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BROADWAY SERENADE
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Meno
LEW AYRES»IAN HUNTER FORMER
FRANK MORGAN
To-morrow: "ICE FOLLIES 1939"
Wednesday: "BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940" Thursday: "EDISON THE MAN"
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Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Kowloon Roads
- Criticised
-> FROM PAGE ONE
August 25, 1941.
Japanese West River
Offensive Repulsed
and there is much danger to children SHIUKWAN, Aug. 24 (Central News).-The Japanese of- who run between the elevated grass fensive on Mafong, Tsingki and other points around Samshui covered centre, and houses along the on the West River has been completely smashed. Quiet has been
restored in that sector of the river.
rund.
Alterations to the lighting in Argyle Street and a curtailing of the islands at the junction of Forfar Road
On the morning of August 16]
and Argyle Street were also recom-Japanese troops from Shumchun Major Baseball
mended.
invaded Lunghwa, northwest of
They very great danger of the Shumchun. They were sub- Cardinals And
layout at the junction of Talpa and jected to an encircling attack by Castle Peak Rouda was also stressed; the Chinese. Only with the here again, children use the island as
a playground, The island itself anr-arrival of reinforcements did Dodgers Split
rows the road unnecessarily, willst they succeed in breaking
the high ground between the two through the Chinese cordon and
makes the rond retreating back to Shume Double-Header
which should
Junction n blindossibic. 100
bo eliminated If
On the morning of August 19: Congestion of
Road Japanese and puppet troops from caused by a motor car repair com- Choon (Chochow) In southeast! pany using this as a workshop was also Kwangtung made 11 thrust toward | brought to nqlice, and recomienda Houpongau, a point in the vicinity, tions were made that further action, They hindi n hend-on clash with the) be taken to keep slow moving treme Chinese and were defeated and driven such as tricycles on the inside of the
stands which reduce Prince Edward back. suffering considerable casual-
ties. Many villages at Kukang werej Road, Waterloo Road, and Argyle destroyed by the Japanese. Street to comparatively narrow - mensions,
A long report from Mr S. E. Faber, A.F.C., containing various
Bombing In Szechwan
sugges- CHUNGKING, Aug. 24 (Central tions as regards traffic control, light-|News).-Morg than
ing of cars, and marking of pavements; plants attacked various elties in Sze- during black-outs was considered, }chwan on Saturday. and it was decided to forward copies i
NEW YORK. Aug. 24 (UP)-st Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dedgers, battling bitterly for the National Baseball League pennant, shared louble-header to-day.
the Cardinals whining the opener and the Dodgers the nighirap. Scores were:
St Louis
NATIONAL LEAGUE
- Battery.—Wyatt: Owen, Chicago
Battery-White; W. Cooper.
Brooklyn
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Batterygbe, French: Owen. St Louis
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Brooklyn
Battery.Rollett; Mancuso. 100 Japanese
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Errickson,
L'asseau
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Pearson,
Hiners;
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to the several services concerned. The first enemy formation totalling Philatelshta
Kowloon Buscs
over 50 was repulsed from Chengtu chienga by the Chinese Air Force and Interi Several letters were rend from
bombed Kinting B1 miles south of Scheding. parents who protested against the
Chengtu, Hochwan 40 miles north-Philadelphin abolition .of proposed
children's special bus tickels. It was however, West of Chungking, Liangshun 120 Warres. ascertained from the Kowloon Motor miles northeast of Chungking
other localities. Bus Company that there was no intention to abolish such tickets t
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Пацегу -Eaves; McCullough, Battery-Podjany, Pearson; Battery-tool,
Ballery-Melton, Pittsburgh Battery-Sewell, Lopez, Baker; Davie,
75 Battery-Johnson. Saivo, Berres; font-
Twelve Innings were played, Pittsburgh Battery-Klinger; Davis
Boxin
gomery.
The second formation also of over the moment, though the conditions so planes raided Chungking, dropping under which they are issued may bombs over a residential area in the have to be revised
suburbs. More than 100 civilian Boston houses and shops
The question of inadequate bus servicea was also dealt with, but the Committee agreed that they could
do no more in this respect for the time being,
The need for some system of which would indicate to re- signals, sidents in outlying districts that the ferries and stopped running during n typhoon, was mentioned; a special sub-committee was appoleted to go into the matter and report.
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were demolished. Battery Javere Lamtfulching. and scores of people were killed and
wounded.
Berres; Montgomery,
Called in the sixits according to Sunday
cinnall
13 Battery-Vandermeer. Beggs, Wallets;
Lumbardi. New York
Disorders In France Carpenter.
FROM PAGE ONE
under patient questioning one, Yves
Harinet. Cincinnati
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LANA TURNER "DANCING CO-ED"
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| Moynier, 27, of Marseilles talked. Cleveland
Moynier told the story of the youth-Battery-stilnar, Bagby: Desnuliela. ful terrorists which permitted the Boston
Battery, Johnion: Peacock. band, including one woman.
Bailey-Hemsley: raulicis. Moynier was recognised as long New York
Daltery.-Rung: W. Dickey. ago as lost June when the band de- Chicago cided to kill M. Darmoy--the Jewish Battery-Pyuns; Tresh.
A 18 0 ex-Minister of Interior in the Popular New York........
Battery-Chandler. Murphy; Süverniri. Front Cabinet who exposed the M.
1 0 Cagoulard plot mand sent many of its members to gaal during the heyday of the radical Socialist-Communist! bloe
The
CHINA TO MAKE
TELESCOPES.
chiesto
Washington
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Ten innings were played.
The Washington-St Louis nightcap waS washed out by rain. Philadephia
Battery-McCrabb, Knott;
Detroit
Battery-Benton; Sullivan.
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Academia Sinica's Physica Department has announced that it is] going into the production of tele- scopes Immediately, the first order BERLIN, Aug. 24 (UP). The being 100 for the Ministry of Educa- emeial news agency to-day reported tion. This will be the first time in that Marshal Goering presented history China has gone into tele- the Irun Cross awarded by Hitler to scope manufacture,
22 Italian pilots.
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Four-Baby Programme RATIONING HITS,
Wanted For U. S.
GIRLS' SCHOOL KESWICK, Eng., (UP)—Roedean CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 23 famous girls' school, is so hard hit by (UP)A demand for a four-baby the rationing of clothes that the bld. programme to prevent national de girls have been asked to send back coy featured the secotid New Engihelf school clothes If they still have Jand conference оп to-morrow's them, so that to-day's girls may wear children, held here,
them.
Prot. Carle C. Zimmerman, Har- vard University sociologist, said: the shortage of bleibs that will occue "Patriotic Americans in this war era during the next 10 years because of must produce their third and fourth delayed marriages of soldiers, These bables in an effort to avert a serious married couples remaining at home crisis In the nation's culture.
must have their third and fourth
"I look upon the war, not DS bobies." temporary thing but a part of
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He charged that the declining struggle of cultures and peoples," he birth rate constituted a "real crisis" sald
and said "America is hampered in a "Parents of one or two children not war era by a weakened and decadent ef military age must make up for famillam."
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