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· THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 16,,,1939
NEW ZEALANDER IN AIR BATTLE FOUR MILES ABOVE EARTH: EYE-WITNESS STORY
London, To-day.
A THRILLING ACCOUNT of how a New Zealand-
MEXICAN
Mexico City, To-day.
er in the Royal Air Force shot down a German OIL VERDICT bomber was given by an eye-witness, Mr. J. Wentworth Day, in a broadcast from Daventry yesterday.
Mr. Day said that he had just returned from a visit to an advanced fighter wing of the R.A.F., where he met many pilots from all parts of the Empire -Englishmen, Canadians, Australians, two or three Rhodesians and the New Zealander.
While Mr. Day was visiting them, he saw the young New Zealander fight what is believed to be the high- est aerial battle yet fought in this war-four or five miles above earth!
The German machine was a large Dornier-17 bomber, which appeared in the sky looking about as big as a swallow. At that moment, the
British fighter, which no one
had
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The judgment is expected to pro- vide for indemnification covering
everything installed for the develop- ment of the industry,
but no com- pensation for the loss of the conces- sions. Reuter.
NAZI TECHNIQUE IN EMBROIDERING
London, To-day.
seen up to then, shot out of a cloud, THE FOLLOWING are interesting examples of the
German technique in embroidering the truth.
climbed above the bomber and then dived.
CHILD'S RATTLE
Despite the distance, those on the ground could hear the sound of ma- chine-gun fire, but it sounded like "a child's rattle."
The German machine got a full. burst in the fuselage which ap- parently killed the pliot, for it went into a spiral dive at 23,000 feet and came down at a terrific speed, hitting the ground at about 600 miles an hour.
It dug a 6-foot trench in a village street and wounded an old
woman,
but otherwise caused no damage. Mr. Day said that he had never seen be- fore a 'plane smash up into such a complete and utter wreck.
"A BIT OF LUCK"
The New Zealander, a tall, dark young man of about 21 years of age from Wellington, N.Z., said that he followed the German bomber down in its dive but pulled out when he was doing over 400 miles an hour. The dive, as Mr. Day saw for him- self, whipped strips off the leading edge of the British machine's wing.
The fight, said the pilot, started at about 27,000 feet and he finished the bomber off at 23,000 feet. "It was just a bit of luck," he said, and Mr. Day could not get him to say thing more about it.-Reuter.
KING
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ENTERTAINS SIKORSKI
LONDON, TO-DAY.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING YES- TERDAY GAVE A LUNCHEON IN HONOUR OF GENERAL SIKORSKI, THE POLISH PREMIER, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT NOW VISITING ENGLAND.
Lord Halifax was also among the guests.
...General Sikorski attended the lun-. cheon after laying a wreath on the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
He is to visit the Polish destroyers which are now working in conjune- tion with the Royal Navy and will confer decorations on a number of Polish sailors.-Reuter.
RHODESIA'S AIR
·FORCE®
London, To-day."
In order that the Southern/Rhode- sian Air Force, which he commands, may when necessary be expanded with rapidity and efficiency, Colonel C. W. Meredith is at prosentin Great
·Britain making an intensive study of methods of training in the RAF-
British Wireless.
Trans-Ocean, the Nazi news agency,, mentality of German propagandists on November 14 stated, first, that in that such, incidents could occur with the course of serious anti-Semitic out windows being smashed or ar- demonstrations in London on Sun-rests made. day night the windows of several shops were smashed.
Becondly, the Nazi agency stated that a woman who shouted during the Cenotaph ceremony on Novem- ber 11 was arrested by the police, together with a large number of other persons.
THE FACTS
The facts are that certain Jewish shop-fronts in the West End only were scratched with the swastika on Sunday night, and not a single win- dow was smashed.
The woman who shouted was es- corted away from the Cenotaph cere- mony by police, so as not to disturb the proceedings, but she was then allowed to proceed.. No arrests what- ever were made.
NOTEWORTHY OMISSION
It is not surprising, therefore, that the untruthful embroidery to the story should be a true pattern of what would have happened in simi- lar circumstances in Germany.
It is noteworthy too that though these facts were broadcast in Ger- many and in various foreign lan- guages, no mention whatever was made in the Nazi broadcast to Eng- land. Reuter.
GENEROUS GIFT
London, To-day. It was announced here yesterday, that one of the northern Shan states of Burma. has given £10,000 to the Lord Mayor's Red Cross fund-Reu-
It is doubtless inconceivable to the Iter.
OFF THE RECORD
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Here's Luck
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'QUAKE
FELT IN
NEW JERSEY
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Philadelphia, To-day.
A violent' quake was recorded: by the seismograph in the Frank- In Institute on Tuesday night.
Lasting ten seconds, it was clearly felt in Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Delaware and Maryland.
Some houses were shaken up in south-west New Jersey but no serious damage
done... Havas.
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LIVELIER WAR FRONT
Paris, To-day.
The western front was a little livelier yesterday, though the activity was not remarkable.
Last night's French war communi- que stated: "There were patrol en- counters and local artillery action during the day."
The weather is either from the point of view of the not much good
comfort of the infantry or for flying.- Reuter.
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