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Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

By

Ernie

January 4, 1940. Bushmiller

LATER

Pilot

THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

RAIDER IN SEA SHOT HIMSELF

A GERMAN flying officer brought down in the North Sca during a raid on Britain is be-) lieved to have committed suicide rather than endure any longer the misery of long exposure in the water.

His was one of two :éniben's bodies wached up in Norfolk, one at 1appis- burgh, the other at Mundesley, event miles away. Both had been in the water about three days.

The body at Mundesley, which was in un inflated life jacket, had! a bullet wound in this temple. Asi there was also an empty revolver holster it is thought probable the man shot himsell.

Mrs.

'Big'

Fears Gestapo

the millions who AMONG falen-in to "Big-Hearted" Arthur Askey when he makes his cracks at "Old Nasty," there is one who She is does not laugh any more. Mrs. Askey.

All Inst week Big's wife was beseeching him to "lay-off" lit- ler.

"It's because the missus loves me a lot," he said. "She's got the idea that Hitler kus branded me as his Public Enemy No. 1

me off in the bluck-out.

The body at Happisburgh hand will get his Gestapo to bump bullet wounds in the eye and leg. These were probably received durägli an ale engagement, for an automa: tic pistol was in pocket. It would have been impos-i sible for him to replace this after turning it on him.

the

deta

n's

The King, through his Camp- copy of treller, asked for a Askey's parody of "Run, Rabbit, then."

It has been supplied by the B.B.C.

HITLER THREAT:

1066

and

all) AGAIN'

that

By CHARLES FOLEY

HITLER throws his lust card on the poker table of Europe. It is a blood-curdling threat to send the German Navy through a lane of German mines to England and to land on her coasts the first foreign army since William the Conqueror did the trick in 1066.

Nazi Buicide squads would Recently the Deutsche Wehr, journal float down by parachute to seize of the fighting forces, gave some idea England's power stations. Goer-of how it might be done un paper. ing's air squadrons would ponad London to the dust.

A Diversion "Britain's superior navy, sald Here is a noilon that makes in the article, "might well be met by 70071 who, the attackers' own fleet, by prepared urgent appeal to the

rows of minca, by submarine flotillas and so on. In fact, the line of al-

shouted to the Reichstag. "There are

no more islands now."

And the fact that the plan is wil-tack might be along a sort of lane

U.S. RELEASES SECRET PLANES FOR

ALLIES

NEW YORK.

SUPER - WARPLANES are made available to France and England through the American War Department's relaxation of their rigid ban on the export of new types of aircraft.

U.S. designers in Los Angeles, centre of the industry, declared that they are now free to sell fighters which will travel at 460 miles an hour or more, and bombers with

a speed and range greater than any foreign bomber now in the air.

Most important is Lockheed's secret twin- across the engined interceptor which has flown American continent at a top speed of 460 miles an hout, and which its makers claim can go even faster.

ROYAL OAK

SURVIVOR

MARRIED

11. Lieut. 31. Benton. R... a survivor of the Royal Oak, with his bride, ils Winifred Packe after their well- ding at St. Ga. briel's, Warwick- square, S.W.

Some of These Sailors Served

in Hongkong

Other types now free for ex- port include:-

A bullet-nosed low-wing pursuit plane developed by Velter, which manoeuvres at spels ranging from 300 to more than 400 miles an hour.

medium-sized bornber by Douglas, which is claimed to be the fastest bomber in the pir. Douglas still refuse to release details of the performance of this plane; and

A

An ullack buber-also by Dougla-which is claimed to be 201 per cent. better an any European type.

Secret Records

The Douglas Company are now working on o single-engined dive bomber which is said to have broken ali performance records in closely guarded secret tests at their Inctory. Lockheed's twin-engined plane, the Y8-36

was so striking to its paten- tialities that the U.S. Army Air Corps placed a two million pounds order for The model before its tests were completed,

Through the co-operation of the American High Cornmund-gif-theso. planes and three other secret models will be made available to Allied pur chasers. All are ready to be built

THE British destroyer Duchess after the Japanese had placed hums in any quantity to order,

ly impracticable supports the belief sheltered by both sides. One could was lost with, 120 lives. Only across the river. that Hitler's new tactic is to scare also create diversion to Britain into pence.

Ad-Jollows:

draw the one oflicer and 22 ratings are Names Of Survivors main weight of naval defence to an-known to have escaped. When this move falls-the big other sector." attack cannot long be delayed. Ger- man divisions are mossed at wari strength from the North Sea to Switzerland-along 700 miles of Ger- man frontier.

Where will the blow fall? The Daily Express military corres

Then

coints 10 method of surprise attack-mass landing by parachute.

This was announced In an miralty communique, which stated that the Duchess had been in col- Usion with another vessel of Ble Fleet, which, was andamaged. H.M.S. Duchess, commanded by They Lieut.-Commander R. C. H. White.

under the 1030 pro-

"An advance detachment of storm- troops and engineers, 1ghtly armed.) are landed by parachute.

pondent says there is only one at./draw a cordon gound the chosen was a destroyer of the "Defender"

titude to adopt:-

place. of

ISL

Army's Health "Satisfactory"

In the report on the health of the the year 1937. British Army for

Names of survivors are given as

Offlcer: Probationary Lieutenant J. R. Pritchard, R.N.V.R.

(A.B.). Ratings: Adams, Jack Cogger, Donald W. (Chief Petty Officer); Crowall, Charles (A.B.); Crowther,

George (Stoker class); Dodds, John E. (Ord. Ser-sued recently, it is stated that the of attack: they block all ronds class, built

man); Duriing. Alfred I. (Lead. general beaith of the troops during the year under review has been most Scamian); Hale, Kenneth R. and railways leading to it. Bein-gramme, and had a displacement of

satisfactory. '(A.B.); with the rapidity of inovenient forcements are dropped in the sanie 1,375 tons.

(AB); Harris, Geoffrey Her normal complement

There was a decrease in the rate of possible to-day we must be readyway carrying heavier arms.

Jenkins, Ivan E. (A.B.): Lawrence, was 145.

(A.B.); Lowthorpe, admission to hospital of 14.1 a thou Charles H. Lor anything-and we must not bei

the previous John E. (A.B. McHardy, Robert Band, compared with surprised if nothing happens."

rate AVIS (Lead. Seaman); Merry, Charles year, and the admission R. (AB)Moir, Harry (Lead. Only 21.5 a thousand higher than that Seaman); Proctor. Walter R. (Ord. of 1935, the lowest recorded since the Scamon): Ratcliffe, Trever (A.B.); Great War. Robertson, William (A.B.); Thur-

"The third wave' brings a greater

Two ratings had been left behind The military correspondent ag-number of troops with light tanks gests that German troop movements and flame throwers in large transport at the last port of call for medical may be intended for the present to pinnes, which land. Once a foothold treatment.

is gained the success of the invasion try our nerves, but

There is one very sinister feature depends on skill and offensive surge. After that a significant footnote: this time. The troop moves come t

attacker would, of course,

that

Eight Torpedo Tubes

stave

The death ratio of 1.97 a thousand,

ley, Clarence (Telegraphist): Too and the ratio of 0.80 a thousand for tel, Thomas (Stoker Pelly Officer); invalids discharged from the Service Sinth, Alfred (A.B.); Swinhow,, ore the lowest ever recorded since Emest (Ord, Seaman); Willy. John the Great War.

The number of ofcers admitted to A. (Chief Stoker).

The Duchess carried four 4.7-inch guns, six smaller guns, and eight 21- a time when Germany is charging time the enterprise to coincide with inch torpedo tubes.

unneutral conduct. Belgium with.

other operations especially mass air |

She was bullt at Palmer's Yard, And the place where the concentra- tion is most intense except on the relds,"

Note the expression "of course," Jarrow, and completed in January,

1933.

The following two rolings were hospital shows an admision ratio of French front--is on the Dutch fron-

Because the important German tler.

Ifer 30,000 horse power engines left ashore for medical treatment at 187.3 a thousand of the strength con- Allgemeine newspaper Deuliche

her a speed of 35,5 knots. This may mean that Brouchitech

declared Zeltung.

the ship's lost port of call and were! pared with 220.4 a thousand la 1030 Englund

The dentha were (German Commander-in-Chief). In-

could only be crushed in the same The Duchess is the third destroyer not on boned at the time of the col- and 107,8 in 1935.

2.16 a thousand of the strength com- the oldt

war began. The others, lision:- practice tends to put into

the lost since way as the Romans crushed

and the Gipsy, were Anderson. R. (Petty Officer); pared with 5.43 a thousand in 1936 pre-1914 plan of invading Belgium

Carthaginians by destroying the the Blanche

bath sunk by mines within a week Passmore, G. (Ord. Scaman). through the Maestricht Appendix

enemmy's capital." (that strip of Holland that juis down

Altogether the attack direct on last month off the British coast. between Belgium and Germany) and Bo turning the Belgian frontier forti- England sheds a fascinating sklelight In China Incidents

on German_with-thinking-cum-pro-

But Germany's neutrali

fications.

The Duchess figured in a number "The report that German headpaganda, quarters are at Godesberg on the neighbours are not to be deluded of incidents in Chinese waters the Rhine bodes no good for Delgium again. They believe the thrust will August Navy List gave her as be

longing to the 21st Destroyer Flotilla, come elsewhere. and Holland.

BELGIUM believes that the first China. "On the other hand, onto fact

One immediate attack' less attack will fall on Holland.

In March, 1938, while moored at: likely. This is that there are at pre-reason for this is that all German Hongkong she was damaged above Japanese sent fewer troops in the north than gold deposits in Halland have been on the Saar. If a big attack on the withdrawn and sent to Denmark.

makes

пр

Low Countries were staged the op-

posite would be the case."

Hier's grandlose plon for the in-

Dutch Happy HOLLAND is not really worried. vasion of England-Napoleon was The Dutch reckon that the Belgians bitten by the same germ nearly 140 will catch it instead. years ago, but he never got nearer

than

the water-line when a

steamer collided with her. Last May, after

11 Japanese

cruiser had stopped the r. and

Mounties 6,000

and 3.37 in 1035.

Trail Mile Clue

CANADIAN Mounted Police, guided by a rough

L

map, made by a man 6,000 miles away, discovered the liner Kanpurs, the Duchess went to bones of a murdered boy on the Grand Prairie Trail. the scene and the Rampurs was This find was mentioned when On September 21, 1933, Maurice allowed to proceed. Gooffrey Cox, Daily Express Staff,

Three months later the Schupbachs Then, in June, she was reported to a Swiss woman, Mrs. Schupbach, Nicolet vanished. collecting his men on the Reporter i Amsterdam, cannot con

Jund. French coast was confided to net-firm those reports of heavy German be "blockaded with another, de- was sentenced at Blenne, near picked up and retumed to Switzer-

on the Dutch alroyer, H.MS. Daring, at Foochow Berne, to 80 years jail.

In November, 1937, Schupbach wnę troop concentrations

She pleaded guilty to murdering tral Journalists in Berlin.

Selkirk Panton, Daily Express staff frontier.

frontler is packed with her wealthy first husband, Paut arrestel on charges concerning his anys that And the Dutch Government state Germani

Nicolel

stepdaughter. reporter in Copenhagen, Danish reporters were treated to the with official blitheness that there is troops and prepared for any move.

Her second husband, Ernst Schup-The body of Mrs. Schupbach's first no sign of a German threat to Hol- AND FRANCE? Well here's a true nows that

story that came in.

bach, was charged as an accomplice, husband was exhumed. Cyanide was "1. Hitler is massing a great army land.

SWITZERLAND is a little nervous; The 120.000 French people of and also with murdering his stepson, found in it says the British United and a fleet. in north-west German

The Swiss asked the Canadian. Jan Fraser, Daily Express correspon-Nancy, which lies only an hour's Maurice Nicolet, agod ports.

Mounted Police to Investigate the 2. The Fuehrer's mysterious dally dent in Basle, says that when tele- drive behind the Maginot Line, were talks with his war staff concern plans phone communication between Sivit told that.. evacuation plans, were ment.

Mr. and Mrs. Schupbach with death of Mourice. The man which Germany was cut last ready, If they wlabed to leave. to deposit an overwhelming force in zarland and

night Swiɛs soldiers on, hallday

How many do you think took and Maurica Nicolet, arrived on a farm gilded them to the boy's bones was England."

in Alberta, Canada, from Switzer-stated at the -trial to have been The Klea of Invading Beltain le not hurriedly returned to report vantage of the offer?.

land in 1035.- Just dfty-saven a new one in the German mind. Basie Itself-it iles on the French-

Pross

He was sentenced to life imprison-

sketched by Schupbach himself,

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