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Mr. Chamberlain Resigning For Health Reasons
BIG SHIFT LIKELY
ATTACK ON
TRAWLERS
Returning from an inland raid yesterday, three Messerschmidt. fighters dived out of formation to machine- gun three trawlers off the South-East coast. They then attempt- ed to attack a balloon barrage but were driven off by anti- aircraft fire. The trawlers, which began Mr. Winston Churchill's to zig-zag when at- wisits to the King are be- tacked, carried.on.
lieved to be connected Reuter. with the proposed ***** changes.-
AN EXTENSIVE RE- SHUFFLE OF THE BRI- TISH WAR CABINET IS CONSIDERED LIKELY.
The Press Association's Lobby Correspondent states that there. is reason to believe that changes in other departments, as well as the War Cabinet, will be an~ nounced almost immediately..
THE CORRESPONDENT AN- TICIPATES MR. CHAMBER- LAIN'S RESIGNATION FOR HEALTH REASONS. THIS WILL LEAVE A VACANCY IN THE WAR CABINET AND IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING, SAYS THE-CORRESPONDENT. IF MR. ERNEST BEVIN WERE TO CHANGE FROM HIS PRESENT
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Head Of British Oil Company Under Arrest Or Abducted
A PROMINENT BRITON, Mr. Miller, who is the administrator of the Astra-Romano Oil Company, was arrested at midnight on Tues- day at the Astra Company's Sports Club of
Unagow, 20 miles from Bucharest.
Four Government, men in civilian clothes made the arrest, which has just been disclos- ed in Bucharest:
Mr. Miller's whereabouts are unknown as he was driven away in a car. The British Consulate is making inquiries.
Mr. Miller is the sixth Briton to be arrested by the Rumanian authorities.
General Antonescu, the Prime
Minister Dictator, is reported to
the
be seriously perturbed at Iron Guard outrages, particularly the anti-Jewish
in outburst, and conference with Iron Guard leaders has insisted upon, cessation of unruly activities. The leaders maintained in hooligans outside the legionary the biggest oil company in Ru-movement.
responsible. mania..
Reuter.
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The arrest is considered the most important hitherto as holds the leading position
Or Kidnapped ? Later reports received in Bu- charest, however, indicate
that
The German Radio yes-Miller may not have been arrest- POSITION AS MINISTER Ofterday morning announced but kidnapped by Iron Guards. LABOUR TO ONE WITH LESS ed that "strong bomber
DEPARTMENTAL
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BILITY, BUT MORE SCOPE. and fighter forces have DORNIER
There is some reason to think that Lord Halifax will remain in 'the Government and as Lord. Beaverbrook Js already a member of the War Cabinet, he too may retain his present office.
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started for. England again," but its listeners will probably wait in vain to hear that these forma- tions
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very quickly return CREW CAUGHT
Some: good judges anticipate that Mr. Duff Cooper may leave ed in disorder but that
ed!
the Ministry of Information for is what actually happen- the War. Office, in which case Mr. Eden would doubtless be found an outlet elsewhere, possibly at the Ministry of Supply Reuter
G.H.Q. FOR SCIENCE
An official announcement says
A few minutes after it! had machine-gunned the
that between midnight and noon streets of an Essex town, a yesterday, eight German iplanes German Dornier bomber were brought down without a single loss to the R.A.F.'
was shot down by Hurri-
Their dog, which had taken Grefuge in the shelter, was not
hurt.
Up to late yesterday afternoon, canes who were return- London had had six "alerts," but no German planes came nearer ing from a patrol over the than the outskirts, where a few North Sea. bombs were dropped, property The German pilot tried dodging Britain is to have a Gen-damaged and some people killed. in and out of the clouds, but se
During one raid, three people veral of the Hurricanes got in Feral Headquarters of were killed when their house was bursts of machine-gun fire and the
Science to co-ordinate and demolished.
away near a searchlight post. Dornier crashed. twenty miles stimulate research and the discoveries of scienti-
Three bombs partly wrecked a flo workers in all spheres. house, killing one person, a fourth The personnel will consist of wrecked, an old farm-house and Internationally, known scientifle others fell in parks and the investigators like Sir William grounds of a school. Bragg, Dr. E.E-Appleton, Sir It seems certain: that these The searchlight men were sur- Edward Mellanby, Sir Edwin bombs were dropped from odd prised at the size of the British Butler, Professor A.V. Hill, and raiders which got through in wea-pilot. Four feet three inches in Professor. A. G. “Egerton."
ther which favoured them-large height, he is one of the smallest The Chairman will be Lord cloud formations affording ample pilots in the Air Force.-Router. Hankey, -- who will convey the cover Large formations were all fuiter of the new, body shoo turned back by gün-fire and our used a handful of bombers pro- directly to the Lord Chancellor.-
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tected by a masă ... of, Oghters. Reuter.
The Germans «yesterday again | Reuter.
One of the Hurricane plista 'who had helped to shoot down the raider landed nearby: and was congratulated by the searchlight crow who had 'taken' four of the - German".crew ^pri- Leonors.
were
ITALIAN BOMBER
FORCED DOWN
that
An Italian bomber which raid-
A WASTE
OF TIME
American radio report- ers in Germany are get- ting so annoyed at the Nazi censorship that, they are thinking of giving it all up and leaving the country.
"Variety," doyen of American screen, stage and radio magazines, reports that officials of the various American broadcasting companies believe that the available broad- Germany casting material from contains "little of authentic news value," and are considering the withdrawal of their correspon- dents from Germany-Reuter.
TRAWLER LOST
The Admiralty announced last ed Haifa on Tuesday was damag-night that H.M. trawler Recoil is ed by anti-aircraft fire and later overdue and must be considered landed in Syria.-Reuter.
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