1941-01-30 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 30, 1941.

HUGE

MEET HITLER SHORTLY

ARMOURED PETAIN TO CITADELS FOR THE NAVY

(By A Shipping Correspondent)

BRITAIN'S FIVE NEW BATTLESHIPS, WHEN IN SERVICE, WILL FORM THE FIRST COMPLETE SQUADRON OF NEW CAPITAL SHIPS TO JOIN THE ROYAL NAVY SINCE THE GREAT WAR.

Already the Navy has been reinforced by the first of the King George V. class, laid down in 1937. The King George V., Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Beatty and Jellicoe are the most formidable battle- ships ever built.

These 35,000-ton warships, cost- mg £8,000,000 each, have homb-

our plating and all the aufi-arreraft devices.

latest

Geared turbines developing 130,000-horse power, will drivu them through the water at # 30 maximum designed speed of knots This is five knots faster than the speed of any exuting British battleship.

Besides the inam arınament o

battleships

14 guns the

new

will carry a secondary battery of

16 525m.

GIRL IN

DARK SAW MURDER

Sitting in the shadows The 5.25mn. gun is new wea-behind the counter of a pon for the Royal Navy It was North London hotel, a girl] The Bonaventure class in 1938. It was a mute witness of the is the result of long experiments murder of a friend and and tests and has proved itself

Arst mounted in the cruisers of

capable of attaining a high rate colleague.

of fire combined with tremendous hitting poWYE

and accuracy at Jong range,

I am informed that this fun, on past performances, considered for superior to naval medium-calibre piece veloped by any other natica

Like A Puzzle

nev

As the strains of dance musie from the crowded hotel lounge a few yards away mingled with the dull boon of A.A. guns, Gwendu- isine Cox, forty-two, the hotel ofY- any licence manageress, fell dying be- dehind the counter with a bullet from the revolver of a masked bandit in her chest.

And

bandit as the

stood, il smoking revover in hand, the un- seen witness of the tragedy ran into the lounge screaming. "Miss Cux has been shot!”

Over a third of the displace ment of these capital ships devoted to armour protection. The will enable them to receive teri

The band stopped playing, cus

fe punishment without their Bight-tomers jumped to their feet, and Ang efficiency being impaired.

Naval experts have compar

the landlord vaulted the counter.

ran into the eff-licence. and

ed to me the general design of found Miss Cox lying bleeding on

their

Chinese Interiors with a puzzle-box. That ic. Берагае inner hulls are fitted into the outer shell.

tend

1

Magazines, engine and boiler toons and all other interne vil- nerable spaces are contained the inermost "bus" rounded by thick arHOUT Lets In this way vital parts are com pletely isolated from the effects of explosions which might break the outer hull er even shatter the first of the inner hulls.

The floor.

In her lap was a bottle which she had picked up to defend her- self when the gunman with tw other men crashed into the little room during the air raid.

Died In Man's Arms

the landlord Kneeling down, star-

placed his thumb in the wound in the dying woman's chest in a vain attempt to stop the bleeding. His wife ran to the door and heard in the darkness the sound of a high- powered car being driven away.

She died in the

In the event of a hit by a tor-Gwendoline Cox never recovered pedo, mine or shell, damage will consciousness. be localised and the rush of landlord's arms. water confined to a small area of the hull.

Two thick belts of deckar- 'mour extending from side to side of the ships and covering all vulnerable compartiments provide the maximum possible protection #gainst plunging shell fire and aerini bombardment.

It was at nine o'clock at night that the door of the off-licence of the Alexandra Park Tavern, High Road, Wood Green, swung open, A Miss man walked in and asked Cox for a brand of cigaretttes she did not stock.

Miss Cox's friend, Alice Higgins. was sitting in the shadows. A few Even the bridges and gunnery seconds later three men entered

 them had control towers are enclosed in a One of

black silk heavily armoured citadel. And handkerchief over the lower part between the two funnels on each of his face and his overcoat collar ship is a hangar to acconimodate turned up. *planes.

4-Gun Turret

In their armament King George V. and her sisters strike an en- tirely new note in British prac- tice as the main battery of 10 14in. guns is mounted in two quadruple and one double turret.

This man pointed a revolver at Miss Cox.

The story of what happened then has been told to the landlord by Miss Higgins.

"The man said, 'I want the money. Put your hands 'up,'" the landlord told a reporter. "'I should say so,' Miss Cox sald. Then she plaked up a bottle to defend herself,

The four-gun turret was first used in the French battleship "At close range the man, who Dunkerque. But whereas the suddenly saw Miss Higgins jump Dunkerque mounts 13in. guns, to her feet, tired a bullet at Miss the 14in. guns of these new Bri- Cox. Miss Higgins was able to tish battleships will be the give the police good descriptions heaviest weapons yet mounted in [of the men, quadruple turrets.

}

No torpedo tubes will be mounted, as naval opinion, am told, inclines to the view. that torpedo work is no longer within the province of the capt tal chip, which can attack more effectively with her guns,

"Miss Cox's home was at Scar- borough. She was not afraid of| anything, even air raids."

DIVORCE AFTER

45 YEARS

Married forty-five years ago, Mr. Orton Watson, of Beaumont

Each of our new battleships Road, Bradford, was granted a [will carry a crew of 1,500 officers decree nisi in the Divorce. Court and men. They were launched because of desertion by his wife,

considerably more advanced In Sarah Ant. equipment than is customary. And

Mr. Watson's case was that his

when this happens the time of wite went to her two daughters in completion for sea lɛ, of course, Australia in 1922, and had never «correspondingly shorter.com

returned..

Hitler and Marshal

may

meet

Petain again shortly, accord- ing to Ankara radio, which declared last night that there were 'certan persistent re- ports" suggesting such

a move.

Vichy's representa- tive in Paris, the Count de Brinon, has returned with just Hitler's reply to Mar- shal Petain's recent Note.--Reuter.

NAVAL BUILDING BILL PASSED

The Bill authorising the alloca- tion of $909,000,000 for expand-

was

ing naval construction facilities anel building 400 small Navy

raft,

passed by the U.S. Senato yesterday and sent to the

Minesweepers. and submarine White House for signature. chasers are included among erafi

to be built.

Reuter

FIVE BEHEADED IN BERLIN

TO EVERY MAN THE STRENGTH OF TEN!

UNAID