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NO AIR MASTERY Foochow Is

FOR NAZIS Returning To

Normaley

FROM PAGE ONE

planes on the ground. Our artillery is also inflicting on the enemy heavy losses. Nazi air formationa aro breaking up under the crushing at tacks of our airmen.

September 8, 1941,

Contractor_Says He

Was Asked to Tender QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

FROM PAGE ONE

FOOCHOW,

Sept. 7(Central nine partners whose names were Ng News).Conditions in Foochow are Word-shi (woman), Ng Hung-ning gradually returning to normal. Ng Sik-Shlu, Chan Chey-hing, Sing With the rehabilitation of the city Fuk-ching, Luik Wing, Chung Tam, under way, former residents are re-.

Fok Fung-chi and Cheng Wan. Of turning in large numbers.

these partners, only Chung Tìm

himself were In Lak Wing and Hongkong, the others being in the country or elsewhere.

"The 51st and 84th Bomber Squa- drons of the Air Corps commanded To relieve the acute shortage of by General von Greim, lost during food the Fuklen Provincial Food the first day of war 30 per cent, of Bureau has sent here a considerable their planes and the 55th Squadron

distribution quantity of rice 60 per cent. Losses of the German among the refugees. The price of air force were heaviest in the zones the staple is now quoted at $100 per of operations of Generals Kesserl-picul; at the time of the fall of the ring's and Stumpe's air fleets in the city it rose to as high as over $1,000 western, and southwestern directions. per picul.

The General adds: "If the tempo and scale of activity on the front from the Barentz Sea to the Black Sea continues without change for another two or three months, the German air losses will increase con- siderably,"

of

Raw Pilots

After a few thousand skilled pilots, General Grendal continues, "the bulk personnel of the German air force now consists of hustily trained pilots -which

ich must inevitably result in Increase of losseE.

Communication on the Min River was restored yesterday when a ship left here down river amid scenes of wild enthusiasm. Thousands of per- tons lined the banks and cheered the

and departing vessel

Are-crackers

were let off.

NANPWy Captured

7

On Major Works List

The Chairman: When were you

put on what is known as the major works list by the P.W.D.? Was it in 10357-Yes.

What was the first contract you got in 1935?-I don't, remember now but I think we hnd a contract with the Government before 1935.

1

don't mean minor works. I mean major works. What was that Sept.

(Central contract you got before 19357-

Up" Works such on the making of ronds News),-Chinese "mopping

We also operations on both banks of the Minat Shing Mun Reservoir. River have yielded a huge war booty bulit the Alter bed at Shek Lau Put. At any rate in 1935 did you not and a number of prisoners.

Tungkow,

contract for the building of heavily-guarded get a Japanese

post about seven miles west servants' quarters at Queen Mary for Foochow was fought on the night of Foochow where the decisive battle Hospital worth $05,0007-Yes. for

uf September 2, the Chinese captured 300 sheils abandoned by the Japanese when they hurriedly evacuated the point.

"According to war prisoners, the majority of the present German pilots joined the air force elther In the latter half of 1040 or the first half of 1941, I should niso be borne in mind that prior to the war with the Soviet Union, German In Futaing and Llenklang, Japan- neroplane factories could repince the ese stragglers are being rounded up part of and numerous prisoners taken. They lasses of alreraft only when partare. being escorted to Foochow for the air force was in action. During lul. the period of May to September, 1940, when practically the whole, of the air force was thrown into action, the German alrcraft industry managed only with grent difficulty to replace the losses and during these ve months, the expansion of the air force stopped altogether.

Replacement

"During the entire period of the European-War preceding-the-ultack- on the U.S.S.R., the losses DI the Nazi air force amounted to less than 0,000 planes, yet in order to replace these losses the Germans had to make extra efforts and their air force was compelled to reduce the scale of its military operations.

"It is in the light of these facts that one should evaluate the lossen of Hitler's air force in the war At present the against the US.S.H. German air force is forced to reduce Its radius of netlon und the transfer

of Its units from one direction of the front. to another. Even working at full capacity, Germany's aeroplane factories are unable to replace her rapidly increasing losses. On the other hand our inexhaustible strength is growing from day to day."

German Plane Losses

MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (UP),—At least 300 German planes have been destroyed over the approaches to Leningrad as well as hundreds of tunks and thousands of men, This was announced by M. Kuznetsov, a member of the War Council ut a mass meeting yesterday; and broadcast from Leningrad.

He declared, "The city has become the front. Armed people merge with the Red army and the Baltic fleet. Thousands of workers in the Im- mediate vicinity of the front arc buliding fortifications around Lening- rnd,"

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One heavy Kut und some

solzed in machine-guns were Lienkiang sector.

30 the

New Incidents

In Paris

LONDON, Sept:.7 (Reuter}-The Swiss radio under the title of "New Incidents In Paris" reports a fire al- leged to have been started maliciously In the garage of the 18th Arroundis- stment of Paris which was requist- tioned by the Germans, Firemen extinguished the fre

Investigators found in the garage bombs which had not exploded.

In the Eiffel Tower quarter re-

Ger volver shots were fired at a man

soldier who Was wounded.

civilian was ill-treated, the In the Bourse distriet n

radio adda.

In the same year you also got a contract for the building of Chinese and Indian staff quarters at Stanley Prison valued at $227,6007-Yes.

After that what was the next con- Police

Station at Takuling, tract you got?--Building. e

We

What year was that?After had completed the work at Stanley Prison.

What was the value of that con- tract?-Between $30.000 and $40,000. After that, did you get any more next contract had contracts? The

at Queen Mary Hospital. contract

worth About

Vid, to do with the play-

was

$2,000.

Don't worry about small contracts. am talking of big contracts.—I cannot think of any others.

Other Contracts

that

Would it be correct to say since you completed the work at

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WASHINGTON, July 10-To-day was pay day for 202 dollar-n-year men in the defence progromme, but only 13 of them had worked a full year and, were entitled to a whole dollar. The rest got paid, on a proj rata basis, from 2 cents up.

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that the Russians in Odessa do not lack alr support, "for although seven aerodromes only serve for supplies and cannot be used as air force bases, military planes come and go from the Crimea with out pause and challenge the mans' command of the air,"

Ger-

U-Boat Captured MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (Reuter)-The following is the text of a com-

$126.

"Well, with the exception of this $20,000 contract you get no other contract until you started making concrete blocks?-There was another contract yet in 1940-in connection with the concrete building at Tele- graph Bay. That contract was worth, $19,800.

Will you tell the Commission how You came to get this contract for making concrete blocks?-1 cent in a tender for IN

To whom did you send the tender? -To Capt. Hobbs.

Received Telephone Call How did you know that tenders were being called for?-Someone-I think a boy or servant of Capt. Hobbs telephoned me and asked me to go to the office to get a tender form.

That was. the first you knew about concrete blocks being wanted by the A.R.P.7--Yes.

You never saw any announcement in the Chinese Press about it did

you?--I don't remember now.

Do you know why it was that your firm was specially favoured by Capt. Hobbs sending a special telephone message to you?-Very often when tenders were required by Govern- ment wo were informed to go and get tender forms.

which ended June 30, and the Trea- sury computed them at the rate of 84 ccrls month for the time each executive was on the pay roll. The wotal of all the payments was only Many Office of Production Manage- ment executives received their on- Who used to inform you?-Some- nual compensation without ceremony, times clerks and sometimes servants but John D. Biggers, Production In Capt. Hobbs' office. Director, and E. K. Steltiniua, Jr., Did you go to Capt. Hobbs' office Priorities Director, arranged for when you got the telephone message? public distribution of checks to all | —Yea recipients in their sections.

No Pay For Chiefs Neither William S. Knudsen, OPM

Spoke In English

[

And when you got there whom did

munique issued by the Soviet In-Director, nor Sidney Hillman, Asso-you see?-1 saw Capt. Hobbs.

formation Bureau:

"During September 7, stubborn fighting continued against the enemy along the entire front.

Did you speak in English to him? Yes, in English

clate Director, received a check. They hold office under a 1917 luw which provides that they serve without What did he say to you?-He told exempts them me that some concrete blocks were "Our air force dealt massive blows from an old law forbidding the Gov- being made. I was shown a plan

compensation. That against the enemy troops and attack-ernment to accept the free services and some specifications in English. ed his air force on his aerodromes.

of any

Individual.

Can you read English? A little. Twenty-three German planes were The smallest cheque for 2 cents

And I was told to send in an estimate destroyed on September 5 in combats and on enemy aerodromes. Office of Price Administration. Gov-

went to Randolph Paul of the the following day.

Do you remember what the speci- We lost 11 planes.

fications

were?-Yea, 112 lbs. of ernment offcials guessed that most at the cheeks would be framed and

"A German submarine No. 73, was captured in the Sea of Bareniz.""

Pres. Roosevelt's Aged Mother Passes

➜➜ FROM PAGE ONE

tion where she was entertained at an official luncheon. She entered the luncheon room on the arm of M. Paul Bonnet, who นคร then French Minister of Finance, and previously Ambassador in Washing-

ton.

It is presumed that Mrs Roosevelt will be buried at St James' Episcopal Church, Hyde Parke village, where the President's father is interred. Mrs Roosevelt was very active, altending many charitable functions and state occasions but it is known that the President, when he went to Hyde Park for the week-end, wanted his mother to have a check up" by her doctor:

**Broadcast Postponed. NEW YORK, Sept, 7 (Reuter), According to the-Columbia” Broad- casting System the broadenst is post- poned to Thursday,

ANGLO-SOVIET TRADE TREATY SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (UP)-A technical agreement between the Bank of England and the Soviet State, Bank, has been signed Imple monting the trade pact and regulat- inst the mode of payments and exe

never cathed.

LATE NEWS

cement, 21⁄2 cubic feet of sand and

Avo cubic feet of small stones. Those were the ingredients for mak- ing the blocks.

Was the size of the blocks men-

LATE NEWS tioned? Yes, 17% by 64 by 8142

inches.

U.S. TO GROW FOR BRITAIN

FROM PAGE ONE

committeemen under the U.S. De- partment of Agriculture defence boords," he declared. He has sche- duled production conferences at Salt Lake City, Chicago. Now York, and

Tenn.

ording sugar, Mr Wickard -gald

"no acreage limit was expected,' Indicating a renewal of the sugar act which is oxpiring this year.

He estimated that the British would need from six to eight per cent of the total American farm production next year.

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The sale of Victory Va by Mia Naylor and the sale of Shanghal RAY, Amoc!#- tion Dadges, augmented, the ombor Jund on Saturday morning, bringing the total – to: $2,515,521.00. The Hat Mas follows:.

"Mr`and Mrs A. P. Persira and family a

(monthly donation).

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Victory per E Naylor (third part

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