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R.A.F. Men Buried in Germany

A Gorman Naval Chaplain conducting the burial service af the grave at Wilhelmshaven of British airmen brought down dur- ing the raid at Kiel. The coffins were covered with British

flags.

Pipe all hands aft (Marines and all) to list to

the story of-

THE VEST-POCKET

U-BOAT

ONCE upon a time

Thursday,

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“Submarine on the Starboard Side!" Officer Bawls PREPARE FOR CHILLY NIGHTS & MORNINGS STEAMER'S THRILLING DRESSING GOWNS

U-BOAT ADVENTURE

"SUBMARINE on the starboard side!" bawled the third officer down the companion way of an unarmed British cargo steamer butting through Atlantic rollers with a cargo of bananas.”

Those words so galvanised Captain Hugh Roberts| and all the crew of the Mopan that they outwitted, out- navigated, and even outpaced the U-boat, getting three more knots out of their ten-years-old ship than the 13% that is the maximum of which she is officially capable.

The First Rowards

BABY IN

2 PLANE CRASHES

girl was among ten passengers in an air liner which crashed recently as it landed at a British airport at the end of a journey from Malta.

A FIVE-MONTH-OLD baby

wheels touched the grass. I shot The machine skidtied when its into a ditch nose first.

The baby, Nicola Roper, daughter of Lleut.-Commander Roper, R.N., hurt. Her mother, strapped in her was flung from her cot, but was un- sent also escaped.

Nicola

The story of their adventure was released by the Ministry of Information after the London Gazette had announced that the King has awarded the Order of the British Empire to Captain Roberts, and officially commended Mr. Smith, chief engineer of the Mopan, whose stokers did such magnificent work. These two and one other hero of September 6 share the distinction of earn-ey when a wheel strut broke as the ing the first honours of the war awarded to the Merchant Navy.

The Mopan, д Liverpool steamer of 5,389 tons, belonging to Elders and Fyffes. Ltd., was Jon her way home from Jamaica Jon September 6-fourth day of the war-when Captain Roberts left the bridge he had held since 4 a.m. to have a quiet pipe in his cabin.

I was just one o'clock. After nine hours on the bridge with submarines| about and a choppy sea running a man can do with a quiet pipe, Cap- in Roberts was thinking as he was striking a second match-when the thlid offleer bowled his news down the companion way.

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The match fell to the floor. whine and a roar as a shell exploded] in the sea 100 yards away to port. Moments later a second shell ex- plosion to starboard,

Captain Roberts was back on the bridge by now, snupping out rapid orders.

Shells were falling on either side and cumming closer. Fraginents were coming aboard.

gun.

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escaped earlier in the Jour-

pläne was laxi-ing, across the land- ing ground at Tunis, This necident delayed the passengers for two days.

Reporter Tried Nazi Diet After 3 Days-

Doctor Warned 'Eat More Food"

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By VICTOR SIMS

WHEN NEXT YOU HEAR THE NAZI BROADCASTER GIV- ING OUT THE OFFICIAL DIET FOR THE DAY THINK OF ME, FOR I HAVE BEEN LIVING ON THAT DIET FOR TIMEE DAYS. AND IT'S TOUGH

(smiling, I thought) let me try.

I thought it could be done. I told the Editor so. And he

First he made me call on Anthony Weymouth, the specialist, for a thorough medical test. That went off all right.

Then I had to arrange for the prescribed foodstuffs. This meant hunting the stores for wholemeal bread, bilberries, Ger- man sausage, and the rest of the Nazi hors d'oeuvre.

Here is my diet diary so tur: found that to drop suddenly from Captain Roberts, yelling to his men

2,000 calories to 450 is no joke. to lake cover and sending to the en-

THURSDAY: Slice of plain gize-room

Another point: This diet is so low the previously agreed wholemeal bread and small coffee in protein that its energy value is signal for extra-special speed, sent with no milk or sugar, for breakfast; practically nil. Worse still is the No. That SEEMS to be the way to wind, porting and starboarding the meat) with pint of beer for lunch:

the ship on a zig-zag course into the small portion of start this story of the sea; but the time is now.

hot-pot (minus fact that 'il contains no animal fat. helm as each shell left the U-boat's one slice of wholemeal bread with The story is told by Mr. John Tazewell Jones, an American busi-

15 Knots Now

slice of German sausage and one ness man who has spent twenty-two

potato for supper. (1 had to eat my The submarine was compelled to supper at 8.30, because years in Buzli. He tells President follow into the wind, which meant time I get so hungry). I had a Roosevelt that the skipper of a Ger- she could use only her forward gun. headache about 4 pm, fasting until

nærchant vessel he met in But her lean, grey bulk, slithering in Brazi told him that:-

and out of the waves, was getting bedtime. Felt heavy about the legs "Germany has pocket submarines nehrer.

in the evening and did not sleep too that can be planted in the ocean by merchant vessels ilke-rows-of-corn, knuts-had-been-increased within *FRIDAY: "One slice of bread and

well. The Mopan's official speed of 13

"The submarines weigh about 100 havelling coal on which they knew

few minutes to 15 knots by firemen fat for the A.R.P. Establishment in Kowtoun: tons each, and can be lowered over-their lives and their ship's sufety eaten a dozen. For lunch a small

Mr. E. Himsworth to be Divixional Warden, Sumatrulpo, vice Mr. Hung Manoard with a crew of twelve.

A.R.P. Orders

Instructions By Director For Coming Week

A. R. P. Orders by Wing-Commander

HS.Strain-Perkin-6-Director

Air Raid Precautions:

The following appoinunenta are notified!

•

Change of Address

Mr. Panels Wong from 10 Sau Chuk Yen Rd, Kowloon to Hongkong:

"When the fuel is exhausted the

that's the

for breakfast. I could have

might depend.

portion of cucumber stuffed with Such waves were by now washing bread with a potato, and a mug of

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beer,

About 3 o'clock I felt as though!

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fong, who reverts to Deputy Divistonal Warden at his own request:

Mr, H. C. Lau to be District Warden, subinarines can be picked up again (over the U-boat's bows that she was attached to Yaumati Divisional Head- by the mother vessel." quarters.

[having difficulty with the only gun my energy for the day had gone, My Transters Mr. Yuen Man-chung (Deputy Divisional London naval circles.

ind this is the technical commentishe could bring to bear her legs were like lead. Couldn't wait Warden) Shamshulpo, relinquishes

would-be prey. his

for my last meal, so ute it at 6 p.m. appointment on having moved his re-

A 100-ton submarine would be Kidence from Shamaulpo to Mongkok, and

And

It took the form of a frult pudding the Mopan's firemen transfers to Mongkok Division.

and not much fruit and not much pud- slogularly ineffective in any but the stokers

were still working and ding. calmest waters. A ship with a locking-lke niggers. For the first derrick capable' of raising and two

tours the submarine slowly SATURDAY: One slice of whole- Miss Wong Sau-yung, 200 Mau Tau lowering such a heavy object would gained, but by now Chung Road, 2nd fr., Kowloon, to Kwong be abnormal,

the gap hud meal bread and jam (no butter) for Yuen St. Hongkong:

ami would attract ceased to grow less.

breakfast. I though! "I can't do any The Mopan's little engines of only work feeling like this. I might as Mr. C. W. Sung of 4 Wai Citog St, Unteclinical comment in the same 447 h.p. seemed to be trying to burst ing bad and that was the Editor's go to bed." I know I was look- themselves. Her speed somehow view, too, and so he packed me off Mr. draw ahead. Shells still fell thick to get a good meal and leave

renched 1814 mots, and she begun to back to Mr. Weymouth, who told me around her, but their aim was grow- Nazi dlel to those poor fellows whoj ing less accurate, It seemed haven't any option. mirnele that none had yet landed non-aboard.

Mr. 11. D. Everest, 45 Austin Road to Speedy attention.

34, Shanghal St.. 1st Floor, Yaumall.

Yaumati to 64, Johnston Road, Hongkong.circles:-

Mr. Luk Chung-kit, 14 Sung Street to

Kang Walt & Co., 235 To Kwa Wan Road.

Leave of Absence

"T."

Mr. B. C. Webster, Warden. Division of Knutsford Hotel, will be an

leave for approximately nine

from November 23.

months

Notein future, Shing Nam Road wil

Soine due has been pulling Jones's leg.

Commonsence comment in

be known as South Wall Bond wherever naval circles:

It occurs in connection with Wardens ad-

dresses.

A... Course Club Lusitano.

The

Their "Ordeal" What about the British Navy? What chanre that it would stand "If ever a vessel was saved by the time of this class has been changed from about and let Gemman vessels play stout courage, skill, and presence of

Mondays and bob-apple with toy submarines? on Friday

jmind of her captain, officer and Not much.

crew and the energy and efficiency of her chief engineer and his men in the engine-room and slokehold, it was the Mopan," slates the Ministry

the

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By Anthony Weymouth One glance at Siris after his three days voluntary diet cunvinced me that the experiment had gone on long. enough,

Now, you might think that anyone might be able to stand up to three, days under-nourishment, even actual Captain Roberts and Mr. Smit starvation (There's no doubt, of Betty Grable, the film actress,share the distinction of being the first course, that this diet definitely comes but who falled in the examination to divorced her husband, Jackle Coogan, merchant seamen honoured with Mr. Into the category of 'under-nourish- reach the required standard for Als Radin Hollywood to-day.

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