1941-09-22 — Page 13

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 22, 1941

Japanese Checked in New Exchange At Chinese See Good Omen in

Drive on Changsha

CHANGSHA, Sept. 21 (Central News),Further concen- tration of Japanese troops in North Hunan Indicates that the Japanese are heading for Changsha, capital of Hunan, where they met disastrous defeat in December, 1939.

In the

Milo sector, tho¦

have

Japanese are reported to

brought some 40,000 troops up BIG AIR

to last Friday night, marshalling five or alx divisions for an ap- parent now thrust toward Changshin. It may be recalled

BATTLE

that the Japanese dispatched REPORTED

20,000 troops southward to this

sector from the Sintalang River

on. Friday, morning,

Under the cover of scores of planes,

were

at

Northern France Towns Raided

reinforced Japanese units: LONDON, Sept. 21 (Router). started to cross the Milo River 30-Blenheim aircraft of the Bom- kilometres south of Sintsiang. three different points at dawn on ber Command, strongly escorted Saturday, While

they

at by fighters, attacked the power tempting to consolidate their narrow station at Gosnay near Bethune footholds, the Invaders suffered extremely heavy

this afternoon, it is learned In casualties from

London. Chinese artillery and machine-gun

fire

flee.

Bombs were seen to hit the sanguinary battle continued all target and fires' were left burn- Saturday, the enemy being compelled ing.

more reinforcements

A Glance

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DUYING

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LETTERS

The Editor,

Chinese See Good Omenin

Eclipse Over Free Capital K SHOES

CHUNGKING, Sept. 21 (Central News).

clouds

clearing away after a fresh morning shower, Chungking to-day saw the first solar eclipse In 399 years.. Although Chungking lay out of the region where total eclipse was observable, about 90 per cent was clearly seen” àround,noon..

Hundreds of thousands ob-{

served the phenomenon which despite passing clouds, was, well | seen through glosses or reflec- tions on water.

The eclipse began at 9.30 um reached the middle at I am. and ended at 1 p.m.

BOUNCING BLENHEIM

Raids Supply Ships Aged residents in Chungking aw LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter).— In eclipse a symbol of Chinese Despite balloons tethered to German victory in the resistance at Dutch coast on Saturday and desplie supply ships encountered off the ngainst Japan, They recalled that when the last total eclipse occurred

escort of anti-aircraft ships, In the 21st year of Chinching in the at sea level and rose hardly

British bombers approached Ming Dynasty, the renowned Chiu-t

nimost

more

ese General Chi Tal-kwang achieved than mast high to deliver an attack brilliant success in defeating and in which four ships were hit and left

afre. driving away Japonese mataulers then raiding Chinese roast.

П

An Al Ministry.communique de- scribing the encounter says that former New Zealand sheep farmer, who is now a Fight Lieutenant in the Bomber Command, said that he had lo dip the starboard wing of his Blenheim bomber very sharply to #vold

balloon cable.

Engina Hit

Shanghai Obieruca SHANGHAI, Sept. 21 (UP) Thousands of Chinese thronged the roof tops

throughout the city today to observe the eclipse of the sun: however, due to the Municipal Coun cil's ban on the use of firecrackers

The Bienhelm's starboard engine natives were unable to follow their.

was hit and in the resulting lurch centuries old custom of noise to drive the bomber hit the sea, bounced off, away the "heavenly Dog" which was agatu hit the sea and again bounced eating the cun,

to bring up from the north of Milo. Meanwhic, bata with enemy fighters and it is The fighter escort had many com- Japanese

Runboats sent bere known that 10 of the enemy were Fellowship of the Bellows and other nose Instruments, the after barrage onto the southeastern destroyed. Twelve British ghters shore of the Tunting Lake in an at- were lost but the pilots of two have tempt

land infantry units aboard been rescued from the sea. to the 200 odd motor launches to-day.

No British bombers were lost. Counter-Attack at Yochow

Nuisance Raids CHANGSHA, Sept. 21 (Central News)To check the Japanese drive mualque

BERLIN, Sept. 21 (UP)-A com-

issued

states: to-day on Changsha, powerful Chinese British bombers last night under columns have moved to the Japan took systematic nuisance raids over ese rear and are launching a vigorous north and southwestern Germany. counter-attack on Yochow, stentegic Individual planes advanced on Tierlin, lown on the Canton-Hankow Rall-Night fighters and anti-aircraft guns, way at the mouth of Tungung Lake, according to reports thus for received, After

the Japucse have shot down two planes," ouler

детелся Yochow, Chinese forward unlts have gained control of the area and are

city

Finn southeast

Hongkong Telegraph. Sir-Through the medium of your paper we have from time to time given an account of our activities and of our proposed future plans to your readers and especially to those who are members of the Fellowship of the Bellows. We shall appreciate if you will grant us the space to do so once more,

Our membership is now 2,823 of which 2,000 have reached "Puffdom": in other words they have paid their one cent per plane or more for 1,000. planes brought down.

As most people know, we started the F.O.B. with the April, 1041 "score,"

and since then altogether 2,018 enemy planes have been brought down by our land, sea and air forces. The next rung in our ladder of promotion comes (to those TOKYO, Sept. 21 (Reuter).-who keep up their payments) when- the Canton-Hankow Railway which Part of the Japanese forces the aggregate score reaches 2,500. has been eut at several points.

has paid $25 or more receives the Anyone who, when the time rank and badge of a "Gust."

With the contribution forwarded

your "Bomber Fund"

assaulting the

Is

Itself. The attack

progressing sallefactorily, accurd.

ing to latest feld reports.

Chinese mobile uni

units operating on

the Ilunan-Hupch border

are inten-

sifying their activities and playing

haype with

enemy communtention

lines. Considerable.

damage has

been done to the northern section of

Canada Becomes The Hangar Of Democracies

Air Training Schools OTTAWA, Sept. 21 (Reuter).

Provocative

Japanese

Manoeuvres

stationed at southern bases in French Indo-China are to carry out large-scale manoeuvres in

the plains of Cambodia, accord-

jing to a Saigon telegram.

comes,

the FOB. has raised Her y

The manoeuvres will be followed satisfied with our membership, Will So far so good, but we are not yet in October by big reviews in which all members please do their best to Une entire Japanese forces, in Indo-enrol all their friends (and others) China will take part.

so that the F.O.3. can it, possible double its membership?

As

FAMOUS CHURCH

have

cft.

Hindus Flock To Water

It is believed that this is the rat BOMBAY, Sept. 21 (Reuter).-time that a land machine has Millions of devoted Hindus flocked caped after twice hitting the sea.

CS-

banks throughout Indin during the ing strange noises, the Blenheim got to the seaside, sacred riveгs and The pilot said: "Although make- solne eclipse. this morning, offering us back safely and we blessed the prayers and distributing alms to the men and women who made her so poor and washing their sins in holy well." waters.

Kurukslictra, the historic battlefield! and pilgrim centre, where a ter- porary city had sprung up for the solar eclipse, became a fair where over half a million pilgrims from all over India bathed in sucred tunks.

Members of the Nepal Royal Family and the ruler of Dholpur were prominent among the pilgrims nt Kurukshetro

Reign Of Terror In Norway

Prisons Packed To Limit MOSCOW, Sept. 21. (Reuter), -Prisons in Oslo and the suburb Over Japan TOKYO, Sept. 21 (Reuter),-The

are packed to the limit, accord- eclipse of the sun was observed in ing to a Stockholm telegram to Japanese scientific mission to-day on giving details of the German perfect weather conditions by a the official Russian news agency the island of Ishigaki Shima, 150 Policy of terror in Norway, miles cast of Formosa,

served over

-Largo increases in the number

BURNT OUT of air training schools in Canada and in the output of the existing

VICITY, Sept. 21 (Reuter)-Seri- schools were forecast by Air ous damage resulted from a fire Vico-Marshal C. O. Johnson, night, in the Ocucumenical (Orthe Deputy Chief of Air Staff, in adox) Patriarchate at the Phanar of 3rd September, 1939 and 30th March sent to Kazilord, Kasakhstan, made radio talk broadcast throughout the Golden Horn. Canada to-night.

which broke out during Saturday

This is reported in an Istanbul He declared: "A new and greater dispatch to the Vichy news agency. blueprint has been handed to the The dispatch adds that the famous Royal Canadian Air Force. We are Church of the Orthodox Patriarchate approaching a point of all-out pro-was burnt out and the palace partially duction of pilots, observers and destroyed. gunners as set forth

The Church treasures, however, in the original ogrcement. You can count on the were mainly saved. Angers of one hand the schools Fifty houses in the neighbourhood provided for which remain to be were also destroyed. opened. The enterprise is being very largely extended. All across Canada schoola will arise_on_lil_unbroken

ground,

According to Canadian Air

A

TOBRUK AS

A STANDARD

liko

Week's Blitz Over Europe

hrs

whole

are

A partial eclipse began at 12.17 A list of those arrested in-

19 seconds. local time, lasting three minutes and Labour Party, M. Bergardaen; p.m. and became total at 1.49 pm. cludes the Secretary of the

the Chief of the Oslo Police and Soviet Union eclipse of the sun to-day was obe missioner of the Norwegian Trades MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Reuter). The several University professors.

The German-appointed High Com- far as our future plans are of the Soviet Union from the north Union, Sossum,

streich of 1,750 miles

has dissolved the concerned for raising additional funds of the Caucasus to Kirghiztan be elected council of Trade Unions and to buy planes for the RAF, we ginning at 3.12 am. GMT.

it by his own replaced whereby members

81001- a scheme who feel particularly "flush" will be served during a period of about one

A complete eclipse could be ob- pigeons..

Sossum forbade the workers to de able to purchase an "Airworthingas minute over a stretch of 85 miles. mand an increase in wages and to pay plane brought down between the Certificate" by paying one cent per

A scientific expedition recently membership dues to the Unions.

The Swedish newspaper "Goteborgs 1041 when the F.O.B. Hongkong

Handelstidningen" observations.

reports that several Oslo enterprises are guarded Chapter was started. There will be

by armed German detachments. more about this shortly in the local. press.

Threat of Death Our first auction of foreign stamps is to be held at Messrs Lammert

Norwegian workers are compelled Bros

Auction Rooms on or about

to resumo work under pain of death. will rally round and bid up for the October and we hope that collectors Stettin Takes A Blow In Oslo the Germans have removed many Norwegian directors of Nor- good of the

cause. In this connec- LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter),--| wegian industrial and commercial tion we should like to mention that RAF offensive daylight sweeps firms from their posts and Kupfen- Messrs Lammert Bros vary, kindly reached a new climax during the past berg, Director of the Igsarbenindus- offered to auction our stamps free of week in which bombers and fighters Lric Trust, will control, the all commission, for which we should outstanding night operation of

raided Axis-occupied Europe, Norwegian industry.—— express our thanks

Strikes and demonstrations as we should also like to do to all

was the 77th raid on going on. the R.A.F. wa Ministry spokesman, the new schools MELBOURNE, Sept. 21 (Reuier). ans

those who have sent us stamps in Hamburg and other northwest Ger referred to by Alr Vice-Marshal The defence of Tobruk is one of

Greek Privations answer to our advertisement in your man ports on the night of September Johnson will be RA.F. schools the greatest events in human his-

15-16 in which over 200 heavy bom-

(BY "AKUTER'S" SPECIAL operated and manned by British lory," said Mr R. G. Menzies, the to function each day and has car

Our Information Bureau continues bers were engaged.

- CORRESPONDENT) personnel.

Another striking night feature former Prime Minister, in n speech badges, cuff-links, tle-clips and at was the substantial blow at Stettin, dying of hunger. In

ANKARA, Sept. 21-Children are here to-day when he rebuked pro- tractive sweat scarfs

the Axis- #teers, strikers and "self-seekers.""

in various an important supply port for the occupied Greek islands of Mytelene Germans eastern front, to reach and Chios. The Germans have been for sale at reasonable colours He added: "I am passionately They also have tickets for the Tin which the RAF flew further than compelled to abandon attempts to res convinced that nothing short of the Hat Ball for sale at which function to Berlin. The targets at Stettin open alive oil mills, many workers

prices. Tobruk standard will save us." we shall have a stall which we are were illuminated by the Northern fainting from lack of food.

sure members of the F.O.B. will INVITATION TO. generously patronise,

Yet the spirit of the islanders re- Other night- objectives were mains undaunted. In conclusion we should like to Karlsruhe, Le Havre ducks, Berlin were made to escape to the main- Many attempts HARA KIRI thank all members for their excellent and Frankfurt,

land, support but we are still anxious to

RAF Fighters In Force SPECIAL TO THE "TELEQRAPH"- Increase that membership and look to

The Germans have equipped with On September 17 the bombers' searchlights TOKYO,

and machine-guns Sept. 21 (Domel) our "Fellow Bellowa" to collect as mula target was the power plant nt captured British motor yacht with Beautifully wrought in gold, five-many "Snuffs" as they can and con- Mazingarbe, near Bethune, when 300 which they nightly patrol the chun- foot long Japanese swords are to bel vert them into "Whiffs."

R.A.F. fighters were in the skies net between the Island and the Tur- presented, to Hitler and Mussolini by

simultaneously over France, many kish coast. Nevertheless the island- Milsuru Teyama venerable octo-

more going out during the day. genarian lender of Japanese patriolic

On September 19 when the chief wives and families with them.

ers continue to escape, taking their societies.

objective was the power station near Rouen, operations were on a similar scale but they reached the penk on September 20 when the largest com- Although these and other islands bined force since the offensive are occupied by Axis forces, the sweeps began took the "air to attack Aegean remains an unhealthy place the railway centres of Hazebrouck for Axis shipping. Turkish fisher- and Abbeville, tho shipyards at men returning from this arca report MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Reuter)Rouen, docks at Le Havre while Fly-that they rounded one headland Quisling has been ordered by the ing Fortresses penetrated Germany in time to see an Italian ship sinking German authorities to return within to attack Emden docks.

Reports from Istanbul

declare that three days all the money he has

In all these operations, the Ger- the crew of the Rumanian steamer Stockholm dispatch to the Soviet lost 40 of which 14 were bombers because they were afraid that their taken from the Bank of Norway, says maris lost 54 fighters and the R.A.F. Ballle, refused to sall from Trieste

SHEEP ATTACKS DOG A woman suminoned at East Grin- stead for falling to keep a dangerous dog under control remarked, "The sheep was the aggressor, not my dog." The sheep suddenly went for the dog and butted him twice. The dog was absolutely bewildered. Then he re- toliated.

TO-MORROW

AT THE

KING'S

The Cisco Kid reported dead!

Dad-men running wild!

A senorita seeking helpt

"AMIGOS, EXCITEMENT BEPLIES AMKAB!

The Gay Caballero

CESAR ROMERO

"Carta-Pin Martin 24-dünki Boucher

The swords were forged by the master swordsmith Hikosaburo Kurihara, who is known as Akihide.

GIRLS' RECORD

· PRODUCTION IN FACTORY WORK BIRMINGHAM Sept 21 (Reuter) -A 21-year-old girl. Evelyn Duncan, has created a world record for pro- duction of anti-aircraft shell com- ponents.

paper.

"

SERVANTS OF THE BELLOWS.

Quisling In

Financial Scandal

news agency.

I! was proved, says the dispatch. that Quisling withdrew a large sum She turned out 0,130 components from the Bank and transferred a

considerable part of it abroad.

in six days.

Evelyn Duncan renched this figure le a competition held here in connee tion with a recruiting "campalgri.

Tho

previous record was. 0,000 components in one week.

Another competitor also out-strip- ped the previous record, reaching the production of 5,005 components.

Petain Deplores Rebellious Spirit Of Frenchmen

VICHY, Sept 21 (Router) Marshal Petain in a three-minute broadcast this afternoon formally .condemned 'recent attacks on German occupation soldiers as "criminal acts" which must be "ascribed to forolgn ngement

His underlings did likewise. the dispatch, have now forbidden the The German authorities concludes

Bank to issue any funds to the Quisling Party without German per mission.

Independence Of Syria

Lights.

and 32 9ghters.

Six RAF, pilots, were saved.

TWO BULGARIAN

SHIPS SUNK

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" SOFLA, Sept 21 (UP)—The 4,140 ton Bulgarian freighter Rodina which was bound for Istanbul with- but cargo, bank on Friday evening after two explosions which killed four members of the crew. The ship runk 40 kilometers from Burgas in the Black Sea, apparently after hit-

DAMASCUS, Sept. 21 (Reuter)ting Soviet mines.

A new Syrian Ministry under, the It is now revealed that the Bul- premiership of Hassan Hakim has garian freighter Schipko, 2,304 tons been formed,

was sunk last Tuesday when she hit The Free French General Catroux Soviet mines. is expected to issue a declaration. concerning the now statute of the independence, of Syria,

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Australian Defence SYDNEY Sept. 21 (Reuter)

would hunt down The biggest black-out test ever hold

NEW TERRORIST COURTS

SPECIAL TO THE, "TELEGRAPH" VICHY, Sept. 21 (UP)Marshal

His the guilly by all means. He made a in Australia took place to-night Pelain published a decreo in to-day's special appeal to all Frenchmen in when for over an hour Sydney and Journal Omcialeestabilahing the occupied zone took into darkness.

zone to help safeguard the surrounding area was plunged special criminal courts in each pagtasants colony along the lines of the new -residents a special terrorist” courts in Paris and tinue repression will risic affecting were affected by the black out the provinces These courts will i Innocent people. Your primary duty which is officially described as mort all non-military dissidents as wellf is to infegubed the unity of Frmiesz!e

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