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Radiolocation: U.S. Recruiting Office
A now uniformed civilian corps is to be formed to work on radiolocation, the detection device which warns us of Nazi planes and ships far beyond our shores. It is to be called the Civilian Technical Corps, and its members will be drawn not from Britain but from the Dominions and the United States.
Already recruiting offices have, been opened in New York to deal with the thousands of volunteers expected,
Members of the corps will b enrolled for three years and pay will be similar to that of trades. men in the Canadian Air Force. Men resident in Brital of mill- tary age, who have suitable quaillien- tlons as radio mechanics, can apply to the R.A.F. section of the nearest combined recruiting centre for Istment in Die R.A.F. itself.
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Men over milltary, age should apply to the local employment exchange for employment on the manufacturing side of the industry, also in need of sultable qualified mechanics.
Free Training
The corps will work at the "base hospitals" and "casualty clearing ntations" of radiolocation.
The men will be fed and billeted by the services.
Boys and girls fresh from school toll also be able to serve radioloca- tion,
More than a thousand boys and girls are wanted..
But girls of 16 and 17 will be necepted only if they can be trained and employed locally.
The boys, and girls over 18, will have free training and board teclmical colleges.
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Gliders For Commerce After War
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U.S. Navy Personnel Growing
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UP). The United Statea cordance Navy, growing steadily in ac- policy of rearmament, is rapidly with the national approaching the 300,000 mark in personnel.
As of June 16, 1041, its manpower was 204,708, of which 24,433 were officers of the Regular Army and Naval Reserve who have been called back to active duty, and 239,722 en- listed men.
Since then the Navy has continued to enlist
men
in accordance with the ragemme of Inducting from 12,000 to 15,000 recruits a month for an indefinite period so that by the end of this month it is estimated it will reach about 300,000,
down" of the personnel into various As of June 10, 1941, the "break- classifications was as follows:
U.S. Navy Commissioned line officers 7,715. Commissioned staff officera 2,117, Warrant officers 1,998.
Retired on
"Active Duty Commissioned line officers 075, Commissioned stoff officers 220, Warrant ofeers 82.
U.S. Naval Reserve-on Active Duty
Commissioned line ofcers 8,820,
Commissioned staff officers 2,402,
Warrant officers 30.
Enlisted Men
U.S. Navy 203,725, U.S. naval re tired on active duty 708, U.S. naval
Nurses
US. Navy 522, U.S. Naval reserve
Elmira, New York, Aug. 23.—| reserva 36,231, (UP)—CVII Aeronautics Ad- ministrator, Brig. Gen. Donald 121. H. Conolly, predicts that gliders, used commercially, may nbsorb the vast reservoirs" of pilots, and planes which will be releas ed when the current war emer- gency is over.
Dunera
RSM Goes
To Jail
FIGHT VARENA
August 27, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
I AM!
JULY-1 »
FIGHT ARENA
ERNIE USHMILLER
UFS
NAZI HATE This graphic picture shows Nazi vengeance in Yugoslavia on victims who dared oppose the "New Order." Picture is reported to have boon smuggled out of Yugo- slavia, carried to Jerusalem and then to U.S. Men and women victims were treated
alike. Nazi officer at right makes sure that these victims hanged in a cemetery are past rescue.
QUEEN WHO GAVE UP
THRONE FOR
A KISS
Natalie of Serbia, oncë a queen and once a beggar, wife of a king who lost his throne and mother of a king who was murdered by the chiefs of his own army, died
in Paris recently. She died in a convent at the age of 83, lonely, almost friendless, completely poor.
SENTRY
Mme.
SANG OPERA
But her picture shows that at the time of her marriage at the age of 16 to Milan, future King of Serbia she was a beautiful dark-haired girl. That was in 1875. The marriage was not happy. When their son Alexander was born Milan began a series of intrigues that scandalised even the casy-going Belgrade court.
There were scenes of jeal-gedy, too, Ile marrled ousy, many of them in public. Praga, daughter of an engineer.: Climax came when Milan struck Drag was kated by Serbia, his queen in Belgrade Cathe of a window of Belgrade Palace Natalie saw their bodies flung out dral. -As-the-congregation pussed closed the reign of the Obrenovitch when a group_of_army-officers out the queen was expected to house, and set up a new dynasty, kiss each woman.
That was in 1903. She refused: band's friends.
to acknowledge one of her hus- the most part in
Since then Natalie has lived for,
France. First,
Biarritz where she held an almost
Parls.
-So Britons Escaped
Major C. A. Bowles, of the Pioneer he then he struck her. The out. Then
Acting Regimental Scrgreant- Twice the king shouted: "Kiss royal court, until her money ran from an Ralian prison camp in Two British officers escaped Corps, was recently sentenced to be king's Ministers had to part the
to the ranks, imprisoned struggling pair. Thus the marriage: Sion gave
The sisters of Notre Dame de Libyn while the sentry was ended,
her a room. Another singing opera. friendless soul became her "udy in Tragic Story fud wom
For 32 days they trekked | Natalie was 28, and still a beauti-!
waiting." driven out by
To humour her the
whole of Europe, abellcated in favour tin cup
Two years later Millan, her "Your Majesty." But Her Ma- and walking at night.
nuns called across the desert, hiding all day! the hostility of the jesty" eventually had to take out a of Alexander, his son.
to collect
Then, slipping through the alms In 1901 he boulevards of Paris.
the Italian lines, they found safety died.
Alexander's story is
Sn she existed, a forgotten queen, Inside the British lines round one of tra- for nearly 40 years.
Tobruk,
Conolly said there were-un- limited commercial possibilities for gliders," and declared that it was quite likely that there! would be "glider. trains for transportation, delivery of first class mail and air express."
Addressing an audience at the reduced twelfth National Souring and Glid- without hard labour for 12 months, ing contest, honouring Earl Southee, and to be dismissed the Service for former local contest manager, he his part in the s.s. Dunera scandal. said the Civil Aeronautics Bureau has This was the decision of the "given serious consideration to the court-martint which heard charges problem of how to use the reservoir connected with the alleged t-treat- of planes and pilots which will exist ment of allen internees being taken when the emergency passos.
to Australia in the Dunera. "Glider trains may be used so that
The court power-planes would not have to stop
also ordered Sergt. Arthur ut every airport to deliver less than Corps, to be
the Pioneer full cargoes of freight and mail, he, Bovics had pleaded guilty to giv sald, emphasising that the Adminis- ing 10s, each to a number of ser- tration as a "definite interest" In ceants and attempting to induce an- gliders.
other sergeant to accept 10s. have a definite interest in the
26 Years' Service slider
programune. We mented with it a couple of years considered were of stenting and re- Other charges which the court ago and have been talking about it celving, and, at ever since. The apparent lack of in- camp in Britain, being in possession prisoner of war terest has been due to the fact that, of articles which he knew to belong gilding programmes
been to interned allens.
have
experi-
of
Heverely reprimanded.
with
Sergeant-Major Bowles
served
looked
upon part of a training of
ns powered-plane pllots,
"In our civilian pilot training pro- years, winning the Military Medal the Royal Dragoons for 20 gramme, we are not spending money as well as four Service medals, re- on anything for which the Army and tired Navy cannot see a particular use, but Army
on pension, and rejoined the the experience of Germans in using
when war broke
out. the glider in the Invasion of Crete, guilty of assaulting two aliens, was Helliwell, who had been found not shows possible fields for gliding it- reprimanded for disobeying a superi- self alone and not as part of a or officer's order to provide an illen power-plane training programme." with blankets and water.
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Long Hours Hampering
Women's War Effort
Too long hours worked by many women in our war factories are holding up the war effort. This was the and Municipal Workers' Congress. opinion of delegates at a recent session of the General
as low as during the
Avoiding Chaos
Miss D. M. Elliott, Chief Woman wages were Officer of the Union, said hours had Great War. been reduced in some factories but increased production. many still thought long hours meant,
The two men were a captain from Fitzhead, West Somerset, ond a cap- tain from Winchester.
They had served together in In- din. When they net as prisoners at Derna they soon made a plan for escaping.
Bully Beef
"There was a good deal of con- fusion in the camp while Italian war the prisoners," one of them said. correspondents were photographing|
"We took advantage of it. We pinched some bully beef, also some waterbottles, and hid them in n
building.
swrecked
The Union had taken to the Arbi- when the women tralian Tribunal on employer, who, a
"We hid from dusk to 11.30 p.m. The sentry was singing Italian operatio songs, so we nipped out through the wire, and not a soul nofleet."
The two men nearly walked into A British plane chused on
were organised, mom, an A.A. gun post, but at that!
The Ministry of Aircraft Produc- tion was one of those responsible. was found to be paying adults only alarm and distracted the Germans'
She told of women now working 111⁄2 hours a day exclusive of meal
times,
21s, a week,
attention. tacked employers who, to evade puy- middle of a dried-up water course, Mias A. Horaf ((Lancashire) nt- All next day the Britons hid in the ing women men's rates In the emergency. alter Dunkirk work, "broke down jobs."
on men's while German planes zoomed Just many women willingly worked 12,
[over their heads. Then they started Mr Charles Dukes, general secre- their long trek over the desert. 14 and even 18 hours a day, but astary, moved a resolution approving a sustained policy this was wrong. the Labour Party plans. for post-war Once had had
Arabs gave them food and water. They could not in that way keep reconstruction.
some coffee, and cigars.
up efficiency or production.
Hours Shortened
It declared that as our interests After 32 days they wormed 'their were merged to deleat the enemy, way through the Italian lines and that spirit should animate the rested in No Man's Land until dawn. planning for after the war,
The Toss
$0
Miss Elliott moved a resolution, which was passed, urging that in intercats must be given a prominent which one should go forward on the He sold that control of financial Then they tossed a coin to decide the interests of maximum production pinec. and the health of women the work- ing week be reduced to six days and in and after the Great War led to
The fallure to plan constructively lines.
risky task of entering the British. the length of the shift shortened.
chaps in 1020, the crash of 1920,
She insisted on the importance of and the economic blizzard of 1031. adequate wage rates.
The long working week, she said, comouflaged the low wage rale.. This also was an obstacle to get ting hours reduced to an efficient level.
"Business as usual" would not do. To return to the old way of "beggar my neighbour" would mean dragging the whole world down.
The Somerset man won. Creep- ing forward he encountered an Indian patrol, which took him for a Fifth Columnist.
The officer chatted to him in Hin dustani and ask for an officer of There must be international end-in India.
their regiment whom he had known chinery to help deal with the pro- Both the escaped officers were then
escorted into Tobruk.
There were still patches where I blem
BABY IN A LIFEBOAT FOR 13 DAYS Survivors of Robin Moor
Thirty-five more survivors of the torpedoed U.S. steamer Robin Moor reached Cape Town recently in a British warship. Among them were women and a two- year-old boy-and they had spent 13 days in the lifeboats.
BOMBER FUND Acknowledgments
All who were on board the Robin Moor are now accounted for.
Curly-haired Robin McCullough, two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Robert W. McCullough, who were omong the American passengers. stood the orden; well,
He was the only one who seemed to like the hard-tack rations, and in a Cape Town hotel he was still clutching a dried biscuit, saying: "Robin want tack, Robin want tack.'
Asked if he liked the boat, he said he did-and the pretty Ashes.
His father explained that the "pretty fishes" were sharks, which followed the boat for four or five days,
The only when he was bored-when the "pret- ime Robin erled was ty shes" moved away.
His father said he was awakened by the
submarine's light flashing in his cabin, He dreased and went on deck for the novelty of seeing submarine, which the passengers be- lieved was asking for provisions.
Potato Peel Ration
"For a minute wo stood still, like Morons, and then rushed to get a few things and climb into the life- boats," went on Mr McCullough,
collections
Yesterday's Bomber Fund werd headed by splendid contribution of $1,000 from the Chinese Staff of the Gloucester Hotel, representing 25 per cent concert given by the fitaft. Pro- eent. of the total proceeds from the ro ceeds from the sale of Union Jack barges tion of 370 was received from "The realised $20022; while the eleventh dona- Family." The Baturday Collection at the Hongkong Hotel brought night Victory in $110.07. The Parisian drill sent in its ixtit donation. The Fund has now reach- ed a total of $2.504,265.75, the following Saturday Night's Victory Coller being the Intest at:
118.07.
tlon, ftongkong Ilotel Hamb. The Family televenth donation) 70 Chinesa Staff, Gloucester Hotel,
Charity Concert
...1,000
Parisian Grill Shell (eixth dona-
llon)
"Bea Foam
A Democratie Chunced "y"
Paig 100 labels)......
Mr L. D. Walch ("V" Camp
100 fabal)
Camp
200
Lucille Co' 100 labels)********* Au Petite Louvre ("y" Campaign
100 labels) *.........·········**** Mr G. Neil (per Mrs Hogg), Sole of Union Jack badges, links, etc. per Ye Olde Printerlo, Ltd, as follows: Per Mim G. Bine- Nider #05, Miss Sophie Ellis $150, Mike Sybil Swift $40. Mr A. C Tribble $10: Total $285. Less cost of badges, links, etc. 604.78, Net total to the Bamber Fund 200.22
"The submarine gave our boat STOCK MARKET
what it described as three-days' ra- tions--four tins of potato peel, bread, four tins of Danish butter, and one tin of French biscuits,
"In nedition the boat had its own hard tack and 1 gallons of water. The water was rationed-one glass cach a day, half in the morning and half at night."
Officers of the. Robin Moor told i how they warned the crew of the submarine: "You will be sorry if you carry out your threat to sink our ship."
Chief Omeer Melvin Mundy said he pleaded with the commander of the submarine, which he said was without question German," to spare the Robin Moor.
"I told him we had nothing but ordinary merchandise for South African ports merchandise such as pleasure cors-but he would not lis- ten to me."
Among the survivors
British citizens,
were two
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Omcial Summary, issued yesterday, is:
Buyers
H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 100 H.K. Govt. 3% Loan (1930) 90.50. H.K. Govt. 3% Loan (1940) 96.50 I.K. Banks $1,420 Canton Ins.
225 Union Ins, $429 Providents $0.10 Lights "N" $1.30 Electrics X
Its $21.80 Electrics Rts $10.00 Telephones "O" $23 Sellers
Hotels $3.00
Sales H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 101 Lighta "O" $0.03 Electrics Ris $11 Ropes $0
Dairy Farms $18.80
Trams $17.00/.10
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