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THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1945.

TRIUMPHS OF THE FOURTEENTH Shattering Defeats Inflicted On Japanese

Socialism In France

Parla, Dve. 1.

On

A bill, which was presented to hour the French Assembly' after the Paris Bourse had closest for the week-end, seeks to place all Important banking establishments under Government control, besiden providing for the untionalisation of the Bank of France and four hig deposit banks,

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The French Governmeal prom isus to bent al records for parlia monary speed in the arrange-

Attila

made to get this history

Story Of Now Disbanded Army

'NO ALLIED FORCE WAS MORE FEARED BY THE JA- PANESE THAN THE BRITISH 14TH ARMY, WHOSE OFFICIAL DISBANDMENT WAS ANNOUNCED YES- TERDAY IN AN ORDER OF THE DAY ISSUED RY GENERAL SLIM. WHEN THE GREAT ADVANCE FROM IMPHAL TO RAN- GOON BEGAN THE JAPANESE TRIED TO CONCEAL

THE FROM THE PEOPLE OF ASIA

DISASTER THAT WAS OVERTAKING THEM. IN HONG KONG

Jap Engines Smuggled In A Temple Girl Out

Tokyo, Dec. 2. American-officers --to-day stumbled on 20 new Japanoso aircraft enginea in an unusual hiding place on the inland of Shikokk

The engines seera found in a Japanese temple. --Associat- ed Press.

In A Kitbag

AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HEADQUARTERS AT MEL BOURNE ARE PREPARING A FULL-SCALE INVESTIGA- TION INTO THE CASE OF THE

SER- WHO SMUGGLED HIS GIRL FRIEND OUT OF

AND OTHER OCCUPIED PLACES LITTLE NEWS OF ONE PACIFIC UNIT ANT AUSTRALIAN

THE CAMPAIGN FILTERED THROUGH. General Sir Willar Slim's Jungle by alr supply and that taking bill through the Assembly 14th Army, consisting of Bri

where necessary divisions could do withou!

land

of cum Lish. Indian and Gurkha roops, day morning. before the Bourse opens on Mon-

munication altogether. was the targest army in the The Assembly mediately field in any theatre of war decided in refer the hill for the five months after cross- examination and possible amend

these ing into Burroa proper ment to the All-Party Finance

troops fought their Commission which is to meet this Command to as a ty te through three Japanese armies Rangoon, This re- An open debate in the to reach

of 645 advance Assembly will start on Sunday. presents

Sunday session

rare inniles from the Assam-fterma through Preneh parliamentary history and border. mouth-east usually only take place at the end Mandalay and on to the capital. of the year in attempts to get the

The final rout of the Japan- Budget voted before the end of the Jegal ser.

ese in May and June was tre merebus. All of the Cin my who would

the twin Stim's hurriedly

morrow.

J{nutze,

Demand For 0.d Army Cars

London, Dec. 1. Tablic hopes of being able soun to buy reconditioned Army cars, for which over 30,000 people have uheady applied, are almost mil.

fore

escape

General

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uf presse! that congh their rear-guards the Sittang river and led val into Sinm and Notti towards thot- Nearly thirty Malaya. sand were left behind, without Transport and with little food, Fegu inchospitalile 2514 Yomas: when they

at inst at- tempted to break out and join the fight of the main forens they were mown down in the

in the biggest single sande sangliter of the campaign. less than a week, more than

gut were killed

in

The Japanese werd swept from the 8,000-ft, peaks of the cloud-capped Chin hills, from Tiddin, Fort White and Kennedy Fank. The Chindwin was cram ed; then the Irrawady, Bitter battles were fought in the fra wndly crossings: in the north, where the 36th British division was Bghting under Maj. General F. W. Festing, the General Oticer

Commanding. Hong Kong at Singu, on the central plain,

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Meiktila, with a Important air elds, was captured and Mandalay feil. The Japs fought frantically to recapture Molktila and secture fe withdrawal for the trompe

the

of

trapped in the Mandalay area, but TID MOOC had Mandalay faltan than a "panzer delve south las For the wards Rangoon began, first time. Our men were out of the jungle. Here the azis was t winding jungle track, but first class metalled road on which nur mechanized farevs could move will and over which the wir forven

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The motor trade are doing their best to get as many ears from the Government as possible, but lack of labour and puitable premises are slowing

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Moreover, when batches of the vehicles du gench the trade, almut 40 per cent. are condemned as

WHEN TIDE TURNED avless, and go to the scrap heap. Manufacturers are allowed about

The 14th Army was formed £75 for the repair of euch can.

To date only about 9,000

anci was originally ears in 1943

of the have been reconditioned, Doctors, composed of the bulk midwived nurses, and disabledt fighting formations of the old soldiers are the only people eligible Eastern Army, some of which for thein. Demand far exreede hand fought rearguard after supply.

the 1942 retreat. trule is that the Governincat will ineral

The biggest diffeulty facing the rearguard in

Corps Slim, then a tot wll them how many used commander, was among them. vehicles have to be repulivá,

The tide turard for the Allies Just summer when the main Japanese forces were thorough- the battles in ly thrashed in

Mr. A. P. Palor Philips, diree- As local brethren as well as toy of Vauxhall Motors, said last visiting Brothron

who

hayo night: "Deaters want! regabared are requested to attend future car programmes, It is not

true that the

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to

plan

a misaonic meeting on Monday, achete in being held up so that 3rd December at for 5.80 p.m.

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LONDON

CAFE

and around the Impbai Plain, conditioning The Japanese plan Fad been to caplare the rich plain of Mani- pur as the starting point for the "march on Delb" and to capture the air bases in North Assam from which Bowed the British and American supplies for the Chinese Army.

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General Mutaguchi, the Jap

had said: "I cummander, success will have a profound effect on the course of the war and may even lead to its con clusion. When the reverse process were met. started, the Japanese for the first time, on ground of their own choosing. The enemy had bad lines of communication behind Him. After some of the fiercest ghting of the Burma war, he turned and ran.

were

over.

SUICIDE STANDS The Japanese

were

out-fought

Washington, Dec. 1.

General George C. Kenney

said to-day that the stratene afr forces of the Far Eastern Air Force were being consolidated into a single Pacific unit under General MacArthur's

fional

control.

Each

opera- force

ENGLAND IN A KIT BAG.

The girl her name ham must yet been revealed is now at Panama waiting to be shipped back to England.

At the Australian depot at Eastbourne, SUBSCR where over sens

would be reduced from its war-troops coming from ime strength.

The 50th Air Force has been

¡Contract

Bridge

nre re-grouped, An official stated: "We know very little about the case of this sergeant,, but an inquiry will certainly be

assigned to Japan and Koren for occupational police work, the 7th will move from Okinawa to made. Hawall, the

Hth will slay Okinawn, the 20th will remain in the Marianas while the 13th will be maed in the Philippiner.

in

left

"Since he has aiready this country the inquiry will be in Australia.

(y_Ely Culbertson)...

The proverb, "hall a loaf is better than none," has very little, if any, application to the bridge table, and aspiring experta had better forget all about it. Thou- sands of contracts that should be dotented are fulfilled only because A ulwert-nighted defender mutter- ing to himnek. "A trick trick," parts with A cart should be held

for dear

in A

that

life.

Consider the following had taken from a recent New York dupli- cate game:

South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable. Match-point duplicato. North S. 4; H-0 0 0 2; D-A 10 9 8 4 3 0-None.

Went 987 5 2; H-7 4 3: D-Q 7; C-K J 5.

Enst S. K 10 9; HK J 10; DJ 2; C9 8 0 4.

South S-A Q: 11-A Q8; --K 8; C.-A Q 10 7 3 2. The bidding:

South 1 club 3 no trump; Weat Pass Pass; North i diamond Pas; East Pass Pans.

This bidding took place at soveral tables and, although the content was not A good

one, it that each of the will be seen three bids was highly persuasive. South's opening club bid was, of

and course, the best approach, certainly North could not fail to answer with one diamond. Then South, with five honour tricks, in- cluding a fitting card in partner's bid ait, twu stoppers in each

"We do not knew how he managed to get the girl into the bag.

major, and It must have been a very big bag small girl." The

or a

very

sergeant left England from Liverpool and is now in Molarne.

General Kennedy said that the pir eventual size of the varions forees ennnot be disclosed at thirs He i that the only tine.

29's being seramed in the Pacf- fic are Chron which Pannot be reonomically put back in flying condition There is little aur.

1x girl friend, who is ander plus of other bumbers in the Pack-

feet high, was carried by the and "not very runny lighters"

hin in his kit bag up the The Okinawa typhoon neverni weeks ago bad destroyed a num- gang-planik und put in an empty ber of lighters Associated Press. | cabin

five

The romatice grew from

thal started [pen friendship

when the sergeant was a pl

air-soner of war in Germany.

TIRAF ZEPPELIN IN

SOVIET BANDS Fale of Germany's only and outwitted and caught in the craft carrier, the much-vrunt- open after the tanks had driven ed Graf Zeppelin, is now known. them from their bunkers. Time

The carrier, which was never und again they made

"sulehte" stands, but with every streeeding completed, is now in the hands af The Kuns nt Danzig. mile along the two ronds south

German officers from that port ami to the west through Promis

Kiel who through Tounge in centrul Hurma

bave reached

Hay their fighting quailties deterio- there is no indication of what ratel

the Russians intend to do with Meanwhile,

Indian her. 15th the Corps after the capture of Akyub, were making a series of landings on the Burma const which were finally to break the enemy's Inst lifelines in the west.

IT WAS IN THESE LAND. INGS THAT THE COMMAN-

DOS OF THE HONG KONG GARRISON TOOK PART.

A letter posted at Northampton a year and eight months ago has Just been received by Dvr. Houghton. one of the R.A.. Chindits. Wingate's Own." at High Wycombe, where he is now stationed

The letter beure 20

the post marks of the many places in the Far East to which it followed

Down the two main roads him.

tempo of the advance The tanks and the lorried infantry spearheaded through one defended place after another, leaving the following troops to mop up the bewildered Temnants. At times the advance reached a speed of a road miles covered in a day.

They decided to be married but wanted to leave for Austra- lia frat.

The the snag That was returned prisoner of War was being repatriated almost

at once.

table

very fair aix card club suit, could not be criticised for jumping to three no trump. Nor could North very well make any further bid. For all he could tell, South might have num- cient diamond strength to estab lish ant run the suit without difficulty.

At every

West opened the five of spades, and East's king was taken by

At thu ace. two Label

the declarers laid down the king of diamonds, per- hans hoping to drop on honour, and then found that they had no further piny fur contruct At three tables the declarers adopted A more ingenious plan for the establishment of the diamond sult. They led the low diamond and, when West ducked (incorrectly), Two put in duminy's eight spot. Easts, obviously working on the "atrick's a trick" idan, won with their ck, and by no doing carn-

Tage.

grati.

was

But his girl friend would have to stay behind in this at the declarers' undying

The country.

spn de return taken by the

queen. and the declarers,

probably with their hearts in their mouths, laid down

AL Eastbourne they made their plans. Other Australias

pledged to

brought In.

secrecy -- were

They agreed that when they hoarded the ship for home they would each carry two kit bugs. The vergeant had two bags 48 well-one with his clothes, the other with his girl.

Grim Confession By

Wastrel Wealthy

RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC. 2. WEALTHY 26-YEARS-OLD ANTONIO BENTO. WASTREL AND WEAKLING SON. OF A BRAZILIAN MILLION- AIRE MERCHANT, SLEW THE MOTHER OF HIS TWO CHILDREN IN A SILKEN, PERFUMED BED, CUT UP HER BODY WITH THE AID OF HIS LATEST MIS- TRESS.

the diamond king. When West's queen appeared the overtake with dummy's ace clinched five diamond tricks. After such

a successful cou these declarers were not disposed to try for extra tricks (which they could have made). but were quite satisfied with ful- filling their contracts.

At the other table where the declarer attempted the strategem of leading a low diamond to the eight, East was not a subscriber to the theory

that " trick's a trick." He realised that to part dia- with the Jack on the first

the was to concede mond lead rest of the suit. Even if it were possible to lose the jack by hold. ing it up, he correctly reasoned that this would be better than to

*nat make no strle

the establishment of the suit. But, actually, there was no chance of losing it. Declarer could not pon- sibly have started with the K-Q and a low diamond and selected that method of play. West was absolutely marked with either the kine or the queen and, in either case, the hold up of the jack would be vital. -

Early in May, following a fund- ing by S.E.A.C. paratroops the previous day, furces landed from H.M. ships south of Rangoon on both banks of the Rangoon river. The 14th Army men had hoped to get there first, or at any rate at the same time, but when the elly was almost within their grasp violent storms marking the begin. ning of the monsoon washed away! the bridges. The sea-borne forces linked up with them a few days RIO DE JANEIRO POLICE FOUND BENTO-HELPFUL. ITR Inter, thirty miles to the north of TOLD THEM HOW HE HAD MET LOVELY IRENE Rangoon.

ROMERO. IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, BUT SHE ALMOST DESERTED CITY

WAS OF POOR PARENTS, IN NO WAY THE SOCIAL With only one експра

route

EQUAL OF THE BENTOS. them-acrus8 remaining open to

"So I wont out and bought a the Sitting to the north east--the He could not marry her, but Japanese and fled, leaving tan- aho became his mistress, bore new saw with which I cut off the INFLATION FEVER IN

FIVE DIVISIONS DESTROYED

Five Japanese divisions destroyed and had to be reformed Thi with only partial success. enemy last at least 60,000 men and he was never able to make up that deficit in man power..

phase first The

WAB frontier of Somewhere

on the India, the decision was taken to allow nothing not even the mon- noon to stop the pursuit of the He was to be necing enemy. given no respite to reorganise. General Wingate's famous "Chin- dit" expedition into enemy preu

killed. proved that plod territory had forces could be maintained in the

ANNOUNCEMENT

WISHING TO IMPROVE AND STANDARDIZE THE QUALITY OF GOLD BARS THAT ARE CIRGULATING IN THE HONG KONG MARKET, WE HAVE FSTABLISHED FROM THIS DATE A DEPARTMENT UNDER THE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY CALLED "STANDARD GOLD BAR BUREAU”. THIS BUREAU 18 INCORPORATED BY THE MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED THE NATIVE BANKERS AND GOLD BAR DEALERS.

TO DEPOSIT CASH SECURITIES AS WELL AS MUTUAL GUARANTEES FROM OTHERS. OUR AIM IS TO PRODUCE STANDARD GOLD BARS OF UNIFORM FINENESS TO BE CHECKED AND STAMPED BY OUR OFFICIAL SEAL WE HOPE TO PRODUCE SUCH STANDARDIZED GOLD BARS IN THE MARKET 80 AS TO FACILITATE A FREE DEAL- ING AMONG OUR MEMBERS AS WELL AS WITH THE PUBLIC IN GOOD FAITH AND CONFIDENCE.

MEMBERS OF THE "STANDARD GOLD BAR BUREAU”: ARE. AS FOLLOWS:-

78,, Bonham Strand, E.

Wing Fhing Loung... 68. Ponham. Strand, E.

On Tal

Loy Hing

Hang Bhing

42, Bonham Bårand, E. ***.. 62, Fonham Strand, E.

Han Hoam Tsing & Co. 58, Des Voeux Road, C. 118, Dos Voeux Road, O. ...181, Quoan'a Road, C.

anh Chuong -

Hang Book

Wing Long. Ka Kwal Hoo...

Tao Hoog

Tan Hoa

...118, Quoon's Bord, C.

81, Bonham Strand, E. 11. Bonham Strand. B.

... 31, Bonham Stand, I.

Wing Wah Ying Bhuon Kwood On

...

Wing Tal... La Hing Hop.... Ming Tak Choong Kea Tal Bong... Wing Ming Wing Foong Nan Wab...

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THE GOLD & FILVER BXCHANGE SOCIETY.

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goon-the literai

meaning of him two children. His father arms, while Maria held the body. which is "war ended"- Althy,

was so pleased with his illegi- It is something horrible to dis- BERLIN

Amell of

fever is mounting Inflation and the partly ruined and almost deserted timate grandson he gave An- member a body. The saw seemed

to weigh tons city. So

П endud

continuous tonio

300.000 crulzeroa, human flesh made mo faint.

among

Germans

they planned operation, integrated from

There was a moment when I watch Allied military money allde (A6500), but when Irene was finish. start to

It cost the Japanese Expedi expecting a second child. An- put the light out. Maria turned down on the Black Market to only tionary Force dear. Within a tonio, at a cafe, met beautiful, it on again, anld, 'Speak, man, one-twentieth of its pegged value. Then Day by day its purchasing Lourdes that will distract you.' Maria year this force which was made 31-years-old

Maria turned on a musical pro- power declinca and, with the up of the 15th, 33rd and 28th Neubaucz.

of the 1923 inflation. Armios, lost more than 120,000

his mistress ramme on the radio in order to memory She, too, became These figures include Antonio told the police that, with drown the noise of the saw. Thus when a million marks could buy

wo finished the task."

only a tram ticket, stamped on the Japanese "brought to Maria's aid, he planned threo Antonio and Marin put the their minds, the people of Berlin

times to kill Irene, changed his It will probably never be known mind because she was to beautiful, parts of the dismembered body in are, with one exception, abandon-

two trunks, buried them Bento, ing all kinds of marks. how many more died, from air The fourth time he went to the attacks, wounds and sickness but luxurious home

in aristocratic as he confessed, sald: "Irene is it is safe to estimate that for Santa Tercan district where he still my true love, though I mur. every two counted dead at least kent Irono, he spent the night But the Brazilian police looked one more Japaneso perished. there, rose from the silken bed, further into the case. They

Through the campaign the co- bashed in her head.

British and American troops in operation of Burmese of all tribes He told Maria what he had done. found out that Maria's family

was German, that Bento had made Berlin are forbidden to sell their and classes proved of immense She suggested he dispone of the several mysterious trina during ration cigarettes, but many of the help. For years British fears, body, Antonio Bento told the the war to Spain and Portugal. troops have had hundreds of and NCO's had been maintaining police: "First I covered the thighs The police said they had evid- cigarettes sent them by relatives contact with the tribes, training with great dificulty, because the

once suggesting that Bento had at home and there are circulating. and preparing them for the day saw was no good.

been a Nazi soy. They were look- Ing into the possibility that Irene CHEMISTS ON TOUR H was murdered because she threa tened to expose Bonto and Marla in a fit of jealousy.

to T[80. Even the Japanese troia- ed and equipped so-called "Burma National Army", joined our men at the first opportunity and fought affectively

those against

who nuborned it.

GRIM JUNGLE

All these achievements should

be viewed against a complex back-

tween jungle and mobile war- at him faro: The eromy wAB boat when holding narrow lines

dered her."

of approach in jungle country: World Prices in the open he was second rate. Tactical support given by the

ground-one which has set pro-air forces proved of immense Mr. Ernest Devin, at Cam- klemaanmatched in any other value. Such was our superiority bridge, advocating a world price war theatre.

British cigarettes are now he coming Berlin's basic currency. The one exception is for the purchase of the small official food Tation.

London. Dec. 1. Dr. K. A. Hamled, leader of the - Indian Chemical Delegation ta Britain and the United States, is Icaving for New York to-morròw, Accompanying him are three of the six members of the Mission,

Dr. Hamied told Router to-day:

over the Japanese Air Force that for primary products, declared "I have been much impressed by BEAC's forcon first had to fight the Alr supply services were able that it was not only possible but the cordial reception given to the through the grim Jungle and to operate on the largest-scale practicable. Fointing out that delegation in England and by the off support, co-operation and goodwill mountain country of the north ever seen in the world, unmenaced when controls were taken

the of British chemical manufacturera Then the pattern changed to one and unruffled by fear of enemy wheat after the last war,

that the price fall 60 per cent, he said: to help India develon hor indus- of mobile and open warfare, At fighters. Everything the time it called for a bold troops wanted, from pilla to 25 "I am not prepared to devise a doctilon to effect the change in pounders and from fresh meat to scheme of economy to satisfy the the midst of the campaign. tank tracks were brought in by old term method of foreign Invest

But the Japanese falled to the supply planes or were paraments, which paid no regard to

human considerations at all." appreciate the diferenca be chuted from the sky,

tries.

"The delegation will remain In ·

five weeks America for four or and we shall then return to finalis our plan-Houter.

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