1941-09-18 — Page 9

ON

BATTLE

FRONTIER

British Forces Back In Original Positions

Tobruk

V.C.

Under Heavy AIRMAN

Shellfire

THE SWAYING BATTLE IN THE LIBYAN - EGYPTIAN FRONTIER ARE A S WHICH FOLLOWED THE GERMAN ATTACK WAS DESCRIBED IN LONDON YESTERDAY.

It was stated that after the initial enemy attack had been repulsed the British forces returned to their original line,

Bringing up 20 tanks the enemy made an- other attack which forced the British back be- tween six and seven miles.

But by nightfall the British'

were again back in their original! POLICE SET

ositions. Five enemy tanks were cestroyed.

The enemy's action bas ap- parently been in the nature of

21

reconnaissance in force, with

the idea of bombarding the fron- trer and at Tobruk to "lay

Heavy Shelling

British

out

im-

AMBUSH

MISSING

PERU CHARGES

ECUADOR

A young New Zealand sergeant, James Allen (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Ward, who recently won the V.C., is reported miss- ing.

bomber from

His Wellington No. 75. New Zealand Bomber

recent attack on Germany.

Squadron did not return from a

The bomber took off a few minutes after 8 o'clock and noth- ing was heard from it after a signal at a time when it was al- [most certain that the target had

been reached.

A few weeks ago Sergeant

Ward was made captain of a Welling on and given 跚 crow

of sergeants. They had already madc one attack together,

against battle cruisers at Brest, on the night of September 13, They were an experienced crew and most of them had made as many as 22 operational flights. They were in fact the crew with Ward had come to his from the operational raining unit.

set by Del-whom

The Peruvian Goy- ernment announced in Lima yesterday that Peruvian 'planes bombed Ecuadorian frontier

posts and troop transports in the Balao area ---Interna- tional News Service,

THREE JAPANESE SHOT

r

On the eve of the an |niversary of the Mukden Incident, terrorists ran wild in the International § Settlement in Shanghai, last night when there were three shooting inci- dents within three hours. «

The night's toll was three Ja- 00004į panese civilians wounded, though

not seriously, one Chinese killed. and one Chinese wounded.

AMERICAN

LEGION FOR

ALL AID

THE

the

As a result of the shootings the Settlement to-day is strong- ly barricaded and very strict searches are proceeding at strategic corners.

Meanwhile, in observance

anniversary, all cinemas, foreign and Chinese, and amuse- .. ment resorts have decided to close

A police ambush the land" but there is no indica-Sgt. J. McPherson in Shek Kip|squadron tion of preparation for an

Mci Village early Monday morn-

AMERICAN mediate opération by the enemying frustrižed a robbery and led

LEGION, #1l_day. It was as second pilot that he WHICH 18 COMPOSED to the arrest of four men. It was was awarded the V.C. in July. on a large scale.

OF I TWO OF THE THREE JAP- VETERANS OF disclosed before Mr. H. C. Macha-

THE LASTANESE WOUNDED LAST. After an attack on Muenster he WORLD WAR AND IS ONE OF NIGHT WERE SHOT IN NAN- mara at Kowloon this morning had climbed out on to the wingTHE MOST INFLUENTIAL OR KING when they were charged with con of his bomber

ROAD, SHANGHAI'S, when flying a1 GANISATIONS IN THE Yesterday's

STREET. U.S.. MAIN

THE TWO- G.H.Q.spiracy to rob and with possession 13,000 feet over the North Sea PASSED A RESOLUTION YES-CHINESE WHO FIRED THE E communique from Cairo stated: of three iron bars and a dagger. in an effort put out a fire which TERDAY PROPOSING THE RE-SHOTS ESCAPED. "Following our raids from Tobruk Lam Cheung, 32, street coolie, enemy fighters' bullets had start- |MOVAL OF THE GEOGRA- the enemy shelling of our

These were the first attempts, for-Tang Shun,

PHICAL LIMITATIONS ON THE on Japanese in the ward positions is still heavy in Tsat. 27, street coolie, were sen-

unóccupied This was on his seventh apera-USE OF AMERICAN TROOPS. southern part of the Internationalit the east but has decreased against tenced to six months' hard labour, tional flight. Ward was shortly to

Settlement in months.Reuter. the south and west sectors, while Man Wan. 26, brick layer, have received bis award from the

"In the frontler area ad-was given 12 weeks.

King British Wireless. vanced elements of British and: South African mechanised forces

are continuing their patrolling activities.

last

"In the Gondar area the remnants of the Italian army in Abyssinia have been invested since the capture of

the main enemy forces and weather condi- tions have now permitted # resumption of our offensive tivities.

ac-

"During the past few days patrols from our troops have been in contact with the enemy hold ing defended positions in Gon..) dar."-Reuter,

V

LARDER OF

25, fitter und Kwan ed.

HOW HITLER'S NEW ORDER WORKS

HITLER'S NEW ORDER, while turning all occupied Europe into a vast production arsenal for German needs - 3,500,000 for- eign labourers are now under the German heel - has turned out very pleasantly profit-

DEMOCRACY able for German kings of industry and

The New York "Daily

finance.

News" is running a series Competition is being eliminated all over of articles by its own cor- Europe. Juicy monopolies to cite an econo- respondent, Grace Robin- mic expert, are falling into the hands of a son, revealing the enor- few groups. -.

Western States.

was

mous upswing in food While these groups, such as the great production in the Mid-chemical industry I. G. Farben, have un- The first article headed doubtedly Nazi sympathies, the working of "Isolationist states help win Bri- the new order has given them enormous vest- This investigation tour of the ed interests în Hitler's autarchaic system of proved that nervous New York running Europe.

tish food war."

big five defence food states

ers need not worry about war- time pantries,

Declared Profits.

Huge profits are being made] Therefore roughly 29 million The English likewise may know from ersatz industries and clearly reichmarks worth of reserves were that pork, canned tomatoes and a return to normal production created during one year--67% of evaporated milk from America after the war will put such groups the share capital. will not fail them..

as. I. G. Farben, "largely out of The American farmer, has done] business. a remarkable job in speeding up A typical example of such pro- And the dividend is only 4%, for food production, the article says. fits is provided by the annual re- the declared net profit is 1.81 mil-

Reuter..

port of the Dynamit-A.G. (form-llon, at which figure it has stood erly Nobel and Co.) which is con- since 1937. trolled by I: G. Farben....."

The company has an ordinary share capital of 47 million reich- marks, of which 1. G. Farben hold about 20 million."

:

It is not surprising, In view of thego, and similar published MISSIONS. TO

figures, that there is increasing. evidence of misgiving on the: RUSSIA SEE KING

part of the moneyed class, who Gross profita have steadify in- are Investing fargely in equities Members of the British and created since 1934, in 1939 they and paying almost any price. U.S. missions, to Russia were amounted to 100 mil ion and In for gold or other commodities of received by the King at Bucking- 1940 to 140 million reichmarko......... solid intrinsic value. S ham Palace yesterday, Lord Bea- The open reserves are given by As regards economic slavery In averbrook and Mr. Averell Har- the newspaper Berliner Borsen-occupied countries, It is obvious riman presented them to. His Zeitung" as about 44 million that this is becoming more and Majesty.

refchmarks almost as much as more a miserable fact. The people

The resolution also demanded the defeat of Hitler and all he stands for and favoured reveal of th American Neutrality Act.

The resolution was greeted with shouts of approval and was carried orally, - Reuter.

International News gives the names of the Japanese as Toshichi Kimura and Sosaka Suzuki (who were shot while walking in Nag- king Road) and Minora Fuki- yama, a Customs employee, who was shot in Szechuen Road, off Nanking Road.

"How's that?”

"Excellent! It's White Horsem

I could tell it blindfold??

No other whisky combines so rare a fragrance witlat such mellow smoothness; no other is quite so soft, sost round, so genial. Perfect blending and slow maturing g have made White Horse Whisky the equal of a fine e liqueur.

The millions of gallons of finest Scotch whisky matured and maturing ensure that the quality of White Horse never varies,

WHITE HORSE

WHISKY

General Sir John Dill, Chief of the whole share, capital. Of this of the countries ground down by Sole Agents for South China: JARDINE MATHESON AND COMPANY LTDI- the Imperial General Staff, was 13 million were added during the Hitler will soon be able to buy also received in audience. - Bri- last year. About 16 million were nothing more than their ration, kish Wireless.

written off last year,

British Wireless.;