1941-09-22 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941.

MUTT AND JEFF.

PEELIN' FOTATOES FOR AN ARMY 15 NO CINCH!

MEAJ

NOW LOOK, SARGE, IF ALL THE POTATOES WERE COOKED. 'WITH THEIR JACKETS ON THEN EACH SOLDIER COULD PEEL HIS OWN POTATO! WHATCHA THINK OF THE

IDEA?

WELL, THEN HOW'S ABOUT GIVING THE MEN A TREAT TONIGHT?-

· BAKED POTATOES WITH THE JACKETS

·ON!

Page 5 Øv-BUD FISHER

O,K. I'LL PEEL

P'TATERS!

PETAIN BACKS UP THE NAZIS

MARSHAL PETAIN, IN A THREE MINUTE BROADCAST YESTERDAY AFTER- NOON FROM VICHY, FORMAL- LY CONDEMNED RECENT AT-

ORGANISING THE EYES OF THE ARMY

ONE OF THE WAR'S most vital tasks is TACKS ON GERMAN OCCUPA- that of the "eyes of the Army"——the Coopera- WHICH MUST BE tion Command, whose squadrons watch the

TO FOREIGN battlefront.

TION-SOLDIERS AS 'CRIMIN-

AL ACTS"

"ASCRIBED

AGENTS."

He said his Government would hunt down

the

guilty by all Pilots are men trained in the art of re-

means. He made a special 1237- connaissance.

-peal to all Frenchmen in the oc-

cupied zone to help safeguard or

der.

Upon their zeal and initiative

in the air may well depend the fate of "If these criminal gestures con- armies on the ground, for it is upon the ac- innocent peop e. Your primary Curacy and speed of aerial reconnaissance duty is to safeguard the unity of that the decisions of army chiefs are often

tinue, repression will risk affecting)

France." he added.--Reuter.

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JAPANESE ENVOYS

made.

Should a British offensive be in ceiving messages from Army progress or the enemy threaten-H.Q. seeking information which THE JAPANESE FOREIGN ing an attack, Army Cooperation aerial reconnaissance alone can OFFICE ON SATURDAY AN- squadrons wil be at instant provide. NOUNCED TWO DIPLOMATIC} readiness on airfields close to the APPOINTMENTS.

army formations to which they are

Mr. Nasatoshi Akiyama has attached. Pilots will be standing been named Japanese Minister to by the aircraft waiting for orders. Nicaragua.

Mr. Denjiro Kato is appointed consul-general al Vienna and at the same time First Secretary of the Japanese Legation in Slova- kia.Reuter,

What Army Wants

Suddenly a pilot will be sum-

Air Liaison officers-Army off-moned, The air liaison officers cers who form a link between will explain the mission, explain the Army wants, and Air Co.

perhaps what Army commanders

whether tanks are moving behind operation squadrons-will be re-

lines or whether the enemy inforcements of troops are mass- ing near a certain village.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Clue

4 Likeness

9 Cravat

12 Trouble

13 Artificial

waterway

14 Measure of ...length

15- English

dramatist

17 French N

dramatist

10 Presenter 21 Hard-shelled

fruit

22 To retain

24 To take

de from ille

Hally

20 List

29 Missile

weapon:

31: Humorist

33 Protuber- #daces

34 River in

Italy

23 Inlet

37. Light: brown

39 Hebrew

month

40. Greek, lotter

42 Title of..⠀

respect. 44 To tallyinto,

disuse

40 Norso' galley

48 Marriago portion 50-Metropolia

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51 Youth

53 Graph

55 Author of

"Faust"

58 Author of "Emperor Jones",

61 To consume

62 Musical

instrument

'64 To' stare at 65 Bitter. Vetch

68 Composed 67 English

river

VERTICAL

1 Dervish's

cap

2 Artificial

language

3 Tó meditato

4 Religious

representa-

...tion

5 Lord's estate

6 Article 7.Pikelike fish' fish' 8 Dash

9 Sea demigod

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION,

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10 Electrified particle

11 Holland

commune

18 Deep sleep 18 Mongrel

20 Line 22 Greek letter 23 Eaten away 25 Seized with

the tooth

27 To warm. thoroughly

28 Monastery. : 30 Archaic: to

suppose

32 Fundu

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30 Assistanca.

38 Mother-of

pearl

(41 Altaq A

43 Fabulous

43 Had compas- Paton for

HISVERSKANGER - 47 Feline

FAL BFCÀRCATE

ALATEROTEM

STORIAES-T

HA'SLAMER HCE ELI ATONE

NEBEFENDS

ERA

10 Young bog

53 Arabian salle ing..vessel

54 Former Eng-

lish queen 53.Teamster's

56 Rowing

Implement

57 To blunder.

59 Caustic

substance 60'Shellere‹f 83.7% leave'

re-

The pilot will make the neces- sary reconnaissance, watching the skies for hostile aircraft.

If the mission is urgent he may send information by wireless or drop a written message as soon as he returns to the landing ground,

Part of the mission may be to take aerial photographs of a par-

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ticular position pinpoint on his map. Then he will keep the air- craft steady while the camera does the job.

The squadron's photographic staff will stage the camera, pro- cess the negatives and deliver the prints without delay to the air liaison officer, so that he can either report direct to Army H.Q. or send the photographs to H.Q. for examination there.

Strategic Study

Another type of reconnaissance may also be required cal reconnaissance.

strategi-

This reconnaissance is not over or near the scene of fighting but well behind the battle front.

Pilots are rigorously trained for this class of work and become ex- tremely proficient in reportirig by wireless to the artillery com- mander where shells are falling. If they are exploding short he will notify the gunners. If they are too far ahead he will direct fire to the objective till the shells: find the mark and the battery is destroyed.

for the

It is a perilous task pilot. A.A. fire may harass him, enemy fighters pursue him, “

But the work must be done and no Army Cooperation pilot wants to return to base before his re- connaissance mission is accom- plished. British Wireless,

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