1941-01-16 — Page 3

By BUD FISHER

*/ COME OUT FROM

UNDER THAT BED

You COWARD!"

AND THEN 1.CAME

OUT!

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Colossal

British Needs

CEYLON'S FIGHTERS

READERS OF THE OF CEYLON" HAVE GIVEN

"TIMES SO FAR

£67,500 ΤΟ BRITAIN

FOR THE PURCHASE OF 'PLANES - ENOUGH TO BUY NINE FIGHTERS.

The latest contribution

'plane are pouring in.

WASHINGTON READY FOR

INAUGURAL

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Is Rear-Admiral McIntire

Britain will need £755,- £7,500 and donations for a tenth stated in Washington yes-

000,000 to pay for

pur- chases in the United States from January 1, 1941, to January 1, 1942.

iri

Readers of this paper have also given another £2,500 to the Lord Mayor's air raid distress fund.

The Chancellor of the Exche- yesterday expressed his warm appreciation of a gift from British, Indian and other residents of Bahrein Island, in the Persian Gulf, of £628.-Reuter.

This statement was made Washington yesterday to the For-quer eign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives by Mr. Henry Morgenthau, the Secretary of the Treasury.

Mr. Morgenthau added that, of thie amount, £366,000,000 would be in excess of British funds available for buying the United States.

In

Mr. Morgenthau was testifying in support of President Roose- velt's Lease-And-Lend Bill.

SOLD DAIRY FARM

BOTTLES

selling

terday that President Roosevelt will ride down Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday "in fine shape" for his inauguration.

"In recent years, particularly the last 12 months, he has been pushed pretty hard but the Pre- sident has truly amazing come- back powers. The terrific strain from his office may get him down occasionally but all he needs Is a couple of days rest at Hyde Park or Warm Springs and he bounces right back."

Meanwhile Washington is wit- neɛsing a frenzy of street de- Caught in the act of

corating for the history-mak - He presented a memorandum empty milk bottles belonging to

ing third term inaugural, showing that Britain's total dollar the Dairy Farm yesterday, Yuen

Thirty Governors have already exchange assets in the United Wang, 45. delivery coolie

em-signified their intention to attend States were £443,000,000.

ployed by the Dairy Farm, Was the ceremonies, and Mr. William Mr. Morgenthau stated that fined $20, or one month's hard Knudsen, the defence chief, will £218,000,000 worth of Britain's bour, by Mr. E. Himsworth at take advantage of their assem- dollar exchange assets were list-Kowloon this morning for steal- blage to get them together for a ed as liquid and replied in the ing 38 milk bottles. affirmative to a question whether the figures he had given related only to actual orders.

la-

bought but when it comes to find- He added: "This financial pic-ing dollars for anything like what ture means the British can pay they need they just haven't got cash for what they have already lit”—Reuter.

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Bash

4 Mulberry

6 River in

Tibet

11 To hang

loosely

13 Sounds 15 Siberian river

10 Moyed with

effort

18 City in

Nevada

19 Cereal, grass

21 Roof: edge

22 Teutonic

delty

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of a mile. 26 Cutting tool

29 Vertical

timber ori a

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31 BaRimo

settlement.

93 To leave.

34 Preposition

· 35 High...

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anger

in

47 Member of

a company

of actors

50 Babylonian

deity.

52 To narrate

53 Vehicle

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ether

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24 Western state

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serious discussion of State con- tributions to the defence

pro- gramme.

The celebration formally begins on Sunday night with an inaugur- al programme at Constitution Hall, Appearing will be radio, stage and screen stars and the National Symphony Orchestra, I Interna- tional News Service.

PROMOTION FOR SIR ANDREW

Sir Andrew Cunning- ham, Commander - in Chief of the Mediterran- ean Fleet, has been pro- moted from Vice-Admiral (Acting Admiral) to the rank of Admiral, dating from January 3.

Under him the Fleet has played a brilliant part in helping route the Italians along the North African coast and in various highly suc- cessful naval engagements in the Mediterranean.

Vice-Admiral Sir Max Horton

Is also promoted Admiral.

He was a submarine hero of the

last. war and as commander, of; a

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