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NANCY

SO THE TEACHER: MADE YOU MONITOR,

EH?

YEP!... I'M A. BIG-SHOT NOW!

DIS HAT GIVES ME

SPECIAL

RIGHTS!

Tuesday,

WELL--SO LONG---.

SEE YA IN SCHOOL!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SLUGGO-**

July 22, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

EVERYONE TURNED IN THEIR HOMEWORK

BUT YOU WHERE

IS IT?

ME?- HOMEWOIK ?--)

BUT I'M D'

MONITOR!

UB.BEER

MONITO

·TAL, DIE MAN Kiglio rivevád

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RIOT AT GENOA AFTER SHELLING

A writer in the "New York Daily News" gives an account, which escaped the Italian censors, of the British naval raid on Genoa some months ago.

He says that the British squadron ravaged miles of waterfront, sank or crippled at least 28 commercial vessels, burned down scores of harbour installations, and fomented a near insurrection amongst the Genoese against Mussolini and the war.

"Every three minutes there were) deatening crashes, six or eight in n bunch, with occasional boribs at Intervals," ho skyn,

Alterwards Fogelst Guards kept the people from seeing the devasta- tion at the docks and the morning papers came out hours later "with not a line about the bombardment."

The communique Issued the next; day insisted that nothing of military Importance had been hit "although fres had blazed on the docks until far into the previous evening."

Civilians Clubbed

Lawsuit

Lost After

Three Years

Mrs Elsy Borders, the "Portla" of West Wickham, Kent, recently losi her lawsult with the Bradford Third Equitable Benefit Building Society after nearly 19 months Higation,

On January 14, 1938, eight months real before the war, she became front

"For two days people were kept completely uninformed of the destruction," he says.

page news first going in person

to the Chancery Court to contest

The ent was let out of the bathe society's claim for the possession when the provincial council WIS convened for a report of the Harbour of her home.

Commissioners, After that there The clely said she was Lirce was no holding back the mobs who stormed the closed zone.

*I the first rush hundreds of elvilians were clubbed by the guards and whole truck foads of demonstra- tors were carted off to gaol,"

The "New York Dally News' said

months behind in repayments of their £003 mortgage.

Not A Party

In a counter claim Mrs Borders

LAW VERSUS DISORDER-Strikers at Bethlehem, Pa., stoel plant overturned this police car during riots at plant. For nearly four hours battle raged between strikers and 125 State Troopers acting at command of Governor Arthur H. James. Strikors ware members of CIO.

Blonde

Typist Of 21 Is

First Woman "Conchie"

The first woman conscientious objector is Miss Daphne Kiek, aged

alleged that the Society fraudulent-21, who comes from Surrey. She is a shorthand typist, efficient at her

y misted her into believing that the

the Maritime Prefect was discharged use she had bought on Coneyhall job, and she says she will not register under the new call-up for work in

to "appease the citizenry" and the naval commander of the Porto Fino district who

was "supposed to be responsible for being caught by sur- prise" was arrested.

"Quaked With Unrest"

The magistrates Issued an appeal for calm, "but the town stiil quaket with unrest."

Estate was well bullt.

Mr Justice Bennett ruted against munitions, the women's services, or on the land.

her.

He held that, although a brochure Issued by the builders made false statements, the building society was not a party to them,

Mrs Borders then took the case to the Appeal Court, and won.

So the society appealed in turn to the House of Lords.

"So Well Built"

Miss Kiek is an attractive take on a uniform Job of any sort, English girl. There is nothing or any first aid.”

odd about her appearance or in the least affected by any of the Miss Kick says her views are not background.

raids she has been through, and when, refuses

But (in her own words) she "Just asked her: "Would you be pre- to be part of the warpared to accept a victory by Hitler?"

she answered:-

machine."

Her objections--which she has sent "I do not believe that a victory! in a letter to Mr Ernest Devin-are on either side will solve any pros! not on the grounds of Christian faith, bleen at all."

"Three delegates of the longshore- men's and stevedores' guild went to Rome to complain about the in- sumfelent anti-naval protection. They

Giving judgment there Viscount never came back. All were arrested | Maugham said one assertion in the Although living in the middle of When asked her if she would and banished to a prison, island.

Coneyball Estate booklet was that a

badly it district in London, she go in a munition factory she was remains a pacifist. What was pre-

site has most emphatic with her "No." seen and what has happened around her do not shake her from the tiated peace with Hitler.

She said that these were the in-

The damage done was enormous, leading bullding society *Four ships were sunk in the port'spared to advance 95 per cent. of the cargo section. We could count 16 Price because the horses were 50-viction that we should make a nego-truments-of-destruction which "to

others smashed and sting,

"Well kidit.

"All the warehouses between Hie Industrial suburb of San Pier Darena like and Ponte dei Mille buried matchwood,

"The great oil refinery was de-printed. stroyed. Five of the seven huge oil tanks disappeared..

Coal Port Smashed

"The wrecks of many port trawl- era-we could see eight, but there were more-were visible, blown 13 or partly sunk.

of

"Many thousands of yards buildings along the water front were burned down. The coal port was en- tirely smashed-wharves, machinery and all."

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But that statement did. not refer to the Bradford Third Equitable Society, which did not appear on the scene until after the brochure was The appeal would be allowed, and Mrs Borders would pay costs in the Appeal Court and the House of Lords.

More Parcels For Prisoners

No Tribunals

my mind would cause similar horrors to that which Britain is now experi- encing."

There are few women conscien flous objectors-fewer than in the On the question of defending our men's call-up. There are no tri- homes or working to defend them. bunals for women, but they have the she said that she could not possibly right of appeal to a hardship com- undertake any work of that nature. mittee, which will respect objection

"It would be active participation as a reason for appilcation.

Miss Kick-a natural blonde, look in the war," she said. ing no different from the average! smart girl you see in a City queue waiting for a train at London Bridge! has offered herself as the first test woman conscientious

care

Hopes To Continuc

So Miss Kiek went on with her typing-in a room that has already had its windows blown out.

fur objector. Field-Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, refuse to take down letters which part in any of the women's organisa-

asked her yesterday if she would! She insists that she can take chalman of the executive of the would direct emergency services Into ions. British Red Cross and St John Warn biltzed town, writes Hilde Mar- would be subscribing

"Even going 1 the land Organisation, stated at a luncheon of chant in the "Daily Express."

to the war the Anglo-Swedish society in Lon- "Certainly,"

effort." don recently that British prisoners of would not type anything which sup- Was her reply. "I war in Germany were now receiving ported the organisation which pro- at her present salary, in her present She hopes to continue her work, regular and generous supply of iongs this war. parcels.

Job; and should iler arrive shej

le had just received a telegram from Geneva asking the organisation not to send so many as it could not deal with them.

"Something Funny" There was no record, Sir Philip stated, either in the last war or this, of the Germans taking any parcels. At some of the camps, however, "something very funny" was going

on

AL Ong-7 C, which was full of officers, a good many parcels had been received, but letters from pri- soners were contradictory..

had

or

A woman sald her husband wrote freen this camp stating that he had food clothes and โร miserable. Another woman said that her son wrote from the same enump at the same time stating that they were receiving so many food parcels that they were having to make cupboards to take them. both

Sir

Philip added that he knew men personally and neither would tell an untruth.

Spares For Weeks.

"If all the parcels we now have on the sea get through we shall have, with the 10.000 parcels a week we get from Canada, a great many weeks' 'gures' in case of accident," be continued.

Sir Philip also disclosed that, be tween £17,000 and £18,000 worth of supplies was sent to Greece by the Red Cross. He did not think much had been lost, because it was sent in. small quantities, as required, from Cyprus and the Middle East.

They had sent £105,768 worth of supplies to the. Middle East, and; more was going out every day.

Increased Production Of Ships

Greater Tonnage Badly_Needed.

The maximum possible effort must be made to increase the production of merchant ships in Britain.

the Admiralty, gave this warning at Mr A. V. Alexander, First Lord of

Sheerness recently.

We must also acquire, he said, the service of us much tonnage as can be provided from the new and ex- States and other overseas countries building ships. panding programme of the United

of repairs to shipping.

We must also increase the amount

Shipping losses had been heavy and of very serious importance.

Nevertheless it was remarkable that the Navy, with the steadily in mand of the RAF creasing help of the Coastal Com-

had но far main She talks on a rota-rather as it says:

Lained such a volume of import of it were ali given to her in

food, raw materials, and Increasing hand notes.

short- "I just don't know how bad itquantities of munitions from the

would be, but I don't feel I can do Dominions and the United States. anything about it."

Would Not Nurse

I asked if she would help the injured in a bombed building.

She said: "Yes. If I were

After 22 years service in the civilian. But feel A.R.P. and Singaporo Harbour Board, Mr Robert nursing is part of the whole organ-Bald, Dockyard Manager, isation for war,

has Jeft Singapore by air for Australia "I would not deliberately train as leave prior to retirement, states the nurse or a warden. I could nati Singapore Free Press.

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on

The country's need at this mo- Intnt, Mr Alexander concluded, "especially, emphasises the necessity for money to be subscribed to the Government loan.

"For this to have the fullest pos- position the money loaned should sible effect in stabilising the daanclat represent genuine saving."

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