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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 27, 1940.
MAGAZINE
FUNNY SIDE UP
By Abner Dean
"Botter lot him go
SO I
nobody'd believe you anyhow!"
Simply but vividly, a British fighter pilot describes what lies behind the official phrase, “But the pilot is safe.” OUR squadron of fighters
was flying cast when three enemy aircraft were seen fly- ing west, in the clouds over- head. I told our leader that Iwould climb with my flight- above the clouds and, investi- gate.
As I did this, twelve Messer schmill 100 fighters emerged.
Still climbing, I made for the sun, turned, and gave the order for my flight to break up and attack.
In a moment, our battle began our six Hurricanes against the enemy's twelve.
The eighteen aircraft chased round and round, in and out of the cloud. I chose my first opponent. He seemed to be dreaming and I quickly got on to his tail and gave him a short burat which damaged him.
I flow in closer and gave him a second dose. It was enough. He dived, out of control. I followed him down to 6,000 feet. There I circled for a minute or two and watched hima dive vertically into the calm sca.
I opened my hood for a breath of fresh air and looked about the sky. There was no sign of either the enemy or my own flight. I was alone. I CLIMBED back into the cloud, which was thin and mistry. Three Messerschmitts, flying in line astern, crossed in front of me so close that I could see the black crossos on their wings and fuselage.
I oponed fire on number three in the formation. We went round and round in decreasing circles as I fired.
I was lucky again. Pieces of his "wings" flew off. Black smoke came from his plane.
Ho dived, and I fired ono more burst at him, directly from natorn.
We were doing a phone monal speed-then my am- munition gave out, just as the other: two Messerschmitts attacked me.
BALED
OUT
I twisted and turned, but they were too accurate. I could hear the thud of their bullets.
Pieces of my aircraft seem- ed to be flying off in all direc tions: my engine was damag- ed.
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in my left foot.
Then came a cold stinging One of the
mark. Jerry bullets had found its
I was about to dive to the sea and make my escape, low down, when the control cloumn became useless in my hand. Black smoke poured into the cockpit and I could
not see,
I knew that the time had come for me to depart.
Everything after this was per- fectly calm. I was at about 10,000 feet, but some miles out to sea. I lifted my seal, undid my strap and opened the hood.
The wind became my ally. A hand-actually the slip-stream catching under my helmet-seemed to lift me out of the cockpit.
It was a pleasant sensation. I was in-mid-air-Boating down so peacefully in the cool breeze that I had to remind myself to pull my rineord and open my parachute.
When the first Jerk was over I swung like a pendulum. This was not so pleasant, but I soon settled rown, and I was able to enjoy a
bench, some miles away, with soldiers--the long lines of villas.
THERE was no sensation of speed but the ripples on the water became bigger, the soldiers on the beach came nearer.
By Walt Disney
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DISNEY.
The Great Famine
Has Begun
UROPE'S Great Famine, forecast for this winter, has already begun. The Nazi Prens is boasting of it openly.
"The standard of Uving of the Dutch people," says the Deutsche Volkswirt,"must be lowered if the conquered country is to supply Ger- many with food.""
The food supplies in the Danish storehouses have been exported to Germany," says the Voelkischer Beobachter.
"All Dutch Aupplies will be placed at the service of the German people," says the Frankfurter Zei- tung.
In occupied France," says the Nazi- controlled, Radio Luxemburg. "the har
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W. N. EWER
Again bear the Nazis boasting of what they are doing to the Dance.
"Denmark la sending us 5,000, bar rela of butter a week-more than abo used to send to England, cries the Baarbrucken radio,
"Deliveries of eggs and butter and vestock from Denmark are exception- ally big. Indeed;, there are too many pigs being sent." says the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
Ten thousand head of Denmark's breeding cattle are to be sent to Ger many," anys the Transocean Agency.
Before the layaelon, Denmark was in debt to Germany. That has been wiped out, aixi a big German debt to Denmark (which Germany has not the least intention of paying), has taken its place.
For the rest, payment has been made in German promissory notes. Already there are many milion pounds' worth of this useless paper in Denmark.
And now the unhappy Danish Govern- ment has been ordered, in effect, to make the Danish people pay them off.
The Danish Government is to issue a special credit in Danish krone to cover these Reichstredilkassescheine, result of that (never mind the techni calities of it for the moment) is going to be a serious indation of the Dankli SUITENCY.
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Prices will rise. The unhappy Dano will pay more for everything. And the extra amount he pays will in fact be payment for all that the Germans have
vest is being supervised by German ALL FOR GERMANY stolen
organisations."
All agricultural produce and all foodstuffs are being requisitioned," says the German official nows agency.
The Nazis boast that food in Germany la now plentiful. Rations are being Increased in the Relch-and correspond ingly reduced fas the conquered countries.
Stendily and systematically the work of plunder is going on.
The Germans are to be fed. If that means that Dutch and Belgians and French, Danes and Norwegians and Pales, starve-by ahould Clermany worry?"Woe to the conquered!"*
HUN'S HAND
The purpose of those sweeping in- vasions was double. Partly it tins strategic. Partly it was ancer plunder.
It has given the Reich, us Hitler him- self boasted in the Reichstag, "control ... of 70,000,000 people who can bo active in the economic scheme."
The plan is belog carried out ruth lessly. The conquered countries are bela told that they must morganise their whole economic lle for the bene fit of the conquerors:
France is warned that she is over Industrialised "; that she must shut down her industries, set her workers to grow more food-for German consump- tion.
Holland is told, that she must change her whole system of cattle farming.
"The meat from the slaughter of cattle witch becaines necessary," adds the Nazi Cumminsar-General, will be Laken over by the Reich"
Food for Germany. Privation, or even slarvation for the Dutch,
They must slaughter their cattie--and Germans will eat the meat.
As it is with Holland, so it is with hapless Denmark.
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Food for Germany. Food for the Ger- mans. Increased rations to keep the German people from grumbling. from making what they are gaining from these military victorica,
Food to tie them over the coming winter...
After that, it may get dimeuit. You cannot slaughter cattle twice.
Food-for the time being-for Ger many What of Denmark?
A third of her livestock has already gone to Germany, according to Ameri can reports to President Roosevelt.
Half her pigs and poultry are to be alaughtered. There is deficiency already of one-third in normal brend- stuffs and fodder grain.
Tho ngricultural situation, Aya another reliable report, " becoming catastrophic.**
With cruel insolence, the. German propaganda pretends to the world that Denmark is being benefited.
Her export trade is increasing. that not splendid for her?
It might be if these big compulsory exports to the Reich were being pald for. But, for the most part, they are not paid-for-except-in-paper,~
This is not export trade. It is just plunder.
How is it done?
Something, of course, the Reich eenda in exchange to Denmark. It must send conl nlid oil, or the whole machinery would break down, and there would bo no plunder.
It Bends, in goods, the minimum ne- cessary to keep the wheels turning for German profit.
PROMISE PAPER
But the greater part of the loot is eliher not paid for at all, or the Danes are made to pay for it themselves.
It is a device typical of Dr. Schacht, Hitlera Onancial schenter. Estimates are not easy. But from all the evidence to be had there is good reason to believe that the German loot out of Denmark in three months must tot up in value to something like £20,000,000.
That is from Denmark alone. The same thing is being done in all the other countries that the Nazi army has conquered. ·
For a time the plunderers are going to do pretty well out of their conquests. But only for a tinic
undered lands soon cease to steld. Germany may tide herself over the coming winter this way: but hardly much longer.
Hitler la pinning his hopes on getting peace this year, Germany going to live on her conquesta But what of the people the Nazis are robbing? For them the autlook is famine or something desperately close to it.
The Germans know, that; but they do not care. Indeed, they are trying to profit by Ure very “misery of "their" vietinis,
They are trying to persuade America that this misery will be the result of the British blockade. They are trying to induce American philanthropy to send food for hungry Belgians-more food that can be stolen and fed to Germans.
There will be hunger all over occupied Europe this coming win- 1er and spring.
There will be starvation in some parts.
It will be because the German armiles and the Narl Commissara have stolen the food of the people they have overrun.
PRIVATE LIFE OF A PRIVATE:
LITTLE THINGS
Another instalment from the no shrapnool. Gah, yow Jerries! you didn't notice it. Cup o' diary of a journalist who en Just let me get one smack at char 'ere; cup o' char there. listed in the Guards.
But now, blimey, you notice the
barrage is up.
you!"
"What's funny?"
twinkles like a THE SKY
I look for a more comfortable taste of a nice, cup of char. I spangled skirt in a sport- bit of mud to lean against. Old could do with one now." full view of the world below-the light. It is ack-ack fire. The Silence says: "It's funny,”. "Ah,"
says the Man from Yorkshire.. "And take beds.". The guns sound like blankets "The way you get accustomed "When I first come," says the being vigorously shaken. All to things. Three months ago Bedfordshire Boy, "I took one round us searching lights shoot most of us would have yelled look at my bed and said, Hell. up, bounce off clouds, and swing blue murder if we were naked Three boards, and a donkey's to and fro, making strange to sit on a wet chair. Now, look breakfast. But now! Well, the patterns,
at us-sitting in puddles, and other day I got a different mat- glad of the chance.
tress. I swiped yours, Charlie." "It makes you realise the im- "Why, you -," says the Lad portance of everyday things." I from the Elephant; and usea man say.
bad words.
I had one minute of anxiety. As I noated down one of the Messer- schmitis appeared. The pilot cir- eled round me, and I was just a little alarmed. Would he shool?
Well he didn't. He behaved quite well. He opened his hood, waved to me and then dived to- wards the sea and made off towards France.
The wind was still friendly. It was carrying me in towards the bench. I took out my cigarettes and Ut one with my lighter with out any dimeulty.
Ages seemed to pass.
I threw away the elgarolte as 1 came nearer and nearer the coast I could hear the raiders passed sirena and, passing over this houses on the looking up at mo. aoa-front, I could see the people about 1,000
I had descended to
feet. I began to sway a little and I could hear my parachute flopping. For the first time since the enemy plot circled around me. I became
anxious,
Well, the journey ended in a cucumber frame-after I had push-
Something goes past; then plop.
"Shrapnel," says the from Leicester.. "I ain't frit
ed myself free of a house with my good food.
And now I come to a pleasant recollection-in spile of my injur-
ed foot and my painful landing.
The people in that seaside town were wonderful. A woman ap- peared with a cup of tea-in one second. Then a policeman with a whisky and soda,
I drank the whisky and soda
first.
I remember one amusing incident as I was lifted into the ambulance.
A little boy of seven came over to me with cigarettes, and he said;
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"It only goes to show," says the Man from Yorkshire, "Ten miles on, the All Clear sounded, and the blinda went "Sell me half of your bar o'
Silence, except for the guns. up. I never anw so much do- chocolate," says the Bedford- light taken in a little bit of shiro Boy. ordinary daylight and a few breaths of not very fresh air."
"Take tes," said the Lad from the Elephant and Castle. "Good luck, sir. When I grow upWhy, back in Civvy Street, you drunk so much tea you got so
I'm going to be an airman, too,”
"No, but I'll give 'ee a bit," says the Man from Yorkshire. "No, no, that's all right." "Go on, tek it, lad, tok it." This is the usual proceduro with chocolate.
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