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THE OLD

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

MAGAZINE

May 1, 1940,

PAGE

THE ADMIRALTY CHANGES THE C. in C.

The NEW

YOU wouldn't THEY couldn't

TAKE HIM

STOP HIM in

for an ADMIRAL the LAST

IR PERCY NOBLE is

SIR

the senior representa- tive in China of all the British defence forces. When there is trouble, it falls on his shoulders.

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There has been trouble, on and off, ever since he took. command.

If you had met him in Lon- don on his way from his house in Chester-square to his desk at the Admiralty-he was Fourth Sea Lord before he left for China-wearing a lounge suit and a bowler hat like any other Londoner on his way to work, you probably wouldn't have taken him for an admiral at all.

He hasn't the bluft manner or the large frome which most people associate with high naval rank.

If you had spoken to him you might have thought he was an Ambassador on leave, or a high officiul at Buckingham Palace.

This, in fact, he might easily have become. 'It ivas known that he was a friend of the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales. and played squash with him.

It was expected that the Prince would give him an appointment in his household when he come to the throne.

But when Edward VIII. came to the throne, Percy Noble ins engaged on work of the greatest national importance supervising the Navy's supplies at a time of naval expansion.

Ho was created a KC.B. In Edward VII.'s only Birthday Honours.

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When you speak to Percy Noble your first impression is one of sympathy and discre- tion. He might almost be the family doctor or the family lawyer.

The Impression of power comes later and very subily.

One of the jobs he had as a captain wis to command the Naval Training Establishment at Shotley.

A guest asked him: "What du you do if you have trouble with any of the boys?"

"I talk to them."

"And if you still have trouble?" "Well, if that happened, I sup- should have to use the

When the Admiralty sent him to China they know that they were giving him their roughest furrow to plough.

The job needs a man who is n diplomatist as well as a leader; a man who can persuade as well as command. And it needs atrategist-a man who can think ahead, and innke plans on a large Beale.

One of Perry Noble's carlier jobs was Director of the Operations Section at the Admirálty, In this

INANITY FARE

FAILH

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Said the Viscount Halifax These armaments aro a bally

·MAX,

But one can't reach parity By Faith, 'Hope and Charity,

SIR PERCY NOBLE

capacity he had to prepare planu of operations in case of war for the entire British Ficet.

The Hongkong command called for

with many

varled

A man

qualifications.

In Sir Percy Noble it got him.

VICE ADMIRAL GEOFFREY LAY- TON, who becomes the new Commander-in-Chief. in the Far East, probably doesn't remember ex- Lending Stoker Francis George Stubbington.

George lives in Shakespeare Road, Portsmouth, these days.

He remembers Vice-Admiral · Imyton.

For ex-Stoker Stubbington served under the Vice- Admiral, (he was a Common- der then) in the submarine E-13,

The E-13 was nosing her way into the Baltic on the night of August 18, 1915, when both Lead-" ing Stoker Stubbington and Com- mander Layton experienced the must memorable Insident in their two lives.

For E-13 went aground near the Danish Island of Saltholm, between Malmo and Copenhagen.

As they tried to free their craft,

GRIN AND BEAR IT

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By Lichty

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Ther. 1993 (voted tiene Švučiasia, tam.

"If anybody calls, tell 'om wo'll send something on account

to-morrow!"

Beauty Routine

TROM the point of view of beauty treatments, the woman with a house has the same start off as the film star with medicine balls, o gymnasium, and eighty feet of private swimming pool.

Every time vou stretch to make the beds, stoop to pick up your husband's pyjamas, and sweep the floor, you get a beauty course for the guro that you would pay pounds for in a beauty salon. That is, it you do these things the right way.

"It is ine wrong way that makes you tired, "the right way will 'set you up and make you supple. Itow do you make the beds. for instance? The weight In your bent knees, your back bumped as you lean across the bed and pull for dear ite? That's wrong; try the right way a few tinies and feel the difference. Stand with one foot forward and relax the other knee. 'Give the diaphragm 'a long stretch scross the bed while you keep your tummy in and your back straight. The weight decan't go in your knew, bút on the forward foot. And you won't get a pain in the back.

STAND EASY

How do you wash and wipe up? Feet apart, weight on one hip, tummy re- laxed, head humped? It's tiring that way. To-day stand straight, chest up, shoute deri relaxed and aquare. If your sink le too low, bend forward from the waist, not from the shoulders, and put your weight evenly on both feel.

Think how you fron, welght' all on 'ans foot again, shoulders rounded over the board. You get much more tired and are just asking for round shoulders. Stand straight feet together and head up-unless you're very short-sighted you don't have to peer at what you are ironing. If your hoard too low, all down to fron. In fact, except for very heavy things you can sit down, anyway.

Every time you walk upititre do it on tip-toe. When you reacts for some- thing on a high shalt do an upward- sireich exerchio-toes together and lift from the diaphragm-you won't find it any more tiring and it will do you good. R-E-L-A-X

AND If you do get tired after ironing or scrubbing, seo that the tired muscles „got/filaxed" when you have finished. "When you stop Ironing, for instance, TELEK Your arms and shakta them vigor- ously in turn. Then loosen each "Jeg and shake Use slackened one, supporting

yourself on the back of a chair. Shake your Angers and hands and make great circles with each arm to loosen up the shoulders.

If you are doing sitting-down work, make sure you are sitting property. While sowing or writing or peeling vege tables, all up straight, lega relaxed and tummy in. Slumping over your work may hurt your spine and compress the organs in your tummy.

And when your work is over for the day, make time to rest for a few · MOA ments with your feat higher than your head.

WAR

the crew of E-13 wondered what daylight would bring.

THEY Boon found out.

And both Geoffrey Layton and Francis Stubbington re- member with a vividness that will never be crased.

Layton woa thirty-two then Stubbington ivas a year older.

Wher Vice Admiral Layton was in Hongkong before an Flag Captain in HM.S. Saffalk, be never mentioned his amazing ex- perlence.

Ex-Leading Stoker Stubbington, happly, proves more talkative, and he recently told the graphle story.

Three Danish worships-small they were anchored near us. And up came a German destroyer. Well, that's that, we thought, We took it for granted we should be

craft

and interned," he sail.

Was what any reasonable man would have thought. We were a helpless vessel in neutral waters.

German One of them holsted a signal-and before we had time to read it he opened

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more. "Suddenly two destroyera turned up.

come

WCEO

right in tu point blank range. We got a taste of his con- centrated frv. Pretty soon there wounded me 12 Wou lying all over our deck, It was bolling hot on account of the fres the German shells started Inside the submarine.

ADMIRAL LAYTON

Commander, Layton shouted. 'Every man for himself. Get away from these swine.*

"So we jumped into the water. "What happened then is still a nightmare to me. The Germans. began using shrapnel and machine- guns. They Ared at us in the water.

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"I HEARD my shipmates shout na they were hit. It was

hell.

"The Germans were murdering US. They were like madmen.

"But while the shooting was still going on, one of the Danish ships steamed right in between us and the German destroyer. They made, themselves a screen to save us from the shrapnel and machine- gun bullets.

"The Germans didn't

dare io fire on a neutral ship, So they. steamed away.

"Those Danes had some pluck. "They lowered their boats and rescued us.

"There were just afteen of us left out of thirty.

"I'll never forget the bravery of that Danish commander and his crew-nor how kind the Danish, people were while we were in- terned,"

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THAT is the story Francis Stubbington told. The OM- cial History of the last war tells the sequel. This is what the History says: *

"The versel was shelled at short range by three German destroyers In defiance of a Danish torpedo boat which had arrived to safe- guard Denmark's neutrality.

"Fifteen officers and men of the E-13 were killed, "Commander ayton and other survivors were barracks near Copenhagen. After three weeks, Commander Layton withdrew his parole. notifying the Dankh authorities, who took extra precau- tion#.

Interned frt the noval

One night he left dummy in his bed and, while a brother officer created a diversion, he managed to escape from the building, passing many sentrles. He had secured in A Danish sailor's salt and in that disguise' swam along the shore tilt he reached the alty.

There he landed, took off his clothes and wrung them out in 18 degrees of frost, dressed again and crossed to Norway in the ferry.

"In the guise of an Americon marine overseer he made his way to Bergen, whence he sailed to England, reaching London four days after leaving Copenhagen.“

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STAMP TOPICS

NicaraguIn May, 1939, Preil- dent A. Somoza of Nicaragun visited the United States, and in

that of commemoration

visit Nëngun has issued a series of airmall alomps. Five valuva nro for interior use and seven values are for international altınail. The 12 t come in three designs and in various colours,"

One design pictures President A. Somoza before the American Senule, May, 1930. After the in- seription are the words "Buenos Vecinen" or "Good Neighbours," The second design pictures the Capital at Washington, D. C., with President A. Somoza's picture in on oval frame at the upper right. and the inscription "Commemora- tion of the visit of President A. Somoza to Washington, 1030.

May, The third design pictures the Golden Gate International Exposi tion theme, Sun Tower, on the left, the New York World's Fair theme, Perisphere and Trylon, on the right, and President Somoza's portrait in an oval frume, in the centre. Below is the inscription "Commemorating the visit of Pre- sident A. Somoza lo the United States of America.'

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The values of the Interior Air- mall act are the 4., red brown (Senate); Be., black brown (Capt- tol): 10, turquoise green (Sen- ata): 20c., red violet (Capitol), Themes) and 32c,, vermillon (Fair The International Airmai includes the 25c., deep

blue (Sen ate); 30c., black (Senate); 50c., carmine rose (Capitol); 60c., green (Fair Themes); 05c., violet Binck (Senale); 90c., olive (Senate); and 1-cordoba, violet (Fair Themes).

Albark-Four new Albanian stamps have been received, each of a different design and colour. The I qind (gray blue), pictures native costume. Bn Albanian In

The 2 a. (dark olive), pictures malo in another type of native costume. The 3 q. (brown), plc- tures an Albanian woman in native dress, and the 50 q. (dark violet), pictures a second Albantan wornan In a different type of native dress. Belglam-A new value of the King Leopold III design has been Issued to meet a postal need. The value is the 2Fr.50 and the colour is in black.

Philippine Islands—A set of three stamps has been issued in connection with President Que- zon's inauguration. They are the.

Cc. 3c. (deep orange),

(green); and 12e. (purple), and are all of one design showing a Government oMelal administering the oath of. office to President Quezon.

Portugal-A set of eight values has been issued honouring the Portuguese Legion. The stamps are of one design which shows the Legion emblem and the inscrip- tion "Legion Portuguesa," The values and colours are: 5 centavos (ochre): 10c. (purple); 15c. (le) 25c (brown); 40c (dark- green), 80c. (light green); 1 escudo (rearlet), and JE.75 (blue).

Spain-In honour of the recent visit of Count Ciano, of Italy. Spain has overprinted six values of the Franco stamps. The over- prints are in gold, silver or black, and the inscription reads, "Malaga saluda Conde Cluno, 17-7-39."

United States

The 208th birthday of the First President of the United States re- calls that his portrait by Stuart appears on the 10c. value of the first stumps of the United States, issued in 1847. In the next

series of stamps, issued in 1851, various portraits of George Washington appeared on five different values of the series. The ing set of stamps appearing recent years

ars which pictures Wa shington's various portraits is the special commemorative set, issued in 1932, in co-operation with the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington.

Most

interest- during

The 2-cent stamp of the issue of 1922-23 · shows the portrait of Washington, from Houdon's busi, and if one should turn this stamp with the nose of the profile fac- ing down there appears the proДla of one of the “Wisemen who came from the East," his nose being formed by the ear of the portrait, his profile facing to the right.

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