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Monday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 22, 1941.

Court

Japanese Checked in New

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,

thet

In the Milo sector, Japanese are reported to, linve brought Home 40,000 troops up to last Friday night, marshalling

LETTERS

The Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph.

five or six divisions for an ap Fellowship of the Bellows parent 1. new thrust toward Changsha. It may be recalled that the Japanese dispatched 20,000 troops southward to this sector from the Sintsiang River on Friday morning.

paper we have from time to time Sir,-Through the medium of your given an account of our activities and of our proposed future plans to Under the cover of scores of your readers and especially to those planes, reinforced Japaneso units who are members of the Fellowship started to cross the Mila River 30 of the Bellows. We shall appreciate kilometres south of Sintalang, at it It

If you

you will grant us the space to

three different points nt down on do so once more, Saturday, While they were

footholds,

at-

Our membership is now 2,823 of

to consolidate their narrow which 2,080 have reached "Puttdom": the Invadera suffered in other words they have paid their extremely heavy casualties from one cent per plane or more for 1,000 Chinese artillery and machine-gun planes brought down!

fre

As most people know, we started

A sanguinary battle continued all the F.O.B. with the April, 1941 Saturday, the enemy being compelled

from the north of Milo. Meanwhile, Japanese gunboats Bent

in "core" ume

and since then altogether спету planes have been

to bring up more reinforcements brought down by our land, sea and barrage air forces. The next rung in aur after barrage onto the southeastern Ladder of

of promotion comes (to those shore of the Tunting Lake in an at-ho

keep up their payments) when tempt to land infantry units aboard aggregate score, reaches 2,500, the 200 odd motor launches to-day.

Canada Becomes The Hangar Of

Democracies

Air Training Schools

tho

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

With the contribution forwarded to your "Bomber Fund" yesterday the F.O.B, hus ratsed HK$45,000.

So far so good,

but

we are not yet

satisfied with our membership. Will

all members please do their best to

enrol all their friends (and others)

UNDER ENEMY FIRE—"Advancing under-enemy fire," was the cryptic and only Information supplied with this radio picture flashed from Moscow. Soviet soldiers are in crouching posture

in foreground while fan-like burst of, presumably, onemy shell appears in background,

Week's Blitz Chinese See Good Omenin Over Europe

outre, in a pen Stettin: Takes A Blow Eclipse Over Free Capital

that the F.O.D. can if possible double its membership?

As far as our future plans are R.A.F. offensive

LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter)

CHUNGKING, Sept. 21 (Central News). OTTAWA, Sept. 21 (Reuter). concerned for ruising additional funds reached a new climax during the pust

With clouds daylight sweeps clearing away after a fresh morning shower, Chungking to-day -Large increases in the number to buy planes for the RAF, we week in which bombers and fighters saw the first solar eclipse in 309 years. Although Chungking of air training schools in Canada have a scheme whereby members daily raided Axis-occupied Europe. lay out of the region where total eclipse was observable, about and in the output of the existing able to purchase an "Airworthiness the R.A.F, was the 77th raid

who feel particularly "dush" will be

The gutstanding night operation of 90 per cent was clearly seen around noon, schools were forecast by Air Certificate" by paying one cent per Hamburg and other northwest Ger-

on Hundreds of thousands ob-. Vice-Marshal CO. Johnson, plane brought down between the man ports on the night of September served the phenomenon which

Deputy Chief of Air Staff, in a 3rd September, 1930 and 30th March, 16-10 in which over 80 heavy born despite passing clouds, was well BOUNCING

Other

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seen through glasses or reflec- tions on water.

BLENHEIM

Raids Supply Ships

more

radio talk broadcast throughout Chapter was started. There will be

1941 when the F.O.B. Hongkong hers were engaged. Canada to-night,

He declared: "A new and greater press,

more about this shortly in the local Another striking night feature blueprint has been handed to the

was the substantial blow at Stettin, Royal Canadian Air Force.

Our first auction of foreign stamps an Important supply port for the reached the middle at 11 a.m. and, The eclipse began at 0.30 am. We are is to be held at Messrs Lammert Germans'-castern front, approaching a point of all-out pro-Bros Auction Rooms on

10 reach ended at

p.m. duction of pilots,

or about which the R.A.F. flew further than observers and October and we hope that collectors to Berlin. The

Aged residents in Chungking saw j LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter).- gunners as set forth in the original will rally round and bid up for the were illuminated by

targets of Stettin in the eclipse a symbol of Chinese Despite balloons tethered to German agreement. You can count on the good of the cause. In this connec-Lights.

the Northern victory in the resistance campaign supply ships encountered off the of one hand the schools tion we should like to mention that provided for which remain to be Messrs Lammert Bros

against Japan. They recalled that Dutch coast on Saturday and despite

Dt escort when the last total eclipse occurred an opened. The enterprise is being very offered to nuction our stamps free of Karlsruhe, Le Havre docks, Berlin Ming Dynasty, the renowned Chin- at sea level and rose hardly

night

anti-aircraft ships, kindly very

objectives

were in the 21st year of Chlaching in the British bombers approached nimosi largely extended. All across Canada all commission, for which we should and Frankfurt. schools will arise on still unbroken ke

ese General Chi Tal-kwong achieved than mast high to deliver an attack brilliant success in defeating and which four ships were hit and left driving away Japanese maraudera then raiding Chinese

coast.

An Air Ministry communique de- Shanghai Observes

scribing the encounter says, that

roof tops throughout the elty tony had to dip the starboard wlug of his

SHANGHAI, Sept. 21

former New Zealand sheep farmer, (UP). Thousands of Chinese thronged the the Bomber Command, said that he

who

is now Flight Lieutenant in

to observe the eclipss of the sun; Blenheim bomber very sharply

Coun

avoid a balloon cable.

was hit and in the resulting lurch Engine Hit

the bomber hit the sea, bounced off, The Blenheim's starboard engine

again hit the sea and again bounced

personnel.

will

to

TWO BULGARIAN

paper,

express our thanks,

as we should also like to do to all D Canadian Air those who have sent us stamps in Ministry spokesman. the new schools answer to our advertisement in your referred to by Air Vice-Marshal Jolinson

be RA.F. schools Our Information Bureau continues operated and manned by British to function each day and has car badges, cuff-links, tle-clips and At- traclive sweat scarfs in various colours for sale at reasonable prices. They also have tickets for the Tin Hat Ball for cale at which function we shall have a stall which we are SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

sure members of the F.O.B. will generously patronize. SOFIA, Sept. 21 (UP).-The 4,148| In conclusion we should like to ton Bulgarian freighter Rodina thank all members for their excellent which was bound for Istanbul with-support but we are still anxious to -out cargo, Bank on Friday evening Increase that membership and look to after two explosions which killed our "Fellow Bellows" to collect as four members of the crew. The ship many "Snuffs" as they can and ron- sunk 40 kilometers from Burgas Invert them into "Whiffs." the Black Sea, apparently after hit- Und Soviet mines.

SHIPS SUNK

-It-is-now-revealed that the Bul garian freighter Schipka, 2,304 tons was sunk last Tuesday when she bit Soviet mines.

Independence Of Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept. 21 (Reuter).

A new Syrion Ministry under premiership of Hassan Halim has been formed.

SERVANTS OF THE BELLOWS.

Provocative Japanese

Manoeuvres

TOKYO, Sept. 21° (Reuter).~-

RAF Fighters In Force

afire.

*

to

main target was the power plant at On September 17 the bombers'

RAF fighters were in Mazingarbe, near Bethune, when 300 simultaneously over France, many skies the

more going out during the day, objective was. the power station near cil's ban on the use of firecrackers

On September 19 when the chief however, due to the, Municipal Roten, operations were on a similar and other noise Instruments, the scale but they reached the peak on natives were unable to follow their September 20 when the largest com- centuries old custom of noise to drive

force since the bined

offensive away the "heavenly Dog" which was sweeps began took the air to attack eating the sun. the railway centres of Hazebrouck

off. Hindus Flock To Water Rouen, docks at Le Havre while Fly-Millions of devoted Hindus flocked caped after twice hitting the sea. and Abbeville, the shipyards pt

It is believed that this is the Arsi (Reuter) time that a land machine has, es- ing Fortresses penetrated Germany to the seaside, sacred rivers and to attack Emden docks.

The pilot said: "Although mak- In all these operations, the Ger-

banks throughout India during the ing, strange noises, the Blenheim got mans lost 54 fighters and the R.A solar eclipse this morning, offering us back safely and wo blessed the last 40 of which 14 were bombers Prayers and distributing alms to the men and women who made her s

poor and washing-their-sins-in-holy well waters.

and

and-32-fighters:

Six R.A.F. pilots were saved:

Stranglehold Of

Late Shah Of Iran

FROM PAGE ONE

the Part of the Japanese forces sliding back into the ways of the

stationed at southern bases in

late regime is the supremacy of

The Free French General Catroux French Indo-China are to carry Parliament's voice in the government Is expected to issue ♫ declaration out large-scale manoeuvres in of their country. Terrorised for 15

•

"rubber

BOMBAY, Sept. 21

Kurukshetra, the historic battlefeld) and pilgrim centre, where a tem-1 porary city had sprung up for the solar eclipse, became a fair where over half a million pilgrims from all over India bathed in sacred tanks.

Members of the Nepal Royal | Family and the ruler of Dholpur were prominent among the pilgrims Kurukshetra,

Can't Take It With You

at

Quisling In Financial Scandal

concerning the new statute of the the plains of Cambodia, accord-stamp," Iran's 136 Deputies are now independence of Syria.

into acting as ing to a Saigon telegram.

The manoeuvres will be followed fald down in the Constitution shall Italian Restrictions On that Quisling withdrew e large sum

trying to ensure that their rights us

TO-MORROW

AT THE

KING'S

The Cisco Kid reported deadl

Bád-men running wild!

A senorita seeking helpi

"AMIGOS, EXCITEMENT

LIKS AHEAD"

The Gay Caballero

CESAR ROMERO

'sid, Shille"Ryan 15/Mäkset Sterling) Chile Pin, Martin Kodasel Dövaher, Edmond MarĎonald's, "koarvotino Dilyaf -

In October by big reviews In which be permanently honoured.

the entire Japanese forces in Indo- The difficulty, however, is that a China will take part.

Jewelry Announced

MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Reuter)..... Quisling has been ordered by the German authorities to return within) three days all the money lie has taken from the Bank of Norway, says n Stockholm dispatch to the Soviet news agency.

It was proved, snys the dispatch, from

the Bank and transferred a considerable section of Parliament is

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" considerable part of it abroad. demanding free elections as opposed

ROME, Sept. 21 (UP).—It was His underlings did likewise the hitherto fareleully rigged

announced to-day that all travellers The German authorities concludes;

determined to hold their present permitted to

any personal Bank to Issue any funds to the ents as long as possible. This dis-jewelry with them, but must declare Quisling Party without German pet- VICHY, Sept. 21 (Reuter) Serl-pute may be the precursor of many it at the frontier and leave

mission. it in ous damage resulted from a

others marking Iran's progress from charge of the Italian customs office which broke out during Saturday snips towards democracy.

fire one of the world's sternest dictator which will return it to its private night in the Ocucumenical (Ortho-

jowner when he returns to Italy. dox) Patriarchate at the Phanar of

The new measure supplements the the Golden Horn.'

recent decree which forbade the sale of Italy Its

or abrond.

to

FAMOUS CHURCH of Deputed leaving Italy in the future will not be the dispatch, have now forbidden the

BURNT OUT

take

Nazi-Turkish Trade

Negotiations,

Allied Gaps Filled Meanwhile with the delimitation

ANKARA, Sept. 21 (Reuter)-The This is reported in an Istanbul of the main outlines of Iran's political of jewelry inside

future, dangerous gops have been

export abr

German negullator, Dr Karl Clodius, The dispatch ́ndds' that the famous which now spreads from West Africa and collect it when they leave. In agricultural quoins between Germany Angio-Russian front Persons entering Italy must also to believed to have been successful in leave their jewelry at the frontier completing arrangements regarding was burnt out and the palace partially across Asia and Europe to Murmansk. fractions of the law are punishable and Turkey, but discussions regard

The Th defence of the Caucasus,

dispatch to the Vichy news #gency filled in the

Church of the Orthodox Patriarchate

The

destroyed.

Church treasures, however, which is the main barrier to Ger- by confiscation of the jewelry; from ing minerals "are continuing." mony's advance towards the world's two to ten years Imprisonment and principal oli supply is now organised from Ave to fifty thousand lire fines. In tremendous depth by

Fifty houses in the neighbourhood

were mainly saved,

were also destroyed. {

A STANDARD

TOBRUK AS

troops. Behind the lie the British

forces

guarding communications along, which will dow supplies to

Russia from Britain, the Empire and America.

Arrangements for these supplies to

MELBOURNE, Sept. 21, (Reuter). Russia are already well on the way

The defence of Tobrule is one of to completion but further stabilization

GIRLS' RECORD │

PRODUCTION IN FACTORY WORK

BIRMINGHAM Sept. 21 (Reuter).

the #eatest events in human his of the internal situation is Arat 21-year-old girl, Evelyn Duncan, tory," said Mr R, G. Menzies, the necessary. This stabilisation awalls has, created a world record for pro- former Prime Minister, in a speech among other things the disposal of duction of anti-aircraft shell com here to-day when he rebuked pro- the remaining Axis ngents. These Ponents Aleers, strikers and "self-seekers." Include 150 Germans, four

He added: "I am passionately Italians, the ox-Grand Mufti of

dangerous She turned out in six

turned out 8,130 components convinced that nothing short of the Jerusalem and several Tobruk standard will save us."

Evelyn Duncan reached this figure supporters of Raschld All,

In a a competition held here in connec Ex-Shah At Isfahan

tion with a recruiting campaign. The ex-Shah, whose future is now components in one week.euska

The previous record was 5,000 being discussed by the British, Russian and Persian governments,

Another competitor also out-strin still at Isfahan, the main city ored the previous record, reaching the

production of 8,305 components,

foot

INVITATION TO

HARA KIRI

OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH".

(Domel)

Central Iran. Two envoys, and off

Beautifully wrought in folly Shah, have distant relative of the ox- SHEEP ATTACKS POG

long Japanese swords are to be Iranian Government to Isfahan presented to Hitler and Mussolint by obtain from the ex-Shah a document stead for falling to keep a dangerous

A woman summoned at East Grin to Mitsuru Teyama venerable octo restoring to the Iranian people some dog under control: remarked, The renarian leader of Japanera

of the vast wealth he has extorted sheep was the aggressor, not my dog. societies.

The swords were forged by the intahan on Friday envoysolved, at and butted him twice. The dog was patriote from them. These The sheep middenly, went for the dog master swordsmith Hikosabure known here whether the ex-Shahal Kurihara, who is known as AKI de resisting their demander

W0lutely bewilderedAt Then, hellrev

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