1940-09-27 — Page 5

Home Guard Take Up A Finnish Idea

HOME GUARDS' are now

with being armed

"Molotov

Cocktails" by the million...

This product of the Finnish war, which played rich an important part in holding up the Russian tanks, has been officially adopted by the War. Office.

The comporillon of the "Molotov Cocktails" cannot be revealed, but they are considered even more at- fective than the hand grenade against armoured divisions.

A demonstration was given re- cently to war correspondeals der- Ing

YE!! to the Eastern Command of the use against ́ tanks of these improvised explosives.

A specially constructed tank was quickly reduced to flaming TutREM under n khower of "MolotovK" thrown by a detachment of Hume! Guards.

PLANE FINDS SURVIVORS

FROM PAGE ONE

Sunderland, which had taken over from him, to ree to the rescue of Aurvivors because his petrol was! running low,

By lamp signals he gave their position.

The second Sunderland then took over the rescue

Describing the linding of the sur

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

THE COAST DEFENCES OF ENGLAND

With a keen crew of gunners who have already met the enemy in France a warm welcome is assured for

invaders if they should attempt landings on the shores of Britain.

PARTIES, MUSIC WENT ON ALL RIGHT

BURGLAR LIVED WELL

IN A BORROWED FLAT

By Laurence Wilkinson

WHILE Donald Edward Davis, blond twenty-year-old country house bandit whom Scotland-yard call The Silent Burglar, was on his way last night to serve two years in jail, I was sitting in the luxurious flat in the West End where he celebrated

vivors, the captain of this Sunder with girl friends after each successful coup.

land said: "All the people in the boat were sitting or lying down ex- cept ono man who was at the uller.

Some amidships seemed to be in rather bad way. They had hoisted wall and were making what speed! they

could.

"When we got there, we dropped a parachute bag filled with all the food we had on board. We attached a We life jacket to keep it afloat. circled round and made a signal that we were going to get help, but they had only semaphore which we were! travelling too fast to read,

"However, we made them under stand that we were going to fetch a ship we thought was about 40 miles дипу.

Before leaving them, I went down very low on the water and saw that it would be possible to land and take them on board If they could not be rescued otherwise."

The captain then described how they directed a warship to the sur- vivors and added: "We were very glad to see those people safe and all felt very bucked about it."

BRITISH PLANES BRING DOWN 19

FROM PAGE ONE

The flat belongs to a wealthy woman of Greek parentage.

Some months ago

she went to stay with friends in the country, and offered her home for sub-letting.

A confederate of Donald Davis ---ostenalbly a well-to-do cinema proprietor-took the flat, and showed references.

The woman had no suspicion that her fat was to be used for the next few months as the headquarters of

gang which has netted £10,000 In country house rakis throughout the home counties

He had

Davis heid tus celebration parties in the room where I sat last night.

the expensive carpets rolled bugs, set the radio blaring and dispensed guests daneed

drinks while

hi

When the room became but and thick with ensoke, he could take his guests out on the iron balcony, from which they could see the treetops in Hyde Park.

From the flat roof of the butting miles of London can be surveyed in a glance.

Girls' Laughter

und the

flas

British Submarines

Sink German Convoys

LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter)-The Admiralty reports successful actions against enemy supply vessels in convoys.

A communique issued to-day states: "Britain submarines con- tinue to search out and take their toll of enemy shipping.

"Full information of their successes cannot be given without endangering heir security. But it can now be stated that His Majesty's submarine 149 (Lieut. M. A. Langley, R.N.) lately attacked

of eight convey

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RAID 440

FILLS UP

THE BOOK

sumsly stips with torpedoes, two of Need New Book Now

which found their mark.

"His Majesty's

submarine.

Mainwaring, FUN.).

the reports

September 27, 1940.

Former Justice It's cool inside Minister Dead

Dr. George Hau Chien China's foremost judicial authority, Dr. George Hsu Chien, for many years Chinese Minister of Justice and President of the Supreme Court died following

heart attack yesterday, at his home in Kowloon Tong, at the age of 09.

“Dr. Hau was a veteran Kuomintang leader, having been a member of the Party's Central Executive Committee

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The death occurred at her sidence, Lau Sin Street, early to-day of Mrs. Morin Jose Campbell, wife of Captain A. C. Campbell, of the The funeral will steamer Sat

take place to-day, passing the Monu- ment at 6.30 p.m.

Mrs. Campbell, who had been mar- ried twice, leaves an adult family by ber first marriage. It includes Mr. G. Marques and Mrs. Maher, son and daughter, in Shanghai, Messrs. C.V., and E. M. Marques, sons, Mesdames, F. A. Castro and L. A. Peres, daugh. ters, in Hongkong seven grand- daughters and four grandsons.

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Mr. The death has occurred James Douglas, well-known journalist and editor of the Sunday Express from 1920 to 1931-Reuter,

Mr. Douglas was born in 1007 and to literary was a noted contributor

He was prĪCG Editor of journals. The Star and had written several novels.

DISABLE BOATS New Order To Prevent Invaders Using Them So that any German invaders may

not use boats oh British waterways,

Tuna AN R.A.F. officer took up his (Lieut. Commdr. M. K. Cavanagh-pen the other day and wrote in destruction of a large supply vessel his bomber squadron's record the Ministry, of Home Security has

book: "Raid No. 440."

ordered that rowing bonts and river Other people in the summe building | sereened by two enemy destroyers."

When all the detalls had been craft of every description must be sometimes heard shouts

entered he had nearly filled the last made Incapable of use when left un- formations were kughter of gris above the noise of

page in the book. He turned back attended. German bomber

midight

the leaves to the beginning and read The order--similar to that issued seen over England for the first time] dance music, long after

the first entry: "Raid No. 1. Sep-to motorists about their car-specifles in daylight since the Luftwaffe's de- But during the day the

air silent.

tember 26, 1939."

that steps to prevent vessels on in- feat on September 15, enemy

land waters being used by an Invader the owners activity up to carly this evening has been very small small

are made obligatory on the

as well as Take a look at some of the pages. of motor and sailing craft, as

canoes. Here is a story from an entry early rowing boats, punts and in the book.

For sicam or motor vessels, it will The squadron crossed the North be necessary to remove parts of the Sen to attack German destroyer-mechanism. For salling or rowing twelve uircraft in two flights of six. boata such articles as sails,

cars and rowlocks must be removed.

Following a blunk morning, some attacks were made on acoside towns from the Hampshire coast to the cast, but none was on a big scule and no serious damage is reported.

Fighters dispersed une fairly big formation.

No enemy aircraft were reported over the London area.

Two brief alarins were

spunded In the metropolis caused by enemy aircraft in the region of the Tharnes Estuary aerodromes,

More Defiants

Required

Splendid Defence Work LONDON, Sept. 20 (Reuter),— Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister for asked for Aircraft Production, has more Deflants,

He has sent the following telegram to a Government Director of une of the British aircraft factories:

"I ask you to give us more Dellants. The splendid work done by the Defiant squadrons makes the manu- facture of this aircraft a tank of paramount importance to the delenco of the country,"

STOCK EXCHANGE Gilt-Edged Holdings Rise'. Sharply In London LONDON, Sept. 28 (Router)-On the Stock Exchange to-day, gilt edged holdings attracted the majority of buyers, most prices rising sharply. Kames Queluated throughout the session but closed almost unchanged on the day,..

Among the olls, Burma shares advanced from 45/7d. to 40/38. on maintenance of the interim dividend of 5 per cent."

Wall Street was irregular,

Swedish Coalition Government STOCKHOLM Sept. 20 (Reuter).

The other residents judged that Davis lept until tune-la-tatare

day

cach

He would leave the Bat regularly a1 2.30 pm, sometimes in corripatsy with a girl and another man

Daughter Of M. Sikorski Plans Hostel

In between was a record of courage and endurance.

Fought 19 Nazis

In Scotland To Work The n was Harry Moscovitch,

For Troops aged thirty-two, a furrier. He was Willar Bentenred yesterday with

Mademoiselle Sola Sikorska, Fell, aged sixtymix--a mon with ten previous convictions-tu two years' daughter of General Sikorski,turned with engine trouble soon after Bath pleaded guilty Prime Minister of Poland and taking off. The five others were lost

in battle. imprisonment

to receiving some of the property commander of the Polish army, Davis had stolen,

has gone to Scotland to organise hostels for the Polish troops.

Davis would drive away in his 30 h.p. eighty-le-un-hour saloon, and might not be seen for the rest of the day.

She gave the first interview

One aircraft of the Brat flight re-i

Second flight returned safely, Three months after the entry, the commanding officer heard from a suralvor of the first fight that he war a prisoner of war. He wrote:

"We were attacked by 19 Messez-

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A maid came into the fat each which she has ever granted to schmitts. They, together with the by Doctors, Nurses and Public

ufternoon to tidy up.

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At times Davis would return to the! Mlle, Sikorska speaks only a little

flat with friends from an afternoon's | bathing at Rochampion

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English, but a battery of interpreters stood round translating from They would toss their bathing cosPolish into French, from French into tumes on to the antique mahogany English, and back again.

Then the polished woud furniture. floor would be cleared, and again the She wears the uniform of the dance music would be turned on.

Polish Red Cross, of which she is an

When he returned from one of officer. these bathing outings Davis found the police waiting for him.

Saw Police Chase

The flat's original tenant, who had' come up from the country

"Very Like Poland"

This is Mile Sikorska's Brst visit to:

to ace Scotland. She thinks it is a beautiful her son in the Army, called in at country. "Scotland is very like parts of Poland," she said. "It reminds me that moment,

Sho called to collect any letters of scenes in the Carpathian moun- that might have come for her. She isins. met policemen on the stairs, chas-

"I have laiked to Polish soldiers ing after the lift as it shot down who said they feel at home here in with Davie inside.

Scotland."

He bolted through another fot. reached the ground floor and escaped, -but was captured later.

Detectives.told the woman that her flat had been used as the hide-out, and headquarters, of the Silent Bur- of the glar and his gang. Some booty from the ralds was hidden in the flat.

and

anti-aircraft guns, pom-poms, naming onions from the destroyers, Anished us."

Later entries in the book tell of reconnaissance over half Germany, security patrols over seaplane bases In the Fristan Islands, and the attack on Sylt. Here is something about the security patrol:

Members of the squadron passed over Sylt three or four times a night, coming down as low as 700ft. to keep their watch.

Lights which were on at the be ginning of the patrol went out as oon as the RA.F. planes were soon heard.

That was one of their objects-to keep the buses in darkness, and so prevent enemy mine-loying craft from taking off.

Laid Mines

Mile Sikorska will probably spend taken by the aquadron was mine-

An operation of a new kind under- |

Taping:

some time in Scotland:

and

Mines were laid in the North Sea She is co-operating with the British Red Cross

ather and in the Baltic. One plot "made women's organisations to establish-most remarkable journey of over hostely which will be stated by one and a half hours at 200ft.

"He circled his target area under Palith women, most of whom are At the Old Bailey Davis adimitiert the wives and daughters of officers. a very low cloud base, and succeeded in dropping his mines in the right seven cases of housebreaking and

In some cases they are relatives of position in the glure of a blue search- several cases of receiving stolen pro Folish prisoners of war. There are light that was only few hundred perty.

He told how he had plundered trained nurses among them, and they yards away! houses at Esher, Oxled, Wimbledon, wounded.

will take charge of, the sick and To-day a new record book will be Farntiam, Camberley and Caterham., Each raid took only a few minutes.

Already Mile Sikorska has visited a Davis would drive up to the chosen number of camps, and expressed her country house between 0 p.m. and

opened. There will be a new entry under the heading, "Raid No. 1.".

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Coalition GovernmentSocial De- finished dinner, 'but had not yet re organisations hava donel; NEW YORK Sept. 28 (Reuter).

mocrats, Conservatives; Agrarians and Liberals have deckled to znalątain: the Coalition though the recent elec- ons gave the Democrats an absolute

tired to their rooms.

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She will also be meeting Pallah President Roosevelt has signed the Ho would prop.. a ladder against clergymen and a delegation of Polish Import and Export Bill making the side of the house, and climb into officers who are in charge of the $500,000,000 available for loans to an upper room. Then he ransacked education and instruction of their South America, states a Washington

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