The car, bearing the licence No. 2125, which belongs to a kidnapping victim has been recovered: by the French police in the French Concession.but.the victim himself, who was carried away on Wednesday morning in. the Settlement is still unaccounted for.
It was learned last night that the victim is Mr. Lee Tung Kwei, a cotton merchant. He was kidnapped near his home in Vu Yuen Road by five men three of whom were armed. The men ejected ihe. chauffeur from his ear after he had been dragged into it. With one of their number atthe wheel the kidnappers drove their victim to an unknown destination in a westerly. direction. fighters the raiders split up and were driven back.
One report said a Messerschmitt fighter was shot down by a Hurricane near a south-eastern town. It ashed into an orchard and burned.
pilot baled: out,. found -soldiers waiting to capture him as soon as his feet touched the ground.
Before this battle German machines had: come over and formed a crude Smoke swastika as a signal to oncoming aircraft. When they crossed fhe.coast line the raiders were subjected to fierce ground fire. Two airmen were seen to bale out; they drifted out to sea with their parachutes.
[Insọnesarea of London where. 60 iücendiary bombs were-dropped, resulting fires were dealt with by squads of some 1,800, civil defence Workers.on.duty in the area. Stir-Tup pumps were used with excellent effect, and the authorities in charge of operations expressed the warmest appreciation of the work done by ARP. personnel, One of the officers in charge expressed complete satisfaction with the arrangements, and declared that the raid proved how effective a stir-Tup pump could be if properly manned and, handled,—Reuter.
Germans Concentrate on Dover Dover, Aug. 29.
The Germans, attempting to smash the Royal Air Force defences in this area, threw terrific weight against Dover and the Kent coast throughout last night and early this morning.
After bombing inland, the Germans hurtled fighters across the Channel in one: of the most thrilling mass dogfights of the war to date.
midnight last night there were seven alarms in - In the comparatively short period of two hours at least seven planes had crashed, "and two into the sea and five on land—United Press, Defence Board, as occupation of Indo-China would give Japan a dominate ing position over Tongking Bay and Singapore and thus must affect the position of Britain and the United States in the Pacific.
China has already expressed her determination to take self-defence measures, the newspaper adds, and it is hoped that Britain and the United States will not neglect their interests.—Reuter.
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