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THE GRAPES
Tom Jood Mo Jood Cosy.
HENRY FONDA JANE DARWELL JOHN CARRADINE
Grampo CHARLEY GRAPEWIN
Rosasham
Pa Jood
OF WRATHA
DORRIS BOWDON
RUSSELL SIMPSON
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Wallace Beery TMIGHTY BARNUM
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The final test for gunners of the Navy is their first shoot afloat. the crucial test is to fire at a floating target from a destroyer. training that a high percentage pass out. Our picture shows a gun Fox)...
After training ashore, It speaks well for their crew in action. (Copyright,
War In The Air Over Britain: Nazi Losses Seven to OneBOROTRA'S
NEW JOB
Jean Borotra, the famous French
BRITAIN HAS JUST ended one of the most intensive weeks of air raids since war be- tennis ace, has been appointed by gan, although the raids are nothing like what Marshal Petain as National Direc- they may become, German bombers and like the "Minister of Youth and fighters have been coming over in bigger French circles in London state numbers than ever before.
When he spoke about the evacuation of Dunkirk, Mr. Churchill said that the R.A.F. were bringing the enemy down at a ratio of three or four German 'planes to one of our own. He said that if Britain was attacked in bigger numbers he was sure our men would do even better.
This is already coming true, for] the proportion during the past week has been roughly seven to jone.
Fighter Escorts
tor of Sports. He is a Basque,
Family."
that Borotra's fascist sympathies have been known for some time, and he was a member of the no-
torious. "Croix de Feu."
In
He served in the last war and
this one has been in command
of an anti-aircraft post-Reuter.
U.S. UNION OFFERS
FREE CREW. The National Maritime Trade
Union, the American union of stamen on the Atlantic runs, has offered to provide a crew without pay if a ship is sent from America to carry away childen from Britain. Reuter.
evacuees
.. German bombers now have fighter escorts-an admission that ning or recklessness in men and German sacrifices in 'planes and the enemy appreciates the strength materials. pilots have not brought them any of the British defence.
The Air Force has Bomber measured the size of the task and corresponding gains. During the escorts are wasteful and only used the magnitude of its responsibility. past fortnight, one area in south-when. losses of bombers flying It is determined to set new stand- east England has been raided 20 alone are too heavy. Britain's ards of courage and achievement. times; this was one of the unlucky fighters, however, have developed The German air effort is wind- were dropped, without damage to bombers and fighters simultane-to have the biggest possible.. air any military objective-and-the ously. Of 12 planes shot down force in the shortest possible highest death roll in any one raid on Saturday, half were fighters time, so that when the fight does was five.
This time, Britain does not come every ounce of power up to make the mistake of understimat-that moment is in the fighting ing the enemy's strength, cun-line.-Reuter,
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Review Of Week
Air
Reviewing the week, an Observer of the B.B.C. said last night that the German air attacks seen to be more and more on our shipping. Saturday's chief battle was over the Channel and there ire many other signs that the Germans are increasing their ef- THEIR MERRIEST ALL NEW HIT! orts for a partial air blockade.,
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From a purely personal point of view, he felt that these attacks were preludes to the main attack and -suggested that it was likely very soon. This attack will be on
A tremendous scale.
Britain can expect nothing less han the biggest and most careful] aerial offensive in history, he con- tinued. Attacks on shipping may 30 dropped suddenly when the main one starts or they may be 'ntchsified with attacks on sen ports.
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It is noteworthy that the Ger-, nans go for shipping while bigger things are brewing. There is no lime to, lose. The foundations of our air 'fore have been proved to be of the best. Every day last week showed that, Between 80 and 90 German planes were shot down at the cost of only 11 Bri- Allan Lano
tish fighters. The Germans lost | MORROW Linda Hayes well trained men and the British
lost civilians.
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