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Tanks & Aircraft Production
FROM PAGE ONE
than two alecraft into the air for continuous patrol during daylight.
"Our tanks have not tione su well against the Germans. There are not enough and they are too slow-in Greece seventy to elghly per cent of our tanks broke down before enw the enemy.**
they
Views Ventilated "Reuter" soys that the debate pro- vided an occasion for those who are not satisfied
isfled that the country is oc- leving the maximum possible out- put to ventilate their views.
The Conservative member, Licu- tenant Briabber, who was with the Fleet Air Arm at Crete, complained of the luck of armaments and planes, and the weakness of the tarls while ussert- Licut-Commander
Hopkinson ed that none of the planes produced by Lord Beaverbrook's drive parti elpated in the Battle of Britain.
He was assulled by Labour mem- bers when he described the Labour Minister, Mr Ernest Bevin, os "unskilled labourer."
Munitions Minister
The Labourite, Mr G. M. Garro- Jones, urged the appointment of Minister of Munitions with a seat in the Cabinet to "end the justling for men and materials." He contended that the production of tanks WIN being delayed by countless modifien- tions and while expressing satis- faction with British aircraft produc- declared that too many types were being sent from America, res sulting in hundreds lying idle and
tlost,
Will Give £10,000. For Bombers, If-
Sir Victor Sassoon. who has offered to donate £10,-
·000 to the Bomber Fund f Hongkong subscribes 2017 additional. £100,000 October 31.
by
Nurses Lost At Sea
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Ren-
umpacked 101 warehouses- because | ter).~~~The Red Cross announces necessary aux
auxillary equipment was that six British nurses are miss-
not available.
The Conservative member, Mring from a British ship torpedo-
ed en route to England.
Oscar Guest, declared that it was very difleult for manufacturera to olatain clear-cul- qüfek decisions from Government departments.
Tremendous Output
The Liberal member, Mr Geoffrey Le M. Mander, said that the enemy could draw no possible consolation from the criticisms for there hart been a tremendous output of
Of war
American Subjects WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reiter). It is now stated that the nurses in
torpedoed British vessels American subjects.
the
Legal Appointment
arc
July
10, 1941,
Unceasing Raids On Nazi Industries
FROM PAGE ONE
"unpleasant surprises" in store for them has led the High Command of the German forces to maintain con- siderable forces In the west, accord- ing to the German radio,
Commenting on tu-day's tigh Command Communique, the announ- cer declared that the enemy is not Idle on this sector of the front. Thin is proved by his "almost daily ut- templs" to rald the Channel coust.
Is further This
proved by 'his nightly attacks on northwest Ger- many.
The central target is the "un- happy" town of Muenster and "tar- gets of military and industrial Im- portance."
after com- The
who misserating
commentator,
with citizens night after light have lost not only sleep but often belongings and even their lives, added, "It is just as im possible to eliminate these attacks.as It is impossible to eliminate artillery fre on the front."
Bethune Attacked LONDON, July 9 (Reuter)~This afternoon henvy bombers of the R.A.F., escorted by fighters, attacked Bethune, the power station near state the Air Ministry.
The target was hit by heavy bombs. During the operations, 11 fighters were destroyed, one by a bomber and ten by the escort,
Seven of our fighters are missing.
Vichy Admits Syria Defeat
LONDON, July 9 (Reuter)-Mrposition."
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Generni Dentz's request for armistice, therefore, he caused little Gurprise here, where it is pointed out that from the military viewpoint, a desperate Vichy's troops are in
The capture of Domour would be of the Straits Settlements, has been a crippling blow because elsewhere however, was a a still greater output.
appointed Legul Adviser to the in Syria the position of the Vichy He complained of idleness in fac- Dominion Office and Colonial Office troops is equally serious,
to Sir Henry Bushe, tories due to change-over in types. in succession
British Imperial troops are also Workers resented. being
the pald for recently appointed Governor of Bar-threatening remaining city of playing durts which was all that
Aleppo, advancing parallel to the they had to do in many cases.
Istanbul - Aleppo-Baghdad railway from the southeast and east.
The Labour member, Mr D. J. K. Quibell, said that it was a scandal That at a a factory which made the tanks in Britain, only a quarter
first
of the employees were now engaged
war production.
on
Lieutenant Brlabber declared that
in the Middle East, Crete, Libya and Syria, there was an almost chronle lack of the most important materials of war.
A. A. Guns
bados.
LATE NEWS
Partitioning Of Yugo-Slavia
At the same time, Allied columns are steadily advancing at Nebec and Furqlus to threaten the vital road and roll Junction of lioms from the south janf east.
Furthermore, Vichy troops in Jez- are now in imminent danger of zin SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" bebig isolated as the result of an
the coast. HOME, July 9 (UP)~Án oficial Allied push up Authoritative
consider quarters communique Issued to-day states that Italy and Germany yesterday that the recent rumours of strong "We are still grievously short of signed an accord as a result of the Vichy reinforcements reaching Syria anti-aircraft guns and at Malcine partitioning of Yugo-Slavin. The are urgely only propoganda intended there was a great shortage of mul-new Italo-German frontier will run to bolster tiple half-inch machine-guns for use from Italy to the Yugo-Slay border from Sairach, from which point "it against low-flying aircraft."
Lleut Brinbber continued: "Our will run eastwards to a point where tanks did well against the Italians the Italo-Croatian borders meet. but not so well against the Germans because there were not enough of them and they were too slow.
"If we could produce 20,000 air- craft, we could wh the war," he declared.
Secunder Hopkinson urg
| ed
tenders for design and revision of the contract system, as- serting that, at present it puld to take 80,000 man-hours to produce an aircraft which could be produced in 20,000 man-hours. He charged Mr Ernest Bevin with incompetence in the manner in which labour is being handled.
LOUIS DENIES CRUELTY
(Reuter)
SOLDIER DIES FROM INJURIES Lance Corporal Wiliam C. Smith of the Royal Scots, who was involved in an accident on Tuesday, died at the Kowloon Hospital at 2 am day. The funeral will take place at the Colonial Cemetery at 4 p.m. to- day.
up the morale of the troops and impress the local population.
Pending the agreement of armis- ce terms, it is emphasised here that hostilities will continue actively.
No Animosity LONDON, July 0 (Reuter)Mr Alfred Dunt-Cooper, Minister of In- formation, speaking a London to- day, said that Britain had no feeling or enmity against the of hostility
reachmen who obeyed the orders. of the Vichy Government.
"We only
hope that
this un- fortunate hosilly will be forgotten as soon as possible."
Peru-Ecuador
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in-
"The Deceased was one of three members of the Royal Scots who were injured-when-a-Bren prrier, monaged by Smith, skidded and rolled down a 70-ft embankment at Castle Peak. The other two, Pri- vates Higgins and McKay received only superficial injuries, having been thrown from the vehicle. Sinth with the Foreign Ministers to which sustained fractures of both legs and that a joint effort be made by all are accredited, and to suggest they head injuries and lost a large nount American nations to use their of blood before he was taken to quence and aid to bring about a
solution of the Ecundor-Peru Private W. Embleton, who was
troversy, driving a carrier behind, promptly They further were instructed to rushed to the aid of the injured men and took them to hospital, Smith express the hope that all American was given a blood transfusion in governments would support the pro- hospital but his condition took a turn posal made by the governments of Argentina, Brazil and the United for the worse yesterday.
States. Only 24 years of age Smith was a Mr Welles made clear that this native of London, and is survived by measure was purely temporary. his parents and brothers and sisters. He has no relatives in Hongkong- He was with the Royal Scots for over seven years.
CHICAGO, July 9 Answering a divorce suit filed in the Circuit Court, Joe Louis, the heavy-hospital. weight boxing champion, denied that he had ever struct his wife.
Asking dismissal of the sult, he completely denied the charges of wife cruelty and denied that his "had treated hitn kindly and affectionately and conducted herself towards him as a true and virtuous wife" as the plaint claimed.
Harbour Warning
To Mariners
Mariners are hereby informed that trom to-day and until further notice, repairs will be effected to the sub- marine telegraph cable which is in the prohibited anchorage area be- tween Taikoktsul and the Eastern part of Stonecutters Island.
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German Officials Warned
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A
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Rice For Poor
In Shanghai
LONDON, July 0 (Reuter) Replying to Major-General Sir Alfred
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- WASHINGTON, July 9, (UP). Knox in the House of Commons to- Official circles to-day stated that day, Mr Anthony Eden, the Foreign the austed German and Itailan Secretary, suid that supplies of rice The regulation signals will be ex-
Consular employees who choose for the poor in the International hibited by the craft employed in this
Shanghai were return
homelands Settlement their to work.
then those pro- primarily a matter for the Municipal Vessels are warned to keep well on ships other
vided by the United States travel Council to take up with the Japanese clear of the craft so employed, and
at their own risk." The comment authorities: to proceed as ajow as possible com-
followed a report that Captain Welde- patible with safe navigation.
mann, Consul-General at San Franci- and six members of his staff intend to leave for Germany next Sunday on a Japanese liner,
Round The Cape Shipping Facilities
CAPE TOWN, July 9 (Reuter).-- Far-reaching proposals for transfer- ring Table Bay Harbour from its pencetime footing routine to a war- time footing and thereby speeding up British shipping will shortly be put before the Minister of Railway by a strong deputation of Cape Town shipping and commercial leaders.
It is proposed to Institute a 24- hours day and a seven-day week service.
Ushirogu Leaves Canton Post
TELEGRAPH".
SPECIAL TO THE TAIHOKU, July 0 (Domel)- Lleut-Generat Jun Ushirogu, former Supreme Commander of the Japanese Expeditionary Force to South Chira, who has been appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Expe- ditionary Forces to China, arrived here at noon to-day from Canton by plane.
Cologne Raid
SPECIAL TO the "teleGRAPH" BERLIN, July
Asked if he knew that the prices rice had risen 700 per cent, Mr Eden said that he knew that the situation was serious,
Defence Of Iraq Wavell's Concern
(UP)-The LONDON, July 9 (Reuter).—The "Knoel Nische Zeltung" to-day an-defence of Iraq will in future be the nounced thal 75 civilians were responsibility of the India Com- killed and several are still missing mand and will come under the au- as a result of an RAF.
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