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The Doctor Takes a Wife
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Tuesday,
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OUR BOY FRIENDS ARE DRAFTED
Stop rail shipments to Japan
PICKET JAPANESE-Two Seattle University lassies carry this sign, as they pickot a Japanese ship at Seattle. They and a group of other pickets, resent sending iron to the Nipponese that may be returned in the form of bullets.
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December 17, 1940-
Hongkong To See Timely News Film
Showings To-day
A new film which comes at a particularly opportune time is to be shown at the Queen's Theatre to- day; it reveals what comparatively le damage has been caused to London by the constant Nazi air
The Nazis do all they can to sug gest that London is in ruins, and the Inet tint news cameramen have
concentrated chiefly on pletorialleing the damage which has been caused, Jas served to provide nlight loss. of perspective. Undoubtedly London ans suffered, but this outhentie new! serves to remind that relation the damage to the
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to the Wat is insignificant.
Sapire's
In addition the atm contains other interesting shots, and concludes with moving record of the King's speech from Buckingham Palace during an air rald. The speech was heard in dongkong, but its effect and impres- Ireness is heightened on the screen
the use of background material. While the King speaks the camera
cords the courage and suffering of Je cammon folk whom he praised, The whole thing leaves a very mov- in impression.
Frozen Danube Hinders Nazis
River Traffic Stopped LONDON, Dec, 16 (Reuter). The main route for the supply of Rumanían petrol and other
Monks Back In commodities to Germany will be
England
Carmelite monks have return-
closed, probably until March, owing to the presence of ice in the Danube.
After China War Says ed to Kent after 400 years il-Organisation has ordered the suspen
Mr Wang Chung-hui
TIPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
from Mount Carmel,
The River Navigation Control
sion of all navigation on the river as
from to-day, says a Belgrade message to London newspapers.
All Yugo-Slav Danube steamers are being withdrawn and will tle up for the winter, and it is expected that | other Danubian countries will follow
suit in the next few days.
sence. Members of the frater nity have established themselves in houses at Faversham, and CHUNGKING, Dec. 16 (UP)-Sittingbourne.
Reluxeca Mr Wang Chung-hui, China's | Foreign Minister, in a speechssed in grotesque capes of striped here to-day, said that victory brown and white, first came to Kent
with
Sl: chard Gray when he re- against Japanese aggression
ternet from leading the Crusaders tu would mark the end of extra-Palestine 700 yours ago.
Ilo bullt them a house at Ayles-dustrial sections on the Stock Ex- LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter).---In- territoriality.
change were lacking, otherwise con- dons were chcerful,
He said that Anglo-Saxon and Soviet support for the Chinese resistance is steadily increasing, and therefore China should do her utmost to bring the struggle to a successful and early con- clusion.
He
of
cited the statementy Itoosevelt. Suniner Welles and
Cordy where. # few years later, they
full Order and bulit
stablished several priories.
They were driven out at the Dis- solution and scattered over the Con- tent. Hitler's hordes have driven
back.
UK. WILL BID
FOR US. SHIPS
Churchill expressing their willingness WASHINGTON, Dec, 10 (Reuter). to abolish extra-territoriality at theThe United States Maritime Com conclusion of the Sino-Japanese war. mission has announced that 24 lies- jup merebant ships will be offered for
sale on January 7.
ITALIANS HARD made by the British Purchasing Com-
PRESSED
FROM PAGE ONE
It is experted that a bid will be
mission.
The ship to be sold range from some which are just under 8,000 tons to the 23,000-tons George Washington which Was formerly vessel.
STOCK EXCHANGE|
Gilt-edged Indian Ioans, Egyptian, Portuguese and Greek bonds register- ed fuller gains.
Olls continued in favour though Ettle profit taking occasionally re- duard carlier advances.
Kamra, after early local support. nished a little irregular.
Home Industriala were generally quiet.
Wall Street was quietly irregular,
Postponed Soccer
Match To-day
PLAYING their Third Division League soccer match postponed trom Saturday, the Royal Air Force incet Germanine 35th R.A. at Chatham Road thin
afternoon.
The terms of the safe provide.for. others abondoned and damaged the transfer of the ships to foreign
Stray mules and dogs were prowling
flags provided that this is done with
round a dump of ammunition and In six month. stores.
Near Nibeiwa, the party enme neross another camp holding at least 7,000 or 8,000 Italfan prisoners, sit- ting in groups, laughing and smoking.
Captain
the Hurley described Italians as well-fed, clothed and shod, contrasting with the Libyans,
THE ENGLISH WAY
Belgium Feels Pinch Of Food Shortage
Des.
16 (Router).---- Brussels salute
LONDON, German soldiers in Belgian reserve officers returning from prison camps but do not salute Italian air force officers, according to the Free Belgian news agency.
The agency also reports that food chops in Belgium have closed owing Evacuee children dropped flowers to a shortage of supplies and it is on the coffin when a twenty-two-believed that the local authorities will year-old German airman was buried have to undertake the distribution of with full military honours by the primary foodstuffs. RAF. in North Lincolnshire recently, Although Belgian prisoners of war A wreath from R.A.F. officers lay on are now being released, their return the head of the coffin.
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European "Y" To Meet Pay Corps At Billiards
European Y.M.C.A. will hold a Dil- llards Social this evening at 7.30 pm. The programme will consist of a match
f six--skle of 100 points up against the Royal Army Corps. This will be fol-
by a novelty lawed
competition amongst members.
The YMCA, team to meet the Pay Corps will be selected from the fol
C. T. Terzan, R. Goldman, L. Sykes, C. T. Champelovier, C. Eager. 1, G. Stokes, C. H. de Cozier and II. Kemp,
No Boxing Day Games
London, Dec. 16. Complying with the Government's request not to take war workers from their jobs for more than a day during the holidays, the Football Association han cancelled Its Boxing Day pro- gramme.-Reuter.
University Gymnastics
The first annual gymnastic and drili display by members of the Hoogkong University Union will be given at the Eu Tong-sen Gymnastum on Saturday at 9 pm.
|-AUSTRALIAN
WAR
LOAN
Sydney, Dec. 10,
The £20,000,000 war loan launched at the end of November is certain to be fully subscribed, the Common- wealth Trausurer, Mr A. S, Faddon, announced "to-day-Reuter,
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UP) -Congress authorised $13.- 106,227,930,68. in commitments and direct appropriations for
LATE NEWS national defence during the current session, which set a peace-
time spending record, according to an official tabulation of the House Appropriations Committee...
Chairman Edward T. Taylor] Navy: Cush, $2,711,002,625.34;- said total commitments for all Contract** Authority,* $025,445,812 purposes amounted to $23,185,-toin $3,537,138,137,34: 740,835.15. Of this amount, Civil agencies (for defence): Cash, $16.020,627,477.15 was direct $580,644,648; Contract Authority, cash, $4.086,191,800 in contract $187,200,000; total $770,044,048,- authorisations, and $2,148,921,1 addition, Congress Indirectly 208 payable from trust fund re- committed the government to an-- ceipts and not from general other $4,530,000,000, the estimated funds...
total cost of the two-ocean navy which the United States has started The defence appropriations were to build. This amount was not in- listed as follows:
cluded. In the figures since it repre- Army: Cash, $5,813,008,743.24; sents an eventual sum which must Contract --Authority, $2,070,138,307; be paid by subsequent Congresses if total $9,792,145,143.24.
the programme la carried through
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