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NANCY NANCY!

WHEN DID YOU GET. HOME FROM THE RANCH ?

LAST NIGHT--~ AND 'WAITILL I TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE FUN.

WE HAD***

ETC-

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

--- AND ONE DAY. 1 SAT ON A CACTUS - YOU SHOULDA..HEARD. ME SCREAM ----

WELL--- IF YA WAS

SMART LIKE ME DAT WOULDN'T -- HAVE HAPPENED!

December 19, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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Vis Shanghai, Kobe, Tokohama & Honolulu.

SS "President Coolidge"

85 "President Pierce"!

59 "President Taft”

DEC.

JAN.

JAN. 13

Ta. NEW YORK AND BOSTON

Via Mania, Singapore, Penang, Colombo; Bombay & Capetown.

AMBUSH IN THE WESTERN DESERT.

The technique of staging successful ambushes has long been an accomplishment of the British forces fighting in the Western Desert, and this advantage has been made full use of during last week's offensive. This picture' shows British Tommies setting an ambush in the Western Desert.

DARLAN'S Japanese Press On

INFLUENCE

Works Close To Petain

East Asia

Asia League

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH

TOKYO, Dec. 19 (Reuter).-In an editorial on the new VICHY, Dec. 18 (UP)East Asia league movement which was recently sponsored by Special significance is attached to Japan and which will include Manchukuo and China as its other the presence of M. Darlan with members, the "Asahi Shimbun" stated to-day that Japan's Marshal Petain when the French leadership in this union should by no means be accompanied by President first met Herr Abetz. fear of her coercion or control so long as this was a moral union. the German envoy.

M.-Darlan's-prestige is outstanding:

Japan naturally sits in a position

at the moment and he is still a power to shoulder, due responsibility~~as" in French affairs,

Il was Darian who refused

hand

guardian of East Aala.

The rapid development. of league

over the French fleet to any other movement in China would politically Power or to permit it to participate in other battles.

give a tremendous shock to Chung- king, the newspaper asserted.

The fleet has great potential value It expressed the hope that great with its large cruiser strength com- strides of movement were to be ex- pletely intact.

ranean.

China War Relief

pected from now on, as that was part Big U. S. Contributions

The fleet could be especially effec-of the stipulation of the treaty be- tive in the Atlantic and Mediter-tween Japan and the Wang Ching- The Japan-Mun- wel regime and Darian is also exceedingly close to chukuo-Nanking declaration. Petain, whom he supported to the hit in the recent Cabinet zhake-up.

SPECIAL TO THE STELEGRAPH”' WASHINGTON, Dec. · 18 (UP).-The American Red Cross

has announced that American relief to the China war

day.

STOCK EXCHANGE victims reached $1,000,000 to Overseas Chinese Oil Shares Attractive

Twenty thousand vitamin bone LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuler)-On San Francisco yesterday.. Two more tablets were sent by Clipper from For Interior

the Stock Exchange to-day oll, shores, Clipper shipments will be made on continued to attract interest, the December 24 and 31, while an addi- To Help Win The War

outstanding feature being the rise of tional 100,000 tablets will be shipped Morc than 300 Chinese from Anglo-Egyptians from 475. 6d. to 52s by the President Taft next Friday, Malaya have arrived in Hongkong ed. on good buying orders.

The Red Cross often said that here en route to the interior to Otherwise the markets experienced wheat, rice, drugs, surgical gauze and

quict volunteer their services 10 their a day and prices

often drifted clothing to the value of $200,000 have mother country, reports "Central lower for want of fresh support, already reached China.. News,"

Industrials were irregular and They will shortly leave for Shiu- forelim bonds were neglected but the kwan in different groups by way of previous levels were well maintained. Sháyudung and Walyeung.

Indian loans hardened wille Kafirs

-All In the prime of their years, the met Ettle Cape offering. Coppers, 300 odi overseas Chinese hall from however, were again supported.

Wall Street was irregularly higher.

LET Ipoh, Kuala

Lumpur,

and other cities in the Straits Settlements, and are financed by the Kwaugtung Natives Association in Singapore.

French · Ambassador Takes Over Office

10

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN,

Det.

(UP)--The Paris correspondent of the Offclof German News Agency reports that General Forbel de la Laurencin at LONDON, Dec. 18 (Rċuler).- o'clock this afternoon handed over Lord Willingdon, who heads the the office of General Delegate of the Another batch of Chinese from British Miktion now Visiting French Government in Occupied Malays numbering about 500 will re-Uruguay, last night presented to the France to the French Ambassador, turn in the beginning of January,¦ Uruguayan Congreas Library a fax:¡M. Fernand Debrinon, who was api 1941.

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Y.

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Tuesday,

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