The Archive

Thursday, 18 September 1941

  1. The North-China Daily NewsWhen Hitler CollapsesMr. Hoover's prediction, that the Hitler regime will collapse as a result of overreaching itself, expresses a view which is held by large number of observers. Like Napoleon's, Hitler's ambitions are apparently boundless,…
  2. The North-China Daily NewsMovie Discovery Awaits FateJane Russell is her real name, she is 20. and her appearance is very un-Hollywood. She washes her own back. has shoulder-length hair and combs it out herself. She has not plucked her thick eyebrows. She has not attempted…
  3. The North-China Daily NewsGathering at Central StationMeanwhile, drivers and conductors of other vehicles deserted them at the terminus and gathered at trance to Central Station. conductor came out, he return to his work' and called on the other employees of the company to …
  4. The North-China Daily NewsCensors Take CrackThe picture should have been out long ago, but the Hays office censors stepped on some of its scenes. They objected to "vulgar body displays," a phrase covering a raft of cinematic Zins, same referring to revealing shots…
  5. The North-China Daily NewsNaval Control ServiceThe Naval Control® Service, which undertakes the arrangements for both coastal and ocean convoys, is also manned by Wrens. Here Wren officers keep watch by day and by night, doing the full duty of naval officers. Each co…
  6. From Domei · North-China Daily NewsNo Comment from RooseveltWashington, Sept. 16. President Roosevelt at his press conference today declared that he had ro news in connection with reports that the Administration might seek to repeal the Neutrality Act, or remove the prohibition o…
  7. The North-China Daily NewsSays Russian Bombs DroppedCategorically declaring that all Soviet assertions that Bulgaria had adopted a disloyal attitude towards Russia are untrue, the Note says the Bulgarian Government is specíall surprised by the assertion that Bul-gona had …
  8. From United Press · North-China Daily NewsNow on ViewHUGH MARTIN, Managing Director. of powers. The Far. East Pacific will then be as untenable for surface fleets as the North Sea and Aegean Sea are today. American navy is thus in a position to make itself temporarily effe…
  9. The North-China Daily NewsPress Attitude ExplainedThe attitude of the Bulgarian press is stated to be merely a logical cut-come of that adopted by the Russian press end radio. The Note further protests against the assertion that recent changes, in Bulgarian penal regula…
  10. The North-China Daily NewsGeneral Merchandise and Sundriescomprising: "Klaxon" Horns, "Dunlop" Solid Rubber Tyres, Rickshaw Out Tyres, Inner Tubes and Wheel Rims, Old Motor Car Tyres, "Riemann" Electric Horns, 1/10 LIP. Motor "G.E.", "Aptus" Square Top Bath, W.C. Lavatory Basin…
  11. Letter to the Editor · North-China Daily NewsThe Real Difficulty"To the Editor of the "Norra Cuma Dar News." Sm,—To my humble mind, the rent Question cannot be considered alto- numerous correspondents do, and it is gether in the wey in which your little difficult to believe in the ef…
  12. The North-China Daily NewsLester Chinese Hospital Releases August ReportThe Lester Chinese Hospital in their statistics fo" the month of August released yesterday revealed that further widening interest in the work of the Hospital is reflected in the additional contributions io the Bed Endow…
  13. The North-China Daily NewsHoyt Cup on SaturdayFirst on the programme is the Hoyt Cup which will be held this Saturday. This annual tussle will see the two best teams that the two rival mounted units of the Shanghai Vol-untoer Corps can produce. The curtain will rise…
  14. The North-China Daily NewsSix Shots FiredKimura, 40-year old Japanese civilian and Mr. Suzuki, 34-year old Japanese civilian were wounded in ihe abdomen and back respectively while walking along Nanking Road. near Shantung Road, just before 10 o'clock last nigh…
  15. The North-China Daily NewsNazis Driven Off Islands Near LeningradMoscow, Sept. 17. German plans to use certain small islands and one bank of the river V. in the neighbourhood of Leningrad, as a jumping-off ground for a further advance towards the city have been foiled after a bitter s…
  16. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsNazis Seize Dutch Queen's PropertyQueen Wilhelmina of Holland has had all her property seized by the German occupation authorities in the Netherlands. The seizure order applies salse to all property belonging to living members of the House of Orange Nass…
  17. The North-China Daily NewsBattleships Seen Reducing Orient TensionFrom Pracv NCDN Special Corre spondent in Japan Tokyo, Sept. 17. IHE "New York Post" report that the American Atlantic Fleet: at present contains at least eight battleships and sixteen cruisers, aroused considerable inte…
  18. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsQueen Wilhelmina UnconcernedLondon. Sept. 17. Regarding the confiscation of Royal property in the Netherlands, Dutch official circles here state that Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was deprived of all means of communication when she left Holla…
  19. The North-China Daily NewsComing to the GRANDCATHAY.—"The Great Lie."—The love story of a magnificent cheat..a woman who rises to the greatest heights of sacrifice for the man she loves—even to mothering his child by "the other woman." With Bette Davis, George Bren…
  20. The North-China Daily NewsNo Take Shots Used In Western DramaA motion picture without a trick camera shot in it is a rarity today, but Driector George Marshall has achieved it with "Texas," Columbla's cne hundred percent action feature of the early cattle wars. With William Holden…
  21. The North-China Daily NewsAlong the HighwaysSept. 14—It looks like the weather has changed at last! The sky is lovely and clear today and the temperature is obcut correct for a spell of good "tennis" weather: in ror-mal times, we could be almost sure of being able…
  22. The North-China Daily NewsChie a Newcomer to ShanghaiFirst indications that a new swim, ming-star'had flashed on the local horizon were received at the-heats of the ASF. Gala on W lay, August 13, when T. S. Chie+a newcomer tó Shanghai—beat Hekking in the 220 yards free sty…
  23. The North-China Daily NewsCollapse of Nazi Regime Predicted By HooverChicago, t. 11. The view that Hitler will a result of his own over-reaching, and that America should become the bulwark of freedom "at home," was expressed by Mr. Herbert Hoover. former President of the United nation. Y,…
  24. From Reuters · North-China Daily NewsCelebrated in LondonLondon, Sept. 17. St. Paul's Cathedral was a scene Of. mp and colour yesterday when the ing and Queen, the Prime 4 Mr. Winston Churchill, and of the British Cabinet attended 3 special service celebrating the royal coming…
  25. The North-China Daily NewsSmith Wins Three TitlesLike GrebenscHikoff, Ernie Smith swept the board in the back stroke championships, with V. Matiuk, "a promising newcomer from the Foreign." taking second place, while Smith also won the men's 150 yards medley swim in fas…
  26. The North-China Daily NewsChina Spinners LtdAt an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company only convened and held at No. 88 Museum Road, Shanghai, on September 16, 1941, the following resolution was duly passed as a special resolution viz: "That th…
  27. The North-China Daily NewsBraves Down CubsIn the only other game in the senior circuit the Boston Braves beat Out the Chicago Cubs 8 to 5. The Cubs used four hurlers in'an effort to silence the Boston Bats. Alva Javery went the full route for Boston and came out…
  28. The North-China Daily NewsWar Fund BarometerThe Voluntary War Contribution Fund has been open for 440 days and there have been 9180 contributors. The War Savings Association has been open for 446 days and there have been 1,636 contributors. The latest totals follo…
  29. The North-China Daily NewsA Director Who Knows His StarsNo director in Hollywood has had more experience with high ranking stars than Clarence Brown, who has little use for that overworked word. "temperament." Greta Garbo. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, James Stewar…
  30. From Havas · North-China Daily NewsJapan to Rely on East Asia for CottonTokyo, Sept. 16. Japan must rely on the "Far East Ca-Prosperity Sphere" for her cotton supply and discard America and India as sources of raw cotton, the directors of the Federation of Cotton Spinning Companies decided i…
  31. The North-China Daily NewsExhibition Match to Be HeldBut to compensate for this defeciency, the Committee has arranged an exhibition match featuring a power- A wide-awake Lusitano—team best! performance squeezed a triumph from the St. in the 440 ever seen in a local com-Jo…
  32. The North-China Daily NewsOpen Letter to YouthsIt was reported yesterday that many posters were stuck on eh poles and walls on various streets by young Chinese. These posters were Said to contaiti an open letter addressed by the Shanghai Students' Association to yout…
  33. The North-China Daily NewsLast Mass for the Late Kussian LeaderThe above photo depicts the last mass held for the late Mr. N. A. Ivanow, Chairman of the Russian Emigrants' Committee, at the Russian Cathedral in Route Paul Henry yesterday. Hundreds of Russians attended the service to…

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