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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1940

Russell and Brian Fairly bursting with pop, Rosalind Aherne have joined hands in Universal's zostful comedy, "Hired Wife." Working together for the first time, the stars are hav ing the times of their lives. And they look it in the above

as they photo, which the cameraman caught of them strolling around the studio.

were

ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES AT HOME

THE SILVER BEAMS which search Britain's skies every night are proving a great deterrent to German raiders and experience is showing that $2.90 when caught in the concentrated glare of the

$ .35 $1.55

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In response to numerous requests The South China Morning Post, Limited, invites sub- scription to

ASSIST A FUND TO BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT

which is being adopted is a convincing proof of the effectiveness of Britain's anti-aircraft defences.

BRITISH RULE THE CHANNEL

A young American war correspondent, Daniel A. Campbell, representing the United Press of America, came back from Boulogne the other morn- ing with a thick ear.

"I've been within two miles of the Fatherland,” he said, "and" ́I have seen nothing. of any in- vasion plans.":

Nevertheless, he told how the small naval vessel in which he was a passenger was shelled from the French coast.

"I was on the top deck when a shell burst within ten feet," he 'said, "and f' have not heard any- thing with this ear ever since. It fung me ten feet on to the lower deck."

Mr. Campbell was the luckiest war correspondent in Europe. For months the entire British and Empire Press have been seeking permission for such a trip, but always they have been refused.

In Possession

Mr. Campbell, who was grant- ed permission to sail, said the voyage was uneventful until they got near Boulogne, and then, in his own words;

"It Hitler had some troops awaiting а chance to make a landing, the R.A.F, mucked up the whole thing. You've no idea what a bombardment those aeroplanes of yours put up.

"I am quite certain that it will be impossible for Hitler to invade Britain so long as the R.A.F. can unload their stuff over there in the way that I saw them do it.

"We were so interested in the firework display that we went in within two miles of Boulogne Harbour, and the shore batteries opened up on us.

"You can zee for yourself what a cauliflower car i got. "So far as my left ear is con-. cerned I have no doubt that the British own the Channel:"

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There can be no doubt that the effective and continuous use of searchlights is an insurance against air-raids. Caught in half a dozen beams the raider, twist and turn as he may, finds it difficult to escape or to see where he is going and the more dazzle he experiences the greater his confusion.

As long ago as 1915 searchlights: Each searchlight unit comprise were used against Zeppelins; and some 350 men and 24 search- He was asked, he said, that a then as now, they had the effect ignts. About ten men are allotted Hurricane should be taken back to of making hostile aircraft seek to each post. They use the England from France before night- the less illuminated upper regions Army soundlocator, an apparatus fall, He had never flown this of the sky. In 1924 there began a based on the principle of human plane before and had had no time thorough reorganisation of Bri-heating. It has, large moveable to repair its guns. tain's searchlight units and from a trumpets for ears, four feet six Soon after he had taken off force of 2,500 men who were in .nches apart, instead of the human tracer-bullets began coming down training that year there grew the span of six inches. Two pairs of at him from the hillsides. "Foolish- present force of over 70,000. There | trumpets are used, one for the ly," said the pilot, "I shot up. have been big developments in the horizontal plane and one for the to about 8,000ft. to sail straight instruments used and in the tech-vertical, and when these are on the into a perfect pattern of horribly nique of spotting the invader.'sound line a calculation will noisy, black, anti-aircraft bursts. Searchlights with a candle power, show the approximate position of An unorthodox manoeuvre got me in the neighbourhood of 200 mil- the aircraft whose engine noise has out of this, but not before à Mes- lion throw powerful beams in been détected.

serschmidt flight-commander had every part of the sky.

On the accuracy of this calcula- dived to the attack. When the projector is at work tion depends whether or not the one man watches the ammeters 'plane will be found at the end of and switch while another directs the beam when the searchlight

sweeps into life.

The whole of the money subscribed will be handed to The Government of Hong Kong for the beam. transmission to

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT For the Purchase of Aeroplanes or such other Armaments as the British Government may decide.

Every detachment is fully armed with rifles and Lewis guns, and in this respect they provide an of- fective fighting force. During the operations in France searchlight units shot down at least five Ger-

man planes and on many occasions against air and ground attack. It

detachments joined in the defence

is not surprising that in recent months German airmen have at- tempted to machine-gun search- light posts in Britain."

Lonely Work

'Thereafter the chase went on up the village street and down a chateau drive and once almost through the chateau front door, 'until, suddenly twisting down- stream in a wooded valley. I slipped out to sea, where the fleet off Boulogne opened up on the pack at my, heels."

After dark on any night there may be half a dozền beams rov. ing the skies and there are German planes about, sooner or later they will pass through one

The speaker was recognised as of the beams Then what 18 called a "fiick over" occurs and Pilot Officer Louis A. Strange, who Immediately this is

retired from the R.A.F. in 1921 observed. neighbouring beams concentrate with the rank of Wing Comman- on the target, until it a fully Illuminated.

der.

Once the 'plane has been picked 15 WOMEN TO BE

up, it is held in the glare of the searchlights and passed on to suc- cessive groups of lights. Given

Detachments are necessarily good conditions the machine may scattered all over Britain with be in view for a hundred miles

CENSORS

Donations will be received by The South China Morning Post. Cheques should be made payable to “War Fund--South China mewhat lonely character. The and there is often cloud-cover for per week each to assist in the ex-

Morning Post, Limited.“

greater concentration at. vulner- although in Britain a clear clou- The Ministry of Information is able points and the work, is of adless night in the exception appointing 15 young women at £4 and difficulties of feeding, and

There is al-Famination" of newspapers ad-German machines. ministration are considerable and ways the difficulty of recognising periodicals for matter likely to be the non-commissioned officer in British machines at night, but useful to the enemy.

Their task will be confined to charge of each post who may be a steps, which are necessarily secret corporal. has to bear a heavy re- have been taken to minimise the articles which, under the existing voluntary system, have not been esprit de corps are, 'notwithstand- The sentry at each post is submitted to the Press Bureau. ing, of a high order. Wherever equipped with binoculars, whistle, It is suggested that these women possible the food is obtained at a and gas detector,

should be called “censorettes," but central kitchen and despatched ta The men: who man the Lewis their official designation in the each detachment for "re-heating. gun are on constant watch, more prosale one of 'examiners." :

All donations will be acknowledged in the sponsibility. The discipline and danger of firing at British planes.

columns of The S. C. M. Post.

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