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LED INTO TRAP BY FIFTH COLUMNIST

Five Girl Ambulance Drivers Captured

Five girl ambulance drivers in France were led into a trap by a Fifth Columnist and exptured by A German mechanised column.

"For a time they drove along among the Germans, then sud- denly swung their vehicles rou and raced back along the co- lumn. The Germans were so surprised that three of the girls managed to escape. They were: Miss Marjorie Juta, South Afri- can authoress and air woman; Miss Penelope Otto, 23-year-old daughter of Major J. E. Otto, of King's Sutton, Oxfordshire; and Miss Ursula Lloyd Bennet, an English girl living la Paris.

Their captured friends, who drove with them in the Mechan- ised Transport Corps, are Miss Bessie Myers and Miss M. Derby. of London.

The story was told 5y Miss Nancy Heard, another ambulance driver.

The Dutchman mediately in- terrupted. They are English, not

"I and a friend, Miss Sheim" Americans,' he cried. The Germans Angus, and the other five had sign-treated him like a herd,

GENERAL

"Bennie" Praises Adolf

S'HAI CHEMIST

VICTIM OF

SWINDLE

Luebbert's American Pharmacy LONDON, July, 22 (Reuter) in Nanking Road, Shanghai, was The German Radio states that victimized at about 10. p.m. Mussolini sent the following tele-July 12, when a young, well- gram to Hitler:

dressed Chinese, claiming to re- "The words of your great speech present the Wang" Ching Wel in the Reichstag have gone afique, arrived in a May Wha hire straight to the hearts of the car and ordered medicine to an Italian people. I ALDO BOW ad-amount of $280, reports the North dressing my thanks to you and China Daily News.

assuring you that in all circums- When the time came to phy for tances the Italian people will con-his purchases, the man asked the tinue to march side by side with

pharmacy to have the medicine the German nation to victory.”

taken to his place by a coolte. Hitler replied: "T thank you. Il

got into the car with the man and Duce, for your friendly message. United in our ideology and allied was taken to New Ama Hotel in our strength of arms, Fascist: There he was told to walt. He Italy and National Socialist Ger-waited till 2 am, but neither the many will bring the war to a vic-money nor the man came out. - Meanwhile, the young Chinese toriaus. conclusion to ensure "free-

came out and ordered the taxi to dom for our nations.”

take him to a cafe, where he dis- appeared without paying his fare, The police were notified, but no arrests were made,

Major C. C. Todd. "A" Battallun 9.V.C., .Dr. Leo McGolrick of Drs.

ed a six-months contract to serve "Later in the day, after driving. Jackson. Dunn and Partners and with the French Army," she said, 'some miles, the Germans called a Mr. T. Crosthwaite of the Shanghai at the Top Flat of St. John's Am-and were driving American am-halt in a village square to decide Stock Exchange. left on July 14 for bulance Headquarters. Tai Hangbulances for them. We had orders which turning to take. The English, England to do war work. ·

Road.

to help evacuate the military hos girts held a quick discussion and pital at Sens,

decided, to make a dash for it. "Shell and I drove off in an ambulance loaded with equipment for the hospital at Provins. We took the road the refugees were using.

"Majorie Juta, driving two badly

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Penelope and Ursula, with two French doctors and three injured British airmen, left the pain road under the advice of a Dutch am- bulance driver.

"THEY ARE EAGLISH' "He told them it was blocked with refugees and they could get to Provins. quicker if they took the left-hand fork

Mr. Chen Li-fi, Minister

"Marjorie led the way, and a Education of the Chinese Na few miles farther on they drove tional Government, has left. headlong into a German column Lanchow, in Kansu province, for of tanks and machine-guns.

cortinue Tsinghal (Kokonor) to his tour of inspection. Mr. Chen and his party of five are studying administrative conditions in the Northwest provinces on behalf of the Executive Yuan

WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory"

10a.m., July 22

"As the derman column started were thick with refugees. They had. Barometer, tat ses level), "29.87 to move of in one direction Mar-taken all available bread

Jorie and Penelope turned their "We could get no muk or water Temperature, 87 F. wheels and accelerated in the op-for our own injured pilot, so we Humidity, 75 per cent. posite direction. Bessie Myers and had to feed him with champagne Wind Direction, WSW.. May Derby were unable to manase and cherries and with strawberries Wind Force (Beaufort), 3.

that we picked from roadside Temperature; maximum yesterday. orchards.

it

GERMANS GAPED

"The German soldiers, taken, ay surprise, merely gaped at the two then! ambulances and watched race down the column and "away. No shots were tired at them and no attempt made to stop them

"Marjorie broke her radiator at barricade and reached Provins with it tied up with a pair of

braces

at

91 N

Temperature: minimum last night.

82 F. Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today, nil

78.59

"We hadn't a drop of water and he even swallowed cur aspirins with the help of champagne,

"We found the hospital Orleans empty so decided to drive Total rainfall since January 1st. on to an RAF base-another 76 miles but we were running out Against an average of, 48.35 ins.

Sunset tonight, 7.08 pm. of petrol Fortunately a whose car had broken down let us Sunrise tomorrow. 5.51 a.m. take her petrol in return for a Kft.

A p.m., July 22. We had to siphon it out in mug- Barometer (at sea level), 29.50 ins. fuis, using a rubber tube and an Temperature, 88 F.

Humidity, 72 per cent. enamel mug.

"At the RAF. base We were Wind Direction, SW.

woman'

י

"The

hospital Provins "A revolver paint they were

hau evacuated so it was decided that ordered to climb down.

The officer in charge told them shefts and I should take the three asked to take the wounded Blot Wind Force (Beaufort).3. that, as American women, they had 'airmen to Orleans, 75 miles away, and

another wounded

13

oficer Maximum temperaturé, 89 Fi nothing to fear. They would be, by night. One of the men, a pilot, to the British hospital at Nantes Minimum temperature. 12 F.

Rainfall. nil. was severely wounded. The roads 172 miles away." sent straight to Geneva.

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TRAWLER LOST

LONDON, July 22 (Rautër)—An Admiralty communique announces that the minesweeping trawler, In an Crestflower,

engagement

with enemy aircraft, sustained damage and subsequently sank,

Two ratings lost their lives in the action.

OILER 'HIT

HIGH WATER.

LOW WATER

Month

Dats of

Hong

Hong

Kong

Kong

Standard

Standard

Time.

Time

hm.

bia.

a.

Tues 23

00 95

D453

3 1

11 15

16 4!

1805

13

Wed. 24

00 66

147

05:35

13.5

1140

30

18 38

Thur. 25

01 25

14

08 22

4

1205

54

1910

20 when Swordfish of the meet.

0

Fri.

26

01 65

07 22

35

18 35

50

1941

Sat. 97

02 25

08 39

13 20

4 5

2011

Spa. 28

03 04

03

1023

14 31

4 0

20 38

hits were scored

Mon. 29

03 60

1150

13 0

and supply ships.

18 38

13 6

21 17

An Admiralty communique states that in the early morning of July

Air Arm carried out another at- 24 tack on the Italian base at Tobruk 3 6 a direct hit on an oiler was follow-

ed by a heavy explosion.

Other

a transport

All our aircraft returned safely.

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