1941-08-20 — Page 4

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CLAUDETTE

COLBERT.

If One

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 20, 1941.

SMUTS PREDICTS NAZI SWITCH OF ATTACK TO

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Of Happened Or Might MEDITERRANEAN

WALTER CONNOLLY – ROSCOE KARNS

From the Cosmopolize Magazine story

by Samuel Honkını Adamı Serven play by ROBERT RISKIN

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“ON THE WHOLE I bring back a happy impression both of our men and the general situation but always with this strong feeling

that we are up against it this time,” de- clared Field-Marshal Smuts, when interview- ed in Pretoria yesterday on his return from Egypt.

He said that the Germans in Libya were much more formidable than the Italians had been but he was optimistic.

Italy was full of Germans, and these had the advantage of being. able to travel shorter distances to the Libyan front, but he ex- pected these difficulties would be overcome by the Allies.

The Russian resistance WAS Using up a large part of the German war machine but some of this machine would remain.

General Smuts added that 1: he Germans had falled to invade Britain a year ago, when Britain was weak, there was little likeli- hood of a successful attack ов

Britain now.

THE CHANCES WERE THAT THE GERMANS WOULD STRIKE AT

WAR WILL

LAST

YEARS

Mr. Menzies--

A warning to Austra

ANNA NEAGLE

TO PLAY AS AMY JOHNSON

Anna Neagle, the film star, and Herbert Wilcox, the producer, have left New York by Clipper for London to make a film of the life of Amy Johnson.

Miss Neagle (soys a Reuter telegram from New York) is travelling under the name of Florence Marjorie Robertson.

BRITISH AIR

THE MEDITERRANEAN lians against Compla-POWER

BASIN THE ONLY AREA IN WHICH THEY COULD FIGHT.

Enormous Resources "We are facing not Italy thi ima hut are formidable odds." mans have enormous resources to ding against us."

cency and slacking of effort and a declaration Announcement that British that the war would be aly number over 300 nightly, and bombers over Germany frequent- task years long, was ut-publication of the figures of tered by the Australian bombs dropped in three weeks over the Ruhr, Cologne and Premier, Mr. Menzies, in Hamburg, have impressed Tur- an address to Sydney kish public opinion as never be- He added that he had never businessmen yesterday.

said Marshal Smuts. "The Ger-

seen South Africans in a better mood. They were among the best trained troops in the Middle Fast and the South African Air Force had built up an unequalled reputation.-Reuter.

RESCUES OF PILOTS

are

Rescues of R.A.F. pilots described in the Air Ministry news

<ervice

fighter

account of

sweep

France in which

yesterday's

over Northern

eight enemy

machines were destroyed.

Six R.A.F. aircraft were lost but the pilots of two are safe.

fore with Britain's air might.

Warmly praising Russia. Mr. It has also done much to re- Menzies said: Thank God for move the misleading impression what the Russian army has done, created by German communiques is doing and is going to do.” when they speak about "isolated Praising Government control British aircraft," and so on. of prices, profits and interest Reuter. rates, Mr. Menzica Bald this would continue after the war and was part of the new order which was being bullt, already. He added that historically it was true that no country with a population of seven millions had undertaken as much as Australia had undertaken in this war. - Reuter.

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JAPAN'S NAVAL MISSION LEAVES

KIEV MESSAGE TO BRITISH WOMEN

According to messages received in London a large meeting' of women in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, yesterday drafted a reply to of

a message from the women After having been six months Birmingham, in which the follow- Germany. Japan's special ing sentence appeared: "Hand naval mission is returning to in hand with 'you we are parti- these were rescued by the air sea Japan from Cadiz on Friday cipating in a holy war against

rescue service,

Both

One of these pilots is a Belgian travelling via South America death-dea ing Fascism." British who shot down a Messerschmitt.

says Reuter from Madrid.

DON AMECHE ARLEEN WHELAN He climbed into his rubber dinghy

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MOSCOW FILLA STUDIOS

PEARED IN CAIRO STREETS M

YESTERDAY FLYING THE UNION JACK" ABOVE THE SWASTIKA.

The car was captured in Libya by Indian cavalry. It was fitted out as a repair vehicle, e

It seats three, the enginé, de- velops nine horse-power and from its:construction It is obvious It was never intended for civilian tise. Reuter...

· DIES OF WOUND

Mry Faff Heng-teh, proprietor, of the Dai Wu Tal Theatre Vin Shanghai, who was wounded | in the lung in an attempt on / h's life on August 17 succumbed in the Lester Chinese Hospital at 0 ctlock yesterday morning: no- cording to a Shanghai dispatch......... Central News.

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