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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 23, 1941.

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Average

U.S. Defence Programme Up

To Estimates On

Official CLASHES Figures By OCCUR IN Roosevelt CROATIA

AMERICAN DEFENCE PRODUCTION, IS

The Italians are taking

ON THE AVERAGE UP TO ESTIMATES steps to restore order in THOUGH IT HAS NEVER BEEN COMPLETELY

PRESIDENT

ROOSEVELT

SATISFACTORY, YESTERDAY TOLD HIS PRESS CONFERENCE AT HYDE PARK, NEW YORK.

Referring to Senator Byrd's statement earlier this week, that defence production was "seriously lagging," President Roosevelt said he had asked the War Department to check up and this showed that Senator Byrd was wrong in regard to all categories of war production except 'planes.

and

The War Department had told July was 221, in August it would President Roosevelt that it wa be 340, and In September very unfortunate that Senator ¦ October it would be even bigger. Byrd's data

inaccurate, and that somebody had misled Senator Byrd.

were so

Becoming more specific. Presi- dent Roosevelt said Senator Byrd declured that not a single tank had been shipped ty England, but ac- tuully. declared the President. hundreds of tanks of modern des sign had gone to Britain, some of which were known to have been sent to Egypt, and newspapers had carried stories of the excelletre ni their performance.

Senator Byrd's figures regarding 'planes were substantially correct, said the President.

The President took exception to Senator Byrd's contention that the production of military aircraft had in May, declined progressively June and July.

Regarding Senatur Byrd's state- ment that the programme pro- vider for average monthly deliv- eries of only fottr 90-millimetre anti-aircraft

to President gulis. Roosevelt said that the programme) actually called for monthly deliv-|

months of this year.

New Designs

Croatia following the failure of the Pavelich (quisling) Government to control the situation, which is daily growing more and more confused.

This was reported yesterday by the Budapest correspondent of the Swiss newspaper "Basler Nach-

richten."

Despite the demonstrative entry of some hundreds of members of the Croatian Peasant Party into the Ustachi movement (Croat terrorist organisation) "the great mass of the Peasant Party has maintained its opposition to the Ustachis.

"Clashes which have occur- red in many parts of the coun try appear only to have inten. sified the conflict."

Italy started what is officially called the "redistribution of gar-

in troops"

Croatia rison

Reuter. Thursday.

HOSTAGES

IN FRANCE

6183

The production of training 'planes produced had increased and production of military air- craft remained steady because thece had been changes in de- sign and testing of new designs

last ALL FRENCHMEN UNDER meet lessons learned Spring.

ARREST IN OCCUPIED FRANCE President Roosevelt. referring "FOR ANY CAUSE" ARE NOW AS HOSTAGES, eries of 61 fur the remaining questioners to the Office of Pro-CONSIDERED

duction Management for exact in- FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF formation, said that his recollec- A NAZI SOLDIER IN PARIS ON

July 'plane tion of

production THURSDAY,

A compared to figures was 1,465,

number, "corresponding to earlier estimates of 1,500.

the gravity of the crime, will be 'Plane Production

The fact remained, concluded shot if another act of this kind" order issued Senator Byrd had said that only President Roosevelt, that except occurs, states an 15 37-millimetre anti-tank guts regarding 'planes. Senator Byrd's yesterday by the German ⚫ would be produced monthly statement as a whole was full of mander-in-chief

whereas the actual output was 72 discrepencies in every single item. France. in July and would

be 160 in-Reuter, August. 260 in September and 320 in October,

The War Department believed that the

he programme would met.

Senator Byrd had stated that only 15 mortars of 81-millimetres would be produced monthly in the months ahead. President Roose- velt said that the production in

CHINESE MISSION TO BURMA

A CHINESE GOODWILL MIS. SION TO BURMA WILL LEAVE CHUNGKING FOR RANGOON) AT THE END OF AUGUST, IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNC- ED YESTERDAY.

Among its members will be the Director of the Yunnan- Burma Railway, the Vice-Minis- ter for Overseas Affairs and re- presentatives of women's or ganisations.

com-

into

of Occupied The edict comes

Reuter. effect to-day.

BURMA PILOTS' BAG AFTER LONG CHASE

A HEINKEL III which was trying to escape towards the Dutch coast yesterday morning was chased out across the North Sea and then shot down 60 miles off the Eng- lish coast by two fighters of the Burma Squadron.

Each pilot attacked the bomber in turn until it burst into flames and dived into the water. Some of its crew were seen to clam- A representative of Central ber into a rubber dinghy. News (the Chinese official news Twelve hours earlier another agency) will accompany the mis- sion and stay some time in Ran-pilot of the same Hurricane squa

destroyed a Dornier

goon to discuss the possibility of

dron

bombers des

the early opening of this agency He was on convoy patrol when in Burma, it is learned-Router,

he noticed a bomb burst in the water and saw the convoy's guns opening up. Mu

H.K. APPOINTMENTS

The following appointments etc., are gazetted:---

Hon. Mr, S. H. Dodwell to be an Unofficial Member of the Execu- tive Council.

Mr. B. D. Evans to be Director of the Royal Observatory.

Mr. C. G. Perdue to be Defence Security Oficer, -

Mr. M. McDonald Swan to be a Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths.

Mr. D. F. A. W. Wesman resum- ed charge of the Norwegian Con- Gulate.

A few minutes later he saw an aircraft which "could not affirst e identifled. Overhauling it, he recognised it as a Dornier.,'."

Well Alight⠀

CAUCASUS OUTPUT

...

The oil and gas output in the Caucasus has shown a consider- able increase since the Germans attacked Russia, says an official Soviet news agency despatchi from Grozny.

Ho made two attacks, and the onomy made some return; fire before the enemy aircraft burst The biggest trusts have com- into flames.

pleted an eight-month plan and The British pilot made one more produced "scores of thousands of attack and by this time the bomb- tons of oil" more than that esti- er was well alight. Suddenly it mated, All the refineries have lost height, glided into the sea and considerably increased, their out- disappeared in a patch of foam, put and now all wells are being Router,

ter sunk at a rapid pace

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AMERICANS FREEZING

TO BE REPATRIATED

some ar-

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, indicated yester- day that rangement had been. made with Japan for the gradual repatria- tion of American citi- zens from Japan and Japanese from the U.S.

of

He said there was likely to be a move- ment of small groups Americans from Japan to Shanghai and of Japanese from the U.S. to Japan.- Reuter.

BAND CONCERT

TO-NIGHT

ORDERS RELAXED

The Japanese Finance Ministry yesterday an- nounced in Tokyo fur- ther relaxation of the freezing regulations to be effective from to-dev.

in

office

Foreigners holding deposit: Japanese banks and post or in banks in Japan of count not affected by the freezing ex- der will be allowed to wih funds not exceeding 1,000 monthly (about £60).

The "Japan News Week," <**? American-owned periodical maining in Japan, has receive. Finance Ministry permit autho ing the normal withdrawr! funds to allow it to carry publication for six months.

This is believed to be the only firm in Japan so far exemp.c from the freezing order, the Domel news agency-Reuti

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NEW EDITOR KILLED

It has just been learned Hsieh Yun-peng, editor of

The Open Air Concert by Catholic Yih Shih Pao, was Massed Bands of the 2nd Battu-ed in the August 13 aid rad or lion, The Royal Scots, and the Chungking when he was c 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regi- on his way home from the ment, takes place this evening at after putting out 9.30 p.m.

The proceeds are in edition. Mr. Hsieh is su British Prisoners of by his wife and a young son,

Central News.

aid of the

War Fund.

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