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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 20, 1941

Young lovers in the summer of 1914; Georgette McKee and Edward Wragge, in this romantic scene from "The Ramparts We Watch," were blissfully unaware of the World War which wra soon to separate them. The March of Time's first festure movie, which tells the story of Americans in the World War, is now showing at the King's.

HELL DIVE WINS V.C. FOR PILOT

HELL DIVE on Bremen to 50ft., in which he led his squadron under high-tension cables, carry- ing away telegraph wires, and through a formidable balloon barrage wins the V.C. for Acting Wing- Commander Hughie Idwal Edwards, D.F.C., of No. 105 Squadron, an Australian,

Although handicapped by an old flying injury, Britain, he has led many daring attacks on the

a leg wounded when he baled out in a flight over

enemy on land and sea.

60 ILL AT MINISTRY: POISONING

An hour after a canteen

His D.F.C., announced earlier this month. was awarded for another bell-dive in which he bombed a ship from mast high.

"Wing Commander Edwarda

has repeatedly displayed gallan try of the highest order in press ing home bombing attacks from

very low heights against strong ly defended objectives," an announcing

official statement the award sald.

Beat His Bad Luck

Twice his luck was out when

Bremen.

lunch, sixty members of he led the daylight raid On the staffs of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Economic Warfare were rushed in ambulances to three Lon- don hospitals.

Food poisoning was diagnos- ed. Fifty-six people were tarned, but only one case regarded as serious.

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was

The hospitals were asked to Etand by for more cases which might take longer to develop. Several girl typists and men eollapsed at their desks.

Doctors were hastily summon -- ed. They sent their patients to Charing Cross. Westminster and St. George's Hospitals.

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"It was like a battlefield" Civil Servant told the "Daily Mirror."

"People, mostly women, were flopping out all around.

"Others were running to their 'ald and carrying them Into the corridors and cloak- rooms."

LOOTED UNDIES IN CAPTURED NAZI TANK

A large quantity of women's underwear, 240 pairs of stockings and socks, and sixty yards of fire material for dresses, with the name of the Biali- stok shop from which they had been stolen, were found by the- Russians inside a cap- tured German tank.

The newspaper "Izvestia" publishes a picture of the inside of the tank and says an order was found, issued by Nazi General Guderjahn, Inspector of the Tank Corps, say- ing that it was

not allowed to lood tanks and lorries with "all kinds of goods" be- cause they looked like "gipsy band wagons.” Such things should be tronsported separate-

ly.

CHURCHILL TANK BEST IN WORLD

Churchill is the name of

a new type of heavy in- fantry tank which is probably the most formid- able fighting weapon pos- sessed by any army in the world. }

The Prime Minister is one of the very few civilians who have ridden in the type of tank which has been named after him. He took his seat at the control

There were no clouds to cover lever and was astonished at the case with which the machine his approach.

could be manoeuvred. Despite its Several enemy shipe were

great bulk. it turns round almost righted. Edwards knew his air with the ease of a taxicab. craft would be reported.

Undaunted, he took his forma- tion fifty miles overland to the target, flying at times only 501t, up.

At Bremen a hall of fire was thrown up by the ground guns. Ail his aircraft were hit. Four were destroyed.

The Churchills are being mass produced. They are heavily armoured, giving the maximum of protection to the'r crews.

Despite their weight, they are able to move over any kind of ground at a startling speed. Terrific gun power is concen- trated in a minimum of space. It is unlikely that many enemy ma- Despite this, Edwards made a chines exist which could stand up most successful attack.

for long to their devastating fire.

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CHURCHILL CLUB

IN BELGIUM

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B.B.C. MYSTERY JOB Mr. A. R. Burrows, B.B.C. director, has been out-undis-

The existence of a "Churchill Newcastle Club" at Hasselt, in Belgium, has transferred to carry been revealed by a message re-closed special duties at. the head ceived in London,

About 300- people eat at thef Ministry canteen"overy day.

-An investigation is being mađe.

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OFFICERS MUST DIG

offices.

KILLED STUNTING OVER

GIRL'S HOUSE

TWO CZÉCH AIRMEN who were killed when their plane crashed into some houses at Wolver- hampton were stated at an inquest to have been By order of the Staff, Brigadier- | circling round very low over a girl friend's house at General officers at the Canadian the time of the accident. Headquarters in Britain must: “dig Among their belongings were letters from two The order reads, "As officers Wolverhampton girls, one of whom lived about 150 benefit as well as other ranks yards from where the 'plane was wrecked.

·evary officer below, the rank of A policeman said he saw the

for victory.

from the growing of vegetables

· general staff-officer (first grade): aeroplane diving very near to the will work for one hour a week: houses. Later it crashed on roof- In the garden. Mahfud tops and exploded and burst into The War Once told the Daily flames The plane was shattered

· Mirror It is left to the discre- to pieces,

tion of the unit commander as to The two airmen were found in whether oficers have to, dig,, but the front gardens of the houses many officers and unit commanders with burning debris... all around have worked on these kitchen" thèm.

gardens voluntarily!!!

"It was ctated - that" / "the" two

Czechs were pupils on an in-| structional flight,

They wore.compatent to fly the machine, but they had; cx; coaded Instructions in the radius they should..have covered and In the manner of their flight. --.. The wing of the machine might have caught an obstruction when banking,

"Misadventure was the verdict.

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