THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941.
SOVIET AND BRITISH PART IN
IN THE WAR
"THE SOVIET UNION is bearing the brunt of Hitler's attack, thereby diverting from England the danger of invasion and air raids and making it possible for her ally to undertake active and decisive actions against the common enemy,” says “Pravda," official organ of the Communist Party, quoted by the Russian radio in its wor news.
"The Germans called Dunkirk Britain's greatest defeat," the newspaper says, "but the British, for whom Dunkirk was one of their severest trials, call it their greatest suc-
- cess.
NO. 1 PILOT HAS MEDAL 'DOUBLES'
"As subsequent events have proved, Dunkirk was the turning, point of the British-German struggle, marking the conversion of the blitzkrieg into a long and. protracted war.
"At Dunkirk it seemed every- thing was against Britain but Britain did not capitulate and Hitler lost the Battle of Britain, as he has lost the Battle of the
Atlantic," the Russian news. O
paper says.
Mr. Churchill has asked to be godfather to the baby son of Britain's No. 1 fighter pilot, Wing-Com-lapsed." the mander A. G. Malan, who has just been award- ed a bar to his D.S.O.
He is the first airman to win a bar to both the D.F.C. and D.5.0. In the present war, and only the second ever
to gain these "doubles." Wing-Commande. Malan, who is leader of the
No. 74 crack Squadron,
now has thirty-five German machines to his credit.
Premier's Offer
The Premier met him at his R.A.F. station recently and Mr. Churchill asked him about his one-yɩar-old son,
"He is to be christened soon." Malan told him. "We thought about calling him Winston."
"I'd like to be his godfather." said Mr. Churchill.
Baby Winston was born a week after Dunkirk. His airinan father is a South African, his mother English.
The other holder of the D.S.O.- D.F.C. "double" is Wing-Com-
mander Staton, whe won the D.F.C. and bar and the M.C. in
the last war, and the D.S.O. and bar in this.
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THE ONLY GIRL
store.
Little more than a year has
Journal continues, į "since the British troops evacuat- ed Dunkirk, and during this period Britain's armed forces have multiplied many times over.
Turning Point
"Wherever Hitler has come up against firm resistance he has not succeeded in carrying through his blitzkrieg plans.
"The Nazi attack on the Soviet Union was the turning point in this world war. The forces of Hitler Germany, faced as they are by the prospects of an omin- ous winter campaign, will in- evitably diminish and become ex- hausted while the forces against Hitler are invariably growing in
volume."-Reuter.
AMERICAN DEPORTED FROM FRANCE
Mr. Varian M. Fry, a United States citizen connected with the American Relief Asso- ciation, has been ordered by the authori- ties to leave France.
Mr. Fry who, the authorities declared,
was engaged in anti- French activities, was taken under escort to the Spanish border.
UNDER AGE
Hung Hing-ying, 21, spinster, of No. 88, Jaffe Road, was charged before Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at the Central Magistracy this morn- ing, with allowing a girl under 16 to practise prostitution in her pre- mises.
Accused pleaded not guilty and said that she did not know the girl was under age. Besides she only rented the room to her,
According to the girl, she paid accused $18 per month as rent.
Sub-Inspector R. J. Clarke The case was ad- prosecuted.
Journed.
AMAZING ODYSSEY:
FRENCH ESCAPES
FROM GERMANY
THE AMAZING
ODYSSEY OF
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FRENCH OFFICERS AND MEN, CAPTURED Mrs. Marjorle Crook, 27, had a perfectly good character until she BY THE GERMANS DURING THE BATTLE stole a £3 13s. 6d. jumper suit from an Oxford Street, London, OF FRANCE LAST YEAR, WAS DISCLOSED Why did she steal? Here is the WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT A LONDON RAIL- explanation offered at the police WAY STATION YESTERDAY MORNING
WHERE THEY WERE GIVEN A WARM WEL- She is rather lonely type of woman. The neuropathie condi- COME BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREE tion which explains her act is that she is the youngest and only girl FRENCH FORCES AND OF THE BRITISH
court by a specialist in psycholo- gical medicine.
of a family of four children.
She is a very good example of ARMY,
a girl brought up in a family of
boys developing an isolated mode
of life and wandering about-as.
All these men escaped from various Ger-
in this case-on shopping expedi- man prison camps and after incredible experi- ences and hardships succeeded in crossing the frontier into Russia.
tions.
The magistrate imposed a fine of £6, with 23, costs.
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MENACES CHARGE
In Russia they were interned but 'the Soviet authorities released them as soon as Germany attacked
A well-dressed Chinese, Tsang her. Kit-long, 25, was charged before! A few of these men spoke Ger- Mr. G. T. Lowry at the Central man but one captain in particu- Magistracy this morning, with lar, whose name must remain 'se- demanding $100 with menaces, cret because he has a family to from a merchant at the Hotel France, spoke German fluently. Cecil, Chater Road, on Tuesday. He was also charged with inti, midation. The case was adjourn- ed to Tuesday, bail of $1,000 be- ing allowed..
ESCAPED PRISONER
SKILLED
Burning Hatred Many have wives and children in France, about whom they have been without news since they were taken prisoner last year.
All ure filled with a burning
hatred of the Germans, and their one ambition is to avenge last Disguised in. civilian clothes year's defeat of France, and often wading, knee-deep in They have, of course, joined the snow in the depth of winter, Free French forces-Reuter, with the temperaturo 20 degrees below; zero, they had to walk many miles before reaching Russia, -~-
TRANSMITTER ARREST
After release in Russia.. they were collected together and taken by ship to a British, port
Arrcated in Nathan Road: yes THEY ARE OF. THE TOUGH-terday with a wireless transmit Oberlieutenant Martin Mueller, EST TYPE IN THE FRENCH ting set in his possession, Chan German prisoner of War, who ARMY, MANY OF THEM HAD Kang, 24, of ho fixed 'abodo," was escaped from an internment camp TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM NAZI remanded for 48 hours by Major. near Schreiber, Ontario, was shot PRISON CAMPS SEVERAL A. N. Macfadyen at Kowloon this morning for unlawful possession. dead" when he resisted recapture. | TIMES BEFORE.,
Couldn't keep my eye
on the ball to-day!
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