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BOMBERS SINK ENEMY SHIPS
Skilful Action By R.A.F
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, May 4 (UP)—Describing Saturday's daylight attacks on shipping in the Straits of Dover by the R.A.F., the Air Ministry states that off Graveslines, which is situated be tween Dunkirk and Calais, bombers attacked a 2,000-ton ship which was being accompanied by two smaller ships of about 500 tons each.
"After several direct hits hád
soft, Curtis and Ames and George been scored, the larger ship set-
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Vocal-The Window Cleaner (Cuttled down by the stern with for Books will be closed from the and others), The Lancashire Tor- clouds of smoke and steam ris- reador (Cl and others), George 7th May to the 21st May, 1941, Formby and his Ukulele with
Oring from it. both days inclusive,
chestra; Vocal Duets You Can't Pull the Wool over my Eyes (Ager and hit and was left with JARDINE, MATHESON & others), Cheer Up (Mayerl), Curtis awash. Both vessels are claimed to
and Ames with Piano: Vocal-Crest be total losses." CO., LTD.
Another formation of bombers, of the Wave" (Hassall and Ivor
escorted Novello), If You
Knew, Only
by fighters, attacked ships They were under Dorothy Dickson (Soprano), Why off Boulogne. Isn't it You, Dorothy Dickson and heavy gunfire from the shore bat- Walter Crisham; Comedian-George teries as well as from the ships, but Formby Medley-Intre: Sitting on while fighters were coming up from Do de oh Doh, Chinese the French coast, they attacked, set the Ice, D Laundry Blues, Madame Moscovitch, on fire and probably sunk a 'supply
Ukulele, Fanlight Fanny, George ship of 5.000 tons.
Bombing of Brest Formby with his Ukulele and Or- chestra;
on Youth
LONDON. May 4 (Reuter).- on Youth"), Curtis and "Owing to the recent bombing raids (film "Ace Accent
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tacked by the R.A.F. But there Life Of Penn
were objectives of military im- portance that would justify auch an attack.
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to Rome had any bearing on the
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On Film
William Ponn, the great Qua- ker, is the subject of the latest film biography, "Penn of Penn sylvania."
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1.45 Dvorak--Quartet in A _Flat Major, Op. 105. Prague String Quar- tot.
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Attack on Convoy
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6.32 Mendelssohn-Concerto in EF. communique reports that R.A.F. Bilnor, Op. 64, Fritz Kreisler bombers on May 2 attacked a convoy Major Baseball (Viola) and the State Opera Orches
tra.
7.0 London Relay The News. 7.15 London Relay "Questions of the Hour."
7.30 Elleen Joyce (Plano) and Pau Casals ("Cello),
(a) Si oiseau j'etais, a toi je
of enemy merchant ships, escorted by destroyers, in the Mediterranean.
Direct hits were made on the des- troyers and three merchant ships of 12,000, 8,000 and 4,000 tons respec- tively.
voleivis (Bird study) (Henselt); (b) STOCK MARKET
En Route (concert study) (Palm- gren), La Danse d'Olaf (Riccardo
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Local Time Signal and An- 9.0 Local nouncements.
8.02 This
week's progremmes. 8.05 Emit Koosz and his Orchestra. Serenade from "Frasquita"
(Lehar),
Valentina
(Wright-Dunn),
Moorish March (Mohr).
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Sales
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8.15 London Relay "H. Gang!" Two Nazis Brought
9.0 London Relay The News and News Commentary.
Down Over Malta
MALTA, May 4 (Reuter).-Two separate waves of enemy aircraft heavily raided Malta on Saturday
9.15 Charlie Kanz at the Plano and the Mills Brothers.
Vocal-Sleepy Head (Alm "Opera- for 13"), Put on your Old Gray
(Murphy and Wenrich). The night. Bonnet
Re Mills Brothers; Piono--Kunz vivals No. 2; Intro.: I Never Healls- ed; Birth of the Blues; Pink Ele- ment property. phants; Rose the Bud; Speak to me of Love; Someday I'll find You, Charlie Kunz
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A 10-year-old yarn spinner ond Chau Chol, 44, barber, Clinu Yee, 47, married woman, and Yau Kiu, 41, widow, were charged before Mr D. J N. Anderson at Kowloon Magistracy this morning with taking part in n trarisaction to transfer the possession, custody or control of Wong Chu, n 7-year-old girl, for a valuable con- Lateralett at Kowloon Cily, on
April
Inspector G. W. Moreton said that Alor Star the small girl came to Sha Ko Ling | Amritsar Village from Chinese Territory eight Bangkek months ago. Third Defendant was the principal tenant of the hut where the small girl llved. Second Defen- dant was a friend of third Defendant. On April 27 second Defendant paid the third Defendant a visit in latter's house and told him that friend of his wished to purchase a girl to be a daughter-in-law. First Defendant overheard the conversa- tion and offered to second Defendant his sister for a sum of $13.
Second Defendant agreed to the proposal and the next day in a tea house the money was handed to first Defendant. Third Defendant ceived $3 for commission. Acting on information the Police arrested first three Defendants.
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RIFLES STOLEN FROM POLICE STATION Karach
Cheng Hon-inul, 18, unemployed, was charged before Mr H, G, Shel. don, K.c., at Central Magistracy this morning with larceny of two 303 rides and a typewriter. One of the rides was stolen from the Central Police Station and the other from No. 7 Police Station. The typewriter was stolen, from Central Station.
Cheng was convicted and sentenced NEW YORK, May 4 (UP) to ten months' hard labour. Outstanding victory in the Major Baseball Leagues to-day was the 10-1 victory of the Detralt Tigers over the New York Yankees in the American circult. Complete scores were:
-AMERICAN-LEAGUE-
Now York
Battery: Breuer, Peck, Dickey. Detroit.
Battery: Newsom, Sullivan, Philadelphis
10 10
1
3
B
மாயம்.. 17 14 Battery: Beckman, Ferrill, Wagner. Chicago
11 12 Battery: Helleti, Groves, Haynes, Tresh,
Dickey. Washington
4 11 0 Battery: Manterson, Anderson, Zuher. Ferrell, Evans, Cleveland
0
Battery: Smith. Brown, Hemsley, Boston ..
15
0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Battery: Thompson, Riddell, Hutchings,
... 21 Battery: Grube, Peacock,
+ 0 2 Battery: R. Harris, Kramer,
Newlin Swift, Bombs were dropped Indiscrimin-
Cincinnati ately.
damaging civilian and govern-
Weat. Two German bombers were Philadelphia
3 # 2 brought down for certain and a third Battery: Hughes, Warren,
St Louis
3 Vocal-Star Dust was damaged.
Battery: M. Cooper, Shoun,
Loun. . . Cooper. Boston
I
0 Battery: Salvo, Sullivan, Berres; Pittsburgh
0 13 Battery: Heintzelman, Lopez Brooklyn
(Carmichael and others), The Mills A few people were killed and a Brothers; Plano-Kuaz Revivals No. few were seriously injured. 3; tro Poor Butterfly: After You've Gone; Wilspering; Allco Blug Gown: Just a little Love, a little Kiss;
Soldier Waltz, Chocolate Charife Kunz; Vocal-Funicull Funi- cula (Denza), Asleep in the Deep (Petrie, Lamb), The Mills Brothers,
9.45-10.0 News in
French (on Short Wave Only).
9.45 Concert Waltzes, Farmyard Waltz (Folk Tune), Springtime Waltz (Composer Un- known), Continental Novelty Or chestra; When
the Lemons Bloom (Johann Strauss), Johann Strauss and Symphony Orchestra; Souvenir Fleurk (Composer Unknown), Nullo Romant and His Orchestra,
London Relay-"News from .Ifome" by Howard Marshall,
10.15 Now
Dance Musle with Variety.
Saw
3
3
Battery: Hamlin, Swift, Grissom, Owen, Chicago
48 1 Battery: French, Errickson, Raftensher- Ker, Mooty, Presneli, Passeau, McCul- Tough.
១ 13 2
Battery: Melton, Danning..
Boosting Sales Of Aid China Bonds Subscriptions to the N.C.$1,200,--New York 000,000 Military Supply Bonds. re- cently floated by the Chinese Govern- ment in Chungking have now reach- Huang Yenspel, secretary-general of ed over $100,000,000, according to Mr
Unclaimed Petrol
the Wartime Bonds Committee, who Bidmead, Assistant Superintendent of On the application of Mr K. A. arrived in Ilongkong from Chung- Police, an order for the confiscation king by plane to push the sale of the of 70 tins of unclaimed gasoline found at Chung Hom Wan, Repulse Mr Huang will discuss measures Bay, by Mr Bldmead on May 3, was for boosting the sale of the bonds made by Mr A. N. Macfadyen at
Centrai Magistracy this morning.
bonds here.
here with Sir Shouson Chow.
Old Wives' Tales Threaten Japan's National Structure
Special to the "Telegraph”
scus
Air Mail Service by. Brilish Over- Airways to places west of (India): Is temporarily
suspended.
The public are reminded that it is breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communi- eations Intended for persons other than the addressee...
The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China is tem- porarily suspended-Yunnan, Ste chuen, Kweichow, Hunan, Fuklen
A plea of not guilty entered by (except Amoy and Kulangsu), four other men arrested in connec- Kwangsi, North and East of tion with the ease, was accepted and Kwangtung. they were discharged. The four men were Tang Chi, 23, street coolie, Cheng Shop-san, 32, broker, Kwok Chi, 34, shop fokt and Lam Wing- kwan, 32, carpenter,
Concealed In Mat Det. Sgt T. Cashman said that on April 14 a Chinese detective on duty at Ko Shing Street, saw one of the discharged men with a rolled-up mat under his arm. The detective searched the man and found a rifle under the mat.
Was ar- Two days later, Cheng rested in connection with the theft of the typewriter and admitted steal- Ing the rifles. Cheng said he hid one of the rifles under the staircase of o house in Connaught Road West, and the other he hid at No. 15 Ko Shing Street.
It was sald that Defendant entered the Police Station on the pretext of being a Police Informer. Only one of the rifles was recovered.
A.A. Surprise For Hitler.
Paul, Tierney, war editor of the "New York Post," who re- cently returned from England, writes that he learned from a reliable source that one of many back for Hiller is a terrific anti- surprises the British are holding
aircraft defence barrage.
It consists of enormous group- ings of guns, which have not yet been fired, because the British do not wish to betray their location. "If Hitler carries out his boast to all the air with warpinnes, his losses will be terrific," writes Tierney.
"I also learned that aerial photo. graphy has shown that the invasion ports nearest to Britain are now virtually useless to Germany, as a result of incessant poundings by the RAF."-
Franco-Thailand Peace Signing BANGKOK, May 6" (Reuter) --- with the signing of the peace treaty between France and Thailand ex- pected some time this week, the Pre-
Fox-Trots--Oh! Look at me now, You might have belonged to another, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestrai Vocai-A Little Old Church in Eng- land
(Irving Berlin), Barry. Wood (Baritone) with Orchestra; Fox- Trois-Jenny (alim Lady in the the Dark), Leo Relsman and His Dark'), This is New (Bim (Lady in Orchestra;
Από του stra; Vocal-1 Can't Love
TOKYO, May 4. (Domel)-The age old bellef, that Japanese More Any
(Magidson, Wrubel),
women born in the year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac, make. The picture is being made by Imagination (Van Heusen), Bebe British National at Elstree with Daniels with Orch.; Fox Trats-What bad wives and that certain days are unluckly for travel according Clifford Evans as Penn and Deborah Make a Reisman and His Orches superstitioning" drive pointedly organised by the Home and Makes a Song, The Last Timo I to the Lunar calendar and the like, are to be blasted by a "de The whole thing la linked up by tro;
trp; Vocal-America, I Love
You Welfare Ministries and the National Service Association. Chinese Skinned Two Alive producer Richard Vernon with Pro- (Leslie-Gottler), Barry Wood (Barl-
The Lunar calendar and For cruelty to animals by skinning sident Roosevelt's Inaugural address toge) with Orch; Waltz-Down the
the, Home Ministry is expediting the com two live frogs at Shanghat Street over the radio. Then the pletura Gypsy Trail (Alm Ecstary), Fox-Chinese zodiac have
long been pllation of a calendar sulted” to near Hamilton Street on May 4. Au soos back to seventeenth-century Trot-Along the Santa Fe Trail banished from Japanese homes. farmers which will be published into Klu, 56, unemployed, was fined 15 or London.
(from the film), Swing and Sway However, their long use in the past this year. in default seven days bard Inbour. There, at the beginning, we are with Sammy Kaye; Vocal and Plano gave rise to
Bundry superstitions The Welfare Ministry will attempt les by Mr H. C. Macnamara at Kowloon to sec a Quaker, member of a per-Sweet Little Sweetheart (Meintire which
in rural rei
re to explode the superstitions related to Magistracy this morning gecuted now, sect, being ducked in a and Allgrire), Turner Layton, Foxy Deciding that these are, obsessions chen in the northeast corner of the An architecture, such as having the kil Was stated that Defendant was barrel of, beer by pubile house ré-| Trole-Sunset at Sen. That's My Way ween by à Police Constable pealing vellers. In a room above, with the of Baying I Love You; Swing and of present day Japan, the authorities house brings bad luck, and other such the skin from two frog, zight up to „diarist Pepys, la William Penn, the Sway with Sammy Kaye,
u will launch a campaign immediately tears that loquat and persimmon troos the heads while they were alive, young soldier..
110 Clos down, man
and attempt to debunk them. The in the garden causa, šičkness.
Cruelty To Frogs
as his romantic first love.
mier. Mr Songgram, has dissolved
the Thai High Command which wor formed on November, 13`last year, fol- lowing the outbreak of the border hostilities.
AMERICAN VICE-CONSUL way to Chungking to take up and
Me John S. Service who is on the pointment there as American ¿Vice- Consul: Is in the Colony. He is re- maining-here for a short while
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
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Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Servico-San Francisco date, 6th May.
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Britain's Plant In U.S. Working
Great Britain's new smokeless powder plant in Memphis (Ten- nessee) is now in production.
The Tennessee Powder Co., a du Pont affillale that built and is operat ing the plant under contract with the British Purchasing Commission, said "production rate is being increased, as rapidly as possible and should ap
time." proach
normal in a short.
It was said 2,000 employees are engaged in actual manufacture of powder. Construction on various units of the $20,000,000 plant is still in progress but will be complete in about two months,
THANKS TO NAVY
When Field-Marshal Lord : Miing: gave a luncheon at the Savoy In honour of members of: the American Legion in London, grace was said by Mr J, J. Jordan, High Commissioner for Nuw Zealand.
These were his words
"For what we are about to eat, Thanks be to God and the Bel-
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