1941-07-10 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 10, 1941.

MUTT AND JEFF

NO USE TALKIN'-

I AM

HANDSOME!

DON'T MAKE ME LAFF!

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

HELLO, MARIE! DO YOU KNOW.

WHO THIS IS?

OH, SURE-

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Library: Sappord

Bv BUD FISHER

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IT'S "ANGEL

FACE!"

M-M-M-M-M

A HAVEN FOR THE BLITZED

A farmhouse overlook-

A VISIT TO A SPITFIRE FACTORY

FOURTEEN MONTHS before the outbreak of ing the Chiltern Hills, far war the first batch of Supermarine Spitfires was from reminders of the delivered to the R.A.F. to form the new equipment blitz, is to be a haven for of No. 19 (F.) Squadron, writes a correspondent. war-weary civil defence workers and their famil- ies.

There they will stay for two weeks cach. Their farcs from London will Le pald. There will } be no rent, and they will be

helped with the cost of food. Originator of the scheme is the Rev Leshe Fsher, of Bermondsey, SEL He started it with £100 collected by a parson in New York.

Not A Hostel

who is

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Since then many additional fighter squadrons have come into being to use this world-famous aero- plane, which, in spite of the fact that new types are now appearing and going into service, yet remains one of the greatest fighter aircraft ever known.

there are

Recently I visited works and machinery, and the one spirit where Spitfires are being made, of the men and women who are and in a tour through numerous working side by side to turn out departments and workshops more and more Spitfires. In con- saw how British organisation and versation with employees I found workmanship are enabling the an unaffected enthusiasm for the RAP. to gain superiority in the job, which is engendered by the air in quantity and in quality. knowledge that they are giving The rector's wife.

The Spitfire is built almost en- positive service to the country by staying at the farmhouse with tirely of metal and in the air- building a most formidable wea-

frame alone

between, pon, a machine which in the 25,000 and 30.000 parts made

company of the Hawker Hurri- mosily of aluminium or cane has necounted for over 2,000 allny The evolution aircraft of the Luftwaffe during aluminium. of the finished product from the raids on England.

involves a very raw materials large number of intricate opera- the great trans, but throughout factory around which I was con- ducted it was noticeable that the was maintained production tow with complete steadiness and unruffled speed,

This steady output is the result careful planning, the of most

of the latest adopt.on

methods

her two children, will take care of the blitzed families and help with their shopping. "Some time ago I planned the just a matter of und Mr Fisher fold the "Daily,

Mirror.

"Now, with the help of kind Americans, we can

start almost traight away,

"want, if possible. to get Idea and away from the hoelet

give the reheme a homely. in timate touch,

-There is

vecommodation for

about two families at a time."

OUR 10-Minute CrOSS-WORD

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HORIZONTAL

1 Food for

luring

5 Gone by

8 Barreh

12 In solitary .:confinement 35' Consumed · 16 More com-

petent.

17 Man's nick- :Wnáme... Te 2110 Symbol for

selenium: 19,Mound: 420 Exclamation --pl, compre.......

hensión

22 Hawollan

Apart

To take illegally

27 MIXCE (20 Owing:

29. Garden tool.

31 At this, placo

32 Fish eggs

3 Wooden" piris

34 Before

35, Billiard

stick-

40 Remning

37 Typo

39 Topo-fish

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42 Noto of scalo

43 Persian

ruler

force

44 Hypothetical

46 Inlet

49 Hindu

• Foldier

50 Silkworm! 51 Inherent

54 To dẹpend

55 European

fish

50 То давіѕt

VERTICAL

1 Prejudice

2 Long-

tongued,

toothless mammal

3 Frozen

water

* Toward

5 Easy galt

8 Aquatic bird 7 Unit 8.Symbol for

actinium

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

RAPTOARE

BEN

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10 Visionary theorizing

11 Extinat bird 13 Servant girls -14-Angry

10 To employ

21 Pronoun

24 All-shaped .amphibian

25 To peiltion. 20.In front

77 Pronoun 20 Female decr 30 Worm:

33. Boverage

33 Egyptian

deity

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30 Two-wheeled

carriages

30. Preposition 30 Gleamed, 40 Bred

IMAAN covering

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** Heraldle

Bearing-

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regimen.

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This keenness is shown by everyone who works in this huge establishment, and especially by the small group of pilots whose job it is to test the brand-new Spitfires after they have rolled off the production line and have been delivered to the cum- pany's aerodrome.

Day after day these men, one of whom gained fame before the war by establishing long-distance high-speed records with light machines, put them through their acceptance trials, check the machine, and make notes on the cach flying characteristics of performance--rate of climb, top speed, stalling speed, engine speed. of action engine temperature, longitudinal. lateral and direc- tional controls, and of the variable pitch airscrew, the engine "boost," and hydraulic system of the re- tractable undercarriage.

These are

of the but a few features upon which the test pilot reports after each swift, brief, but searching maiden flight. When the aircraft has been finally pass- ed it is handed over to a pilot of the Air Transport Auxiliary who ferries it to an R.A.F. unit.

WAR BRINGS EARLY BARE LEG SEASON

The bare-legs fashion has started early this stockings year. Reason

are scarce and expensive. But while girls in offices and factories. can save money

byt going stockingless to work their sisters in uniform can't.

A member of a West End firm of beauty specialists said

"Many women are booking for a short course of leg treatment, for even the most attractive legs. usually require some attention before being revealed bare to the public gaze.”

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