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It's Wartime In New York, Too!
not
New York City's defence counell, sut up by Mayor La Guardia in order to leave nothing to chunee, has on hand a few million copies of an LLC. ("If It. Cumes") booklet, co- taining complete instructions on how citizens should behave if the Luftwaffe attempts a spec- tacular raid on the city-which, bo it noted, is not impossible by
Lying on to dead and wounded. "Just a routine precaution," re- marked the army authorities to the press.
New York has been a and crepe bearing the slogan York. Fact No. 2 concerns the way of Greenland, in these days. an Eng growing indication that, with of transatlantic record flights city-in-a-hurry ever since "There'll always be
an "H.M.S." design of Washington now the economic every day. the first settlers bought land," Manhattan Island from the small warships and a "Spitfire G..II. Q. of the nations fighting
pattern with the R.A.F. em- aggression, Now York, if
And, underlining all this in Indians for a handful of blem. Dresses, bathing suits, already the war zone,
near enough to make quiet preparation, which has dollars plus a demijohn of scarves and gowns made of Is rum. The genuine dyed-in- these materials are being dis. certain precautions advisable, now gone so far that the city of the-wool New Yorker works played in every store in Fifth Step by step this city is prepar- Milwaukee, in the heart of con- fast, eats at drug stores in Avenue (ten percent of pur- ing for emergencies, in case the timental America, has a fully. Manhattan which has re- dens, it has become known that split seconds, even if he has chase price going to buy acro- sounds of battle should come to trained force of Air Raid War-
ambulances for Britain's de- a STUDEBAKER'S two hours to kill, and takes fenders) and in countless stores mained unscarred by war since the U.S. Army has ordered his recreation at the double. from coast to coast, while the the battle of Herlem Heights 4,500,000 identification tags for You can do anything in this very latest manifestation of the more than a century ago. human hive where 7,500,000 Anglo-American alliance is a people live, including 350,- scarf printed with the map of
the United States--and fentur- To-iny New York, and the 000 born in Italy, 400,000 in ing the British Lion and the important New Jersey area near But even one year ago such a Russia, 250,000 in Ireland, American Eagle giving each by where many of the most im- "precaution" would have caused FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS 250,000 in Germany, 250,000 other, the thumbs-up sign. In portant munitions plants in the a panic. Times change. The in Poland, and 700,000 in short, if the R.A.F. were bring. U.S. are located, is ringed with front lines do not run four miles squadrons. American up above the fantasy-city of the other foreign countries ng down Heinkels over Man-, fighter
hattan, this city could not be warships patrol the seas off the Hudson yet. To-day New anything, that is, except re-
eastern const, The first black- York is civilisation's arsenal more pro-British,
and second line of defence. To- lax.
morrow? Nobody here is bel- Never, however, has New York
ting on to-morrow any progressed quite so speedily as Phone 27770-9 during these war months. Since Throughout that spiritual pil- out tests are being held. Build. New Yorkers have adopted the September, 1939, it has passed grimage from technical neutra ings suitable for use as shelters old Chinese adage: "Anything successively through neutrality, lity to the present "do-or-die" have been listed. A special may happen and usually does." If Hell's Corner should shift non-belligerency and belligerent alliance with the British Em force of New York police of non-belligerency. Its present pire, New Yorkers have been teers, called the "Disaster Con- up from Dover to Cape Cod, stage is described by New assailed by an all-out, short of trul Force." is being trained in American aid, Britain holds (which cannot happen if, with
ist, unneutral, semi-belligerent," which has not been seen on this forcement of blackout, clearing New York unprepared. And no and its relations with Hitler's earth before. News from the debris, dealing with crowds. A city whose inhabitants remain Reich are in a state of "open war fronts, interpretations of corps of auxiliary fire fighters is healthy on a diet consisting antagonism, openly arrived at." the news, predictions about to being raised, and the New York mainly of hot dogs (16,222,368 The first phase (called here morrow's news, and "inside fire brigade is ordering equip were sold at the World's Fair "phoney neutrality") lasted up dope" of every description have ment based on a study of Lon last year), hamburgers, dough- to the fall of France; and the poured forth on the defenceless don's fire-bugs. A force of theme-song was "not a man, not heads of New Yorkers in an 10,000 "roof-spotters", has been nuts, cream pies and ice-cream,
can safely be despised. Hitler' a nickel. During those early
stream ever increasing
via raised, and recently partici- beware! If the ten-cent Cae. the conflict, New newspapers, radio, days of
news films, pated in five-day tests, during sars jump on Uncle Sam's toes Yorkers were so far from realis-Jectures, speeches and rumour- which "raiding" aircraft tried to
once too often, they will dis- until ing that Britain was fighting mongers
average reach New York and other cover not only that this city is is either wholly or in part without previous their battle that a minister of inhabitant
punch-drunk, eastern cities without being ob as scare-proof London-but that the gospel here was criticised and in £L state bordering served and intercepted by fighter New Yorkers can take it." And in the words of the New Worker on St. Vitus' dance as he won- squadrons,
dish it out, too. magazine "merely because he, ders which of six blitzes pre-
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By HESSELL TILTMAN
more.
Mongkong Gelegraph. Yorkers as "non-intervention; nothing newskrieg the like of handling incendiary bombs, en out) the enemy would not find
Friday, July 11, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 20015
THE preax "Special to the Telegraph" fs used by the "longkong Telegraph to Indicats news which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommuni Eaton Ordinance, 1916. Buch news as bears the indication "5" 1 received in Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Association, who re• serve all rights and forbid republications, arrangement
THE RUSSIAN AS A
FIGHTER
RUSSIA has for years consistently maintained, a deep silence in regard to the political, economic and soclai life of the people. To succeed, for over two decades in the role of "dark horse" certainly indicates
41
censorship that must be extremely and effelent and comprehensiy gives some ground for hope that now
come, that the testing time bas
ollier military
services and
are equally well-organised.
There are, however, points in Russin's favour which can be em-
the
said that peace was not always dicted for to-morrow morning
a desirable condition and that will actually happen.
God was getting pretty sick of
the German people"; and Major
La Guardin was accused of un- Between 6 alm. this morning! dignified and harmful behaviour and 1.55 a.m. to-morrow there our Italian "Little will have been more than one because Flower," the most popular and hundred regular news program- efficient Mayor New York ever mes from New York radio ata- Nazi tions, denounced had,
exclusive of special Those "flashes," and direct short-wave government by
the days when many newscasts from London, Berlin, were Americans, especially of Scan- Cairo, Bucarest and so forth.
the
name.
BOMBS JUST
FOLLOW HER
П
by R. S. Mooro United Press Staff Correspondent
basement flat no far away. LONDON, July '10 (UP).—¡ la dinavian origin, used to say that This concentrated newskrieg Mrs Ellen Connally, cashier in About 9 p.m. there were several big. nations which minded their own has left its mark. Anxious lest
explosions. We thought the building has was going to fall down but it didn't. a provisions warehouse, business had nothing to fear they should miss one move made been jolted by German bombs A mouse ran across the floor and phasised by those who are following from Adolf; that was before by our side" (ie., the British) no less than eight times, but she that really scared us. We stayed there until the raid was over in the Hitler went on a cheque-cashing The Russian
one e goldier is acknowledged to be a hard expedition to Copenhagen and by that wild-eyed Berlin always manages to keep
morning. When we went out we nut" (1.e. Hitler), New York jump ahead of them.
found everything smashed, broken business heads have radios not
She has had so many bombs fall glass and wreckage everywhere, and only in their homes, but also in close to her that her friends say: people looking for their relatives, A
the campaign closely.
Oslo!
*
arches
and stubborn fighter and is obtain- able by almost unlimited numbers without seriously affecting industry. Those who followed events in the Next came the "short of war their offices, their motor-cars, "Where do you live; we want to live bomb hit one of the railway
where 200 or more people were last European war will recall that badly equipped as he _ndinittedly was phase, which lasted up to the taxis and trains. They listen somewhere else?"
Bussion
peasant fought
herlocally end-of-1940-the-theme-songs to the 1 p.m. news bulletin, dash_Her_raid experiences started last sheltering and some were killed.
were, first, "My Blitzkrieg Baby, out for a quick hamburger or September when she lived in Ber-"Another time-a-bomb-hit-Just and only gave way because of super- human dificulties. He was
Bl-clad you're my Bombshell of Love" sandwich, und hurry back to mondsey with her mother and threepeople. My aunt was coming to see and ill-fed-s heavy percentage of and, later, "Wrap your Dreams their offices in time to hear the sisters in a fat. those Aghting in the Carpathians
in the Red-white-and-blue." 2 p.m. newscast, "brought to you during the winter of 1914-15 died This phase of all-aid to Britain, by Barneys, Seventh Avenue sald. "We went to a trench shelter. coat torn off and she was thrown on
the
from exposure and lack of supplies. was ill-equipped, having in many instances, only
rifles and far too little
He was
intaan..
on the whole badly led, and yet suc- cceded in holding up vast well- armles which
equipped German
morning news
some
across the road and killed
us and she was blown DCT058 the Things got bad one night," she street. Her hair was down and her
which continued to do business and 17th Street, the only store There were about 150 persons there, her face,
"About that time I moved to Ken- many women and children. Aboui ny usual at the old stand, was of its kind in New York." 11 o'clock there was a sudden blast sington. I had had enough. But door. People mother wouldn't move. I was going was comforting while it lasted, for Thousands of familles never against the shelter
it included the magnificent de- sleep until they have heard the shouted and started running. The home one night, after a cinema, on of door jammed. Somebody cried Fire the underground and felt a terrifie fence of the R.A.F. last Septem- "carly
wardens got a trap door open and whole train shook. We got out and Ludendorff sorely needed for the ber, the passing of the U.S. Con- Europe" at 1.55 a.m., New York and we were frightened. Finally the jolt as we arrived at a station. The western front. The sons of these scription Act, and the placing of time, and, awaking at 8 am, we could see the light from many found glass all over the street and, same men have been inspired during the intervening years by a patriotisen armament order totalling $17,- dash to the radio before shaving are bombs which landed in the some people badly cut. not inculcated in the pensant of 1914,000,000,000. As the new. to make sure that Hitler hasn't square. We got under a railroad"
was over about 4 a.m.
"Shortly before Christmas I was with the result that to-day the Soviet dough-boys marched off to the put a swift one over on them arch and stayed there until the raid soldier has an impetus to fight which training camps, the star-spau- while they slept.
Scared By Mouse
sitting in my fat when a bamb fell constitutes That newskrieg his forebears did not have. He has
"A few weeks later my mother and nearby. Our lights went out and the grown up, moreover, in the same
and plete with red-white-and-blue Fact No. 1 about life in New(I were visiting my sister who lives roller shades snapped up. The door hard school where poverly
lock was sprung so we couldn't open hardship are the dominant features. Is ability to withstand the German onslaught is thereby enhanced.
រ៉ន
As to the Soviet Union's military preparedness, nothing definite known. Mr Lindbergh declared some four years ago that its much
was totally un vaunted air force
equal to that of Germany, but it has since been discovered that Mr Lind- bergh has for years been viewing world events with prejudiced eyes, and his reports can be discounted that Rus- accordingly. It is known
how sin possesses tanks, but
many Is a profound secret. We are,
there- fore, again thrown back for our re- assurance on to the known qualities of the Soviet soldier himself and the determination of the whole nation, as gathered from M. Stalin's drastic scorched-earth policy, to sec through.-
gled era was ushered in-com-
hats, jumpers, bags compacts, cigarette cases, notepaper, dog-|
collars, pipe-cleaners and nap. GRIN AND BEAR kins for the young.
Simultaneously, the bombing
of Britain and the warnings ut- tered by statesmen caused New Yorkers to awaken to the fact that wars are not won by wear- ing "patriotic jewellery"-and that if Britain fell things would not look so bright either for the lads in the training camps or for the people in the New York gas - masks, apartments Hans raid shelters, or other modern The percell- improvements. tages in the national test polls demanding more nid for Britain at any cost then began to roc- Another interesting point is the ket. This brought us to the" fact that the Soviet troops are represent phase in which New ceiving the blessings and prayers of the Orthodox as well as other re- ligious boules. The Russian 13 fun- dimentally a religiously-minded per- son and that the lenders in Moscow authorised n a special service of inter- cession in lis Cathedral
only fast Sunday does more than suggest that religious activity has again sanctioned, and is now defin
definitely re- cognised as an integral part of the life of the people. At this critical moment in the country's history this concession to the religious feelings nt. the nation is calculated to add im- petus and courage to the defence of their ideals. That the German authorities are aware of this is to be gathered from the fact that they were neutely irritated and disturbed by the Soviet Union's open acknow- ledgment of the church, and have,
York City, along with the rest of the United States, has gone British in a big way.
*
The pro-British campaign On March 1 grows in strength. been the British-American Ambu-
lance Corps placed on the mar ket 40 specially-designed pro-| British fabrica, Including rayon
wise to offset the effect on their own Roldiers by permitting services of in- tercession for the German Army. This action in both Russia and Ger- many in significant and may be taken Indicate that the anti-religious movement as one of the fundamen- ial principles of totalitarianism, hips had to be reversed under the strain
to
in spite of their professed national- socialism order with Hiller en- shrined as their demi-god, deemed it of war.
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By Lichty
"No, we ain't vagrants.-Wo'ro just hitch-hiking to our son's college graduation."
Christmas Present
. Some people were killed by n direct hit on a block of flats.
"In January I was near Elephant and Castle when a heavy rald start- ed.
I finally found a bus and started home. It was pitch black except for the dashes. Finally we heard a bond falling and we thought it would hit the bus. The driver stepped on it and the bus was tearing along. The bomb fell behind us. After it was over an old woman complained to the conductor because he had run past her stop...
"I moved again, to a basement flat near Palace Gate. About the end of January a bomb fell in the street and broke a water main. The water
through poured Into my flat
the broken windows. Glass was every- where. Water was ankle-deep when the hall porter came and got me up- stairs."
Mre
Connally. moved back to Ken- sington. Once she visited friends in Kent.
They had their first raid in a long time while I was there," she said. "But the bomb hit in a field and only killed a cow and some chickens."
Simple. Cure
Mrs Connally says she manages to sleep pretty well during raids but gets scared if the bombs crump too close. On the other hand, things sceni dull she doesn't hear one for
If a long time.
She has a simple formula for stiding an air raid complex: Have a Scotch whiskey if you feel shaken. If that isn't enough, have two. It they start falling too close too often, inove to a new flat, just for luck.
Ineldentally, on two or three ocea~ sions, she has found, while house. [bunting, the' promises, she went to
view smashed by bombs., "That's?
In always a tip to look another nelzhe Ibourhood, she states,