1940-08-14 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 14, 1940

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R.A.F. Operations From Jutland To Biscay Attacks Pressed

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PETAIN TO SUPPRESS FREEMASONRY

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A decree issued by the Vichy Government yesterday suppresses all secret societies, mainly Freemasonry. Other decrees with the procedure to be followed by the Supreme Court.

of "

Council

deal

The Ministers heard an outline of the Far Eastern situation by the Foreign Minister. -Havas.

LORD

****** NATIONAL

Despite Ice SHUTTLEWORTH

AN AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE STATES THAT TARGETS ATTACKED · BY |R.A.F. BOMBERS ON MONDAY NIGHT IN- CLUDED THE GOTHA AIR FRAME FACTORY AND OTHER OBJECTIVES IN NORTH-WEST GERMANY AND ENEMY OCCUPIED TERRI- TORY IN FRANCE AND HOLLAND.

The attacks were pressed home despite cloud and ice, and raids were also made on 17 aerodromes and the seaplane base at Bor- kum. From these operations four of our air- craft have not returned.

MISSING

Flying-Officer Lord Shuttleworth is miss- ing following air operations on August 8.

Lord Shuttleworth succeeded to the title last year on the death of his grand- father. His father "was killed in the last war. Reuter.

SHANGHAI HAS QUIET DAY

POLICY WEDDINGS

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A drive to promote the popularity of "national policy weddings," the cost of which is only 20 yen, is being started by national spiritual mobilis- ation headquarters in Tokyo.

Weddings are conducted as sim- ply as possible in homes and shrines instead of banqueting halls.

The exchange of bridal gifts is discouraged and reduction of the 000 dowry to 20 per cent, of the

usual sum is advocated.

The harbour of Helder, on the Dutch coast, was bombed in co-operation - with air- craft of the Fleet Air Arm. Medium bombers carried out daylight operations yesterday over an arca extending from Jutland to the Bay of the Third Anniversary of the out-

0000004 Biscay.

WHY NAZI PLANES FAIL

Among objectives attacked were the enemy occupied aerodromes,

at Waalhaven, Hingene, Caen, DE GAULLE

Cherbourg, Morlaix and the sea- plane base at Brest. Twelve of our aircraft have not returned.

The Air Ministry news service states that a tremendous explosion

FORCES

on the quayside during the at-! ASSIST

tack on Helder was probably an ammunition dump going up.

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FRENCH "75" GUNS, ADAPT. There was a series of smaller explosions as the pilot ED. "FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT,

circled overhead and stilt more WORK AND MANNED BY when the plane was far out to CREWS OF GENERAL DE GAULLE'S FREE .FRENCH

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Superior fuel and lubri- cation were assigned by the New York "Times” yesterday as the principal causes of the superiority of individual British Helder harbour.

of bombs across a dozen ships in NAVAL SHIPS, CLAIMED TWO ENEMY BOMBERS IN A RE- planes to German in per-

CENT AIR RAID AGAINST A formance.

A Hudson bomber got a stick

Gotha Factory On Fire SOUTH COAST PORT, STATES The newspaper said the best An aerodrome on Texel Island AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE- aviation petrol Germany can pro-was also attacked and buildings MENT FROM GENERAL DE duce has a rating of 72 to 75 oc-set on fire.

GAULLE'S LONDON HEAD. tunes. Some. German planes shot Damage to the Gotha factory QUARTERS, down were supplied with petrol was confirmed by a late arrival with an octane rating as low as over the objective 07.

American army fuels have rating well over 100.

whose crew

This was the first time Free French naval units had been in action.

When 100 Nazi bombers raided reported that their bombs led to in the heavy barrage of A.A. fire. ja naval base, French ships joined ajan increase in the intensity of

the. fire already burning. Germány is unable to produce

Hits the volume

were registered

the of lubricating oil wharves at Amsterdam and ex- needed to keep in good condi-plosions caused in

ion engines that burn 100-octane The blaze

the docks. two aeroplane machine-guns and Trophies of the battle, including| could be seen gasoline. Reuter.

the raiders were 30 miles away board the flagship of

Itwo Iron Crosses, are now

France's

INDIA'S

WAR EFFORT

The Viceroy of India, addressing the war gifts committee yesterday, re-

on

when

Munitions Factories

Bombed

Other targets included muni- tions factories at Lipstadt and Herrigen, and a blast furnace at Witten, where a fire broke ouf.

Free Navy-Reuter.

ENGLISH DEFENCES UNSHAKEN

on

Fires also blazed at Lastrup, THE ATLANTA' (GEORGIA)| Borkum and Dinard aerodromes, "JOURNAL" YESTERDAY, DE- Schipol airport and several other CLARED THAT THE GREATEST aerodromes bombed Reuter. AIR BATTLES OF THE WAR

erred to the expansion of PURCHASE

he Indian armed forces

and productive war effort TAX TO BE

"I would like. to seo an army

f a million men called into being

to defend these shores vord of command.

at the

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LEAVE THE ENGLISH DE- FENCES UNSHAKEN AND THE NAZIS NURSING“. DEEP WOUNDS.

DETACHED OBSERVERS RE- GARD THE NET RESULTS · AS A HEAVY BLOW TO HITLER'S DREAM OF CRUSHING THE BRITISH ISLES BY INVASION. —REUTER

RISE ON STOCK MARKET:

"Your impatience to see this SIR KINGSLEY WOOD, CHAN. ccomplished is natural. We may CELLOR OF THE: EXCHEQUER, All take heart and courage from ANNOUNCED IN THE; HOUSE he certain knowledge that the oF COMMONS YESTERDAY\HE whole country, with a unanimity HAD DECIDED: NOITTO:: PRO- which is immensely significant, is CEED WITH THE PURCHASE letermined at all costs, to pro- TAX ONY NEWSPAPERS: IN erve India from the malignant PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES ASH nfluence of Nazi power.

A FREE AND WIDELY DISTRI= Favourable news of the recent "I myself have seen factories BUTED PRESS WAS ESSENTIAL air activity was responsible for a in this country where fathes TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST.” marked improvement in senti- are turning and machines work- He also announced exemption inènt on the London Stock Ex-| Ing night and day, where from the tax of books and perio change yesterday with a conso- thousands are engaged in turn dicals, including printed music,quent upward movement of prices log out munitions and other leaflets, pamphlets, trade catalo-in all sections under the lead of war materiat în ever, increasing gues and other trade advertising|gut-edged securities and indus- quantities.

material and account books, but trials.. More buying was reported

"It is an inspiring sight and it diaries. will continue to be taxed. In practically all groups. Wall s only the beginning." -Reuter. -Reuter.

Street was irregular. Route:

Special dinners may be given in connection with the ceremony but the price should not exceed three yen: per guest in the coun- try and Ave yen in the city.

Size of wedding photographs should be reduced to post-card With the entire armed forces dimensions. Similar measures are mobilised in Shanghai yesterday, advocated for funerals.-Havas,

break of hostilities in Shanghai, no untoward incident occurred.

Chiang Kai-shek's manifesto was censored, but one-third of the text appeared

CAUTIONED

in the Shanghai Dr. Joseph Bank, siding at Evening Post and Mercury (Chin- Bishop House, was sur..moned be ese Edition).

fore Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at Searches were carried out by the Central Magistracy this morn- Japanese and French officials in ing, with failing to report his the French Concession but no ar-departure from the Colony on rests were made-Our Own Cor-February 28. respondent:

Defendant was cautioned.

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