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THE CHINA MÁÍL, JANUARY 13, 1939.

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'PLANES TO LAY MINES

Germany Reveals New Weapons

Details of new naval weapons, the existence of which has hitherto been unknown outside Service circles, are disclosed in the 1939 edition of “Nau- ticus,” the German Admiralty's official annual.

It is revealed that certain types of aircraft are fitted for minelaying. The mines are dropped into the sea by aircraft from low altitudes, but certain seaplanes are equipped for sowing mines after they have alighted on the surface.

in convoy.

of 45 knots.

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ZIGZAG COURSES

CHALIAPIN

LAWSUIT

Contending that the divorce which Challanin, the singer, ob- tained in Paris was illegal, his first wife, Iole Chaliapin, of Moscow, has filed a suit in Los Angeles against Mrs. Maria Chaliapin, wliom the singer married in 1927.

She claims a share in the pro-

perty at Beverley Hills, Cali fornia, valued at £20,000, which

Chaliapin left to the three chil-

dren of his second marriage.

lest is the "splinter bomb," weigh- ing 244lb, and designed to inflict casualties on exposed personnel.

High explosive bombs for attack-

PANAMA CANAL ESPIONAGE: NAZI GUILTY

Panama, To-day.

Ernst Kuhrig, one of four Nazis accused of espionage in the Panama Canal Zone, was yesterday found

guilty. The jury deliberated for seven hours.

Two of the remaining accused, Robert Gross and a girl, Ingeborg Gutmann, will probably be tried separately in a few days.

.The fourth accused, Hans Schachakow, was found guilty last month. Reuter,

CHINESE CABLES ROOSEVELT

That aircraft for laying naval, being about 2,200 yards at a speed mines had been developed by cer-- tain foreign navies was known in British Service quarters, but this is In all modern torpedoes, it is the first time they have been pub-added, the gyroscope gear can be so licly mentioned. These weapons adjusted as to make them run either are held to constitute a formidable on straight, zigzag or spiraling unprotected parts of a ship vary in weight from 110 to 1,100 lb and menace both to warships proceeding course.

Chungking, To-day. contain from 44 to 662 lb of T.N.T. in formation and to merchantmen The latest type of depth chargo There

Appreciation of the sympathy are also armour-piercing

China and assistance extended to for use against submarines weighs bombs of different weights for

in a Particulars are also given of the 400lb and is loaded with 2971b of penetrating the armour decks of by the United States Government

and people was expressed torpedoes used by torpedo-carrying T.N.T. It can be set to explode at warships; gas and phosphor bombs

cable to President Roosevelt by Dr. planes. Two types are in service, way depth between 49 and 460 feet, of 83 to 65 lb for use against per- Lo Chia-lun, Chanceller of the Na- one of 16in and the other of 17.7in and the danger zone to a submarine sonnel; and bombs for attacking tional Central University, yester- Depth char-submarines. diameter. The former in charged with 330lb of T.N.T. and the latter ges can be thrown a distance

Dr. Lo hopes that the United with 396lb of the new explosive 262ft by the modern projector.

The last named weigh 110lb and

fuse set to States will line up with all demo- Novit. Both are dropped into the Five separate types of aircraft have a delayed-action

and adopt effec- water from heights between 20ft | bombs are listed as having been detonate the bombs at a depth of cratic countries

tive sanctions against Japan.- Central News.

extends to about 65ft.

and 49ft, the range in both cases evolved for use at sea.

of

The smal- 50ft.

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day.

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AGAIN.

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