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10.

KING'S

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HAVE THEY STILL GOT A CHANCE? Those incorrigible. "Dead End" Kids net & chance to go straight in thing-- 'their swellost fit. Will they take, it...” For will they go straight to the chair?

Thursday,

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REAL GLORY

DAVID NIVEN ANDRIA LERDE RESIDINALD OWIN

"

'Outside a blockhouse of the Maginot Line. The birds in the cage are more than pets. They act ns gas detectors. It ges is used, they will be the first victims. But the men will have been warned.

Goebbels' Propaganda Plan For Increased Rations Abandoned

ZURICH.

GERMAN rations cannot be increased as the Government had intended, accord- ing, to an unimpeachable source in Berlin.

At the outbreak of war the rations were fixed at the lowest possible rates, not only because of the urgent necessity for saving, but, also as propaganda.

Inside Germany Hotel Meal

Costs 30s. In B-r-r-rlin

It was Goebbels' suggestion ¡ *** that the fixed rations should be low enough to allow an increase within a certain time, giving him an opportunity to start a propaganda campaign to de- monstrate the growing success of the counter-measures against the British blockade.

Frost Damaged Stores

A recent meeting of the Nazi Ministry of Food learned that the HOTELS without warmth be provision of butter, fats, margarine cause of acute coal shortage, and oils was becoming increasingly and meals at 30s. a head-difficult. Although the consumption these are among conditions re-had been reduced to a minimum," only 30 por cent, of this amount was vealed in letters recently re-covered by home produce, ceived from Germany.

From one, sent by a neutral re sident, it appears that the weather is still bitterly cold and hot water is rationed.

"There is no heat in most apart- iment houses and, hotels, and no water," writes this neutral. "My hotel, one of the best in Berlin, has hot or rather warmish water from 6 io 11 a.m. and a little heat it you are not too particular and keep your hot and coat on.

"AL few places where you can eat anywhere near the style to which you

accustomed, a meal costs arc from £1 to 30s, at the ordinary rale of exchange. There is no whisky, and beer is 1

per cent, alcohol." An exhibition named "Warmonger England," opened in Hanover, shows exhibits from the Jast

effects

war,

The production of inargarine was decreasing because of the blocknde, which, as it was openly confirmed the German while shipping trade. in this meeting, had put an end to

Shortage of unrationed products such es potatoes, fruit, vegetables is causing further complications. As investigation into all storages proved damage by cold and frost estimated at severul million marks.

Recruits In Africa

London, Mar. 27.

It is announced in London that re-

up to war

of the hunger blockade, espionage cruiting in South Africa after six

months of war has not slackened. methods and atrocity propaganda

Pictures show "the effects

of the

The Botha regiment, named after Treaty of Versailles and British the Union's Brst Prime Minister, has war ains and activities of our "secret brought two battalions service" are depicted. Trophies of strength since September and a third this war shown include the airscrew battalion is being formed.

Imperial Light Horse, one of of a British plane said to have been

the most popular Johannesburg re- shot down last October.

giments, also had a start with a third battalion,

The

The 8,000 South Africans actually CAIRO, Mar. 27 (Reuter)~The serving with His Majesty's forces are combined manoeuvres of British, divided fairly equally between tha Egyptian and Indian troops began to- Navy, Army and Air Force.-

day in the desert south of Cătro. Reuter.

But mourning

is not rationed

THE Reich Garment Bureau In Berlin announced that wo- men may buy mourning without a ration coupon. But the cloth cannot be taken home; the shop must send it to a dremmaker to be made up.

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HEROISM OF THE SEA

EUROPEAN

INJURED

With his angers crushed, Mr. Jac Henry Bjerken, a Norwegian, 23, of the motor ship Conton was taken to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday by Mr. Paul Wikibort of the same ves- A wonderful picco of seamanship sel. He was detained and his condi- which enabled a small Maltese sall-tion was reported to be good.

Malto, Mar. 27.

ing ship to rescue six saliora from Mr. Bjarkan sustained the injuries a wrecked British airliner in Decem-when he was cut by a wheel on his ber was commemorated to-day by the ship about 1 pm.

presentation by the Governor, Gen-

cral Sir Charles Bonham-Carter, of The rescue occurred in därkileus a gold wateli to Captain, Romand, on a stormy sea di Bielly and hua Italian master of the ship Giusepps been described as the 'achievement” Padre,

of an almost impossible act-Reuter

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