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No. 16347 五拜禮 號九十月九英港香 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941. 日八廿月七 SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS

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Former Shanghai Man Now PRES. ROOSEVELT ASKS Soviet Tanks

In German Prison Camp

His many friends in Hongkong and Shanghai will be glad to learn that a card has been received from 'Sergeant Jack Sheridan of the A.I.F, indicating that he is alive and well, although in a prison camp In Germany.

Sheridan is a member of a well-known Irish family at Shanghal and was wounded at Bardia to the early stages of The fighting in the Near East. Thereafter he took part

In the Grecian campaign and nothing had been heard from him since April lust.

He writes that the Australian troops in the German prison camfis are doing well, but are in need of sweaters, socks and tobacco and also hard chocolate, as a supplement to their diet. This information may serve as a guide to any who intend sending parcels the prisoner-of-war camps.

to

NEW DUTIES ON MEDICINES

Become Effective To-day

An order has been issued extending the present duties on "toilet preparations" to a combined duty on "proprietary medi- cines" and "toilet preparations" according to an order issued under the Public Revenue Protection Ordinance and which comes

Tinto force at 2 p.m. to-day..

Details of the order are published in a "Government} Gazette Extraordinary"

BORDER FIGHTING REVEALED

Japanese And Soviets In Recent Incidents

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

China

FOR FURTHER LEND &

LEASE APPROPRIATIONS

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”..... WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UP)—President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress to-day requesting that $5,985,000,000 be appropriated for the purpose of continuing Lend and Loase aid to the nations battling against the Axis through June 1943. He also requested permission to allocate Lend and Lease materials to any nation whose defence is considered vital to United States freedom; hence, he would be enabled to assist Russia.

The President sent an analysis of the proposed expenditures to Mr Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, as follows:

Ordnance and stores etc., Including armour and ammuntion. $100,000,000; aircraft plus aeronuuileal materials, $405,000,000; tanks and armoured cars, automobiles and trucks, $385,-

miscellaneous military equip $155,000,000; facillies and

con. with which to produce

taining the authorisation of defence materials including: acquisi- H.E. The Governor, Sir Mark tion of land, $375,000,000; agricul- Young.

tural, industrial and other commodi

Duty must be paid on all stocks intles, $1,875,000,000; repairing and the Colony in other than bonded reconditioning defence materials for facturers and retallers must declare for the effectustion of the original storage. Dealers, Importers, manu- foreign countries, $175,000,000; neces

sary services and expenses essential their stocks of proprietary medicines Lend and Lease. Act, $203,000,000, to Mr E. W. Hamilton, Superinten- including Administrative expenses. dent of Imports and Experis, as soon

Os

!

15 Women

Back From

Australia

Govt Officials Plead Ignorance

arrived in Hongkong this week Fifteen European women

possible, and puy duty on the 000 of the original seven billion here.

The President said that $0,280,000,- from Australia and have landed

doller Lend and Lease Bill was "now

ACTIVE DAY FOR

Stocks in bonded storage or in the moving through the successive stages any of the authorities whether hands of manufacturers will be sub- of allocation, obligation, production ject to the provisions of dutiable and delivery. Additional funds are they are returned evacuees, but coramoditics Ordinance.

It cannot be ascertained from THE RAF

SHANGHAI, Sept. 18 (UP). The closure of the Manchu- stocks. kuonn North

border and the Japanese forbidding foreigners to travel to and from Manchukuo has put the seal of silence around the tremendous Japanese movements there.

CAIRO, Sept. 18 (Reuter).-- on which duty has not been paid is those countries whose defence island and remain in the colony for attacked by heavy bombers of

The sale of proprietary medicines interruption to that there will be no it is believed they carried transit "Harbours

interruption to the flow of aid to visas which permits them to Tripoli and

and shipping at legal as from 2 p.m. to-day.

Benghazi

Duty

Duty Paid Labels

on

vital to our own."

Terrorism In S'hai Japanese Note To Sunday Municipal Council

were

seven days..

the Royal Air Force and aircraft Usually, too, this means that British people enjoying this right to land, of the Fleet Air Arm during the can remain in Hongkong indefinitely night of September 16-17,” says

'Delicate Matter"

The "Telegraph" made persistent efforts yesterday afternoon to secure

information from the recognised au- One omelal declared: "It is a delicate

thorities, but they pleaded ignorance.

an-Air-Ministry-communique.-

The communique, continues: "The results of the bombings were obscured by low clouds but the pilots over Benghazi saw a tanker alongside the

Jullana. Mole, which had been filt previously, stili blazing.

Thero is increasing belief in Shanghai diplomatic quarters will be paid by means of duty-paid proprietary medicines that the Japanese and Russians labels following

the procedure are engaged in an undercover the convenience of holders of stocka

edopted-for-1

for-tollet preparations. For diplomatic struggle that ap- of proprietary medicines and the proaches in intensity to the issue of duty-paid labels the Imports Japanese-United States "war of & Exports Oflice will be open till 6 nerves" although neither Tokyo from 0 am. to á p.m. en

p.m. on Saturday, September 20 and nor Moscow acknowledges the September 21.

"At Tripoll a large number of and. no information can be bombs fell in the target area. existence of such a struggle.

For the purposes of the order. SHANGHAI, Sept. 19 With increasing Japanese super medicine ar prophylactic held out by General on Wednesday made re-mittee, the late Governor, Sir Gecifty

proprietary medicines

(Reu-Blven," means any ter) The Japanese Consulate the Husbands' Representation Com-

In reply to repeated proteats by ralded and large fires resulted from "Dumps of stores at Bardia were vision of communications, the news advertisement, label or otherwise in from the north will be increasingly writing as emcacious for the preven- presentations to the Shanghal Northcote made a public statement to Sielly, were raided in daylight yester-

ibe bombing. scarce aside from the official, reports tion, cure or reilet of any

Munition factories at Ligata, from neutral countries possessing affecting human beings,

malady Municipal Council calling that the effect that except in very special day by bombers of the R.A.F. Two contacts in these areas,

body's attention to the recur- that no evacuees in Australia were to one

cases Instructions had been issued shods in the north factory were (a) which is sold under a trade rence of terroristic activities be granted transit visas for entry collapsing. Large buildings in

exploding and any person has or claims to have Japanese press which says that name or mark to the use of which recently, according to the Into Hongkong. an exclusive right;

centre of the south factory were demolished and one big shed was re- peatedly hit. Clouds of smoke were visible many miles from the target. "In Abyssinin, R.A.F. bombers attacked enemy positions northeast of

Traveller's Story

A foreign traveller just arriving from Manchukuo told the United Press that fighting on a "considerable Acale" took place on the Manchukuo- border. He said numerous

and...

(b) which any claims to have exclusive rights

person hns or

. manufacture, or for the making of of

have any secret.

As soldiers were arriving at which any person has or claims to

tu-

Don't Worry About Evacuation

the following was drawn to the attention of the S.M.C. thorities: Harbin, indicating that most of the

Increasing numbers of Japanese fighting took place around Noronhan,

have fallen victims to armed attack while reports also were heard of

by terrorists who aimed at the in- fighting on the Amur river front. Tollet preparations means any sub-ese military ofcers, men and police- discriminate arstissination of Japan- Japanese have

stance commonly used for the tollet men as well as officially admitted that such clashes took place soap and cream, toothpaste or powder should pay

as civilians. водр. shaving The Shanghal Municipal Police

duc

The

the

Toilet Preparations

and includes tollet

consideration to

Americans Remaining In Free China SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

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the other

the

Willkie Pleads For China

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UP). In a speech hero to-day be ford 400 business men at, the United China

Rellef Fund luncheon, Mr Wendell Willkfe urged them to contribute genervusly. He described the shipment of war materials to Japan as a grave error.

Ile-asserted that he was thankful for Chinese loyalty to -the United States in the face of

such shipments.

He niso declared that a strong demonstration of sympathy for China, such as the over-sub- scription of funds past the Ave million dollar goal, would show Japan. that China is still able "to stand up."

Chief Rabbi's

Message To World Jewry

LONDON, Sept. 18 (Reuter).)

Azozo, some bombs bursting among "Only a triumphant victory of trenches and buildings.

""From all these operations none of Britain and her Allies will finally our aircraft is missing."

.

In Action

Feature of the Nazi- Rusalan war has been the 'brilliant performances of the Soviet tank units. They have been largely responsi ble for the failure of the Nazi blitzkrieg. This ple ture just received from Moscow shows an “army" of tanks going forward into battle positions.

DESPERATE FIGHTING New Nazi Drive On

Leningrad

LONDON, Sept. 18 (Router). -Berlin reports state that the German Commander, General Ritter von Leeb, is making-u desperate new effort to stash his way into Leningrad. Day" and night fighting is raging and it is admitted that the Russian troops are striking back....

The offeini news agency to- day speaks of "obstinate Soviet resistance with constant counter- attacks in which heavy tanke. are being used.”..

The agency claims that despite this, new territorial gains have been made by the German forces in which "a large number of Russians were captured."

CHINA DELEGATES AT LABOUR CONFERENCE

CHUNGKING, Sept. 18 (Central exercise the demoniac terror | News),—Mr Kinn-wei Shaw, Generol Raid On Cairo but the Soviets have denied the re- and liquid preparations for dental measures preventing these ferrorist

which hangs over Continental Secretary of the Chinese-American ports. Most observers interpreted

LONDON, Sept. 18 (Router)-It is populations," said the Chief Institute of Cultural Relations, and

Mr

Chu Hsueh-fan, President of the this to mean that the Russians were purposes or mouth washes, perfume operations. The machinery of the

stated here that in the raid on Cairo Rabbi, Dr J. H. Hertz, in a Rosh Chinese Labour Association, are Icav- attempting to

amicable spirits, toilet paste or powder, tollet Municipal Police should be revised CHUNGKING, Sept. 18 (UP).aren, which is a auburb, and ten the opening of the New Year, scheduled to open in New York on

during the night of September 16-10, Hashanah or New Year message ing present

Ing Chungking for America on Soviet-Japanese relations to

TURN to Back Page, Column 5 on the basis of Japanese considera--While the question of evacuat- miles outside the city.

bombs were dropped in the Abhaasia to World Jewry commemorating September 20 to attend the ten-day world at a time when the Russo-

International Labour tions, and the position and authoritying Americana from various

Conference German war was approaching one of the crucial points.

Japanese Special Deputy Com-j

At Abbassia, there are barracks and | 5,702,

October 27 parts of the Far East has itself was not bombed.

as representative an aerodrome quite near. The city:

Amid all the horror and agony Chinese employers and workers res- General Decapitated gravity, between eight and nine one of increasing

of the present, the faithful Jew pectively. heard the call of his sòlemn fes-

The other delegate, Mr LI Ping- heng, representing the Government, By Plane Propellor hundred Americans are continu-

America from day he left Dziren 10,000 troops pass-vices Into Hongkong have been General Yoanitu, Chlef of Staff of bombed Free China with little ing to live and work in much-

men to your Father, who is in Geneva where he is now. 10 (Reuter).-. ed through the celty en route to the seriously disrupted this morning, and the

heaven."

In an interview with the prCES, Rumanian Army, has been thought or worry about evacunt-

Big Military Movements

The traveller sald there were

tremendous milltary

Radio Receptionissfoner should be consolidated.

Black-out

Owing to a radio recepilen "black- movements throughout Manchukuo and on the out," the normal. news agency ser-

VICHY, Sept.

Bucharest,

соус д

become

north, while for several previous until atmospheric conditions Improve, accidentally killed in olighting from ing. days heavy artillery and quanuities it is practically impossible to receive an aeroplane at Tignina, of tanks and other military supplies wireless messages into Hongkong. It Bucharest dispatch. He was decaple "In fact, the number of Ameri- were constantly moving in and out is expected that there will be an im- tated by the propellor. of the city,

provement in reception during the

icans in Free China is believed to He said blinds on

His body has been brought to be slightly increasing as mis- on train compart-morning. meats were pulled down day and night while travelling in order to provent travellers from observing troop movements. He said it was virtually

ally impossible to obtain trans- portation due to the Japanese army

railroads

New Shah Will Restore

requisitioning most of the ripened Father's Wealth To Iran

At passengers were forced to carry their own luggage and armed sentrys hurried them up and in- structed them not

looks behind.

·

.

slonarios are arriving from pccupied areas while an increas- ing number of American

Americans of other categories are coming to assist China's war

***Exact Figures Unknown

The exact number of "Americans

technicians and advisers and

fort.

TEHERAN, Sept. 18 (Reuter)—The new Shah has decided The Japanese were reported to be to restore to the nation his father's property which, includes residing in Free China is unknown, holding air raid drills and taking much wealth, according to newspaper reports published to-day, but as of January 1 this year, there other precautionary measures throughout Manchukuo. Blackouts. The reports add that the new

¡ward 840. Americans registered as The British advance came from residing in the Kunming consular have been held in the major cities Shah conveyed this decision to the south and the Russian, from the district, which embraces most of and the Japanese were said to have his Ministers immediately after cast and west. Those coming from

Free Chinn, been able to train the natives taking the oath. cooperate closely.

New Fortifications.

The traveller Bald the And i collected: coolles Nato Back-Pago,

the east travelled by train to within Approximately 520 were misalonaries, Of this number 620 were adulte. B Anglo-Soviet Troops

five miles of Teheran, from where 20 were employees of the United they marched into the city. Most States government, F10% were #cin- LONDON, Sept. 16 (Houter) of them were armed with automatic ployees of various Chinese govern Following a conference of Anglo- rides. Others drew heavy-machine- ment organization, 13 were busine Russian commanders, British and guns mounted on small wheels. They men and 10% verd newhaper- Russian staff officers have entered havo now encamped in an Trarian The total cre Teheran to arrange for bileung, wel machine-gun factory

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He stated that the sacred summons Me Shaw declared that he will in- to re-dedication to eternal values clude in his report to the Inter would be headed by all Israel. He national Labour Conference rapid said that to the Israelite in free coun- economic reconstruction In

progress made, in various fields of tries auch re-dedication would in-China, particularly in the Southeast Free clude, alongside of the utmost

na-

tional service and sacrifice, partleipa- and Northwest.

tion in humari salvaging rendered

necessary by war as well as tireless WELLINGTON KOO

effort to ensure the rearing of their men and women of to-morrow "to đọ

with God."

justly with mercy and walk humbly MAKES A PLEA

Far Eastern Peace

The Chinese Ambassador, Dr Wel-

Philippine Publisher LONDON, Sept. 18 (Reuter) Leaving For Yunnan lington Koo, pleaded at a luncheon CHUNGKING, Sept. 18 (Central of the new Commonwealth Society News) Dr Carlos P. Romulo, pub-n London to-day that the ar isher and editor-in-chief of the D.Eastern situation should not be M. H. M. chain of newspapers in overlooked in formulating any per- the Philippines, who arrived here anent peace plan. from Hongkong on September 13 on aspect of the general problem but I "Stress is laid on the European this morning by air, 297 Kunming am a:little, uneasy, at this concer-)|

in Kunming,

lof pened in Europe, hd me in the ho will continue his journey by airThe horrible cataclysm

a fact-finding visit, left for

to Burma and the South Seas regions, west is not unrelated ta” events in Dr Romulo Interviewed Clovern the past ten years in the For-East, ment leaders and was entertained at where failure to check vielened and dinner by General Wa To chan disorder gainst: pança-loving Secretary-General swot the Central undoubtedly péricourted that