1941-07-17 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 17, 1941.

MUTT AND JEFF :

JEFF'S

PHOTO STUDIO

HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN, SIR? ONLY

TWO BITS!

MY PICTURE? SURE! NOT A BAD IDEA!

WILL YOU HAVE A FULL LENGTH PICTURE

OR JUST YOUR HEAD AND SHOULDERS?

HEAD AND SHOULDERS? CERTAINLY NOT!

I HAVE ON A NEW PAIR

*OF SHOES!

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JEFF'S PHOTO

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BIGGER BOMBERS URGED

Maj. Gen. George H. Brett, chief of the Army Air Corps, said in a gen- eral press conference that

the giant new

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B.B.C. SUNDAY ANTHEM BROADCAST TO CEASE

THE SUNDAY EVENING broadcast by

B19 bomber, awaiting its the B.B.C. of the national anthems of Britain

QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 SOMETHING FUNNY'S GOING ON HERE!

JAMES

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gets mastered by that Mister from Washington!

first test flight, has point- and the Allied countries is to be discontinued, No time for comedy

ed the way to more suc- cessful big bomber con- struction.

The B19 was a gamble to de- termine if engineers could build a bigger bomber than the (Boeing) B17," he declared.

announced the Minister of Information, Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, answering a question in the House of Commons yesterday.

Mr. Duff-Cooper said: "The increase in the number of national anthems renders it "We have impossible to do justice to the whole of them always preached the need for in the time allotted. larger aeroplanes and construe-į tion of the B19 solved the problems of building giant bombers.

Mr.

E. Shinwell (Lab) asked if the Minister had sudden- suggestion that another national ly become embarrassed by the anthem

(the Internationale) be played people should

on Sunday evenings.

"I have suggested to the B.B.C that in future the period previous- "What we need now is a bom- ty taken up by national anthems ber of a size somewhere between the B17 and the B19, which can should be devoted to the national reach 350 miles per hour. 35,000! music of nations whose feet altitude and have a range of are now fighting with us. 6,000 miles."

The B19 has a maximum speed

of 210 miles per hour and a serv-

ice ceiling of 22,000 feet. it has

a range, however, of 7,750 miles.

"A different nation

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Answering another Labour member, the Rev. R. W. Sorensen, Mr. Duff-Cooper said the period would certainly include a national song for Russia.

Following Mr. Duff-Cooper's statement In the House, the B.B.C. later announced that the national anthem period next Sunday evening will be devoted to French national airs. The following Sunday the period will be devoted to Russian airs.

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