1939-12-01 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 1, 1939

News Snack Bar

GESTAPO AND MUNICH BOMB

New York, Nov. 10. A NEW YORK NEWSPAPER cartoon to-day pictures the Munich beer-hall incident as an explosion of a bottle of home-brewed beer labelled "Internal Dissension.". This is the almost universally accepted explanation in this country of the attempted assassination of Hitler and his principal lieutenants. The assertions in the Ger- man Press that the British Secret Service or other for- eign agents were responsible for the explosion have aroused only derision among Americans.

Miss Dorothy Thompson wrote to- day:

the end of Hitler which great nations are now fighting for; it is the end of To smuggle a time-bomb into the Hitlerism, which is something else." Munich beer hall is about as difficult If the bomb had taken Hitler, and' as smuggling one into Hitler's eagle's with him the other leaders of his nest above Berchtesgaden. Any place party, "it would not have destroyed where the Nazi inner clique fore- the colossal Nazi, oligarchy which he gather with their Fuehrer is guarded has fastened upon Germans. It would in every conceivable way. Whoever have deprived it of his fanatically placed that bomb must have been forceful shrewdness, and might have absolutely persona grata with the racked it with a struggle for the suc- Gestapo.

cession; but it might easily have en- Although among the public there dowed his policies and peculiar prin- was some tendency at first to say ciples with the sanctity of martyr- that the explosion came 11 minutes dom." too late, or that "for once Hitler made

too short a speech," serious-minded people generally are glad that the attempt at assassination was not

successful.

Hitlerism The Enemy

"With the British Troops in France." A party, of Tommies out for an afternoon stroll. (Crown Copyright Reserved).

Air Wardens Strike

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At Leeds numbers of air-raid war- The "New York Times," after point dens have refused to ing out, like Miss Thompson, the im- during the night as a protest against go on duty possibility of anyone getting explosives an official instruction that they must and placing them in "a building bet- not warn householders to screen lights ter guarded than a national mint," during the black-out, but must in- except with the "active participation, form the police. not only of Germans who are inti- mately familiar with every step in the The "New York Herald Tribune" processes of Nazi officialdom, but of quotes Rauschning's reference to "the Germans who are in a position to give Maginot Line" Boaster convinced Nazi who thought it pos- important orders and to cancel them," sible that 'at some critical turning- says: "Unless we assume that Hitler point in the national history the Lea- himself planned this extraordinary der might be more deliriously effec- affair. there is no possible ex- tive if he were dead,'" and goes on planation of the explosion in the Bur- to say, "The assassination of Hitler is gerbrau which does not imply at the not the way to end Hitlerism." Ask- very least the existence of a clique of ing, "Who knows what might have a faction within the Nazi Party will- followed the killing of Hitler?" the ing to deal in treason." newspaper says: "It is almost terrible

to think of the worldwide and appal- ling hates which this one man has 'con- centrated upon himself. But it is not

Pay Penny A Week

And See Films Free

Old age pensioners at Welling, Kent, have formed a penny-a-week club to further their joint interests. An ener- getic committee is out to secure for its members free entertainment, which, until now, has had to be met. out of meagre incomes.

Local cinemas have donated free seats each week. Most hair-dressers have agreed to reduce their prices for hair cuts and shaves,

Ultimately, it is hoped that even publicans will be persuaded to sell a cut-price glass of beer.

Builders have been approached to help the cause by erecting something "cheap and cheerful" 25 a head- quarters.

And there is every hope that in this, as in other things, the veterans will have their way.

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Scotland Yard have issued a supple- ment to all Metropolitan police stations containing over 200, photographs and descriptions of members of the L.R.A.

Glasgow Licensing Authorities have decided to close public houses at 8 instead of 10 p.m.

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..Railway companies have promised to put on such extra passenger trains as workling conditions permit.

The Ministry of National Security has started an enquiry into the reliev ing... of the intense blackout on the roads.

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Hyman Diamond, 35, of Pakenham- road, Edgbaston, who was alleged to have boasted in a club of having been in action on the Maginot Line, fined a total of £50, with £14 168 charged with offences under the De- 6d costs, at Birmingham. He was fence Regulations.

H.M. the Queen on NOV. VE

visited evacuee children' from Batterson, now in a Guadex village!- `Photo shows the Queen, chatting, to...: one of the boys, who are learning how to grow food on allotments: (Air

Not So Romantic

Hollywood's loveliest stars are hold- ject is--KISSES. ing indignation meetings, and the sub-

They complain that if photographers are to insist on shooting scenes twenty or thirty times all men stars will have to be cleanshaven. The first few kisses may be just a pleasant tickle, but by twentieth or so a toothbrush moustache may even draw blood,

Latest victim to complain is Patricia Morison, reason being Lloyd Nolan's moustache.

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Years back. Mae Murray made the same complaint about John Gilbert's moustache and threatened to strike. But he kept the moustache.

Presented From Court

Wife at Willesden: My husband doesn't live with me. He just comes round to meals.

When we saw the police officers we decided to move on as it was becom- ing very warm.-Street bookmaker at Willesden.

Man at Willesden: My wife has al- ways thought that I don't earn enough money.

Man at Tottenham: My wife seemed to be in a friendly mood. She didn't say a word to me all the evening.

When I saw him having a friendly chat with the policeman at the corner of our road I hoped he was going to turn over a new leaf.-Wife at Totten- ham.

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The tripartite

agree- ment between Great Britain, France and the United States will stand, Mr. Morgenthau, Secretary to the U.S. Treasury, has announced.

The Committee of the 'Pedestrians" Association are making suggestions to the Government to solve some of the difficulties created by the war time lighting.

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The Ministry of Agriculture an- nounced that there are 60,000 privataly owned tractors in Britain in addition to the Government's reserve. All will be used in the Ministry's ambitions programme to do four years' ploughi- ing in twelve months.

Constrativa. have been

national and not

Party Associations the Chairman to hout the war, for-