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THE CHINA MALE *

Hitler's Murder Squadrons Attack Six

Six Ships Off Coast

ONLY ONE KNOWN

TO HAVE BEEN SUNK

London, To-day.

REPORTS HAVE NOW been received of attacks on six ships during Saturday's air raids on the East Coast of Britain. Five of the ships were British, and one was a Belgian vessel.

Reports have also been received that an unknown Swedish ship was bombed and machine-gunned somewhere in the North Sea, but no definite de- tails are as yet available.

The British ships are the Kildale, Yewdale, Rose of England, Corland and Harley.

An "SOS" was picked up from the the Kildale, 3,800 tons, saying that crew was taking to the boats, Two East Coast life boats were launched and 15 survivors were landed at an East Coast port. It is understood that six others are missing.

The Yewdale, 800 tons, was attack- ed by two German 'planes about a mile from the Coast. She was a Glas-

gow collier. Although the ship suf- fered little damage, the captain was

This

squadron includes a Flight Lieutenant from South Africa and a flying officer from New Zealand. British Wireless.

GOOD FOR EVIL Four Of Crew Of Nazi Bomber Rescued

MURDER

ATTACK ON MERCHANTMAN

Numerous

London, To-day.

instances of the courage of seamen and fishermen have been revealed since Nazi air attacks on shipping in the North Sea on Saturday.

Two German aircraft bombed and machine-gunned the Yewdala, smashingethe windows of the wheelhouss And killing the skipper and three members of the crew.

Defying danger, fishing craft went out and aided the Yewdale to reach port, where, except for broken windows, she showed lit- tie signs of her ordeal Reuter.

HUNDRED KILLED IN RED BOMBING

London, To-day. According to an Agency report, four of the crew of a German bomber, pre- sumably one of those shot down by British fighters in the North Sea on killed

Helsinki, To-day, At least 100 people were in Finland during

HONG KONG FACTORY PRODUCTS

ON DISPLAY

DISPLAYING

EVIDENCE THAT HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY HAS PROGRESSED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS WAS PROVIDED THIS MORNING, WHEN, OVER 2,000 DIFFERENT EXHIBITS OF PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY LOCAL CHINESE FACTORIES, THE THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF CHINESE GOODS, THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD HERE, WAS. OFFICIALLY OPENED. THIS SIR MORNING BY THE HON. ROBERT KOTEWALL, IN MORRI- SON HILL ROAD.

World's

Exhibits destined for the Fair in New York this year were also on view in addition to those of the many factories which were compelled to move to the Colony owing to oc- cupation of industrial areas in China by the Japanese,

our

the Hong "We need the help of

support Kong Government to industry, and we earnestly hope that whenever Government makes any re- our factories, gulations relating to they will take into consideration the hardships which we are experiencing in our effort to make Hong Kong self-supporting and one of the in- dustrial centres of the world," declar-

the Hong Kong Chinese

of

Manufac-

killed at the wheel and three mem- Saturday, were rescued yesterday by | yesterday's air raids, this beed Mr. Ip Lan-chuen, Chairman

the trawler, Harlech Castlo. the ing the largest death-roll for

any one day so far.

The fifth was drowned before

bers of the crew were injured.

Grimsby The Rose of England, a trawler of 200 tons, was attacked in the same area.

No one was hit al-fishermen could reach him. One though the ship was machine-gunned. I the four rescued men died on board Officially figures stated that about | scissors with which he cut the ribbon

The crew of the Harley, 400 tons, have been landed at an East Coast

town.

of

200 people were injured.

the trawler from wounds in the head,

Thifty people were killed... at.

the while two other have been taken to

fourth has been Kuopio, on the main railway line to hospital and

to a military guard. the north, and in the centre of Fin- land. Mass

of Soviet formations The Corland, 3,400 tons, has reach-handed over

British Wireless.

bombers also attacked many places in ed port safely.

southern and western Finland. Reuter.

NAZI CLAIM

The Belgian ship was a small ves- sel manned by a crew of 10. Six tried to get ashore in a raft and lifeboats are now looking for them. The other four were landed safely yesterday.

The only ship known to be lost as a result of the raid was a small Nor- wegian vessel of 630

tons.

NO PUPPETS

IN POLAND

"IMMORAL"

PARIS, TO-DAY. NAZI

NEITHER GERMANY NOR RUS-

Never- SIA HAD MANAGED TO FORM A CLAIM

theless, yesterday's Nazi High Com-SHAM. GOVERNMENT IN mand communique claimed that 14 PARTS OF POLAND THEY ships were sunk. At least three Nazi bombers were shot down by British fighters and two others were not ex- pected to reach home.-Reuter.

ONE FIGHTER COMMAND SQUADRON HAS GOOD DAY

London, To-day.

the

THOSE RES-

could not be

turers' Union, in his welcoming speech to the Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall, who was presented with a pair of gold officially opening the exposition.

EMPLOYMENT FOR THOUSANDE

Thanking Sir Robert for performing the ceremony, Mr. Ip continued in part:

This exhibition consists of 170 stalls occupied by products of 115 factories in the Colony. Over 2,000 different exhibits clearly. show how rapidly lo- cal industry has improved during the past 12 months.

"Hong Kong was formerly only a Most port used as a clearing house. of the local factories have very small capitals, but with support and encour- agement, which we hope will be forth- build up this young industry into one coming from the Government, we can of the chief industrial centres in the

world.

open

Supreme A judge of New York PECTIVELY OCCUPIED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND A SINGLE Court, Mr. William Collins, asserted POLE WILLING TO TURN TRAI-that American courts

THE DECLARED

POLISH expected to aid and abet Germany's TOR,

"With Government's support more MINISTER FOR SOCIAL WELFARE policy of confiscating the property of AT A SESSION OF THE GOVERN-Jews simply because they were Jews.

In the case before him a New York factories can be started here giving firm, whose employment to thousands," concluded ING BODY OF THE INTERNATION-

firm owed a Viennese

Mr. Ip. It is learned that during Saturday's AL LABOUR OFFICE.

owners had been forced to flee from

The exhibition will remain Ruling that air raids, one R.A.F. fighter command

The whole of the Polish nation-Austria, about £2,000.

for 8 days. squadron shot down two raiders, crip-

and particularly workers-was the money should be paid to these re- ped a third and drove off a fourth, carrying on under terrible conditions fugees, Mr. Collins said: while another squadron 50 seriously

"When the German Reich enveloped business was Austria the plaintiffs' damaged a fifth that it probably did in a desperate struggle for liberty, he

said. not reach home.-Reuter.

was over, Poland seized and appropriated solely be- would play her part in establishing cause of the plaintiffs' race.

co-operation in international

all liquidation process is sheer confisca spheres.-Reuter. London, To-day. On Saturday, a single squadron of Hawker Hurricanes was responsible for the shooting down of two Hein- kels, the crippling of a third and the chasing away of a fourth.

Hawker Hurricanes

After

the war

VERSAILLES OR WORSE?

Amsterdam, To-day. The Netherlands newspaper "Han- delsblad," commenting on the Vatican of Nazi terriorism, City broadcasts says that these may be considered a warning to the Western free nations to form a wall against barbarism and despotism.

On the previous Tuesday, two of the pilots attacked a couple of Hein- kels off the Northumbrian coast and saw one of them dive into the sea and break up. This squadron was thus responsible for the destruction of three out of the four raiders known to have been destroyed in these two days engagements and it must be remembered that the Royal Air Force counts as destroyed only those seen to crash and not those, no mat-

The world is asking how the Ger- ter how badly damaged, that manage to evade the coup de grace but man methods which justified the over- nevertheless possibly do not get back throwing of the Versailles Treaty can

be put alongside the cruelties at her to their bases.

Between 1916 and 1918, the pre-self is showing against the ama and decessors of... this squadron brought weak nations that are in her power.

Reuter down 149 German aircraft in France.

tion."

The

He added that the liquidator's claim was an immoral one, having no foun- dation in fact or civilised law.

THE EXHIBITS

Nails, respirators, Chinese and for- eign

clothing, woollen, cotton, and kinds of silk plece-goods, different

oint- electric torchlights, medicine,

tooth-brushes, biscuits, ment, canned goods, shoes, shirts, con- fectionery, cosmetics, sauces, preserved ginger, ore, electric-fans, bicycles, tricycles, batteries, toys, chalk, office and school

handkerchiefs, kerosene lamps, electric water-pumps, electric- were of heaters, were among the thousands of exhibits, many of which high quality.

CHILDREN'S THOUGHTS utensils,

ON WAR

Three hundred thousand German free school children are to receive "war diaries." In these books they are told to write down their thoughts and experiences. There is also a pocket for keeping newspaper cuttings and After the war "valuable pictures. prizes" will be awarded for the best- kept diaries.

ARTIFICIAL HONEY

A special ration of artificial honey ----- for one is being Issued in Germany weak only. Each person, is entitled to buý 4oz. of this substance, which resembles a mixture of tre

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There were also two stalls display- ing goods made by refugees. One, in charge of Mrs. D. E. Howe, displayed toys and the other embroidered goods.

Another stall sold Chinese call- graphic scripts in aid of the British War Organization Fund.

Among those who visited the Ex-

hibition were His Excellency, the Governor, Sir Geditry-Northcote, the Hou, Mr. M. Le Smithy Mis, E. L Wynne-Jones, Mr. J. H. B. Lee, Mins Alice Kwok, and the Hon. Mr. Phyllis Harrop, Mr. T.-N. Chau, Mia