Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 24, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
THEY'VE GOT GUEST CARDS
FROM US!
NANCY
SAY! -- WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING IN THIS PRIVATE
BEACH CLUB?
OH, WE'VE GOT GUEST CARDS FROM MARMADUKE-- HE GAVE EM TO US YESTERDAY!
OH-- I SEE --LAND WHO ARE THOSE KIDS OVER
THERE?
HEROIC DEFENCE Religious
OF ODESSA
Big Rumanian Losses
MOSCOW, Sept. 23. (Reuter),—A graphic description of the heroic defence of the Black Sea port of Odessa was given to-day in a “Tass" agency report from the city which says that repcated Rumanian attacks were broken up with heavy losses,
"In an effort to advance along the entire sector held by the formation under Commander Ivan Peatrov, the enemy hurled in eight or nine divisions," the dispatch, says. "Pressing, their advance, the Rumanians drove a wedge of nearly a mile into our positions, throwing a second large force into the gap to support the first. The success of the attack seemed assured but at this point, Soviet artillery came into action."
OH -- THEM ?--
Toleration
In U.S.S.R.
LONDON, Sept. 23 (British Wire-
Chamber of Commerce in London
ICRs).The Soviet Ambassador to Britain in a speech at the American disposed of misconceptions regarding freedom of worship in Russia.
of what is thought by so spite
said M. Maisky, “religion in many," my country is not persecuted and every citizen has the right to believe or not to believe according to con- Belence.
"Article 124 of the Stalin consiitu- tion reads "In order to ensure to citizens freedom of conscience, the Church in the U.S.S.R. is, separated
from the state and the school from the Church. Freedom of religious worship and freedom of anti-reli-
* citizens."
The dispatch described how whole front," the mesauge odds. guns at point-blank range mow."Everyone speaks with deep admira-ious propaganda is recognised for all ed down the attackers and the In the worst moments when it seems ilon and affection of Ivan Peatrov.
"This article is clear and is by no means a dead letter. Indeed in 1940 attack spent itself. The enemy that even an fron will and iron in the U.S.S.R. there were over 30,000 began to retreat, leaving a valley nerves will give way, this valiant independent religious communities of appears among the every kind, over 3.000 churches and filled with dead and wounded, one commander
troops, bringing with him
and
thel frequent services,
Rumanian battalion being commosphere of courage on at about 60,000 priests and ministers of
plotely annihilated.
"The wedge has been cut off at its base and the front line straightened į aut.
confidence."
serene religion Believers practise
religions free re
hove religion their
marry children and
funerala,"
M. Malsky also mentioned that in
"Attempts to break through Americans In The the new Polish Army now being
оп
other sectors of the front were repulsed everywhere,
Second Blow
Canadian Army
"In the evening, the enemy began
QUEBEC, Sept. 23 (Reuter).— to mass large forces in gullies ready Tens of thousands of United States for a fresh blow but no suener was citizens ure now servinit in the the attack launched than it met
Canadian army said the Minister for hall of grefindes and machine-gun National War Services, Mr J. T. bullets. A detachment commanded Thorson to-day.
created in the territory of the U.S.S. R., Roman Catholic Chaplains were admitted to administer to the forces.
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No Mother Hubbards In Britain
ERNIE BUSHHILLER,
British
Prisoners
In Reich
LONDON, Sept. 23 (British Wireless)Stalag 18 "A",
真
German prison camp. which con- tains 5,300 British prisoners of war, including Dominion troops captured in Greece and Crote, is stated by the War Ofice to be a generally satisfactory camp.
The health of the prisoners is said to be generally satisfactory. 'Red Cross parcels are arriving well.
Stalag 18 "D" contains 3,500 British prisoners of war from Greece and Crite. This camp is still for from completion but the authorities are working hard at it. The morale their of the prisoners is high and health generally
good, Redl parcels are also reaching this camp in satisfactory 'quantities."
Cross
Officer-M. P.
Disgraced
Captain Sir P. Latham LONDON, Sopt. 23 (Reuter)- Captain Sir Herbert Paul Latham, nged, 36, and, former Member of Parliament for Scarborough
and Whitby, was recently tried by court martial and has been sentenced to be cashiered and imprisoned for
two years without hard labour.
beht Regiment of the
Good News Of Food LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter)--New Improvements in Britain's food sup- ply were announced to-day by the Ministry of Food. The price of 1 Latham was attached the 70th SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
four-pound white loaf of bread will, by Kovtun repulsed the Rumanian Ife said Americans make up eight
with certain small exceptions, BAGHDAD, Sept. 23 (UP)-The reduced from and even advanced at several per cent of all air crews, pilots, Government is embarking on the October 8.
81⁄2d to 3d from points."
observers and gunners training under construction of n system of truck The dispatch points out that the the Commonwealth Air Training highways in Iraq.
The Ministry also announced that British The defence of Odessa, where the front is Scheme, while 600 Americans were Government is paying the cost and million cases of canned salmon under
the United States is sending
one shaped like a narrow horse-shee acting as instructors at training) bas already advanced with the ends resting on the Black centres,
£60,000.the Thousands of labourers have already
Lease-Lend facilities while Sen, has already lasted a month and Mr Thorson said that the strength been engaged for work on the first Canada is also sending one million a half. "The names of the gallant of the Canadian Active service Army road which will link Baghdad with creased imports of canned pllcht which he was found not guilty,
to-day numbers 300,000 men.
defenders are renowned - over
the
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cases. This with considerable in-
and herrings will mean that during third year of war, the available supply of canned fish will exceed even that of pre-war years.
The controlled prices of kinds of fresh fish are now reduced.
Cheese Promised
several being
that
A Ministry spokesman sald while it was not desirable to reveal the total Imporis of foodstuffs from the-United-States, it could-be-id- that the United States will be sending 255,000,000 pounds of cheese. The United States and the Dominions, he said, w
were changing their agricultural methods to suit British
Thus New Zealand requirements. way changing from butler to cheese making, and Australia was making similar efforts while Canada bad undertaken to in- crease fourfold her export of bacon. The spokesman further indicated that the Ministries of Food and Health were considering additional
measures to control the price and quality of substitutes for eggs and various fruits in order to secure quality and to prevent fraud,
Kidnapping Probe Requested
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON. Sept. 23 (UP) —It is learned that the Government has in- structed the Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigle, to request Tokyo to inves- tigate the reported kidnapping, of Mrs Denzil Clarke, Japanese born wife of the Press Attache of the British Embassy, stationed at Pelping.
LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter)-Re- ceived in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace to-day were Mr Churchill and Lord Halifax.
Royal
was He
found guilty on eleven charges under the Army Act, ten of them alleging disgraceful conduct of an improper kind while of attempted suicide. on active service, and the eleventh
Latham had pleaded not guilty to
a total of 14 charges, on three of
GREEK GOVT APPOINTMENTS
LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter),.-. The Greek Minister in London, Mr W. Simopoulos, has been appointed
Under-Secretary Permanent
for Gov- Foreign Affairs in the Greek ernment.
He will retain h his duties as Greek Minister.
My Andrew Michalopoulos, Pre- ident of the Anglo-Hellente League
has Athens,
been appointed Under-Secretary for the Press in the
In
Greek Government.
George of Hellenes LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter).—- King George of the Hellenes, broad- casting to Greece (d-night, said that anyone who crossed the Atlantic must be impressed by the absolute control of the seas exercised by Britain and the United States.
The King added: "He who finds himself to-day in this mighty outpost of civilisation, this Impregnable for tress he who witnesses the steadily increasing strength of Britain and her Alles and the incomparable fortitude
of the British people cannot possibly
doubt the certainty of victory."
Britain's 'No' To Token Gesture
BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ANKARA, Sept. 23 (UP)-Some elements of the Turkish Government.
are
reported to be trying to secure Britain's approval for a small token sale of chrome ore and copper 10 Germany as evidence of Turkish neutrality but the British authorities“ have disapproved the idea as a use- less and belated appeasement. The Jatter polat out that Germany ignored the Turkish resources lost year.
Gen. De Gaulle Appoints Trustees For France
· LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter).-General Charles de Gaulle, head of the Free French forces, has announced the formation of a Free French national Committee to act as trustees for France until a constitutionally representative government is established,
Announcing the formation of have been violated frat by the In- the new Free French National vader and then every day by the ac Committee, General de Gaulle The Free French recognise none of complices of the Invader ut, Vichy, said that it would be a matter for those violations." the United States, and other The Free French would be obliged nations to decide whether the to exercise de facto authority tan- now committeo is recognised tamount to a delegation of national instead of the Vichy Govern-interest which will be handed back to national representation when possible.
'ment, Pang
"War had shown the necessity of decentralisation", "and: the.. 'Defence Council th its modest way had met the same need recognised by the British Government when they sent
British Recognition
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”. LONDON, Sept. 24 (UP)—It is reliably learned that the British
Mr Duff Cooper to Singapore, Intend to recognise General de Gaul- I would like to make clear our le's national commliteons the do position regarding the constitution factogovernment-of-colonial terri and lows of the French Republler forles over which the Free-Fronch
hold sway
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