1940-03-09 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 9, 1940

LATEST R.A.F. CASUALTY

EIGHT OFFICERS OF THE R-A-F. DECORATED: TWO MEDALS FOR MALAYAN BOY LIST

London, To-day.

EIGHT OFFICERS OF THE R.A.F. have been award- "I FLED FROM

ed decorations. Qualities of leadership were MY PEOPLE" displayed by one of the officers as flight-com-

mander of a squadron employed on long--COUNTESS distance day and night strategical reconnais-

sances.

Another officer on one occasion pursued an enemy aircraft for 20 minutes, finally forcing it to land and fall into Allied hands.

A third officer intercepted an enemy aircraft over the Eng-

lish Channel and shot it down in flames.

Two officers have been pioneers in

a new method of aerial photography: SENTENCED

Four sergeants receive the

tinguished Flying Medal, several be-

ing described as skilful observers and WITH NURSE

navigators.

One receives a decoration for good work during the raid on Wilhelm- shaven, when his aircraft scored a direct hit on a German battleship, and for his conduct in the engage- ment over the North Sea on January 10 between nine Blenhelms and five Messerschmidts.

IN INTENSE COLD

A wireless operator among the re- cipients was the first member of his squadron to carry out a second re-

territory, and over

connaissance

enemy over

cold intense flying in strongly defended zones.

"It is stated his ability had a very crews when the good effect on the squadron had suffered heavy losses.

MALAYAN-BORN

Robert Acting Flight- Lieutenant Voase Jeff, who was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1913, is awarded the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty.

CAVELL,

AIDS ALLIES

amazing This is the story of an coincidence, the characters in which are a French heroine of 1914-18-who was sentenced to die with Nurse Edith Cavell-and a soldier of France, 1840.

The story goes back to 1915 when; Louise Thuliez, then a college pro- fessor, began to aid wounded and lost Allied soldiers who were hunted by the Germans.

She gave them food, shelter, clothes and money and handed them over to the care of Edith Cavell, who help them to escape through

Holland.

In January, 1915, Louis Thuliez was arrested and sentenced to death, He was the first British airman to but the sentence was commuted to be decorated by the French, receiv-hard labour for life. Two months later ing the Croix de Guerre for a single-she was condemned to death a second handed fight against two Heinkel time with Edith Cavell. machines on the western Reuter.

front.

R.A.F. VISIT TO POLAND

London, To-day. Thursday's flight of the R.A.F. is the first over Poland to be announced by the Air Ministry. The machines flew 1,500 miles in a direct is 50 line to Posen, which miles within the border.

They also dropped coloured Verey lights over Stettin and Leipzig, as as thousands of leaflets Poland itself as proof that they had been there and to instill fresh hope in the Polish people.

well

German searchlights were

than

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over

busier

An attractive, red-haired Austrian countess at Marlborough-street (Lon-

do Police Court told how she tried to escape from her people, who fol-

lowed her to Holland and Germany to persuade her to return home.

She is twenty-two-year-old Coun- tess Edeltrud Claudette von Costenza. Frederick George Wharton, thirty- four, clerk of Braemar-avenue, Wem- bley, was further remanded on bail

London, To-day.

The names of 70 officers and men are given in the latest R.A.F. casualty llat.

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Among the missing is Group Captain H. A. Whistler, who was on board the air Iner Hannibal which disappeared a week ago while flying from Calcutta Alexandria,

The flat includes the names of 10 killed in action, four missing believed killed in action, 11 miss- Ing, 28 killed, on active service and 20 died on active service.- Router.

WORKLESS SEEK

charged with bigamously marrying ARMS JOBS

the countess, who at a previous hear- ing. said she gave him £25 or £30 for marrying her. He left her on the day of the marriage, she said.

Wharton denied ever going through a ceremony with the countess, and

his alleges that

birth certificate was obtained from him by a trick.

LEFT A8 ENEMY

Cross-examined by Mr. T. Dawson, the countess said that for five years she tried to escape from her people, but they followed her to Holland and Germany to persuade her to go back home.

She said Wharton did not know she was the Countess von Costenza when the marriage took place. He knew her as Miss Claudette.

Thousands of unemployed men are volunteering for immediate training for work in the engineering and metal industries as a result of the recruiting campaign of the Ministry of Labour and National Service.

in Every employment exchange the country is receiving large num- bers of applications from

men in many walks of life who are anxious to undergo training at once at one of the Government's training centres.

some

the

So keen is the demand in

necessary to areas that it has been make special staffing arrangements at the employment exchanges. Even with this extra help it has been impos- She wanted a British passport, she sible at a number of London ex- sald, to avoid being sent to a concen- changes to do more than take tration camp.

names and addresses of applicants. as an enemy,”

It is hoped, however, to place she said. "I and my friends did not

many of the men in actual training agree with the party. Her sole object in getting married in within a fortnight. In London there is a steady flow of 100 would-be re- June, 1937, was to get a British pass-cruits every day. Not all can be ac- port. She denied that she knew Whar- ton was married.

"I left Germany

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"NOT A BPY"

cepted. Although there is no upper age limit, some are obviously too old.

One retired clerical worker, living at Camden Town, who was insistent

She

the on his right to training as an engin- asked Wharton to tell police that she was not a spy as

eer, was 81. Many other applicants have had to admit that they were people-thought she was. --

well over 60.

to Edith She had the cell next

One Cavell in the Brussels prison.

Edith Cavell was morning

taken from her cell and did not return. Louise Thullez awaited death next morning but her death sentence was again commuted to life imprisonment | say to the police that he was with hard labour.

In 1917 one of her companions died In giving birth to a son. The boy was reared by a fellow prisoner.

The story moves forward to

year.

this

SERVING AGAIN Louise Thuliez is again helping the Allled soldiers, this time as a volun- teer in the French Army devoting her skill and understanding to organising recreation centres.

On a tour of inspection she said she would like to visit a recreation hall. She noticed one soldier in particular.

This young soldier was the boy Louise born to the companion of Thuliez In 1917 while they were held In the German prison.

There was an affectionate reunion

German aeroplanes" or anti-between the grey-haired heroine and

aircraft batteries, and all our 'planes the soldier.

returned to a base in France safe. Reuter.

PATROL · ACTIVITY INCREASING

Paris, To-day.

Patrols are more active along the Western Front now that the weather has improved and there were clashes between French and Nazi patrols on the east bank of the Vosges on Thurs day night, An enemy raid was re pulsed-Reuter.

ENCOUNTER NEAR VOSGES

Paris, To-day. Last night's French communique dd that in the morning an encoun- ter took place on the western side of the Vosges between a French and a German party which ended to the French-advantage Reuter,

RUSSIA'S NEW WEAPON IS MOLOTOV BREAD BASKET

Mr. Dawson: Did you tell him to

the

Count von Costenza?-No.

She said that except for passport purposes, she had not used the name of Wharton.

The number of places for trainees at the moment is 15,000. It is expect- ed, however, that 40,000 will be train- ed within 12 months.

Mr. Alexander Christie, portrait painter, of Kensington, said he was a Countess von Costenza. He saw that witness of the marriage and he identi- her marriage certificate fled Wharton as the man who married other name.

was in an-

LUXURIES OF RICH MUST GO BEFORE NECESSITIES OF POOR

London, To-day.

MR. C. R. ATTLEE, LEADER of the Labour Opposition, yesterday summed up our war aims as "The death of the Hitler spirit." This, he said, must precede any peace settlement.

manding Finland's A.R.P.

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"Before you can come to map-mak- ing you must come down to princi- The report does not mention a new ples," he said. "We do not admit device employed by the Russian bom-the German claim that they are a Helsinki, February 7. Russian planes dropped 6,800 bombs bers, which has already been nick-superior race, the Czechs and Poles second-class citizens and the Jews last week, in many cases to the ac-named "Molotov's Bread Basket."

This is an iron cylinder, 6ft. long no citizens at all. Besides the Euro- companiment of machine-gun fire, on towns, villages and even small, re- and 3ft in diameter, which contains peans, we claim a place in the sun for

Africans and Indians as well.") mote hamlets behind the Finnish war 100 small Incendiary bombs, front.

Some places were raided as often as nine times on the same day.

Civilians killed numbered 145, and 179 were wounded.

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Among the buildings hit were six hospitals.

The cylinder breaks in mid-air, and the incendiaries are scattered over a wide area.

In one raid in Southern Finland the other day six bombers dropped one "Bread Basket" each, and these were sufficient to spray an area two That is a summary

of the latest miles long by 300 yards wide with report issued by the officer · com- ifre.

With regard to sacrifices, he said that there was bound to be an in- crease in Government control. Many great industries were ripe for nation- alization. He was quite sure the whole nation would accept the nece sary sacrifices, but "the luxurles the rich will have to go before necessitios of the poor,”-Reuter.