hong Kong.
The number of children assisted last year was 5,100,
A copy of the Annual Report for 1940 may be obtained from:
Mr. McKellar, O.A..
c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co.,
P. & O. Building,
Mr. Kwok Chan,
c/o The Banque de L'indo-China,
Hong Kong.
Hon. Treasurers.