1937-08-27 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

AUGUST 27, 1937.

FLEETS CANNOT ELUDE AIR

WATCHERS

Lesson of Mimic War

(By CAPTAIN NORMAN MACMILLAN)

Redland. G.H.Q., Lec-on-

Solent, July 23.

Dorchester.

The names of bases are:

no longer secret,

At 5,20 a.mn. I left in the Anson!

which I was allotted.

AERIAL reconnaissance wrong. 220 Squadron to

makes it almost im- possible for a sea fleet to approach Great Britain un detected, however bad the weather.

ATTACK ON CARRIER

Here is the order we were off to

full: "Despatch both aquadrons craft carrier reported in position 204 dex and 43 miles from secret fixed point at 4 a.m. Course 140 deg. Speed 12 knots. Time of origin, 5.4

(Nos. 200 and 220) to attack an nir-

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groun

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Although it is too early to rench definite conclusions, this

Half an hour after leaving the emerges 18 one of the vital

ground we spotted the Blueland ships factors in the "war" between the aircraft carrier Furious, Redland (England) and Blue- cruiser, and two destroyers. From land (an imaginary country attack.

out of the sun we lowered slightly to south-west of the Scillies), which bombing the carrier from 10,400 ft. ended to-day..

In asscasing the lessons to be learned from these exercises it seems to be too readily assumed that the ships are more or less unsinkable while aeroplanes are easily destroyed] by gunfire,

SEVEN PHASES

At 5.58 our squadron was

Four minutes later we were right| above the cruiser. Not one of the klips gave the recognition signat that they had seen us. The old ruse of attacking from out of the san lad worked again, and 6,0001h of bombs wern

· dropped.

theoretically Į

The attack was over with astonish- ing speed. With our noses down we

The exercises developed into seven headed towards the coast at 170 miles well-defined phases.

Phase 1.This was the effort of the Redland aircraft to locate and attack the Blueland forces. In this the aircraft are officially held to have had success.

Phase 2.The Blueland Fleet was attacked by surface and submarine forces. Bluelaml aircraft meanwhile ralded Plymouth and Portland, and were heavily engaged by anti-aircraft defences.

an hour, dropping height at a rate of 1,000 ft. a minute.

Everything

In New York Is Criminal

Plase 3-This began soon after ! dawn on Thursday with the engage-

By HARRY FERGUSON ment of the raiding feet by the

United Press Staff Correspondent Portsmouth local defence flollla anch, shore defences. Both sides are held Nee York.--Practically every to have suffered losses, Falmouth breathing thing in the nation's was attacked by the aeroplanes of the aircraft carrier Furious, operating largest city except the artificial from the Bristol Channel. Bad long at the medical centre was weather prevented them from reach- a criminal because somebody dug Ing Plymouth.

up an old set of ordinances which apparently were passed | just after the Indians sold Man-

FLYING-BOATS ATTACKED

Phase 4-Occurred during the tor-hattan Island. rential rain and thunderstorms yes-

The discovery was made in the

terday. Both carriers were located office of Paul Windels, corporn- from ahore, nnd by submarines. Bludand aeroplanes attacked Mount Batten flying-bouts,

BOURBON PRINCE WEDB-Prince Alvaro of Bourbon-Oricana and his bride, the former Carla Parodi Delfino, who were married in Rome. It was at this wedding that the former King Alfonso and his estranged former Queen Victoria appeared together for Linly for the first time in alx years. Friends said it was a "polite accident." rather than a reconciliation

SCIENCE CLAIMS TO HEAR STRANGE RADIO STATION

Efforts to Make Contact

Paris, July 22.

He hos ascertained, that these signals take from three to fifteen

French astronomers and radio experts are excitedly tion counsel for the city, who is discussing the claims made by Professor Jansky, director busy drawing up a new set of of a famous American engineering organisation, who Phase 5Coustal raids by the lawa for New York,

states that he has received short-wave radio signals. Bluelund fleet. Bamber counter- Right away it developed that attacks developed against them. the kiddies are the worst crimi-leh originate from some station;

Phase 6-The ale raid precautions test in Southampton and Portsmanthals, especially if they happened the earth! Much damage was done by air to own a tricycle or a pair of He is in Paris placing details seconds to reach his receiver.

of his theory before French This would fix the place of their There it was, down in black and experts, and will shortly leavegin at a spot many millions of white, that each child must go to for Stockholm, where he will; his borough president and get a consult Professor Stranger, one permit before venturing into the streets. Skates and trieveles are of the world's leading authorities bad enough but the law is part-on short-wave radio. cularly tough on chlidren

attacks against Calshott and Gosport roller skates. Air stations, the latter being heavily i "gassed.

who

Phase 7-The Blutland ships were i beaten of Plymouth when attempt- ing to make it dawn attack this? morning. Portsmouth combined air and there defence also resisted a Blue Beet attack. A reported land-

It was while Professor Jansky wear stilts both a fine and gael. was making short-wave experiments ing at Bigbury Day, near Plymouth,

The railways catch it where it that he was forced back within 15 minutes. hurts, too, because nobody ever

received the mysterious Then came reconnaissance lights and pealed the law that says they cannot

re-signals, bamb attacks, on one of which I flew enter the city unless a man walka this morning. The exercise ended at one-eighth of a mile ahead of them, walks away and leaves it. If it is 7.50 a.m.

I understand that throughout the way for the steam cars and beware of on the horse and-night

shouting every five minutes; "Make after dark a lantern must be placed whole period constguards gave valu-your safety."

or day- there must be attached a tag, bear able help in reporting the approach Kite-flying appears to be a bordering the name and address

line offence. There is a low against owner.

of the

of hosille aircraft.

miles from the earth. HOPING FOR REPLY?

The signals are immensely power-: ful and are repeated at regular intervals, as though Rome extra- terrestial station were signalling repeatedly, hoping for a reply.

Shortly, the Professor will con- struct the most powerful sort-wave received in the world, so that he can study these signals more closely.

though the thought of extraterrestial Professor Jansky points out thut communication may seem fantastic, already our more powerful military

Redland's headquarters, in a re-it. There is no compromise, how- The most embarrassing situation, short-wave transmitters, send signals Hume, slate that the resulls, so farver, on playing a musical instru- however, is a law that says anybody that could be received in the moon

thes can be analysed without ment in public. Either you have a who desires quiet can place tanbark if anyone happened to be there. detailed Information from the permit or you go to saol and pay on the street outside his house. enemy feet, would show that the fine. objects have been realised.

After observing the air rald civili defence at Southampton last night I again returned to the Redland air

Bulls on the streets, a law says, must wear a green lantern on thelr. horns and have some sort of redi light attached to their tails.

A more recent ordinanco speel- fies a heavy fine for litering the streets with tanbark or anything else.

Things like that make New York a Woe unto the non whose horse nice city of visit, but no place to Hve.

and whn Just-United Press.

Jare at Woodsford nerodrome, near dies on Broadway

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FAME (AND GOLF) ON LONELY ISLAND

EN years ago Jimmy Shannaw, Marlborough public schoolboy, salled from Nassau to Cat island one of the lonellest outer-islands in the Bahamas group-with a port- able gramophone, the latest dance band records and a bag of golf clubs. "I'm Investing money in a propo- sition made to me in New York," he said. There's a fortune in growing early tomatoes in the West Indian islands for the New York market.

"I've brought my golf clubs, as I hear that there's an 18-hole course on Cat Island."

would

Local people told him he And only bush, scattered negro settlements, and desolution.

Living in Hut

Soon

afterwards I visited him there. He was living in a hut that- ched native--fashion with talmetto straw, the only white man in a twenty-mile radius. He confessed that he had not yet made a fortune. His golf clubs were rusting away.

Recently, Jimmy Shannaw went on holiday to England to cel mother in London. He returned

to his island home,

Three days ago news reached Nassau that he had been found dead with a gunshot wound in his head,

The Commandant of Police has ordered an investigation into his death, Jimmy Shannaw's body will be exhumed. Statements will Be inken from Negro dwellers on the laland. And Jimmy's mother in London will be told how her son 1 died.

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