1940-12-23 — Page 35

Girls Escape From Nazi Prison Camp

"AFTER escaping from a Ger- man prison camp by a secret route, Miss Bessie Myers, young daughter of a London stock. broker, and her friend, Miss Mary Derby, also of London, kave reached home safely.

"We got here by luck and good management," Miss Myers. said in London,

But she would not discloso how they got away or whore they had come from.

"That must remain an official secret," she said.

The girls were led into a trap by a Fifth Columnist and cap tured by a German mechanised column while driving ambulances in France.

Driver's Trick

With three other drivers-Miss Marjorie Juta, South African au- theress and alzwoman, Miss Penelope Otto, of King's Sutton, Oxfordshire, and Miss Ursula Bennett, whore home was in Paris-they were serving with the Sixth French Army.

One June 14, while driving ambu- lances loaded with equipment, they]. took the road the refugees were r1sful.

A

Dutch ambulance driver told them the road was blocked with 10-

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

IN HOLY LAND-Australian soldiers find now scenes and now faças. Here they fraternize with Grook orthodox priests In Gaza district of Palestine,

THURSDAY'S BRIDE

IS FRIDAY'S PRISONER

fugees and suggested that they should HELEN WILLIAMS, aged twenty-six, of Kennington Park- fake a left-hand fork, into a German column of tanks and day as Mrs. Hoy, wife of Michael Hoy, she was sent to prison. for A few miles farther on they drove rad, S.E., was married on a Thursday. The next day, her first

raachine guns. The Dutch driver three months.

told the Germans the girls were English and he was treated like hero.

Her husband appealed to Mr., Boyd, the Marlborough-street |

U.S. TRIBUTE

TO NAVY

December 23, 1940.

American Squadron With R.A.F.

The first Americari squadron of the R.A.F, is being. formed. Its pilots will all be airmen volum- teers from the U.S., and the name of this fighter unit is the Eagle Squadron..

The Air Ministër (Sir Archi- bald Sinclair) said that "the take

| Eagle Squadron will soon

Its place in the fighting lino.

Ground staff will be supplied by the RAF but qualifications to be a pilot are American citizenship and a minimum of 280 hours' flying ex-.. perience.

Thirty-five American pilots aro training... Some were serving in tha French forces when France collapsed, They escaped to Britain.

Commissioned

Each man accepted is given a com- misalon in the RA.F. Volunteer Re-] serve. He takes no special oath of allegiance and his service with foreign force la

la permitted by the IS. Government. On his RAF. uniform is a spread badge.sur-

mounted by the left #ES

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In command is Squadron Leader W. E, G, Taylor, one-time pilot in the U.S. Naval Air Service who went to Britain last year and was granted a commission in the Fleet Air Arm.

Behind the administration, and formation of future units, is Colonel Charles Sweeny, now ranked (13 Group Captain.

littled in the weekly article en- American volunteers who joined the

The Italian war effort is be-

He was one of the organisers of the titled "In the News," which is French Army in 1914 and later he universally attributed to Mr. W., formed the famous Escadrillo Lafa-

Germans took the ambulances magistrate, to give her just LUXURIES TAXED R. Hearst, appearing in the

In Jugoslavia

"New York Journal American."

"Italy

threatened to conquer Egypt,

yette.

"Couldn't keep my eye

on the ball to-day!”

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Never mind, you can tell

| this whisky blindfold”

There is no other whisky with quite the genial, mellowness, the smoothness, the exquisite fragrance of White Horse. When you find

all the qualitics of finest Scotch whiskies blended into one, you know it can only be White Horse Whisky.

The millions of gallons of finest Scotch whisky matured and maturing ensure that the quality of White Horse never varies.

A special tax of from 6 to 35 per Herol, but that is an inoty threat Norway Ministers' WHITE HORSE

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pays the article. "Within the past

Italinn fleet to take refuge in flight week England's great Novy drove the

in the Dodecanese Archipelago, and

Property Seized

with them, but during a halt the one last chance."

quick discussion, and girls had a when the column started to move "I will take her out of all, bad ugain three of them turned and company," he old. "I have a good cent. to provide food this winter for accelerated in the opposite direction. job and can allow her £5 a week the poorer classes has been imposed

"A Handful”

I love her very much and I will take in Yugoslavia on Incomes of more her right away and take all respon- than £400. Special food taxes have when the Mediterranean had been to members of the exiled Norwegian

All property Norway belonging; sibility.

also been introduced in luxury swept clear of Italian warships the Government and to Dr. Hombro, tablishments and thing like this again,”

"She has promised never to do any served after 10 p.m.

on refreshments English Navy safely conducted a Speaker of the Norwegian Parlia

laden with soldiers ment, has been confiscated, according mighty convoy Many prosecutions for hoarding from the Dominions to Egypt to de- to messages received in Stockholm are taking place.

fend the Suez Canal. It will be a from Oslo, A decree instructing teachers in difeult task for italy to capture the Norwegian announcers taking part the Belgrade area to refuse to accept Canol now."

In the B.B.C's Norwegian broadcasts school fees from Jewish parents,

are to be warned that unless they which was regarded as balloon dessal, The article adds that the Italian Air cease they will be deprivell of their has been withdrawn owing to publie Force has proved ineffective against property and their Norwegian citizen- disapproval.

formidable sea power.

ship.

They got away, but Miss Myers and Miss Derby were not so lucky, It was impossible for them to follow. For weeks they were held prisoner Then Miss Myers' father heard that they were in the care of the French milltary authorities at Vichy.

"After that I didn't worry," Mr . Myers said, "I reckon the Germans! found Bessie too much of a handful.

"Nothing would daunt her once she had decided on a plan of escape,

But Mr. Boyd said he was extreme ly sorry-it was impossible for him to yield to the appeal.

This was not the first time Helen Williams had been convicted of shop- lifting. It was the fourth.

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

"

„I SIMPLY MUST LEARN TO DO THE RUMBLE

WHISKY.

Sole Agent for South China: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

BRIDE'S APPEAL

For Young Husband unsuccessfully appealed for bail for A young smartly dressed woman her husband at Cambridge recently.

They had been married for only

three days. "He will be a better boy, now he's married," she mid.

Cecil Donald Smith, aged twenty- one, described us

A gardener of Wimpole, Cambs, was remanded in custody charged with stealing two chairs, a feather bed and a pair of curtains from a vacant house.

"Don't You Just Love 'Em?"

BY KEMP, STARRET T.

*NOW MY DOCTOR. SAYS.......... ETC. ETC.. AND LOOK AT ME NOW....... VA THE PICTURE -OF HEALTH.

1.

THEARS MALAPROPS WHO NEVER CAN GET ANYTHING STRAIGHT.

OR GALC ́WHO INVITE À POOR LAD TO CALL AND THEN SPEND. MOST OF THE EVENING TELE- PHONING OTHER BOYS AND RAVING ABOUT A PARTY TO WHICH YOU WERE NOT WVITED.

I ALWAYS DUHP

OUT THE OLD ICE CUBES... THAT'S THE ONLY RIGHT WAY TO DEFROST,

THE GIRLS WHO HAVE THE BEST DOCTOR, ON EARTH AND INTIMATE YOURS IS" A HALF VIT BUTCHER AND WILL QUIN YOU PERMANENTLY IF YOU PERSIST IN TAKING

HIS ADVICE.

"A LITTLE PAINTEL

FIX THAT SCRATCH UP SOS YOU'LL NEVER NOTICE (T*.

PEOPLE WHO PLUCK IMAGINARY

BUTE OF LINT FROM YOUR COAT AMILE MAKING A TOUCH AND SOMERON/

ALANGING TO CONVEY THAT YOUDE SLIGHTLY POW WE KLOVENLY SIDE.

"THE GUEST WHO KNOWS SO MUCH

BETTER THAN YOU HOW TO RUN... YOUR HOUSE OWWAND HUTBAND.

AND KUS.

FOLKS WÍO, BORROW YOUR CAR, IN AN EMERGENCY AND TREAT IT AS CAREFULLY AS THEY DO THEIR OWN

"THE LADY HO THINKS THAT

SHE YELLS LOUD ENOUGH THE POOR" ALIEN WILL IMMEDIATE UNDERSTAND HER LANGUAGE.

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