1940-12-18 — Page 18

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 18, 1940.

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SOFTBALL

Under the distinguished patronage of Hon. Commissioner of Police, President of the Kowloon Football Club and

Chairman, Hongkong War Effort Cominillee

Grand Softball Matches

will be held at the KOWLOON FOOTBALL CLUB

on

BOXING DAY at 10.30 a.m.

K.F.C. Members under 40 years

V.

K.F.C. Members over. 40

THE LADIES

V.

KOWLOON POLICE

Entrance Fee: 50 cents

years

Total Proceeds to the Bomber Fund Roll up and Help to Sock Adolf,

ST. ANDREW'S CLUB

PRESENTS

ENDED IN ENGLAND — Last fourney for Gorman Junkers plano ended in England when British anil-aircraft gunners shot it down. Note bullet holes in fusofage. Plane loaded on truck is hoaded for what British caption, passed by British censor, calls a Gorman scrap heap.

Jingoism In 'PLANE LOSSES Camouflage

Britain

Is Now Dead

COMPARED

German and British losses of warplanes to the end of Septem- ber in combat between the Air Forces of the two countries, ac-

German British

The Rev. Walter H. Arm- cording to Air Ministry figures, strong, a Norwich Methodist and were: first Moderator of the newly formed Free Church Federal Council, believes that the war should silence for ever “all these Billy persons who have been telf- ing us that it does not matter what we believe.”

Delivering his inaugural ad- dress to the Council in London, he declared that the war was the fruit of Nazi and Fascist creeds forced into the minds of youth for years past. The atrocious cruelties were the logical out- comes of the beliefs imposed.

"In my judgment, the overwhelm- ing body of Free Churchmen, stand by the Prime Minister in the gigantic and almost overwhelming burden that lies heavily upon him. As far as we can, we would help him in the bearing of the burden," he said,

Anti-Christian Forces

"From him we hear no gloriilea- tion of war as we have done from Hitles and Mussolini. Jingolam iu this country is either dead or breath- ing its last breath."

The Archbishop of Canterbury said: "We are witnessing in our generation the most vast and terrific

Uniforms Developed

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UP). — Camouflage uniforms have been developed by army engineers which will "blend" snipers into a background, of trees, shrubbery or snow, it was learned recently.

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Of the 1,102 aircraft lost by the appearance of tree bark, a broad Germans in September, 450 were enfly plant or a clump of bushes. bombers. All except nine. were To complete the cffect, he will wear brought down over Britain or British a net over his helmel into which he Under the Distinguished Patronage of H.E. the Acting Governor.' waters. R.A.F. nghters were rei can stick small, leafy branches. ponsible for 000, A.A. guns for 130, and balloon barrages for three.

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Shoes Now

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The designs were worked out at Fort Belvoir, Maryland, where beard of engineers is secking new methods to break up the vision of enemy aircraft and ground observers.

No Khaki Tents

Now problems of camouflage have been created by increasing use of aeroplanes and infra-red photography. The latter has made practically useless the colours that formerly were depended прод во conceal army encampments,

As a result of these experiments,

Ration Cards for shoes and it was learned, the army has decided struggle between Christian and non-sliprers have been issued by the to abandon the traditional khaki- Christian forces that has ever been |German authorities in Bohemia tents. In the future they will be

seen."

It was significant that the anti-and Moravia, under a decree olive drab, Christian forces had been able to which is a masterpiece of Ger-| Army engineers now doubt the yoke to themselves all the power and manic thoroughness. strength of selence and perfection of that machinery to which co much of

value of "dazzio" painting which formerly was employed to give army Whenever he wants a pair of tanks and trucks the appearence of the spirit of the age had been sub-house-shoes or goloshes, a Czech an Easter egg. The theory that it "Jected."

hay now to make personal appli- confuses the enemy has not stood up cation to his local authoritica. under tests. Vehicles probably will Before they can issue a ration card be painted a dull olivo drab. The applicant's last poly is beyond repair. shiny surfaces.

HITLER TRYING TO they must satisfy themselves that the principle effort will be to eliminate

BRING WARSHIPS

TO CHANNEL. PORTS

From Old Hota

PRINCES CAUGHT

WITH HUNDREDS IN ROME PURGE

There is no need for a Czech to apply for a ration card if he wants house-choes or slippers made entirely frem paper felt, remnants of old es, useless rubber tyres or dis-

hats. Neither

are ration cards necessary down from the naval bases of from lac or wrrmen's shoes made

from gold or silver fabrics.

A sensational report indicat- Emden and Kiel to Calals and under the deerce shoes of lac or golding the activity of a widespread Boulogne,

or silver fabrics may not be produced anti-war movement inside Italy

Germany is making great

DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES efforts to bring small warships for the purchase of men's shoes made

IN

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH HALL

TO-MORROW NIGHT

AT 9 p. m.

TICKETS

$2 and $1.

PROCEEDS IN AID OF "S. C. M. POST" WAR FUND.

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz

Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Cotton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Slanils Block Exchange

Winnipeg Grain Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montreal

New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange

ilongkong Sharebrokets Association

Bbangal Block Exchange

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG,. MANILA and RUENOS AIRES.

Cable Address: ", SWANSTOCK -

But

|John T. Whitaker, Rome corres- pondent of the "Chicago Daily News,"

It is not a difficult naval fest. within Reich and Protectorate bounreached New York recently from Minefields would constitute darles. some danger, but it is probable | that the Germans have made at- tempts to sweep up the mines off these consta.

Travelling at night, the ships would hug the coast and would be able to

·elude observation.

Someone who has spent a lot of ime in Italy has suggested that it

Anglo-Mexican Relations

Important Moves

He said that far-reaching measures to purge Italy of de fentist elements were revealed. when Prince Alessandro Torloniz and Prince Filippo Doria were

A resumption of diplomatic re- caught in the Fascist dragnet

was Mussolini's original plan, Imune-lations between Mexico and Eng-involving hundreds of arrests. diately on entering the war, to rush land, to show Mexican sympathy the Straits of Gibraltar with all his

France,

Italan

tolk

The authorities are determined, fleet and bembard Britain's const. for the British 'cause at this sofd Whitaker, to leave no This, was his plan even before the time, has been urged to Prest-citizens any opportunity to Germans had occupied the coast of dent Cardenas by Senor Isidro against war or to spread bad feeling between the two "loyal allies" of the Fabela, the Mexican representa- | Axis. Shirked Idea

Prince Torlonin was married In Immediately war broke out, how-tive on the Lengue of Nations

Rome in 1935 to the Infanta Bea- ever, the Italian naval chiefs, used and former Foreign Minister. only to the comparatively smooth and Sener Fabela conferred with the trice, daughter of the King of Spain. well-charted waters of the Mediter-President at Guanajuato after reach- ranean. shirked, the idea.

ing an unement understanding with They had no experience of open Mr. Patrick O'Shea, ex-British Con-

Atlantic or North Sen.

seu warfare and navigation in the sul nt Torreon, who recently returned

Father Joining Up

To Get Revenge

to Mexico by air from the United

amelal mission.

Stutes, where he had been on an

The plan Inid before the President recommended that the petroleum controversy should be deferred in- definitely,

Nazi Pilot Rushed

Back Into Service

After Three Days :

A German pilot, shot down at England and Mexico broke off dip-2 a.m. after a raid on London, lomatic relations in 1938, following told Robert Mead, a farm worker, James Grimmond, of Cold- the expropriation of properties owned to whom he surrendered at dawn, harbour-lane, S.E., who lost five by the Mexican Engle Company. that he came out of hospital-he |children in a torpedoed scaVU-

had broken his leg-only three days before.

cuco liner, said: “I'm joining up

to got my revenge.

"All I want fs a front-line job with }

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22 Prisoners Escape His account of having been rushed

WAS

back into front-line service borne out by markings on his para-

a chance to get at the Jerrics, From Devil's Island be. It was stamped to show it

"I don't call this war. I call it cold- i blooded murder.

Twenty-two convicts from Devil's had been lautd to film three days He is forty-two, and joined up in Island arrived at the Island of Vic before.

of sixteen.

Ils plane which crashed in flames. 1014 at the ago

quer, off Puerto Rico recently, ̈na re-l His home was wrecked by a bombre reached San Juan that the was a big Heinkel night bomber. It some time before the Ave children French colony is demoralized and, was one of Germany's latest machines left for Canada. They, with their numerous prisoners are escaping. for salvaged paris were dated August parents and the family's five other minum fe norted to be short 1940,

Another of the crew, a sergeant. of food and medicine and viellamen children. were sale in a shelter,

The Mrs. Grimmond said "Hiller can't, has Lean relaxed, Numeratis Devil's we found two miles away. break our spirit. We'll see this Island prisoners are roaming the thine others were trapped in the plane through.

Caribbean Sea. In Improved boats, when it fell in flames.

THE HONGKONG SINGERS

assisted by Y. K. SZE (bass)

and a String Orchestra will give a

CONCERT OF MADRIGALS

AND PART-SONGS ..

on Thursday, December 19th, 1940. at 9.30 p.m. in the __ROSE_ROOM, PENINSULA HOTEL,

Tickets $3, $2, $1, obtainable at Peninsula Hotel & Hongkong Hotel All proceeds will be given to the Lord Mayor's Fund for the relief of air raid vicilms.

$

2,000000

1500000

1000000

500000-

STAN

Bill

WAR

LUNO SUMP

“Come on

Ladies

and

Gentlemen

Let's knock

it up to

1,500,000

by

Christmas!'