1941-07-10 — Page 37

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 10, 1941. MUTT AND JEFF·

NO USE TALKIN'- I AM HANDSOME!

DONT MAKE ME' LAFF!

I'LL PROVE IT! I AIN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS SO!

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OH, SURE

IT'S "ANGEL

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Page 5 By BUD FISHER

M-M.

HELLO, MARIE! DO YOU KNOW!

WHO THIS IS?

U.S. NAVY PERMITTED TO SHOOT

COL. FRANK KNOX. U.8. SECRETARY OF NAVY, SAID AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAD TOLD THE NAVY WHAT TO DO IF IT BECAME NECES. SARY TO SHOOT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE ATLANTIC AP. PROACHES ΤΟ U.S. AGAINST HOSTILE ACTIVITY.

CHEUNG CHAU MINE DISASTER; JUNKS BLOWN UP

SOME 30 JUNKS were destroyed on BASE Monday when two of the craft struck mines Col. Knox declared the innguage off Cheung Chau Island, according to a of the Iceland message "would in- belated report received by the headquarters the Atlantic patrol to go farther of the Hong Kong Chinese Fishermen's

dicate" that the President intended

than its previous orders. which merely were to report any hostile

craft sighted-Reuter.

CORPORAL DIES

IN HOSPITAL

Corporal Smith, Royal Scots, who was seriously injured when a Bren-gun carrier roll- ed 70 feet down a hill 011 Castle Peak Road on Tues- day. died in hospital Jast night.

The funeral will take place at 4 p.m. to-day at

Colonial Cemetery,

PLUMS GOOD

SINCE 1916

the

Plums bottled in 1916 by # resident of Crawley, Sussex, and just opened were found to be in excellent condition und made a tasty dish.

Union.

According to the report receiv- ed, a large petrol junk left Cheung Chau for Ku Lung Bay to take re- fuge from the weather at about 9 a.m. on Monday.

to

Bome 15 minutes later, whilst sailing off the north coast of the loland, the junk struck a drift- Ing mine and was blown smithereens. Other junks and sampans near- by heard the explosion and hur- ried to carry out rescue work.

While these boats were search- ing for survivors, another drifting mine struck one of them.

The entire fleet of some 30 boats was destroyed, some being thrown, with their occupants,, high into the air.

Police Report

According to a Police report this morning, the junk disaster

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5 Gone by

8 Barren

13 In solitary

Confinement 15 Consumed" 10 More com petent e 17 Man's nick-

name

18 Symbol for selenium

19 Mound

20 Exclamation mesof-compre-

Henston Hawaiian

bird

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megaly: 27-Mixes 20 Owing 25 Garden tool -

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force

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1 Prejudice

2 Long-

tongued; toothless mammal

3 Frozen

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4 Toward

5 Easy galt

6 Aquatle bird

7 Unit.

0 Symbol for ¡ntactinium

YESTERDAY'S. SOLUTION

RAPT

9 Rodent

10 Visionary theorizing

11 Extinct bird 13 Servant giris 14 Angry. 10 To employ 31.Pronoun.

24 All-shaped amphibian

25 To petition 20 In front!!

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20 Female deer

30 Worm ::

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delty

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carriages

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Heraldic bearing 43 To cap ac *cording to

regimen.

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Incident occurred at 2 p.m. on Monday and only three junks were involved.

It stated that three junks, alleged to be fully loaded with petrol, entered the minefeld between Shek Ling and Tul Ku Chan, and were blown up.

rescued one of The police the crew who died shortly afterwards. The rest, believed to be some 30 in number were killed or drowned.

FRENCH IN SHANGHAI OBEY

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Complying with crders issued on July 2 by the French Ambas- sador. M. Cosme, Shanghai French employees of the Muni- cipal Council, police and con- sulate yesterday submitted writ- ten pledges of allegiance to the Vichy regime.

It is expected all will be re- ceived by the deadline to-day.

The measure applies to French citizens in administrative organi- sations throughout China, as well as Shanghai-International News Service.

CHINA CURRENCY STABILISATION

Asked about the constitution of a Chinese Currency Stabil'sation Board, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury stated in the Com- mons that the Board would con-

Ave sist of

members, three of whom are Chinese, one American and one British.

Sterling and dollar funds would not be pooled but would remain Separate funds. though managed by the same Board-Reuter,

PRESS HOSTEL HAVOC

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”).

The Chinese Foreign Office spokesman, Mr. Shao Yu-lin, yesterday extended sympathies to correspondents whose residence, the "Press Hostel," has been ren- dered uninhabitable by the recent Japanese bombings.

The mess hall of the hostel war burned down and the annexe col- lapsed-International News Ser-

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