1939-10-16 — Page 2

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ERROL FLYNN Z THE DAWN PATROL

with

Basil Rathbone David Niven

DONALD CRISP, Melville Cooper Barry Fitzgerald, Carl Esmond Directed by EDMUND GOULDING » Screen Play by Seton L. Miller and Dan Tatharoh • From an Original Story by John Monks Saunders » Music by Max Stalwar ALSO LATEST CARTOON IN TECHNICOLOUR by

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"YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH MURDER

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WARDEN LEWIS E. LAWES HUMPHREY BOGART

worth GALÉ PAGE - BIELY KALOP-JOHN LITEL - Directed by Lewis Soller - Presented by WARNER BROS. Based on the Play; "Chalked Out," by Lewis E. Lawes and Jonathan Finn Screen Play by Robert Buckner, Don Ryan and Kenneth Gamet - A First National Picture

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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1939.

FRENCH TACTICS IN MILITARY OPERATIONS

· London, To-day.

GERMAN PROPAGANDA constantly states that French gains on the Western Front have been small and that Saarbruecken and open towns only two miles inside the frontier are still in German hands and that the Siegfried Line, far behind has been bombarded but is otherwise intact.

The Germans would doubtless prefer frontal attacks with large casualty lists but military operations are not the most important part in the first stage of the present

-war.

The Allies, warned by painful ex- periences in the last war, are con

and ducting a methodical siege war these restrained tactics have already achieved at small cost in casualties, results of which the great value can- not be gauged from the. depth of French penetration alone.

PARLIAMENT TO MEET

THREE DAYS

London, To-day.

Saarbruecken is an important road The House of Commons and railway junction. It is now sur- rounded on three sides and all roads will meet this week on Tues- and railways are under the fire of day, Wednesday and Thurs. powerful French

artillery solidly

established on the surrounding heights, day and the House of Lords is

CAPTURE UNIMPORTANT

also expected to sit on the same days.

The capture of the town would add nothing to this but would entall un- necessary casualties through traps or hand-to-harid" fighting.

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easier

Thn Prime Minister will make his statement on the international situa- tion on Wednesday.

Notice has been given of over 300 on various questions to Ministers

during the topics, to be answered to

week.

Nothing would have been than to shell this open town with its large civilian population (130,000):

refused The French of course follow Hitler's example in Poland.

MORALE AFFECTED The presence of French troops on the German soll has deeply affected morale of the Rhineland population from whom the Nazis have concealed the truth as long as possible.

Over two million people have been evacuated from this region an experience which the Germans have not experienced for over a century.

to-

At the conclusion of questions morrow, Mr. Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, will make a state- ment on the loss of the Royal Oak.

It is expected that there will only be a short debate on the Prime Minis- ter's statement.

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ECONOMIC COORDINATION Afterwards the Labour Opposition Co- will raise the question of the ordination of economic war activities of and press for the appointment of The economic results are also the first importance. The French air full time Minister to deal with this force and artillery have brought all question instead of the Chancellor of to his the industry in the Saar to a stand- the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, taking

over this work in addition still depriving Germany of as much coal-and-iron as she obtained in Po-other duties.--Reuter. lish Silesia.-Reuter,

FUR COAT STOLEN

Mrs. Morren, wife of Captain M. Morren, of No. 4, Duke

J. Street,

JAP. UNITS NEED REORGANISATION

Changteh, To-day.

A steady stream of Japanese troops,

Kowloon Tong, lost a brown fur over-withdrawn from the north Hunan and The coat Klangsi fronts, has been set back this coat yesterday afternoon.

stolen week-end from Yoyang to Hankow for which is valued at $320, was

Ire-organisation.-Central News. from the verandah at 4.45 p.m.

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