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SO YER AUNT FRITZ! TOLD YA TO CLEAN D'HOUSE. WHILE SHE'S OUT,
EH?
YES--- AND I'M SO LAZY TODAY--- I DON'T FEEL LIKE
DOING A THING!
· Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SOMERSET MAUGHAM PLAY TO-NIGHT
The European YMCA, has chosen for its current dramaile effort W. Somerset Maugham's comedy, "Mrs DoL." The first performance takes place to-night at 9.15 p.m. and will be followed by two other performances to-morrow and Saturday. Y.MLC.A. war clarities will benefit. Above, the producer. Charles Thom (extremio leti) is seen with the cast: Rita Cole, Lewis Benn, Fred Clemo, David Ingleby, Winifred Dalziel, Perry Sharpe, Ralph Dormer; Norah Witchell, Frank Willis and Bill Colledge. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
FORD HAS AIRCRAFT SECRET
Chinese To Serve In Malay Forces
If the proposal materialises, Perak Chinese will have the distinction of forming part of the British regular forces with Surprising results are reported the formation of a Perak Chinese Motor Transport Company for to have been achieved by a new service for the duration of the war in Malaya. machine-riveting process now!
At 題 meeting last week, being experimented with at the Ford plant in Detroit under the Chinese leaders watchful
eyes of defence of- ficials.
The new process is said to enable hand riveting in aircraft | production to be abolished and to cut the labour time by half.
Hand riveting is said to constitute | the greatest bottleneck in the now of aircraft supplies.
whole.
hearted support to the propositi Germans
to form such a company as # separate unit from the newly- formed non-European units in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
This would be the, firse Chinese company to be formed and would be part of the regular forces, the men being enlisted in the ordinary
צחיון
War On
Churches
Figures compiled at the Vati- Leaders of the community state can show that nearly 2,000 Experiments are being carried out in a closely-guarded section of the that the Chinese are enthusiastic to churches, belonging to various Ford plant, and only Army technical serve and give proof of their loyalty denominations, have been des- experts and Defence. Commission re the British Government. They troyed or damaged in Britain by have given full assurances of help to German bombs and 45 Roman
enlisting the milltary authorities in the heaessary numbers for a company. Catholic monasteries and con-
The pay is $25 (Straits currency),, vents have been destroyed.
presentatives are them.
allowed
to
see
KING'S
STARTS FRIDAY
GINGER ROGERS,
as "KITTE
FOYLE
America's White-
Dollar Girl, heroine of
the sensational novel by
Christopher Morleyi: The
Natural History of a Wo-
jun::With DENIS KORGAN
JAMES ORAIQ, Xduardo
dianelli, Ernest Gossart
`Gladys Cooper. Dirssted
by Bam Wood, who made
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KITTY FOYLE
//
to
a month for ordinary drivers, plus
May 1, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
WHY DID YOU MAKE, ALL · D' PITCHERS: HANG CROOKED
SO AUNT FRITZI WILL THINK I'VE BEEN DUSTING
· THEM!
P.M.G. Has Cable Code For Lovers
Britain's Post Office has reduced love talk to a snappy code, so that affection can be cabled cheaply to troops overseas.
It's all done by numbers, and though special consideration has been given to Love there are other categories, such as Money and Health.
Mr W. S. Morrison, the Post- master-General, announced the code at the National Defence Public Interest Committee's luncheon in London.
"Not So Cold
It was found thut in telegrams to soldiers the same phrases kept recur- ring, he said.
The code would shorten them und enable more, telegrams to be sent.
'Tiny' Finds The Army
Awkward
Private Alfred Ernest Night- "You may fear," said Mr Moringale, of the Royal Artillery, is
rison. "that these stereotyped phrases will be as cold as those one of the Army's biggest prob on the Field Service Post Card, lema, but not at all..
"Here is one-Kisses.' The next
He is the tallest man in the
Is Love and and kisses. The next Service, measuring & ft. 91⁄2 in. is Fondest love and kisses."
and weighing 171⁄2 stone.
"Thus, every degree of affection is provided for.
You pay your money and you can have your choice."
By choosing two numbers from the code you can say:
"You are more than ever in my
. His, clothes and boots (size 16%) had to be fashioned specially for him. His outsize underclothing is made by his sister 1.
Alfred, who is 23, and whose home is at Enfield, Essex, is one of nine achlidren.
thoughts at this time. I wish we were together on this special occa- slon. All my best wishes for speedy reunion."
+
The numbers chosen will be trans- laled by the operator at the other end, and, the addressee will receive | the full message.
He is stationed in the North. "Things are awkward at times," he declares.
Officers' Dilemma
And the cost to the sender will be *My senior officers don't quite 2s. 6d. (including signature and nd-{know where to put me when we're dress)—a price which, under the on a route mnaich. present service, would have to be paid for six words, plus address.
For The Hard-up
The "Love" group contains about 100 standard phrases.
In the "Health"
section No. 09
reads, "All well, children evacuated." Nos. 85 or 80 are "Son is born" and Daughter_born."
Number 103 in the "Money" group may crop up pretty often- "Glad if you could send some money," No. 130. "Miscellaneous," strikes a
UPIEN
"Sometimes they think I 'would look best in the front rank, some- times in the middle, sometimes in the rear."
As you might expect, Private Nightingale is known in the Army By "Tiny."
Ile is given one and a half times the ordinary soldier's rations—but that-is-unofficial,
He is a teetotaller.
Other Measurements
Here are some more of his measure--
ments:-
His
The exact total of the food, clothing and accommodation as customary in the army and recruits churches, as given by the Vati-special note: "Hearing your voice on
the wireless gave me a wonderful Neck 18 Inches, chest 50, waist will enjoy soldiers' privileges in re- can radio, is 1,986, made up of thrill."
42, hips 47, reach 85, biceps 17, wrist gard to duty and raliway faces when 77 Roman Catholic, 770 Angli- Another phrase which has been 8 and forearm 13 they go on leave to visit their
thought of is: "Good show, keep it can, and 1,139 Free Church.
greatest, and he now admits families.
most foolish achievement, was to The details are as follows:-
The new system is expected to re- carry five ewt. of cement ten yards Destroyed in London. 14 Romanduce substantially the delays which for p sixpenny bet,
occurred in transmission of¦ Catholic, 120 Anglican, 125 Free have
The average soldier is 5 feet 8 telegrams to troops.
inches tall. Church.
Damaged in London, 13 Roman About 400 men will be required, Catholle, 250 Anglican, 350 Free including a certain number of Church. N. C. Os. In addition, about 10 or 12 officers will be needed On I pity ranging from $150 and allowances.
There are no facilities for family Lccommodation in barracks nor ean there be any
allowance. marriage The headquarters of the company will be in Ipon.
There will be, in the early stages,
Destroyed or heavily damaged in Provinces-20 Roman Catholle, 100 Anglican, 150 Free Church.
Churches More Lightly Damaged,
a certain number of British Army-30 Roman Catholle, 300 Anglican,
officers and N. C. Os. as instructora.
614 Free Church.
Capsules As Defence
In War On Civilians
AN offer from U.S.A. to feed Britain with myriads of capsules containing vital minerals and vitamins was a scientific news item of the week, writes the Sydney "Sun.”.
Britain therefore, might fight stunted growth (children), wasting
disease, weakness. with capsule as well as with gun.
Vitamin C lack causes scurvy, sore It's the half-illness that saps mouths, muscular weakness, bleed- weariness.".
home morale, reacting as "waringmin D. lack, "half-rickets" in
Peoplo can live on restricted diets adults, wasting of bones, semi-crip- yet maintain vim-given essential pling.
Vitamin C Jack, non-clotting blood minerals and vitamins.
Professor Mottram, famous London-civilian wounded liable to fatol
bleeding. physiologist, has advised Britain to nap up America's offer and avold the fate of the civilian populations of Austria and Russia In the last world
wor.
Deficiency Discases
Recent study of the deficiency diseases reveals their importance in
war.
Few Of The Evila Of the minerals, caiclum lack, be- affecting bone-growth, also sides causes weakness and mental depres- sion. Sleeplessness is one result.
Iron deficiency causes anaemia, which again means listlessness poor effort,
Those are only a few of the evils, Combined effect is a C3 class 'home front and fell of morale.
and
Vitamin A fack causes semi-bind- ness; sore eyes; could cripple efforts All the same "man cannot live by of civilian air-rakd: wardens, roof-vitamina alone,” spotters, and other home defenders. The
for food factors-proteins, Vitamin B (a mixture of 10 fac-stitute Capsules can never be a sub- tora), It incking, causes neuritis and sugars, fats. But they will enable narve troubles (even hallucinations). citizens on oven a minimum dlet to
Vitamin B1 defalency caused the remain cheerful and healthy, *aulèidal wave"!, in "post-war-Vienna, They may lose weight, but not 1910
their "nerve," and nerve wins "total"
Lack of other factors causes 'WATB.
Children's Spring Push
Boys and girls living at the 30 ; National Camps Corporation Schools are making a great "Dig for Victory" effort.
Lord Strabolgi's Wedding
The marriage of Lord Strabolgi, Socialist Chief. Whip in the House of Lords, to Mrs Geraldine Mary Hamil- ton, formerly Miss, Geraldine Francle, his secretary, took place at Leomin-
recently. ster, Herefordshire,
Mrs Hamilton is the only daughter
More than 8,000 children who have been evacuated to the camps-14 are exclusively for London children- having learned how to cultivate vege- tables and fruit, are now learning to like the carrots, swedes, spinach and turnips which they grow.
They
have started their "spring offensive."
"Every day a special time is de- of the late Mr Maurice Francis and
to the gardens, and in some Mrs Franels, of Kensington. camps each dormitory has a special Lord Strabolgi, who is G4, and, as patch where the youngsters grow Cmdr J. M. Kenworthy, was M.P. what they like," the secretary said. for the Central Division of Hull for "Potatoes are favourite, but at some years, succeeded his father in camp in Sussex, which used to be a 1934. fixed up and they are growing toma-July last year, the decree nisi being farm, a battered greenhouse has been His first marriage was dissolved in
tocs.
made absolute in January.
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