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ROOSEVELT SPEECH UNDERGOES REVISION

Dramatic War Developments Alter The Tenour

IN THE LIGHT OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS ABROAD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS REVISING THE SPEECH WHICH HE WILL DELIVER TO-DAY, STATED THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR. STEPHEN EARLY, AT THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY.

When President Roosevelt's address was

originally scheduled a fortnight ago, Mr. N.Z. GUARD Early warned reporters not to build it up as extremely important.

FOR KING

Yesterday, however, he said: "I can tell OF GREECE

you the President will be engaged through the

day into the night and most of to-morrow in

AN EXPRESSION OF THANKS AND DEEP APPRECIATION

revising his speech in the light of the rapidly FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY changing conditions abroad.

MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEA- LAND FORCES AND THE AR-

BY

BRITISH

EIGHTY-NINE MILLIONS ON NAVY'S A.R.P. SHELTERS

The Select Com- mittee's Report on national expenditure, issued yesterday, states that civil de- fence, including AR.P. shelters, amounted to £89 mil- lions for the financial year ending March 31,1941-Reuter.

DOCTOR SAVES THREE BABIES

STRENGTH

While the loss of H.M.S. Hood must not be minim- ised, the British Navy has 15 capital ships against a nominal roll of 12 avail- able to the Axis fleets.

But of these 12 only eight are now effective, Italy having los! her two 35,000 tons Littorio class battleships, une at Taranto and the other severely damaged Matupun,

at

Of her Cavınır class only two are available at the present time. one having foundered at Taranto anti one being damaged.

Of Germany's six capital ships (two them being the "pocket bat- fleships" Lutzow and Scheer), Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are have suil in Brest where they received considerable attention from the R.A.F.

Of the British battleships the ira Three babies and their mothers oldest is Revenge, completed

1915, and the newest is the Prince were rescued from a maternity

of Wales, commissioned in 1941, •

"Don't ask me to go into de-bis fireside chat than any speech RANGEMENTS MADE ZEN-home raid on a north-east town.

tails beenuse I can't. You will I can recall." his secretary, Mr

them when

Ret the Stephen Early, told reporters. Speech."

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was not

When a reporter informed Mr. Early that the German Foreign office

commenting Admiral Raeder's convoy inter- view, Mr Early declared " have got the idea that Berlin to-day is trying to do anything it can to becloud the President's speech and to anticipate something for your gentlemen between 2100m and Tuesday night."

Mr. Early added he would not be surprised if reportera were querying him about other Berlin despatches before Presi dent Roosevelt talks, Reuter.

Hood Sinking

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") International News says the President spent must of Sunday drafting his momentous fireside chat.

Speculation prevails that the President will vigorously chal-

Among those whom Presi dent Roosevelt has consulted on

KING'S

LAND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR THE SAFE IN GREECE,

OF THE CONDUCT PARTY DURING THE DEPAR- TURE FROM GREECE, IS CON-

A helper said she understood British Wireless. that the babies were not labelled. (but she thought the nurses would be able to sort them out and give

them to the right mothers.

Heroine of the rescue work was the drafting of the speech was

VEYED IN A PERSONAL LET. Robert Sherwood, the

playTER FROM THE KING OF THE " young woman doctor who lives

Inext door. has assisted with HELLENES TO MR wright, who

PETER

other Important pronounce.

NEW ZEALAND) ments.

The doctor's housekeeper, Mrs. Elsie Webster, said:

One

FRASER, PREMIER.

will

he will

to Cairo returned Mr. Fraser Jon Sunday night after a two days visit to New Zealand war woun rd in Egypt.

"The doctor was out bike a shot. We got all the babies out. was only four days old.”

The address, which

internationally, broadcast be translated into probably

Reuter, least six languages,

RECRUITING CAMPAIGN IN N'F'LAND

Newfoundland,

which

Mr. Fraser spent Saturday might on board a New Zealand hospital New also inspected. ship and

convalescent depot.

Zealand

speaking to the men on the periences. --Reuter.

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THEY TOOK FLOWERS--·

begins a recruiting cam-(BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT) paign on Monday next.

a of

Three members

of a London huspital.

rescue

One of

lenge Berlin claims that the food sinking and the Crete operations "have won the war" for the Nazis, and high Government officials ex- has received the following party stepped shyly into the ward peet emphasis will be laid on the fact that as in the past. the pre- message from Mr. Wins-them carried a bunch of flowers, sent war will not be won by any ton Churchill: single battle,

The "people of Newfoundland, CONGRESS LEADERS with their long history of hard- OPINIONS CLASHED REGARD. hips surmounted and their proud THE EFFECT OF THE attachment to the island on which ING HOOD SINKING OV PUBLIC their ancestors founded the oldest territories have OPINION IN THE UNITED British oversea

Jalready made a magnificent cop- STATES.

tribution in the war.

men to a tribute from brave brave girl.

Mrs. Rose Cunnolly, aged nine-

was wrecked by a bomb. teen, was injured when her home

Нег herolem during twelve hours she was trapped touched the rescue workers, The bomb killed Mrs. Connelly's

the

Some said it would spur agita- The tack of overcoming oppres-few-month-old baby girl, her own

tion for U.S. entry into the war,sion and the deadly threat to our others believed it would solidify civilis'ion calls for the utmost sentiment against the use of the endeavour from us all and I am U.S. Navy to convoy munitions glad to learn

greater that still ships to Britain,

efforts are being made in New-

I wish them foundland. success.

"It

Powerful Link Senator Joshua Lee said:

that Britain's lifeline is being strained. A powerful link in that chain has now gone.

means

"We should put our defence effort on a 24-hour basis. we don't step up our help to Britain

fighting Wo will be Hitler's forces alone some day.

Senator Clark, an opponent of U.S. entry as a "shooting part- ner," said he did not believe the Hood sinking would change the -determination of the American people "to stay out of the war,' and declared the

Hood sinking.

Anti-convoy

circles said

husband

mother-in-law mother, father-in-law. Her with the R.A.F.

and

is

Mrs. Connolly smiled as they handed her the flowers. The last her was time they had seon every

"With this spirit we shall not fail to achieve the final victory of right and freedom on which our British Wire- hearts are set."

Jess.

BRITONS DETAINED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") FOUR BRITONS AND A RUS- 24

when they dug her out of ten feet of debris and she had jok- ingly cried: "Go easy bays, you're treading on my face."

This is lovely of you, boys," said Mrs. Connolly as she buried her face in the flowers. "I was wondering how I could ever thank I didn't you for what you did. dream you'd come to see me."

"Huh, that's all right, missus,' said Jim Parton, one of her res- cuers, awkwardly. "We've got te look after our customers."

Then he and his comrades walked from the ward to go back to their job. They wouldn't have believed anyone who called them heroes.

DEEP SHELTERS TO BE BUILT

The Select Committee

on

anti-convoy SIAN WERE DETAINED forces were strengthened by the HOURS BY THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES IN THE HUNG- JAO AREA OF SHANGHAI FOR the USING A RADIO SET IN CHIN- Germans would certainly fire on AN UNIVERSITY, LOCATED U.S. warships if they convoy OFF THE SHANGHAI-HANG- munitions ships and U.S. warships CHOW RAILWAY TRACKS. would certainly shoot back, thus The party were picnicking in National Expenditure states. In its beginning war. International the University compound when a Report that plans are in progress News Service.

Japanese patrol heard the radio for the provision of deep shelters and took the party to Japanese for about 90,000 additional people. and 18 out of 20 shafts have been military headquarters.

The party was released luterbegun. It is hoped the programme "President Roosevelt is devot-and the radio returned.-Internin-will be completed by next winter.

British Wireless." ing more time to preparation of tional News Service,

Flaywright's Ald

ITALIAN PRISONERS ARRIVE IN SYDNEY

U.S. SHORTAGE OF FARM WORKERS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The U.S. Draft Director, Mr: Hershey. yesterday asked focal boards to consider the deferment of farm werkers engaged in the production of food vitally needed for national defence in a letter from Secretary of Agriculture The first contingent of Italiar Wickard saying there is a shortage prisoners of war arrived in Syd- of farm labour and food produc- hey yesterday and were sent to ation must be maintained-Inter- camp in the country, says Reuter national News Service.

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