1940-12-23 — Page 31

RECENT AIR RAID RESULTS

British Heavily Hit Reich

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 23,

1940.

Exchange At NAZIS' INVASION

A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London Demand London

LONDON, Dec. 22 (Reuter).-German-air-raids TT Shanghal over Britain, during the week ending December 21 were on an unusually light scale but six planes were shot down for the loss of one British fighter.

Detailed #gures are:

December 15, 16 and 20--None.

December 17, 18 and 19-Oão German lost each night. December 21.-Three German and ong British lost. Meanwhile heavy British raids over Germany, including three concentrated attacks on Mann- helm, and a daring 87th raid on Berlin were continued every night.

Three British planes

- were lost during the night of December 15-16, four during the night of December 16-17 and no losses on other nights, including the Berlin raid.

Italian LoaICS Confirmed figures of the Western Desert air battles for this period are

How to Keep Troops Fit

In Tropics

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Dec. 19 (UP)—Army medical of. licinls worrying over problems nat at present available but during of keeping American troops the week ending December 18, 08 healthy if hemisphere defence Italian planes are definitely known to requires them to fight in Central have been destroyed in combat for the loss of ten British planes, bringing or South American tropics may the total Italian planes confirmed find a useful tip in a'discovery destroyed by the R.A.F. since Italy announced by Dr C. A. Mills and entered the war to 305, while a Dr J. W. Colvin, of the Univer- further 158 were destroyed on the sity of Cincinnati,

ground.

under

T.T. Singapore T.T. www. India TT. U.S.A.

821

23

TT. Manila

407%

TT. Batavia

.43%

T.T Bangkok

T.T. Salgon

101%

T.T. France

T.T. Switzerland

TT: Australia

.Nom. .00% :1/01/4

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

.1/3/2

4 m/s D/P London

1/3%

-4 m/s L/C U.S.A.

24

4 m/s France

30 din Indin

Nom. .84%

U.S. Crosa rate in London 4.02% U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.03%

HOARDED FLOUR

"

Chinese To Pay. With Life CHUNGKING, Dec. 22 (Cen-

Persona Non by doubling the daily intake of sentenced to death by military

Grata

DIFFICULTIES

Assessed By Soviet Paper

MOSCOW, Dec. 22 (Reuter}"As long as the British Navy retains mastery and the British air force is undefeated, a Landing operation in Britain will be extraordinarily difculi,” writes "Trud,” organ of the Soviet Trade Uniona.

The newspaper adds: "The British air force is restoring its losses from its own resources and with American aid.

"In spite of shipping losses, total British tonnage exceeds the indispensable minimum of 8,000,000 to 9,000,000 tons.

AIDS TO BATTLE Contributions Flow In

"According to the foreign press,

40 England has

th 50 trained divisions, includng at least five-torik

to make In order divsions.

LONDON, Dec. 22 (Reuter),— the Germans successful invasion,

Further gifta for planes and for air must land at least an equally strong raid distress were announced to-day, force."

II

A sum of £1,000 has been received fron Chinco members and friends

Commenting on e Italo-Greck war,

"Trud" Rays: "To oppose the of the Sino-British Cultural Associa- Greek offensive, the Italians have concentrated strong forces in Albania. on for air-raid relief and a further

Įsum of 102

has been received from The original Italian strength has been Kenya for the purchase of three at least doubled.

appearance of the British mobile canteens, one for London, one Navy In the Adriatle, however, for Liverpool and the third for any- seriously menaces and hampers oddi-where in the United Kingdom.

The East India Fund has sent 'n tunut tallan reinforcements. The ultimate outcome is still not clear but further gift of £20,000 for the pur- If the Greeks succeed in entering Elchase of spitfires, making is total Bassan and Valuna, It will doubless contributions so far £350,000: The (same Fund has sent £1,000 to the spell a major Italian defeat."

King George's Fund for sailors,

Bomber Fund Increasing

A total of $1,000,014.23 was reached Saturday by the War Fund inaugurated by the S. C. M. Post, Lid., with the following donations: 8 20 Al Khushi Mohamed "A Thank Offering" Collected at It.Eo C.A. Dinner

and of 2nd Bn The Royal Scots

The depressing effects of trai News),-Yang Chuan-yu, tropical heat can be overcome | former Mayor of Chengtu, was

vitamin B1, or thiamin, the tribunal for hoarding wheat Cincinnati doctora discovered in flour for profit against wartime studies with rats.

regulations. He will be execut-on The laboratory findings will be ed by a firing squad to-morrow, tested on natives of Panama carly

Ou Yuan-shu and Li Tse-cheng, his next year it is planned.

"Thiamin protection against the accomplices, were sentenced to life evil effects of excessive heat has imprisonment.

In collaboration with Ou and Li, VICHY, Dec. 22 (UP),—As a con- further important bearings for tem-Yanx bought and hoarded several sequence of the German authorities' ¡perate zone inhabitants during severe hundred shil of wheat four in the declaration that two secretaries of heat waves of summer," the Cincin- the United States Embassy, Mr Cecil nati doctors, state, "and for industrielame of the Chen Min Flour Mil last September while he was Mayor Cross,

First Secretary and Ad-workers who are exposed to the of Chengtu, ministrative Officer, and Mr. Lee over

severe heat of boiler and furnace

U. S. Embassy Officials Leave Paris

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH

Hunt, Second Secretary and Specialist rooms or other conditions that render in Commercial Adairs are persona body heat loss very difficult. non grata, they will quit Paris with- "A thiamin intake double that in a few hours for Lisbon, via ordinarily considered Hendaye, en route to

likely to offerdered ample reems

Deegion.

a large measure of

Mrs Elizabeth

former protection against heat effects, clerk in the Paris Embassy, who had and also to offer 'n most effective previously been arrested by German therapeutic adjunct in the treatment authorities in Parls during the in- of heat exhaustion states. quiry into the charge that she hud emulated Nurse Cavel, leaves' Madrid, to-night for Lisbon to embark America.

for

Protein Foods "Energetic

going people

from stimulating climates fito tropical She went from Paris to Madrid via warmth would probably suffer less of a physical slump if they fortified their ordinary dietary thiamin intake

Hendaye.

with

2-5 milligrams of additional thimin each day.

U.S. Derides Nazi large part of dietary thiamin is

Threat Hopes Of Pacific War

(Reuter).-A LONDON, Dec, 22 broadcast talk from. Washington on

"A

found in the protein (cods that are

nvokled unconsciously

In war climates because of their specifie dynamic action in increasing body lent production."

the subject of the statement made by MORE STUDENTS

a Nazl Foreign Office spokesmon on America's attitude was given by Mr Linton

Wells.

The noted American_commentator anid

nfl that officials in Washington state that Germany hopes, lo force the United States into war with Japan.

the

FROM SOUTH AMERICA

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 21 The object of this would be to] (UP).--More students from divert America's attention, to

Latin and South American coun- "Impudence" was the comment by tries have enrolled at Cornell the "New York Times" to-day on the University during the past five Berlin statement. The German years than ever before, regis- Government, the paper, is poor-tration figures reveal, 1ŷ advised it does not realise that'

Officials at the central New York both the political Parties and the overwhelming mass of the people university sald that increased enroll- are united behind the policy of help-ment may be due to improved cul- ing Beltain so that the defence of theural relations between the United Atlantic remains in friendly hands, States and other Western Hemi-

sphere countrie

In the past years, figures show- ed, students from south of the border have increased from 26 in 1935 to Fourteen Pan-American

French Red Cross Women In London in 1910. Four

Two women oficials of the French corries are represented in the re-i

H.K. Stock Market

The

following quolations were

"od

10

GU

University Gesture

The Punjab University is putting its entire resources for war purposes jat, the disposal of the British

Government and is also asking for

facilities increased

for military training for members of the Univer- alty

The workshops of the India Rail- ways are turning out large quantities of essential supplies and are arrang- ing to train nearly 2,000 men under 304.87 the Government of India Scheme

stop.

per K.C.C. 1.5. F....

Centr Sergeants Мек I.K.V.D.C., Fanting Camp

Dockyard Spare Takao

(weekly sination)

5

Gear

P. S. S. Chicken Feed (weekly

donation)

RE, Stanley, Spites Fund (Cent

Box)

Tregunter Pa, Ma, Baby and Prom

(2nd donation)

In leu of Chrishuan Presents (A) In Lieu of Christmas Trenents (3) Pay Section. 1.x.V.D.C. Shrapnel Filmo Depot. 4 lieu of Christmas

Cards)

issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar Mr and Mrs 11. ii. Corra (in lieu of

ket this morning.

BANKS

INSURANCES

Christians Cardaj

MC Corra (1n Beu of Christmas

Prince Bernhard of the Nether lunda hus sent Mr Winston Churchill 3.10 a cheque for £5,000, completing the Elft of £50,000 for fighter aircraft sent by the Netherlands East Indies on the occasion of Mr Churchill's recent birthday.

17.30

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JAPANESE

Missionaries' Story CHUNGKING, Dec. 23 (Cen-

tral News).The hurry and con- fusion attending upon the

Cards)

H.K. Banks S

1,300 sa,

Confidential

Registry.

H.K. Bruks £.

.78.

H.K. Banks (HK) £.

01 n.

Telegraph" Box Shrapnel Box

Chartered £....

8.

Mercantile, A & B, £

20% n.

Chantecler Restaurant Bomber Box Harbour Office Nickels and Dimes

(weekly donation) "Three Dutchmen“ .......................

3.55

100

Mercantile, C. £

10%

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

East Asia S..

74 b.

Cantons $

200 b. 400 b.

Chins Underwriters

157 b.

Cassidy, $25; Mr G. P do Martin, $25; Mr

[IPPING

W. Wooding, $10 Mr K. S. Lo, $10; Mr

Douglas $.

135 n.

Steainboats $..

.11 n.

memory of Mr II. P. Morton" from

but as a

Indo-Chinas P. $.

Union $...

H.K. Fire

The Hongkong Boelely for the Protection Japanese withdrawal from Nan- of Children acknoweldges the following ing last month was described by donations collected during December, 1940:

Collections for two weeks ended 14-12-46 several foreign missionaries who

ready acknowledged) 3030.

arrived here recently after a

Collections for week ended 21-12-40:

Air G. Miskin, $100: Mr and Mrs P. s. tour in south Kwangsi.

The Japanese, they said, had

C. 1. Sipitsky. 10: Police Magistratu, Kow-planned to destroy Nanning by toon (Contribution for "Leur blan"

fre result of heavy Chinese

.100 n. the Generaling Station Staff of the China pressure, they were forced to eva-

Gifts

FOR MEN

If he's a golfer you can safely give him a golf Jacket or, shirt,

80 n. Light & Power Co., Ltd. $20; Donations cute three days, ahead of schedule, HONG

5/-

30/9 n.

7 n.

Indo-Chinos D. S. Shell

(Bearers) Waterboats $.

-DOCKS-ETC.

Wharves $. Docks (old). Docks (new) $. Providents $. S'hai Dockyards

MINING

LANDS

Kailan s/- Raubs $. II.K. Mines

Hotels S Lands $.. Lands 4% Debentures S'hai Lands Sh $. Humphreys $... 1.K. Realtica $. Chinese Estates $.

UTILITIES Trays S. Peak Trains (old) $..

10

Y

enrollnent. In addition several students from the British and Red Cross are now in London on secret mission after travelling from Dutch West Indies. unoccupied France.

Grandsons of the former presidents among the They are Mile. Helene Terre and of Haiti and Cuba are Mlle. Edna Nicolle,

foreign students.

Students from Puerto Nien, Argen~/ "I cannot tell you at present the reason for our visit to the Red Cross tina, Columbia, Chile, and Brazil are in your country," Mile Terre told a enrolled. China, Canada, the Phili- reporter, as our work is not yet pines. Hawali and the Canal Zone completed."

also are represented

Abyssinians Take Hope

From Italian Defeats

("Reuter" in the Sudan)

KHARTOUM, Dec. 22.--The sound of British bombs explod. ing in Iiallan encampments and the noise of British guns, have brought new hope to the Abyssinians.

In Khartoum itself uniisfaction is Italy's grip on Abyssinian territory is weakening and revolt expressed at the recent House c Commons statement by the Under-

progteka,

in

$..

alteady acknowledged through the South leaving the city almost intact. China Morning Post, $103.

Total collected $1,237.

From $11.50 each.

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They did not even have time to Central Further donations will be gladly accept-destroy the factories but they cank ed by the Tion, Treater My A. McKellar the motor of the waterworks-in-the 03 b.

c. c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co., P. & river causing a brict suspension of Kowloon Showroom-246, Nathan Rd., (Corner of Jordan Rd,} 18.60 b. o. Hulding.

10 b. .5.70 b. & sn. .30 n.

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the water supply. The power plant could operate as usual.

During the Japanese 11-month

the

LONDON, Dec, 23 (Reuter).—Lord occupation of Nanning, two foreign Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, has missionaries had been under strict i been appointed Ambassador to the Japanese surveillance but in United States in succession to the late countryside they were given more .1 cts. n. Lord Lothian..

freedom In their daily pursuits,

.3.05 0. .3333

b.

Mr Anthony Eden, Secretary of Most of the business in the city State for War and formerly Foreign was in Japanese hands during the 100 n. Secretary, now returns to the Foreign Japanese occupation. Only a few Office in place of Lord Halifax, shops were operated by the Chinese.

.111⁄2 n. ..7.80 m.

.3.85 55.

.100 n.

17.80 b.

.7.40 D.

.3.

Gi b.l

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Foreign Dr

Stoicism Of

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Chinese

Peak Trums (new) 5. Star Ferries Ferrien S China Lights

ights (old) $ x.d.c. Rts. 7 sa. HK, Electries (old) $..

...40 5. H.K. lectrics (new) $

..39%

sa.quately clothed for winter yet lusilly singing on the march, have Macao Electrics (old) ....1734 n. deeply impressed De Fritz Jensen, adviser for the past year to

$ Macao Electrics (new) $104 the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Commission. Sandakan Lights $. 02.11.30 b. Telephones

(old)

A native of Vienna but a naturalised Spaniard, Dr Jensen ......20 s... Telephones (new) $......10.20 n. served throughout the Spanish Civil War as a major in the Re-

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publican Army's medical service. No other army in the world Cald: Mace. (Ord.), Sh. $..14.00 n.would fight under such conditions of hardship, as the Chinese Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $...12 n.

worth while to help these fighters ....1 n.army, he declared. 18.

Dr Jensen was the first of 10 against Japanese aggression." ..7.08 b. doctors to come to China from Loya-İ

list Spoln. His one full year of

CHUNGKING, (Central News)-Chinese soldiers, innde-

Canton Ices $.

Cements $.

H.K. Ropes $.

$..

STORES, &c. Dalry Farms $. Watson: $.

Lane Crawfordă $. Sincères $.

Wing On (ILK.) Powell Ltd. $.

COTTON MILLS Ewo Sil S'hal Colton Sh$

MISC. Hic Govt. 46%

H.K. Govt. 34% (1034) H.K. Govt 92% (1040)

.10 s. medicat service Among Chinese .10.70 0. wounded soldiers strengthened his ..0 n. belief that no other fight in the world deserves such help and sym-

2.15

n. 39 n. pathy as China's fight for freedom 1.00 n. and democracy.

.37. f.

Compared With Spain

105 m. In the Spanish Republican Army, he cited, there were about 1,000 doctors to a Aghting army of over ..04 n half a million, or one doctor to 500

.08 n.

.94 n. inen. In China at the outbreak of

Ch. Govt: 55% 1928 GSBds, 35% n. the war, her 24 million soldiers had

H.K. Entertainments.$. Constructions .(old)

is spreading. News of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr R. British victory in the Western A Butler, that the revolt

7 only 106 trained doctors at their dis .....1.80 b. posni. With these handleaps plus · Desert has penetrated to the Abyssinia appeared to be making

Constructiona (new) $.. ..1 n. poor food, inadequate warm clothing mountain fastnesses of Gojjnin,

Will To Fight

Vibro Piling 9.

7.70 # and diseases, Chinese soldiers süll the wilderness of Danakil and to

Marsmans Inv. (Lón.) s/- ..7/6 nsing on the march and smile, wide expanses of bush with KHARTOUM, Dec. 22 (Reuter}.--

Marammans Inv. (H.K.) /~~, .2/0 n. Army medical aid alorie is a gigan

tle task, he anld. By collaborating their sparse and achttered popu-There is great will to fight and meet

Germany throughout the Union of SUPREME COURT VACATION closely, the Chinese Army Medicni lation...

South Africa and in Rhodesia, The

It is notified that the offices of the Service and the Chinese Red Cross nowa travelled by the Tanganyika and Kenya, mysterious "nativa telegraph" where- This tribute to the contribution Supreme Court will be open daily have considerably improved by information flies from vilinge to being made to the Empire war effort from 10 am to 1 p.m. during the treatment of wounded in Hunan, village in the heart of Africa, by these countries whs paid by a Christmas Vacation, excupt on publie Kiangat and Kwangsl

Tint problem solved, greater dif The Royal Air Force's constant and Hussar officer who is returning to his and general holidays, when the

Instruments Sculties the lack systematic destruction of Italian bases armoured car squadron. In the offices will be entirely closed, and on,

clear sign to the restive tribes Western Desert briar an extensive Saturday when they will be open medicine and skilled workerk-dry that Britain's southern army of the lecture tour in South Africarer to mar Vacation begins co, December lankod overseas Chinese and di from 10 d. to, hoon. The Christ yet to be overcome. Dr. Jonien Nile is close at hand.

Everybody,, he said,

fores China's) Sudan in buzzing with stories of afve something offer in ensh or kind and terminates on January 1 (both other kynpithliars

struggle "for, their aid: "EL 13! Flings; across the border...

for Britain's war effort.

day Tinclusive).

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