1941-09-08 — Page 5

By BUD FISHER

MUTT, STOP KIDDING AROUND! -THE SERGEANTS

WATCHING.US!

DEPT. WORKS SO FAST!

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS are generally supposed to be "too slow for words." Well, here is one that works too fast for the public.

It is the War Damage Commission for the Mid- land Region, whose offices are in Easy Row, Bir- mingham.

The manager told the "Daily have practically a fool-proof sy- Mirror": "The public work much stem against fraud."

too slowly for us. We are wait- ing to pay out claims for war war damage, but there are hun- dreds who have not filled in their claim forms that we have sent them.

"They seem

scared of the

questions and carefully study the form as though it were in. come tax.

"Afraid To Answer"

People who are homeless get first consideration.

V

CRUISERS LAUNCHED

Was

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The 6,000-ton-cruiser "Atlanta" launched at the Kearney (N.J.) shipyards, being the first ship to take the water since the Navy took over the yards.

Margaret Mitchell,

"Many of the forms come back be- to us only half completed cause claimants are afraid to an- swer the questions and think we are out to trick them.

"We have back, which wastes much time. It, "Gone with the Wind," perform-

to send the

forms

author of

ceremony.

is the public who are holding used the launching

1 In addition to the "Atlanta,"

up Our examiners are up to date

was

in their examinations of war another cruiser, the "San Juan," launched yesterday. Both damage in their city.

"We keep a careful double' ships are capable of high speed.

International News Service. check on all builders' charges and

OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD

IS

10.

HORIZONTAL

1 Consumed

4 Mexican coin

8. Epochal

12 Fuel

13 Chain of

rocks

14 Masculine 15 Acorn-bear- ing tree 10 Unutterable

18 To" flash 20 Observéd 21 Japanese measure. 22 To jestle 23 River in

England -

27 The lily 29-To-mend-

30 Stairs over"

tence.

31 Land ...

7. measure

32 To deposit

33 Tip

34 French article,

35 Spanish -cloak

37 To bring

'forth 38 Equality 39 Ox of "Celebea

40 Termination.

41 Exofamation

of astonish- ment

18

4

6 7

8

[19]

14

17

15

42 Vertical

timber on

a ship

44 English

navigator

95%

47 Inquisitiveness

51 Uncooked

52 Solar dise

53 Ireland

54 Palm leaf

53 Tableland

10 To remove

57.Hindu

weight

一

VERTICAL

1 Excited

2 South-

African Dutch

3 Glacial

ridges

4 Tidy

5 Poetic:

nightfall 10 Alternate

7. Bid 8-To" issue

forth

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

RAY

12

HOLA

AFTA OR ULFI

TOPARIS

FORLE FIRID RADE

ASBA

TRRT ATEN

LE

ISRA

AF

24

26

te

ST

8 Hebrew title

10 Entirely. 11'Sheltered 17 Symbol for

iron 10"Sloth

22 Coplous flow 24 Six

25 Spanish

cooking-

vessel

26 Contiguous

27 Tibetan

priest

28 Pérsia 29 Hody .of BD water...

30 Stary

32 Vigour. 33 Scoundrel 38 Negative 37, Whole

30, Lighthouse 40. Ancient

charlot

11 Elther. *** 43 Indo-Chinese Alanguage

44 Unit of

resistance

45 Variety, of

'cabbage 46 Pitcher 47 Rotating piece.

40 Southwest- Fern Indian

40 Law: thingo

50. Seasomo

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AUSTRALIA'S DESTINY

"We rejoice that the Russians are fighting so magnificently, but Russia cannot hope to defeat the Germans in Germany and bring her to her knees," de- clared Mr. W. M. Hughes, Minister for Navy, in a speech at Melbourne yesterday.

"Australia's destiny depends on her ability to achieve unity." Reuter.

Hitler

And His

Dog

а

The Berlin correspon- dent of the Madrid news--

sends paper, "Efe," graphic description of Hitler's headquarters about which silence hitherto has been main- tained.

Hitler's headquarters Is no longer in the train which has been seen in newsreels.

"Difficulties of railway com- munications necessitated a change to a group of lorries which were transformed into a kind of auto-

mobile encampment," says the correspondent, adding: "The camp is always pitched near a moun- tain or wood so that Hitler can take solitary walls as he is ac- customed to at Berchtesgaden..

"At

it is present large wood where Hitler can be alone with a dog. A thousand precautions have been taken to keep the altuation secret.

noar.

a

"Mall is sent by air to differ- ent aerodromes and then by car to the camp,

"The Press Chief, Dietrich, has a special mobile office where world news is received so that Hitler is kept informed of cur-

Reuter. rent events.”

SYRIAN TALKS

The Free French Leader in the Near East; General Catroux, has proceeded to Aleppo for con- sultations with leading person- alities concerning Syria's future,

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