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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 21, 1940.

R.A.F. KEEPS UP GERMAN WOMEN

THE GOOD

WORK

London, To-day.

BIG HAUL OF THE AIR MINISTRY announces that bomber air-

FORGERIES

A PARTY OF POLICE UNDER DET.-SGT. J. JOHNSTON ON SUN- DAY APPREHENDED A GROUP OF SIX PERSONS, INCLUDING THREE

craft of the R.A.F. maintained pressure on enemy lines of communication last night; oil re- fineries in north-western Germany were also suc- cessfully attacked.

LADS, ALLEGED TO BE PROFES- South of Brussels operations were carried out against

SIONAL AGENTS OF FORGERS, AND TO HAVE COME HERE WITH

A LARGE QUANTITY OF FORGED CHINESE NOTES.

railway stations and bridges; the railway bridge at Roux sustained a direct hit and damage was 'done to rolling-stock and the permanent way. denomination, were forgeries of notes Troop and tank concentrations were attacked in the Aisne sector, and near Sedan a lorry park was set on fire.

Some 427 notes found, mostly of $10

issued by the Bank of China and Cen- tral Bank.

They were arrested in Prince Ed- ward Road at noon on Sunday.

At Kowloon before Mr. E. Hims- worth this morning they were charged with possession of forged notes and with conspiracy.

They were remanded for two days. The police are expecting further de- velopments.

EXCUSE NOT ACCEPTED

That his family, particularly his brother, was constantly being bullied by members of Li Wah's family who loaned out money at high interest; that he armed with a chopper to protect his brother, he used the chopper in defence when Li Wah and several others at- tacked his brother, were statements. made by Chiu Tak at the Criminal Sessions this morning.

Chiu was found guilty of maliciously wounding Li Wah, employee of the Naval Dockyard; on April 1 at the Yaumati Vehicular Ferry Wharf, and was sentenced by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, to four years' hard labour.

THEFT BY COOK BOY

A fine of $10 or three weeks' hard labour was imposed on So Nam, 40, cook boy, by Mr. E. Himsworth this morning for theft from his employer, Mrs. Blackmore, of No. 94, Waterloo Road, yesterday.

Half bottle of whisky and three- quarters of a bottle of gin and various provisions were among the goods listed in the stolen property.

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From all these operations, involv ing a large number of R.A.F. bomb- ers, only two failed to return despite intense enemy anti-aircraft fire.

The aerodrome at Vernes, north of Trondheim, in Norway, was also suc-

attacked last cessfully

night. A large number of enemy aircraft standing out on the aerodrome were repeatedly bombed and machine-gun- ned by relays of Hudson aircraft. Much damage is believed to have been done and seven fires were started.

Matchless Courage From our fighter aircraft stories of matchless courage.

All day long they were called upon engage superior forces of the drive off formations of enemy, to bombers which continually harass the Allied troops and to attack their fight- er escorts.

to

come

From almost

every engagement they return having infilcted heavy losses on the enemy and immediate- ly take off again to renew the strug- gle.

Thus, in patrols over France and Belgium, one squadron of Hurricanes sighted over 100 enemy aircraft.

One Pilot's Bag

In a series of combats they dispos→ ed of 11, eight of which were enemy fighters.

One young pilot who took on four Heinkel III's, one after another, des- troyed three of them.'

Reports hitherto received confirm' that 30 enemy aircraft were destroy- ed by R.A.F. aircraft on Sunday and many others heavily damaged.

Victories against such odds are not won without less and 14 of our fighters are missing.

It is authoritatively fearned that

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fighter bombers of one R.A.F. group, fighting their way through waves of German

down bombers, brought over 50 Heinkels, Dorniers, Junkers and Messerschmidtson Saturday and Sunday with less than half that number of casualties to themselves. They watched 34 of their enemies crash and knew their bullets had put another 16 out of action.

Bombing Raids

WANT BABIES

WITHOUT MARRIAGE

A charter for unmarried moth- ers is demanded by an unnamed woman writing to the "Schwarze Korps," official organ of the Nazi Black Guards.

Every woman over a certain age, the writer states, should have the right to become a mother without marriage. Such unmar. riod mothers should be paid a lump sum for the initial expenses of motherhood and monthly sums If needed.

Any attempt to question the honour of the unmarried mother should be punishable by impri- sonment, she adds.

Commenting on the letter the "Schwarze Korpa" states: "TO- talitarian war is also decided in the cradle. Every soldler who gives his life blood without leav Ing children means one less mar- riage, one more unmarried wo- man."

WE LOST

Meanwhile, further details are now BATTLE OF

available concerning operations by Bomber Command aircraft on Satur- day night.

NARVIK

Objectives included large oil stor- age tanks at Misburg, a few miles

-IN AMERICA from Hanover, and important roads and bridges behind the enemy's Unes British propaganda is so bad that at at Gembloux, Givet, Dinant and Na-Britain's naval action at Narvik -

that time the most decisive and daring mur.

of the war was heralded in America as a "British defeat."

The attack on the oll storage tanks began shortly before midnight and before the last of the raiders left about two hours later, fires and ex- plosions made evident success of the bombardment.

At one stage of the operations seven bombs were seen to fall diagonally across the target and three big ex- plosions immediately followed. Several huge fires also broke out.

On the way home one raider re- ported that the oil storage, tanks at Bremen, which were bombed on Fri-

were still alight. day night, Reuter.

Harassing Operations

London, To-day. Further details are now available concerning the operations of the Bomber Command against the oil storage tanks near Hanover and the railways and junctions at Cologne.

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During the early part of Saturday strong forces of bomber aircraft had carried out harassing daylight attacks on enemy troops advancing on the French battlefield. This pressure was sustained during last night by a. fur- ther series of successful bombing raids on troops concentrations, aerodromes, lines of communication over a wide

area.

The daylight raids, the object of

It was announced on the U.S. radio that after two British destroyers had been lost, the rest retired to sea. There was no mention of the triumphant sinking of seven Nazi merchant ships or the three burning enemy destroyers.

Fortunately, after Mr. Chamberlain's speech, gloom among the pro-Allied. Americans changed to admiration, al- though there were still many "wise- cracks" about "British helplessness."

U.S. comment

"Britain is making a bad job of keeping America informed.".

was:

Even British M.P.s were surprised at the Admiralty's announcement, and there was criticism in the Lobbies yesterday that such great prominence should have been given to the loss of the H.M.S. Hunter and H.M.S. Hardy.

It was felt that this featured British losses too strongly, whereas more at- tention should have been given to our

successes.

SECRET

SUICIDE

which was to impede the progress of SQUAD

reinforcements. advancing on Landre- cies for the "Battle Of The Bulge" was

carried out by a force of Blenheim A Death's Head Brigade, it is re- Bombers in the face of determined op- position from enemy fighters and gun batteries..

Individual attacks on their targets were made by British aircraft, each machine dropping H. E. bombs from 1,500 feet with devastating precision.

Direct hits were registered on mo- torised columns, houses on either side of the main road collapsed across the highway, warehouses beside the railway were demolished, and several large buildings adjacent to an Important river road crossing were

hit and set on fire. British Wireless PRINCE BERNHARD SEES M. REYNAUD

(SPECIAL TO: "CHINA MAIL") Paris. To-day, The Premier, M. Reynaud, last even- ing received Prince Bernhard, Con- sort of Princess Juliana, with whom he discussed various questions pertain ing to the present situation. vas.

ported, is being recruited from the German Army in vast numbers to storm the Maginot Line,

The volunteera are young. They do not know for what they will be employed.

They know only. that, they are called upon to perform a task of vital importance and that they are [signing their lives away to their

Fatherland.

THEY TAKE OATH

Every man-and only those of the best physique are being enrolled--has

to take an oath to that effect..

They will keep on attacking it, it is said, until the Line is broken or until their army melts away under the Allled fire.

The enrolment has been taking place in great secrecy. There is talk In Germany, that Hitler is staking everything attack, and has

will be ensured by July,

on this