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"You're picking winners well today- see if you can tell this whisky'

“It's White Horse, of course—

I could tell it blindfold "

R.A.F.

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 27, 1941.

BACKING GIRLS WILL

UP SIEGE OF KEREN

MANY RAIDS ON enemy positions in support of the successful military operations in Eritrea and Abyssinia were carried out by R.A.F. aircraft-on Tuesday, states an R.A.F. communique issued in Cairo.

Keren was again persistently attacked and several tons of bombs were dropped dur- ing the day.

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The railway between Addis Ababa and Diredawa was heavily and successfully bombed and trains, railway stations and bridges

Motor damaged.

transport the road was also bombed and machine-gunned.

on

Free French aircraft raided an enemy encampment 20 miles north of Gondar. Bombs fell amongst buildings and trans- port.

With fifty guests ready invited, a twenty- three-year-old hairdress- er called off her wedding R.A.F. bombers raided Tripoli. ires followed by explosions when she discovered the on the night of Monday, causing man she loved had a wife among Government buildings and still living.

But later in Liverpool Police Court it was stated that as soon

as the man can get a divorce

In the harbour.

Dodecanese Raids

OUTNUMBER MEN IN U.S. BY 1945

In 1945 there will be more women than men in America,, dc- cording to the Gov- ernment. Census Bureau. Reduction in the excess of males over females has been at the rate of nearly 100,000 a year, the Bureau said; which indicated that in about five years the United States would join most other na- tions in showing a fe- male majority. Reuter.

SAYS THREE GIRLS EQUAL ONE MAN

It takes three land girls to do the work of one man.

That is the answer to a sum farmer David Jenkins, of St. Aerodromes at Scarpanto and Athan; Glam.. set himself, ME. she is still ready and willing to Calato and shipping at Astropalla Jenkins is president of the Glam-

Island, in the Dodecanese,

were organ

branch of the National bombed and machine-gunned on Farmers' Union. Puesday.

marry him.

The prospective bridegroomi, Sydney Myer Franks, forty-one- year-old clerk, of Rodney Street, was fined £5 for falsely declar ing himself 2 bachelor for the purpose of procuring a marriage. He married his wife, Clara

"It not only takes three girls A number of German air-

to do the work of a man," Mr. craft on the ground at Scar-

Jenkins told reporter, "but panto were severely damaged,

they are also more expensive, At Astropalia, a merchantship received a direct hit and

"The girls get 38s. # week. machine-gunned and other damn-Three times that is 25 146.

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lived with her only three days. From all these operations our Last year he met Lena Lewis of aircraft returned safely. Reuter. Southport, the hairdresser.

Franks said he thought his marriage had been dissolved owing to his wife's bigamy.

Mrs. Franks had not been charged with bigamy.

Mr. D. H. Mace, defending him, said: "I allège against the real wife that she has married been out of at least thres times since her Mr. Mace, marriage to Franks."

"Land girls,” he added, "are hopeless when it comes to hard work, In all weathers. They aro all right for milking, wash-- ing battles and light joba, but

wo

want more men.

"The reason is that Franks has

"We are ordered to cultivate England," suggested

· 2,000 more, acres in Glamorgan,” Mr. Jenkins said, "but we are replied up against a labour shortage

which only men can fill.”

"Possibly one reason,” Detective Henry Smith said the detective.

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EL AGHEILA MOVE CAUSES NO ANXIETIES

LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE is attached in London military circles to the announcement in yesterday's Cairo communique that a small enemy detachment had occupied El Agheila - one of the farthest out- posts of the British defence in Libya, some 180 miles from Benghazi.

Certainly there is no cause for apprehension. El Aghella is but a small village and before the had a population of only about 1,000 of whom ten were Italians.

war

a landing. There is, however, ground for aircraft and a small wireless station.

We had only a small patrol reaching out to El Aghella and. this had been withdrawn before. the small enemy force took" possession.

The Germans have claimed that the place was occupied by the

along the Tripolitania:Cyrenal, ca-border. for some time past and the British Command de.. cided that in respect of the pro-. per defence of Cyrenaica, El Ag-- hella, was "rather exposed being cut off."-Router.

WOMAN

IN BLACK MYSTERY

"German African Corps" but so Government departments, her far information reaching London family and friends have. searched would suggest that this "corps" is in vain for The Woman in Black nothing more than an armoured Mrs. Caroline Maude Mann, vehicle or two which are acting as a sort of advance post.

Mainly Italians

The small enemy motorised des tachment which occupied the post For Et Aghella unopposed after the withdrawal of the British troops, consisted mainly of Italian motor transport, though possibly a numTM- ber of Germans participated, ac cording to the military spokesman. at headquarters in Cairo 'yester day,

He added there has been a

amount of patrol

aged fifty-seven, of Alberta House, Blackwall Way, Poplar, 'London, Ewho has not been heard of at her home since she was evacuated by motor coach..

Every Government department. that had a hand. In the evacuation has tried to find her. So have the Salvation Army and London County Council.

What makes It, dimoult to trace Mrs. Mann is the fact that she lost her Identity card and may not have a new one,dow When she left · home-she -was, dressed in black and was wearing Fan Identity disc on a necklot.