1941-09-04 — Page 7

NANCY

HAW HAW.***

WHAT A

SILLY

LITTLE FAN!

OH, YEAH?

IT'S A VERY POWERFUL ONE/

TURN, IT ON AND

PROVE

IT!

Thursday,

O.K, ---BUT I'LL HAVE TO BLINDFOLD YOU THE WIND WOULD HURT

YOUR EYES!

AW... I CAN HARDLY FEEL IT!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

LOH, IT TAKES

A FEW MINUTES TO GET GOING

·STRONG!

September 4, 1941.

_By_Ernie Bushmiller

(ELECTRIC)

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Nine of these Blenheim Bombers

will carry a message to Hitler

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O

How soon depends upon the raising of

approximately £24,000.

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H.K.'S BOMBER SQUADRON

Remitted £151,939,19.6d

Required £24,000

U.S. Corps Studying War Epidemics

After months of painstaking preparations → Including the shipment of a 22-building pre-fabricated hospital from the United States--a corps of 84 American doctors, medical techni- clans and Red Cross nurses have started a long-range study of wartime disease in Great Britain under the auspices of the American Red Cross and Harvard University,

.The study is being conducted from the American Red Cross», Harvard Hospital which has just been completed at an unnamed

UB.STOUT

SOLE AGENTS:

site southwest of London, according to Dr. John E. Gordon, W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (China) LTD.

Harvard epidemiologist who has been placed in charge of the project.

Although the immediate aim will be to assist Britain in fight- ing communicable disease, the long-range purpose of the under- taking will be to get more in- formation about how epidemics start, what can be done to head them off and how the United States can preserve its own health if war ever comes to American shores.

MESSAGE

TO WOMEN

OF INDIA

A message sent to Indian wo- men was signed by Lady Violet Reports of the study will be turned Bonham-Carter, Dame Elizabeth over to the army, navy and pubile Cadbury, Miss Thelma Cazalet, health service of the United States. M.P., Mrs Corbett Ashby, Mrs Much is yet to be learned of the H. Gray, Lady Hartog, Mrs prevention and treatment of epi-

demics under wartime conditions, Dr Dorothy Jinarajadasa, Mrs G. Gordon pointed out. Do they begin Lankester, Lady Layton, Miss in army camps and spread thence to Picton-Turbervili, Lady Procter, civilian centres, or vlee, versa? How much can be blamed on skimpy war und Miss D. Solomon. It stated: rutions? In what way can epidemies

be nipped in the bud when air raids and other wartime disorganisation make ordinary pencetime procedure impossible.

We who count many Indian women among our friends feel compelled by the urgency of the times to send you this message. These are some of the questions In the front line ourselves, we to which Dr Gordon hopes to find an watch the battle zones extending answer. When the project gets into farther eastward from day to full swing, doctors and technicians,

alded by the overseas corps of Red day. We have entered the most Cross nurses, will fan out incritical phase of the war and we motorised units, covering an aren do not think that India realises within a 150-mile radius from the

her danger. We believe that hospital base. The territory in which the hospital is located comprises some your peril is no less great than industrial centres, a good bit of rural ours.. country and a number of troop con- centration centres.

When Nazis Feel Like Vanquished

We know how passionately you hate war. We hate war, too. Much of the national and international work of our women's organisations in the last twenty years has been work for peace.

Goodwill to India

We are told that some of you say I that this is a war of British im- perialism and that therefore Indlan nationalists can have no part in it. We do not think that many of you can really believe this in your hearts. Without victory, for the democracies no Indian freedom,"

PROFESSOR Gerbrandy, there can be Dutch Premier, speaking at that never was there so much good- and we assure you in all sincerity Shefeld recently, said: “ The will to Indin, so

so much sympathy with Nazi invader removes from offl-Indian aspirations, as is io be found In Britain to-day. Britain wants cial places in the Netherlands all

India to be a

a free and qual partner portraits of the Queen; they are in the Commonwealth. multiplled in the homes.

"The invader forbids the ex-with you, as with us, that differences hibition of her portraits in shop between political parties can be laid windows; a book shopkeeper re-nside for a time to face a common taliated by placing in his win- danger? And when victory comes dow a portrait of Hitler eur- nane will be found who wish to dis- rounded with copies of a book pute India's claim to her place among entitled 'How to Learn to Swim.' to plan a wiser world.

the free nations freely co-operating

"Orders are given that no like- nesses of the Queen may be sold. The Netherlanders carve out her image from coing and wear it as an ornament In guch overwhelming numbers that there is a shortage of small change.

The supreme need of the moment is union for victory. May it not be

...

NAZIS LIFT BAN

ON CBS

News broadcasts from Berlin by: "A German officer wrote that the the Columbia Broadcasting System reception in Poland was not cordial, were resumed recently, after having in Denmark disagreeable, in Norway been halted by the Nazis for nearly and in the Netherlands three weeks. The Nazi Propaganda Ministry objected to remarks of "These people," he said, 'treat us Elmer Davis, in N. Y concerning as civilians of a lower class. The an interview of CBS's Inrry Flan- conqueror feels as though he is the nery in Beriln with P. G. Wode-

tors.'

ACHTUNG, HAWKINSI ACHTUNG!

“I say, Hawkins, you might be more careful. You nearly had me over the hanisters."

"I'm very sorry, Sir. 1 had wat antiri- pated your arrival in -- er -- one fall swoop, if I may coin a phrase. In fact, Sir, I didn't know you were up?" "My good man, I've been up since cockerow. The clocks were striking eight as I sprang from my Spartan box spring mattress."

** Indred, Sir".

“Yes, Hawkins. Indeed! - Indeed! Indeed!

I suppose you think I ought to have a roaring headache

and a taste in my mouth like cold dinner knives?"

"Well, Sir, now that you prise me, you were out rather late last weight,***

Of course I was.`` Dida's 'ger back elil threa But I drank nothing but Gimlet. And now I'm feeling a fit as one of those culinary whatʻes. {ta-fumes."

"Tripess, dir. I'm not surprised, Sir. Bow's Lima Julca possessar, shera- pautic properties which ...'

Confound you, Hawkins. know all the answers!"*

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