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SAY, WILBUR --- YOU

LOOK LIKE YA

NEED SOME

ADVICE

WE GIVE ADVICE

HITLER

YOU SAID IT-- I'M WORRIED

SICK!

Wednesday,

THERE'S A NEW TOUGH KID AROUND, WHO'S ALWAYS PICKING ON ME--- WHAT SHOULD I DO?

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

JUST STAND UP TO HIM--- DON'T BE YELLER-THREATEN

HIM!

WE GIVE

July 3, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

·I--DID! ---I' SAID TO

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YA!

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AND FLANDERS-LONDON ESTIMATE PEPS

Allied airmen shaking hands over the wreckage of a Heinkel shot down by the co-operation of French fighters and British anti-aircraft on the Western Front.

Pilot Comes Home By Paddle Boat

A YOUNG man stepped ashore at Margate from a paddle- steamer. It was the end of a day out. He was a young R.A.F. fighter pilot.

AUTHORITATIVE estimates issued.

In London Ax German casualties at 10,000 killed and 40,000 wounded is country are being taken to hospitals The Nazi announcement of only Casunitles from one pert of the 400,000 to 600,000 since Hitler began regarded as a fantastic underestimate. In other parts. his drive through Holland and Flan- ders to the coast ports.

The Judgment Of The

It is admitted that the maintenance and supply organisation of the Ger- If the German figures of 10,000 man mechanised units was extra-killed and 40,000 wounded had ordinarily good, and it is thought been correct, there would seem to probable that the enemy has large have been no point in the warnings reserves of tanks.

which have been given from time to time to the people that heavy casualty Hats must be expected.

Austrian Rehearsal

Court Full-scale rehearsals in mechanised

<as whowo'shall oftend one af those little ones which believe in [nie,. it were better for him thai a millzone were hanged about ha neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sex.

Millstones For Offenders. If Required

It is recognised here, the announce- udvances without opposition into ment goes on, that the German Austria and Czechoslovakia, it is

forces showed remarkable flexibility. maintained, have assisted the mans in reaching their high standard of emciency,

Gcr

Through The Gap

After tapping all along the front

Another feature of the battle was they would find a hole, and then all the skill of the German pioneers, their armoured forces would be con-

Everywhere they were in the fore-centrated on it. front in large numbers, and although

As soon as they were Across the they, too, suffered heavy casualtien Meuse they threw all their armoured they erected pontoon bridges with re-and motorised divisions in. markable speed.

Three armoured and two motorised The speed with which the Ger-divisions from the north came down mans brought up their stores is large-, through the gap. By accounted for by their ruthlessness,

Men, women and children in

British naval observers give the the way of their columns were, without highest praise to French soldiers who took part in the withdrawal at Dun- hesitation, crushed beneath tanks and armoured vehicles.

kirk.

The Germans used about 20 infan- "HAND ME the Bible," try divisions.

There are significant indications said the chairman of Dor- that the enemy casualties were grea- chester Juvenile Court, Mr. ter than had been anticipated in Ger- A. H. Edwards, after he They have, apparently, found it

many.

Their discipline they say, wonderful.

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them break their military formation. It was almost impossible to make

If there was room for only half a preferred to remain behind. company in a ship, the whole unit

Their general bearing was 02 if as they were on parade. They behaved

magnificently.

had bound over a 16-year-notice: various extra buildings

Inecessary to requisition, at short old girl recently,

Ho turned to the Gospel of St. Matthew and read. the words reproduced above-Christ's ad- monition to those who offend children.

The girl had pleaded guilty, a fort- night ago, to three motoring offences.

Her father then alleged that she was being "entleed" by certain! people.

"I require assistance," he said, "to prevent her going to their house."

Availablo

hospitals.

Told His Only Son Was Killed, Debroy Somers Played On

JUST before the curtain went up, Mr. Debroy Somers, band leader at the London Hippodrome, received a tele- gram from the Admiralty."

"The Bench is satisfied." Mr. Edward declared, "that she Is not It told him that Tony, his only son, aged 19, had been killed in nitouether responsible for what has action. Mr. Somers, however, conducted for both performances happened.

of "Black Velvet" as usual.

"The only observation the Bench

At the London Hippodrome the newspapermen were in- has to make is that millstones are formed: "Tony was very keen on the sea and ships. When he available and will be delivered to was only 15 he ran away from those who require them. I feel this Hurstpierpoint College to join

judgment is suitable to this and other the Navy, claiming to be older Evacuation

cases."

The girl's offences were driving a car while under the age of 17, being without a third-party insurance, and not having a hendlamp mask.

Cut Adrift

+

for two years included the condition The formal order binding her over

clations that have been involved in

that she should cease her "old asse-

this case."

"I then turned right and attacked Superintendent S. Lovell said his another Messerschmitt 100. åring attention had been drawn to reports one burst from salern. His port of statements he was alleged to have wing folded up.

made at the previous hearing, to the "As I levelled out a Junkers 88 effect that the girl had visited public flew across my path. I did n houses with the prople referred to by quarter attack. His starboard on the father.

Back at his airfield, he sat at 100 yards, and the second down to write his report.

burst set him on fire. Pro- cisely, calmly, he described how he shot down three Nazi fighters and a dive bomber; encountered eighty enemy planes on the way home; leaped from his blazing plane; and how he delayed pull- ing the ripcord of his parachute because he was being fired at as he fell.

This is what he wrote:

gine emitted black smoke and ho half rolled into the sea.

He never made such a statement.

It was with other people that she

"I was then hit underneath by had visited public houses. cannon shell. As I did a complete turn to the right, I saw a Messer-

"I was in a formation of nine air-schmitt 110 dying past. I did a beam craft patrolling Dunkirk.

Towards

attack on him. His sturboard engine the end of our patrol we sighted about smoked and he turned on his back nine Messerschmitt 100 fighters. A and fell into the ses. dogfight ensued.

"A Messerschmiti 100 started climbing away from me. I opened

It's Topical!

It's Terrific!

AN

ENGLISHMAN

HOME

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"Eighty Of

Enemy"

"I then turned to the right and suw a large number of enemy air- cruft so I turned sharply to the left arid at Icast cighly enemy alreraft

Volunteer Training

It is notified that the All-Day:

than he was.

"Mr. Somers obtained his dis- charge, but as soon as the war started Tony enlisted in the Navy again as a scaman."

Fire Bombs In Kent

By REGINALD FOSTER CHILHAM, near Canterbury,

Kent. CHARLES KENNETT, living in a remote farm labourer's col- tage near here, went out one morning recently and found one of the first incendiary bombs dropped on England.

proceeding in the direction of Dover. Volunteer Training arranged for Two fell within 100 yards of "A number of them Immediately Thursday and Friday, is cancelled his cottage. Others have been turned on me, as I headed for home, on account of the evacuation scheme, found in woods and fields near twisting and turning to avoid the only in the case of the following it. attack. Whichever way I turned units: ran into fire.

"My Hurricane was hit a number Thursday, 1st. Battery,

I found one burled in a bluebell Friday, No. 2 Coy, and Pay See-wood. tion.

of times. Two shella smashed the instrument panel and three more alruck over, the wing roots. I was

Instructions

New orders concerning luggage to be taken by evacuees were issued by the Evacuation Omcers last night. It is pointed out that the new in- structions have been given in the best interests of everyone concerned.

The orders are:

Evacuees are instructed to have the first letter of' their surnames printed in three-inch letters on one end of their luggage.

As it is impossible

to allow evacuees the use. of all their luggage on board, only one suitcase, or its equivalent in the case of a child, will be available for immediate use, The remainder of each person's luggage, consisting of a trunk and suitcase, which should be brought to the evacuation centres lo-morrow, will! not be available during the voyage 08 it will be placed in the hold.

Evacuees are therefore advised to pack all they need for use during the voyage in this one suitcase. The cuitcase for use on the voyage must be brought by the evacuee on the day of evacuation. A check will be given for the sulicase taken on board before the evacuco.

OCCUPIED TERRITORY America May Withdraw Kennett told me he was awakened Other Units, e. 3rd. Battery, No.early by the sound of aeroplanes and

Diplomatic Officers -- at 400 feet and tried to get out but 2 Section 5th A.A. Battery, Mobile] gunare. couldn't, so I pulled the stick back Column (Parade at Headquarters

New York, July, 2. from a crouching position on the seat.not Hung Hom), B Company Field "Looking out of my window I saw The United States, writes the

"As the Hurricane stailed, I got Ambulance on Thursday; and Nos. a big flare in the woods two or three Washington over the port side and took a header and

correspondant of the off the main plane. I was being on Friday; will parade as

Companies and Corps Signals hundred yards away," he said. "The New York Times, is expected Gred at, so I delayed pulling the ordered.

already florhes were high. After about ten accede to the German requent that withdraw the Ambassadors, minutes they died, downl

Ministers and other diplomatic repre- sentatives from Norway, the Nether- lands. Belgium and Luxembourg by July 15, because apparently there

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the ripcord as long as possible The special training of key men, above the sea.

etc., on Murray Parade Ground and "When I went out into the field "I left the fighter at 800 feet. The Whitfield Barracks on these two days I found part of a bomb sticking in a parachute worked perfectly. My will be carried on according to pro- charred hole in the ground.” lifejacket held me up well with one gramme, but those whose wives or deep breath in its

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The bombs are believed to have will be no other cholce. It is under- families are being evacuated or who been dropped by an enemy machine stood, the Consuls will be allowed to "I was picked up by a paddle are on duty la connection with the which had lost its bearings when re- remain to watch over the Intereats steamer and landed at Margate." evacuation scheme need not attend, connofiring the coast.

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