1939-11-27 — Page 19

NANCY

WHY DON'T? YOU ANSWER THE DOOR

BELL?

YES, MA'M!

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie

NANCY--THERE'S A SALESMAN

AT THE DOOR

TO SEE

YOU!

WHAT DOES HE WANT?

November 27, 1939.

Bushmiller

I DON'T KNOW ---HE JUST ASKED TO SEE THE

HEAD OF THE HOUSE!

CIV

"Best Fellows In World For Rescue

Work"

EVANS PRAISES THE

"TOUGH UNS"

I eat

eat the Hitler

mixture

ADOLF HIT- AND OFFER LER dictated to

SPLENDID RESCUE

WORKERS

ADMIRAL SIR ED- WARD EVANS one of the London civil defence chiefs, went to Islington recently to arrange a surprise air raid exercise for A.R.P. ser- vices.

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Sir Edward said that he had! me one day only visited some 30 boroughs, and HIM MY,his diet, Ex-added, "Some of the boroughs" cept for an even-services are good, some are had. 'AS AFTER' ling visit in the and some are indifferent."

MIXTURE

'black-out to a

chemist. I followed the Hitler diet without variation. Hitler. according to Berlin broadensts, eats two breakfasta, so it was up to me to do the same.

without butter The 7 na rolls tasted rather dey, but the marmalade helped them- down.

I treated myself to a ginss of milk and fruit at the ten o'clock break- fast.

By that time I should have el equal to carving up Europe. In- stead, I fell strangely depressed. A promise-breaking urge, something! Hitler has often fought in vain. entered my mind.

"Never mind the Hitler lunch," it whispered. "Drop the diet."

But the Iutler lunch. It was. Vegetable soup with Hitler's favourite potatoes predominating. Then eggs

on spinach and another potato dish

In a general tribute to the per-! Monnel of the civil defence forces he said that some of the biggest! Ko-called "touglis" in London were splendid rescue workers, and if he hind to select a team for a heavy

Kortew Khattery le

where he wenld go to pick out the best fel- lows in the world."

BRITAIN

1914

1930

1914

CAN'T LOSE 1914

Says Former U.S. President

NEW YORK.

with cabbage fried in fat-n German The former President, Mr. version of "bubble ant squeak." Herbert Hoover, declared to-day With them, slices of bread and but-that Great Britain and France

could not be defeated:

ter.

Cut Out To

I drank a white wine, Hitler's) His decuration was made when Mr. favourite Moselle. Here I could not Roy W. Howard, head of the Scripps. follow him by diluting the wine with toward newspapers, expressed the Hitler's own secret concoction of that emotionalism was over-

specin! Julees.”

coming reason in certain-sections-of

Hitler's diet said nothing of ofter-the United States and spreading anj noon tea, so I cut that out.

lea that Great Britain and France

For dinner ate more potato soup, were facing defeat, so that to "avoid then an omelette with fried potatoes)

catastrophe to elvilisation and to

and butter beans.

Then it was time for me to imitate save ourselves"

the United States

Hitler by seeing a cinema show. must sooner or later enter the Eur-

There I made a discovery.

Hitler's nightly cinema show is only

open war,

Mr. Hoover said that the premise!

camouflage for a doze in the dark of this idea was wrong. where none can see the Fuehrer ned,

I know that I did.

didn't

The war (he went on) is unly al

I awoke with a headache and month old,. But the major factors spots dancing in front of my eyes are already emerging. The British I pushed irritably out of the und French can, and will, control the cinema, fully aware how careless seven seat in spite of submarinės aud people are with their feet in the aeroplanes, and can sit there until are exhausted. By darkness. They

apologise their enemies

their seapower the Allies can pru when I trod on them. "You're a bit liverish." said the teel Great Britain and all the outly- chernist when he heard my symp-ing possessions of both Empires from de- toms. "Drink that; it will fix you." invasion. Their man-power can

It did, and if Hitler would like the fend France unless they blunder into prescrpition I could get it for him. taking wild adventures in milltary

exhaust offensive and

their man- be power. Aerial warfare

may destructive but that works both ways, and no far as all experience goes is not conclusive of any war.. If one surveys the whole front-sea, land, air, and economic resources I am convinced that the Allles can

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Hongkong. Stock Exchange official defend their Empires. The end may Summary issued yesterday says:

be victory for them. At the worst it

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Gormany's Disadvantages

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Buyers

Star Ferries $815

China Lights (Old) $7.00 Telephones (Old) $21

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Union Ins: $100

Firex $185

Providents $4.071⁄2

Dairy Farms (New) $19

Watsons $8

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cloration with an analysis of the economic conditions in the belligerent countries showing Germany tremendous disadvantage in cum- parison with the Allied countries.

Then, discussing military cond!- tions, he said;~

In view of the events in Russla, Italy must also be considered in the war picture. While the entry of taly with a population of 41,000,000, le highly improbable, even In such an event the Allled man power on the defence is still superior, -t do Inot include the Russian man power because I am convinced that Russinn broops are most unlikely ever to reacn the Western Front. That Is Inhibited of transportation, by dimculties shortages of materials, internal weak- (ness, a lack of any national purpose for the Russians, together with the risks to the Germans of such a guest. Those who think that Russia might effectively invade India know le of reality,

The Germans realise licir extreme danger from n long! war. They may try a quick over- whelming attack It may mean bad days for the Allies. But there is) little reason to believe it can succeed. And than the slow strangle of nea power will have its effect,

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THIS map contrasts Germany's situation slx' weeks after the outbreak of war (1) in 1914 and (2) in 1939.

In 1914 the Kaiser had already overrun Belgium and Luxemburg. This time die Freuch Alsace- of holding with the advantage Lorine as well as fighting in Germany.

start

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

In 1914 Germany already occupied most of the Pulish provinces she has now regained. And in addition she had the backing of the vast empire of Austria-Hungary, which stretched from

the Adriatie almost to the Black Sea.

Comparative strengths of the fleets and gold rearrucs complete dite picture.

BÖHMEN UND MAHREN No More Plum & Apple For the British Troops

50

CECHYA MORAVAVE

Suppressed Stamp

Original geographical shape of Bohemia is supposed to be traced'

Pro- in line of clouds and trees. file of Thomas G. Masaryk, Brat Czech President. looking to left, may be made out in configuration of the rock beneath the castle. In Jine with letter "M" of Moravia. Full face of Eduard Henes lian been discerned at Masaryk's left: first and profile of Kramalı. Fremler of the Repubile. at his right.

Stamp Fooled The Germans

"NAFFY" is now sending out many thousands of tons of goods a week to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the British Empire in the War.

"Nuffy" is the fighting man'a | name for the N.A.A.F.I. or Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes! -"Servant of Those Who Serve" as its proud motto proclaims.

At the London warehouses, which cover some twenty acres of ground, it is catering for all the lastes of the troops.

U-Boat Crew

Attack Gestapo Man

Jum, no longer "plum and apple," EVERY unit of the German can be bought in many varieties Irari Army, Navy and Air Force has apricot to strawberry. Peanuts and its Gestapo spy, whose duty it toffee, chewing gum and humbugs, is to report any sign of dis- and dozens of kinds of biscuits are on affection or disloyalty the menu: and Service shoppers can

buy all kinds of buttons, belts, jig-Nazi regime.. saw puzzles, mouth-organs, birdseed,

even

So suspicious are

to the

the Nazi

In its sloves "Nally is smoking authorities of men in their fight- nearly 6,000 tons of bacon a week ing forces that every submarine secret police varictice of crew includes a and more than 100 cakes, patties and so forth, are agent. being baked.

His conduct, they sald, had been over-bearing and intolerable, and le had tried to disparage the British nuthorities' treatment of prisoners.

This has been revealed by prisoners Some 20,000 lbs. of tea, a week of war. Among them, in a disused. being sent out, specially blended to mill in the North of England, is a Isult the water of various districts, and U-boat crew.

this apart from tea for Messing pur- poses which is issued by the RAS.C. When some of the prisoners there sat about one of their number, the Last year's turnover was £10,000.-commander held an inquiry. 000 and out of its pooled resources

the biggest He discovered that they had been "Nafty," to-day one of PRAGUE

supply services in the whole world, angered by the discovery that the German authorities are search-

la glving concerts and shows to men man was acting for the Gestapo, ing for a stamp artist who is re-

and women in camp or on activel rervice abroad. ported to have concealed the faces of three Czech national heroes, to-- gether with an outline of, Bohe- min's pre-Munich frontiers, in the design of a stamp issued for the Prolectorate of Bohemia-Moravia, The stamp, which has been with- drawn from clrculation, is a green 50-Heller denomination, showing the ancient castle of Karistėju, near Prague, in a setting of cloud and rock which forms an outline the original roughly similar to north and south boundaries of Bohemia.

It is reported that sketched. in the rock formation on which the castle stands is the profile of Thomas G. Masaryk, Arst President and founder of the Czecho-Slovak state. To the left is said to be the full-face portrait of Dr. Eduar Benes, former President of the Re- public, and to the right, the profile of Kramah; first Premier of tho Republic.

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The following Defento Reserve! posts have been announced:

The treatment was so much better than the Germans had been led to expeet, that some of them praised British generosity,

The prisoners are given three good meals a day, of better quality than they received when on service, and provision is being made for them to play football and other games.

an amendment of the Volunteer Combatant group-Harold Hector Ordinance in the Gazette, Andrews, Albert Arthur»Elms.

Key-post group-William Vincent |Ahern,

The proposed amendment defines an officer of an auxiliary unit a person holding a commission ds an Permission to quit.-Willam Noble, officer. For administrative and other Officers of the auxiliary units of reasons it is considered that officers to of nuxiliary units who are generally the Volunteers will not have undergo military training or provide technical experts may be gazetted os themselves, with uniform, until their officers without previous training. services are necessary, nccording to the, ranks usually required.

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