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NANCY

ISN'T IT PON' LIVING IN A

LITTLE MIDGET. HOUSE?

-NO-matter where you buy Craven “A”,

you can always rely on getting the

saine cool smoking cigarette- the same

luxurious smoothness to the throat.

AND LOOK!--

A MIDGET

WELL!

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

AN A MIDGET POND!

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September 12, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

ANDA MIDGET BOAT!

AN' MIDGET OARS!

IT SEEMS LIKE

YEAH --- EVEN

D FISH!

For greater smoking

enjoyment

give me

Craven A

を

CRAVER

they never vary!

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ADVISER-Dr Co Tui, vico- president of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, has been named medi- cal adviser to Chinese.com- mission in U.S. in charge of all purchases for the Chineso Government, Ho is head of the laboratory of experimental surgery at New York Univer- sity.

Pigeons In Battle Of Atlantic

EURASIAN WINS HIS WINGS

A Eurasian youth from China who, before the war, was an accountant. was among a group of young filers who recently re- ceived their wings. Writing from a flying school, a "Dally Telegraph" reporter says:-

Farty youths stood to atten- tion on the tarmac, here at the great moment of their lives. They had just won their wings, and were about to be presented with the R.A.F. flying badge by the Station Commander,

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They had come from, many parts of the earth to join the swelling ranks of those to whom Britain owes so much.

Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Eire, the Argentine, South Africa. Rhodesia, Belgium. China, and Peringuese East Africa were re- presented, besides Britain.

I chatted with many of the young fliers who had travelled thousands of miles and worked ceaselessly for that moment.

Pilot From Argentine One, uged 25, came from Villegas, In the Argentine. He was at Harrow School, and returned to South; America to manage

father's 20,000-acre farm.

"Out there, one gets the idea that things are much worse than they really are. I felt pretty rotten about it, especially after Dunkirk, so decided to join the R.A.F.." he said, adding with zest, "and I've had the

time of my life in the past few Another pupil, who had a Chi- nese father, was one of three to whom I spoke who, before the war, had been accountants,

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The range

of the peregrine falcon along coastal cliffs in montis" Britain has been limifted during recent months by successive Air Ministry orders/legallsing the destruction of the birds or their Each pupli had a decided prefer- eggs in various districts.

ence for a particular type of machine, A 20-year-old Welshman who had The Scottish counties of been a railway clerk at Chester ex- Sutherland and Ross

✡ wish for twin-engined. and pressed Cromarty, the islands to the

fighters. west and the whole of Northern

Other Graduates Ireland have now been included.

·A

Northern Ireland wanted to be a 23-year-old accountant from

would rather have nobody dependent Aghter pilot, because, he said, he upon him. Two others to whom I spoke wished to be night fighter pilots.

Like older marauders, the outlawed birds have for a time enjoyed a res- pite in the Highlands and the Wes- tern Isles, and have no doubt taken full toll- there of their favourite pre married man of 31, with one child, The oldest pupil in this course, a the rock dove. Unfortunately the

came Inst peregrine does not distinguish be- Marques, Portuguese East Africa. A year from Lourenco tween wild plgeons and homers Belgian, already a pilot officer, had carrying messages from aircraft over been assistant professor of pero-

the sea to shore stations. It was the dynamies and aircraft construction loss of carrier pigeons which has led in Brussels University,

to the outlawry of the falcon, for upon the safe delivery of the pigeon's message may depend the lives of the whole crew of a big flying boat.

now

As everyone knows, the long-range alrcraft of Coastal Command patrol the shipping lanes far out into the North Atlantic. In this waste of waters the supreme struggle. of the war is being fought out; upon the vigilance of R.A.F. eyes and the safe passage of its aircraft hangs, In large part, the issue.

Sentry Forgot

His Orders

Officer Had To Wait

CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, Ark. (UP)The quick-thinkers are not always assigned to sentry duly in the US. Army. One of the sen- tries halted the officer of the day here at the customary 10 paces, Messages sent, ashore by pigeon When from patrolling aircraft must be de- cer barked, "What's up? Have you nothing was said, the 'om- livered at all costs. No featured forgotten what to say?" watcher over the cliffs of Western

yes, Scotland, the Hebrides or Syke can warned, "and you'd better not come I've forgotten," the sentry be allowed to interfere with the foot closer until I remember it, inessenger.

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Kitten In Bus Causes Accident

A kitten which climbed out of its basket on a light luggage

rack in a bus and jumped on the neck of the driver caused the bus to swerve across the road and come into collision with a tramcar in Edinburgh recently. Four people were killed and 20 Injured.

The accident occurred on a wide stretch of Portobello-road. The tramcar, ripped a side off the bus.

The kitten and its threa com- panions in their basket, as well as a number of passengers, wero flung into the rondway among shattered. glass and woodwork.

Most of the casualties were among the bus passengers. Anti-splinter netting on the tramear windows held the shattered glass,

of the kiled were: Agnos

Two Casey, of Graham-street, Edinburgh; and John M. Miller, "of The Anchor age, Port Seaton... Another man and woman died before redelling hospital

either."

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