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CESAR ROMERO - PAULINE MOORE SEN YUNG DOUGLAS FOWLEY
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***Fighting. Shoulder to Shouldefor
Defenders of
Empire Who
Never Know
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 19, 1940
CHANCELLOR INVITES LOANS FREE OF
INTEREST
London, To-day.
A COMMONS QUESTION PUT to the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer yesterday whether he would consider the rais- ing of a public loan free of interest for war purposes evoked the reply that he Government had already re- ceived such money from many public-minded citizens ...and institutions. Many people had indicated anxiety to show their patriotism this way and he therefore now ap- pealed to any person or company will- ing to advance money to the country without interest for the term of the war to send it to him.
their in
A certificate would be issued en- titling the donor to receive repayment three months after conclusion of the peace treaty.
An alternative procedure, parti- to lend cularly for those wishing under £100, would be to make a Post Office savinga bank deposit with Instructions to surrender the interest to the Treasury.
He invited persons and companies willing to make loans for a lesser per- iod than specified above to communi- cate with the Treasury-Reuter.
ELECTRIC
'PLANE ENGINE
Experiments with an electric aeroplane engine at the Mon- treal Aircraft Industry are stated by test pilot J. A. D. McCurdy to be "vary promising."
This power plant, which con- alsts of a 1,200 h.p. motor and bat- tary, the invention of a Toronto electrical engineer, is expected to give a new type of aeroplane a speed of 300 m.p.h. and a flight duration, without recharging, of three hours.
BROADCAST CIVILIAN BY PREMIER
London, To-day.
LOSSES IN MDUNKIRK EPIC
London, To-day.
A total of 125 civilians were killed and 81 wounded in aid-
The substance of Winston Churchill's state- ment in the House of Com- mons yesterday afternoon was given to the people of Britain and many parts of the! world last night in a broad-ing the Royal Navy remove the B.E.F. and French army cast by the Prime Minister.
from Dunkirk, regretfully Mr. Churchill said we have in this island to-day a large and power-announced the Parliamen- ful military force, including all of tary Secretary to the Ad- our best trained and finest troops, miralty in the Commons
numbering among them : scores
of
thousands of those who have already yesterday.
measured their qualities against the Four of the killed and two of the Germans and, found themselves. at wounded wêre civilian volunteers and no disadvantage.
the rest. were men fo the Merchant Navy
-The remainder of the broadcast was practically identical with Mr. Chur- chill's Commons statement-Reuter.
INCREASING SIZE OF ARMY
London, To-day.
He once again expressed the Navy's and the Admiralty's profound admira- tion for these men's spirit and cour- age.--Reuter.
arms,
Mr. Eden, Secretary of State for War, in the House of Commons yesterday, said that with this in view' the calling up af men for the fighting services has been greatly accelerated The difficulties of the hour have and in the last five weeks more men only stiffened the determination of have been called up than during the Britain and the Empire to fight on first four months of the year. Reu- and gather full strength in men and ter.
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