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JAPANESE COUNTER-DRIVE IN S. HONAN BEATEN BACK

CHUNGKING. Feb. 26 (Central-After the Chinese recapture of Paomaling, north of Changtaikwan, the Japanese in south Honan massed reinforcements and made a counter-assault on Feb, 21, How- ever, they were beaten back.

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Chinese troops smashed on Feb, 21 into the Japanese positions south of Mienyang, a strategic town between the Han and Yangtze Rivers in Hupeh. Several vantage points, including Hulupał, Hsieh- Jenkow. Wuchfachang, and Siaoshakow were recovered.

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LONDON, Feb. 26 (Reuter) -

LONDON, Pes. Ze (Heuter) --- Britain's Food Controller, Lord A young ship's apprentice, who Woolton, has come down with a suddenly found himself Second heavy hand on people eating in in Command aboard a oil tanker In south Hupeh about 1,000 Jap-. Japanese defence works at Shin- hotels and restaurants where the left blazing by a German ralder, anese troops at Tangshan equip plasu were destroyed and about 200, food they get is additional to that and who played a prominent part ped with four field pieces, pushed Japanese soldiers were slain. Four, allowed them ander the national in navigating the ship safely to toward Chengshan, Huangchia Japanese army lorries in the out- rationing.

port without books, instruments.

also tslen and Hengching, points in the skirts

of Tungcheng were

From March, a restaurant meal charts compasses, has neighbourhood, on Feb. 19. In the demolished by Chinese artillery may only contain one of the awarded the British Empire Medal. following dishes fish, meat, poul The apprentice, John Lewis TAMSHUI OPERATIONS

try, game, eggs or cheese, No mix-Jones, was aboard the tanker San ture of poultry and meat or poul- Demetrio which formed part of a SHIUKWAN, Feb. 26 (Central)-try and bacon will be permissible convoy for which the auxiliary Chinese troops repulsed the Jan-

The celebrated English "Egg and cruiser Jervis Bay sacrificed her- anese at Pomlao near Tamshut on Bacon" may still go together but self last November.

after only one egg per meal will be per-doned but after a night of heavy

The tanker was hit and Monday morning. In the noon with the aid of reinforce-mitted. before they could establish a arm ments the Japanese made a coun- foothold. the Chinese counter: ter attack. They were enticed by are liable to fine or imprisonment cluding Jones,

Both the caterer and customer gale 16 members of the crew, in- reboarded their the Chinese "to Wongsha where for a breach of the new

ship although she was still burn- JAPANESE ROUTEN they were subjected to encircling The order may be varied for pa- order.

ing furiously: With their flanks and rear ex-jattacks. They fled toward even-tients in hospitals and nursing posed to intense are the Japanese ing. abandoning many dead and homes. were demoralised and beat a rearms.

face of stiff Chinese resistance dre, they failed to make Ony head- way.

On Feb. 20 with the arrival of large reinforcements they forced an entry into Chengshan by the -cast gate and Sinssu However

attacked.

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treat to Tungshan and Nanlip-

chiao the following morning.

Both Chengshan and Sinssu

returned to Chinese control.

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While #ghting was going or at General Artonescu, Premier of Tungshan, Chinese troops attack-Rumania, announced yesterday ed the Japanese at Shihpissu, that a general election will be Tiehluchung. Weichlaling. and held on March 2, according to thingshan, points around Tung-Bucharest. dispatch to a cheng in south Rupen,

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SPIRIT AND COURAGE Jones took part in the hard fight that ensued to subdue the fames and then volunteered to

MESSERSCHMITTS enter the gas-filled punip room in-

TURN TAIL

SUCCESSFUL R.A.F.

order to restart the machinery,

SWEEP OF CHANNEL trable Second in Command.

The official account declares this young apprentice showed spirit. courage and resourcefulness; throughout and proved an ad-

A number of the other members LONDON, Feb. 28 (Reuter) of the boarding party have alsó While carrying out an offensive received awards. between Calals and Dunkirk one: aquadron of Spitfires shot three Messerschmitt 109s and damaged another. They saw a formation of Messerschmitts at

down DARING HOLD-UP IN

HEART OF PARIS

VICHY, Feb. 26 (Reuter)--Firing

heart of Parls. bandits escaped after holding up three bank mes- yesterday

francs with 3,700,000

hand cart containing the money to the sengers who were taking &

Banque de France,

about 6.000 feet and immediately in all directions in the crowded attacked. One of the pilots re- ported that the enemy dispersed right away and general dog fights broke out at various heights.

Two enemy

aircraft were des troyed and several others damaged during an offensive sweep over va Channel yesterday afternoon by Coastal Command "alrcraft escort- ed by fighters.

One British fighter is missing, according to the official announce ment.

Shipping of the French coast was attacked...

Italian Somaliland

Operations

The messengers were suddenly attacked by the armed bandits. One messengez Was shot dead to open the handcart the bandits and another was wounded. Failing

hitched it to the rear of their car and made a clean getaway."

MR. EDEN TO SEE M. SARAJOGLU

ANKARA: Feb, 26 (Reuter) The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. CAIRO, Feb. 26 (Reuter) Bri-Anthony Eden, will have a con- tish Imperial troops are continuing ference with the Turkish Foreign their advance south of Cubcub Minister, M. Sarajoglu, here today where, in the action of Feb. 23, 400 while General Sir John Dill, Chlef prisoners and three guns were of the Imperlay General Staff, will captured

see Marshal Chakmak, Chief of the Turkish General Staff.

A Bush G.HQ. communique also reports the successful de Mr. Eden and Gen. Sir John velopment of operations in Italian Dill arrived by air at Adana yes- Sumaland, forward of the Juba terday and left almost immediate- River

ly by special train for the Tux- On other fronts. no change is kish capital where they were due reported

today

HEAVY WOP LOSSES IN ALBANIAN. HOSTILITIES.

LONDON, Feb. 26 (Reuter)--Italian losses in Alban'a since the outbreak of hostilities total 122,000. An Italian Lieutenant Colonel' recently captured, gave this figure to the newspaper. Hellenikon Mellon, reports the Daily Telegraph's special corres- pondent at Athens.

The total was made up, said the captured. They are being cared Colonel, ot 27,000 killed, `60,000 for in Greek hospitals. wounded and 29,000.missing.

Italian prisoners in Greek' hands total 20,000, including 551 officers.port the Athens radio announced. night.

CAMP'S BOMBED Italian camps and motor trans

in Albania were heavily tobombed by the RAF. on Monday,

states an announcement from Bri tish Headquarters ini Greece, broadcast over the Athens radio,

Camps along the Tepelini-Valona road were attacked while trans- port on the road from Klisura and troops and transports at Dukaj were heavily bombed

Only 28 officers and 497 other franks were sick or wounded when

Re-Organised Vichy Govt.

out The RAF carried

these operations without suffering any

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AIR LOSSES

PETAIN AT HEAD

OF CABINET -

Four

Italian Älveraft WATT brought down by Greek fighter VICHY, Feb. 26 (Reuter)The planes and anti-aircraft guns yes- official list of the re-organised terday, saya a Greek Press Minis- Vichy Government was published try statement broadcast from here yesterday.

Athens last night.

Under Marshal Petain, there are Three other Italian planes worr Ave members with the rank of so badly hit that it is thought Minister-Admiral Darlan, Vice-likely that they regained their President, as well as Minister for bases

Foreign Affairs, Interior and Mar-

ine; General Huntziger, War

Minister, M. Joseph Barthelemy NO SECRET DEBATE

Minister of Justice; M. Bouthiller,

Mininister of National Economy

ON LEASED BASES

and Finance; and M. Caziot, LONDON, Feb 29 (Reater) Minister of Agriculture.

Asked in the House of Commons General Bergeret la Secretary yesterday to accord a secret de-

for Air, acting under Admiral Dar-bate on the bases leased to the United States, Mr. C. R. Attlee

lac.

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COMPTROLLERS RECEIVED BY CHAIRMAN LIN

Led by Mr. Chen Chi-taal, Comp-; the first National Comptrollers fect the accountancy system which Government departments have gave an unequivocal "no," and troller-General of the National Conference were received by he said will in turn help to been re-grouped Into 15 serre added that Mr. Winston Churchill Government, the comptrollers, ac Chairman Lin Ben at the Nation strengthen the power of resistance Lariats headed by secretaries ser-has no intention of acceding to countants and statisticians from al Government House.

and stabilize the basis of national ving under one of the above nye such a request--the statement of various parts of the country who Ministers

In sa addreza, Chairman Lin |reconstruction --{Central News). which was received with cheers are now assembled here to altend, exhorted the comptrollers to per-