1940-12-12 — Page 11

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Dec.. 27

Jac. 3 Jan. 17

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8.6. "PRESIDENT VAN BUREN”.

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To

Dec. 18

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MANILA

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Deo., 27

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HERR HITLER'S SPEECH Achievements REGARDED AS PEP TALK

SIGNIFICANT ABSENCE OF

RUDOLF HESS

LONDON. Dec. 11 (enter)-Herr Hitler's speech in Berlin yesterday was pitched in a distinctly minor key and the whole lone of the speech was defensiva rather than aggressive, aa 274 his usual tirades. writes Reuter's Chief Diplomatic correspon- Aont

Of British

A.A. Gunners

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuter)- Bome achievements of Britain's anti-aircraft defences are revealed by the War Office announcing awards of the OBE to Lt-Col Norman Vause Sadler, commander of the anti-aircraft defences at Dover and East Kent, which have

There was leas of the customary indisputable evidence to the non- shot down # enemy planes during boasting and, strangest feature of trary. all, he referred. albelt rhetorical-

mean

One revealing passage showed

of

ly, to two dramatic possibiles that despite his ignorance of defeat which he said would foreign languages Either must be the end not only of our informed of opinions regarding socialist system but also of the htm expressed abroad. German people, and of the pass- blity of an attempt by Britain to gain a footing on the Contin-

ent.

admits a

VIOLENT REACTION

the last five months; and the Mil- tary Cross to Rad- Patrick valon Bennet, whose heavy anti- aircraft section of the Royal Artil." lery brought down 12 enemy planes during the last four months.

U.S. To Study Empire

Air Training Scheme

(Reuter

This was his outburst" about the suggestion that he suffers from an inferiority complex. Emphasis of the doable effects:

OFTAWA, Dec. 11 The violence of his reaction It

Lieut-Camar Wanamaker: und significant, for of defeat is

saggests that the secusation distinction between

touched him "on the raw,” {Lieut.-Cmdr." Taylor of the United Nazism and the German people Another deta" that may or may States Air Arm, have arrived here. which most Nasis would hesitate 'not be significant was the absence on a tour of the Dominion to the Empire Air Training to confirm

trum the meeting of Rudolf Hess, study TERRORISTIC RAIDS DEFENDEN the deputy leader, who has not plan with a view to corporating Hitler's defence of unrestricted been heard since the bombing of features of it in the American bombing of open towns allows the Munich beer cellar when he training programma. the lines of Goebbels propaganda. "spoke in the name of the Fuehrer,

It was always the other side that began it. although there la

WEATHER REPORT longkong Royal Observatory.. 10 am, Dec. 11. Barometer, (at sea level), 20.15!

1

ins. Temperature, 10 F.

Humidity, 60 per cent.

Wind Direction, N.NE

1

Wind Force (Beaufort) J. Temperature maximum vesterday.j

76 F Temperature: Minimum last night

66 F Rainfall for 24 hrs ending 10th

today, nil.

Total rainfall since January · 1st."]

117.69 ins

Against an average of, 84.51 ins. Sunset tonight, 5,40 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.53 am

4 p.m., Dec. 11.

Barometer (at sea level) 30.08 ins.

Temperature, 10 F

Humidity, 55 per rent

Wind Direction, M. Wind Force (Beaufort), Maximum temperature, 75 F

Minimum température. 66 F Rainfall, nil.

Daya

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 13 to 18 Doc. 1940.

HIGH WATER.

Height.

Low WATEN

Hong

Kong

Standard

Height.

Saturday,

. 28th Doc.

13th Dec.

- 28th Dec.

Hong

Tuesday,

19th Dec 24th Dec.

Kong

Standard

Tuesday,

14th Jan.

Time.

Time

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Thar 19.

"08 20

46

0208

19 26

17 1

13 07-

Fri.

13

09 07

46.

0% 439

2003

74

1345 3

Sat.

0940

03. 22

Sun

15

-10 28

47

03 58

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2108

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Mon 16

11 08

47

04 28

Tues. 17

51 41 18 2 11 48

15 25

4.7

#2 20 8 2.

Wed. 18

1232

2105 17 9

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They said that the United States coastal defence scheme will en- "PEP TALK" WASHINGTON Dee, 11 (Reuter, tage a force of 25,000 fully trained -Herr Hitler's speech is regarded plöta of the naval air are alone here as a "pep talk" to munitions by 1944. workers, and seemndly 's challenge to the rest of the world, whether. belligerently or not, which oppose Naxi economies.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 12-

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