Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 16, 1941.
C
EAGLES SHARPEN THEIR TALONS
Pilots of the "Engle" Squadron, the first all-American Squadron of the Royal Air Force, which recently took its place ns a fully-fledged unit of Fighter Command, had the experience, unique under present day conditions, of undergoing their "opera tional training" as a complete-squadron under their own squadron conimander.
Normally pilots in the R.A.F. go through the famous "four stage" training system-Initial Training Wing: Elementary Fly- ing School; Service Flying School: Oporational Training Unit, This system is designed to transform the completely untrained young men into the highly skilled service pilot ready to take his part in a squadron on active service.
But when the “Eagle”! Squadron was formed last Octo- ber, all its members could al- ready fly. Some had seen ser- vice with French or British squadrons; others were pilots with American civil air lines; some student fliers at their universities in the States.
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Chungking Again Raided
What they mainly needed was CHUNGKING, June 15 (Central collective training, dying together a News)-Chungking was again' rald- a squadron in modern war condied shortly after I p.m. to-day, when tions, so as to achieve that flexibility
27 Japanese planes penetrated the and unity which is the hall mask of city and dropped over 100 bombs, the fighting squadrons of the RAF. resulting in nine persons killed,
For the past few months
the
Fighting in Toumoon
some 20 others wounded, and more "Eagle Squadron has been sharpen- than 100 houses demolished, Ing its talons, going through all the The raiders were harassed by an tactical training and exercises which ordinarily is given at an operational intense anti-aircraft Are. training unit. In M comparatively quiet sector they have been hard at work, learning all the "tricks of the trade under instructors with drst hand experience of modern air fighting.
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Filma Record Action
SIUKWAN, June 15 (Central News)-Severe fighting is raghu near Toumoon in Chungshan as the Japanese since June 12 have been lunching a vigorous attack on the town from Kutsing In separate columns.
Chinese troops, unsisted by local
POUNDED BY NAZIS—Damage dono by Hitlor's airmon in repeated poundings on Plymouth, Eng. land, last port touched by Mayflower before its voyago to America. Plymouth is important naval base, with extensivo naval barracks. It was rendezvous of anti-Armada floot.
White
Russians
In
Far
East Turn Red, Go Home
Russian exiles from Czarist Russia, many of whom have wandered through the Far East for almost a quarter of a century and others who have never seen their Flos taken with cine-camera guns militla, are offering the most stub-motherland at all, are leaving Shanghai and other refugee centres to take up Soviet Atied to their Hurricane fighters and or resistance and effectively check-citizenship, the American-published "China Weekly Review" says in a survey. operated by a touch on the fringing the Japanese advance.
The chief reason for their return to the land of their fathers is realisation, the magazine declares, that Japan has no in-
the Soviet Government, at least for their benefit. Japan's fran-
Robert Donattention, as they had long thought, to assist in any overthrow of
In New Film
the efforts to conclude a non-aggression pact with Russia and her
wooing of the Kremlin for months has disillusioned thousands who had pletured her as the chief lever to hoist them back to their homes.
button recorded the "interceptions": and "attacks" made during practice; flights which closely resemble the rent thing. Afterwards, in a darken- ed room, the pilots would re-live the "battle," noting the degree of success each achieved, or perhaps the mis- takes which would have enabled un contract to play
Robert Donat has signed a "Pitt the enenty to get away.
Younger" in à British film to Gunnery practlee, Bring from an be made of the career of the
"'White' Russians realise aircraft on the ground with its tall
fully well that the Japanese ex- chocked up into flying position, and famous statesman. in the air at air-towed targets; qulek This drama of Britain's youngest pansion programme includes the take-offs by day and night; forma- Premier at a time when the country overthrow of the Soviet regime! tion flying by flights and as a was also under threat of Invasion by squadron; tactics, and control in the another Dictator, Napoleon Bona- in Russia, but particularly in als from the ground and from the parte, is one of Century Siberia, just as definitely as the
£500,000 pro- formation leader; specialised instru- duction programme of
'southward expansion' move- things pilots of the "Eagle" Squadron
a big-scale, have been working at through the spectacular production, is to be made, ment is included," the "Review" winter months,
at Shepherd's Dush. Other subjects ulready chosen for this ambitious says. Now, full-fledged and trained to programme include "Spitfire" and a the minute, the "Engle" Squadron remake of "Paddy the Next Best Iines up with the other Hurricane Thing." Aghter squadrons of the RAF- British, Dominions and Allled- ready for the fight.
20th
ment training-these are some of the Alm, which will be.
Costa Rica -Panama Boundary
Czechs Saved Shell Secret
Three Czech engineers at the Skoda works in Czecho-Slovaklu spent years in experiments to perfect a modern machine for the quick easting of shells,
district.
Croatia Talks, Talks, Talks
"But realise that there is no place for them in this picture. Disillusion- ment over this long-held hope of de- liverance constituted the final blow.. It was at this point that the Rus slan emigres in the Far East 'went left."
the "White" Russians now
The publication says the record of Japan in China for the past 10 years has been a major factor in causing the shift of allegiance.
Drives Her Shop To The Soldiers
BRITISH FILMS BOOMING British films are boonting, and
the people who are making them bigger and better than ever are the men and women of the theatre.
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This time the boom will not collapse, leaving behind it a trail of lost million.
Im-
Every day, rain or shine, Mrs
In war, the film industry is on Madge Nicholson sets out from
a healthier basis than ever it her home in East Anglia on a
our of Britain's bleakest marsh attained in times of peace.
Financial adventurers, almost lands to cheer the troops station-ali alien, have been eliminated. cd there.
The standard of acting has Often through dense fogs and proved out of all recognition since
the import of stars ended, and in the black-out she drives her studios have at last called on the camouflaged van-which is a matchless resources of the British miniature village shop, complete with cafe-50 miles a day for six days a week.
Doughnuts Popular
stage. New Life
pur
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Ashcraft, Sybil Thorndike, and Diana Wyn- yard, John Gielgud, 'Griffith Jones, Robert
and Morley,
Emlyn
British Alms.
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prior to the coming of the 'dell- "A fellow-member of the WVS. At Denham, 100. "Dangerous
War Will Post-War
Affect The Generation
A postwar generation of shorter and weaker, Britons is predicted by V. H. Mottram, international dietitian of the Unl- versity of London.
"I felt that something must be done for the boys stationed on this They aimed to have a machine
desolato stretch of our coastline which would produce shells in two
Manchurian "Paradise"
where they remain for weeks with-
In days of peace, we had stars iti Instead of five or six stuges of pro-
"Experience in the Manchurian out seeing a soul," Mrs. Nicholson twos and threes, but now they are duction. Finally, In 1938, they suc
sald.
and they available by the dozen, Representatives of Costa Rica ceeded, and had a machine working Japanese-Army-proved to be no 'paradise' set up by the Imperlal
"So, with the help of the W.VS., aim to make British films the best and Panama have signed a
"When the Nazis marched into the buppler for the White Russians than who gave us $500, the County Coun-Jacted in the world;"
the Leslie Howard is at Denham direct- treaty settling the long-standing The Czeclis destroyed the machine, it had been for other foreigners,"ell, who contributed $250, and
local residents, who were
very ing and starring in "Pimpernel boundary dispute between the flew to England with, the design, and the "Review" says.
generous, we bought our van. Smith" with Mary Morris; Clive films two countries, which have later went to America, where their
"The result of this new Russo- "We sell everything from hair all Brook has been regularly li agreed to make mutual terri machines are now speeding up the Japanese co-operation was to force to birthday cards for sweet-hearts. since wor begon; Laurence Olivier is acting at Denham with Lealin worse economic the emigres into torial concessions totalling about war effort.
experienced status than they had
Howard, Anton Walbrook; and Glynis 40,000 acres.
Jones In 49th Parallel."
Alberto Echandi, Costa Rica's
verers. It was Immeasurably more dimcult to eke out an existence un-Women's Voluntary Service), Mira Moonlight is being made with Foreign Minister, and Ambas-
on my Anton Walbrook and Sally Gray. der Jepanese rule than it had been C. B. Marshall, helps me
since sador Ezequiel Fernandez Juon
under the Chinese administration." rounds, and in the 14 weeks
£80,000 Films we started the work we have travel-{ -- of Panama sighed the document. VICHY. June 15 (Reuter) A
and At Teddington, Warners are mak-
Writing in The Lancet," authoritative medical journal, the It is impossible to say how many led 4,100 miles with the van meeting for the purpose of Croatia's
pictures-"Atlantic £80,000 unding
Hobson The agreement provided that two adherence to the Axis was called by of the Russian emigrants in Chinn have sold 20,700 cups of tea
and physiologist said more meat, milk, bacon, bútter and eggs Ferry," with Valerio [37,102 cakes.
8 voluntary mixed commissions are to be humed lerr von Ribbentrop and Count are returning to their homeland al- to fix the new frontier, one starting Ciano, who have had two long talks, though
the exodus. Is particularly 300 each day.
"Doughnuls are popular-we sell Michael Redgrave; and "Mr Disraeli" should go into children's diets "even if it means.
with John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, sacrifice by adults of their ration of proteins in favour of the on the Pacific coast and working according to a Rome telegram, marked among the younger people
Compton, Will Fyffe, Frederick "Our shop is now self-supporting Leiator, and Owen Nares
Fay
young." castward, and the other starting on Ribbentrop also had a talk with who never knew their country at
WO The Ealing studios are preparing It is patriotic in Britain to the Atlantic side and working in the the Japanese Ambassador, Mr Horo- first hand and who have no bitter and If we make a little pront opposite direction. An engineer to kiri."
"As we near the sea bank we tout Fleet Air Arm-the biggest thing when your favourite brand of personal recollections of escape and sive the boys a free tea.
"Ships With Wing," a tale of the stifle that
of protest. tribulation.
the horn and the boys come leaping The Influx
lawards us, shouting a welcome."
Iminediately on the outbreak of the 1917 Revolution thousands
The two countries agreed to
MEXICO CITY, June 15 (Reuter), poured Into Manchuria from Siberia, spect private property rights in the-Axis ships seized in Mexican parts some who had travelled all the way arens over whilch they obtain soy- will be used ereignty by revision of the boundary, The final exchange of ratificntions of the treaty, it was agreed, will be made at Pahoma City,
be named by the President of Chile
to each commission will have the
deciding voice if the commissions are unable to agree on the exact location of the boundary.
re-
Axis Ships Now
Serve Mexico
་
European Russia and othera who came from neighbouring areas.
steamship from on n new service teing inaugurated this week between Vera Cruz and New York. The vessels will call at Tompleo (Mexico) and Havana (Cuba).
Nine Eskimo Murders Laid To Argument Over the Bible
Nine Eskimos dead in tribal sirife on Belchers Islands were either killed or met death by exposure över a period of months of quarrelling, Royal Canadian Mounted Police head- quarters said:
Дя the tide of White-Red battlej ebbed and flowed others crossed the]. border to take up residence" on] Chinese territory.
An estimated 200,000 Russians "in
Britain Can Handle Its
Food Problem
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moan
ever tried." They are we've follow with a satire in Red Tapo," cigarettes is unavailable, and to "The Black smile when the girl in the candy starring Will Hay in
Sheep of Whitehall."
First shots were made at Elstree store says "Sorry sir, we have recently of "Penn of Pennsylvania," no chocolate bars."
Premier's
Daughter Engaged
based on the life of the English- This shortage is part of a vast man who founded the "Quaker | industrial transformation dictated by State."
the wor's demands on industry, ship- The story opens with Roosevelt's ping and foreign exchange.
The "Daily Sketch" published Inauguration address over the radio.
To meet the problem quota pictures recently of Viscount We see American family in system was devised for textiles and Duncannon
an
and Miss Mary Philadelphia Istening to
Pre for personal and household goods,
the
the
sident, and then the picture IOCS The orders did not affect the con- Churchill under the heading: Thomas D. Campbell, one of back to 17th-century London and fectionery manufacturers but the "Premler's Daughter Engaged.".. all are believed to have been in the the world's leading wheat the life of Penn.
Lord Duncannon, 28, is the Far East 20 years ago, the vast ma- growers, returned to Amerlea of "Love on the Dole," are the stars. thing by limiting their supplies of Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr Government accomplished the same jority in Manchuria. Some settled
wheat, if they used American-
film La
Governor-General
Canada,
announce
of
in the first towns they came to and from Europe recently aboard the John Corfield plans a new series sugar and fats. For instance, sugar son of the Earl of Bessborough, are still there to-day. Others went Yankee Clipper with the asser- for Welwyn, and David Niven is to has been cut to 60 per cent, of pre-former
war. on to Harbin, a city which had long tion that the British could get leave from the Army to star in for the moment called been the centre of Russian influence handle their own food needs, "Soldiers in Fleet Street.” in China and which to-day looks with the possible exception of the casual visitor more Russian than Chinese or Japanese."
made tractors and better drain New Stars Signed Still others found their way south
By Zanuck --to Pelping. Tientsin, Hankow, age methods.
Mr Campbell, frequent con- Shanghal. Many went to Japan or Australia or the Philippines or to sultant to other nations on farm Darryl Zanuck, chief of produc-|
ing problems, said he had several tion for 20th Century-Fox, is adher the United States.
talks with Mr Winston Churchilling to his policy of established star on agricultural problems, and power for the new season's product, and Is continuing to strengthen the advised the Prime Minister "re- big roster of box-office names already
After 1931 But the great migration did not come until 1931 when Japan invaded
term
Box chocolates are still plentiful but it is an event to obtain a bar.
It is understood," arrangements Tobacco manufacturers have been have been made to
tho restricted to 00 per cent. of peace- engagement; but authoritative quar- time supplies."
ters described the paper's conclusión Men blame women for buying as "a little premature." efgarettes and hoarding them while No confirmation" was
available the men work.
known from any source, but it is Lord Duncannon and Miss Churchill ; have been friends for, some time.
Aide-De-Camp
Hydrostat For Argentine
Inspector D. J. Martin,”in command of investigators sent to Bolcher Islands, is back in Ottawa following his 2,000-milo patrol in which he used an aeroplane on skis and floats, dog sleds, railway jiggers and plain foot-slogging to reach his des tination and return.
The two male prisoners. Quarack In custody at Moosonee, Ont., and Aralykok, charged with shooting are three Eskimos-two men] other Eskimos. A girl of 13, clubbed
Lord Duncannon is an aide-de- to death, and two women were also and a woman.
victims.
camp to Lt-Gen; "A- G. L. Me- Police said
Naughton, General Officer Com- said their present informa- Manchuria and the dream that they garding farm machinery and contracted to 20th-Fox.
Jack Benny, America's number Charges of murder have been laid tion indicated the total number of phd held for years, that they would drainage."
The largest hydrostat Installation manding the Canadian Corps, and has signed a long-ever against them. Three other suspects
The English are cultivating every one. radontract, Jointly with 20th Scotland for Bariloche in the Argen-lieutenant to captain.
planned is now being built in recently was promoted from second three bo. boosted back to the land of the were left on Belcher Isinnds and will victims was nine. The other
Cars on
bayonets, came possible acro of ground, including Century Fox and Paramount. He tine. Nipponese be found there when detalled invest suspects will be found and questioned dimcult
He paused in his duties to tell gation is resumed after the break-when patrols through the
Islands" country is possible after to an abrupt end. They left Mon- golf courses and pastures, A Anot worked for the latter company
churlu by the thousands and tens of food programme is being carried out has
action up period which makes travel Im-
of falling water. The to make." break-up.
thousands. Shanghai's White Rus- under the British Minister of Food, for several years. His first picture the hydrostat in a pump worked by newspapermen: "I have no statement possible. In the Hudson Bay area has
for his new studio will be "Char-power of the pump depends on the Argue Over Bible
There was no comment in Down- passed.
slan population, for example, trebled Robert S. Hudson," he said.
which Toy's Aunt"
ho Mr. Campbell, sold there seems to] Three Eskimo encampments ward to 30,000, which it is estimated to
will por fall of the water and Il volume. Children. Amongst Dead Involved in a religious controversy be to-lay.
be plenty
The new installation will supply a ing Street and it is learned there will of food in England, tray the title role,
were among the dead. During a over Interpretation of the New]
The Premier's youngest daughter religious controversy · wblch füred Testament.
Far East Legan again and are still rationed, other fruits are being the 1941 output, in addition to the through 400 metres of 150 mm, pipe sent. into violence, they were driven from When investigations on the islands continuing. Although many are He asserted that the leading Irene Dunne, Ida Lupino, Claudettoing. From the Intake to the hydro-is 18 and has been engaged in "war" their homes into the snow, allegedly reopen, the police expect that bodies leaving to pay homage to Josef Sta- problem of food handlers was "oloso- Colbert, Ronald Colman, Charles stat station the motive water will work. Recently she delivered her by the taking woman, Mina, held at of victims will be disinterred and in rather than to the exiled head of allied with keepdog the ship lance Bayer Walter
Walter Huston, and Jack flow at the rate of 4,000 tres first public address, an appeal for
second. Ulaquests holdi
fin House of Flomanoff.
Zsupport of the wor savings. Jopen so that supplies may be sent in. Dakle,
Four children, aged from 6 to 13. which is believed to have developed Their wanderings throughout Us lemona
"although somo food, such as sugar, Other names that will appear in high level reservoir at 661 metres be no statement at least for the pro-
Mossories.
20th-Foxesiablished players are" ing and 1,845 metres of 176 mm. pip-