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Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 26, 1940. By Walt

Disney

WHY DYA ONLY

LOOK

DONALD

TO THE RIGHT AT CORNERS,

UNCA DONALD?

DUCK

THE GUY TO YOUR RIGHT HAS THE RIGHT

OF WAY, BUT

--HITS YA

FROM THE LEFT, IT'S HIS--~

1-20

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World Rights Newwel

IF A GUY.

BANG!

Allies Know That 65 Per Cent. of Red Planes

SOVIET

ARMADA SHAM

You May Have Heard Of

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones. Yessir-co, yes-sir-ço, yes-sir-

*

Here Is Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones Himself

He came before the song that has swept the United States and Britain. This Franklin D. Roosevelt jones, who lives at Mount Clemens, Michigan, is five years old. Now the tune has boasted him into the limelight, "How can he be a dud or a stick-in-the- mud?" (Music by courtesy of Messrs. Chappell!.

BANG!

-ERROR!

D

are Obsolete

EXPOSED

TRAINED PILOTS

ARE SCARCE

THE Allied High Commands have received de- tails of the much-vaunted Russian Red Air Force, which show it to be a bigger sham than the Red Army.

the

newer types.

OBITUARY

Old Portuguese Resident Buried at Happy Valley

The late Mirs Sophia Maria Franco, who died at her home, 35 Robinson Road, early on Saturday morning.. was interred in the Roman Catholic' Cemetery, Happy Valley, in the after- noon. The Rev. Fr. G. M. Spada offteinted.

Misa Franco was 76 years of age. She was born in Hongkong and hnd resided here all her life. She is sur- Vived by four sisters and a brother,

Chtet mourners at the funeral were Mn, C. Ingston, Mrs. A. Julyan and Mrs. F. Julynn. (sisters), und Mr. and Mrs. S. 1. Silva.

For her 4,000 mile wide con- Command has 713 and the Eastern tinent Russia has a first-line Command 320. These machines are than similar to British Gloster Gladiators, strength of Hitle more

which have long been superseded by 4.465 machines.

Others present included Mrs. A. A. Compared with the latest products

The murale of the plots is high, Elms. Miss M. Julyau, Mr. and Mrs. European chhlist Western

But dis- A. L. V. Remedios, Mr. and Mrs. Powers 85 per cent. of the Red they are good fighters.

of the 1937-8 Santos, Mrs. Peres, Miss A. Deme, machines are obsolete. There are, eipline, as a result

n new-type machines under produc- purges, is low. Every commanding Mr. C. H. V. Remedios, Moster K. officer of every squadron is watched Julyan, Master P. Remedios, Miss G.

Remedies and Miss T. Santos. The Russian second-line machine by a political representative,

Russia has relied on France and Floral tributes from the family and strength is about 2,000 planes. Lack

grant her licences to friends were laid on the grave. of advanced training machines Is America to restricting the output of trained manufacture their Intest warplane pilots to 2,000 a year, a useless theure designs. Those sources of progress

are closed to her now. for large scale war in Europe.

tion.

Split in Two

13

Comunand The Russian Air divided into two sections, one to the west of Lake Baikal, the other to the east, Lake Baikal is practically

in the centre of Russia.

The Western Air Command has

a total of 3,240 of the most modern

to allotted

il. The machines Eastern Command, which covers the Mongolian and Manchurian frontier, has 1,225 first-line ma- chinos.

There are two types of Russian warplanes which experts say "com- with the pare no unfavourably"

of modern medium-type bombers other nations. They are called the SB and TsKh.26.

to a British The SB is similar Blenheim and hus a maximum speed A Blenheim will of about 250 m.p.h. do 283 m.ph.

The TsKb.20 las

1

maximum

DOG LED WOMAN TO DEAD MASTER speed of 245 m.p.1. and a range of

1,600 miles with 3,300lbs. of bombs. High Morale ~The-best-Rusiinu-fighters-are-the

LONDON-Walking, heme in the black-out from work accom- panied by his deg, Henry Johnsen, aged 56, a woodcutter, of Ropers" Cottages, Farningham, near Dartford, was killed by a torry in London 11 (SSF), of which the Western Road, Farningham. The dog run hume. Scratching brought Mrs. Jolinson to the door, and the dog led her to the scene of the accident- a quarter of a mile away.

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RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) ad 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) A B.B.C. Recording Of "London Traffic"

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 kc.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. per and 0-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. second.

H.K.T.

12.15 p.m. Short service of Inter- cession.

12.30 Larry Adler (Mouth Organ) with Henry King and His Orchestra. 1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report

1.03 The Street Singer and Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.

In a Variety 1.45 Gracle Fields

Programmic.

2.15 Close down.

0.0 "For the Children."

0.30 Closing local Stock Quotations.

0.32 Sea Shanis

6.42 Regimental Band of H. AL Grenadier Guards.

7.0 Musical Comedy Selections, 7.30 London Relay-News Sum-

mary.

8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 This week's programmes.

B.07 Reginald Foort, Rale da Costa

and Arthur Askey in Variety.

8.47 Ketelber-In A Falry Realm- Suite.

Albert W. Kelelbey's Concert Or- chestra.

0.0. Some Welsh Songs.

9.15 London Relay-News. Sum-

mary.

9.30 B.B.C. Recording London Traffic.'

A Mosule of Actuality and Letters compiled add produced by Felix Felton.

10.02 Compositions of Eric Coates. Cinderella-A Phantasy; By The Sleepy Lagoon; Stars and a Crescent Moon: A House Love mode for You and Me; Hubert Eisdell (Tenor) with Cello, Oboe and Piano); Summer Afternoon-Idyll; London Bridge- March; (Erie Coates and Symphony Orchestra).

10.30 Dance Music. 11.0 Close down.

Mr. Hans J. Ibsen The death occurred at the Queen) Mary Hospital yesterday of Mr. Hans)

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CHINESE tank barriers, composed of steel rail tracks pulled up front abandoned railways, used to stop the advance. of Japanese me- chanised units in the snow-covered country near Hangchow-Domei,

Jergen Juson, 11 Dane, ot the Coast for many years, and last served of the Fatshun, age of 54 years. He had resided as Second Omcer in the Sailors' Home and Seamen's river steuner, Institute for some months prior to entering hospital on Friday.

The funeral will take place this afternoon at 5 o'cock, entering the Colonial Cemetery by the Stubbs

Mr. Ibsen had been on the China | Road entrance.

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