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"DOUG"

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

BRITAIN'S AIR SUPREMACY.

MOURNED justifiably be claimed.

12

Crowds File Past

Actor's Bier

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

SANTA MONICA, Dec. (UP).-Thousands of

film fans of both the silent and talkie eras are mourn-

"Our superiority over German aircraft, both bonibers and fighters, might The Royal Air Force prestige is very high, and it is not surprising that nearly one-third of the men registering for service have ex- pressed preference for the air force.. ..We can be confident that our air defence" system is sound, the strength of our defensive and offensive is growing steadily, so that every day we are in a better position to establish ascendency in the air" —Extracts From The Air Minister's Speech.

HOUSE OF COMMONS IS

BY STATEMENT

ing the death of Douglas CHEERED

Fairbanks, Sr.

Fairbanks died suddenly of a heart attack at 4 o'clock this morning.

"heurt trouble."

LONDON, DEC. 12 (BRITISH WIRELESS), THE AIR MINISTER, He complained yesterday of IN HIS FIRST STATEMENT ON THE WAR SINCE OCTOBER 10, RE- VIEWED THE NEW PHASE IN AIR Warfare WHICH BEGAN ON constant procession of Hollywood's OCTOBER 16 WITH THE RAID ON A WARSHIP IN THE FIRTH OF

FORTH BY ENEMY AIRCRAFT.

Throughout' to-day, Ühero

WE A

great and of Hollywood's forgotten,

trany of whom worked with Mr.

Fairbanks in his swashbuckling days.

– THIS PICTURE of the late Douglas Fairbanks, famed film actor, was taken when he just visited Hongkong,

Widow Is Present

December 13, 1939.

TRAGIC ALL CORRECT WARSAW Correspondent's Grim Picture

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Rou- ter).-An American correspon- dent has given a tragic picture of Warsaw to-day.

Some 75 per cent. of the buildinga wero completely destroyed or damaged by relentless bombings. The walls of some buildings are now. being pulled down and those which, are still fit for human habitation add to the ghostlikke appearance of the jelly because their windows are all er patched with glass

There is rubbish in the streets and

from picture trance.

the pavements have been torn up in placed,

Since that date, Sir Kingsley Wood said, though there had been no great air the streets is difficult. battles, there had been steadily increasing activity.

"We have had to deal with a warfare, Sir Kingsley Wond, theị series of reconnaissances and Air Minister, in the House of raids, some by single aircraft, Commons to-day, said that our and some in force, and we have fighter squadrons, regular and thus been able to test out the auxiliary, had taken a heavy toll 'strength of our defences and the of such enemy as had tried to efficiency of our organisation.

-Living "By Permission" In wet weather even walking

There are long queues waiting out- side the various ollees giving pcr

ulsion for this or that, for He in Warsaw to-day is "by permission"

Prices of food have gone up three to six times, and only a short while A Joat of bread cost eight

which

17 M.P.S IN THE only.

AIR FORCE

ngo

LONDON, Dec. 12 (British Wire- shillings,

Curfew is at 7 p.m. after cross our air defences, and they less)-According to a parliamentary could justifiably claim a definite answer, 17 M.P.a are serving in the hour only Nazi soldiers may be acen

R.A.F.

on the darkened streets. superiority in our aircraft over the Germans'.

"We have also been able to try nut, both in Britain and France, our aircraft in combat with the enemy The results and conclusions which we have been able to draw from them. Our Hurricanes and Spltates had though of necessity provisional, are been in contact with Dornler, Junkers certainly encouraging. We have and Heinkel bombera in turn and been able to satisfy ourselves by there could be no doubt that they

the actual operations that various possessed a decisive margin of ad- elements of our air defences, anti-vantage.

aircraft

searchlights, and AUAT fighters squadrons, balloon barrages for close defence, and the units of

Superior Fighters

Sir Kingsley added that even more

had shown over

the Observer Corps have been sue-encouraging was the knowledge of the cessfully welded into an efficient and Superiority they

adaptable system under the opera- tion, control and command of one Commander-in-Chief."

| German fighters,

The Coastal Command had tried

oul attycks on submarines on 57

Sir Kingsley Wood expressed greatersalons, and in 10 cason they were satisfaction with the results of this sure that substantial damage had system of unified control, and went been caused.

Supreme On Sea Also

Japanese Harassed On All Fronts INVADERS SUFFER MANY REVERSES

BLACK-OUT

THERE has been no major development on the Nanning. pinyang and Nanning-Wuming highways, according to a “Central News" message from Kweilin this morning.

Chinese activity has so far been confined to harassing at- on to say that this new phase of air

tacks and destruction of Japan- war "may be drawing to a close lind we must be prepared to face soon, LONDON, Dec. 12 (Reuter).Aese communication lines. perhaps in spring, another and more special commentary issued to-day Several attacks have been made strenuous and diffleult chapter."

dwells on the Increasing complete against the Japanese north of Yam- ness of the British naval supremacy. chow with success, About 300 .Total Josses the Royal Oak,Japanese were sandwiched In a Courageous, two Destroyers (Gypsy Chincas pincer movement at Nama and Blanche) and one submarine and Nabsiang last Friday. suffering amount to 55,649 tons displacement, some 200 casualties,

Coastal Patrols Praised Mrs. Fairbanks (formerly Lady Ashley) was present at the bler. Continuing, the Air Minister stated Douglas Fairbanks, dr, and his wife that the fighter squadrons had taken and bir. and Mrs. Robert Fairbanks heavy toll and that superiority over also arrived to-day.

German aircraft, bath bombers and

Other losses were the Rawalpindi. At Nachlen at least 100 Japanese Mr. Fairbanks body lies in state fighters, might justifiably be claimed, and four small minesweepers amount-were killed in action, the Chineze on an oruately garbed bed before a Speaking in praise of Coastal ng to 18,300 tons gross.

claim, and two heavy machine guns These are amply compensated by and a number of rifles were seized window in his Santa Monica mansion, Patrols, the Minister said 57 attacks

had been made on submarines, in 10 the enormous naval construction pro- by the Chinese. cases of which there was a certainty gramme, further increased since the Guerillas and armed peasants are! of substantial damage being caused, outbreak of war-nearly 1,000,000 so actively destroying highways that but the patrols duties were more tons of warship under construction Japanese units are finding it almost submarines or defending against air the anti-submarine forces are already attack. Many ships owed their safety more than frebied. to the units of this command.

Turning to the Bomber Command,

which overlooks the rolling Pacifle,

Occan.

SECRET SESSION ring the leasing and many nearly completed, while impossible to maintain contact The

German Anxiety

MUST BE REALLY SECRET St Kingsley Wood spoke of the re- German anxiety resulting from cent rald on Heligoland, which he these facis is indicated by the recent German Navy is LONDON, Dec. 12 (British Wire- described as a particularly difficult boast that the

the and dangerous operation. Not only strongly reinforced by the incorpora- less). The secret session of

to did the aircraft successfully reach tion of the Austrian Danube Flotilla. Commons, which is being held to their objectives and score direct hits 11 would appear that the Nazis have morrow, raised a point of parlias wilt heavy-bombs, but all returned no better-topic-for-boasting Bran the mentary privilege when the Laberal Member, Mr. Dingle Foot, asked the sately, having been attacked by 20 addition of river patrol vessels and Speaker to-day whether it was a fact Messerschmidts. Two of these, which a few motor launches designed solely that any Member who repeated out- Pressed the attacks, were brought for river work. side, even in private conversation, down. anything said in the House during the secret session would be guilty of a breach of privilege.

In reply citing authorities, the Speaker said that any member who so acted would be wilfully disobeying the order of the House and thereby

High R.A.F. Prestige

In reconnaissance flights, the R.A.F. lind visited Humburg, Bremen, Ruhr, Berlin, Munich and Nurnburg, In

any cases more than once,

R.A.F. prestige was very high, and It was no surprise that nearly

ott

committing gross breach of privilege, third of the men registering for ser- himalt liable to such vice expressed prtierence 100 the penalties on within the power of the air force. House to infil.et, by repronond. C

The Minister referred to the Em- mitment to prison. or. In the

the pire personnel and units which would treme CUSC. expulsion from Hause.

K.C.C. Players

Meet K.B.G.C.

To

soon be taking their place in the front line of air defence, and announced the re-establishment of People Squa- drons which, under their own officers, would be attached to the R.A.F.

Turning to production, Sir Kingsley Wood said that though the numerical output was more than twice that of a year ago, the types in efficiency as wur weapons represented "not a

The Kowloon Bawling Green Club will entertain a mixed doubles tennis twofold but manifold rccretion of team from the neighbouring Kowloon strength." New and more powerful Cricket Club on Sunday afternoon types would shortly operate against next

the enemy. Matches will start at 2 p.m., and the following players will represent the K.C.C.

Mrs.

Offence System. Sound

Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Millard,

In reply to a question the Minister Gred Mrs. Stokes, Mrs. Madar, said he had given careful considera- tion to the question of German fights Mra. Taylor and Mrs. Wexham.

Messrs. II. W. Crabb (captain), Plover Shetlands and Orkneys, ond he Wynter-Blyth, A. C. Perry, F. Ken-hoped that the "next time we had a gelbacker, H. Wexham, G. E. Taylor, Visit very favourable results would D. Curtis, and G. M. Gillard.

ensue,"

The Minister concluded: "We can be confident that our air defence

$500 CHEQUE IS system is sound, the strength of our

STOLEN

A cheque for $500 cash drawn on the Wing On Bank was stolen from a drawer of a desk at No. 81 Des Voeux Road Central on Monday

A port was later made to the Police by Fan Long-val.

defensive and offensive is growing steadily, so that every day we are in a better position to establish as- cendency in the air."

Enemy's Heavy Losses LONDON, Dec. 12 (Reuter). Reviewing the progress of air

GOODWILL MISSION

IN CHUNGKING

CHUNGKING, Dec. 13 (Central).The Burmese Goodwill Mission to China which arrived here from Rangoon yesterday will have a busy round of visits during Its stay.

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

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Japanese south of the Wat (u) River have been commandeering Chinese labour to repair the road! without success,

to

General Huang Hsu-chu, Chairman of the Kwangsi Provincial Govern- ment, who yesterday returned Kwellin from a trip to the front ex- read coalidence in the Kwangsl

resistance.

The Northern Front

On the Northern Front, sweeping successes are claimed to have been scored yesterday by Chinese troops! In simultaneous counter-offensives In North Hunan, South Hupeh, and North Klungs).

ROAD TOLL

LONDON, Dec. 12 (Bri- tish Wireless)—The in- crease in road fatalitico due to the blackout, which ap- peared in the September and October returns, is again the feature of the November returns.

A total of 926 persons were killed in, or died as the result of, road acc.dents against 613 in November, 1939. Of the total, 674 ro. late to accidento during hours of darkness.

The Channel

Tunnel

Calais-Dover Project Resurrected

The Minister of Public Works described the construction of the

In North Hunan, the Chingte rec-| PARIS, Dec. 12 (Router)— captured Tuolin, Hisitang and Yang-The Channel tunnel scheme has lowsze, strategle points on the outer been revived, this time in the defence lines of Yoyang (Yochow) on the Canion-Hankow Railway, sa French Chamber of Deputies. miles north of Changsha, and art

In closing on Yoyang

In South Hupch they recovered Tsungyang. Nanlinchino and Tashap Ing. The Japanese ore Accing Puch and Skenning on the Canton- Hankow Railway with the Chinese In pursuit. Those at Tungcheng are completely isolated and are subjected to Acree assaults.

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U.S. Cross rate in Lon.

U.S. Cross rate in NY...3.92

INTERNEE ESCAPES

A daring escape by Chan Chi-cho. a 23 year old Chinese Internce of the Mautauchung Camp took place early this morning.

He apparently escaped by using a 10 foot bamboo pole ladder placed against the barbed wire fence.

Police whistles gave the first alarm. A constable at the main gate of the camp is reported to have stated that only one man went over the fence,

Investigators entered the Y.M.C.A. but in the camp and found that one bed wna unoccupied although it had recently been used, judging by the warmth in the blankets,

Aside from inspecting the various tory of the Chinese Chamber of GAS MASKS FOR

ALL SWEDEN

.:

Recapture Of Tsungyang

War

funnel as an international necessity which should be one of the first works undertaken when the was over.

The idea first came up about the middle of the last century, and even

the to-day

abandoned preliminary tunnels may be seen on other side of the Chunngl

The Minister ako announced that

Describing the Chinese recapture of the Government bad decided to inke of in hand the construction of the fest Tsungyang, Japanese base operations in South Hupeh, a dispatch section of the trans-Sahara tunnel.

:

Serious fighting then took place in RED CROSS FUNDĮ

the south-eastern outskirts, and the Japanese, after being defeated, with- drew into the city,

The Chinese who followed in pursuit smashed into the elly, and after three hours of hand to hand nating in the streets, the Japanese were evicled and led toward Puchi and Bienning.

It is claimed that altogether 921 casualtics were inflicted upon the Japanese and many machine-guns were captured,

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Kiangsi Activity

NOW £869,000

LONDON, Dec. 12 (British Wire- £2,000 less)-Including a gift of from Tanganyika, the Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund ruse yesterday to £800,000-an increase on the day of £4,000,

A German Jewish refugee visited

Mansion House yesterday and handed in a German Rold ten-mark piece. He explained that he had been en-

In gnged

gloss from Importing Czecho-Slovakia and after that be- In North Kinngst attacks were came Impossible, from Finland. made in the areas west of Nanchang, His business had now disappeared, Chinese column re-occupied so he had decided to make the gift Mahsingslinn and Tamashan, north of before he had nothing to give. Kasan, about 40 miles southwest of Nanchang.

A

Over 800 Japanese casunities were [1]RIENTER" Infleted.

Two Japanese mountain guns, Ave machine guns and over 200 r.fles wore seized,

On the Shantung front, Taucheng, historic 2,000-year-old waited city cri the South Shantung border, 87 miles north-east of Esuchow, has been re- covered by Chiness units,

The Chinese Launched a series of attacks on the town recently,, and in reconstruction, educational, and cul-, Commerce in Burma,

an engagement at Hatun, neor Tancheng, the Japanese were sur tural projects, it will call on Genera- They were greeted at the aero-

rounded and decimated. simo Chiang Kai-shek and visit drome by over 6,000 people, Includ-

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13. (Reuter) —| wounded soldiers and war refugees. Ing General Wu Te-chen, former

From Loyang comes a report that i Governor of Kwangtung, and Mr. Bweden continues to take precaution- Chinese forces counter-attacking In Tha mission, comprising nino Shao L-tse, Vice-President of the ary measures and the Government the Chungting mountain

range in members, including one woman, 18 China -Branch of the International to-day ordered. Ils first batch of south Shansi are making speedy lod by Mr. Tseng Koh-nien, excre- Peace Campaign.

| 500,000 gas maske.

progress.

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