1941-06-18 — Page 16

INTENSE

AIR

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 18, 1941.

BATTLES

SYRIA

IN LIBYA AND

R.A.F. Loses Nine Planes In Heavy Day

Strip Tease Shocks Shanghai

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]

Five Chinese strip tease dancers were hauled arrested and

on

police to court in a raid

а crowded Shanghai burlesque theatre yesterday.

Packed screaming and kicking into a police van, the girls faced the judge in hastily slipped on robes and were sen- tenced to 50 days in gool for "'immoral dancing."

Interna-

tional News Service.

PAYMENT OF CHINESE SEAMEN

Cooperation In Western Desert War

R.A.F. SUPPORT of the British forces in the Libyan and Syrian battles, and heavy raids on Benghazi and other enemy bases, are the high spots of yesterday's R.A.F. com- munique in Cairo.

The communique says that, in Cyrenaica, the Imperial Air Forces were continuously active throughout Monday in support of the operations carried out by our ground forces..

Numerous sorties

were

w.a8

made!

Patrol In Syria

In Syria, British and Australian aircraft continued to support the ground operations and to main- shot lain patrols over supporting units.

Our bombers carried ME

out #t

Direct hits were made on m'li- by our fighters to drive off air- tary objectives at Bardia.

and! craft attempting to bomb

in machine-gun our troups, and

bombers many instances enemy

to jettison their were forced bombs without attacking.

In the course of combats one

109 Messerschmidt down and several other 109'a and 110's were severely successful raid on Rayak, damag- aerodrome was ing the runway and damaged. One Hoinkel

buildings and causing a large ex- destroyed on the ground. During Sunday night Benghazi plosion. harbour, several enemy aero- of dromes and concentrations motor transport were heavily at- tacked. A number of fires were started in Benghazi harbour.

Bardia Strafed

num-

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Shipping, at ques-

At Bardia, aircraft of the tion time in the House of Com- mons yesterday, disclosed that Fleet Air Arm started large fires the Ministry had discussed very among enemy vehicles, a fully with Mr. Quo Tal-chi, late ber of which were destroyed Chinese Ambassador in London, damaged, the question of the payment Chinese seamen.

or

of: Fires were also started on the landing grounds at Derna, Mar- He added: "I am glad to say, tuba and Gazala, where there have been no recent dif- fell among ficulties with crews in this coun- many of which are believed

have been destroyed. try."-Reuter.

Australian aircraft machine-

a con. gunned and damaged centration of enemy mechani. cal transport near Quenieran. A number of Junkers 88's were intercepted off the coast by R.A.F. fighters on patrol over British ships, one of the enemy being shot down and a number of others damaged.

FROM ALL THESE OPERA- TIONS NINE OF OUR AIRCRAFT ARE MISSING.-REUTER.

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the famous Disposal Squad who saved St. Paul's Cathe- dral last September by removing a one-ton high explosive delayed action bomb buried on the south-west corner of the Cathedral, was decorated by the King with the George Cross at a recent investiture at Bucking- ham Palace.

He was Corporal George Wyllie, to whom fell the task of actual discovery and removal of. the bomb.

When the bomb was dug

up, the Removal Squad, commanded also by Lt. Robert Davis, who received the George Cross, loaded the bomb on a lorry, and drove it to Hackney Marshes, some miles away, where it was ex- ploded.

Corporal Wylile is a bachelor of 31 years and was a grocer In Scotland 'until eight years ago. Before then he was: work- "Ingin an' aeroplane factory In

England.ge

As the King pinned the Cross on his tunic, a Court official read out an account of his deed, "for conspicuous bravery.

h's un- tiring energy, courage and dis- regard for danger was an out- standing example to his com- rades."

The King

asked Wyllie, how long it took to remove the bomb. "Three days, Sir " Wyllie replied.

Reuter

JULIANA HONOURED

AT PRINCETON.

Inna kwas awarded degree of Doctor of. eton University-yes-

STOP PRESS

The discovery of a Rightist plot is alleged by the Buenos Aires evening paper "Critica." Police investigations, the paper declared yesterday, have revealed that leading military persons, reactionary and Rightist intellectuals are involved.

Government circles Bre silent but "Critica"? insists the situation is serious.

The newspaper points to the recent increase in the number of Nazi and pro-Nazi publications which, under the guise of neutrality, are frustrating Argentine friend- ship with Britain and sup- port for the united Americas policy,

Calling on the Government for energetic action, "Critica" says "The Government has isolated Argentina from her historic friendship, an atti- tude which suggests, although it is not so in reality, Argen- tine adhesion to the Nazi cause and the break of a traditional friendship." Reuter.

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Canada and the United States have established a joint committee of inquiry to “ex- plore the possibility of a greater degree of mutual economic cooperation."

This was announced by the Prime Minister's office in Ottawa last night, where it was stated: "This joint in- quiry marks one further step in the implementation of the declaration of President Roosevelt and Mr Mackenzie King at Hyde Park on April 20."

The

will be committees called the Joint Economic Committees and will study and report to the respective Governments the possibilities, firstly, of effecting more. economic efficiency and co- ordinated utilisation of the combined resources of the two countries in the production of defence requirements and, secondly, reducing the pro- bable economic dislocation as a result of changes which the economics of each coun- try are now undergoing. Reuter.

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