1941-06-28 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1941. MUTT AND JEFF.

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SEE HERE! YOU FINISHED THREE BARS AHEAD OF THE BAND! WHY DO YOU INSIST ON PLAYING FASTER THAN

THE REST?

OH, I DUNNO!

A HABIT?

I GUESS IT'S

糕

A HABIT!

[ YEH! I USE TO PLAY WITH A STREET BAND AND THE ONE

WHO FINISHED

FIRST WENT

AROUND WITH

A HAT!

Page

By BUD FISHER

I WANT TO BUY A HAT- AN EXTRA LARGE SIZE-

HAT!

BATS

HATS

·

BOMBERS FEMININE

CALL FOR NEW QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA SHOWING TO-DAY

"WAR EFFORT"

MINISTER

an

No racehorse ever re- she didn't let that worry her."

Yet despite all this personality

Appointment of ceived more attention which the crew discover in their

"Economic Strategy" an bomber they rarely give her a and grooming than

name; they are content to call her Minister, with full pow- R.A.F. bomber. The cap-by the letter she is known by in tain knows that the lives the squadron. But she shares iners and free from depart- their victories, and sometimes in mental responsibilities, is of his crew may depend on the Mess they raise a glass to her.

excitement the the last little adjustment. In

out- urged by the 1941 Com- On the day of a raid he manoeuvring a Messerschmidt, the mittee in a manifesto on navigator or rear gunner may always takes the aircraft give her an affectionate pat, say- "Siege Economics."

ing "Good work. old girl," The manifesto says that until up for a "pipe-opener."

and reserve his praise of the our resources are given the pilot's skill until they get back greatest effective striking power to land.

remain pre- our situation will carious.

can

of

Like the racehorse, the aircraft has a temperament which only be appreciated by those who

The crews have not only con- have ridden her. Bombers, though fidence but a real pride in their they may be of the same design, aircraft. As one pilot has put differ slightly from each other in "When I first saw her I thought performance, and only the cap- I'd never be able to handle sien tain who has piloted the same a huge machine. Now we're like machine several times comes to brother and sister. You may call know her little idiosyncrasies. it bombast, if you like, but

Moreover,

develop crews

an

the

ARMY

The committee says that with United States help we can over- take the Nazis by ensuring more production, less consumption, ful} contribution by everybody, equal- ity of sacrifice and coherent cen- 1tral planning.

TO DARN SOCKS

Major-Gen. J. Buckley, newly Controller-General of arpointed Economy to the War Office. said a inatter he was taking up was the need for teaching troops

socks to darn

and mend clothes

that

There must be immediate and severe cuts in current consump- tion and if possible increased and other foodstuffs stocks of commodities, such as clothing.

AEROPLANE PARTS FROM COFFEE

think she's the finest aircraft on affection for their aircraft, the station." especially if they have survived some precarious trip together.

"We got knocked about a bit over Germany, but we dropped our load and got home safely," a captain might

say; and "we" includes his aircraft. There is a natural dislike of change, whether of aircraft or of crew.

Like a ship of the sea, the ship of the air is feminine. The cap-how tain may tell you, "she's a fine craft," or-pointing out the scars

AFTER BURNING ITS SUR- PRODUCTION flak-he may say

PLUS

FOR from enemy "Look at the holes she's got. But

YEARS, THE BRAZIL COFFEE INDUSTRY HAS NOW FOUND A MEANS OF UTILISING THIS SURPLUS IN THE FORM OF A PLASTIC, CALLED CAFELITE. SAID ΤΟ POSSESS GREAT | STRENGTH

PHYSICAL AND QUALITIES, WHICH CAN BE OTHER WAYS, USED, AMONG

He did not like to hear of men throwing away socks because they wanted darning.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Chair

5 Mineral spring

a To grope

12 Unbelievable

13. Parcel of land

10 Bird of prey

17 Flying "

'-. mammal

18 Bone

19 Water barriers

20 Sun god

22 Negative

23 Stringed

Instrument

24 Shield:

28" Agricultural exhibita

28 Malt beverage

20:Chindso

pagoda

32 Land.incasúre. 33.Sesama

34.Skilful 35 Article: 138 Owned: 37 Misgile,

weapon-

33 Mohammedan

religion

40 Soup-plant

41 Man's t

vnickname :

42 Conjunction..

43 Band E

44 Bymbol for Mama calétum

40 Furtive

48 Weird

50 Pronoun

61 Prophet

53 Ethiopian title:

54 Large sword 55 Serf*.

50, Rice paste. 57 Icelandic

Siterary

collection

VERTICAL

1 Pit for the

storing of (graln

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2. Man's name

3. To behave

4. Toward -Rogue

-6 Wooden pina 7.To trouble

Note: of scale

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

GEBER PEP

KSIRK

TAN HIZEB RE-CAR · FAR DOUTHPARES

REAL

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9 To recede' 10 Dash

11. Mother of

Apollo

13 Approaches

14 Brink

19 To venture

21 Sloth ·

23 Employs

24 Cloth measure

- 25 To pilfer

20 Plump′′ 127 Slayer uf

Hector

28 Assistance 30, Assumed: falsely

31 Stamėso coin ∙33 Scatch-cap":

.94 One-masted? vá vessel ei

36 Rabbit:

87 The pintafl

30. Beat

40. To ascend 41: South-Africaḥ

43 To stuff SPA 45 On the ocean 47:Japanese coin

40 Period of

50 Poetle

“Hindustan

52 Note of acalo

04 Symbol: forge

A golóniumnji

FOR MAKING 'PLANE PARTS.

This statement

was made by

Lord Forres, chairman of

National

General

the

Export Mer-

chants Group and a member of the recent trade

and political

mission to South America.

A

NOW THEY HAVE

A SOUL

According to Dr. Francis Under- hill, Bishop of Bath and Wells, London's child evacuees now have "almost a soul."

acquired per- They have now sonality and individuality, he said at Taunton.

The future population of Brit- ain, he went on, could never be the same. It would, he believed, be better because, of evacuation and its effect,·

BURIED ALIVE

4 DAYS

Two women, Florence Bithell, 21, and Annie. Done, 34, who had been buried for four days in the cellar of a bombed house in a north-west town, were rescued and are now in hospital in a serious condition.

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They re TERRIFIC together in this daring drama of urbulent love, made from a great prize-winning play!

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CAROLE LOMBARD

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED

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