1940-10-14 — Page 7

Monday,

NANCY

THAT'S A NICE BIRD HOUSE YOU BUILT FOR

ME, GUS !

TWONDER IF ANY OF THE

LIL CRITTERS HAVE MOVED

IN YET!

NOPE--- THERE

AIN'T NARY

A ONE IN

HERE!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

8

October

By Ernie Bushmiller

BURNS PHILP LINE

Ice To

AUSTRALIA

AID FOR BRITAIN

Roosevelt & Willkie

On Platforms

Bank Clerk Wanted To Join Navy STOCK MARKET

But Won The V.C.As Army Officer

REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary issued Saturday says:

More Inquiries for shares indicate a firmer tone without attracting sellers.

Buyers

Providents $4.10 · Hotels $3.10

NAMES OF TWO NEW V.C.S HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. ONE WAS A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD FORMER BANK CLERK, WHO REALLY WANTED TO JOIN THE NAVY, BUT BECAME Lands $30 considering the British Purchasing AN ARMY OFFICER. THE OTHER WAS A SERGEANT-MAJOR,

SON OF AN EX-SERGEANT-MAJOR.

Washington, Oct. 13.

is favourably

Commission's request to dollver "Bying fortresses” to Britain.

According to authoritative circles,

the Administration

Army circles are opposing this, since they believe that the planes

world situation. In fact

Realties $3.15 Telephones (old) $22 Ropes $5.50

Sellers. Wharves $90 Trom $15.50

Youmati Ferries $22.74 Telephones (new) $0.60

They are Second Lieutenant Richard Wallace Annand, Durham cannot be spared in view of the Light Infantry (Supplementary Reserve) and Company Sergeant-Major Star Ferries $59.59 miy 40 or 50 on hand. It is under- George Gristock (Royal Norfolk Regiment), who has since died of wounds. Both won the supreme award for valour during the fighting in Belgium: Both belonged to families proud of their Navy and Army traditions.

stood that President Roosevelt will

make the final Preze

decision-United

Officials Reficent

New York, Oct. 13.

.

The award to Lieutenant An-

The question of turning over some nand, says the official statement. of the "fying fortresses to Britain is for most conspicuous gallan- will soon be considered, says the Washington correspondent

the try on May 15/16, when the of the New York Herald-Tribune, quoting platoon under his command was well

Informed circles. Britain, he on the south side of the River adds, is now urgently asking for Dyle (Belgium) astride a blown them but in any case delivery is not bridge.

expected before the elections.

The Herald-Tribune quotes the re-

During the night a strong attack

ort nublished by cos paper stating was beaten off, but about 11 am. that 30 fortresses have already been

een the enemy again launched a violent

flown to Britain and adds that when attack and pushed forward a bridg- an official of the war department was ing-party into the sunken bottom of questionext about the report his reply, the river.

wan "No discussion, no denial, no confirmation."-Reuter,

President Determined

Dayton, Ohio, Oct, 12. Tho doctrine for the Western Hemisphere is, "All for one und une for all," proclaimed President Roo50- volt in a speech here to-day.

He said the United States' pro- gramme for national defence and re- armament is not only for itself but for "co-operation by other Amerlen republics in helping to defend the whole Hemisphere'

Drove Them Out

Lieutenant Annand, pitacked this party, but when ammunition ran out

he went forward himself over open ground with total Glæregard for

enemy mortar and machine-gun fire.

coasts of the Americas from any When combination of hostile Powera.

Gave Away Her Coat And Scarf

Girl Of 12 Sings To Crew In Open Boat

Girl Guide

MERYL REID, a twenty-year-old Girl Guide, súng to the crew of an open boat as it was tossed by high Atlantic Waves, after their ship had been torpedoed.

One of the crew said: "We! drifted for two and a half days, baling out, most of the time, We felt it was a hundred to one that we wouldn't pull through.

"The girl sang to us when we were about knocked out, and cheered us up. She sang John Brown's Body and "Tipperary."

"Also

medal,"

0

two

Union Ina: $380 Lands $30.25 Trams $15.30 Cements $15

WHERE THERE'S PEP THERE'S IRON

YES

BOSCO

Escaped In Old growing youngsters (and for grown-

Aeroplane

French Officers' Pluck

IL

08.00 Easy to mix. BOSCO is

¤ Stir one concentrated liquid, teaspoonful of chocolate-flavored BOSCO Into a glass of whole milk (hot or cold) and It's ready.

Reaching the top of the bridge he drove out the party below, in Aleting over twenty casunitice

MON IS ESSENTIAL for with hand grenades. Having been wounded, he rejoined his platoon

ups, too) help build good, had his wound dressed, and then

healthy, red blood. BOSCO adds to milk iron that is locking in many carried on in command,

foods. During the evening another attack

And children drinić..more (milk with chocolate-Ravored BOSCO The President declared that un-was launched, and again Lieutenant

Costs sa little, too, precedented dangers had caused the Annand went forward with hand

VİIRON: Helativo available amounts in United States undertake a Navy grenades and Indicted heavy casual-

she helped to look after During the evacuation of SPINACH --- and Air Force sumclent to defend all ties on there to withdrew was keep them warm. We are going to fighters occupied Jersey airport.

enemy.

younger children in the boat and Jersey a squadron of R.A.F. BAISINS eived he withdrew his platoon ask the Girl Guides to give her a received He emphatically announced that but learning on the way back that his

One afternoon, out of a cloudy the United States is determined to batman was wounded and had been

'Gave My Coat'

sky, appeared one of the oldest continue to aid the British, whose left behind, he returned at once to

Meryl and her brother Nigel, aged type of French monoplanes. herole fight "now holda the aggressors the former position and brought him

cleven-children of

Liverpool far from our shores.”

back in a wheelbarrow before losing ophthalmic surgeon, Colonel A. Mc-manoeuvre Intended to be what the Years of patient experimenting by

It performed very unsteadily "No combination of dictator coun-consciousness as the result of wounds iste Reid-were being tries in Europe and Asia will halt the Company Sergeant.Majar Gristock

privately

text-books call "an approach to an Dr. Max Wallerstein, noted food help we are giving to almost the last won his V.C. for most conspicuous vacuated to Jamaica when of the free people-fighting to hold gallantry on May 21, when his com torpedoes hit their ship in the early arome with a view to landing," chemists, preceded his invention

and the actual "touch-Town" shocked of BOSCO, them at bay," the President said.

These experiments marning. pany was holding a position on the Further he

the professional onlookers. declared that the line of the

"Cool" said Nigel in London re-

|were followed by further · re- cently," thought we'd struck a They moved forward curiously to searches to demonstrate its nutri- United States has acquired eight new Tournai, Beer caut, south of

Belgium

rock."

discover who the visitor was After a prolonged attack the enemy

and tional properties, conducted at "Not for the -- protection of the

A stewardess told them to put found middle-aged Frenchman, United States alone have these bases the company's right dank, which was boat. Mrs. Hawthorn, of Pella Wood, was wet with the perspiration of a New York, under the direction of silceceded in breaking through beyond their coats on, and they got into a whose hunds shook and whose face the Food Research Laboratories, been acquired; they have been a consequently threatened. quired for the protection of the whole

Sergeant Major Gristock, having Orpington, Kent, and her two daugh severe ordeal. western hemisphere.

they have been opened by the United States to organised a party of eight ridementers, Athalea, aged three, and Frances other republics for co-operative use,"

from company - headquarters, went Mary, aged four, were also in the he asserted.

Meryl said "I gave my coat to 4 post-Nigel and a scarf to some one else.

"I saw the U-boat, with four of the crew standing on it, watching us. I thought they were, dirty dogs, and I was sorry for a lady who lost piles of jewellery. "Some of the people in our boat were seasick, but Nigel wasn't, and I wasn't.

naval bases from Britain.

The President also re-affirmed the United States' intention to continue the peaceful use of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and stressed that for years the United States have done their utmost to prevent the involve- ment of the United States or Amer~ lean republics in any war-United Press.

|

forward to cover the right flank.

Realising that on enemy ranchne gun had moved forward to a tion from which it was inflicting heavy casualties on his company, Sergeant-Major, Gristock went on with one man connecting file, to try to put it out of action.

Badly Wounded

Dr. Philip B. Hawk.

The EДect of the Addition of BOECO ON thế trên n Copper Content of Milk

Iron Copper Parts Parts per per million million 2.4 0.15

73

6.2

5.9 0.44

His story was this. When France began to fuller under the German onslaught the squadron of which he was adjutant beárd a rumour that the bulk of the French Armee de l'Air was going to Morocco. All except the adjutant decided to give in. He had not down an arroplane since the last War, but he took up his ancient Whole Milk machine and headed west. His idea BOSCO was to find the Atlantic, and alight BOSCO-in-MILK (1 tea- on the water beside the first ship Increase due to BOSCO 147% 194%

spoonful per, glass)

BOSCO-in-Milk (2 ten-...

spoonfuls › per- glass). 8.0 Increase due to BOSCO 276% 868%

SOLE-REPRESENTATIVES:*: AUW FIT SENG'S TRADING MALARIAN CO., LTD. Shanghal-Hongkong-Singapore-NEL.

While advancing he came under President's Prediction

he saw-"for," he assured himself, | heavy-machine-gunfire from the "I know we would be picked up, it is bound to be British." Aboard the Presidential Special

opposite bank, and was severely and the first day was quite nice. en route to Columbus

Visibility grew worse, and ho found wounded in both legs, his right knee The second day wasn't so nice, himself over Jersey and thankfully Ohio, Oct. 12,

being badly smashed.

was worried most about Nigel. He came down. The squadron welcomed President Roosevelt. to-day pre- dicted that the United States can

He nevertheless gained his fire now."

had a cold, but he seems all right him gladly and eventually saw him avoid being thrown into the vortex of position some twenty yards from the

off on one of the evacuation, ships world-wide war,

'It Was Horrid' but he urged for enemy" machinë-gun post, and un-

bound for England. speed in the development of the detected and by well-aimed rupid boats from the ship, but ours was

Nigel said: "There were rearmament programme in order to fire killed the machine-gun crew the only one that had singing. make America invincible.

four and put their gun out of action.

of

**

three

During an impromptu address Ho thep dragged himself back to "It was horrid sleeping on ropes before a roaring crowd of more than the right flank position, from which in the front of the boat. 25,000, President Roosevelt em he refused to be evacuated until con- "We ate hard blacults and bully phasised speed and more speed in tact with the battalion on the right beef and condensed milk. We drank preparing America for defence.. had been established and the line water out of milk tins. The biscuits

"Speed up the quicker the better," once more made good.

were very hard, and one of the pas you the message:

By his gallant action the positioners said he'd never give his dog

again."

he said. "I give

of speed."AN

The President admitted

the of the company was secured, and A Jugo-Slav tramp steamer picked difficulties and dangers in maintain many casualties prevented, Com them up, and landed them in Ireland.

Ing non-belligerency in world at pany Sergeant-Major Gristock has, Meryl telephoned from London to wir. However, he boldly stated his singe died of his wounds. confidence that America

out-United Press.

can keep

Columbus Discovery Apple Washington, Oct. 12. President Roosevelt, in a Columbus Day statement, urged the nation to "make strong our convictions" that the progress which rained a new start) with 1, Columbus' -discovery of America shall go on toward its ful filment.

"Lawlessness and wanton power

Six feet two inches Dick Annand, orphaned son of R.N.V.R. officer cer

killed in

her mother, and said:

I've seen the Germans. They were standing on the submarine.

"There were two big bangs when

olwatsune 1915 at Navy they hit us.

to join wanted

join the

or the Army. If his bank had not

"I've bought a new dress. It's

moved him from South Shields to lovely. I had to, because I only had the inland branch at Rugby: he my pyjamas, and the sea soaked

would have been in the Navy,

them

"As he could not attend RN.V.R. drills at Rugby he transferred to the Officers Supplementary Reserve. that he had shown gallantry in the When war broke out the Navy did face of the enemy. He died on June is ravaging the older civilisation and not claim him, so he joined the 15. MAKAM the United States is "girding itself Durham Light Infantry, ple

Mr. Gristock. had received" a' telter, for the defence of its institutions.” Grey-haired ex-Sergeant-Major from his son's superior officer, Cap- United PressNOSTRES

George aristock, head of a family tain Barclay, who was himself wound- which has always given its sons to

ed and was recently awarded the the Army heard with pride that M.C. In it he praised the gallantry his son George, company sergeant- of C.S.M. Grislock. "By a coincidence MEPAGE BARRELEVERERA major of the Royal Norfolk Regt was written on the

day Mrs. Potta, of High House, Mount ment; had been awarded the V.C. Davis Road, was attacked Fabout 611 g PROSI

know it," said Mr. Gristork Samoa Saturday, near Ho Tung des

Never Told

"He said that my son had done a Path, by a Chinèse who attempted to Every other day he made the four-grand job of work; and that he had matcls. " here's handbag. : Mrs. Potty hour, Journey to Brighion, and back, recommended him for a decoration. Hytruggled, with the man who managed where his son was in hospital wound. He deserves the V.C he said, but 1 to get away with newrint: watch set ed.. But his son never told him how thought he only mentioned. It in the

| he had been wounded, or ever hinted figurative sense. of the word, sank

EUROPEAN ATTACKED

my Bon

died, although the captain did not

KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB

PRESENTS

THE THREE ACT COMEDY THRILLER

0.70

SOMEONE AT THE DOOR

IN AID OF THE

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

FRIDAY

WAR FUND

SATURDAY SUNDAY M

TICKETS

Bookings open Moutr

15th NOVEMBER 16th 17th NASLO ni AT 9.15 P.M.

$3.00, $2.00

ednesday 16th:

940.

$1.00

We have

versel

iling

for

Manila Madang Salamata Rabaul Sydney and Melbourne about the middle of October

Excollent passenger accommodation with a large number of single cabins at no supplement. Built-In Swimming Bath and Spacious Sports Deck.

Passenger & Freight Agents:

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Tel. 28031

P. G. O. Bldg.

Go Empress

ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America

and Europe!

EMPRESS LUXURY -

Spead across the Pacific by luxurious Empress, finers, then

A Victoria”,

Lounge stop over it, you wiali and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen playground.

NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG

FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER 40mitting: Honolulu)

Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's aide at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Banff-800 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Scenery." Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as optional routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.

Then Montreal and Quebec, gay”Freeh-speaking“ cities on the famous St. Lawrence Seaway, and a quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacide's Atlantic NEXT SAILING TO MANELA' FOURTH WEEK: IN OCTUBZZ.

feet.

JJ

**

For full information consult your travel agent.

Telephone

Canadian Pacific

PRESIDENT LINER

さ

Sailings

SAN FEANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES

Via Shanghai, Koba. Yakabama"

SS "President Fierce"

S3' "President.

59 "President Talk"

Honolulu

OCT.

Penang. Colombe,, 15am

Capelowa

15 NEW YORK- Via Manila, Bingapor

55 "President Ga SS President

"City of No

PENANG

OCT, DEO,

TO: BAN RANCISCO LOS ANGELES

AMERICAN *

PRESIDENT LINES