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CANADIA'S WAR HUSTLE

New Contracts

OTTAWA, Oct. 31 (Reuter). --New contracts for war sup- plies totalling 2.280 and re- presenting an average of one contract every 70 seconds during each working day, were placed In the first week of October by the Ministry of Munitions,

This was the largest number of contracts placed in any week since war began,

These facts were given by Mr. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply. He further stated that three times n many contracts had been placed in Elx months sinos the

Ministry took over the work of th War Supply Board, compared with the previous nine months.

Orders for the Canulin argount 'total 186,750,000 plus merly £30,000,000 for the Britishs areotul. Complete Aircraft

OTTAWA, Oc!. 31 (Reuter). Canada will be able to ship complete aerpolazes to Great Britain within a few months.

Hitherto Canadian companies have only built aircraft frames, the en- being installed แท Brittan Kines plants.

Negotiations are now under way with British firm to obtain patents and plans and British craftsmen will by: cent to Canada to supervise construction of plant.

the While normally it would require erst units

two

before years could be produced on a miss pro- duction basis, it is estimated that with the help of

of sklifed British craftsmen, Canadian production will begin within a few months.

About 11,000 persons are now pin-! ployed in the Canadian aircraft Industry-an increase of roughly 40 lver cent. during the last three ninths.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

ROYALTY AT CAPE COD-Crown Princess Martha of Norway and her three children, who have taken refuge in U. S., are shown at beach at Wianno, Cape Cod, Mass., where they are guests of Frederic Scheoffer. Childron, from loft: Ragnhild, Herald and Astrid,

U.S. Interest In Vichy

Policy Answered

November

1940.

LINDBERGH OUTBURST

Weak Diplomacy Is Alleged

Newhaven, Oct. 31, Cut, Charles A. Lindbergli, speaking under the auspices of Yale University's America First Committee, nach that America's Involvement in the war would be in disaster both here and abroad.

"It would be a disaster becauso li would confuse and aggravate our in- ternational problems, which are cri- teal enough without war," he said. "It would be a disaster for Europe because I am convinced that the re- lationship of the European countries cannot be solved through Amerienn their Affairs. It Interference in

of us

would be a disaster for all because, from purely material standpoint it from no other, we are not in a position to enter this successfully,

war

wo

with adequate prepuration we could probably wage a successful war In the Orient-provided Europe re- mained neutral or on our side. But,

hrough blundering diplomacy,

to turn have already forced Japan to Germany for assistance Just as France and England, through sane- tions, forced Italy to turn to Ger- many and later threw Russia into the arms of the Axis.

"To move against the Orient safe- ly we need an understanding with Europe, but that necessitates either the defeat of Germany by invasion

present policies."

S.A. AIRMEN IN of the continent or a change in our

ACTION

He

added that America should end her wavering polley in the NAIROBI, Oct. 31 (Reuter) Philippines and either fortify the Is- South African aircraft attacked a lands adequately or get out of them military camp at Lughterrandi in entirely-United Press, Italian Somaliland on October 29. Bomb were dropped among buildings in the target area, says a communi-

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Reuter).-M., Henri Haye, the French Ambassador, to-day gave the State Department renewed assurance that the United States had nothing to fear from que. possible developments affecting French possessions in the West- ern Hemisphere.

Talking to pressmen after confer- ring with Mr. Sunner Welles, M. Haye said he had delivered assurances France, that negotiations between

WILHELMSTRASSE Germany and Italy did not involvr.

the question of any cession of terri-

CHANGES VIEWStory or a separate peace with Ger-

An Italo-Greek War BASLE, Oct. 31 (Reuter)The Wilhelmstrasse's view of the Italian conflict with Greece has changed, states the Berlin correspondent of the "Basler Nachrichten."

soon

7.

many.

A message received from Viehy. Just night, he said, denied that Germany had made any proposal for formal peace in the negotiations.

M. Have added that he had not yet erived any reply from Marshal Petain

President tu

Roosevelt's with: regard message

to French possessions in the Western Urmis-

It is suggested thai the italo-

will

have Lireek war sequences for Germany's relationsphere. with Hungry.

ction In action

Ofelai ercles in Berlin compare

Greece with Ger-. Italy's

in Norway. many's act

The political solidarity of Berlin and Rome is emphasized, seeing that the action against Greece is part of the common warfare arainst Britain Neutral observers are seriously concerned at the dunger of extension the Italo-Greek conflict, achts the correspondent.

Viceroy Of India

To Stay

LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)--Lurd Linlithgow's term of office as Viccroy of-India-is extended for a further period of a year from April, 1941.

FOOT ITCH ATHLETE'S FOOT

According to the Government Health Bulletin No. 28, at least 60% of the adult population ef the United States are being attacked by elle known mi Athlete's Fiol

The dis

Usually the disease starts between the toe. Little watery bisters, farm and the skin cracke and peels, After a while the itching becomes in tense and you feel as though you would like to scratch of "all the skin,

Beware of It Spreading

Often the disease travels all over the bottom of the feel. The soles of your feet become red, and swollen. The skies also cracks and peels, and the

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Itching becomes as quickly as pointle, bar

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Here's How to Treat it The germ that causes the disease is known as nes Trichophyion. It burses itself deep in the tissues of the skin and sa very hard to kiši. A E79E made shows it takes 15 minutes of boiling to kil the gern wo you can see why the ordinary reme dier are unsercemtuf.

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Nehru Arrested

LONDON,

31 Oct.

(Reuter),

Service Corps

Beat Medicals

By 37 Runs

IN A FRIENDLY ericket match at Wednesday, Royal Soakumpoo, on Army Service Corps, thanks to Sadter (5-19) and Dewar (1-35) beat Royal Army Medical Corps by Scores were:

37

Fans.

RAS.C-103 (L/Sgt. French 18. L/Cpl Logan 1, M. 5. S. Jones 10: Sgt. Wyre 7-40 J. Bright 3/50).

R.A.M.CG 1Set. Webb 27, Pie. Har-

dawaharlal Nehru, the hallan leaderson 12: S/Sgt. Stiller 5-18; Capt. Desar

of te two

מזיזים!

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Mahatma Gandhi to make anti-war speeches in Indis, was arrested at Allahabad to-night, recording to the Small Ball Soccer

Delhi radin,

Mrs. Earl Browder

To Leave

WASHINGTON, 0.4. 31 (Reuter)...! The Department of Justice has order-i ed deportation in Russia of Mrs.] Itaissa Berkantin Browder, wife of fart-Browder, the Communist leader, the ground that she entered the United States illegally.

The Browders were married Moscow in 1926.

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British Garrison In Iceland Visited

LONDON. Oct. 31 (Reuter).— General Viscount Gort, Inspector- General of the Forces for Training, has returned to Englund after fortnight's visil to the troops in Ice- land, according to a Wer Office an- nouncement.

Ten Teams

Entered For

Schools League

Other unit of the South African

ights, All returned safely.

Air Force carried out reconnaissance

Saved Baby-Gave Own Life

NO CRIME -OR ELSE

By Order

A notice posted up in an

Air allied

Force camp Britain reads:

in

London, Sept. 11, Shipbreakers from the London docks have been working ceaselessly through the raids and lunch-hour

"In future there will be no more breaking up the wreckage and searching for bodies in the debris of crime in this comp. It entalls al- for the officers." an East London school in which 500 together too much work homeless refugees

September from

Omeers and men of the Ailled Air 7' bombing had taken refuge, and Forces run their own camps under which was struck by an aerial to the supervision of R.A.F, command- pedo on the night of September 9.

officers. ing On September 10 weak cries from

one Allied

camp the British the living could still be heard. Three

hree commanding officer, a group vip- neighbouring hospital nurses from

Lain, found It necessary to admonish spent all day 'giving morphia to sur

an airman who has

absent vivor nunong the concrete slabs, without leave for some days. Through

the sireps. Under .the

dead man an interpreler he told the airman he crouching Body of a

would be-court-martialled. inoring

year-old child fast asleep and un-

The airman fell on his face in a injured was found. Obviously the

Caint other had fallen on it to protect it.

OBITUARY

DEATH OF FORMER JARDINES SHIPMASTER

been

The Interpreter explained to the astonished British officer that in his own country a court-martial usualty resulted in the offender being shot within four hours.

The court-martial was put in hand.

Another link with the old Clinge nirman's own contmanding off- Coast has been broken with the dealer, who is a prince of a noble house, of Captain It.C.D. Bradley, which oc

was asked to make the necessary curred at Home on October 28 at the arrangements for collecting evidence.

He joined Jardines, Indo-China

2017

The prince replied: "If I say the man Is guilty, then he is gully." The Royal Air Force law was ex-

plied with a large number of official forms which had to be filled in aud returned.

The prince had not finished work two days later.

TEN SCHOOL TEAMS have al-ripe old age of 79. ready entered for the competition In the Kowloon inter-schuel small boys S. N. Co., Ltd., in 1883 when he was miniature football league, sponsored appointed to the old Pai-Sang-Hilained to the prince. He was sup

the Company included by the Children's Playground As-service in

many ships whose names are sorlation. The teams are.

alnost forgotten-Sin Mauzing Kow Wah Yan College.

Primary jahing, Taku. Pechill, Yiksang Schoot of Canton University. Munsant Fooksung. Caflere, Kowloon English College, NA strict disciplinarian, he tional English School, Tak Ming Co nevertheless well liked and admired lece, Mun Far College, Non Ma Col-I

by all who served with him. He re- He saw a new notice on the board. lege, Ating Sun School.

tired at the age of 57, in 1918, and when it was interpreted to him he

smiled.

and

was

A meeting to discut matters con-shice then has resided in the South of rerning the organbation of the League England. will be held to-morrow at 2 pm. in the Svein! Room of Chinese, YALC.A., Kowloon. One reprezentative from each school will attend.

Smash Italians

Italians Now

Says Lord Chatfield

un

LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)—Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield, who was formerly Minister for Co-ordination of De- fence, thinks that Britain should strike violent blows against hways possibilities of night netlan, Italy now.

und if Italy plans to extend her Britain had naval forces inaens to the Greek islands the the Mediterranean able to con- Fleet may be given tain the Italian Fleet, to holdetuity that it has waited for.

Laws of strategy dictate that one the Straits of Gibraltar and to just strike the enciry's weak spot protect the Suez Canal.

with the utmost force. Haly is the invading Greece through Axis weak pot and those seu and nir Albania, Italy can maintain her forces that can be spared from the armica by the short sea route across detence of Dritain against Germany the Adriatic which is not an easy sea should enable us to strike violent for the British Navy; but there are Ldows ngainst Italy now,

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