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TYPHOON BECOMING INTENSE: It's a Way They Have

WIND VELOCITY OF 98 M.P.H.

Gallant Harbour Rescue By Police Launch

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ONE OF THE MOST CONTRARY AND UNUSUAL TYPHOONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH CHINA COAST CONTINUES TO THREATEN HONGKONG FROM A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF THE COLONY, BUT ITS MOVEMENT IS SO SLIGHT, THAT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 1.45 P.M. TO-DAY WAS UNABLE TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT HONGKONG WOULD RECEIVE THE FULL FORCE OF THE DISTURBANCE.

IT WAS REVEALED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TYPHOON IS GROWING IN INTENSITY, THAT THE BARO- METER HAS FALLEN CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND THAT WIND VELOCITY IS INCREAS- ING. HOWEVER, THE WIND CONTINUES IN THE SAME DIRECTION, NAMELY NORTHEAST BY EAST, WHICH NORMALLY INDICATES THAT THE TYPHOON IS MOVING SOUTHWARDS. INDICATIONS FROM GAP ROCK ARE THAT THE DISTURBANCE REMAINS PRACTICALLY STATIONARY, AND THAT UNTIL A CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION IS NOTED, IT CANNOT BE SAID WHETHER OR NOT THE TYPHOON WILL DIRECTLY STRIKE THE

COLONY.

Nazi-Red Armies Locked In Two Great Battles

LONDON, June 29 (Router).--The Russian Army claimed to-day to be holding its own in the two great battles that have been raring for three days in White Russia and Eastern Poland.

The struggle is swaying to and fro over a vast battlefield an come 3,008 square milei, mazing from Minsk, the White Russian capital, in the north to the important Polish town of

British Diplomat Injured In Raid On Chungking

Special to the "Telegraph".

to-day CHUNGKING, June 29 (UP)—Japanese bombers scored a direct hit on the house occupied by Sir Arthur D. Blackburn, Counsellor of the British Embassy, fracturing Sir Arthur's jaw and cutting his face,

AMERICAN

MARINES

TORPEDOED

Washington Report

The barometer fell as low as 28.968 at 11 o'clock this morning and was still moving on the downward grade. Between midnight last night and 11 a.m. to-day 2.440 inches of rain. were recorded.

Maximum wind velocity registered at the time of going to press was 98 m.p.h., this occur ring at 12.48 p.m.

GALLANT HARBOUR RESCUE

A particularly daring and gallant rescue in the Lavoe (Lemberg) in the south, harbour was carried cut about noon by the No. 1 Police

Two armien trained in almost, identical methods of modern Launch,

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warfare are at grips in a con-j The launch, with A. S. I. George in charge, was fured mele of tanks, guns and anchered off Laichikok for safety when a report was Armoured units with motoris.received that a junk between Shamshuipo and Yaumati ed detachments following behind was drifting towards the harbour. have thrust far ahead of their The No. 1 Police Laurich immediately put out, and main forces of infantry

in very high-running seas, rescued two people. artillery.

At midday, spectators at the continuing with unabated fury. Star Ferry wharf were given a In this way, the Germans reported dramatic thrill when a man was Mr W. D. Allen, Third Secretary to-night that their tanks and pushed sighted clinging to a log and to the Embassy and Mrs Allen on beyond Mins; and

were now drifting down the harbour. No well as the Ambassador's astride the 100-miles long motor gh ships were in the vicinity and Secretary, MrEdmund-Burway to Moscow.. goyne who were sholtering in a dug-out. -

as

Also slightly injured

were

The three main Embassy buildings were damaged.

Stood Near Entrance Heavy bombs demolished the Blackburns House which had sur WASHINGTON, June 29rived four hits in the past two years, Blackburn, the Allens and Burgoyne (Reuter). A ship with ten were injured because they stood near United States marines on the entrance which led directly from their way to England has been torpedoed and sunk in trance. the Atlantic, according to

authoritative

the house's deep collar. Part of the

building was blown into this

Behind these units, hiing Is

Counter-Claim

in No. 7 Yun Chow Stree

OFFICIAL STORY OF TYPHOON

it was impossible to rescue him

Wall Collapses Earlier in the day, the Soviet High AL Command stated that the

Here is the official story of Germon

Kowloon, a wall collapsed and as 11 tank rush in the direction of Minsk was feared the house would tall the typhoon, as told by the had been stopped. Soviet troops were down, the inmates were evacuated. Royal Observatory this morning. said to be counter-attacking the main |

The typhoon first appeared' en Mr D. Crarey, former D.D.S. crie- Nazi forces behind the fanks in an ket und football player and now pro June 23 in the Pacifle approximately

to prevent thei burting minently known as

softballer and effort through and joining up

between baseballer, had on unpleasant ex-300 miles East of Yap moving in a This was maintained NW track. Mask and Baranovitch, 80 miles to perience when a ricksha in which he until it was 200 miles east of Manila

was rding was blown

over by when it showed a tendency to the southwest.

Berlin states that their taelles have heavy gust of wind. The passenger recurve, but soon after resumed resulted in big Soviet forces being managed to crawl out from under Luzon on June 26.

was thrown to the ground, but north west track, having crossed

Two Chinere

employces of the encircled in this nron,

the vehicle, shaken, but otherwi Embassy were killed near the

In the other great battle round the unhurt. shelter and cleven.

Woman Killed source trance to the

Polish town of Luck, about 250 miles) Chinese employees were injured,

southwest of Minsk on the other side! A floor collapsed on a number of The shelter itself was not crushed.

Sir Arthur Is been taken to the of the Pipet Marshes. Russians people living in a house in Tin Shan

elains that the German tanks havej Village, Customs Pass, at. 7.30 a.m.1 signal was holsted at 3.47 pm. on on the been halted. Canadian Mission 11ospital south bank of the river.

The house was hit at 12.20 - p.m. the and Sir Arthur arrived in hospital

To-dny's Savjet communique rays,! Dutch an hour later. The Chinese surgeon vessel now serving with Britain. said that he may require an opera "Heavy losses have been infileted on

The Navy Department states tion though not a serious one, that there is no immediate con- firmation of the report.

an

here.

One American marine is miss- ing and it is presumed that the others were rescued.

The hip is said to be Margden, a fornier

For Embassy Usc WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuter), -The Navy Department announced yesterday that a small detachment of marines had left for London to facilitate

communleations

the various United located there."

States

between offices

The detachment consisted of three

officers and sixty men.

Due to the great expansion of the, work of the Embassy and the estab lishment of separate ofices

there,

this service has been needed for some time." The marines would also help as Grewatchers and thus "serve to Felleve the already overburdened em- bassy stuff."

Alexandria Raid

CAIRO, June Mi (Reuter)-Enemy aircraft ogain raided Alexandrin last night but it is unnounced that the damage was negligible.

The alert ended at dawn.

Vichy

them.'

Heavy German Losses

.

tu-day.

Yam Tsui, 32, male.

The Arst distance signals were haisted in Hongkong at 947 a. on Saturday the position given being. within 60 miles of Lat. 18 N. Long. 121 E. maving northwest. The No.

Saturday and the No. 7 at 8. a.m. on Sunday.

tendency to move on a westerly track so that it was likely it would pass south of the Colony. At midnight its position was tiven as 60 miles SSE of Hongkong moving WNW.

In The Navy

Believe it or not this ofleer on board a destroyer carry- ing out convoy duties, actually manages to grow spring blooms at sea. Here he is seen carefully watering them in a sheltered sunny spot on board, He dreads that one day the blast from a shell will blow off the heads of his daffo- dits.. therefore he always puts them carefully away before any action.

Ministerial Changes

New Job For Beaverbrook

LONDON, June 29 (Reuter).-Lord Beaverbrook, the "live wire" behind Britain's alreraft preduction, has been appointed Minister of Supply to secure an "all out" production of tanks, guns and ammunition during the next few critcal months.

British Success In Syria

Other Government changes announced from the. Prime Minister's residence. to-night include the transfer of Sir Andrew Duncan, the present his Minister of Supply, to former post as President of the Beard of Trade, while Captain Oliver Lyttelton, who has just completed his task of introduc ing to the nation "coupons for clothes", leaves the Board for a LONDON, June 29 (Reutor). mystery appointment described

By 3 a.m. on Sunday wind velocityThe efforts of the British to as "apeclat duties abroad."

our resistance remain had reached Force 5 (about 20 miles break

The appointment of Lord Beaver- states woman, per hour). Afterwards the typhoon unsuccessful,"

Generalbrook a Minister of Supply shown appeared to be slowing down with a

attaches to the question of produc Dentz's communique from Syria, the importance the Prime Minister tlon, says "Reuter's". Lobby Corres- according to the Paris radio.

'He adds, in the mountainous |pondent.

More Planes region of south Lebanon we evacuat- ed some advance posts protected hy our artillery, which caused heavy As Minister of Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook achieved the ob-. Enemy lassen.

British feel of producing far more planes the than ever produced in the country, enemy before and it is expected that his new

Chau Ho-kuch, 25, male. Two young children. Chiu Kam, 27, murried was killed instantly.

The following were taken to hos- Further south intensive fighting is pital, one of them being in a critical reported in the Lwow district where condition: the Germans claim to be advancing

the

Shipping Casualties town after taking "the strongest and most modern fortifica- Shipping casualties of the storm were soon evident. Early this main- tions" to the west.

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Secret

Mission

To Turkey On Syria

Turkish Railway tent. The Turkish protocol demands that all official neta must.

To Iran-Iraq

ANKARA, June 29 (Reuter)

ANKARA, June 20 (Reutor)-President Inconu returns: here to-morrow when he is expected to receive M. Benoit Mechin, Admiral Darlan's Secretary of State, who will then presumably deliver à letter from Marshal Petain to the Presi take place at Ankara which explains why the President has not received Mechin at his summer residence at Yalova where he has been spending a few days.[shown by the arrival of von Roser, Following yesterday's denial, by a former German consul at Deirut, and The connected between Istanbul French spokesman that Mechip won several assistants. In German círcies and the rest of Europe are now come here to negotiate the evacuation of they are stated to be going to Syrin pletely nevered. It is now only poi troops from Syria, the opinion is nible to correspond with the British spreading that he is trying to nego Empire and with Russia.

for tiate permission to send "arms In view of the difficulties of com- Syrin across Turkey. It is generally munication with Europe, Turkey Is considered that his efforts. In this speeding up the construction of the direction will be unsuccessful. railwry lines whileli are to run to Irun Signs that the Germons have not

abandoned interest in Syria are: (and Iraq,

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Propaganda Work

Von Reser has been busy since the collapse of France in carrying out propagandr work among the Arabs and Syrians tigainst the British..

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Remarkable Feature Froin that time its motion became

the "In southern Syrin censed alto- very slight and then-

whitle gether. The remarkable feature of have contacted our troops

of Nebec this typhoon was the stently north elements which had infiltrated into appointment will lead to further and . enst direction of the wind for prac-uur positions northwest of Damascus greater production, drives. Leally a day and a half, that is, from were repelled with hrayy losses. Sir Andrew Duncan succeeded Mr. carly Sunday morning until the pre- "AL Palmyra the garrison was Herbert Morrison as Minister of Sup sent time.

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The typhoon having slowed up it started to increase in strength which Is a most unusual feature,

The maximum wind velocity re- ristered up to 9 nm. to-day was 80 m.ph, which was recorded at 8.41 a.m. while Forces 0, 8, and over wera registered from midnight on Sunday, Gap Rock and Waglon each regis- tered Force 0 and over from 2 p.m. on Sunday. The greatest force ex- perleneed at Gap Rock was at 8 n.. to-day when a 60 mph, gust from the north east was registered.

The lowest barométer rending was 20.087 Inches at 9 a.m. to-day which was a fall of half an inch since the

started barometer

receding The typhoon is comparatively dry

only one and up to 7am.

1.040 Inches of rain had fallen during slightly less than 24 hours.

Nazi Fighters Out-Moded

By Four R.A.F. Types

LONDON, June 29 (Reuter)-Britain appears to have won decisively the first round in the new battle with Germany to produce the fastest and best all-round fighter, writes an air ex- pert.

Thile still leaver the A., Mi couple of cards ¦ in Hand In the The success of the I.A.F. offensive Tornado and Typhoon, which should sweeps over the Channel during the be well in advance of even the latest past fortnight revealed the amazing Spitfires and Hurricanes.

mouns This

that unless German superiority of the new Hurricanes and Splifires over the much-boosted designers have struck something of a now Messerschmitt-100P, which the successfully revolutionary character, Germans claimed to be the fastest Nazi fighters are likely to have a At 9 o'clock this morning the machine in the world, capable of utevery lean lime when the Typhoon typhoon was situated about 50 miles talning higher altitudes than any and Tornado do enter upon opera-

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