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1. WONDER WHAT THAT DREAM MEANT I MUST LOOK IT UP
IN MY BOOK!
"DO NOT TRUST
YOUR BOYFRIEND--
HE IS IN LOVE WITH
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Wednesday,
NAZIS ATTACK IRELAND-This picture, of air raid damage in Northern Ireland,' recalls Here is a scene in Belfast, showing a car the recent Nazi raid on Dublin, capital of Eire. `overturned in a crater in front of a demolished house.
killed during this raid.
More than 500 persons were
Martha Gellhorn Whisks Through Manila To Answer The Telephone
After being gone for almost three months, Martha Gellhorn stepped off a Dutch plane at Manila a fortnight ago, having gathered enough material in less than 90 days to write six comprehensive articles for "Collier's Magazine”-four on China, one on Singapore and one on the Netherlands East Indies..
The return visit of this noted reporter wife of the novelist, Ernest Hemingway, is an example of the magic wrought - by modern air transportation in making next-door neighbours of once faraway countries and attracting noted writers to the Far East, writes Bessie Hackett in the "Manila Bulletin." In less than twelve weeks Miss Gellhorn has visited Hongkong, the Kwangtung front, Chungking, Lashio, Kunming, Rangoon, Singapore, and Batavia.
There's a change in the Chinese. Miss Gellhorn said: "That" writers who come this way, too. They really mean business and are here to work. In days when transportation was slow -and-competition-not-very-keen. they came and were feted and
Seditious Documents Seized
Devist and
of
stated Assistant
In
the
tion. It would take a student of is really n very complicated situa-
TWENTY thousand seditious du- China to explain or answer that cuments were found by the pollee question, and then he'd have to write when they ralded the headquarters,
book on the subject."
at Balestier Road, of the Singapore "Excuse_me,_.picase. Hello, Oh, Oversea Chinese Youths National no, no einsped a hand to her forehead in an unlawful youth
not right now. Nu, I can't. (She Salvation Union, a loved it.
exasperated effort to remain polite Mr To-day the famed writers who to the unseen person at the other Superintendent stop off in Manila for a day or two lend of the line.) I'll let you know try to dodge social engagements—perhaps we'd better leave that till the call to typewriter keys is for come back to Manila ogeln." more important and exacting than She put down the receiver. You the call to pink tons and dinners, see how it goes." she explained. where they're asked the sume ques-That was someone trying to sell me tions over and over by people try-Manila clippings about myself." She ing to impress the visitor as much smiled ruefully, "I certainly don't as the visitor has impressed them, want any."
who seek to bask in reflected
L'
glory.
Tracking Ernie
Sinister Horror
Of all the places she visited, Miss Miss Gelborn was an outstand-Indies most. Perhaps it's because I Gellhorn enjoyed the Netherlands ing example of the busy modern spent more time there than any- writer an she attempted to read where else," she smiled. "It's the through a stark of accumulated only, place i had a chance to relax
mall, track down a husband, and and look around.
answer phone time-wasters-all
calls from chronio In the midst of
During most of her trip Miss Gell- horn has been hounded by the "sinis being interviewed. "What would you like to know ter horrors of working at a high
tempo to get her articles off to the
district
He made this statement in a case in which Tan Sek-cheng allas L Go-beng pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting in the management of the organisation, and To Ban-seng alins Lim Tet-min pleaded guilty to a charge of being a member,
الله
The headquarters, Mr Devonshire continued, was a room at the rear of school in Balestier Road and both men were found in the room by the polichis Communist youth organisa-
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH June 11, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
SO IT'S WHAT'S TRUE?
TRUE-- EH ?
tion, he sald, controlled schools and boys who bad just left school and produced a news sheet known as "Modern Youth,” an illegal pub- lication.
Undesirable Literature
In the room, besides the society's scal, the police found all the
she began helpfully as she settled States as fast as she could, "before materials necessary for the publish- herself to devote Ave minutes of I forget anything and before I get uninterrupted time to the inter to San Francisco, when it will being of the news sheet and a large
impossible," she confessed.
number of documents of the Malayan Communist Party.
vlewer..
"Excuse me a moment," she apolo- Travelling in China? Yes, it was your Worship knows from long gised as the telephone, rang. "That's very hard," she admitted "but
Mr terribly sweet of you," the spake you can read all about it in "Col experience in this
country" into the instrument, apparently in
Devonshire InHier's," she laughed.
concluded; (addrossing "After all, I've answer to an offer of placing a car got to save most of my material for
fudge, Mr J. L. McFall) "how at her disposht.
really won't
highly undesirable it is that this type need it.
myself."
infiltrating of literature should be plan to spend the whole day, in my room writing, to-night ́and' to-morrow night also, I simply
must
get this
off
"But
story o ***War in Singapore?" she turned to the interviewer. She refused to. prophesy. "Anybody's" gucas ́is na good as mine. But whatever hap- pens, Singapore is very prepared, very confident, and the spirit of thei people is very wonderful.”
Gives Her Ago.
Black-Out In
Cavite
As Success.
Described A
A half-hour trial black-out of
The
Into the minds of the Fall, Tan
Questioned by Mr
Sek-cheng sold he was 20 years old and the only relatives he had in the country were an elder brother and a younger sister who were in Penang. To Ban-seng said that his age was 10, and he had no parents and no re- Iatives except for an uncle and a cousin who were also in Penang.
Remarking that he would lite to
the city of Cavite was staged see the organisation's seal and trans-
The phone rang and Miss Gellhorn last week under the watchful lations of the documents which were
grabbed the receiver. Pan-American
supposed to be so very polonow.
this time. "What?" She snickered, eye of city officials and the Mr McFall postponed the cuse
Yes, I guess you can put down my Philippine constabulary, working sentence.
sex as female. What's that? Oh, 31. in close co-operation with U.S.
Can you tell me where Mr. Heming- naval authorities. Despite bad
way 187 You say he arrived in
San
Francisco yesterday? oh yes, weather, the black-out, the rat IF YOUR
guess there's a letter from him in in the Philippines, went off
all this mail. I hirven't had a chance smoothly, reports the "Manila BREATH HAS
to look at it yet. Can T'send some Bulletin."
my baggage by steamer? And
there's a matter of some overweight Black-out practice in the city
bags.
and please make a reser- coincided with a similar, black
vation for me at the Houlekatani out in the Cavite Navy Yard, Hotel
Chinese, Are Tough
· She brought her thoughts back considering · China and ̈ itu people. "I believe the Chinees can: take, anything,” she stated. “They are a very tough people. -1 found Chink a very solid coun« try and everybody with single determination; to best
My
Regarding reports of the strength ening of Red Influence, among the
Naval officers described the trial
as successful, ̈ ̈
A SMELL YOU:
for
CAN'T FEEL WELL
The city was in partint darkness |for 15 minülés-from" 7.30 ·° to - '7:45, when lights in the houses were either put out or heavily; shaded." There was total darkness for another 15. minutes from 7.45 to 8 when the main switch for lights in the navy yard and the city was turned Uff."
No vehicles were allowed to' move during the black-out and the recusan and get what you ask for, were cleared of pedestrians.
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U.S. Experts Scout Forecast
Of Assured Victory for Nazis
NEW YORK, May 5.-An analysis of the war situa tion by 17 "students of naval and military affairs and world politics, made public Sunday, said factors of fundamental importance still operate in favour of the Allies and "there is no warrant for presupposing a Ger- man victory."
Convoy Routes
Noted Correspondent Reported Missing at Sea
OTTAWA, May 5.-Sam Robertson, Canadian Press London superintendent and war correspondent, is listed as missing as a result of enemy action while on a sca voyage, according to official word received here from London.
Internationally known as his father died in 1918, Sam finished and immediately correspondent and news service publle school executive, Mr Robertson had started working for the Canadian
Press is night messenger. visited. Canada on a month's furlough in March and April.
Light and wiry then, he exercised race horses at dawn after his night's "We are hoping that Mr Robertson work and horsemen said he might has been rescued by some ship that become a great jockey. But rapid has not yet reached land," a govern- growth closed that field. Iment oficial said. "But so far we After graduating to the editorial have received no word except the stuff and handing reporting and announcement that he was listed as editing assignments
Ottawa, missing."
to his post in London, had spent 15 Important night desk in Toronto in Mr Hobertson, who was returning Winnipeg, Montreal and New Yorle, Robertson was appointed to the months in England directing the 1931. He was transferred to New flow of news of the Battle of Britain Yoric in 1032 and was made superin- to Canadian newspapers and acting tendent there in 1937, his transfer to Canadian forces before he returned later. 213 war correspondent with the London coming two and a half years to Canada for his vacation.
1930, with the second contingent of and the
He went to Britain in December, During his years of work in Canada United States Robertson Canadian troops on his appointment covered countless stories, including as acting London superintendent and the United States tour of the King war correspondent. He was named and Queen in 1939. But be gained to succeed Edwin S. Johnson as particular satisfaction from his work London superintendent last Noveri-¦ on a murder case, in Ottawa in 1931 aber 1.
when he was instrumental in catch- ing the slayer of his boyhood chum Beri Marshall.
Signers included four retired therefore, is the maintenance of admirals of the United States sumclent flow of shipping across the
Brilliant Writar Allantle... William Navy, Admirals
'V.
Robertson, at 35 a brilliant writer Pratt and William H. Standley,
and resourceful, energetic executive formerly chiefs of naval opera- "5. American naval and air forces after 22 years in the Canadian Press tions; Vice Admiral William L. now possess the fecessary striking service, ably directed the eight-man 1017, to Rodgers, formerly president of force, as in
equalise and London stair during months of Nazi bombing which shook the office the Naval War College, and Rear perhaps turn to our definite long bullding last September 23 and des
lage. the struggle now waging along] Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, the convoy routes.
troyed it by fire on December 20. formerly commander-in-chief of
He flew to the Asiatic fleet.
then Canadian tion of aircraft and their safe delivery minister of defence, in the spring
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Officiat
"G. Adequate American produc-Hon. Norman Roger, with the late Summary, Issued yesterday, Is:
The
to Britain would alter this situation of 1040 and accompanied the minister analysis; summarised in a (possible serious. Impairment off on a tour of the front line. Loter broadenst by Major George Fielding Ellot, military analysist for the New British ability and will to fight on he spent several wecies reporting the York "Herald-Tribune" and one of in at least two fundamental respects:ion and wrote of the first mans because of German bombardments) activities of the 1st Canadian Divi- the signers, Included the "following it would make possible effective bombing raids on Britain last July facts":
counter measures and it would raise from "Hell's Corner" on the cliffa British morale,.
of Dover. While .". for
that Canada and Britain. and for
the ourselves United States do motorised and arinoured equipment Britain sweep the seas of the grow
to help which will be superior to any thus ing submarine menace and wrote of far utilised in the war.
the German attempt at economic
"1. By reason of British sea power, Germany is denied access to the essential resources of the non- European world, both in Industrial production and in raw materials..
Factories Vulnerable
Air Force, whereas Britain.
If we so will, we enn produce broadcast in Canada he urged 'in a
more
"8. It is imperative that we take strangulation of Britain through
Can tlal
2. The Industrial plants of 'Ger account of moral factors as being un bombing and torpedoing as the more within reach of the Royan inherent part of the military polen-gravest menace facing Britain. draw upon the enormous Industrial derables and plants of the United States and the tude." Dominions, which are safe from air Inttack...
1
of
(A. considerailon of "impou On his furlough Robertson visited a non-defentist atti-his wife and his two sisters, Mrs T. Shea and Mrs James OFürrell in Oltawa.
Started As Messenger
Born In Glasgow, Scotland, on May
"3. If the war becomes onc nitrition and exhaustion, the Axis It is announced that during powers will be at a serious disadvan-evacuation of Dunkirk British army tage as compared with the British surgeons sprinkled sulphonamide in 8, 1005, Samuel Stevenson Robertson Empire and the United Staice. powder form on wounds and burns was brought to Canada by his parents, 4. The essential clement of and found this method of application John and Margaret Robertson, as a British survival and ultimate victory, successful.
child and grew up in Ottawa. When
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