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BIG OFFENSIVE
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 18, 1940
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London, To-day.
The War Office announces that owing to unforeseen delay, men coming home on leave from the B.E.F. have been temporarily retarded.
Normal leave will be resumed as early as possible.·
An official communique issued by the French HQ. last night stated that "there has been marked activity of reconnaissance parties to the west of the Vosges."
The whole line has been extremely active in the last 48 hours.
Reuter.
FIFTY HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS DROPPED
DROPPED BY NAZIS ON ORKNEY ISLANDS
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London, To-day.
MORE THAN FIFTY HIGH explosive bombs were
LIVELY
dropped on the island of West Orkney, as well ACTIVITY as many scores of smaller incendiary bombs, NEAR SAAR
during the Nazi "raid on Scapa Flow.”
The first civilian casualty of the war in the Orkneys,
Paris, To-day.
RUMANIA'S PEACE CONCERNS
Bucharest, To-day. "We want peace but a peace that respects our rights, and, therefore we are on the watch," declared the Premier, M. Tatarescu, in a speech broadcast last night.
"Our main concern this year must be the strengthening of the army and defences generally."
An extraordinary credit of 30 mil- liards of lei has been allotted to the army in the budget:
M. Tatarescu declared that the output of the mines and oll-fields must be increased to a maximum.
He thought that a great part of the difficulties facing the country had come to an end owing to the Govern- ment's efforts to consolidate Rumania's position Internationally and make her strong internally.
Alluding to the reinstatement of the Iron Guards, the Premier said that the policy of internal pacification was be- ginning to bear fruit in restoring peace among all the sons of the nation.
if not in the British Isles, was that of a man re- There has been renewed Reuter. siding near the civil aerodrome at Stromness.
He was killed by a high explosive bomb while stand-patrol activity on the West- ern Front during the past two
ing within the doorway of his home watching the or three days, particularly in U.S. MINE
tracer bullets and the anti-aircraft shell-bursts.
The bomb was one of nineteen dropped by an escaping enemy plane on the island.
NAVAL STATEMENT
the Saar région and west of the Saar..
German patrols were out day and
DISASTER:
night, and at times came fairly close 60 MISSING
French heavy to the French lines. artillery dispersed several large par-
It was stated in British naval circles last night: "The fact that the German High Command is so eager to magnify❘tles. the air skirmish over Scapa Flow and the ridiculous claims they have made of inflicting damage on units of the fleet betrays their undue
The dead man leaves a widow and an infant son.
The same bomb injured two of his neighbours, both
were men who standing at their doors and the same batch of bombs wrecked the cottage | British of an elderly woman, who crawled nervousness and almost childish desire from the wreckage and collapse on to have something to boast about,
and an Another woman
It has always been recognised that the road.
our eastern and northern bases elderly man were injured.
subject to air attack, but we are confident of giving a good account of ourselves as the fighting proceeds..
IT IS LEARNED THAT ALL ALONG THE COAST OF SCOT- LAND ON SATURDAY NIGHT GERMAN PLANES TRIED TO BOMB NAVAL AND MILITARY OBJECTIVES.
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HEINKEL BOMBERS TRIED ΤΟ REACH THE BRIDGE BUT WERE OFF BY BRÍTISH "FIGHTERS AND NEVER GOT WITHIN BOMBING DISTANCE OF THE BRIDGE.
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It is very significant that only a small portion of the forces which the enemy despatched upon the raid cared to come into action.
Others must have missed their way.
VILLAGE BOMBING..
the
Even of those which arrived, bulk were content to kill and wound civilians in a small village" five or six miles from the harbour rather than face the fire of our ships and batteries."
The Air Ministry announces that in the course of yesterday's daylight reconnaissance flights in the Heligo- land Bright, British machines bomb- ed a number of German naval påtrol vessels between Borkum and Heligo- land-Reuter...
German Plane Wreck Found Off Denmark
Copenhagen, T-oday. The wreckage of a German mili- tary 'plane was found yesterday on. the Danish island of Laaland, in the Baltic Sea.
Two parachutes were found near the plane and it is thought that the crew escaped with the use of these and then destroyed the 'plane by setting it on fire.-Reuter.
BARNARD MEDAL
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Paris, To-day. M. Frederick Jollfot was awarded the Barnard Gold Medal for 1940 for outstanding contributions to the cause of Science.
There has also been exchanges of fire between casemates on the Rhine. -Reuter.
St. Clairsville, Ohio,
To-day. Fears are felt for the safe- ty of about 60 men trapped as a result of a mysterious
MR. WELLES explosion on Saturday in the
THANKS DALADIER
Paris, To-day.
Mr. Sumner Welles has telepraphed M. Daladier expressing thanks for his reception in Paris and declaring:-
Willow Grove coal mines 12 miles from here.
When the explosion occurred, 175 miners were below. The superinten- dent and a foreman were overcome when they tried to get through to the men, but were dragged to safety.‚ ̈
Later reports stated that rescue squads were fighting the dread menace of "black damp."
Up to the time of the latest reports, 108 men underground have been ac counted for and many had been brought up or had wandered out of
"The conversations I had the honour to have with you and various states men have been particularly frank and useful. I will report on them in de tail to President Roosevelt on my re-emergency exits. turn to Washington."
M. Daladier replied, expressing his pleasure at the useful conversation and asking Mr. Welles to act as an interpreter of his feelings to President Roosevelt.--Reuter.
EUGENICS BILL MOVED IN JAPAN
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Tokyo, To-day. The first interpellator on the Eu- genics Bill in the Diet, Mr. Hisayoshi Murumatsu, urged the Government to
Although communication had been established with various small parties of trapped men, the main section affected was silent, and as it is be- lieved that electrical communications with the section are in good working order, there may be heavy loss of life in that gallery. Reuter.
. RESCUE PARTY CASUALTIES
St. Clairsville, Ohio, To-day. Sixty-five miners are entombed and feared to be dead as the result of an explosion in the Willow Grove coal mine here.
Two members of the rescue party were killed while assisting in rescue work. There are 113 survivors. Reuter.
adopt measures to increase the popu- TRAGEDY
lation in Japan in order to counteract the effect the Bill might have on the birth-rate of the country.
He pointed out that the increase in population had considerably fallen of late-Havas.
PORTUGUESE STEAMER HELD UP
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SURVIVOR VERY ILL
·· The “China Mail” learns that Mr. Peter Cathrew one of the four sur- vivors of the Wanchai waterfront mo“ tor-car tragedy, is now in the War Memorial Nursing Home, seriously Ill.
Lisbóri, To-day.
Mr. Cathrew was discharged from The Portuguese steamer Cassequel the Queen Mary Hospital yesterday was hailed by a French warship near morning, having apparently recovered Lisbon on March 14, the Navy Min- from the effects of his Immersion and This medal, named after the
letry announces, adding that the ves-shock, but later in the day he da- ederlük Barnard President of the sal was compelled to go to Casablanca veloped a high temperature and was Columbia University, in baru arded where sheari
Friday night. taken to the War Memorial Nursing every five years by the United States -- No information' is yet available re- Home where, it is, belleved, he is ill Academy of Sciences-Havas.
| garding the
Havas
with pneumonia.