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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1941.

IRAQI AIR FORCE SMASHED

No Longer Effective As A Fighting Force More BritishSuccesses

In Habbaniyah Area: Smashing Blows

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE HAS NOW BROKEN, IF NOT COM- PLETELY SMASHED, RASCHID ALI'S AIR ARM. AS A FIGHT- ING FORCE IT HAS CEASED TO BE EFFECTIVE, SAYS THE AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE, AND A SENIOR OFFICER OF THE R.A.F. IS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT WITH THE AIR FORCE "PRACTICALLY LIQUIDATED," THE IRAQIS CERTAINLY CAN- NOT UNDERTAKE AN AIR OFFENSIVE OF ANY VALUE.

LIFT PLEASE

"Lift please," a telling pic- ture of the difficulty in going places in England to-day.

AUSTRALIAN TRIAL OF STRENGTH

The final smashing blows were delivered on Thursday on landing grounds north of Baghdad and at the Rashid Air base.

R.A.F. Headquarters in Cairo announced yesterday that a very large fire, started near the Iraqi Rashid air base on Thursday morn- ing, was still burning fiercely in the after-

noon.

One pilot who has been on bum- erous Pads over Germany

France declared it was easily the bigg bluze

he had seen any-

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where. "Something very big and very repor tant," was the official description of the tre

Rashid aerodrome, a few miles from Baghdad, was founded by the known RAF and was formerly

as Hanaidi. Thousands of R.A.F. men have served there.

All British women and children. in Baghdad have now left for India by sea, it was also announ- ced in Cairo.

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American-built troop-carrying aircraft of the R.A.F. brought party numbering over 200 south of Busra from Habbaniyah.

Rescue Craft Fired On

The pilot of one alrcraft said his plane was shot at by the Iraqis who at the time were on the escarpment overlooking the aerodrome at Habbaniyah. "They must have known were taking women aboard and can have had no doubt who was [on board," he added.

We

These troop-carriers had taken reinforcements from India to Hab- | banyah,

given in a むし

Fuller details of the successful! operations again! Trap rebels in Hie Habbanıyalı arça in the past two days were munique by 1.A.F. Middle-East Hemdquarters in Chiro yesterday.

It is now known, stated the com- munique, that in addition to in- theting heavy casualties, the Bri-{ Ush forms, which included the Royal Air Force andl armoured cars and troups, captured a quantity of materials including six

large

other runs and armoured cats.

The Iraqi air strength

has

SOVIET TURNS ON YUGOSLAVIA

Following its removal of diplomatic recognition from

the

Shop-keepers in bombed London are showing considerable

Ingenuity in advertising their

blown out.

Here a hat-shop

goods in novel form.

Norwegian and Bel 4, WENT

gian missions in Moscow, the Govern- ment of the U.S.S.R. has now informed the Yugoslav Legation that diplomatic recognition can

extended longer be to that mission.- Reuter.

TURKEY'S

PART IN

DISPUTE

no

TO SEE QUEEN

[BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT}

Four-year-old Georgina Goddard went to Buck-

Palace-to ingham the Queen.

see

Georgina, whose mother is an ambulance driver, at Fleet, Hamp- shire, had a day off from school to show the Queen the latest fash- ons in children's rompers, and she came away from the Palace! with a doll.

she And though

was doing Government work-showing off our cotton goods before they are sent to America to be sold to help Britain's war effort-Geor gina was too thrilled at seeing the Queen to do very much mannequin work.

She walked up to the Queen, pirouetted once or twice to show both back and front, then calmly walked out of the drawing-room.

"The Queen was lovely. She cald could keep this doll," Georgina said afterwards. Georgina, youngest of the Afteen

pupils at a London stage school,

Sayid Haji Shawkat. Serviceible howitzers, a number oIraqi Minister of Defence, who arrived in Ankara on Air Strength Negligible Thursday night, has had interviews with the been made negligible. Twenty-Turkish Prime Minister, goods, started the show by going five enemy aircraft have been Dr. Saydam, the Foreign virginia Vernon, aged five, sec- One of these was shot down by Minister, Dr. Sarajoglu, old on the list to go in, comes

the Secretary- between the two wings of an RAF #ghter when attempting and

to bomb the cantonment at Hab-

General of the Foreign

A trial of strength seems to be developing.

destroyed or put out of action.

Tragi aerodromes. were bombed. At Shahaban four air-

who were asked to be mannequins cotton for the royal display of

in alone.

from Lancashire.

the Australian Federal baniyah. Labour Party, one headed

again Minister, M. Genencioglu. SHE'S ANTI by the Federal Labour craft were destroyed and Ave according to an Ankara leader, the journalist, Mr. others damugert, and, at Hanaidi telegram received in Vichy CURFEW

one Savola, three Bredas and one

machine-yesterday.

Yugoslav 'Planes

Curtin, and the other by other aircraft were Mr. Herbert Evatt, a for- gunned. mer Judge of the High Court, and Mr. J. A. Beasley.

There are indications the issue will be transferred to the secret arena of the Labour Party caucus.

In Action

A later said on the same sero. droma caused a huge

The talk with the Prime Minis-

Well-informed circles are said. to be maintaining great

reserve

Lifting of the

ten

warcs after windows have been employs an artist to display its

NEW U.S. SHIPPING SERVICES

The inauguration of

further

a service to the Red Sea area with ships of U.S. registry, and an additional service to China, was announc- ed yesterday by the U.S. Maritime Com- mission.

Refusing details the Commis- sion stated "We have adopted an ironclad policy of not giving. out any information of ship movements which might possibly be to Britain's detri- ment."-Reuter.

GERMANY PROTESTS

TO U.S.A.

Gerthany has sent a Note to the United States stating that the pro- posed legislation for requisitioning foreign ships violates internation- al law and the American-German Commerce Treaty by authorising the seizure of German ships with- the consent of the German,

out Government.-Reuter.

ter was a long one and was follow-O'clock curfew on the 180 ed by a Cabinet Meeting.

Leeds University girl stu- dents who live in hostels lowed out at week-ends, but if they are able to look after then- blaze regarding Shawkat's visit and the is planned as her first big selves af week-ends, why not on which undoubtedly was an oll Turkish press merely mentions the

arrival in two lines without com-job by Miss Daphne Wilde, other nights of the week?

twenty-two-year-old first First Woman Leader woman president of Leeds University Union.

dump.

ment. Reuter.

HONG KONG RICE SHIPMENT ~~~(SPECIAL-TO-uchina_Mail_?!)..

At present the girls are allowed only two late nights' a session to attend University dances... On

There was little to report from The possibility is being discuss other fronts except that in Abys-

"The new Summer Time "will ed of a change in party feader-sinia, R.A.F. and South African ship being brought about with an Air Force units together with a

also make a' difference. It would eventual move by the party either Free French flight, carried out

be silly having to be indoors to assume parliamentary power or highly successful raids on enemy

nearly two hours before ›dark." enter the National Government positions.

Miss Wilde, whose home is at Labour previously had declined Reconnaissance flights over the Rice prices continue to drop in other nights, if they are out after Yeovil, Somerset, was chosen from

500 girls at the University. For y Mr. Menzies repeated invitation Mediterranean were made by air- Shanghai, latest quotation being ten o'clock, they are fined 2s. 6d. to join the National Administra-craft of the Free Yugoslavia Air $123 per picul against $148 last "We think the rule both grand- years there has been a ban on tion but agreed to participate in Force.

week. The Council' first ship-motherly und pre-Victorian, Miss women being president. of the the Advisory War Council, of So far only two aircraft from all ment from Hong Kong. is arriv-Wilde told the "Daily Mirror." University union, but the war res which Mr. Evatt and Mr. Beasley, these operations have failed to re-ing to-morrow. International "Its only redeeming feature at sulted in no man student being are members-Reuter;

turn-Reuter.

News Service.

present is that the girls are «al-found to stand for office.....