1941-03-15 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1941.

SOMALILAND CAMPAIGN ENDING

Capture Or Surrender Of Last Italian Remnants

12 GIRLS

FORM FIRE Abyssinian

BRIGADE

Twelve garis have formed a fire brigade in the Yorkshire village at Leeming Bar.

Most of the men in the village are engaged on A.R.P. and Home Guard duties. but an A.R.P. war. den found time to train the girls, who

clerks, include typists, domestic servants, factory em ployees and a shop assistant. Their ages lange bom saxtern to twenty-jour, and all on

Operations

Proceeding

BRITISH

OPERATIONS IN

ABYSSINIA

Cagerly CONTINUE ACCORDING TO PLAN, WHILE

IN OPERATIONS UP

waiting their chance to show what they can do

pelt. granddaughter of Mrs. A. E.

MOPPING

ITALIAN Pwenty-two-year-old Mary Ca- SOMALILAND ARE RAPIDLY ENDING WITH King, the local innkeeper, told THE CAPTURE OR SURRENDER OF THE irporter: "Mr. Fred Jackson, of

LAST REMNANTS OF THE ENEMY.

Leeming

Milburn-terrace, was the founder and trainer

Bar

ir squad. He is delighted with

our progress.

for

These latest developments are contained

We held dances to raise funds in an official communique issued in Nairobi

and equipment

Mothers and fathers who

1. have

never been to a dance for years came along

The newest man fire brigade

is at Bedale, two miles away. Thev

might be busy so we want to be able to deal with an emergency in

yesterday, which adds:

"Since the advent of the topees and slouch hats of the Imperial troops, which are now a familiar feature in Italian Somaliland, as they were in Kenya, fresh confidence has Another member, Betty been installed in many native inhabitants and "We have not quite devid-conditions throughout the occupied territory

are rapidly becoming normql.”

our village

Miss

Hanks, twenty-two, railway clerk.

sand:

ed on the style of the uniform, but! It may be the trouser type of over- all with a tin hat."

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The WING ON

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Meanwhile R.A F. fighters and the burbers continue to punish Italian armies in Albania and Africa with remarkably few losses. Here are the highlights of their by latest activities as recorded the R.A.F. Middle East coin- munique:

and

TWO-OCEAN NAVY BILL ENDORSED

The U.S. House of Representatives yes- terday passed, and the Senate endorsed, a Bill for $34,000,- 000,000 to help fin- ance a United States two-ocean navy.

Funds for building six battle-cruisers of

a new type are pro- vided in the Bill. Reuter.

SAYS FIREMEN HAD NO FOOD

Criticism of Manchester's han-

dling of raid problems was

ans-

wered when the City Council dis-

NO-GLAMOUR GIRL IS STAR

">

This is an "I remember when

story. Four years ago, in a barn thea- tre in a little Surrey town, a bunch of hard-working youngsters were running their own repertory com- pany.

They had just come down from and because dramate academy they could not find producers with enough faith to give them their chance, they had banded together to try to earn their own living.

по business man- They had agement, precious little capital. Ringleader was a girl.

About five-foot-nothing, with an elfish, cager little face and a shock of untidy hair.

She produced all the shows, played the principal part in most of them.

Her name was Mary Morris. She was just nineteen,

Leslie's Promise

cussed the Emergency Committee's would be proud to sign-to play

report on the recent air attack.

It was alleged that firomen working during the rald had no

more than food for

twenty hours; that the number of rest centres and their equipment were inadequate, and that there had been delay In re housing homeless people.

Alder-

"The Government are largely Libya. The naval basin

to blame in the matter of people main quay of Tripoli were heavi-failing to take any notice of the ly raided on Wednesday night.irewatchers order," said Bombs [ell along the entire

man J. Toole. length of the quayside, causing fres and very large

"The Government should tell near the lighthouse. A road the owners of big buildings who junction and military buildings take no steps to prevent fires when

fallen, bombs have east of Tripoli were bombed,

that there will be no compensation for them if the buildings are destroyed."

explosions

Keren Raids

Eritrea.

way and

Motor transport,

troops, gun positions, and rail-

road

bridges were

of

bombed and machine-gunned around the Italian fortress Keren.

Abyssinia.-The South African Air Force continued to give sup-

port to the

troops.

advancing British

Albania. Sesseno Island, off Valona aerodrome was

on Wednesday night

bombed

and con-

Now Mary Morris has been

any given a contract

film girl

lead opposite Leslie Howard in a film "Pimpernel Smith." And no one was more surprised Mary.

than

"I'd heard a lot about Mary: Morris, Leslie Howard told a never met her

reporter, "but

till last week.

I WEB "People who knew hunting for a leading lady kept mentioning her name and then spoiling it all by saying things like: 'But you wouldn't like her,' or 'She isn't the type,' or 'She's the last person in the world for 'you.'

"We've had to change the script to suit her personality. Originally the part was designed for a glam- our girl.

"But I think I can promise an unusual kind of love story."

BURNED RICHES

SHE HID IN GRATE

Fearing burglars, a jeweller's widow placed her siderable damage done.-Reuter. jewellery and £128 in notes in the grate of her flat

GENERAL FIRMNESS

ON STOCK MARKET

was

The London Stock Exchange very quiet yesterday but generally firm except for indus- trials, where sentiment was ad- versely affected by reduced which caused cement dividends,

"for safety" and covered it with firewood.

When she returned in the evening she forgot

the valuables and lit the fire. The money and most

of the jewellery, including a £350 pearl necklace, were reduced to ashes.

In the King's Bench Division she claimed that the loss was covered by a fire insurance policy.

TENANTS

PAY GUARD

"If a cook left a turkey in the oven too long and It was burned to a cinder, there could be no Mr. H. D. cialm." replied Samuela, K.C., for the under- | Landlords and tenants are ar- the Government's writer who contested the claim-guing about Where damage was done by Are plan to appoint fire bomb fighters

fire was in-

on all substantial buildings.

sharp declines in the shares con- cerned. Home rails met with further provincial enquiry while Brazilians were again supported. in the place where Oils were idle as were Kaffrs, tended to be, he submitted, such apart from early Cape buying fire was not covered by an insur- Wall Street was quietly steady.ance policy. Reuter.

NURSE'S RESCUE AS BOMBS FELL

A. R. P. Nurse Ivy Marsh res- cued a wounded police officer- from beneath wreckage and at- tended his wounds as bombs were crashing about her in an East

Midland town.

Presenting Miss Marsh with a gold watch, the Chief Constable said. "The police wish to mark your gallantry and courage."

Before rescuing the officer, Miss Marsh was burled by debris when a bomb wrecited the building oc- cuplod by her unit. She was stunned by the explosion, but crawled unhurt from the wreck. age and carried on.

Became Nervous

Mrs, Flora Harris, of Chartfield Avenue, Putney, S.W., widow, of the late chairman of Mappin and Webb, Ltd., claimed "from Mr Kenneth Gordon Poland, a Lloyd's underwriter.

vous.

Some tenants have decided to loave roof-top watching to the landlord.

say it is his They building and he should be re- sponsible.

Landlords have rejected the responsibility and suggested that the tenants should take it in turnş to guard the roof against incen- diaries.

Mr. M. Berryman, for Mrs. Har- The order just made under the said there had been an at- Defence Regulations by Mr. Her- tempted burglary at the flat. That, bert Morrison, Minister of Home was why Mrs. Harris became ner-, Security, provides that a fire- bomb fighter be present on pre- "She lit the fire and went to 'mises in which more than thirty bed in complete ignorance of what persons work, and-states that the she had done," he added, saying, occupiers of the premises are re- she did not remember it until sponsible for this. next morning.

A solution has been reached fa Mr. Samuels sald there was no

instances. The landlord. suggestion that the claim. was some

pays half the wages of a fire other than perfectly honest,

Mr. Justice Atkinson reserved | bomb-fighter and the tenants pay

the other half among them. Judgment.