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BIG AIR BATTLE:

GENERAL

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Nazis: One Shot Down,

One Missing

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Reuter) -President Roosevelt's annuil message at the opening of Congress today is expected to be devoted

LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuter)-A big battle between three B.AF primarily to the need for stronger bombers and twelve Nazi fighters was fought near the German coast defences in view of world condi- yesterday.

NATIONAL UNIT

tions.

The story is told by the Air Ministry in the following bulletin:

There has been extensive ale activity over the North Sea yes- : It is bellaved that he may also terday and in the neighbourhood of the German coast during the ask for greater national unity and less partisanship In order that

afternoon.

"A formation of three R.A.F. bombers encountered a squadron of America may present # united twelve Messer Schmidt long-range fighters well out at sea. The front in world peace efforts. formation, although heavily outnumbered, gave battle to the enemy and one Messer Schmidt was shot down in Bames. Two others were

driven down and it is likely they have been lost.

No startling innovations in legis- lation are expected, but a major battle looms over the continuance of the administration's reciprocal trade programe, which is due to

One of the three RAF, bombers returned safely, the second was shot down during the encounter and the third le missing.

FOREIGN PLANES ÖVER "BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Jan. 3 (Reuter)-Foreign aircraft flew over Belgium, expire on July 13, while few, if drawing fire of anti-aircraft guas.

any, alterations are contemplated the Neutrality Act, unless

is sought.

Belglan fighters went up to intercept them.

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Hitler Sends New Year

Greetings GREATNESS OF BRITISH

GOOD WISHES EXCHANGED WITH

MUSSOLINI

̈U.S. - JAPAN | Nazi Boast Of Destruction RELATIONS Of Defenceless Neutral Ships: Usual Exaggerated Figures

PRESS EXCEPTION TO GEN. HOMMA'S REMARKS

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (Havas By Airmail)-The "New York Herald Tribune" takes sharp exception to the remarks made in Tientsin by

LONDON, Jan. 3 (Renter)-The German boast that over one- million tons of Allied and neutral shipping was sunk is the usual exaggeration.

The average weekly loss of British tonnage for sixteen weeks is 25,500 and the average weekly increment by new construction and otherwise is 25,000.

The total losses to the end of the On Dec. 26, the German mer- chantman Glucksburg, 2,650 tons, Seventeen naval vessels. Includ-was intercepted by a British war- ported to have sadd that if the ing eight warships of a total dis-ship and beached herself two miles United States does not sign a placement of 58.120 tons, nine south of Chipiona Light in Spain. satisfactory commercial treaty chartered vessels. namely, the She has since broken up. with Japan by Dec. 28, he is Rawalpindi and eight trawlers,

Lieut. Gen. Homma of the Jap-year are as follows: anese Army who, in effect, is re-

going to make it difficult for and drifters, of a total of 15,000 Americans In North China,”

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gross tonnaga.

HEAVY STRAIN A

A total o 117 British, twelve The "Tribune" remarks that Allied and 81 neutral merchant "although this 11tle garrison com- ships of a total gross tonnage, res- mander quotes no higher authority pectively, of 421.404, 70.101 and than himself," his "words might

243,222,"

have created a sensation in the United States the European

It is misleading to add gross and displacement tonnage. potentates had not been putting German boast of the destruction Neutrals will doubtless note the

such heavy strain on world's

WAR EFFORT capacity for being shoes of defenceless neutral merchant

BERLIN, Jan. 3 (Reuter-Herr LONDON, fan, 3 (Reuter)-The Hitler and Signor Mussolini ex-Royal Proclamation notifying that changed New Year greetings, ac- another two-million men of their cording to the Official German llability for military service is gen- News Agency.

erally welcomed.

Herr Hitler telegraphed: “On' the NAZI GIBES DISPOSED occasion of the New Year, I ex-| The greatness of Britain's war press my heartlest congratulatious effort disposes of the German gibes to you, I Dnce, in sincere friend- that Britain is willing to die to the ship. Under your strong and tried last Frenchman; also the metho- leadership, may Fascist Tinly, dical calling up over a considerable allied to National Socialist Ger- period indicating British ability to many, succeed in fulfilling its na- utilise man-power to the maximum tlonal tasks."

advantage of both industry and IL DUCE'S REPLY ·

service; thus avoiding the waste" Signor Mussolini replied: "I re-and confusion so conspicuous in ciprocate, In the same brotherly the last war, when acceptance for cordiality, the congratulations you compulsory service was qualified by expressed to me at the tüm of the strong opposition and widespread year. I express the same wishes misgiving even after seventeen for National Socialist Germany as months of desperate campaigning. you expressed to me for Fascist whereas this time the scheme is Italy, namely, that our united warmly approved by all sections of peoples may succeed in gaining Bri''sh opinion. thelr alms and securing future."

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MORE GREETINGS Herr Hitler also exchanged greet- ings with the King and Crown- Prince of Italy, the Kings of Bul-

Reserved Occupations: Schedule Relaxed

LONDON, Jan. 3 (Reuter) The garia, Rumania, Belgium, Den-Ministry of Labour and National mark, Norway and Sweden. the Service announces that the opera- Regents of Yugoslavla and Hun-tion of the schedule of reservation gary, Gen, Franco, the Shah of in certain occupations to volunteer Iran, the King of Afghanistan and for service in the forces or in the" with the Yemen, Slam, Slovakia, civil defence services. the Czech State and ex-King Fer- dinand of Bulgaria.

8 Japanese Planes Shot Down

AIR BATTLE OVER LIUCHOW

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Men in occupations included in List No. 1 (numbering forty-two occupations and including editorial stars of newspapers, periodicals and news agencies) may volunteer for any branch of the defence ser- vices, but men in, occupations in List No. 2 (including masons, boot- repairers, senior clerks, cocks, dock and harbur workers and litho- graphers) can be accepted for ser- vite only in their trade capacity.

FURTHER RELAXATION

A further relaxation in the schedule is also being made in o CHUNGKING, Jan. 3 (Reuter)-der to permit recruitment, irres Eight Japanese pursuit planes pective of ages, of a reservation were shot down by Chinese fighters of a large number of building and in an aerial battle above Linchow, road-making operatives required in Kwangsi on Saturday afternoon, by. the B.EF. in France; also cer according to Chinese reports re- talin classes of building operatives ceived here.

for fulltime duties in A.R.P. and It is stated that eighteen Jap-rescue services..

aircraft anese pursult

of the "ninety-six" type, reached Llu- chow in the afternoon, when Chi- nese fighters took off from differ- ent alr-fields in the vicinity and attacked the raiders from all dir- ections.

SOVIET CONSULAR STAFF RETURNING TO SHANGHAI CHUNGKING, Jan 3 (Central) In the course of a very severe The staff members of the Soviet Shanghai battle lasting 15 minutes, it is Consulate-General

claimed that the Chinese shot who were suddenly withdrawn in de eight Japanese machines. mid-October last year are report A Central News message adds ed to be returning to Shanghai. that the Japanese were out-mano- They have left, Vladivostok, ez- euvred in a spectacular dog-fight pecting to artive in Shanghal next and chased out of the city limits. week.

startled. »

"T? these remarks on Japanese- American relations," the “Herald Tribune" goes on to say, "have left any doubt in the readers' minds that this Japanese blockade of the concession is a stick-up. General Homma's exposition of als attitude toward the British 30d French should dispose of it once and for all,"

vessels.

LAST WEEK'S LOSSES LONDON, Jan. 2 (BWS)-During last week three British and two whose neutral merchant ships,

sunk by enemy action. aggregate tonnage was 4,699, wer

They were the Stanholme, 2,473 tons, Barbara Robertson, 325 tons, Resercho (?), 288 tons, the Nor- weglan ship Lappen. 536 tons, and. the Danish ship Hanne, 1,080 tons. The Norwegian Torwood, 254 He said that the blockade

tops, sank on Dec. 28, but unti would continue indefinitely, even further detalls are available it though Great Britain and France cannot be determined if she was a agree to a satisfactory adjustment war loss.

A "SLICH-UP”

of the Tientsin dispute, because The Tallan ship Comitas, 3,482 that would not dispose of other tons sank on Dec. 28, but until questions Cutstanding between added to the total sinkings of the London and Tokyo,

previous week,

""in, other words, the reasons for

The return for entrances and "the stick-up would survive local clearances from Dec, 11 to 20 in- reasons for persecuting and brow- clusive is 1,454 vessels of 3,648,000 beating Occidentals which might gross tonnage an increase of 30 be construed as making them mill- per cent, over the figures for the tardly necessary.

con-

"The blockade i would tinue purely as an instrument of polley-purely and simply as " a stick-up and as a striking, Blustration of the Japanese army's idea of diplomacy.

China's Four New Year Resolutions

CHUNGKING, Jan, 3 (Central)~-~

More than 1,000 Government

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previous period, which comprised

the first 10 days of December.

Last week's total losses are little

more than one-fifth of the losses in the previous week ended Dec .23.

Honour For Athenia Heroes

COURAGE SHOWN BY CHIEF OFFICER officials and Party and military & BOATSWAIN leaders gathered on Jan. 1 in the National Government headquarters LONDON, Jan. 3 (Renter)-The here to celebrate the New Year Chief Officer of the Athenia, Bar- Copeland, WES and the 29th anniversary of the nett Mackenzie founding of the Chinese Republie. awarded the O. B. E. and the Mr. Ian Sen, Chairman of the Boatswain, William Harvey, way National Government who presided awarded the Meritorious Service suggested four New Year resolu- Medal for their Services when the

liner was torpedoed by tions to be carried out by the eng

A sub- tire nation in order to bring the marine on Sept. 4. present war for national indepen dence and freedom to a successful conclusion.

THE RESOLUTIONS The resolutions are: (1) to realise the national policy

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT The official account states that the Chief Officer was responsible for loading and getting away twenty! ale boats of survivors and the fact that this was done in darkness without hitch or loss reflects great

as urged by the sixth plenary credit on his powers of organisa- session of the Kuomintang Cention and command. trai Executive Commlitce,

After they had been taken

on

(2) to observe the regulations board a warship Chief Officer of the National Spiritual Mobiliga- Copeland returned to the sinking tion and the National Pact,

linen to rescue an unconscious WO- man left in the Sick Bay,

(3) to abide by the laws of the State and to enlist in the fighting services enthusiast celly, and

Boatswain Harvey showed out- atariding coolness and eficiency

4) to achieve, local autonomy and accompanied Copeland in and lay the foundation of a Con- returning to the Athenia to save |stitutional Government,

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