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Before leaving Rome for Spain yesterday, Senor Suner is reported to have had forty minutes' con- versation with Count Ciano, after Ciano's re- turn from Brenner, says Reuter's Madrid corres- pondent.
Messages to the Spanish capital from both Berlin and Rome continue to assure Spain that the -Brenner meeting was neither
preliminary to a peace offensive nor denoted weakness of the Axis.
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The Spanish papers all. make much of Senor Suner's return, but no indication has been given of the natureTM of his .conversations in Germany and
Italy.
"Arriba," the cfficial organ of the Falangist Party of which Suner ís the head, counsels against speculation, making clear that nothing will be publish- red about the talks.-Reuter.
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BUTTER
HIGH KRUPPS
R.A.F. Attacks In BRITON
Violent Storms
SHANGHAI TRANSPORT STRIKE ENDING
After nearly a fort- night's inconvenience to the public, the trams and buses in the French Concession of resumed Shanghai practically normal service on Saturday, although bus routes
· are not yet fully served.
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The resumption of traffic was preceded by negotiations · be- tween the workers, the management and the Concession, authori- ties. Reuter.
New arrangements for United Kingdom regulating payments be- only in sterling in a
2004
may be made Bolivian United
tween the United King- special account with a
Kingdom bank, but special ar-
to cerlain
dom and Bolívia are given rangements have been made for
relating payments Leffect by two Treasury kinds of personal expenditure into
orders which come into Bolivian sterling area account, force to-day.
All exports from the United H Kingdom to Bolivia must be paid Henceforth payments to per-for in sterling from the Bolivia sons in Bolivia to persons in the special account. Reuter.
DRAMATIC RESCUE OF WOMEN ON RAFT
DRIFTING HELPLESSLY on the grey waters of the Atlantic, two boatloads of people, survivors of a lost ship, suffered severely from thirst,
Suddenly a Sunderland flying boat searching for submarines while escorting a convoy, swooped
down.
The crow had spotted two dots fon the ocean. The survivors signalled that they had food but do water. The flying boat., crew dropped: their own frash water. Joupply and then went off to fetch ca' rescue 'ship to the scene,
News Service states that nearly 500 survivore' of ships lostTM In the Atlantic had, heen saved in the last few months by the good work of the Coastal Command aircraft:
TWO TONS OF HIGH explosive bombs
were dropped on Krupps armament factory at Essen in a lightning R.A.F. attack made from a high level, states an official account of Bri- tish air activity over Germany.
Other targets included the docks at Amsterdam and Flushing, aerodromes at Schipol, Texel, Aldebrouck and Bussum.
The weather, was extremely bad over the entire operations area and the bomber crews had to con- tend with severe icing conditions, violent electrical storms and widespread low clouds which neces- sitated blind flying over the greater part of the route.
Quays were smashed and a dry dock damaged by salvoes of heavy bombs during an attack on Brest. One pilot reported that bombs which struck on the road by the side of one of the quays caused a series of explosions as if am- munition sheds had been hit..
The raiding force which suc needed in reaching the Rubr focated the oll plant at Gelsen- kirchen and for nearly half an hour the target was repeatedly bombed.
IL DUCE
INSPECTS TROOPS
BRUTALLY TREATED -
Sir Reginald Hoare, the British Minister in Bucharest, went to Ploes- ti on Saturday night to see Mr. Percy Clark, who is still confined to his bed, hardly able to move as the result of brutal treatment during his ab- duction.
Apparently he was
subjected to violent limb-twisting. by his captors and is suffering from shock. He is over 60 years of age.
It is learned that his captors offered, to release' him for ten thousand lol (about £12,000) and that Clark paid, the money and was allowed to go. When he was a short distance from his captors, more young men fired at him with revolvers, but without hitting him.—Reuter.
Troops of Italy's North-up A series of minor explosions ern Army massed in the of heavy vast Plain of Parma were bombs and incendiary bombs
followed
the bursting
scattered across the factory area inspected yesterday by started several fires, one of which Mussolini who flew to developed into a great blaze.
Great Fires
In the raid on Hamm, explo- sions, followed by outbreaks of fire, were seen in the goods yards. More fres' were started in a rail- way siding near Onsabruck, where. heavy explosions occurred after bombs had burst.
At Rotterdam, heavý bombs burst along the dookalde and buildings on the north bank opposite the docks entrance were set on fire. The dock area on the south side of the river was the chief target at Ameter.. dam and here great fires ro- sulted from the "bombing. At Flushing, heavy calibre bombs which struck the
dock
| started a train of explosions last- ing ten minutes and, set fires blazing which could be seen far out to sea.-Reuter.
IRON GUARD
RALLY
ABOUT. 100,000 MEMBERS OF THE IRON GUARD; FROM ALL PARTS OF RUMANIA; HELD A
MASS DEMONSTRATION. IN CELEBRATE THE ESTABLISH
BUCHAREST: YESTERDAY TO
MENT OF THE NEW LEGION- ARY REGIME.NARAN
The Axis allegiance was ex- pressed by the presence of re- presentatives of the German Youth Movement and the German Army,
...... Suhderland flying boats both General Antonescu, the Premier-
A few days later two women, the Royal Air Force and the Royal. Dictator, and the Iron · Guard on a raft were sighted from the Australian Air Force and other lender, Sims," addressed" the alr and they piso were saved, Za aircraft patrol for out into the gathering.
Telling those stérios yesterday | Atlantie overy day escorting con- King Michael was not present.
London, the Air: Ministry voys. →→→ Reuter.
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in sarried array.
Standing on a platform, Duce -watched' 'the famous "rapid march" of the Borsag- llerl, followed by a procession of armoured cars and motoris-
ed batteries.
Mussolini, who earlier in the Placenza for the purpose. day had inspected at Trieste the The infantry, artillery, engine- motorised division which took er corps and auxiliary services o: part in the fighting In the Alps the Littorio Division, which he in June, took off later in his their baptism of fire in
unknown Spanish campaign, were
the private plane for an drawi | destination-Reuter,
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