THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 23, 1940
30-MILE CHASE BY FIGHTERS OF
NAZI
BOMBER
London, To-day.
GERMAN ATTEMPTS TO raid Britain yesterday ran into considerable trouble. Two Heinkels were shot
H.M.
down by R.A.F. fighters and two others fled when TRAWLER
a trawler they were attacking replied with machine- gun fire.
In the early afternoon, the Air Ministry announced that a Heinkel bomber had been brought down off the north-east coast. Almost on the heels of this an- nouncement came another communique, stating that a second German 'plane had been attacked and brought down in a field near the Scottish bor-
SUNK
LONDON, TO-DAY. AN ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT 10.03 LAST NIGHT AN-
NOUNCED THAT H.M. TRAWLER FIFESHIRE
(UNDER THE COM. MAND OF ACTING SUB-LT. J. V
SEARES WOOD) HAS BEEN SUNK AS THE RESULT OF ENEMY AIR
der. When the trawler was attacked yes, the trawler went on its way unharm-CRAFT ATTACKS. terday morning the Nazi 'planes drop- | cd. ped several bombs, which all missed by a wide margin.
There was considerable air activity As soon as the on the Norfolk coast.-Reuter.
trawler opened fire with its machine- gun, the attackers fled at high speed. British fighters were seen going out to sea during the day and listeners on shore report hearing a loud explosion.
BEEN TO BREAK UP
Crew Taken Prisoner
London, To-day.
According to an agency report the which crew of the Heinkel bomber
was shot down near St. Abbs Head were taken prisoner; one is suffering
from bullet wounds in the leg.
The Spitfire which descended
to
The Heinkel bomber which was shot
des. down in the sea yesterday was troyed after a 30-mile chase through the clouds by Hawker Hurricane fight-prevent the German airmen setting fre to the machine failed in its ob- The pilots saw the Nazi machineject.--British Wireless. break up and dive into the water.
Crt.
The British pilots were members of the squadron which recently downed The three
in two days. Heinkels Flight-Lieutenant who led the forma- raider tion helped to shoot down a
Whitby which crashed near
three
weeks ago.
BET ON FIRE
St. The Heinkel which crashed at Abb's Head yesterday was chased by Spitfires and crashed after one of its engines had stopped working.
fire The pilot set the machine on before the police arrived to arrest the
crew. Reuter.
CHASE THROUGH CLOUDS The Hurricane pilots "sighted their enemy ten miles off the Northumber- land coast.
The Heinkel turned south-east and climbed into the clouds. For a time the Hurricane lost him. Then in clear patch the Flight-Lieutenant sighted the Heinkel again,
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He dived to the attack while the German rear gunner flred back inef- Hurricane bullets fectively. The struck home.
GOT HIS WIFE TO DYNAMITE HIM
ESPIONAGE ARRESTS IN BELGIUM
Brussels, To-day.
A German employed at the German consulate in Antwerp, and a shipping official at Ghent and his sister, have been arrest- ed on suspicion of espionage.— Reuter.
PRESSURE
ON RUMANIA
Bucharest, To-day. Indication of increasing pressure on Rumania re- garding the delivery of oil supplies is contained in an announcement that Dr. ABLE-SEAMAN Clodius, the German econo- mic expert, is to arrive in
IT 18 FEARED THERE 18 ONLY
BURVIVOR, ONE ALBERT EDWARD BLOWERS.
TWO OFFICERS AND 18 RATINGS
ARE MI88ING AND ARE FEARED Bucharest on Monday.
LOST.
REUTER.
ONE OF SIX
There are rumours that Germany is demanding the doubling of ship- "Fifeshire"ments of oil in view of failure (be- cause of weather conditions) to main- tain full contract quantities in the last two or three months.
Havas states that the was the only one of six trawlers at- tacked to be sunk by the Nazi raiders. She received a direct hit from a bomb according to the sole survivor.
The other trawler fought off the raiders with machine-guns.
six
GOOD ACCOUNT GIVEN BY TRAWLERS
London, To-day. According to agency reports trawlers attacked off the East Coast by a single German aeroplane gave so good an account of themselves with their newly installed machineguns
without inflicting any
Ross Travis, of Walton, New York that the raider turned and flew back State, ended his life by having histo Germany wife unwittingly detonate a dynamite bomb which Travis had connected to his body.
He wrapped the dynamite about him in a blanket, wired the charge to a light socket. and tied its chain switch to the front door, so that anyone en- tering would explode the bomb.
His wife set off the charge when she entered with her seven-year-old daughter. They were uninjured. --- -
casualties.
Anxiety as to possible developments is revealed by rumours of further sub- stantial mobilisation plans by King Carol. Reuter,
DUTCH ESPIONAGE
INVESTIGATION
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”). Amsterdam, To-day. The official statement on the serious
The ships were apparently machine-espionage affair at Groningen, in the province of Amsterdam, near the Ger- gunned but no bombs were dropped
man border, gives no details, merely and no one was injured.
stating that the spy ring was un- The skipper of one of these trawl-covered following an attempt at escape ers is reported as saying: "We gave by two foreign soldiers interned for him about 45 rounds.sharp from our the duration of the war. new Lewis gun and after twice swoop- Five Dutchmen and R foreigner ing on us he found it too hot and made have been arrested.—Havas, off. Some of his machine gun bul- lets hit our ship but on the whole his shooting was bad."-British Wireless. - - -
KITCHEN OVEN HID £10,000
IN STOLEN JEWELS
New York, Feb. 6.
Society in Houston, Texas, was "The Heinkel's under-carriage im-
startled to-day to learn that a former mediately dropped," said the Flight-World War captain it had accepted Lieutenant in his report. "It dived steeply to about 10,000 feet when its wing tips were seen to drop off. Then it turned on its back and dived ver- tically into the sea."
Further north, Spitfires of an auxi- liary squadron were attacking a se- cond Heinkel 25 miles out to sea. Pursued by the Spitfires and with one engine out of action the German pilot decided to make for land. He crash- ed his aircraft a mile inland near St. Abbs Head, and the crew succeeded in setting it on fire.-British Wireless.
An Unpleasant Surprise
socially was the "mystery burglar" who had robbed its homes of valuables worth over £100,000 in the past four
years.
Arrested on suspicion, Fred Johnson, aged forty-six, well- dressed and popular, led the police to his home, where they found so much loot that eight police cars
needed to re- move it.
wore
Jewellery worth £10,000 was found in a syrup tin, and gems of equal worth in a kitchen oven.
Police also found thirty-two fur coats, perfume, and a fortune in sil-
London, To-day. Two Nazi planes which verware.
aimed bombs at a British trawler off the Norfolk coast got an unpleasant surprise yesterday.
KEPT AN ARBENAL
Johnson kept á huge arsenal of pistols, shotguns and automatio rifles,' all ́ loaded. "I figured I might have to shoot · It out with The trawler was alone about a mile
the police some time," he said. from shore and seemed easy prey.
The bombers flew in low to the at- Because of his : smart appearance. tack and received a hail of bullets Johnson went unquestioned when he from the vessel's new machine-gun. | attended weddings and balls, even
· The "planes quickly disappeared and when uninvited. He got good prices
SANTA ANITA DERBY RESULT
Los Angeles, To-day. Mr. H. C. Hill's Sweeplda, ridden by Ralph Neves, won the U.S.$50,000 and Santa Anita-Derby over a mile
furlong. R.C. Stable's Royal Crusader was second and W. Siegler "I haven't very long to live, so IJr.'s Weigh Anchor was third. Time made up my mind I'd just take the was 1 min. 51 3/5th seconds. Seven- easy way," he told the police.
for the loot, and supported a wife and one daughter in handsome style.
teen ran.-Reuter.
Bigrid Gurle, Leo Carrillo, A. bärt Cummings and Victor MeĻa- gion in Universal's "Rio" showing to-day at the King'a-Theatre..