NANCY
GOODNESS --- THAT WAR IS AWFUL--- ID HATE TO BE OVER THERE, THESE
DAYS!
AW --- DAT: WOULDN'T SCARE ME I'D LIKE
D'EXCITMENT!
Thursday,
BUT SUPPOSE ONE OF THOSE BOMBERS FLEW OVER HERE BY. MISTAKE?
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
HAW" HAW HAW ---
By Ernie
GOILS GIVE ME A. S
LAUGH --- ALWAYS
SCARED!
June 27, 1940, Bushmiller
U.S.
Tel. 28151.
"COOL and FULL of PEP"
SAY THOSE WHO SUMMER IN MASCULINIZED UNDERWEAR
by
Coaforma
C.O. 'GUIDED' BY SPIRIT
OF ZULU CHIEFTAIN
Prophecy About The Soviet
A "CHRISTIAN Tulipian and a humble servant of the Grent White Spirit" WAN Herbert Henry Stringer's description, of himself before the South-East-
crn
Conscientious Objectors' Tribunal recently.
Stringer, who is a solicitor's clerk, was refused exemption,
lic said that the Christian spiritualist denomination to which be belonged had received guidance from departed spirits, their leader being a Zulu, who died hundreds of years AUKCO.
Str Walter Kinneur: Is he Cetewayu? No, Chow-Chow.
The Chairman, Sir Gerald Hurst: Does he know about the German in- vasion of Norway?-lle foretold that Russia would come in,
His. Calculation
ם
Albert Johnson,
Eastcote (Middlesex) conscientious objector, made the following cuiculation before the London Tribunal,
"With the £80,000,000,000 which the last war cost we could have built -£500 house filled with £200 worth of furniture and surrounded by five acres of ground at £20 an nere for every fatally in the United States, Canada, Australla. England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland. France, Belgium, Germany and Russia,"
Johnson was refused exemption. Haddon Spurgeon
Baddon Spurgeon, Local Govern- ment clerk, of Danbury, Essex, said at the South-Eastern Tribunal that his father's cousin-Dr. Charles Spur- geon,
great Nonconformist divine, the would have condemned war,
Sir Walter know that near;
"Do you he spent his holidays for
mony.year "No."
on Heligoland?"
Spurgeon:
Sir Walter: "I think if you had read the letter he wrote after Heligo- land had been handed over to the Germans, you would not have made that statement."
Spurgeon was registered for non- combatant duties only.
WEYGAND FOR SYRIAT London, June 20.
The Daily Mall Jerusalem corres- pondent states there are persistent reports that General Weygand may
few doye go to Syrla within a
believe he has re- French circles
of command sumed
the 200,000 French troops in the Middle East- United Press.
NEXT CHANGE AT THE
KING'S HE'S LOOSE AGAIN!
A NEW FANTASTIC SENSATION
Suggested by "The laviuble Man" by H. G. WELLS
The INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS
SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE VINCENT-PRICE & NAN GREY John SUTTON FA
Cod KELLAWAY.
A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE:
Everyone To Make War Effort Now
HOME DEFENCE AND FORCES. NEED RECRUITS.
THERE are still thonsands of Jobs, paid or unpaid, full or part-time. watting to be done for
For
cooks, mess and kitchen staff, fabric workers, teleprinter operators, and clerics for confidential work. Pay for cooks has been increased from 18, 4d. to 28. a day.
asked to
the national War effort. Urgent appeals are made for
W.V.S. Women's Voluntary Ser- everyone in the country to begin to do something now.
vices headquarters states that any R.Men between 18 and 28 woman who can give qualified full- can volunteer as plluts, und up to 32 ume work in any capacity is needed, as air gunners, radio operators and particularly, for "emergency" work.
training observers. Men
as Emergency workers are fabric workers, riggers and winch stand by and be prepared to do any
of the day भ drivers are wanted by the balloon thing at any hour
drivers are barrage Mechanles are wanted for night. Women owner
much appreciated. aircraft production.
Women's Land Army. The Forestry Section has large numbers of vacan cies for Immediate full-time workers. Seasonal workers will be wanted for fruit-picking and haymaking.
Army.Young men aged 18-10 are asked to volunteer for training and service with Home Defence battallons before being called up for field service training.
Help The Farmors Agriculture--Holiday-makers can help farmers in many ways, Labour exchanges are in touch with county organisations, who will give advice on how to get in touch with farmers in the most useful way.
There are vacancies for thousands 50 In the of men between 35 and Pioneers, and in the same age groups for service with Home Defence units. Engineers are needed in the Army Oficers' Emergency Reserve,
Men in various trades, not on the reserved list, are called for.
NavyMen with mechanical or engineering knowledge can volunteer for service in various branches.
ARFThe Ministry of Home Security hope that everyone who has any spare time will do some ARP. work in his or her district. Men are urgently, required for rescue parties and as stretcher-bearers, and women for work at the report centres.
"Stirrup"; pump squads .com
The London County Council Am- formed among groups of neighbours bulance Service is calling for drivers,
with incendiary elther men or women.
UFS
to
deat
bombs,
Cablo picture from London shows First Lord of Admir- alty Winston Churchill, left, accompanied by Sir Dudley Pound, Admiral of Fleet, on his way to defond Chamberlain. He is now the Premier.
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"We Have Air Force
German Taped
rapidly
be
This service asks for 1500
Nursing and Ambulance Serviers. Fully trained nurses are urged to join the Civil Nursing. Reserve at unce. Two thousand are still needed for "mobile" duties in any part of the country in an emergency.
Thousands of girls can train 05 auxillary nurses.
N.A.A.F.JPold women
RRRR LANE CRAWFORD'S 52
The House of Quality & Service
Parisian Grill
Air-Conditioned
Music during Lunch & Dinner
workers
Tel: 27880 for reservations.
A.F.S. men at once for full fire-fighting jare wanted to work in canteens. duties. They must be fit, active, and
over 30. The demolition service alsu
| calls for
lorry-drivers.
Cooks Wanted
with at
Une
BIRTHDAY HONOURS Information has been received by A.T.S. About 5000 women drivers the Hongkong Government from the
least
year's driving Secretary of State for the Colonies, experience are required at once for to the effect that the Milltary sec- duty; 1000 cooks and 1000 orderlies tions of the postponed King's Birth- are also called for immediately to day Honours List will be published: cook for and wait on the returning on Thursday, July 11. It is not pro- B.E.F.-
posed to announce a list of Civil WAAF. Women between 18 and Honours until some more appropriate 43, or up to 50 If they have had pre-time, which will not, in any event,
A HIGH officer of the R.A.F. heavy anti-aircraft fire and failed to vious wor experience, are needed as be before the new year 1941. said: "We certainly feel we've frighten our fighters off,
got the German air force abso- lutely taped."
The British and the German Bghters fought things out at the same; Our bombers have left a trail of level. fires and explosionn
extensive
scale and their troubles have been After the enemy had lost two of more through forced landings than their machines, they broke through enemy action.
Dawn Till Dusk
off the fight and the furricane patrol- smaller by one aircraft-returned to Its base,
Another Fight
Anti-aircraft fire encountered hus been the same intensity by night as
Another Hurricane patrol-agáln| by day, although less successful at night despite the aid of innumerable 6 strong-were dived upon from u height of 3,000 feet above by n searchlights.
Fighters of the advanced air formation of 8 Messerschmitt 105's. striking force have been patrolling
Despite their initial advantage, the from day to dusk and at the same Messerschmitt fighters lost two of time have taken a big toll of their number. The wreckage of both marauding German alreraft, The advanced Air Force evicunted machines has been Incated. One of our pilots had to "bale out". In his
airields from which it had been parachute. operating since the war began and
is bombers delivered a series of a heavy blows against the enemy from the Arst day of the invasion of the Low Countries.
They
WINDSOR IN MADRID
Madrid, June 26. roamed over north-eastern
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor the France, Holland and Belgium every
The Duke said that day and bombed particular objectives to-day received Journalists at
British Embassy,
in response to requests for assistance they travelled by road from Antibes
of this kind from Allied commanders to Barcelona from 4 a.m. till 21 p.m.
Challonga
They had left all their possessions in
An offensive putrol of six Hurricane France after delivering the key of their Paris home to the American Oglers were "trallag their conts" over an enemy nerodrome in north-Ambassador. He said he had made eastern France when 9 Messerschmit o plons after arrival in England.- 109 machines rose to the attack, after Reuter.
Britain Was Too Lenient With Aliens
-Gallup Survey
EVEN before the German; Countries showed that 44 per cent Invasion of Holland and Belgium roo lenient" in reply to the ques- of those questlongd gave the answer and the blackest depths of Nazi tion: Fifth Column: treachery became "Do you think the Government'. known, and before Britain tightened regulations for allens,
nearly two-thirds of the people of this country thought the
British Government was being
treatment of Germans and other foreigners living in this country is too strict top lentent, or about right?"
Only 2 per cent.one la every 30 thought the treatment accorded to
too lenient in the treatment of enemy and ether allens was too aliens,
A. Gallup survey, taken by the
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