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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 24, 1941

MOSCOW TAKES RAID NO. 2 WITHOUT THRILL

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent in Moscow)

THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL'S second aerial attack lacked novelty and thrill for Moscow's inhabitants although it came at the height of the great city's night life.

Earlier in the evening there was a short alarm without the appearance of enemy bombers, and while the sirens

were still whistling the second alert, A.A. guns opened fire and continued until dawn.

Russian fire-lighting methods are effective, judging from the i small number of Bres lighted de- spite the great German effort, al- though the Soviet procedure is not always orthodox.

Many Russians received burns by recklessly grasping Incendiaries in their bare hands. Already the Russians seem hardened to bombing, even WO- men and children being less hur- ried in finding shelter in the tube stations, where the current is dis- connected and smoking and rest rooms provided.

SOME BOMBS DROPPED IN SQUARES AND STREETS BUT TRAFFIC WAS NOT DIS- RUPTED AS MOSCOW'S STREETS ARE EXTREMELY WIDE AND CAN ACCOM- MODATE TRAFFIC AND BOMB

CRATERS-REUTER.

EMERGENCY POWERS RESOLUTION

A

ANOTHER

TOBRUK SORTIE

Another patrol raid was made at Tobruk on Tuesday night when British troops penetrated to a con- siderable depth but no serious clash with. the enemy occurred. A few casualties were inflicted.-Reuter.

FRENCH STRIKES RUTHLESSLY SUPPRESSED

COMMENTING ON MOSCOW broadcasts in- citing French workers to strike and sabotage, the Zurich "National Zeitung" says widespread strike, movements have been attempted among textile workers and coal miners in northern France.

The strikes, however, were instantly throttled by the occupation authorities who closed the food shops and prevented the sale of food to the strikers.

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The Vichy authorities have a harder task to prevent strikes as WHEN A RESOLUTION WAS they are reluctant to use similar

drastic measures. MOVED IN THE COMMONS YESTERDAY FOR CONTINU- ING THE DEFENCE ACT EMERGENCY POWERS IN, OPERATION FOR A FURTHER YEAR.

PEAKS. MR. OSWALD UNDER-SECRETARY AT THE HOME OFFICE, REVEALED THAT IN ALL, 1,779 PEOPLE HAD BEEN DETAINED UNDER THE FAMOUS REGULATION

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of hours,

the unoccupied zone "staggered" strikes, consisting &toppages lasting Beveral are successfully carried out by individual sheds, which is sufficient to hold up produc- tion of whe.e factories.

According to the French pro- Germen weekly paper "Grin-

Mr. Peake intimated that this goire," 19,000 former officials of number had fallen to-day to 762. the French Communist Party have Of this number 202 were de- been arrested and 9,000 interned tained as members of an organi-, out of a total o. 30,000.-Reuter.

sation which was subject to for-

eign influence or control.

Some were British subjects only by accident of birth and there were also others belonging to a Sort of international underworld which floated from one capital to another without any strong national loyalty.-Reuter.

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VESSEL BUILT IN 4 MONTHS

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AS BY A

MIRACLE

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JAPANESE

LEAVING

S. AFRICA

All

Japanese private residents except three in South Africa

are to be evacuated this week to Japan.

The consular and diplomatic staffs will remain but their families are returning.

The "Manila Maru" is being THE held up at Cape Town to take BEEN the evacuees aboard. AS IF BY A

POSITION IN MIDDLE EAST HAS TRANSFORMED

MIRACLE.” SAID THE NAWAB This vessel and the "Belgium OF RANPORE IN A STATE- | Maru" at Durban will be the last MENT ISSUED

YESTERDAY Japanese ships to visit. South AND QUOTED · · BY MADRAS Africa waters for some time, as RADIO.

the general representative of the THE FIRST, OF 30 10,000-TON "Following the suppression of Osaka Syosen Kaisha stated yes- CARGO SHIPS BEING BUILT the Iraq revolt, Nazi domination terday he had been advised that FOR BRITAIN AT THE TODD of the Vichy administration of Japanese shipping services with SHIPYARDS IN CALIFORNIA Syria has been checked and the South-Africa IS EXPECTED TO BE LAUNCH-safety of Egypt assured.

porarily suspended. ED ON AUGUST 15, FOUR "It is a grand thought for all MONTHS TO THE DAY AFTER Moslems that such should be the All Jananese, businesses in THE KEEL WAS LAID.

position to-day as compared with South Afrien are already shut what we feared two months ago." down or will be by the end of

-Reuter

this week, Reuter.

Three more hulls are now on the slipways.

Thirly similar vessels are being built at the Todd yards at Port- land, Maine-Reuter.

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