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Yesterday the Chinese population of fongkong quteily observed the Flowers fourth anniversary of the start of the Shaugbol atlitics. were sold in aid of reflet funds. Here is a young patriot doing her bl during the drive, Picture was snapped at one of the Chinese bathing clubs. (Photo: New China Newsphotos).

Film Was Banned, Now A Triumph

Över a year ago. the British Film Censor banned in advance "Love On the Dole" as most undesirable" and able."

Daring German Pilot Joined R.A.A.F. Flight

While

three planes flown by cireling an R.A.A.F. pilots were nerodrome in England during night flying practice, a German pilot, un- recognised, joined in the circuit..

"unaccept-BRAON

Months later he relented. It has turned out one of the finest British pictures ever made.

August 14, 1941.

U. S. ARMS IN SOUTH PACIFIC

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Domel).-The United States arms exports to the South Pacifie Jumped from 50 to 200 per ent ns compared with the first quarter of last year, the "Chugnt Shogyos" correspondent in Shanghai reports.

The United States has been sending nothing but war materials to the Scuth Pacific, the paper points out This clearly indientes to what extent the Untied States' is extending aid to the British defences in the Far East. United States exports of essential war materials during the first quar- ter of this year increased by 50 per cent to British India, 56 per cent to Hongkong, 139 per cent, to Burma and 238 per ceni, to Malaya.

The United States imported during the period U.S.$90,735,000 of raw materials from these regions, report seserts.

the

Polish Pilot Wants Mascot

But Got In Trouble

F11

was sto-

A superstitious Pollsh Sal Pilot, seeking mascot, saw an Aylesbury duck swimming on a pond at an airport where he tioned. To him the duck meant tuck, and though it belonged to a toolt it away pollee constable, he

with hin

The pilot, who recently shut down German plane, was charged with

valued at 12s. stealing the duck, The constable told the Bench that he took it away us a muscot,

An ulcer who acted as the ser geant's interpreter sald that Pulish airmen were very superstitious and

liked mascots. He did not think the sergeant intended to steal the duck. The ease was dismissed on payment of 5. costs, which one of the magls- trates offered to pay "in view of the al German fact that he shot down plane."

Far East Convoys Arrive Safely

FROM PAGE ONE

At only 1.000ft he switched on his navigation lights, and completed one end of their team of duty but are lap, then dropped two sticks of reinforcements needed to staff new nerodromes How In operation in bonibs, and cleared off.

in air

war.

This

In letters from Sgt-Malaya and Burma. Most of these related Pilot R. L. Barrett. son of Mr and men come from important bomber, Mrs Darrell Barrell, of Unley, who fighter and coastal stations in Britain and all have first-hand experience of has been reported missing

Thel day

night. nir and Walter operations. congratulate author

Sat-Pilot Barrelt said that a Jun-knowledge of active war is an im- mense help to those with whom they Greenwood!' un refusing to give it

trying the happy ending, and on discovering, in kers plane which was

sume teat a few weeks before bere now werking. 19-year-old blonde Deborah Kerr, n

as came too daring, and tried to moke wonderful new serren actress,

a tanding. good as Wendy Hiller was in the writes the "Dally staige version. Herak: Alm correspondent.

This scathing, bliter, yet hopeful,

He "plled up" his undercutringe, LATE NEWS

and the crew was captured.

story of Manchester slum life, pre- ASSURANCES TO

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as well as tragedy.

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"The cast includes George Carney, Geoffrey-Hibbert, Mary Merrall, Maire O'Neill and Clifford Evans.

"It is good entertainment, But it is olso a social document eloquent of democracy's freedom to criticise Itsell, and makes an urgent demand for a better post-war world,"

Extra Coupons For Brides

Ration Not Enough be Brides may

allowed a few extra clothing coupons in Britain

This was hipted by a Board of Tiile ofetal at Lelcester when it was pointed out that 66 coupons were not sufficient to carry a bride through 12 months.

Mr D. H. C. Tonks, who represent- ed the Board of Trade, suld that the position had cropped up recently.

It was now ender careful con- sideration.

Me Tonks spoke at a joint meeting

TURKEY

FROM PAGE ONE

Brined Britain's friendship with Turkey and repudiated suggestions of enemy origin that we might make would some arrangement at Turkey's ex- pense. Britain, said Mr

continue to observe the

Anglo-Turkish treaty,

thai

the friendship between this country and Turkey would be a insting con- tribution to European understanding bath during and after the war.

Ministers Met

Mr Eden met M. Sarajoğlu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, at Cyprus In March, and the officiul report

that they "re-emphasised the complete identity of views which existed between their two Govern ments."

As recently as last month, great pleasure was expressed in Turkey at the establishment of British military authority in Syria because it was sald that "Turkey had become neighbours with their British ally."

Britain

The Joint assurance now given to Turkey is intended to dispel the effect of Axis propaganda and remove the least suspielen that Russia had come to an understauling or agreement at Turkey's expONEC.

Blow To Nazis

And

LONDON, Aug. 13 (Router)-The Anglo-Soviet declaration to Turkey Is a severe blow to German intrigues and hopes in the near East. Its im-

of the Leicester Chamber of Com-portance lies in the fact that not

merely have merce and Chamber of Trade,

great Britain and Soviet

He promised to rulse with the Russia jointly undertaken to help Beard of Trade a suggestion that re- Turkey against any attack by the tailers should be allowed to sell holl-Axis, but Turkey has accepted and day clothes, shoes and sportswear warmly welcomed this guarantee.

It not only amounts to a renewal without coupons rather than allow

of Turko-British Treaty but in o them to become "frozen."

virtual re-insurance

the en- dorsement of Soviet Russia,

Thus, Instead of inducing Turkey

Sports Wear

"the

It was pointed out that there were to denounce her mutual obligations millions of pounds worth of hollday with

·

Great Britain, Germany, In choes, clothes and sportswear in the spite of all her pressure and pro- centres of titles liable to bombing pagando, sees these obligations re- and they were being "Frozen" by the affirmed by Great Britain, supported rationing scheme.

by Soviet Russia and accepted with appreciation by Turkey.

Jaucs Clarified ·

"These things must be sold now otherwise they will be out of season," one member said, "and many people will be financially, ruined."

Mr Tonks said he was not in a position to give an answer straight away, but would raise the matter at the Board of Trade,

The Anglo-Russinn declarations give the He in a most effective and emphatic manner to German insinua- tions regarding Russian designs. on the Straits of the Dardanelles, by which Germany has attempted to relations, not only between poison Nurses uniform to plso under con-Turkey and Russia, but between Bri-

and Turkey as well. sideration. A nurse going into ho

declarations constitute pital service requires at least 80 coupons 14 more than her year's striking example of intimate colle

boration, between the two countries allowance 'to.fit her out.

and prepar

WAY for even closer prepare the relations with Turkey. The prosent step is only the beginning,

A

Sarajoglu Dines With

They also indi

Indicate the now spirit governing Russian foreign policy British Ambassador which has recently been manifested

ANKARA, Aug. 13 (Reuter).Sirin the Russian-Polish Pact, In agres- Hughe Knatchbull Hugessen, Brillah ment with the Czech Government, Ambassador to Turkey, entertained and in the promise of Soviet support M. Sarnjoglu, Foreign Minister, und and free and equal collaboration four other Cabinet Ministers on with all Independent nations resist Wednesday.

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A CHINESE THRILLER IN MANDARIN'

U.S. Warplanes May Reds Counter-Attack

Defend Hongkong Nazi Forces Routed

FROM PAGE ONE

FROM PAGE ONE

being

shock of tousled sandy hair, Muddy northern Estonia, but are shoes and burrs on his socks aug hampered by tens of thousands of gested a strenuour day in the open civil refugees, including men, women with his troops.

Liked Him Instantly THked him-instantly-And-so-docs everyone I've talkeden Ho's a mung

especially military inen. man's man, a soldier's soldier, who isn't atrakk to dirty his ha

his hands,

A man to inspire confidence; and the man necessary to counterbalance civilian Hongkong's ostrichlsm.

him what he thought of

A military

Honk and her chances if war

me to her doorstep.

answered in military terms;

came

man,

he

kong has the greatest con- |

and children. The refugees are mostly Communists from other Baltic countries and are homeless. They

constituting.. ate-reported-to-be- great handleap to the fighting Soviet are a heavy as far as supplies are concerned.

Well informed circles believe that the fall of Tallinn is now imminent

great

many refugees are imped- ing military operations,

"Nothing Important" (OY "REUTER'S" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)

LONDON, Aug. 14-Nothing im

of guns in the British Em-portant occurred "on the war fronts, pire of all types, from the biggest yesterday was the reply given by the Soviet military headquarters in of large-calibre coastal defence guns

of

advance in the Ukraine.

ses if something very happened and the

to high-altitude anti-aircraft guns. Moscow to-day to German claims

a sweeping And from what I've seen during my rounds of inspections, I can say that. It would be absurd for the Russians

phruses I am more than satisfied with the to use such

had ains an important degree of emelency, trolaing and accuracy of fire of the gunners in absence of new place names in to- thele practice shoots. More than day's Soviet communique is a clear

past Soviet. mindleation, In view of pleased, too, with the men them- selves who are mostly seasoned practice, that there has been no ad- troops of extraordinary high morale. Vance by the main German forces.

Grain Stocks "I'm confident," he concluded, "that we'll put up a jolly good show, come what may."

Bvely small island

This does not mean that advance German_units may not again have Two Important Weapons ventured to push ahead, possibly to- Well, in my opinion, blitzkrieg war wards Nikolaiey, the Block Sens port 70 mile northeast of Odessa, whose has proven the value of two import gigantic allos doubtless conjure up ant

tank. weapons-the-

of vast und the Warplane. For Hongkong, the-prin- for the Germunis visions cipal part of which is built on a com... grain stocks.

there is every reason to Actually of steep-

M. ills.

e tank is mediately suppose that in accordance with

Stalin's

the Russians would policy ruled out. But with Japanese acro-| dromes in occupied Chinese territory move this grain inland if Nikolatev Is which. only minutes distant by air, the net sously threatened, w, should threat of an air-blitz, here, should not yet the case. At all

a strategie retreat be necessary, the the balloon go up, is grim opf Russians can afford, after the har- to abandon gathered, stationed here to meet this part of the Ukrainian farmland and be expected to take up strong threat. The Nipponese, however, are positions inside the bend of the

may be suspicious of this. All signs here,

дог

, Hongkong has no als est has been ****

point clearly to a British determina-

which Caloper

event,

from an industria!

tion to defend this place strongly point, it would be very important to threat no threat of Japanese preserve. blitzkrieging planes weeks ago, Air be beginning to form in the minds of try, And a haunting suspicion Hiust In vi Singapore some

Fulford, Commanding envious Japanese across Hongkong's the RAF in the Far East, com- borders that should they attempt an mented on Britain's

itain's air power in nir-blitz here, squadrons of these Malayn: Sald he

American war-planes may suddenly, "Do not imagine the air force here appear at the

their backs--operating from

is solely for the defence of Singapore, Somewhere in Free China,"strear- In the last year or so we have coming in along a doited line of secret plated a chain of military aerodromes air bases Teaching all the way buck that stretch to the northern frontiers to Burma and Singapore.

of Malayd; and in Burma, to the Hongkong, then, may no longer be frontlers of China,” A

the isolated outpost of Britain in the Japanese May Get Surprise Far East. And perhaps the growing of Britain at Now, I have a pretty good idea defensive strength that in the last few months literally Singapore has by now reached pro hundreds of American warplanes portions where its defensive sphero Lend-Lease stuff-have been pour-ot influence has already been o ing Into Malaya and Burma, and tended to include Hongkong. I now return you to NBCA mysteriously disappearing up coun-

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