1941-08-07

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20 Years His Wife-And He Had Never Seen Her

Violette, the woman who married a man who had never seen her, and whose love story is part of the history of St Dun- stan's Hospital, is alone again...

Her husband, Mr Edmund

BALANCE OF WAR Toft, was blinded in the last

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tion and for the operation of our politicnt welfare. belleve that Hese changes will bring further Im- provement. It is certainly true that Te are now entering a period of greater opportunity than we have) had before for political welfare, and I

can assure you that so far as the Government in concerned we realise that the Opportunity has been given.

"It is true us

us Mr Attlee has and that there is a war on two fronts; it is true in the en

In the sence that there is already

war, but he became one of Lon- tlon's best-known masseurs and osteopaths.

He died at St. Dunstan's, where he went when he was bombed out of his West End rooms. He was Jielping the hospital again by Instructing Elinded ex-Service men of this war in massage.

Violette Toft told the story of their romance in "The Spirit of St Dun- stan's," which she published about

years ago,

She War Mlle. Violette Duche in 1917, on 18-years-old French gick who was teaching Braille to blinded then at the hospital,

She taught Braille to Edmund Toft, unly a year older than herself.

Head In Hands

a war in the oir-1 would say in

One day she found him with his netual fact on more than two fronts head in his hands, Violette records for

the

Mediterranean is the third in her book. He told her of his love, front in which a very vigorous war and of the hopelessness he felt in at sea and in the nir is at this moment knowing it. She declared it would, taking piner,

be no sacrifice on her part to marry "It is true that the German plans him. hnd to be made on the assumption, In 1921 Mr Toft had found his new of a war on two fronts. This is what career, was firmly set on the ladder Mr Attlee meant and this in no way of success, with his wife Vialetto's | discloses, to the enemy what action) help.

- may or may not be our future plan! Later she said, "We have been

or intentions.

deully happy. Never once was there Far East

any doubt in my mind about the whdom of marrying a Inan who could never see me."

Turning to the Far Eastern situa- tion. Mr Eden referred to the freez- ing ensure recently instiluted, He said: These freezing myosures are noi, as seem to be thought by some people, fried in permit transactions which are not expressty forbidden. On the contrary, they automatically forbid ali

transactions except those which ar

are expressly permitted. "I cannot disclose details of the in which this policy is going

manner

measures,

The

Unwilling Workers

Punished

camps

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 7, 1941.

SOCKS

UFS

TROOPS BY PLANE-Uncle Sam, watching proceedings in war abroad, gives his young mon lessons in transportation of themselves and their equipment by plane, at Duncan Field, San Antonio, Toxas. Above, soldiers ride in transport plane. Note fiold gun at rear of compartment.

World's Largest Bomber A Good Day For

Passes All Its Tests

Bomber Fund

A generous donation of $5,000

from

MARCH FIELD, Cal.~The United States army air corps' Meurs Davie, Boug & Co. Ltd, was re- $3,500,000 B-19 bomber did everything asked of it recently onceived yesterday for the Bomber Fund. its maiden test flight from Santa Monica.

Major Stanley M. Umstead, the army's No. 1 test pilot, nosed the huge craft into the air nine secunts after gunning the four motors at Clover Field. He brought it to a slow, gentle landing on a long run- way of this ariny air base.

More than 5,000 army officers and men swarmed on to the field as the sky giant-officially described as the work's largest bomber-taxied 10- ward & hangar,

nte 56 minutes.

CHILE'S

The thirteenth donation from the ter- cantile Marine Office "bomb" brought in $100; the twelfth from the Kowloon Dowl. ing Green Club, $209; “Judy's" puppies contributed $70, from Mr. W. Matthews 520. Me A. J. Osmund 15, and Mr H. W. Milla $35 per Mira fogg.) A further donallon from the Royal Hongkong Golf Club, and the third from the Music Box nt the Lido (108) were included in the day's collections, which are given below. The Fund now totals $3,452,251.04. Police Recreation Club Mwic

Box (July) ........ **$38 Royal ilangkong Golf Club (pro». ceeds of Eclectie Competition at Deep Water Bay), The Corras, in memory of Mark 100 Messrs Davie, Doag & Co. Lid. husic Bax, The Laldo, Repulse Bay Jorge Gonzalez von Marees,(third donation) *****

Mercantile Marthe 'Offles hrer," was taken to an insane JC, Binnendi Chile's so-called "Little Fuc- (thirteenth__donation)

after he engaged police in an asylum for observation recently Judy Pups (W. Matthews $20, A

LITTLE FUEHRER

and

finally fell victim to a tear gas The attack.

its 11,000 gallons fuel capacitySocialist

to be upplies, It will be worked out throughout with the closest collabora flon and frankest discussions

between the British Government here.

Nearly every big war factory in Dominions, India, Bennn, the Germany now has its own conten- Officers appeared highly pleased at Colonies and the Governments of thetration camp, called "Umschulung- the performance. The plane was in United States and the, Netherlands.ser" (retaining centre) the not Majur Umstead grinned broadly in

Collaboration

punish those workers who do "The two latter governments have submit to Nazi factory discipline.

Workers have to carry heavy nervous as he took off. The four

admitting he might have been a little furnished us with full particulars and comprehensive Information of their beams from one end of the camp to motored bomber has a 212-foot wing. attitude.

exchange of pistol fire same collaboration is the other as a punishment to over-spread and a 132-foot fuselage. The continuing regarding the application come their obstinacy. These

Aboard were seven men, in place are established not only in Germany, of the ultimate crew of to. and operation of these

"It was bound to take a little time but also in the occupied countries. plane carried less than one-fifth of to exchange views and information Most have their own cemeteries.

The quisling authorities are faced Builders' statistics rule it ng 41 tons necessary for a common undertsand- ing on such a far-reaching experi- with a threatened strike of hospital empty. 82 tons fully loaded. ment as the freezing orders repre-staffs in Oslo and possibly the whole

but work is now sent,

Tail Equals Wing practically of Norway (cables a correspondent complete. The

These sleps were not on the German frontier).

Engineers say there is as much The "Stockholm Tidningen" re- lightly taken.

"The freezing order was seriously parts from Oslu that the promtrent area in the tail group of elevator of Intended and WEI be seriously pychiatrist Rolv Gjessing demanded the plane and horizontal stabiliser executed.

that the quisling Ministry of the alone as in the wing of a normal 10- "As to the position in Thailand, Intertur remove an incompetent passenger transport, the British Government have

The huge fuselage is double-decked. not quislinger they had appointed in the failed to note that Japanese news place of the chlet male nurse of Plots and other of the normal fit papers have recently been using the Dikemark Asylum.

of 10 were given stations in the All the same kind of language regarding |

Oslo top deck. while positions for the Thailand as they employed before inspitals and nurses (about 2,000 Lombardier and gunners were placed

to the quisling Ministry of the In- Japanese Manufacture terior threatening muss stelke if "For that reason on July 31 His polities are mixed with the appoint- Majesty's Ambassador in Tokyoment and dismissal of hospital staffs, drew the attention of the Japanese Foreign Minister to this newspaper other campaign which things, that we are intriguing in

chief doctors

crew

donation)

20.40

5.000

100

Bomb

100

(monthly

J. Omund $15, and 1 W. Mills.

35) per Mrs Hot Canton Overseas Trading Co. National Trading Corporation DERS/D170 (third donation)" Miss C. 8. Pierce (monthly dona-

tion) Messrs A. G. Botelho & Co. (in memory of the late Mr A. G. Botella).

Club

Kowloon Dowling Green

(twelfth monthly donation)....

300

€ 88 2

100

the

Gonzalez, the leader of the Popular Vanguard Party which is charged with plotting a putsch, fired about 20 Me R. c. Olive (eighth donation)..

Prof. Walter Brown (monthly dona shots at police from a house in tion)

SCIENCE EQUIPMENT** which he barricaded himself

The Treasurer of the University before they succeeded in forcing Hongkong wishes to acknowledge

following donations, which have been re- his surrender.

ceived to date, in response to the appeal Members of the Parliamentary for 100,000 required to purchase equip.

Laboratories: Committees of the Conservative and men for the new Northcote Science Liberal Parties asked Radical Rail Mr & Mrs D. C. Edmondrion. $2.500: Exanes, President of the Chamber of the Hon. Mr Pennefather-Evans, $100

Professor L. Forster, 150; Mr Fung Hong- Deputies, to seck Gonzalez' release in

uj 100; Br Ho Kim long, 3500, Air protection of their constitutional Leung fu, $1.000; Air Li Jowson, $500; rights. They clalined that Gonzalez, hft Lt Po-chun, 1500. The song of the as a Congressman, was constitution- Mr M. K. Lo, $100, Mr W. II. Lock, $500. late Mr Li Shek-pang, $50,000; the Hon.

Mr G. P. de Martin, 8100: Mr. Ng Chak- Wah, $100; Dr & Mrs Selwyn Clarke. $100; Mir D. J. Sloas, $500; the Hon. Mr W. N T. Tam. $100. Total $58.050.

the Japanese demands for bases Inople) have sent a collective letter be large, soundproofed, heated and ally immune to arrest,

Indo-China.

alleged, among

that British military pre-į

"Kore

threatening-Japanese-

cume

Royal Australian Air Force

creation of

ventilated bridge deck in the forward and upper end of the fuselage houses the ship's phot, co-ptlet, navigator. radio operator and engineer. Re- FALO Y mainder of the normal operating crow | consists of a chief mechanic and four relief crew members.

Young Wives Hid Soldier

Sent To Prison.

FOOD KITCHENS FUND

The Hongkong Refugee and Social Wel. fare Council acknowledges with many thanks a donation of $1,000 from the Bri tish Fund for Relief in China, towards the $7,000 still needed for this year's work. The Board of Administrators alea promised to give a final $2,500 when the other-$3,500-has-been-obtained by tho

Council,

Even though there are so many ap

Their accommodations include a galley, wardroom and cabin, with and that in consequence

MELBOURNE, Aug. 6 (Reuter) sleeping quarters for eight on full-

Two young women whose husbands Thailand should in her own interests Re-organisation of the Royal Aus-length three-quarter wide berths.

to an carly understanding tralian Air Furce to provide for all If used on attack mission the ship are in the Army were sent to prison peals to the charitable, perhaps there may Coalville, Leirs, donate this sum of 33.500 for the refugee be one or several peoplo who would Japan, the

the Power which con- possible worlime

and would carry extra crew members to for a month by emergencies the trols Indo-China.

magistrates, recently, for concealing and destitute poor of the Colony. The operational than the battle, stations. · new

an absentee soldier.

condition of some of these people 15 "Our Ambassador pointed out that Communds for all strategic require

A police inspector said that when et foodstuffs, the daily meals given at lamentable, and with the Increased prices this kind of thing could only mean ments were announced to-day by Me

searching for Sapper A. J. Mead, he the four Food Kitchens is often the only that someone in authority in Japan K. McEwen, the Commonwealth Air

Minister.

visiell the house where was endeavouring to manufacture

the two nourishment these persons get. lived. One of them, Alice Kitchens was $30,000. Towards this, the The estimated yearly cost of the Food woinen case for Japanese intervention In

Burton, said that the soldier was not

British Fund for Rellef of Distress there.

"By the light of my torch," he donation and promise of a further sum, lected $10.700, and with this present added, "I saw the other woman, at amount of $3,500 is sill to be collect Gladys Bedford, and a child in bed ed.

Donations should be sent to the South China Morning Past, and marked "Food Kilchens,"

That territory step of this kind

He added.

then

Rave

Shipbuilder Dies At Home

Dried Eggs For Great Britain

Man In Bed

was coming on top of the recent ac-

Considerable saving of shipping tion in Indo-China it must inevitably give rise to a most serious situation

HARROGĄTE, Aug, 0 (UP)-Sir space will be made by exporting orgs between Great Britain and Japan. John Friestman, 80, one of the lead-to fritala in dried forms. A case of the corner of the front room. Sir Robert Craigie

401b of eggi northern industrialists and ships produces about Admiral Toyoda the mos! formal builder died at his residence here pulp, and when this pulp is dried assurance that all these reports of hist night. He was Chairman of a the British aggressive designs Thailand were. of course, utterly baseless. The truth is that we have for over a century had friendly re- Intions with Thailand.

British Policy

ore 1016.

against shipping and colliery company and weight will be reduced to about!

Ten egg drying plants are being clothes down I found a man halfway

is estimated that he gave one half million Pounds to charity.

"There appeared to be someone else in the bed, and when I pulled the

imported into Australia from China, down the bed. and these, it is understood, will bel "Bedford told me the man was her

Wales. An additional unit based an he was Mead."

Communists Executed installed in Victoria and New South husband, but later he admited that ROME, Aug. 8 (UP),~A__report American patterns is being manu- The chairman told the women: "Our policy has no other object

in Sydney, Government "You have been guilty of a very seri than to maintain those relations, but from Zagreb to the "II Liccolo" factor

more than 100 Com-authorities consider that the ous charge. It is no less truc that any action states that which would threaten that indepen-unists have been executed or con-plants will be capable of dealing with "You cannot tempt these soldiers dence

and integrity of Tholland demned to death for tossing bombs the whole of the export surplus eggs any from duly and forget all your (cheers) would be it matter of im- which wounded 20 persons during in the two States in the coming duties to your husband and pass it mediate concern to this country, the military exercises of the Axis censo

poft as a joke." more particularly as threatening the security of Singapore."

Mr Edlen added in more serious tones "I hope that these words may yel be heeded."

Ourselves And China

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