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GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

TUXEDO JUNCTION, Fox trot

DANNY BOY Londonderry Air Fox trot TOO ROMANTIC, Fox trol (VIO

SWEET POTATO PIPER, Fox (9) "ROAD TO SINGAPORE

JOE LOSS AND HIS ORCHESTRA

LET THE CURTAIN COME DOWN, Pox trot

YOU MADE ME CARE, Waltz

THE WOODPECKER SONG, Quickstep.

IF I SHOULD FALL IN LOVE AGAIN WORZ

WHEN JUNE COMES, Fox trut

RAINDOW VALLEY, Štow Fox trot

THIS CAN'T BE LOVE, Quickstesi (UP AND DOING I WHEN NIGHT IS THROUGH, Fox trot

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AT

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KING'S

THE POSSE AT HIS HEELS

"A SENORITA IN HIS ARMS

Ah! that-

LUCKY CISCO KID

O. Henry's romantic rogue of the

Rio Grande at his tiyntin'esti

CESAR ROMERO

MARY BETH HUGHES DANA ANDREWS EVELYN VENABLE CHRIS-PIN MARTIN Directed by M. Bruce Humbarstene All Producer Johaŝiana - Screen Play by kopen (same tigan loga"

ALSO

•

A 20th Century-Fan Pictura

JUST RECEIVED BY CLIPPER" LATEST MOVIETONE WAR NEWS British and Italian warships battle in the Mediterranean. French warships surrendered to British.

Nazi bombers attack convoys-planes down,

Nasi prisoners sont to Canada.

War in Egypt-Italian prisoners. Etc. Etc.

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 27, 1940.

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1938 .... Morris 8 Saloon

1930

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1934 Chevrolet Sedan

1935 Studebaker Sedan

1930

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1934

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THE ITALIANS TAPPING

SECRETS

AS FIGHTERS OF THE

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1937 Humber Saloon

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Six German divisions and

By

six Austrian, with 300 bat- One Who

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1934

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1940

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The

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Hongkong Telegraph.

Tuesday, August 27, 1940. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 20018

TUK Firda “Apecial to Dis Telegraph" la vied by the "Hongkong Telegraph" to

defeat, it was a rout and G00,000 Italians ran in com- plete panic, only stopping when their line was 70 miles to the rear of where they started from.

MAILS

ONE of my minor thrills early in this war was to see walt- ing on the hall table a letter from overseas marked with a rubber stamp, "Passed by Cen-

mail

from

it was decided to sandwich the "Eye Ties" In between the British and French, since in po other way could. they kept in the loc, and very often then we had machine-guns be- hind them. At zero hour we had to cross the Piave (no mean feat, the river being two miles wide and in sor," In all belligerent countries pinces a swift current) by the various war conditions cause the bridge heads allotted to the different destined for or coming armies. I had to go over with the abroad to pass through a fine net Infantry as Forward Observation i Officer.

The French and ourselves of inspection and control. cot over after a bad time, apart from anything else having

Every type of epistle passes under at times to the eyes of the letter censors, who warte up to our

necks

the grow Immune to The Nalians did not arrive and written evidence of love and hate, where they should have been were lusty sicces and ruin, hope and fear. the Austrians, in the same front line They are looking strictly for "bual- smiles and cheers: at the latter as the French on one side and the nest which means, broadly, treason-

British on the other.

Fought

With Them

I have had it from eye by sullen Indifference.

Subsequently, I learnt that they able netiviiles. witnesses (British 0-inch The Italians were finished found their bridge head a bit hot and howitzer batteries were there with the war and as we marched and come along to ours, which at

shelled.

extremes

ini

to

It may surprise many people know that even in peace-time letters

some of the methods of control used The British officer in charge of our] in peace time are used in war-timo bridge head dealt with the situation also. For the object of the authori-

Giving Him Rope

at the time) who told that the through Italy we were hissed, the time was not being to heavily can be intercepted quite legally, and Italiana threw away their arms, our coming to stir things up equipment and anything else being highly unpopular, which impeded their fight and We soon found out that the by producing his revolver, pointing tles is not always only to read what rushed pell-mell in utter con- Italians were born thieves. They at the Halian general's stomach a certain individual is writing or re- wormed their way into the train, and informing him if he moved a stepceiving 11 may also be to conceal fusion.

into our billets and even our dug in the directions of our bridge head from him that he is regarded with

11 would be his last. Foch and Sir Henry Wilson outs, pinching boots, clothes,

any suspicion. After 24 must critteal hours the went at once to Italy and it wha equipment and anything else Italians

arrived 打价 Our counter decided to send thimediate help, they could lay their hands on, battery

When work had by then silenced moreover it WHA considered I myself lost the whole of my many of the Austrian batteries shell- advisable to send the best troops equipment en route to Italy, the

ing their bridge head.

During all this une my advanced France and England could spare rall waggon being deliberately signalling post had been shelled by at the time. Plumer and his disconnected and left behind, Italian guns and no effort on my ed for some time, they often wonder fine Second Army were chosen Later I again lust the majority part will retain the messages 1 why the authorities did not pounce

rent back) could stop them. for the British, and my battery of my equipment and even had the Italians arrived I lost most of

When eather withdrawn

Pass my revolver, glasses, comp from

для

indiente news which is strirdy copyright, chendaele, where it had suffered etc. stolen by Italian troopa ander lhe profitens of the Telecommuni-

75 per cent, casualties, and every when engaged in the Line. ratione Ordinance. 1914. Ruch new a bears the Indication "UI": la received in single man WHA in varying Hangang on the date of pubienion by the United Press Associations, who

Rupioning. the

ro-

*g

of

fore-even in

fighting kit as I have mentioned battle they can't keep their lands from stealing

serve all rights and forbid republicsten majority being unable to speak. WHEN we got into the War T THE French simply detested the

wither wholly or in part without previous Arrangement,

Balance Of Power

IT4

them 03

an

espionage or Official Scerets ease particularly the former at last comes to court and people learn that against one or several of the defendanta n good cuse has exhat-

sumelent

The reason Ja that, given sufficient rope, tear those

a suspect may often watching him lo bla no principals or expose a mass of the formation otherwise unobtainable. In the meantiar he may be regulne- Jy forwarding reports, but, to long as their nature is known, their value can be nuliffed.

JE had instructions to clean We also found that the Italians descending sympathy for their miser-everymo sending letters out WE

Italians, it was a mixture at con- area we found it infested tempt and loathing, and perpetua! with spies and traitors and iden, reuds took place. We pritish just

The secret interception of letters is one of the methods by which such a tification cards had to be issued, treated

weak "Wopa" spectroens who should be shown con- suspect is watched, In war-time of the C March 20 of 11 year the ourselves of the mud dur- had an arrangement with the air condition.

country or receiving letters from Pietach

British Governments

abroad knows that they are inter- ing the train journey to Italy Austrians whereby neither alde Their flying people weren't bad, ab amouneed that they

mutenity hors

Even Intercepted letters undertaken it to discuss pence terms and to arrive in spick and polish etised any superfluous trouble, but in thune days they were in fairly cepted.

may carry messages

which, for before traching; vntuplets" agreement | urder.

and a little mild non-dangerous mint numbers.

Their cavalry was superb, in the

time, excape the authorities. But, en the conditions necessary to ensure

demonstration of war was all Olympia Horse Show manner, but

with the oversens mails watched, it tu mund of them an effective

It Waa FL glorious journey that was required.

as they were never used they could I thought reasonable that people fasting guerenice 4.1 their security along the Riviera after the con- We even discovered Italian afford to turn out in immaculate icly angaged may attempt to Lel

that the British centrated hell of l'asschendaele, aviators flying over to Austrian uniform and aplomb.

transmit meninges under Cover or Governorat, after a severe military

books. defeat had asked the French Govern-

welcome along the aerodromes having dinner, and the Italian dangerous was on Armis- To a large extent the traffic in those

The only time I personally found for instance, newspapers neut to release it from this under- French Riviera was very differ: nying back! The story went tice Day, when mast British troops has been stopped, but it is likely that taking in order that it might sue for

ent to that of the Italian. At round that one R.A.F. pilot was kept to their billets in view of the approved Arms of good standing will the former we were greeted given the D.S.O. for bringing Preuiar antles of the "Wops," who for be allowed to carry on importing with fruit, flowers, cigarettes, down several of these offenders, first time were hurling live bomba foreign newspapers, magazines, and

about the place. but at the same time profuse There was then no one to throw inpologies were tendered for the anything back at them! |""mistake."

For with later, that though the effect of the British engatulation would be To enable the Germans to concentrate

whole strength

gainst the Fich, using for this purpose British territory. British industrial resources, and British naval bases, the French

Government bod agreed t.J extreme proposal on condition that the Hutish feel was sent to French ports, that the Bittish Government hnd then

pureesnen

conckided on armistice with Germany under

Would

which the British feet was put under German and italian control any Frenchman have held that Franer was murally bound to allow this transfer to be effected" And how

nay Beltons would have seriously contended that it was the duty of the French to sit back and welch this

but

aur

MANSION WILL

BE PETS' WAR HOSPITAL

Lanar

Nhe

MILS HORACE BOOT wealthy animal lover, las turomel her forty-oned mansion, Clarefeld Court, Flakneya Green, Berks, Into war hospi- tol for stray animals

has planned the of pet eats freen

danger arcus, the prolection of animals against gas attack, and Best-nich for mutmals injured in air raids. I bombs drep in the Malden- head distrtrt Boy Scouts will search for maimed cats and dogs and To

lake them to Clarefield Court, where their wounds will be treated and helpers well, if necessary. sit up with them throughout the night,

happen M Baudouin, the Petain Foreign Minister is apparently un- able to find anything dbcreditable the French Government's desertion of an ally and of its readiness to put that ally, so far on 14 could, at the mercy of the common enemy.

Justify this betrayal, he argues that the help we gave France was inade- quale, and that France had suffered from following too closely our lead In her foreign policy. In other word; The fact that France pursued foreign policy that he cordemns sufficient excuse for betraying on ally. That ally he holds was

her evil genius. And the betrayal hus, in his eyes, this great advantage, that it

enable his Government to render a service to Germany and Italy of such sensational value as to make them forget the occasions when France to mistaken as to disoblige them.

2

the

Even horses muy be taken to house to be treated, and afterwards turned out into the grounds to recuperate.

oll

Its

THE Balan Infantryman was a

A few days later those magnificent blue cloaks began to appear, mar- vellous riding breeches, boots, spurs and all the rest of the paraphernalia. The Пallans had won the War

books.

or

Sweepstake Traffic

There still remain several possible reasons for the secret interception of inland malls. The occasion is not al- ways a matter of espionage Within the last few years perfectly legal Interception by the Post Office пад been aimed at the trapping of dealers

tickets. 11 sweepstake HAVE not mentioned the Navy cipients of the letters have not sus- because I know little about texted that they have been opened. and they were completely unashamed except that the ships i saw were Nor

the senders. But the

miserable specimen, dirty, werdy 摄 complete

and despicable with

ajmence of guls. Their natural tend-

ency to run was always to the fure

atmut I

Italian

have

The

has

re

in the Asiago district we had two with generally belarred with authorities have acquired Informa- I believe it is true to say tion relating to, say, the ordering of sappers attached to the washing.

that the Italiana have never in battery it 9 blasters (they were

were inoxdern times making dug-outs in the rock), One engagement,

experienced any naval! Whatever is said about day we

were badly shelled and after their numerical naval strength it is watched. Almost inevitably the it was over "Spaghetti" and "Risotto" the men who count in the end, and were missing A week Inter they have endeavoured to show that alde turned up again, all smiles, saying of the question up.

sweep tickets by a would-be traffic- ker. The mail directed to his address from the appropriate quarter tickets are found and confiscated.

The interception of letters has that they had run. On being asked "How far?" they replied "Venice. defy Mussolini or anyone else to put of Police-Constable Gutteridge, were Times may have changed, but I caught criminals. Browne and Ken- nedy, the murderers in an Essex lane which was 50 or more miles behind! guts into a nation in 25 years, and rou

I have myself seen them run on from what I have seen of the Italians brought to the scaffold when a letter several occasions and the very idea since, even their physical appearance from Browne to his wife was Inter- of holding u position which was and stamina is unchanged: they only cepted and found contain a mess- shelled had no appeal of any kind, beat the Abyssinians by using poison age in Invisible ink, written on the neither did their disappearing trick jas bring them the slightest shame.

and in Spain it is known that, as inside of the ect of revolvers

drail

The message

usual, they ran.

with the

the track, If the Aussies get at them they will and put the police on run so fast and so far thai, like the while neither guilty man seriously PERHAPS the worst experience 1 Gudurene swine they will go tumbling feared that he was suspected. An suffered Wis during the Anal in thousands into their own Mare intercepted letter led to the arrest Battle of the Piave. Fer this battle Nostrum

Samuel Furnace, murderer of Young Landon man. Furnace at- tempted to conceal the evidene of his

different FUNNY SIDE

represented In elements by the men who capitulated.: Marshal 'etain stod for defeatism; and dread of popular action, M. We have to recognise the hard Baudouin for the selfish instincts and fruth that the Petain Government interests of high Anance and big has more friendship for the late business, In every country, on the: enemies of France than for her late other hand, there are strong forec.. allies. It has thrown in its lot with on the other side: the sentiment of the Axis Powers. This conversion of patriotism, the love of liberty, and France into a puppet State by rulers the hatred of Nuz oppression. In who have put most of her territory France this is an unknown quantity, into German hands, into a dumb and but nobody will doubt that it is wide- puppet State obedient, to Germany spread and of immense potential and Italy, has, of course, made a strength. striking addition to their previous

on

preponderance of material strength. In this complex of forces lies the The struggle between freedom and balance of hope and despair In 'slavery, hos become £1 struggle Europe. Everything depends between the British Commonwealth Britain. In the war with Napoleon aided by the powerful help and Britain held out during twelve years. sympathy of the United States, and while the chief States of the Con- tite courage of small armies from the tinent moved from side to side as alles and ex-allies-and an alliance Napoleon's fortunes rose and fell. of dictator States able to use against At times Napoleon's complete

cori us almost the whole body of Europe ( quest seemed Inevitable. British and to disarm though not to overawe diplomacy and British strategy often its spirit. The position is roughly blundered badly, but her tenacity this. The sheer power of the dictator kept the war alive until the force of States and their carefully advertised which Napoleon was at once the in-

nt for every

smullstigator and the victim, the force of terrorism represent State the first and most formidable national sentiment, destroyed him. fact in all its diplomatie calculations. Our position to-day Is something The plight of Rumanio illustrates similar. The moral forces that are this truth. A small State may decide smothered, half

hulf

Imprisoned

Lo face the horrors of invasion rather under Nazi rule, are a latent power) then submit without a struggle. that may become in time as important Switzerland. for exemple, would in this struggle as regular armies, make such a choice. Hitler, having destroyed States that equipment for

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undoubtedly But physically and materially Hier were 'll found in дав Continent in his grip. So far modern war, enjoys a power that has as sympathy and spirit are concerned, no relation to moral authority the position is different. In every even to moral prestige. He uses that country there are people and interests power to bring into his service the that would like to compound with muscles and the skill of conquered Hiler, In France this section was populations.

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By Abner Dean crime by firing the shed in which

"First you gotta tell me who you're gonna vote for!".

the body lay.

Ser Aside

The Post Once, though few people cuspeel it, plays a definite part in the machinery of detection that the police and the Secret Service control. Post Office action is legalized by a. warrant from the Home Secretary to the Postmaster-General,

directing

that all letters marked with certain addresses shall be intercepted. This warrant is sent as soon as an in--

dividual is suspected of explonage. It goes straight to the sorting office in the district where the suspect lives, and is fixed above the sorter's eye. Baldly, offering no explanations, It orders him to put aside the wanted letters. From the sorter's hands,. when the case is one of espionage, the letters go to the appropriate branch of the Secret Service.

If you for the best, of reasons, of course-wished to open 2 leiter sceretly, your mind might not travel beyond the obvious method of stcoming loose the envelope flap. But the Secret Service has at least:" two

other, and superior, methods. Most often strip of paper about one-tenth of an inch wide is sliced The of the bottom of the envelope. letter is extracted, photographed and replaced. Then-this is the magical para quantity of special paper.

is placed over the slit, com- pressed, and dried by electrical incans. As the Secret Service does the job, the naked eye can discover no sign of the operation. Every “ colour and texture of envelope can: be matched exactly.

Pulp

John A. Smith,