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THE QUEEN BEE

PILOTLESS PLANE PUT THROUGH ITS PACES

Alice in Wonderland had nothing on a group of newspaper reporters and newsreel cameramen when they were given a de moristration of anti-alreraft shooting by "R.AF, personnel and reginient "Somewhere-off- members of a well-known Indian, Singapore."

FOOTBALL WAR CUP FINAL

REPLAY

LONDON, May 13 (Reuter)-The football War Cup Final replaydate has been changed from May 21 to May 31, on Blackbura

ground.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1941.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 14th MAY, 1941.

An experimental service providing sea transit to USA and alr Rovers' transit from U.S.A to Lisbon and United Kingdom has been institut- ed. The inclusive postage rate la H. . $2.00 per os, for letters The alteration 15 uue w an ear-and H, K. $1.00 each for postcards. Correspondence for this ser- her date having been fixed for the vice should bear the usual blue air mail label with the superscrip- semi-finals of the

Inter-Alledtion "By sea to U.S.A." Services Cup, for which the Civil Defence Air Force and the Army.

High in a beautiful blue sky, a stand by given, it took the gun plane droned, turning, diving, glid-crew less than 10 seconds to rush

to Ing. climbing, doing everything a up the gun and take their plane is expected to do, but there stations. was something missing-the pilot.

SUPERB EFFICIENCY He

the ground, non- With the are order, shells trim-survive, and there would otherwise chalantly watching his plane med to explode at the correct be team difficulties.

On wng

The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal

manoeuvre all by itself and ac-height were pumped into the gun Arsenal are known to have been regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend-,

tually telling it what to do and and whammed up to the plane at worrying as eight of their Cup seeing it perform each evolution the rate of one a second. It was players are either airmen or soled for persons other than the addressee, perfectly.

а superb demonstration of eff-diers and others in the civil de- fence and it would have meant ciency and accuracy,

Vils

Polo Club Gymkhana

however, That mystery,

But to get back to the "Queen that a reserve team against Pres- solved by an explanation that the

Bee" A wing commander, taking ton, if the Service Cup obligations strange plane was in reality the

turns with a flight leütenant, flew are kept. "Queen Bee," Britain's famous radio-controlled target plane. Weit by word of mouth, orders being were then more or less prepared translated into electrical waves by for the next surprise, which was an assistant who pressed. buttons to see the Indian gunners take on a key board before film.

The shooting practice over, the deliberate aim at the very expen-

The Gymkhana of the Hongkong sive plane with their anti-aircraft next job was to bring the plane guns and fire real, live shells at it back to earth Ordinarily it would Polo Club has been postponed to have been landed far out at sea Saturday, May 24, and entries, for But they never hit it once. though white smoke puffs appear-and towed back to land by an the Show Jumping Competition" ed very close to the yellow and R.A.F. launch, but this time, for will be accepted up to noon on was brought down close to shore, a Perhaps they needed more prac-tricky performance which made Mice? But no, one of their officers even the pilots excited. patd. it was excellent shooting to be able to miss the plane and it would be rank, bad shooting !! they hit It!

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It was good shouting right and obviously the result of a tremendous amount of eareful training and practice. Had there been a real enemy plane up there. it would have had a very hot time, not from a single anti-aircraft gun, but

a whole battery of them,

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PRETORIA, May 13 (Reuter)- General Jan Smuts. South African Premier, spoke of the "vital im- portance" in the participation of the United States in a world or- The plane is an ideal air-target, Eanisation after an Allied victory.

He said that evidence was that The Indian gunners were getting providing conditions of actual air real practice and for greatest ac-attack and giving the

the day of the small independe£t | gunners curacy, they were being helped by something tangible to aim at, but sovereign state has passed just as the latest in scientific aids. Elec-it is very difficult to hit. Its the small Greck city had passed predictors which followed [speed and height än various in earlier times that there might

of the plane tricks which the controlling officer be larger human groupings. automatically gave the gur-layers can play with it, give günlayers The crux would be the attitude Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, USA and G.P.O. range, height and angle, leaving and range-takers knotty problems. of the United States. "just as world the gun crew to concentrate on Sometimes the "Queen Bee" has organisation. is essential "so is the actual loading and firing of been "stung" and in that case America's membership no less en- the gur.

the RAF. is more concerned with sential She holds the key; let her This was done at remarkable salving its extremely valuable use it to open the door through speed.

radio equipment; and motor than which the world can escape from Plane sighted and the order tolany part of its fuselage.

the chaos and suffering."

trical every manoeuvre

U.S. Planes Top German Craft

Vulter Air Corp. tugineers took

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HUGE JAPANESE FORCE DEFEATED IN N. HUPEH

CHUNGKING, May 13 (Central) —The Japanese westward drive from Tuanku, important town in south Shansi, is checked by the Chinese in the hilly region to the west of the town.

A Japanese column entered Fengmenkow, west of Taiyuan in a quick" look at a German Mes-

This column and another enemy column serschmitt 110 and reported re-north Honan, on May 10. cently that at least four Americans pushing eastward from Yuanku across the provincial border attempted made fighter planes are equal to, to envelop the Chinese in a pincer movement but the Chinese engaged and in some respects superior to, them separately and prevented them from establishing.contact. the famed Nazi craft, states the Japanese drives in Hupeh have Christian Science, Monitor.

resulted in serious setbacks. About The Messerschmitt, shot down in 10,000 Japanese driving northwest- Britain, was received at the Vul-ward from Fingshan," important tee plant for detailed study.

north Hupeh town 90 miles north- west of Hankow, reached Tsaolin-

MORE VERSATILE

William G. Wilson, Vultee Trar- tien Tsingmingpu and Sulyangtien

BOY CANES MASTER

A boy in one of the biggest efe-

Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to connect with the Reg.

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DEATH PENALTY STOP PRESS

FOR HOARDERS

OF RICE

CHUNGKING, May 13 (Reuter) { -The Chinese Government has officially announced the death penalty for those who board more fc Manager, reported after a pre-" on May 8. Chinese troops closed in mentary schools in Nottingham 13than 5,000 piculs of rice and im- liminary study. "Fighter planes different directions and de-sitting on top of the world just prisonment for hoarders of more produced by Vultee, Lockheed and feated them I a heavy engage now. He has administered corporal than 3,000 plculs, Curtis are as good as the Mes-ment.

punishment to his teacher. **

Persons. hoarding поге than serschmitt in construction, and in Tsaalintien, Sulyangtien,

The master, emphasising the im-11,000 piculs of rice will be sen- general our instruments are finer, shanti and Tangwangtien were re-portance of bringing gas masks to tenced to 10 years' imprisonment. more reliable, and more versatile." captured. About 3,000 Japanese school, warned the boys he would those who hoard more than 590

With He said that if there is any were killed and wounded. lesson to be learned from the cap-their rear cut off the surviving fled

Wu-

strap any offender.

"Suppose you forget yours?" ask-

tive machine, it may be in the to Tushan-on the Suthalen-Tsaced one bright boy.

streamlined aerodynamics of the yang highway, where they were wing structure, plus the ship's (again attacked on May 10. ability to maintain high speed-- The Japanese unit which entered

365 miles an hour-throughout its Taingmingpu was also routed and cruising range of 850 mies.

fied southward in disorder.

CONTROL STICK

.On the east bank of the Han

"Then you may punish me in the same way," he replied.

Next day the master did for- get his, and it was pointed out to him. He immediately tòlä the boys to select a represen- Engineers discovered that the River 2,000 Japanese troops pushed

tative to give him the strap, Messerchmitt uses the control stick northward, to Changshoutien, Ma-

Wangchiatashan towchal,

and

and they choose the biggest instead of the wheel common to

and strongest among them, Slenchushan. points north of American planes, Mr. Wilson sald

The boy cautiously asked I re the Germans may be convinced Chungslang on May 8 while an- the old-fashioned stick permits other columa pushed northwest-prisals would be taken against ward to Lushuikow They were in-him later. He was assured the in- tercepted and repulsed by the Chi- cident would be at once forgotten. nese. More than 600 Japanese He decided he could carry out casualties were inflicted.

the sentence more effectively from a height, stood on a chair, and wiped out old scores by bringing down the strap over the master's hand..

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greater manoeuverability.

DR. KLEFFENS

IN AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuter)—"T2@

TURKISH DEFENCE

CREDITS VICHY, May 13 (Reuter)The

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piculs, three years, and hoarders of more than 200 piculs, one year's Imprisonment.

Persons hoarding more than 50 pleuls will be fined $1,000.

BOMBS DAMAGE CONSULATE KUNMING, May 13 (Reuter)- The British Consulate was hit and damaged in a heavy Japanese raid yesterday but there were 10 casualties.

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuter) Legislation designed to stop sun- ply to the Axis Powers of war ma- terials, produced in the Philippines was unanimously approved by the Military Committee of the House It

Dutch are resolved and prepared Turkish Grand National Assembly LONDON, May 13 (Reuter)--The of Representatives yesterday. to fight for the common cause in has voted £13,500,000 of supple- Soviet Ambassador to Germany, Mwould empower President Roose- the Pacific should circumstances mentary credits for national de-Dekanosow, is warrant it," said Dr. E. N. vax fence on Monday, according to an post Kleffens, the Dutch Foreign Minis-Ankara dispatch.

ter who, with Dr. L. J. M. Welter.

returning to his velt to control the export of de- after spending 14 days in fence materials, including Philip

pine products. Moscow.

VICHY, May 13 (Renter)-Herr

at

the Colonial Minister, arrived in

Dr. EL H. Kung, Vice-President NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuter)—— Australis for a visit yesterday. Eighty per cent of the total ton of the Executive Yuan and Minis-Franz von Papen, the German Am-

"Geographically, Austrails and nage so far lost by the Allles, ac-ter of Finance, has given his con-bassador to Turkey.. arrived the Netherlands East Indies are cording to Admiralty figures, is at sent to become Honorary Chair Ankara yesterday evening, says an closely linked. An attack on one present under contract or con- man of the South China Christian Ankara telegram, would affect the other.

struction in United States ship- Educational and Industrial Asso-

"Nobody who has witnessed the yards, according to figures issued clation for Homeless War Refugee incredible bravery of the British yesterday by the American Bureau (Children CHongkong branch), ac- people doubts that the Empire and of Shipping." The figures are 800 cording to a letter received by the the Allied democracies will win the ships, totalling 5,055,400 tons on Association from Dr. Kung yester- war." he added

May

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