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1941

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Awkward

Private Alfred Ernest Night- Ingale, of the Royal Artillery, is one of the Army's biggest prob- lems.

He is the tallest man in the Service, measuring 6 ft. 011⁄2 in. and weighing 171⁄2 stone. 7.

His clothes and boots (size. 16%) had to be fashioned. specially for hin. Hls outsize underclothing is made by his sisters.

Alfred, who is 23, and whose home is at Enfeld, Essex, is one of nine children.

He is stationed in the North,

Things are awkward at times,” ho declares.

Officers' Dilemma

́ ́"My senior "officers don't ̈ quite know where to put me when we're on a route march.

"Sometimes they think I would look best in the front rank, some- times in the middle, sometimes in the rear. As you might expect, Private Nightingale is known in the Army as Tiny,"

He is given one and a half times the ordinary soldier's rations—but that is unofficial,

He is a teetotaller,

Other Measurements

Here are some more of his measure- ments:

Neck 181⁄2 inches, chest 50, woist

| 42, hips 47, rench 85, biceps 17, wrist

and forearm 13

814

Hila greatest, and he now admits most foolish achievement, was to carry five ewt. of cement ten yards for a sixpenny bet,

The average soldier is feet a inches tall.

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Air Service

FROM PAGE ONE

week compared to the fastest stenmer time of 27 days.

UFS

MORE JOBS NEEDED-Now York City recently advaitised 1,000 jobs open at $15 a wook or loss, as hospital laundry workers and helpers. More than 4,000 applied, some of them college graduates and some waiting 24 hours in line, as above.

P.M.G. Has Cable Code For Lovers

Britain's Post Office has reduced love talk to a snappy code, so that affection can be cabled cheaply to troops overseas.

It's all done by numbers, and though special consideration has been given to Love there are other categories, such as Money and Health.

Mr W. S. Morrison, the Post- master-General, announced the code at the National Defence Public Interest Committee's

Not So Cold

Hongkong's Position The local office of Pan-American stated this morning that it was not yet known precisely how the pro-luncheon in London. posed alternating of flights between Manila and Hongkong and Manila and Singapore would affect Hong kong, although the indication that it would mean a curtailment of the Hongkong service.

It is not known whether Pan- American Intend to operate clippers between Hongkong and Singapore.

Navy's Newest Battleship's Power

FROM PAGE ONE

It was found that in telegrams to soldiers the same plirnses kept recur ring, he said.

FIERCE RAID ON MANNHEIM

FROM PAGE ONE

The code would shorten them and fire. Anbther ship of 000 tons is enable more telegrams to 'be sent. cluinted as damaged.

"You may fear," said Mr Mor- The ships were also machine- rison, "that these stereotyped gunned and the gun crew of the phrases will be as cold as those largest ship are belleved to have been on the Field Service Post Card, disabled as the guns ceased fire bon but not si all,

fore the attack waź over. "Here is une-Kisses. The next is. 'Love and and kisses. ig Fondest love and kisses.

Thus every degree of affection is provided for. You pay, your money and you can have your choice."

Several Messerschmitt 100's came The next in to drive off our aircraft and during the general engagement at least one was damagert by one of our bombers. Near the Isle of Brehat, southwest of the Channel Islands, and a few By choosing two numbers from the miles from the coast of France; a code you can say:

supply ship of 1,000 tona was suc- "You are more than ever in my cessfully attacked by: other aircraft thoughts at this time. I wish we from a very low level. were together on this special occa- sion. AÏ

my best wishes for speedy reunion."

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Off Norway

trained round and pointed to the right. A crack from a smaller gur and the light from a star-shell burst over a small patch of sea. I could make out the "enemy."

Then came the vicious car-splitting "The numbers chosen will be trans- On the coast of Norway, attacks explosions from the 5.25 inch gunslated by the operator at the other were made on escorted supply ships. Almost simultaneously-came-end, and the addressee will receive Diving-to-under-200-feet-two-air-- mighty over-powering woomph the full message.

craft dropped bombs on the largest woomph as the great 14-inch guns And the cost to the sender will be ship, a vessel of between 4,000 and opened up. My tiny platform was 2s. 6d. (including signature and ad-5,000 tons, and immediately after the dress) price which, under the bomba had exploded, the ship was Shells from the 5.25 guns seemed present service, would have to be well alight and she made a quick to whistle past within a foot or two. paid for six words, plus address. turn towards land. It is believed Clouds, of cordite smoke and fumes

that she was severely damaged, per- almost choked me. I rubbed my

haps beyond repair. eyes.

rocked.

Target Straddled

In the bluish rays of the searchlight, a while column of water shot up as the shells straddled the target. Barrels of multiple pom-poms spat out more shells.

Later with my head ringing, my eyes smarting, I spoke to the gunnery offlcer. For weeks under his direc-

For The Hard-up The "Love" group contains about 100 standard phrases.

In the "Health” section No. 80 reads, "All well, children evacuated." Nos. 85 or 86 are "Son is born" and Daughter born."

In the course of yesterday's day- light operation, attacks were made on other ships off the Norwegian coast.

An Air Ministry communique states that from these daylight opera- Number 103 In the "Money" tions, iwa R.AF. Bombers and one group may crop up pretty often fighter are missing. "Glad if you could send Боше money."

No. 130, "Miscellaneous," strikes a 44

the wireless gave me a wonderful thrill."

tion, the gun crews had been training special note: "Hearing your voice on hard to make the brand-new Prince of Wales one of the Navy's crock gunnery ships and the practice shoot had been most encouraging.

LATE NEWS

Another phrase which has been thought of is: "Good show, keep it up."

The new system is expected to re duce substantially the delays which have occurred in transmission of telegrams to troops.

Exciting Story Of Germans Seized

FROM PAGE ONE

down cartons of cigarettes. "It was all over before 3.30 pm. and we were en route again."

"They Just Did It”1·

Mr Clarence Gauss, the newly ap pointed Ambassador to China said that he did not see the actual inci- dent. Colonel Samuel Howard who la en route from Son Diego to Shang- hai to command the Fourth Marines said that he did not see the cruiser approach but later joined the pasens gers who were watching.

He assert- ed, "They just did it and then head- ed off."

Stewards reported that a number of passengers were extremely friend- with the Germans and gave a cock- tall party the night before the inci- dent. They gave the Germans two cases of German beer as they left the ship. The Germans sald they were not very keen on returning to Ger- many and getting stuck in the army. No 0. 5. Comment. WASHINGTON, Apr. 30 (UP) The State Department declined to comment upon the removal of the four German citizens: from the President Garffeld, pending receipt of official reports,

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