1941-02-17 — Page 16

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AIR RAID OLD WORLD HAS

TUNNELS GONE FOR EVER

Tests Not Completed

Attlee's Speech

February 17, 1941.

Western Ruhr, Boulogne, Bombed

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considerable German bomber forina- tions attacked south-east England, the Midlands and shipping targets. I Several nerodromes are stated to have been set on fire and stationary planes destroyed. Damage was also done to duck Installations on

on the Thames and in a west coast harbour. Two rerchant ships totalling 8,000 lons are stated to have been sunit, another set ablaze, and EL light cruiser was hit by a bomb.

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The communique continues that attempts by the enemy to fly into occupied territory were repulsed on the coast and two Britkh fighters and three bombers were lost in aerial commbnt.

British Raids

It adds that a small nuinber of high explosive ani Incendiary bomba were dropped in Western Germany Inst night by the enemy dut no important damage was done..

The

communiqué concludes: “Qur- ing these fights over German terri- fory and the night attempts to rald occupied territory, Gerinan night fighters shot down four planes. One was brought down by A.A. fire. Thus the Lotal loss to the enemy amounted to ten planes. One German plane Is mussing."

Bomber Ends In Sea 'LONDON, Feb. 16 (Reuter).- There has been some activity over this country to-day by single encry aircraft, says the Air Ministry.

British fighters shot down an enemy sea off the south coust this morning. points in the London area and In Bombs have been dropped at three

some places in eastern and south- easterri England and the Home coun- ties.

Testing of the duct ventilationless) the course of a speech abomber into the

LONDON, Feb. 18 (British Wire- system in the A.R.P. tunnels opposite the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank stressed to his audience that there Tonypandy to-day, Mr Clement Attlee Building yesterday morning was very could be no return to the pre-war satisfactory, but the fests could not!

world and that he completed owing to a misunder-have to be planned for. Despite all new world would

standing with the coulles.

the destruction, British economie The systems of ventilation worked power remained and must be used on very well indeed," said Mr.R. IL the right tines. Puckle, Deputy Director of A.R.P., "I would stress the point," he con- "and very good results were record-inued, "that after this war has been ed; but the objects of the tests were successfully ended, our production to compare two different methods of power will be greater than ever, and ventilation. We cannot say which is it is upon the foundation of a pro- the best until we have carried out berly planned and organised people the second test. A certain number that the future welfare of the world of Europeans were in the worst part

will rest," of the tunnel, and appeared none the worse after the test,"

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About 1.50 colles were used in the test, which lasted about two and a balf hours. The exhaust fon system of ventilation will be tested

morrow,

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U.S. MARINES LEAVING S’HAI CHUNGKING Feb. 17 (Centrul News)The American Navy trans- port Choumount is scheduled to sail from Chinwangião to Shanghai within this week to take 104 men of the U.S.

America, according to a Shanghai dispatch.

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CHUNGKING, Feb. 17 (Central News)Many speculators of moder- nte means in Shanghai are reported to have gone bankrupt as a result of the sharp fall of stocks due to Far Eastern ensiun. Losses incurred by the fall on February 14 alone are roughly estimated at between $25,000,000 and $35,000,000.

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South African Air Force. The ac curacy of the bombing and machine- gunning was confirmed by a sub- sequent inspection.

In Abyssinia yesterday, a large motor transport park at Dessie was sucessfully attacked from the air while in Eritrea the R.A.F. continued to attack enemy troop concentrations, motor transport and other military objectives.

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Abyssinian news-boys armed with spears and rifles are now distributing free the first national Ethiopian news paper printed in the country in five

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entitled The newspaper,

"Ban darachen," ("Our Flag"), is being published in Abyssinia's "Flect

Coastal War In South China Japanese Warships Engaged

CHUNGKING. Feb. 17 (Central News)-Towmoon in the Sunwul dis- trict in south Kwangtung was recap- tured by the Chinese on February 15, according to milltary

reports,

Towmoon were intercepted when they Japanese troops in occupation of tried to push westward. The Chinese closca in on the town, smashed fa and regalned control.

Japanese troops made another land-

Street," in the forests of the Goleming at Nanjil Island off the Fukien bighinnds. It is bordered by the coast on the morning of February 12 Ethiopian colours, headed with an in an attempt to re-take it from the

Chinese. impression of the Lion of Judah.

They were repulsed. In Durling a

forced trek through the the afternoon four Japanese warships bush, I caught up with n camel arrived and marings from the war- convey commanded by a young Three bombing planes zoomed over-

ships tried to land

In steam boats. English officer who was formerly an

head to

SUIT Chinese protect them. engineer. He gave me foot and resistance was encountered.

Japanese Imarines aboard a warship

shoes and told me that his unit was an Ethiopian propaganda one, com- posed of strange camel trains that cross the lowlands to Goljam.

Jungle Press

ailing from Chuenshin Island off the coast of Changmen in Fuklen at- tempted a landing at Wuchu Isle nearby on February 11 but were driven off.

His 60 camels carried a printing press, complete newspaper staff, An interesting and amusing des bundles

of newsprint, boxes of eription of the life and work of Sir Amharic type, some of which had Wilfred Grenfell, doctor, missionary been salvaged after the Abyssinian and business man, whom he describ war, the Emperor's standard bearing ed as "the man who didn't know the royal seal and Ethiopian coloured the meaning of can't," was given by boxes of silver dollars.

Rev. E. Mureton to the Y.M.C.A. For some time, pamphlets like Discussion Group last night. those distributed by the ILA.F, have been dropped all over Abyssinia. Abyssinian newsboys are distributing Now this travelling newspaper has the newspaper among the Ethioplan. parsed within n few mlios of an forces, village populations living in enemy position, to a spot in the forest caves and sometime almost within where it is published weekly. Armed la stone's throw of the enemy's camps. Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, Hongkong,

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