1941-01-10 — Page 33

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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 10, 1941.-

13,000 TRAIN IN CANADA BLITZ

FOR

ABOVE FORTY centres stretched across Canada thousands of young Empire flyers are rehearsing Hitler's funeral dirge. Every day this dirge, played by engines of giant bombers, becomes louder and increasingly ominous as more and more young men take to the skies.

It will not be so long now before these young men, who are products of the Commonwealth air training scheme, are pouring across the Atlantic to give Hitler and his Huns the blitzkrieg that will end all blitzkriegs.

After painstaking investigation of this training plan and of other war activities in Canada, I can say with certainty that if Hitler knew what's com- ing to him he would go crazy at the very thought of it, and Goering would shiver himself into a skeleton.

There will eventually bo eighty-three schools in the Com. monwealth plan. With incredi ble speed aerodromes for these are already almost completed. The censor will not permit ine! to describe the full details of the plan of operation which will pre- cede Hitler's funeral, but cume with me to it typical traming school where I write this.

Their Own Theatre Alter Long challenged by sen- fries and having our credentials studiu ly examated we enter a nuhature city where hundreds of young Canadians, Britons, Aus- tralians, all budding aces, are re- ceiving their training with many officers, instructors and mechanics helping them.

William Shaw. It has its own or

is now training over 5,500 pu- pils as pilots, observers or gun. ners, while 7,500 are training as mechanics, service and main. tenance men.

Within a few weeks the total in training will rise to 15,000.

And, Mister Hitler, this is only a beginning. When this scheme is! operating fully it will be producing about 25 600 annually.

WARNED

OF RED

CAUTION

BOMB-PROOF PANTS

From a house wreck-

ed in a raid on the outskirts of London a bedstead WOS flung over another building and across two gar- dens. It landed on its legs, in a front gar- den

With the bedclothes still in place and pair of neatly-folded trousers still hanging over the back.

MINESWEEPING IS

A CHANGE

AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. MAN, CLIMBING OUT OF DE. BRIS WHICH HAD SHOWERED OVER HIM IN A FASHIONABLE LONDON SUBURB, WAB AP. PROACHED BY A WARDEN,

They began 10 chat. and the American asked the warden if he ever became tired of his job.

"Sometimes," the warden 14- plied, "but when I'in fed up a bit

I get a few days off and go mine- sweeping."

Warning to the Turkish This story is told by the Ameri-

the

The city has its own magazine, people not to expect any current letter to America, as being cans-in-Britain Outpost, in their edited by English born Corporal dramatic move by Moscow! typical of chestra, own theatre. Shaw is was given in the semi-of-heroes of the battle for London"- busy compling a little dictionary, ficial Ankara newspaper Raid Precautions squads.

to

ease the language difficulties between Australian and Cana. dian cadets. For example, he translates the Austalian expres tion "cuckoo" as "plain nuts." One of the fire men we meet is James Cole, ot Runton, Norfolk, here with twenty other British cadets.

. Cole says "Tell them in Eng- Jand our training here is magni- ficent. Canadian, are kindness it- self. They've done every hing pas- sible to make us happy. Nothing has been too good for us.

But 1 want to ge back to England be- cause I'm anxious to see action

Thousands Of Pupils

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Among other Britons I met was Stephen Appleby, who forsook successful career on the New York stage to come to nada and en- list.

"Ulus."

The editor who wrote this seemingly inspeed article referred to two recent denials from Mos-

The first contradicted a ro- port that Russia favoured а grouping of Britain, Turkey, the Soviet Union, Greece and Yugo. slavia. The second denied the Cerman statement that Russia had been told in advance of the Nazi move into Rumania, "There is

no doubt that these derials. particularly the second open the way to fanciful fore- casts," said "Ulus."

"The Soviet Union, in face of

the struggle which threatens to become world-wide, la con- cerned only with her own in- terests,"

In Ankara this article is regard- ed as an authoritative declaration that the Turks should not be too Operated by p.staff of over confident of Sovlet aid should 16.500, the Commonwealth plan. Turkey become involved in war.

as yet unsun.

the men and women of the Air

SHOT WOMAN: THREE DETAINED

Three men have been de aine:1 at Edmonton, Landon, N., in con- nection with the death of Miss Gwendoline Cox, aged forty, manageress of the off-licence at- Jached to the Alexandra Park Tavern, High Road. Wood Green.

She was shot during an air raid while in charge of the off-licence. While detectives were question- men, ing the three

Sir Bernard Spilsbury was making a post mor- tem examination of the body at Tottenham, where an inquest is to be held.

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