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THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, SATURDAY, DECEM BER 8, 1945.

Doolittle's Ensa Commandos Tell

New Job

San Francisco, Doc. 1. Lieut-General James H. Doolittle, leader of the fira! air attack on Tokyo, will leave the army air forpos fo become Vico-President of the Shell Oil Corporation on January 1, 1946, the company annannoed to-day-Associat- ed Press,

VALUABLE RELIEF WORK IN CANTON

Since

ita

Canton, Dec. B.

In Inauguration September, the Canton Emergency

Some Stories Of Burma

THE ENSA COMMANDOS, TED MCCOURT AND JOCK MC- GLYNN, WHO HAVE VISITED BY NOW NEARLY EVERY OUTPOST IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS OF THE COLONY, ARE TO DE.. PART FOR SHANGHAI ON SUNDAY. THEY ARE THE ONLY TWO ENSA MEN OFFICIALLY ENTITLED TO CALL THEMSELVES COMMANDOS AND THEIR STATUS IS AN AWARD FROM THE 14TH ARMY, AROUND WHOSE FRONT-LINE CAMPS THEY WERE EVER-PRESENT THROUGHOUT PART OF THE BURMA CAMPAIGN WITH UKELELE, ACCORDION AND GUITAR.

arver

the have

nnd

HIS DUTY

Melbourne, Dec. 7. Testifying to-day before the Committee inquiring into hla_es." Gor- cape, Lieut-General Henry don Bennett, Commander of the Australian troops in Malayn at the start of the Pacific war, nas sorted to-day he felt it was his duty to got away as soon as the unconditional aurrender at Singa pore occurred.

Dennett denied Al the official jasued an enquiry that he ever order forbidding hin men to escape.--Aarnciated Preas.

company who worked in Burns,

Jock and Ted say, and they pay tribute to Alec Hall's and Pat Gaye's companies, both of which are in Hong Kong now pinying to the Aоrvices. ENSA several casualties in Burma from illness, which has left its mark on more than one trouper.

The

suffered

were brought in at Schebo. They Their audiences have included Allied troops of every colour and were taken by Gurkhas in one of designation, British, American, the bloodiest battles of the "can- wero nearly all PRIRT

As they were be West African, Gurkha, Chinese, Chind the Jungles' monkey-folk, stretcher cases, and Japanese patrols and snipers ing carried into a base hospital. taking time-out to hear some hill one of the prisoners managed to All their audiances, take out pocket knife and atab billy music.

an English officer, It was nothing say Jock and Ted, were an appre

slight flesh very serious, only a rlative crowd. especially

wound. Gurkha, who could

What followed, Jock told us, was enough.

one of the most unholy incidents Jock has kept A diary of the

dramatic that ever came his way at lunch- It maken campaign.

A very sullen Gurkha ap Burma campaign, the ENSA Com reading, but then it in universally time.

mandos say, was short rations. theatrical proached the table, salated smart- acknowledged among

The Burmese were fairly well folk that every straight actor is ly, and laid something on the fes- nebing for the day he is to play tive board. When everyone had stocked but were chary of cur- is quite recovered, they managed to rency of any quality or denam Int comedian and every of Bottom.

get

with the meal.

Theretion, preferring barter. to cat

one and much wasn't

qualms. Allow

There couldn't were only eight Japanese prisoners lofte

Relief Committeo had given re- lief of various kinds to 338.408 The регаоль up to Nov. 28. money spent during the first two months amounted to $26,917,891 N.C., while the estimate for the third month is $23,627,890

Following in a brief resume of the work performed ganization:

start, the committee At the drvoled itx energy to that required urgent and prompt attention, like the burying of the dead, five conger,

by this or-

housing

beggars and vagabonds, receiving people returning to the city and rending people back to their native

villager.

Later, it proceeded to give pos Tief in muttern connected with livelihood, such as the establish- dining halls, ment of low rice elean cooked rice rolling stations the common and dormitories for

I form people, the distribution cotton padifed jackets and cotton grills making credit lawns to small ins merchants.

recommending

and training people dustrial art

in the

In the time month Nov 20 Der 21, the commitee are giving special attention to the follustang: retel 14 giving work instead of 22,800 persons.

e-tablishing five more low price dung halle: sell ong epked rice to pete at half cuttin the cust; distributing jackets and grills;, increasing the aly of medsebe, the amount of credit Insts, and the number

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people are

T

waiting to make the grade an Hamlet. Jocks himself, strangely. wauta lo play Portia, monologue ing "The quality of mercy." ete. in a Glasgow accent.

Here are a couple of entries in Jock's diary that speak for them-

selves:

Tuesday,

February: 20th

100 varda Crossed Trawaddy. from Jans."

Thursday. 22nci "Japs cracking. 66 render."

The ENSA Cominandos colours include the following items: En- tered Imphal with the 14th Army. Entered Mandalay with the 19th Division, Played at Fort Dufferin Entered Melktin with the 20th Division. Played to patrols tak in time-out at want to KUT

Alagapa as the 20th Division of the 14th Army were minking a bridgehead geruss the Trawaddy facing Mandalay.

February:

Bath Jock and Ted disclaim be. the comedians ing the best Burns

aign. Ther

JOHANN STRAUSS

the

Clothes

were what the Burmese were al- ways after.

BARTER QUOTATIONS Quotations were: One chicken equivalent to one shirt; one dozen eggs equiv. pair of socks; one pig equiv, to an old pair of shoes, two pairs of socks, two old shirt, and twa

pairs of trousers.

one

On their way Home, the ENSA Commandos nav, they are keen on stopping in Italy All their nusi cat_equipment needs replacement.

shita

IMONMOONK

!

in

Burma having played havoc with accordions, guitură and every- thing

One of their best prompters, the pain to two big buck regenes

Jock and Tod told us, was General of the Mist West African Hivision

tiracey, Commanding Officer of In Private life, Jae's McGlynn is Times were, as the boys put it. gr. Biscuits and bally beef were the 20th Division, he would send tilasgow m, with a family of The them to any spot where the boys | two sons and a daughter, all very the diet for day on eml

sticky murh of age. Hie principal pas- CCS (Casualty Clearing Stationsbud just gone through a

The plane night

One of their principal jobs time is greyhound racing and he were doing a rush job

was playing at Caroalty Clearing claims to have made some €400 on was alive with Nips.

Stations, often in the midst of Mick the Miller. heavy ghting, when they dis covered that the heavily wounded

niways cheered

with pieces from Johann Strauss, com onger of such Viennese pieces an "Tales from the Vienna Woods," "The Blue Danube” and “One Day When We Were Young."

They we not the only ENSA

JUNGLE INSTINCTS One bright Burmese day a trou

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ple of 81st West Africa Division Japanese priester. En las They were a No Man's Land. At the time large tracts of the jungle were Nobody in Particular's Land. The twa segern boys couldn't a

what first make up the mid

Their fan lo with their prisoner

the better instimet Kul

They aliced a drip out of the Nup's bio, fried it, ate it with gusta, then told the seared Nip that should he mp in their way Free medical celine ever again they would eat the rest riving treatment

At present,

stations exely day 2.90D

ed to bay half priced cooked Dee and 10,000 cheap ments are

dine hall- The varaus hostels me apoth

The L00 luna

I'm aurunt spent in distributing 3,360 entton Culton Jackets and 1,000

The Krill

$4,000,000 NA

1M

Soven

patients enel: day

ang

20

th-115

al

Within s

of him.

Then they let him go. 2,000

few hours the Jungle was quite

Japanese. clear

hear of

Some

$5.00 can butros beatrits A

$10,000 with interest For start

be Any for making this credit long is obtain ed from ther C.N.R.R.A.) The "work in place of relief system” to 23,800 is giving employment persons at the pay of $150, $200

$250 per day.

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Besides the above items, rommittee also performs various kinds of social services, such as free legal advice, recommendation of jobs, and the sending of peo. ale back to their native villages,

Our Own Correspondent.

GREECE SEEKING LARGE LOAN

Athens, Dec. 7.

said to- Authoritative sources

day that Greece is seeking a loan from Great of U.S.$40,800,000 Britain and the release of part of her reserve funds now held by British banks with the intention

of using the entiro amount to help stabilise the drachno-A anciated Press,

The Japan

re-controlled press throughout

were

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KILLED IN CRASH

Chungking, Deo. 7.

Dr. Winston Pottus, of the staff of the Hatangya medical school in Changsha, was kill ed in p crash while on a flight in hia-private plans....Ticar Changsha on Nov. 15.

Nowe ons only received in Chungking to-day--Associat- cd Press.

BIG GRANT FOR WAR DAMAGE

Washington, Dec. 6,

The Senate approved and sont to the House yesterday legislation to provide an estimated $469,000,- 000 in war damage claims in the approved a Philippines. It also bill providing for national cloc tions in the Philippines by April

and convening 30,

1940, Philippines congrees by May 28.

Personal

property losses-au- tomobiles, furs, jewelry, for ex ample are not subject to claims damage funds. against the war

of the Senator Tydings, author bill, said: "Only items for which available raimbursement will bo will be those useful in the econo- mic rehabilitation of the Philip- pines.

THE HONGKONG PRINTING PRESS, LIMITED

An extraordinary general meeting of the there Company will be held at the Company's registered office, Room No. 211, Prince's Building, 2nd foor, Ice House Street, Hong Kong at 13 O'Clock a.. on Friday the 29th. day of December 1945 for ike purpose of considering and pomibly passing.A. special resolution for the sale of the assets of the Company and for its winding up.

A formal notion has been posted to all shareholdere at their registered addresses. Any shareholder who wishes for further particulars shoulă call at the Company'a registered office.

Dated the 3rd day of December 1945, By order of the Board of Directors B. M. D'ALCANTARA KAYIKR Secretary.

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Tho rehabilitation bin viden for the establishment of a War Damage Commission.--Anson riated Press.

Smithfield Won't Strike

BASE.

LONDON. DEC. 7.

Both Jock and Ted hike the Americans and claim that they THERE WILL BE NO PRE- AT STRIKE will never forget the ThanksgivOME | CHRISTMAS Day party on the US8.

Pru

SMITHFIELD MARKET, LON- metheus. They wish the event DON'S CENTRAL MEAT AND DISTRIBUTING were celebrated more often, but POULTRY any that it would, however, he 11 strain on the digestion to do Lirese Leaders of the marketmen an- things the way the Yanks do them.

after con night. nounced last

representatives of ferences with their union, that they are post- poning their strike recomenda tion for a fortnight - from Dec. 17 to Dec. 31.

Midway Battle Wrecked

Jap Plans

TOKYO, D) •*. G.

"Greater East Asia" rap several THE AMERICAN PILOTS WHO TURNED BACK THE JA- PANESE FLEET AT MIDWAY IN JUNE 1942 WRECK- ED TOKYO 8 PLANS TO WIN A COMPROMISK PEACE BY HOLDING A PACIFIC STRANGLEHOLD ON OUT- LYING BASES.

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days worth of stories on ghoulish Japanese patrols. annibalism. however, did their utmost not stray too far inte enemy territory. Having parts of one's anatomy fried and eaten in one's presenceTHIS WAS DISCLOSED BY CAPTAIN

འ

TOSHIKAZE

OHMAE, FORMER CHIEF OF THE NAVAL OPERA- TIONS SECTION IN THE NAVY MINISTRY IN RE- VEALING DETAILS OF WHAT JAPAN CONSIDERS TO BE ONE OF THE TWO DECISIVE NAVAL BAT TLES OF THE WAR.

with

This decision, they explained,

had been taken in view of the inconvenience that would be caus ed to the public on this est peuce Christmas."

Cause of the grievance remains unsettled. Marketmen insist that an assurance unless they receive that all 277 ex-Smithfield men now in the forces get their old jobs back, they will stop work on New Year's Eve.-Reuter.

INDIAN POW.S REACHI SYDNEY

amount of ዮሃና something no Bushido spirit could endure.

Neither Jock or Ted care to see Burma

desire. again. They rather, to emulate one of their jungle friends, A Gurkha V.C.,

He said that Japan sent 11 The Japan launched the

Sydney, Dec. 7. who went back to Blighty without

Midway coin-

Ninety-six Indians, including 23 the necessity of having to wait for battleships and 76 other vessels armada towned

women. formerly P.O.W.'s in diversionary "Demob."

The grinning Gurkha to occupy Midway 3,500 marines cident

Manila, arrived in Sydney yester face has so far made it appear and an army of infantryfenow far to the north. The first day, from a Red Cross home and ance in nearly every British and but that American-dive-bomberanir raids against Dutcherboarded the hospital ship "Koron" Colonial newspaper and pletorial and fighters smashed the thrust hours in the Aleutians came at which is sailing to-day.

he same time.

The Indians hove magazine. Jock showed the same

ince September when face to our reporter, large as life in its first day.

American

lenders

The northma attacking forcecuperating since immediately recognisable. with both Jucks and Ted and a British share with the Japanese may pulled back to make the first they arrived here in rage, half

into efficer crowding

command the estimate of the Japanese landings on Altu and starved and many with bayonet wounds and scara from fires. Battle of Midway as being a Kiska, where they remained en Now wearing clothes provided by decisive one in the Pacile war. FIRST PRISONERS

anay.

the samu

military

Geen

10.

MEDICAL BRANCH

NOTICE

Tenders are invited for the collection and removal of animal blood and hair from

1. Kennedy Town Slaughter

House

Ma Tau Kok Slaughter House

2.

3.

Sai Wan Bo

Slaughter House

4. Aberdren

including

slaughter- ing swine

Slaughter House for food.

Sealed renders for each slaughter house should be sub- mitted in triplicate to the Chairman, Tender Board, Public Works Branch, Civil Affairs Headquarters, by 12 noon of 22nd day of December, 1945.

Cender forms and particular may be obtained from the Secret- ary, Medical Prach, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, 1st floor.

J. F. FEHILY, Col

Hong Kong.

D. D. M. S. (CA)

4th December, 1945.

BRITISH MILITARY ADMIN- ISTRATION," HONG KONG C.A.A. MEDICAL BRANCH

NOTICE

Jack and Ted were present when The Battle of the Coral Sen, Intrenched for more than a year. the Red Cross, they look healthy Dental Registration Ordinance is

the first nihe Japanese prisonera

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which the Japanese hopes of reaching Australia were anush- ed, was the other vital sca battle of the carly, gloon-filled war months.

battles had The two thing in common: there was no combat between surface war- ships f either side. They never got within sight of each other. They were battles of air arma against fleet units in each case, with both sides suffering heavy losses but both ending in spectacular Allied victories.

-Associated Press.

and robust.Reuter.

Nanking Gradually Pulling Round

NANKING. CHINA'S

THE

SHANGHAI, DEC. 6. CAPITAL BEFORE 1997, WAS STRIPPED BY THE JAPANESE DURING THEIR EIGHT YEARS OF OCCUPATION, BUT IS GRADUAL- LY RETURNING TO NORMAL AS TRADE WITH THE INTERIOR IS RESUMED AND CHINESE RESIDENTS, WHO FLED ON THE APPROACH OF GENERAL MA- TSU'S ARMIES, POUR BACK INTO THE CITY, AC- CORDING TO A CHINESE BUSINESSMAN JUST RE- TURNED HERE.

CHINESE AUTHORITIES, HOWEVER, HAVE A HARD TASK AHEAD IN RESTORING PUBLIC BUILDINGS "AND FACILITIES FOR THE REPORTED-RETURN-OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO ITS FORMER SEAT.

The following extract from the

published for information.

"Every registered dentist practising in the Colony who desires his name to be retained on the register shall before the end at every year, make dp- plication in the prescribed form and shall pay the prescribed fee, for the retention of his name on the register."

Forms may be obtained on application to the Chief Clerk, CA.A Medical Branch, Hong Kong Bank Building, 1st floor. They should apply personally with two copies of photographs of passport size,

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The prescribed fee ($50) should be paid into the Treasury, ground floor; Prince's Building and the forms should be resubmitted to the Medical Bronch for com

WARNING

The Public is hereby warned that on and after lat Janitary,

LONG RANGE CLASH The Battle of Midway was a long-range engagement in which American carrier-baned and land-based heavy bombers, dive bombers and torpedo hombers kept striking for parts-of-two- days or more. When it was over, the powerful Japanese force was smushed or fleeing.

Goods are pouring Into Nanking But the battle took a heavy a Japanese military and etv [ toll of American planes and lians, believed to number about from the Interior, and business ispletion. courageous pilots who bored 300,000, have been interried out- Dicking up, but commodity prices into a devastating attack in the side the city walls; some uro are still axorbitant, comparing un- face of withering anti-aircraft being used to assist in the re-favourably even with those pro-

valling in Shanghai. fire and carrier-based fighter habilitation of the city.

American bombings of Nanking planes.

very little United States Army, and Air- did

outside the city against any person found practia pedo squadron, which did yeo-the city, but British and American walls, but Government buildings, ing dentistry in contravention of man bervice that day, the nuni-businesamon have not yet attempt which were rendered useless by the Dental Registration Ordinance hor of men who returned coulded to re-establish their offices, con- the Chinese when they evacuated (No. 1 of 1940). be counted on the fingers of one tenting themselves with paying in 1937, are still in bad, abaga, ar hand. Its service that day was abort visits from Shanghal to enshrined in the Palfie wer's examino and claim their proper for 8 yea annals as one of the most British Consulate, which ro- herole performances at sea. opened about a week ago, was Survivors of plane crashes, used by the Japanese all, through later picked up at son, toll of their occupation, and considerable flaming, exploding. Japanese repairs have had to be made to its

Buildings. ships as far as they could see.

From one American Navy tor-Force personnel are plentiful in einal targets lying, the, prin 1946, proceedings will be taken

Tho

are the olty's roads, unrepaired.

J. P. FEBILY Cal. D.D.MS (CA)

1st December, 1945.

The Sun Yat-sen Mausolem, and the famous, Biing Tombs, suffered lightly during the Japanone of cupation, but the main structures | Hong Kong. remain undamaged. They ware stripped of all precious and semi- precious metals-Reuter, -