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DONALD

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"Cope, 1940, Wik Deney

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With The Warwickshire Regiment

THEY'RE LEARNING

PATROL DUTY

IN the present state of stale- | work. These pictures show

mata on the Western Front, ntost of the action is taken by patrols.

In the face of possible enemy fire these men go out into No Man's Land to investigate the lio of the land and obtain in- formation of the enemy's. positions.

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members of the Warwickshire Regiment fourning påtrol duty.

On the right: a Company Commander and section leaders are seen studying a plan of the arca ahead of them, while their men remain on the alert.

Below: a Company. Com

. Decorations have already { munder gives the signal for the been awarded to British soldiers patrol to come into close for conspicuous bravery in this | formation.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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April 23, 1940.

By Walt Disney

TWO HOURS! THAT. SHOULD'VE TAUGHT 'EM A LESSON!

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HUSBAND SAYS MAYFAIR WIFE

TEMPER

HAD BAD

TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Second Lieutenant EXETER BELL Porter, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Renfrew Porter, of Grosvenor-square, W., went into the witness-box in Mr. AS HIS FONT Justice Atkinson's court in the King's Bench Division and said that his wife had a violent temper, could never keep TN the Exeter captain's shell-battered a maid, was not a good cook, and that he had never liked

cabin, where three months ago lay the ship's wounded heroes, a baby his mother-in-law.

grow up to be proud,

was given a nume of which he will His wife, 26-year-old Mrs. Valerie G. R. Porter, of The two-year-old son of Warrant Porchester-terrace, W., is claiming damages from his Engineer John Tayler was christened parents and alleges that they enticed her husband from and the name given to him was that her. The marriage took place in February, 1937,

by the chaplain, the Rev. G. Grova

Cartoons. Teach R.A.F. To Avoid £300 Mistakes

EVERY time an R.A.F. pilot in training forgets to let down his under-carriage as he is about to land it costs the country up to £300 in repairs.

So the Training Command have devised two methods which should-improve--his-memory.———

One is to commission Fougasse to draw a series of comle illustrations of the faults of learner pllots,

One drawing shows a pilot forget- ting to lower his undercarriage. An- other shows a fler putting himself in a dangerous position by flying under the tail of another aircraft.

These drawings are to be hung in the crew rooms at the training cen- tres both here and in Canada writes a London correspondent.

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The second method introduces

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Love Sergeant Major,

Judge Tells Private

"ORDERS are orders," Mr. Justice Croom-Johnson told a young soldier at Durham Assizes, after he had commented that "according to the new idea you ought to love the sergeant- major." Seventeen-year-old John Connor, native of Leeds, a pri- vate in the Durham Light Infantry, pleaded not guilty to at- tempting to murder his sergeant-major by shooting at him. His plea of guilty of attempting to wound was accepted by the pro-

"mock-up," or dummy, cockpit. All secution,

the dials and levers face the learner, Asking the Judge not to pay too who is expected to be constantly much attention to the lad's obstinacy seating himself within the cockpit to and blood curdling threats, Mr. F. T. memorise the appearance and position Willey, for the defence, said: of the dials and to practise the sequence of operating the levers.

Eventually he may have to learn to fly a machine which has Instruments.

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I understand that, based on the

number of flying hours, the number sure flying training of war-time is leisurely days of peace.

of accidents during the "high-pres-

about the same as during the more

"You've licard about the fellow named Sam who wouldn't plek up his musket. Well, in this case he wouldn't put it down."

"Some Sort Of Grudge"

The Judge: That

case of which I cannot take cognisance.

Mr. Willey: Then I will not men- tion 8am again.

Mr. C. B. Fenwick, prosecuting, said Pilots are being trained In bad the charge arose out of an incident at weather conditions as well as in good, a training camp. The youth had been The difference between teaching a dining-room orderly and had refused pilot in this war and the last is tre to clear up scraps of food when told

by his sergeant-major. mendous. When 1940 pilots come out to do so

Barry John Exeter Tayler crit running the establishment; she merely, the door and break up this marriage? must study o specially printed book-

mean.

Mother Of 4 Deported

SEATTLE-A mother

of four,

denied citizenship because sho wouldn't bear arms for the United States in case of war, must return 10 Canada

"They asked me if I would take up arms, and I told them I couldn't do that, but would do anything else the Government asked me it we were in war-nursing or anything like that," Mrs. Alice Signe Aune explained.

But I guess that isn't enough."

She is a native of the United States but lost her citizenship by of their elementory training school Laler Connor went to the store marrying a Norwegian, O. P. Aune. they have reached the stage where, room and got a rifle. He already had They lived in Winnipeg, Canada, 26 in the Inst war, pilots were sent to four rounda of ammunition. He years. France.

Last summer the family moved to pointed the rifle towards the sergeant- of the ship which will forever hold a Licut Porter said that his mother to turn her out when she had been

Before a qualified pilot is allowed major and the bullet landed in the Seattle. Mr. Aune and four children entered as immigrants. Mrs. Aune place of honour in the history of the did not criticise his wife's way of brought to this state of frenzy, shut to take up a machine of new type he wall behind him.

a parole requiring an British Navy..

Afterwards he gave vent to threats entered on offered suggestions which his wife "She was kicking and biting, and let of "ying notes"-almilar.

which possibly he did not seriously application for citizenship within throughout the

three months. She was ordered to ceremony, The, welcomed.

we didn't want a scene," Mr. Porter effect, to the notes motor manufac-

return to Canada. ship's chaplain christened him with He knew from the first that the answered.

urers present to motorists with their

Her ens

Саке paralleled that of Mrs. water from the Exeter's bell, which marriage was not going the way it

"I regret the whole evening and new cars.

Kathryn Erickson of Enumclaw,| itself bore scars of the epic battle. should.

things happening as they did," he

Alr-gunners, too, are being trained added.

far more technical manner than An officer said the youth was a bad Wash., Norwegian, who also was re- Thanksgiving

Spanked True And Hard

The hearing was adjourned.

those of 1018.

coldler and not amenable to discl-fused citizenship after she refused to

bear

aring because "I couldn't shoot | pline.

When Mr. Willey said there was people." Her plight started a move some sort of a grudge between the to change the Naturalisation Law. youth and the sergeant-major, the Judgo observed: "I thought accord- BIG NAVAL BATTLE?

Gothenburg, Apr, 22, ing to the new Ides you ought to love the sergeant-major."

Gunfire won again audible at Sending Connor to Borstal for three Gothenburg archipelago this morn

at Rosrod. Henvy years, the Judge sald when he came ing, especially

Captain Bell and his wife and Com-

Before he went into the box hin

mander E. Simms were the baby's father, speaking of a scene in his fiat,

godparents,

said that his son drew his wife over his knee and spanked her.

Engineer Tayler has seen, his baby only once since birth. He "Were they serious blows?" 210 was born while his father was serv- judge

asked.

Ing in the Exeter in South America Ifo spanked her true and hard," and in the first child of a member Mr. Porter replied.

Bleriot's Niece Is Granted Divorce

Mrs. Marie Antoinette Groves, now living in Paris, a niece of M. Bierlot, the aviator, was granted a decreo nisi,

of the crew to be christened on Referring to the incident when ho with costs, by Mr. Justice Hodson in board

Before the christening a thanksgiv- ing service, attended by the officers and their wives, was held in the cap- tain's cabin.

put his daughter-in-law out of hu the Divorce Court,

dat, he said: "She was aghting like She charged her husband, Major

a demon, determined to do damage she could."

any Arnold Graves, an inventor, with do- sertion and the petition was uncon-

The Judge: Did you think it right tested.

In

A hangar at one gunnery school contains seven or eight gun-turrets placed in a row,

The learning air-gunners alt in- sido them and point machine-gum contain powerful whose barrels torches.

The hangar is put in darkness, and a round patch of light is made to move slowly across one of the

walls.

It is the gunners' job to "shoot" the patch of light. At first the learners

wander all over the place."

"Bad Soldier"

out possibly he would still go into the for provented people from abserving whether It was an air or naval Army.

"Make it a Career-and a Dno one engagement, but it is believed that it is, too-but remember that orders it may Indicate the beginning of a

major naval battle-United Press. are orders.”

MAE

∙W.C.

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