THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1939.
RIDDLE OF AIR "BOMBING RAID" OVER BERLIN
London, To-day.
MORE DETAILS have been received about Saturday
night's "air raid” on Berlin.
For two hours the population of the German capital experienced all the feeling of an air raid alarm without the alarm actually sounding.
At 9.30 p.m. heavy fire was heard, the searchlights went on and gun flashes lit the sky west of Ber- lin.
No alarm was sounded but soon afterwards the Berlin radio ceased broadcasting and the announcer apologised for the delay, wi'ch he as- cribed to a technical hitch.
Gunfire was heard for another 15 minutes, and searchlights swept the sky for some time afterwards.
An hour later, anti-aircraft guns went into action north of Berlin For some time there was no official explanation, and when it was given there was an apparent contradiction. MIGHT BE'S
FOUR ALLIED
SHIPS LOST
TO U-BOATS
London, To-day.
Three French and one Bri- tish ships have been lost in The Propaganda Ministry suggested the past few days.
"it might be a practice.'
Later it was announced it might be an Allied reconnaissance plane flying at a great height.
So high was the plane that It could be detected only by the sound of its engines picked up by detectors.
Gunfire was again heard from se- veral points.
In London it is again authoritative- ly stated that no British plane flew over Berlin on Saturday night.. Reuter.
A 9,200-ton Royal Mail Line vessel was sunk in the Atlantic, and the crew and passengers landed in Eng- land yesterday by British warships.
Four hundred survivors from three French ships, including the Bretagne (10,000 tons) and the Loulalane (7,000 tona), have been landed by British warships. The vessels are reported to been shelled.-Reuter.
have
LOCHAVON CREW SAFE SEVERAL PLACES.
London, To-day. Berlin, To-day.
of the The grew and passengers An official German communique
Lochavon the Berlin Royal Mail Line steamer yesterday afternoon on
were landed in England yesterday "raid," stated: "Sounds of aeroplane
morning. engines were heard in various parts of north Germany last night and were answered by our anti-aircraft guns at several places."-Reuter.
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GERMANS SHOOT DOWN THEIR OWN PLANE
London, Later. The mystery of the Berlin “air raid" has now been cleared up
anti-aircraft guns, shot German down one of their own planes. Both London and Paris deny that planes flew over Berlin that night.
However, there is no explanation of neutral reports of heavy explosions in the Berlin area while the anti-aircraft guns were firing.
An American report says one explosion occurred near a muni- tions works north-west of Berlin.
Router.
'INDIA'S WAR
FUND
London, To-day.
The Viceroy of India has opened a War Purposes Fund to receive spōn- for taneous and generous donations purposes connected
war with the which have been sent to him by all sections of the community-and· from: all parts of India.
The Lochavon (8,000 tons) was sunk in the Atlantic early on Satur- day morning, S.O.S. messages from the steamer being answered by Bri- tish warships.
There were six passengers aboard the Lochavon, all of whom, together with the crew of 62 were picked up.- Reuter.
KOWLOON CITY THEFT
Eight robbers, armed with daggers, robbed the inmates of an unnumbered hut in Po Kong Village; Kowloon City, of $210 in money and jewellery early this morning.
Lam Sau-ying, a 43-year-old mar- ried woman, told the police that the men forced their way into the hut at 12.50 a.m. One of the robbers held while the her down by the throat others ransacked the place.
GUERILLAS ATTACK “PEACE ARMY
Chungking, To-day, Chinese guerillas on the outskirts of Shanghai attacked the headquarters of
An Appeal Committee will assist in the administration of the fund and ad- vise on its application consistently the so-called "Peace Army" at Tsi- with the wishes of the donors.-Bri- tish Wireless.
FENGHSIN INVESTED
Kwelin, To-d
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After completing the encirclement of Fenghsin, 28. miles west. of Nan- chang, the Chinese have started concerted attack on the city. from three sides.
To the west of Fenghsin, Chiness forces have broken the Japanese Line Tashaping on the Kiangul-Hop border, scene of bitter conteriz « retaken by › Chinese forces on
-day---Central New
pao and. Minhang, during the weak- end.
The Peace Army," it will be re- Kao called, is being · organized by Feng-kwei, one of the Japanese pup. pets in Shanghai Central News..
REAR-ADMIRAL
REPORTED" WOUNDED.
Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, wearing Na- val uniform, photographed when he paid a visit to "somewhere in the West of England.” He still has a smile and a cigar, By Air Mall).
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-By-Ed-Reed
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