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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By

Ernie

January 4, 1940. Bushmiller

LATER

Pilot

THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

9.

RAIDER IN SEA SHOT HIMSELF

A GERMAN flying officer brought down in the North Sea 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.

I was one of two airmen's bodies washed up in Norfolk, one at Happis- burgh, the other at Mundesley, seven miles away. Both had been in the water about three days,

The body at Mundesley, which was in an Inflated life jacket,

d

a bullet wound in the temple. As there was also un empty revolver holster it is thought probable the man shot himself.

The body at uppisburgh bullet wounds in the eye and leg. These were probably received during an air engagement, for an automa- dead man's tie pistol was in the

pocket. It would have been impos- sible for hirn to replace this after turning it on himself.

HITLER

1066 (all

and

that

Mrs. 'Big' Fears Gestapo

AMONG the millions who Baten-in to "Rig-Hearted" Arthur Aukey when he makes his cracks at "Old Nasty," there is one who does not laugh any more. She b Mr. Askey.

All last week Big's wife was beseeching him to “lay-off" H- ler.

"It's because the missus loves me a lot," he said, "She's got the iden tant Hitler his branded me as his Publle Enemy No. 1 and will get his Gestapo to bump me off in the black-out.

The King, through his Comp. troller, naked for a copy of Askey's paror's of Run, Inbhit, Run. It hk been supplied by the B.B.C.

THREAT:

AGAIN

By CHARLES FOLEY

HITLER throws his fast card on the poker table of Europe. It is a blocd-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.

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Nazi suicide squrs would Recently the Deutsche Wehr, Journal fleat down by parach,te to seize of the fighting forces, gave some idea England's power stations. Goer-of how it might be done on paper. "ing's air squadrons would-pound-

London to the dr

said

-A-Diversion: "Britain's 'superior navy,*** Here is a nollon that makes an the article, "might well be met by

man who

the attackers' own fleet, by prepared urgent appeal to the shouted to the Reichstag, "There are rows of mines, by submarine flotilus no more Islands now."

and so on. In fact, the Ime of at-

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- engined interceptor which has flown across the American continent at a top speed of 460 miles an hour, and which its makers claim can go even faster.

ROYAL DAK SURVIVOR MARRIED

Lieut. M. 1. Benton, IN.. a „survivor of the Royal Oak, will his bride, se Winifred Packe, after their wed- ding at St. Ga- briel's, Warwick- anare. S.W.

Some of These Sailors Served

in Hongkong

THE British destroyer Duchess after the Japanese had placed booms And the fact that the plan is wild-Flock might be along a sort of lane ly impracticable supports the belief sheltered by both sides. One could was lost with 120 lives. Only across the river.

Names Of Survivors draw the one officer and 22 ratings are that Hitler's now tactic is to scare uko create diversion to

main, weight of naval defence to an-known to have escaped, Britain into pence,

sector."

When this move fails-the big attack cannot long be delayed. Ger- WAY man divisions are massed at

Sca to strength from the North Switzerland-along 700 miles of Ger- man frontier.

Where will the blow fit.

other

Then

comes the method of attack-mass landing by

surprise parachute. "An advance detachment of storin- troops and engineers, lightly armed,

landed by parachute.

This was announced in an ad- mirally communique, which stated that the Duchess had been in col- Usion with another vessel of the Fleet, which was undamaged. H.M.S. Duchess, commanded by They Lieut-Commander R. C. II. While The Daily Express inilitary corner (dow:a cordon round the chosen was a destroyer of the "Deferler" pondent says there is only one alpisce of attack; they block all roads class, built under the 1938 pro- and railways leading to it. Rein-gramme, and had a displacement of forcements are dropped in the same 1,375 tons. Iler normal complement way carrying heavler arms.

was 145.

titude to adopt:-

ure

"The third wave' brings a greater

With the rapidity of movement possible to-day we must be ready for anything and we must not be surprised if nothing happens." Theory correspondent នៅ gests that German troop movements may be intended for the present to

is gained the success of the invasion Eight Torpedo Tubes 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 "The attacker would, of a flame when Germany is charging time the enterprise to coincide with Belgium with unneutral conduct. And the place where the concentraether operations especially mass air

number of troops with Ught tanks Two ratings had been left behind and flame throwers in large transport at the last port of call for medical planes, which land. Once a foothold treatment.

tion is most intense-except on the French from-in on the Dutch fron-

tier.

in-

"This may mean that Brauchitsch (German Commander-in-Chief) tends to put into practice the eld pre-1814 plan of invading Belgium through the Maestricht Appendix (that strip of Heiland that juts down between Belglum and Germany) and

rolds,"

course.

The Duchess carried four 4.7-inch guna, six smaller guns, and eight 21-: inch torpedo tubes.

She was bullt at Palmer's Yard, Jarrow, and completed in January, 1933.

Names of survivors are given as follows:

J.

Other types now free for ex- port include:-

A bullet-nosed low-wing Pursuit plane, developed by Vultee, which manoeuvres at speeds ranging from 360 to more than 400 miles an hour. A medium-sized bomber by Douglas, which is claimed to be the Dougins Lastest bomber in the air. still refuse to release details of the performance of this place; and

An

bomber-alsu attack

by Douglas-which is claimed to be 20 per cent. better than any European type.

Secret Records

The Douglas Company are now working on อ single-engined dive bomber which is said to have broken all performance records in closely guandel secret tests at their factory.

the Lockheed's twin-engined plane, Y8-38, was so striking; in its poten- finlities that the U.S. Army Air Corps placed a two-million pounds order for the model before is tests were! completed.

Through ̃*•

"the "ro-óperation of the Amerlean High Command all these planes and three other secret models will be made available to Allied pur- chasers. All are ready to be built in any quantity to order.

Army's Health "Satisfactory"

Officer: Probationary Lieutenant

R. Pritchard, RN.V.A. Ratings: Adams. Jack (A.B.), Cogger, Donald W. (Chief Pelty

In the report on the health of the Omeer): Crowell, Charles (A.D.);

(Stoker 1st British Army for the year 1937, Crowther, George class); Dodds, John E. (Ord. Sca-issued recently, it is stated that the man); Durling. Alfred H. (lead general health of the troops during

Kenneth

the your under review has been most R. Seaman); Hale,

satisfactory. (A.B.); Harris, Geoffrey (A.B.); Jenkins, Ivan.E. (AB); Lawrence, There was a decrease in the rate of Charles H. (A.B.): Lowthorpe, admission to hospital of 14.1 a thou- previous Jolin E. (A.B.); McHardy, Robert sand, compared with the

rale was (Lead. Scarman); 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 Seaman); Rateliffe, Trevor (AB.); Great War. Robertson. William (A.B.): Thur-

The death ratio of 1.97 a thousand.

ley, Clarence (Telegraphist); Too- and the ratio of 6.30 a thousand for tel, Thomas (Stoker Petty Offery; i invalids discharged from the Service Smith, Alfred (A.B.); Swinhow,, bre the lowest over recorded since Ernest (Ord. Seaman); Willy, Jof the Great War. A. (Chief Stoker).

Note the expression "of course." Because the important German

The following two ratings were Her 38,000 horse power engines left ashore for medical treatment at newspaper Deutche Allgemeine

the ship's lost port of call and were Zeitung, declared that England gave her a speed of 35.5 knots. could only be crushed in the same lost since war began. The others,ision:-

The Duchess is the third destroyer not on board at the time of the col- way as the Roman crushed the

Anderson, R. (Potty Carthaginians by destroying the the Blanche and the Gipsy, were

both sunk by mines within a week Paszmore, G. (Ord. Scaman). enemy's capital."

last month off the British coast.

Altogether the attack direct

on

so turning the Belgian frontier forti-England sheds & fascinating sidelight In China Incidents

Acations

"The report that

en German wish-thinking-cum-pro- But Germany's neutral German head-paganda.

quarters are at Goderberg

The Duchess figured in a number on the neighbours are not to be deluded of incidents in Chinese waters the Rhine bodes no good for Belgium again. They believe lie thrust will August Navy List gave her as be-

come elsewhere.

longing to the 21st Destroyer Flotilla. and Holland.

"On the other hand, onefact

BELGIUM belleves that the first China. less attack will fall on Holland. One makes.. tiri immediate attack

anoored at In March, 1038, while' likely. This is that there are at pre-reason for this is that all German Hongkong she was damaged above when a Japanese sent fewer troops in the north than gold deposits in Holland have been the water-line

atenmer collided with her. on the Saar. If a big attack on the withdrawn and sent to Denmark.

Law Countries were staged the op-

posite would be the case,"

Hitler's grandiose plan for

Dutch Happy

the in. ́HOLLAND is not really worried. was The Dutch reckon that the Belglans bilten by the same germ nearly 140 will catch it instead.

vasion of England-Napoleon

years ago, but he never got nearer

thon collecting his mon on

tral Journalist in Berlin,

Geoffrey Cox, Daily Express, Staff.

the Reporter in Amsterdam, cannot con-

Selkirk Pantos, Datly Express staff reporter in Copenhagen, says

cruiser had stopped the P. and 0.

The number of officers admitted to hospital shows an admission ratio of 1873 a thousand of the strength com

1030 pared with 220.4 a thousanel and 197.8 in 1935. The deaths were 2.15 a thousand of the strength come

Officer): pared with 5.43 a thousand in 193G

and 3.37 in 1935.

Mounties' Trail

6,000 Mile Clue

Three months later the Schupbachs

land.

CANADIAN Mounted Police, guided by a rough Last May, after Japane map, made by a man 6,000 miles away, discovered the liner Ranpura, the Duches went to bones of a murdered boy on the Grand Prairie Trail the scene and the Tampura (IVAS

On September 21, 1995, Maurice allowed to proceed. This find was mentioned when Then, in June, she was reported to Swiss woman, Mrs. Schupbach, Nicolet vanished. French coast was connded to neu firm those reports of heavy German ba "blockaded" with another de- was sentenced at Bienne, near packed up and returned to Switzer-

troop concentrations on the Dutch stroyer, H.M.S.-Daring, at Foochow, Berne, to 80 years' Jul

She pleaded guilty lo murdering In November, 1937, Schupbach was frontier.

frontier-la packed with her wealthy first husband, Paul arrested on charges concerning his

Nicolet

| stepdaughter, Danish reporters were treated to the with official bleness that there is troops and prepared for any move.

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

story that came-In.

bach, was charged as an ocecmpiles, husband was exhumed Cyanide wDA **Hitler is masaing a great army land.

SWITZERLAND is a little nervous, The 120,000 French people of and also with murdering his stepects, found in it, says the British United and a fleet in north-west German

Ian Fraser, Dally Express correspon- Nancy, which lies only an hour's Maurice Nicolet, aged, i sports.) A 14 Prak

He w sentenced to life imprison-- The Swiss naked the Canadian 2. The Fuchrer's mysterious dally dent in Baslo, saya that when tele- drive behind the Maginot Line, were

Mounted Police to Investigate the falks with his war staff concern pinne phone communication between Swit- told that evacuation plans were ment

Mr. and Mrs. Schupbach, with death of Maurice. The map which 16 deposit an overwhelming force inrerland and Germany was cut last ready. If they wished to leave.

hight Swiss soldier on holiday England. Modaja on pit.

How many do you think took ad- Maurice Nicolot, arrived on a farm guided them to the boy's bones waa trial to havề” beón in Alberta, Cana‹lá,“ frði, Switzer-stated at the The idea of invading Britain is-not hurriedly returned to report,

vantage of the offer?

| fand in -1935.

sketched by Schupbach himself,

And the Dutch Government state German that

A new one in the German mind. Basle itself-it lies on the French-

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