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Barelegged Women In

St Peter's

BERNE, Sept. 7 (Router) It is learned from the Vatican City that shortage of women's stockings in Italy has caused a minor revolution in Catholic traditiona.

To-day the Vatican authorities permitted women to enter St Peter's without stockings,

The declsion, which was based on the almost complete lack of stock- inga in Italy except for women able to pay exorbitant prices, will prob- ably be applied to all Italian churches.

Britons End Air Courses In America

Now Preparing For Advanced Training LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 16 Two groups of Royal Air Force cadets, the first to plete primary flight training in this country, left to-day for Gunter Field, Montgomery, Ala.. to receive basle training.

com-

A group of fifty-three was grad-

Monday,

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH

September 8, 1941.

RUSSIANS GO TO WAR—This is one of the first pictures sent by radio from Moscow to Now York, a distance of 4,750 miles, as a radiophoto transmission test. It shows

Soviet motor cyclo squad moving up to the front.

Gracie Fields Back In England

And Hearts Of Her Countrymen

Summary Of Week's Air Warfare

Europe & Mid. Eas!

LONDON, Sept. 7 (Router) — R.A.F. losses in the European zono last week showed a con- siderable drop compared with several previous weeks although their western offensive continu- ed unabated..

Losses in Western Europe and the Middle East last week were 38 Axis and 48 RAF. Twenty-eight R.A.F. bombers falled to return from raids over Germany and occupied territory andl attacks on shipping.

RAF. fighters destroyed 14 Mes- serschmits for the loss of 11.

In the Middle East, 20 Axis bom- bera and fighters were destroyed for the loss of seven FLAF. machines.

On several sweeps, fighter pilots reported that Messerschmitts refused to fight and it appears that the Luft- waffe chief is trying to conserve pilots.

Ubrary. Supreme Court

DRESS SHIRTS

Soft Marcella fronts and cuffs with two soft collars to match each shirt. Made by Ausin Reeds of Regent Street and priced at

$17.50

loss ten per cent discount for cash

Enemy Escort MACKINTOSH'S TD Ship Blows Up

Supply Vessel On Fire LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter). -An escort vessel was blown up and a supply ship was

set on

LONDON, July 16.-Gracie Fields, who six months ago was regard-fire off the Dutch const to-day, uated at the Riddle Aeronautica od critically hereabouts, is back in Britain and the hearts of her country-communique.

School at Arcadia last night. A group of seventy-five was graduated at the Lakeland School of Aeronaut lies to-day. Both groups merged for the trip to Alabama.

mon.

Gracie's songs have cheered soldiers of two wars,

but she was criticised in the press and the House of Com Belgian Children

At the Lakeland ceremony the diplomas were delivered by Gover-mons during the last year because she remained in nor Spessard L. Holland. Sharing North America.

the graduation was Fred J. Elsert

of Astorin, L. I., whose training had

been set back by a leg Injury

At

the request of the Dritish catets, Governor Holland handed the first diploma to the American.

Addressing

Fight For Right the British

chiets, Governor Holland, who won the Distinguished Service Medal as enj aviator In Fronce in the last war, sold:

"We think of you as eagles going, out to fight for the right. There are some flera over yonder who are vu}- tures instead of engles. They are Brutul representatives of totalitari- anism who have no regard for the

decencies, human

"We are drawn closer to you, I remember how happy I was to return home after the war, It was a happy

and I wish homecoming of you a happy homecoming one Group Costain D. V. Carnegie, director of British air training in the United Stales,' spoke at the cere monies in Arcadia and hore..

St Leger Favourite Beaten By Head

MANCHESTEIL, Sept 6 (Rehter). -A record crowd, including han- dreds of Lancashire war workers snatching a brief respite from their Jabours, lo-day saw Sun Castle win the St Leger, the last turf classio

|

a thrilling

of the season, beating Chateau La Rose by a head in falsh. Sun Castle in owned by Lord Portal, who has an important Job in the Ministry of Supply. The owner of

Patriotism And Football Being

Made To Combine

As bomba fell in London, editorials reminded ber admirers that their Gracie wasn't at home. to endure the rolds. Often her picture was hissed in newsreel theatres.

But that's forgotten now, and she's the Nation's darling again--the tall, blonde, onetime Lancashire cotton mill girl with her comic gestures and dialects.

She gave a charity show before

Spend Summer In Swiss Mountains

young guests good plain wholesome food and an outdoor life under the most attractive conditions. Children selected are mainly those of soldiers who have been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner in the war,

Netherlanders, too, are taking an

according to nn Air Ministry

The communique states:

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS ALEXANDRA BUILDING Des Voeux Road Central.

aircraft of the Bumber Command Now You Can Enjoy the Finest!

escorted by fighters, attacked

enemy supply ship and an escor. vessel off the Dutch coast curly this afternoon. The escort vessel was hit and blew up and the supply ship was set on fire.

and watchers on the Kent coast believe that R.A.F. bombers gave the lavasion ports a 30-minute bombing in brilliant

moonlight.

Thousands of people, from Ranis- gate to Dungeness had a grondstand view of the attack, for visibility was exceptionally clear.

"An enemy fighter was destroyed

our

escorting fighters. fighters also carried out severa BRUSSELS--Hundreds of Belgian

offensive sweeps over Northern boys and girls have been travelling France in the course of which they from Brussels to Switzerland to en- destroyed a second enemy fighter. joy three

months In the Swiss "In these operations we lost tw mountains at the expense of Swiss Blenheims and two.fighters." familles.

Fires Across Channel An Inquiry into the status of re-war workers at Rochdale the other carried out by the Swiss Organisa-Flames from a chain of fires redden-

This charitable project has been LONDON. Sept. 8 (Reuter) presentatives of clubs affiliated to day. It started slowly but when it tion for Helping Child Victims of the ed the sky above Boulogne last night the Chineso Amateur Athletle was over, they were shouting, "she's War. The Intention is to give the Federation, vis-a-vis their relation-still our Gracie." ships with the Chungking Govern-

Still A Great Draw ment, will soon be conducted, as] the

of a resolution passed at result

To a Briton, there's magic just in the monthly meeting of the Federa-her walk onto a stage, Gracle is 43, tion last week.

her voice has an exceptional range It was learned from Mr Mok Hing, and litle else, but her showmunship the President, yesterday that the is amazing. matter was first brought up by n re-

Interest in Belgian children. Last presentative of the Hongkong and; She can sing robust songs to 3,000 Year Dutch people of the town Kowloon Residents' Union, who pro-war-hardened troeps, to the accom- refuge in Belgium during the Ger- Breda, who had taken temporary paniment of their One of which was to the effect that cheers, then have them bawiing in ral food and shelter at Antwerp man Invasion and had received lib. any club which is a member of the their battledress as she sings an old showed their gratitude by our federation should lose its membership Irish lullaby. xlatús if its registration has either

to receive several hundred Gracie doesn't have much to say children from Antwerp and., enter- bean cancelled "or refused by the Chungking Governmena The other about the last year but that she's tain them during the months of rate was Diat any representative of a glad to get home and wants to "sing June, July and August. club affiliated to the Federation whose and sing and sing" to troops, factory actions have been found contrary to workers and "everyone who'll for Department of the Interior at The Arrangements were made with the the interests of the Chungking Gov- give me for being away so long when Hogue to increase the ernment or who has been censured things were so hard."

railons for 'hose families which

had young or disapproved by that Government; should lose its reprezentative, status, in the so-called "phony war" perlad,

While the European conflict was Belgian guests staying with them. In the Federation. These rules were passed on the first the went to the United States and reading, but when they come up for made motion pictures In Hollywood mented, in regard to the nest one, that, Jing. their second reading one member com for her large British Empire follow-

posed two rules.

whistles and

while he was entirely in favour of IL) Attacked In Parliament he would like to have the wording made clearer.

While she was being attacked In

The views of his member, according Parliament and press, she made an

of

poor

U.S. Gasoline | Goes To Dakar

For Civilian Use

*

Scorchlights tried to pick out thei RAF. raiders and batteries of anti- aircraft guns flashed into action all At 11.30 pm, after the last of the the way from Boulogne to Cap Gris

raiders had re-crossed the Channel. Noz

big fires were burning more fiercely than ever."

Daylight Operations Three British fighters were lost in LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter).- today's daylight operations, the Air Ministry announced.

Nazi-Turkish Trade Talks Delegation To Ankara

to Mr Mok, were that the majority of extensive personal appearance tour WASHINGTON. July 23-Mr the 11 clubs who are members of the of Canada and sang in New York for Sunner Welles, Acting Secretary of De Cladlus the German trade negotia-

ISTANBUL, Sept. 7 '(Reuter), Federation were not registered with British war relief. Last autumn she Stule, disclosed to-day that, under ater, has now arrived here by air at the Chungking Government. Besides, Chateau La Rose is Mr Harry Morriss, there was nothing in the rules to sald In Hollywood she had received special arrangement, a French tanker the head of n large delegaten. In- compel a club to register, and therefore a cabled apology from Baldwin bad landed 2,000 tons of American cluding nine economic experts. They

the Webb, Secretary

Dakar, of Parliament, for "roline at it would be impossible to carry

West are proceeding to-morrow to Ankara proposed resolution, an it was worded, accusations voiced there that she and

and Africa.

where talks will take place. The into effect.

husband had

taken

The gasoline is for civilian use. Turkish forge Heated Discussion

amounts of

Counsellor

Shanghal business: man.

Lord Glanely's Dancing Time, the only filty in the race, finished third. one length behind.

Devonian was clear of the field n the half-milo post, but Mazarin took the lead on entering the straight. Mazarin sull held command two furlongs from home, then Chateau La Rose went to the front just below the distance but was immediately challeng- cd by Sun Castle and Dancing Time in a great finish with Sun Castle just forging ahead.

Sun Castle covered the mile and six furlongs course in 3 mins 4 2/5 seconds. Mazarin had every chance when he took the lead on entering the straight but failed to stay the pace which was increased in the last furlong.

Huts For Winter Campaign

ANKARA, Sept. 7 (Router),——| Finnish, Hungarian and Rumanian saw mills are busy producing thou sands of standardised wooden huts which the Germans have ordered for

her

French

of the

esh from England when was landed with the full approval of M. delegates will be headed by A heated discusalon, said Mr Mok they came to the United States. Her the British, and its distribution will Ministry of Commerce.

ever, insisted, sald Mr Mok, on his pro not only her posal being passed as it stood, and he

own

It is believed that the new agree- ment envisages transactions valued

was supported by 11 of the 30 represen- of her troupe as enses but thosetween the United States and France culties of communications by

tatives present; but the rules of the Federation required

1

then followed during which it was husband said then that the British be supervised by an American con- suggested that the proposal be re- War Office had instructed Miss Fields trol officer. corded into the minutes instead of to go to Canada, and that the amount Mr Welles emphasized that the at about £20,000,000 based on the being pansed as a rule. The represen- of money they had taken along was arrangement was for one shipment barter system. In view of defects in tative of the Residents' Union, how

necessary because

she was paying unly, and that the agreement be- the means of transport and the dial- Jand for resumotion of trade with French and sea it is considered that the But when Gracie get up and sang North Africa had not been extended Germans will be unable to derive all two-thirds the other day, everything was all to include Dakar.

the advantages hoped for from the majority and therefore it was defeated right again to the public.

The tanker was the Scheherazade agreement. Subsequently, the Residents'

She finished

with There'll Al- which was seized by the British in

Chrome Surplus Union resigned from the Federa- ways Be An England" and a lot of May and held at Bermuda until the Lion as a result of this disagree-people listening sold it spremed as new agreement covering shipments ANKARA, Sept. 7 (Reuter) ment. Mr Mok emphasised that though there would be, at that, "now to Morocco, Algiers, and Tunisia had practically all the members were that Gracie's back."

ten worked out. in favour of the Ides behind the proposal and that the only dis- Agreement was on the way in which it was worded.

The Federation later held another · It was agreed to. meeting at which amend the wording of the proposal to read in effect that any club found.net- ting contrary to the interests of the

use in Russia during the winter. Chungking Government or which has trated in the film of the Russian war BO doing or whose registration has which the German Embassy rece

recently

Nazis Said Building Sub

Bases in Canary Islands

The need for these huts is demons-been declared by the Government to he Joe Congress, on WBYN recently relayed an aither been cancelled or refused by the eye-witness report of Nazi war preparations on Government, should lose Its meinters

in the Federation. Thus Spain's Canary Islands-where Nazi bases could HOME Bhip status are amazed by the fact that they proposal was passed.

not a single hut standing

be just as great a threat to U.S. security as Nazi. Inquiry

bases on Icoland.

showed to Turkish journalists who

saw

throughout the Alm. The huts are being made without windows with on air space between the inner and the outer walls in urder to keep out the Intense cold.

Call To Jews

In regard to the second proposal of

the Residents' Union, which was also Mr Congress quoted a person, be used as a German and Italian adopted, mir Mak said that a pre-recently returned from the is submarine refueling base... Since en- tative of the Eastern Athletic tion suggested that an inquiry be held lands, which are just off the fat the status of each representally const of Morocco. '. in the Federation, vis-a-vii their re- lationships with the Chungking Gov- "This eyewitness states," he said, LONDON, Sept. 7 (Router)ernment. This suggestion was op- that Spanish troops, under German construction Chief Rabbi J. H. Hertz is issuing Groved and the Federation has appoint- direction, are rushing a call to all Jewish ermunities throughout the British Empire 10 Join in a "werk of re-dedication" in a period culminating in a day of atorement.

The week will be inaugurated by broadenst addresses on September 21 and 22.

Japanese Silence

On Oil Tankers SHANGHAI, Sept. 7. (Reutor)

The arrival of two American tankers

* Vindivostok with oil for Russia has so far been reported. In any Lapanero, newspasier at the result of clon taken by Javanese censorship, according to foreign reports reach In Shangha

IN

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MEN OF SCIENCE IN WORLD OF

TO-MORROW

ot

LONDON, Sept. 7 (Router)-Re- struction is proceeding is barred to Empire, the United States, Soviet trance to the district where the con-presentatives of Britain and the the public, the new building is he-Russia and China will meet at a lieved to be installations for a major three-day scientific conference in submarine base."

London on September - 20-28- “to ed a special committee, comprising one of fortifications in the Canary continued, are virtually under Ger- men of science in ensuring a post-

The Canary Islands, Mr Congress demons

demonstrate the common purpose și member from each amilated club, to lands. These forifications include an domination. Gestano officials wer order in which the maximum conduct the inquiry.

gun batteries It was learned that the Federnlon placing of eight-inch has on its membership list li clubs, at strategic points along the coast-trol the local police. More than benefits of science can be secured for

1,000 Germans are in Teneriffe and all each of which is enilled to have five ines of the lands and an elaborats Grand Canary. Most

people," Mr John Winant, M. Malalky, and representatives on the council,

system of trenches and breastworks. The work has been intensified since officially, members of the ground Dr Wellington Koo are the American President Roosevelt's speech inrew of Lufthansa, has not operated Russian and Chinese Ambassadors 1 service to the islands in more than who will preside at some of the Mackenzie King which he referred to America's Al-

six months.

sess ons vak! lentle outposts.

Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Norway, ***The major · ecnstruction is going on on the islands of Grand Canary

Holland, Belgium and France wi also bo represented; », and, ́', 'exiled. and Teneriffe. Large sections of the

Mr Congress said that the Spanish scientists from Germany, and Austrit OTTAWA, Sept. 7 (Reuter)-Mr coast have been declared defense W. Mackenzie King, the Conadian areas and the local population is for furtison numbered about 6,000, and will probably also be present.

hat reinforcements were expected. Minister; arrived in Montreal from venture, what the authorities "des-Tointed out, ans that U-beats sin Ex-President Dead

When he alighted from a transport cribe as a fish packing factors is tioned on the Canary Island would plane of the R.A.F. Ferry Command, being rushed to completion monaco American hipping to the HAVANA Best (UP)-The he was greeted by Mr E. Lepointe, Used As A Base British Middle East-Waare Ameri- former President of Cuban Sano Minister of Justice, and Mr C. D. This island is believed, by the can ships are now reported arriving-Mario Garcia Menocal, ~75, fled hert Howey Minister of Munitions. Spaniards in the Canary: Ilands, lo, at the rate of ont a day,

In Canada

London to-day,

Shipping Menaced

naced on all oldes

her'