1941-03-26 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 26, 1941. MUTT AND JEFF

KNOCK!

KNOCK! PAWN

SHOP

WHO'S THERE?

PAWN SHOP

WILL YOU COME DOWN A MINUTE? I'M IN A

HURRY!

THE STORE IS

CLOSED! WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANNA KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!

Library, Super.

Pagó

By BUD FISHER

WHAT? YOU WAKE ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO ASK ME THE TIME?

PAWN

SHOP

WHY NOT? YOU HAVE MY WATCH IN

THERE!

SCOTTISH SHE IS GOING TO

LION IN TEXAS

The city of San Antonio, Texas,

which recently passed a resolution urging the supply of

as many flying fortresses" to Britain as might be needed for our defence against Nazi aggression, has old connections with this country, and especially with Scotland,

During the war of liberation against Mexico in 1336 the Texans were besieged in the Alamo, the

PARIS TO TRY SAVE QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

ENGLISHWOMAN

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A BRITISH officer's widow "a woman with a most determined chin" is negotiating with the Nazis for the release of Miss May Louisa James, the English Y.W.C.A. warden detained in a Paris gaol by the Gestapo on a spy charge.

She is Mrs. Evelyn Beresford Fox, second in old Franciscan Mission in the cen- | command of the international staff of the Y.W.C.A.

tre of San Antonio. After a des- perale resistance the garrison of 183 men were overcome and slaughtered to a man

the Mexicans.

by

to

Among the garrison were Sco's- men, and when Texan freedom had been won the Scottish Societ ies of San Antonio presented daughters of the Republic of Texas ( a Scottish flag "in memory of men of Scottish blood had died for Texan liberty."

the red

So to-day the visitor to Alamo may see a gleam of and yellow in a corner of the chapel, the only part of the old mission which remains. It is the lion of Scotland rampant Royal Standard.

On મ

in Geneva.

Captain Beresford Fox, her hus-, Y.W.C.A, colleagues said. band, was killed in the last war,

"She is a petite woman of about 50, with and she

soft, fair hair, turning has since resumed

grey, and she has a most deter- American citizenship.

mined chin, which makes her the subject of much friendly chaff.

her

Mrs. Fox may go to Paris to in- terview the Nazis on the spot.

Aid For Others

In this case she will try to inter- cede also on behalf of two other Englishwomen imprisoned by the Nazis Miss Winifred Harle and Miss Florence Frickard, both of whom are under sentence of death on charges of disseminating copies of British broadcasts.

"But that chin illustrates her character. Whenever Evelyn Beresford Fox undertakes a task, she 5205 it through, however seemingly insurmountable the obstacles.

Far-Fetched

"The idea that Miss James could work is quite far-fetched. have been involved in espionage A tall, grey-haired woman of gentle ways. with а marked natural "I don't think a better person | dignity,

much she was always than Evelyn could have been more interested in people than in found for the job," one of

politics."

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Her sister, Mrs. Lister Knight, of Knowle, Devon, has received a letter from Miss Mable D. Brown, an American citizen, stating that Miss James was doing wonderful work for the 40 Englishwomen left behind

the Y.W.C.A. Paris hostel, also among British prison- at the Fresnes internment

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