1940-11-01 — Page 24

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I'm George

"I coulda lived all the fat 's the

Land...lstead'' gót me a pack 'o trouble, I always knowed Landle would get us into a jam... maybe because he was tos damb.....maybe because bo was tos strung...I told

•him to stear elaar of Curley... teld him to watch' cut for Carley's wife'who was always basgin” around" but she get to him...made him pat her hair... and then what i

WAS SCARED OF MOST, HAPPENED!"

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OF

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OF MICE AND MEN

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CANADA'S

WAR HUSTLE

New Contracts

T

VICHY TO RECALL MINISTER

Bangkok Reports

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

November 1, 1940.

OFFERS TO AID GREEKS

Soviet Planes Denial

BANGKOK, Oct. 31 (UP).– OTTAWA, Oct. 31 (Reuter). It is reported that Vichy is re- -Now contracts for war sup calling M, Lepissier, the French plies totalling 2,280 and

Minister to Thailand, and it said presenting an average of one that the French Minister at contract every 70 seconds during Alexandria is now enroute to ment offices. each working day, were placed In the first week of October by Bangkok to replace him, the Ministry of Munitions.

ATHENS, Oct. 31 (Reuter), Offers of aid from wealthy Greeks are pouring into Govern- |

One woman ship-owner has written to General Metaxas

It is recalled that Lepisster is re- This was the largest number ported to have advised Vichy to placing three vessels at the dis-

the That territorial de posal of the nation. of contracts placed in any week accede to

mands.

since war began,

The first regulation Issued by the These facts were given by Mr. C. Premier under the emergency decree D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and issued yesterday was to forbid Tho!! Supply. He further stated that three ships from stopping at Indo-China times as many contracts had been ports without special permission. placed in six months since the Ministry took over the work of the War Supply Board, compared with the previous nine months.

British

Three-Hour Session

The Council of Ministers met in af

A Greek family living in London has chbled £5,000 as a contribution to the air force.

Many publle and private bodies in Greece have remitted large sums for the same purpose,

Stories of brillant fents of arms by Greek soldiers are beginning to reach Athens.

An entire division of Italian Alpine

Elsewhere a Greek platoon, making clever use of the ground, routed two Italian companies."

100 Warplanes Story LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)-A report that over 100 warplanes have been supplied by the Soviet to Greece in the last few days is emphatically leniet! by the official Soviet_agency, accurding to the Moscow radio.

Orders for the Canadian account three-hour special session this after-troops are reported to have been held

£88,750,000

nearly noon on the eve of the opening of the up for many hours in the mountains plus lotnf £30,000,000 for the British account. extraordinary session of the National by only three Greek companies.

Assembly; however, the subjects un- Complete Aircraft

der discussion were not announced,

retired It is announced that the OTTAWA, Ocl. 31 (Reuter) Commander-in-Chief of the French Canada will be able to ship complete forces in Indo-China, General Mar- of aerpolanen to Grent Britain within atin, has acerpted the invitation few months.

the Premier to visit Dangkok while Hitherto Canalian companies have enroute to France; only built aircraft frames, the en- Hines

installed in

The French Legalism sold they had being plants.

no knowledge of the reported recall Negotiations are now enter way of M. Lepissier. with British Erm to obtain patents and plans and British craftsmen wit

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supervise sent to Canada nstruction of the plant. While normally it would require two years before the first units eould be produced on a mass pro- duction basis, it is estimated that tilted British with the help of craftsmen, Canadian oreduction will

egin within a few months.

be

La

the

British Pilots Batter Sea Ports

FROM PAGE ONE

About 11.000 persons are now em- railway junction, where a large tref

aircraft Canadian ployed industry-an Increase of roughly 40 occurred.

cluring the last three

per cent. months.

FANLING GOLF STARTING TIMES

OLD COURSE

9.10 C. W. E. Bishop. F. A. Redmond.

S. Morrison, I. 1. Geare. 9.24 A. Sommerfelt. T. F. Pentre. 9.28 3. Harrop. G. Thomerson,

9.32 A. Pollock, A. Nicol.

9.30. P. Morris, 11, A. Mill

9.40 Capt. Roberts, L. D. McNicol.

41 W. lewilt. B. to Lloyd."

0.48 J. A. D. Morrison, 1. K. C. Highet, 9.52 T. J. J. Fenwick, F. G. Walker.

9.36 R. H. Gregory. A. D. Tumphreys, 10.00 Comdr. lote, J. Linaker,

1.94

A. J. Dennis, D. Humphreys, 10. R. K. Collings, S, Tomlinson. 10.12 Cap, Thursby, P. A. M. Ellos. 10.16 R. Young, G. C. Worrall,

1920 General Sation, F, D. Hunter.

24 F. T. Mediulien, J. L. C. Pearce. 10.38 A.

10.32 Meride, D. 9. Edward,

Mundy, W. A. Stewart. 10.36 P. E. Annis, 3. W. Clague, Dow, E. 1.. Groome, 10.40 A. 10.44 W. N. A. Smalley, W. S. Hitter. 10.48 A. C. Meredith, E. P. Streatfeld. 10.62 A. N. & Q. A. A, Macfadyen. 10.50 4. A. Slen. D. Black

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11.12 W. H. Mans Kerr.

11.14 F. Buckle

11.20 F. G. Price, T. Low. 11.24 D. C. Loncraine, Cont. Drew wil

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112 C. T. Harrington,' Major Temple.

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The train was stopped and one of the

Apart carriages overturned.

from severe shaking, the passen- gers, mostly, first and second class, were uninjured.

Triumphant Chinese

NANNING, Oct. 31 (Central News) Chinese troops pursuing the Japanese from Nunning are reported to have reached Tatung, 35 miles south.

Chinese his officials have arrived in Nanning to supervise rehabilita- tion work. The big fires started by the Japanese upon their withdrawal. are under control.

Britain Raided LONDON, Oct. 31 (Router) —

The Chinese magistrates at Lung-i Isolated enemy aircraft made a nuit chow. Sulle, Mingisiang and Szeto ber of attacks on various parts of the which were all re-taken from the country since mid-day, states an AlJapanese, are understocal to have re- Ministry communique,

Bombs were dropped in two towns In the eastern counties and at points in South Wales and the Midlands, according to reports received.

There was

a small number of casualties but the resultant damage was slight.

Molotoff Breadbaskets

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, Oct. 31 (UP) The all

turned.

General fluang Isu-chu, Chairman of the Kwangsi Provincial Govern- ment, told pressmen in Kweilin yes- terday that he would soon tuke an inspection trip to south Kwings.

Railway Fighting CHUNGKING, Oct. 31 (Central News)Brisk fighting is reported around Sinyang

To the cast of the Feiping-Hankow Railway ghting is going on at Sekang. To the west, 1.000 Japanese

clear signal was sounded in the Lone launching an attack at Chutangtien don area at 9.30 p.m. Several planes are meeting still resistance.

flow

There is Aghting around Loshan, about 30 miles east of Siayang.

In North Honan a clash occurred

over the area to investigate few ronditions.

dropped i They bombs despite a very heavy barrage after which they left fur home pre-between Chinese and Japanese troops sumably to report that weather connt Paishanchen. ditions were too bad for a raid.

A Japanese gunboat in the Tung- "Molutoff breadbaskets" were scatting Lake in north Hunan laid a tered widely over one London dis barrage to cover the landing of three of Japanese marines at trlet but they were extinguished in boatloads ten-minutes Thick clouds hampered Kinmatsui on Tuesday. Chinese de raiders elsewhere and bombs were Tenre forces greelect-them-with-in- reported falling in the open country tense machine-gun and rifle fire and in north-eastern and eastern districts.drove them back to Yoyang.

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Featuring the

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OH, JOHNNY,

HOW YOU

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TOM BROWN PEGGY MORAN Allen JENKINS- Donald, MEEK Juanita QUIGLEY - Isobel JEWELL Betty Jane RHODES

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