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HE WAS A DOCTOR

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YOUNG MILLAND The Doctor Takes a Wife

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THE RAINS CAME

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Myrna LOY

•

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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

U.K. WILL BID

FOR US. SHIPS

WASHINGTON, Dec, 18 (Reuter), -The United' Stalca Maritime Coni- mission has announced_that_24 Jald- up merchant ships will be offered for Bale on January 7.

It is expected that a bid will be made by the British Purchasing Com- mission.

The ships to be sold range from some which ure just under 0,000 tons to the 23,000-tons George Washington which Was formerly a German vessel,

The terms of the sale provide for the transfer of the ships to foreign flags provided that this is done with- in six months,

FROM_PAGE ONE

Gifts to Britain

Are Advocated by

Mrs Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Reu- NEW FIRST LORD ter)Outright cash gifts to Britain rather than loans, were advocated by Mrs Roosevelt at In press conference to-day.

Asked where such a gift would ping losses in the Atlantie and feels come from, she replied: "From that Admiral Cunningham, with his Government" adding, "Ultimate successes in the Mediterranean, is the man to all the bill.

ly they would come from the The Vice-Admiral of Submarines, pockets of you and me." Admiral Sir Max Horton, and Rear- "A certain number of people," she Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, hero al continued, fure, under the, impression the battle of the River Plate, ore|that we are giving aid to England, mentioned as possible. suCCESSORA to but we must-face the reality. We are Admiral Cunningham.

being paid."

Postponed Soccer Match To-day

PLAYING their Third Division League soccer maleh postponed from Saturday, the Royal Air Force meet the 35th R.A. at Chatham Road this afternoon.

Judge Passes On

Preference To Loans She added that gifts would be less Filkely to involve the United States in | war than would loans. Sending sup-¡ plies to Britain had been helpful to the United States in that it helped to stimulate Industry in the interests of the United States National Defence.

had

"We do not ace that there must be reason to talk about loans. TVL should not make the mistakes we made the last time"

Assistance Saught SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Mrs Roosevelt nöckled when asked If she meant that these loans were not LONDON, Dec. 10

repaid. (Reuter)-Slr | Phillip MacDonnell, formerly Judge of the High Court in Northern Rhodesin, afterwards Chief Justice WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UP)—It of Trinidad, and later Chief Justice has been confirmed by high oficials of Ceylon, has died at Southport of that the British Government is branchitis,

jasked the United States for financial

assistance. They sald

that Sir Plenty Morgen Frederiek Phillips, who is ut present thau, Secretary of the Treasury, had

the amount is not known.

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Pay Corps At Billiards asked for aid but the type of loan

Europonu Y.M.C.A, will hold a Dll. Hards Social this evening at 7.30 p.m. The programme will consist of a match

competition

of six-a-side of 100 points up against the Royal Army Corps. This will be fol- jowed by u twovelly amongst members.

The Y.M.C.A. team to meet the Pay Carpa will be selected from the fol lowing:

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Repeal Act, Proposal

or

December 17, 1940.

BRITISH TAKE

· FORT CAPUZZO

'FROM PAGE ONE

terday that British pressure on thej Libyan frontier continues, Ɛmys a "United Presa" despatch.

"Reuter" report from London soys, that Marshal Graziani's troops are strongly entranched in Sollum, which is Junt inside Egypt, und that Brith forces have encircled them, sweeping on across the Libyan fronter.

Meanwhile the R.A.F. continues to hammer the enemy's bases, Including Bardla, which may be the next ob- Jective of the Army of the Nile,

Greatest Colonial Battle LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter)~Tho greatest colonial battle in history" is how the Gloruale d'Italia" describes the military operations in North Africa.

Significantly emphasising British strength in North Africa, the newa- Paper declares: The British Com- mand has launched in battle 300,000

inen from the four corners of the Emnire and 800 armoured cars and tanks."

It adds: "With Buch powerful means, the most powerful empire in the world believes that it can render · hora-de-combat stie the peoples of} the Axis. The events of the next few days will prove that this is erroneous culculation."

an

Replying to a question by an American journalist who spoke of the advantages to Britain of a separate with Italy, the "Giornale Pence d'Italia" declares?" "Italy Is un- shakeably at its fighting post and will

hot-withdraw."

Unforgettable Sight ("REUTER" WITH ARMY OF THE NILE)

CAIRO, Dec. 10-A vivid story of a trip of five days across the Western Desert by a band of picked Aus- tralian cameramen trying to catch up with the Imperist troops was told me by Captain Frank Hurley, official camerama with the Australian Forces in the Near East, who has made a complete alim record of the

offusive.

Captain Hurley, who acted Inst war and made five trips to the fficial photographer in France In the

South

Pole with Shackleton 'und Mawson, described how, after driving

40 miles, they found a camp full of

some 2,000 miserable Libyan prisoners guarded by a score of Tommies. OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" A Sergeant Major was watering the WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UP)... prisoners in batches of 20 from D Representative Sol. Bloom, Chairman disused Roman well cut in solid rock. of the House Foreign Affairs Com- Hurley described the Nibelwa camp mittee, proposed to-day that the as an unforgettable sight, silent of a

moved Neutrality Act be repealed in order grave, Everybody had to give more help to Britain.

He except two British tommies left in sald: "There is no use in fooling our charge of British tanks damaged in selves. Art in order to help Britain, it should

It is necessary to repeat the action, be done."

No Boxing Day Games opposed to the use of United Staics 38 Italian

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Dead Caked In Dust Kullan dend lay all around, their He emphasized that he is strongly bodies caked in dust. Hurley counted tank-some smashed. warships.us escorts for vessels in others abandoned and damaged. British convoys.

Struy mules and dogs were prowling round a dump of ammunition and stores.

their job for me to do duri STOCK EXCHANGE Near Nihein, the party came

the holidays, the Foalball Association) has cancelled its Boxing Day pro-

ramme.-Reuter.

University Gymnastics

The first annual gymnastic and drill display by members of the llongkong | University Union will be given at the Eu Tong-cra Gymnasium on Saturday it 9 p.m.

across another camp holding at least LONDON, Dee. 16 (Reuter).—In-|7,000 or 0,000 Italian prisonera, sit- dustrial sections on the Stock Ex-g in groups, laughing and smoking. chany: were lacking, otherwise con- Captain Hurley described. the ditions were chcerful.

Italians as well-fed, clothed 'and shod, contrasting with the Libyans.

Gitt-edged Indian loans, Egyptian, Portuguese and Greek bonds register- ed fuller galus.

Oils continued in favour though a little

pront taking occasionally re-

carlier advances. duced

Katrs, after early local support,

Italians Try Coal Gas-nished little irregular, To Drive Aeroplanes quiet.

ROME, Dr. 10 (Reuter)-Thej Italian air force is experimenting

Home Industrials were generally

Wall Street was quietly irregular.

with coal gas as a driving power for Belgium Feels Pinch

acroplanes,

The "Stefani" News Agency mys that experiments are carried out at the aerodromne near Milan,

Of Food Shortage

LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter) ----| Ʌ Breda plane fitted with an German soldlers in Brussels saluie 80-h.p. motor was adapted for the Belgian reserve oflcers returning use of coal gas und the agency states from prison camps but do not salute that it took off enslly and rose to a Italian air force officers, according to height of 150 feet.

the Free Belglan news agency,

The agency alŝo reports that food AUSTRALIAN WAR LOAN chops in Bellum have closed owing to a shortage of supplies and it is believed that the local authorities will The £20,000,000 war loan Inunched have to underiake the distribution of at the end of November la certain to primary foodstuffs. be fully subscribed, the Common-

Although Belgian prisoners of war wealth Treasurer, Mr A. S, Fadden, are now being released, their return announced to-day--Reuter,

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Similar scenes of ecnfusion met the eyes of the party at the Italian camp of Tumma, just south of Sidi Barrani, Field us were lying all over the place, Halon officers had left 80 hurriedly that even their vollsts were left behind.

Captain Hurley said: "We pelted on in an endeavour to catch up with the battle, but the imperial fores were moving at a rate of 50 miles o day. Then we heard the roar of naval guns bombarding Sidt Barrani.”

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (UP).Congress authorised $13,- 106,227,930.58 in commitments and direct appropriations for national defence during the current session, which set a peaco- time spending record, according to an official tabulation of the House Appropriations Committee,

Chairman Edward T. Taylor] Navy: Cash,, '.$2,711,092,523.34; aald total commitments for all Contract Authority, $825,448,012; purposes amounted to. $28,185,- total $3,697,138,137.34. 740,695:15. Of this amount, ·Civil-agencies (for defenco); Cásh, $16,920,627,477.15 was direct $580,044,018; Contract Authority, cash, $4,068,101,860 In contract $187,300,000; total $776,044,048. authorisations, and $2,148,921, In addition, Congress. Indirectly 208 payable from trust fund re-committed the government to an- coipta and not from, general other $4,580,000,000, the estimated total cost of the two-ocean" navy. funds.

which the United States has started The defence appropriations wore to build. This amount was, not: In- listed as follows:

cluded in the Agures alace it repro Army: Cash, $6,813,008,748.24; sents an eventual' sum which mitat Contract Authority, $2,079,180,207; be paid by subsequent Congresses il· total $0,792,143,148.24.

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