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HITLER AND IL

· DUCE ENTRAIN FOR FLORENCE

JAPANESE BOMB AND

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SHELL LAPPA

Rome. To-day.

Herr Hitler is going to Florence by train this morning after a dramatic farewell party in Rome last night. •

Macao, To-day.

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 9, 1988.

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Private Hugh Kilpatrick was this

The Japanese again bombarded morning charged before Mr. H. R. Ki Yan Siak, a village in Lappa Butters at the Central Magistracy Island, yesterday.

with breaking into the liquor room Preceding the naval bombard-of the Neptune Cafe, Gloucester ment, Japanese planes flew over Road, on Friday night and stealing the Island and dropped several therefrom six bottles of whiskey.

and two bottles of brandy.

Hitler, and Mussolini, with an audience of 100,000, gathered in the open air stadium at the Musso-bombs. lini Forum for a display of drill and gymnastics by Fascist youths, which was followed by a performance the second act of the opera "Lohengrin."

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Four thousand performers parti- cipated in the display, and 4,000 trumpeters were ranged in front of the dictators'- box.

"HEIL HITLER" IN LIGHTS. All lights were blacked out, and then the words "Heil Hitler" sprang into light in huge letters

across the arena.

The sound of the explosions

The defendant pleaded noi and gun-firing, brought residents of Macao to their house tops to guilty and in evidence stated that he was in the Nakasaki Joe cafe watch the whole operation.

The Japanese again attempted from 5 p.m. till 9 p.m., after which the Neptune Cafe af to make another landing on the he went to

to go to the lavatory Island of Lappa by way of Ki about 9.30 Yan Siac, under cover of the After that he went to the Queen's |shell-fire and bombing, but were Dancing Hall where he stayed till

closing time at one o'clock. unsuccessful.

The Chinese forces who had been reinforced and were en- As he was calling several wit- trenched, allowed the Japanese nesses to substantiate his story, in- landing party to approach with-cluding, Ptes. Elison and Coyle, 1, Hitler arose and saluted, while in range of their machineguns Corporal Huntley,. the Manager of Mussolini smiled approvingly, and then opened fire, causing them to the Dance Hall and the girl with then the lights formed the letter retreat with some causalties. whom he said he had been dancing M and the Fascist emblem. Mus80- Further reports state that the the whole evening, the case lini rose and saluted while Hitler Japanese ships have returned to adjourned for 24 hours for these clapped.

their base at Sancho Island.-witnesses to appear in court. Three times each dictator rose Our Own Correspondent. and saluted in the

Sub-Inspector course of the

alleged Darkin saluted that about 11 p.m. on Friday, de- fendant entered the cafe and went

evening, while the other applaud-glare of floodlights and ed.

each other in his own way.

ordination.

was

The performance alternated be- Afterwards they drove to a villa to the mezzanine and broke into tween dazzling brightness . and fon the hillside and watched a the liquor room there. He bolted| utter darkness, with lights from fireworks show and a display of himself in and when some-one was the surrounding hills acting in co-illuminated boats on the Tiber. sent round to the back he had gone

Hitler and Mussolini are due at A quantity of liquor was stolen and SALUTES EXCHANGED Florence at 2 o'clock this after it was alleged that he passed them After the opera, Hitler and noon, and Hitler will entrain for out to waiting comrades outside Mussolini faced each other in the Germany at midnight.-Reuter.

Evidence of the cashier and of waiter was taken. They stated that they saw defendant force the door open. They both identified defendant who was dressed in mufti.

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Private David Fleming, of the Royal Scots, who was charged on Saturday with stealing a bot- tle of whisky from the Neptune Cafe, Gloucester Road, early that morning and with attempting to break into the cafe, today again made his appearance before 'Mr. H. R. Butters.

He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on pleading guilty to an alternative charge of receiving a bottle of whisky knowing same to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained. The other charges were withdrawn.

Sub-Inspector Darkin said that at 2 a.m. on Saturday the No. 1 boy of the cafe heard a noise and saw two soldiers on the roof of a land- ing in the back yard. They jumped into the back alley and were cross- ing the road when defendant was arrested.

Evidence would only show that. two soldiers were seen at that time. and that defendant was arrested near the place,

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