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WELL, SLUGGO OL' BOY... NEXT WEEK IS OUR BIG FIGHT HAVE YOU

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Russians

Making Anti-Gas Minded

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 21, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

CLANG

BOY!--- I CAN JUST HEAR THAT

OL GONG!

MOSCOW, Aug. 20 (Reuter)-A campaign Is new in pro- gress to inform the Soviet people how to deal with gas and other means of chemical warfare. As in Britain in the carly days of the war, many decontamination squads are holding practice tests.

Trained speakers and heads of A.R.P. house commlitecs can be scen in numerous little court- yards In Moscow lecturing to tho Inhabitants in blocks of flats on how to protect themselves from

gas.

Leaders and other articles in the Press urge the need for people to take their own measures for defence. They warn that the enemy is pre- pared to resort to any measure to ensure victory.

A New Crime

British

Air Raid

Policies

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LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reuter).——The disclosures mude recently by the Air Ministry of the actual numbers of abreralt engaged in attacks on Ger-

many have, it is learned in London. Riven considerable antisfaction

have nur

In an article in to-day's "Pravda, U Major-General ut technical troops M. Mellikov, writes that at the Russians who are now able more long ago the whole world learned with hatred that Naziisin was secretfully to appreciate the extent ly preparing for a new crime--the which the RAF is assisting them. extensive use of poisonous substances It was also stated that although in the war against the Soviet Union, recent Air Ministry communiques in some cases disclosed higher We are aware that the enemy is pronumerical losses of aircraft during posing to apply a combination of polsonous substances with asphyxlat operations over Germany, the ratio of losses to the number of alreraft e/Icets. ing, smarting and blistering

"A chemical attack, however, is engaged has not increased over the

months. only real danger when there is no kuowledge

the of

methods

Air Ministry will continue their defence."

policy of announcing the actual He goes on to urge the he formation of special anti-chemical number of aircraft engaged in these squads in every town, village, factory,perations from time to line in order farm and railway station.

Australian's

Appointment

To Britain

of

CANBERRA, Aug. 20 (Reuter) The appointment of the former Com monwealth Minister of Customs, Wing Commander T. W. White, to command an Australian Air Force station shortly to be formed in Eng- land has been anfourced by the Air Minister, Mr K. McEwen.

The station will be under the jurisdiction of the new Overseas Headquarters.

RA.A.F.

10

last two or three

The

that the world may be able to ap- preciate the extent of the British western offensive,

Rumanians Go Expansionist

LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reuter).—The Rumanian press la beginning to talk "Transnistria" on the other side of significantly about what it calls its old frontier with Russia.

day of deliverance of our

brothers

the beyond Dniester has arrived," Rumanian papers are proclaiming, according to a Bucharest telegrara.

"Transnistria" described us "old Rumanian land extending from the Dniester to the Bug and Daie-

per."

is

population has extended as far as the Dnieper and beyond since the year

000.

CHINA BREAKS

President's Το

Appeal

Strikers

KEARNEY, Aug. 20 (Reu- ter)-President Roosevelt has naked both sides in the strike In the Federal Shipbuilding Com-; pany's yards here to resume work forthwith.

He urged them to put the "Import- ance of national defence before their points of difference."

It will be recalled that the strike, which began on August 7, involves 18,000 men working on over $493,- 900,000 worth of war and merchant ship orders.

The Vice-President of the local Congress of Industrial Organisations Union, Mr Peter Flynn, has urged the Government to take over the yards and "operate them in the Interests of national defence,"

FUTURE OF CHINA'S CURRENCY

Wing

Commander White, who is the only member of the House of The papers elte a map said to Representatives in the Air Force, have been printed In Berlin in 1824

the Empires proving that the Rumanian. -recently-conumandod

Initial Alr Training School in Victoria,

Prisoner of Turks During the last war, he was the only Australian prisoner of war esenpe from Turkey and hnd the further distinction of taking overseas the first expeditionary alr force ever sent from Australia to serve with Townsend in Mesopotamia, Ile was News).—Dr Que Tai-chi, Minister of nwarded the D.F.C. and was twice Foreign Affairs. Issued a declaration CHUNGKING, Aur. 20 (Rau mentioned in dispatches.

to-day, severing diplomalle relations ter),-"Reuter" has been in- while was enemy lines to destroy telegraph | the Bogus Nanking regime and communications that he was taken "Manchukuo," prisoner.

WITH DANES

Aug 20 (Central

CHUNGKING,

Dollar May Improve

LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reuter) —“Their's not to reason why, their's but to do and die” will no longer apply to the British soldier.

The Balaclava attitude, epito- mised in Tennyson's lines, Was swept away by a War Office an- nouncement to-day that it has been decided to set up an Army Bureau of Current Affairs.

The idea is to enable officers to tell their men in training time who they are fighting and to keep them #breas. of events, policies and personalities of the world at war. In other worth:

the ideal soldier of to-day will matel up to Cromwell's famous definition of the citizen soldier as one "who must

know what he fights for and what he knows."

Topical Discussion

loves

It is proposed that two or three times a week, offers will

Enforcing

Discipline

a

On Poles

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 20 (Reuter).--- A further example of the Germans" avage treatment of Pales la reported

by the Berlin correspondent of the "Dagens Nyheter."

Quoting a report from a German commander, he states that a "Com- munist" band fred on, a German car in the village of Skela

the

villers

the

colles Finding "proof" of rom- their platoons and outline selected plicity in the fact That toples of the day, answer questions did not warn the gendarmes, and encourage discussion.

Germans destroyed the whole village General Sir John Dill, Chief by fire, shot many villagers and Imperial General Staff, writes: "In hanged 60 so-called Communists. terest in current affairs, including events of war, induces confidence; confidence is one of

of ingredients of unshakeable morale."

ON

A bulletin dealing with military affairs and world toples respectively will be issued to all officers alternate weeks as material for tulks. The Army Bureau Service wih also supply Information, Alm, photo-{

graphs and radio digests for trot

abroad, travelling exhibitions and n panel of special'speakers.

Ship Bombed In

Portuguese Waters

Beaverbrook : After Supply

Concessions

NEW YORK, Aug, 20 (Reuter).------ One of the chief points Lord Beaver- brook is now discussing with Pre- sident Roosevelt, according to the Washington correspondent of the "Wall Street Journal", concerns Bri- tish payments for defence orders

contracted for prior to the Lease- Lend arrangements entering into force.

The "Journal" says that it is reli- ably reported that Lord Beaverbrook has asked that the United States Brush contracts, understood to in- should take over all the existing volve $1,500,000,000.

Treasury Plan

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Reuter). It is learned authoritatively that

LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reuter) neutral waters recently to attack

alrcraft Three German

violated

British ship as she was lying off a Portuguese port waiting to enter.

The attack occurred at a point off

Portugal the land frontier of

and Spain and well within territorial the United States Treasury Depart- limits. Because of this, the crew of ment is co-operating with British the British ship were taken by aur amcials to relieve Britain's dollar prise,

believing that the guest or exition and is working on Gol planes either be Portuguese or whereby the United States Govern- Spanish but the aircraft attacked; ment would assume outstanding pay- dropping one bomb which fell near ments under the Lease-Lend Act un the ship and raking

a certain percentage of ordera con- machine-gun Are.

tracted for by the British before the Fortunately there were no casual-adoption of the Act.

However, it is stressed that the proportion of such payments to be

(les.

her

with

DUKE OF KENT'S taken over by the United States is

VISIT TO U.S.A.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Reuter). President Roosevelt will br the

not yet fixed and well-informed quarters are inclined to feel that the report in the "Wall Street Journal" Dat the United States Government would take over one-third of such

landing behind with Denmark for her recognition of formed that the strengthening | week-end host of the Duke of Kent payments is exaggerated.

"Dr

of the Chinese dollar has caused at Hyde Park. The President will

Food Purchased WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Reuter). The Agriculture Department an- nounced the purchase of 1,320,000 cheese, 5,580 pounds of American cases of eggs, 2,101,000 pounds cf dried pears, of which the bulk, It is exported to Britain.

Quo's declaration reads: heavy sales in the old British leave for Hyde Park to-morrow. He resigned from the Common- "Following the footsteps and pro-Stabilisation Fund.

Returning with the President on wealth Cabinet in 1938 as a protest sumably under the pressure of Ger-

Monday, the Duke will stay at the against the Prime Minister's decision many and her partners,

It is predicted Denmark

that the House and will then inspect defence, to create an Inner Cabinet.

recognised the puppet regimes in Chinese dollar will not fall be-plants in Norfolk and Baltimore. Noniing and the four Northeastern low the present rate and when

With Miners STOCK EXCHANGE step Demaric has not, it is highly to the Chinese dollar may even get niner's helmet, the Duke of Kent

provinces. In taking this unjustled the new Fund starts to work, TIRIMIN, Ontario, Aug. 20 (Reu-understood, will be be regretted, hesitated to forfeit her stronger. PROFIT-TAKING friendship of long standing with

descended gold mine and remained GERMAN BOMBER China The Chinese Government in! "Reuter" learns that the new LONDON, Aug, 20 (Reuter)-The line with its fixed polley hereby de-Sino-British-American Stabilisa- On his return to the surface, the) Stock Exchange to-day continued to claces that diplomatic relations be- tion Fund may start working

OVER ICELAND be firm generally with most sections tween this country and Denmark are within a few weeks. tending to be higher despite Bght forthwith severed."

profit-taking.

Come-rails were again the mala

esture

vances

while gilt-edged holdings

were firmly held.

Among industrials, textiles,

cs-

DJIBUTI IS STILL

IN VICHY HANDS

pecially Bradford stocks, were again VICHY, Aug, 20 (Reuter).——. good, as also were breweries, rayons A Djibuti dispatch to a Vichy ,unut motors, but tobaccos and news agency to-day states that

shipping were reactionary.

Kaffis maintained their levels, "British warships have on olls were a shale harder and rubbers several occasions in the past few were not affected by the "Increase." days violated French territorial waters off the coast of French JUSTICE MURPHY Somaliland,"

MAY RESIGN

Appeal To Thailand

RANGOON, Aug. 20 (Reuter}--It

ter)-Dressed in overalls and a

below nearly on hour.

Duke changed into an Air Commo

dore's uniform and inspected the miners' recreation centre.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

REYKJAVIK, Aug. 20 (UP)- He then drove his car 38 miles to There was a 45 minute air raid alarm Porquis where ho boarded. an air-beginning at 7 pm. to-day when a liner which took off for Toronto,

twin-engined German bomber flew over the city but dropped no bombs.

British Aghters pursued the plane but lost it in the clouds.

SECRET SESSION American built Tomahawks and

AT CANBERRA

Cordell Hull is revealed here that the bradcast op- CANBERRA, Aug. 20 (Reuter).— WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Reuter). }.

to hand to stand arm in the At the conclusion of Mr Menzies Mr Cordell Hull, Secretary of maintenance of her Independence, speech, Parliament went into a secret State, at a press conference lo-day made in Thai from the Penang session which lasted six hours. said that he had heard nothing of a The Government and Labour press report that a German pinne hnd station, was by Sir Joseph Maung Gyl, foremost of Burma's elder Parties to-morrow will discuss Mr down over Iceland and had been statesmen and ut A British destroyer is stated to Governor of Burma.

one time Acting Menzies proposed trip to London. choset off by fighters.

considered unlikely have fred on a French fishing vessel

Sir Maung, whose early years Labour will agree. off Obok. The message makes no were spent In Thailand, recalled that mention of unconfirmed reports from the country recently assumed WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UP) certain sources that British destroyers new hame, which means "Free."

have penetrated into the Djibuti harbour.

OFICIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

Unconfirmed reports are again being circulated that Mr Justice Froak Murphy of the Supreme Court is re- signing from the Court to accept a Cabinet post. The report is based

on the delay in naming a partly

suc- for Mr Robert Jackson 08 Attorney General.

cessor

eral, is supposed to be favoured for

Shanghailanders Sport Their "V's”

SHANGHAI, Aug. 21 (Reuter).

her

No Observers In Occupied France

VICHY, Aug. 20 (Reuter). The

It

that

MONEY FOR U.S. DEFENCE

tho

If the report was correct, he added, the fighters must have been British ns he understood that there were no United States Aghters in Iceland yet.

IMPORTANCE OF BASES IN EIRE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Reuter). -Allocations and cominliments for

NEW YORK, Aug). 20 (Reuter). defence programme to-day

McDermott, topped the $51,050,000,000 (£12,750,- Mr Fronk

the Eire 000,003) mark.

Senator, who arrived liere by Clipper The prospective second Lease-Lend to-day, declared that it was essen- Mr. Francis Biddle, Solleitor Gen- The "y" campaign is still going German authorities have asked all the Cabinet post but Justice Murphy's great guns in Shanghai with vir- consular officers to leave Occupied request may raise the total to over tial for the future of Ireland that

tually

$55,000,000,000 (£13,750,000,000). French territory by September 1, overy democratic-minded foreigner in this cosmopolitan city according to a Paris dispatel to the

Miserable Existence Vichy news agency. now wearing an aluminium “p

Tapping out the letter "V" in made of certain countries, including Exceptions are expected to bo

Of Japanese Morse before and after every news the Consuls-General of Argentine,

Atlantic." BOMBAY, Aug. 20 (Reuter),--For British broadcast by local

and Brazil and Chile but numerous other six days a month bread is not sold American radio stations has become representatives of the three countries in Japan, butter and ghes are avail- One For East Anglia-

name is being mentioned for it,

Anti-Nazi Measures

In Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20 (UF), "A"group" of Congressmen headed by Senator Joaquin Martinez Chavarrin Indicated to-day that they would in troduce a series of anti-Nazi mea sures during the September session

an established practice.

The movement has proved a windfall for certain entérprising German Jewlah emigres who have done and are doing a roaring trade of Congress, Including expropriation in V" emblems, finga and pennants of Axis property, and consulates, and which they put out in all sizes, stronger anti-espionage legislation: shapes and colours.

will have to go.

BOMBAY, Aug. 20 (Neuter)—A sum of £150,000 has so for been remitted to the Ministry of Aircraft Production from the Bombay Air Gifts Fund,

able only in very limited quantitica

Britain should not be defeated, and added: "Lack of air and naval bases in Ireland might make the difference between. victory, and de- feat for Britain in the Battle of the

at a stirr price, while there is al- LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reuter). rendy rationing of rice and bread, After another day undisturbed by according to an Indian who arrived enemy air"activity over * Brilsin," a to-day from Japan aboard the single raider, dropped a high-ex- Hakone Maru

kata plosive bomb on an East Anglian Forty Indian passengers Caccived town to-night. No casualties were from Japan

reported.

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