Direct Hit On Public-House
Kills Many In East Scotland
BRITISH
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
HOUSING IN LONDON NIGHT RAID
PROBLEM
“Question-time" in the House of Commons yes terday drew the following
answers:--
An agreement has been reached. with the Spanish Government on
the programme for the import of oil into Spain for the last four months of the year. Import will be based on the present restricted rate of consumption end will be subject to the strictest guarantees against re-export.
The British Government has re- quisitioned 24 ships of Latvian, Esthonian and Lithuanian na- tionality, and hopes to reach some agreement with the Soviet GoV- ernment on this complicated and technical matter.
A NUMBER OF persons sheltering in a public,house in a town in east Scotland were killed when the public house was demolished during an air raid on Tuesday night, said 011 Air Ministry communique yesterday giving a later account of the raids on Britain.
Damage in London was more widespread than first thought but still not heavy and ca- sualties were not large.
A relatively quiet day of air fighting followed London's long- est night alert.
Enemy Aircraft approached OVERSEAS
the Southampton area yesterday afternoon but were intercepted by R.A.F. fighters and, as a re sult the majority did not pene- trate very far inland.
An Air Ministry 'communique states bombs were dropped in Evidence is accumulating that Southampton, damaging some the BBC broadcasts in French houses and public buildings, and to France are heard by a large a number of persons were injured number of people, in spite of and a few killed. enemy attempts to Interfere with reception.
Italy
Three Shot Down Three enemy aircraft were des-
GREEKS
RAISE FUNDS
Nearly £70,000 has been raised by Greeks in Egypt| for the prosecution of the War against Italy.
Although Germany and can jam British broadcasts to Al- bania and Greece, these broadcaststroyed yesterday, adds the com-
The Cairo section of the Fund reach them from other stations in munique. Two R.A.F. fighters are has now reached nearly £30,000 the Near East.
missing but the pilot of one is safe, and the Alexandria section of the Further legislation is being con- It is now known that one air-Fund nearly £40,000. sidered to deal with cases of peo- craft reported missing on Tuesday | Additional gifts of valuable iple csked to continue paying is safe. Losses on Tuesday by the jewels and ornaments
are also 'hire-purchase" for houses which H.A.F. were therefore five air-pouring in, it was stated in Cairo have been rendered no longer craft and two pilots.-Reuter, yesterday. habitable through enemy action.
Reuter.
NEWSTATUS FOR HOME GUARD
Four British Lost
Later.
Further reports show that four enemy aircraft were destroyed in attacks on Britain yesterday, states a later Air Ministry.com- munique. It adds four of our fighters were lost, the pilot of one being .saved.
It is known that an enemy bomber WBS destroyed during Tuesday-Wednesday night..
The Dornier flying-boat des- troyed by. Coastal Coinmand air- Britain's effective army crait yesterday morning is has suddenly. increased addition to the above.
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A special committee has been formed to raise a further Fund for the familles of Greeks mobil- ised in Egypt. Reuter.
COLONY'S
SURRENDER
TO DE GAULLE
FERED
FINANCIAL AID FOR GREECE
assistance Govern- assured Govern-
It was authoritative- ly announced în Lon- don last evening that in response to a re- quest from Greece for financial the British ment has the Greek ment of its readiness to provide such as- sistance as may be required to meet Greek needs in the sterling area.
Meanwhile Bri- tain has at once placed the sum of £5,000,000 at the disposal of the Greek Government by way of this an advance for purpose..
British Wireless.
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NORTH PT. CLUB SUICIDE
SQUADRONS 21 NAZIS IN 24 HOURS
Pilot-officer James Eric Storrar, whose squadron destroyed 21 enemy air- craft in one day he him- self shot down two-has, with five cther R.A.F. officers, been awarded the D.F.C. for gallantry in flying operations, it was announced.
Stortar, whose father lives at Chester, has altogether a personal "bag" of eight enemy 'planes.
Acting Squadron-Leader J. D. D. Collier, another D.F.C., recent- ly carried out a low attack on a target and local defences. His machine was hit in many places, but he carried on until the main assault was completed,
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The D.F.C. is also awarded to:- Flying-Officer Carl Raymond Davis, who has taken part nearly all patrols and interceptions carried out by his squadron, and has been a section leader for the last two months, and has person- ally destroyed six enemy aircraft and severely damaged several others.
As the enemy bomber was THE INHABITANTS OF LAM- by the gigantic total of destroyed after midnight the total BERENE, IN FRENCH EQUA-
TAKING A LOADED REVOL- by the number of enemy aircraft des-TORIAL AFRICA, HAVE OF- 1,700,000 men
troyed was six. Reuter.
ΤΟ SURRENDER TO VER FROM THE LOCKER OF fundamental reorganisa-
GENERAL DE GAULLE, LEAD-ONE OF THE MEMBERS, A 25. ER OF FREE FRANCE, IT WAS YEAR OLD LIFE-GUARD OF ANNOUNCED IN ELIZABETH- THE CHINESE BATHING CLUB VILLE YESTERDAY.
COMMITTE ́) SUICIDE BY FIR- THROUGH They had previously declared ING TWO SHOTS
HIS HEAD AT 6.45 P.M. YES: themselves supporters of the
IN THE BATHINGʻ TERDAY Vichy Government and offered
tion of the Home Guard. LIVERPOOL
Salient points in the reorgan- isation, as announced in Parlia- mont yesterday, are that the Home Guard will have a Director- General with a fully equipped directorate of its own
the on administrative side.
Its new. Inspector-General will be Lord Gort, who will combine that office with his other duties. -Reuter.
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Full Armament · The Home Guard is to be given character, a more permanent without, however, losing its local or friendly "favour."
A.A. GUN
SUCCESSES.
MERSEYSIDE
ANTI-AIR- CRAFT BATTERIES AND R.A.F DEFENCES HAVE BROUGHT DOWN 17 GERMAN RAIDERS SINCE THE INTENSIVE AT- | TACKS LAST AUGUST, IT WAS
REVEALED YESTERDAY,
Merseyside A.A. batteries act- ually managed to bring down two raiders while firing blind!
of
Cnly crack Nazi pilots are sent Commanders are to be given over on the dusk raids and it is commissions and there will be remarkable that the amount suitable complement of warrant damage they have been able to officers and N.C.OS.
do to Merseyside; has boon 'prace. Commissions will primarily batically negligible. Reuter,. given only for the exercise of command over. Homa., Guard tropps, but in specific, emergencies, commissioned cfficers cart be placed in command, of all troops In their given locality.
...The Homẹ. Guard will soon
SERVICE FAMILIES ASSOCIATION
have rifics, automatic rifles, ma- A $1. PIECE AND A. "ONE chine-guos⋅ and grenades on a scale equal to full armament for DIME" PIEGE, BOTH; FROM PRINCESS MARGARET," WHO 1,000,000, men.-- Reutprez
RECEIVED THEM FROM THE UNITED STATES; ARE AMONG THE LATEST GIFTS SENT ITO THE SOLDIERS SAILORS AND AIRMEN'S FAMILIES A880. |CIATION.✨
GROWING STOCK EXCHANGE DEMAND
Message Carrier
Flying-Officer Anthony Eyre, who has shot down seven enemy -- aircraft and inflicted damage on several others, during the evacua- tion from France was entrusted with an important message from England to France. He success- fully completed this mission, which required great coolness and presence of mind.
Flying-Officer Richard Max- well Milne, a -native of -Edin. burgh. Не destroyed seven enemy. Aircraft and seriously damaged a number of others, . and has led his section through- out with skl!! and courage."
Pilot-Officer Archibald
Nigel Charles Weir, who also took part in the intensive fighting over Dunkirk, has since played a high- ∙ly successful part in engagements- over the Channel and has destroy- three in the course of a single day. ed at least five enemy" aircraft;
strong resistance to General de PAVILION AT NORTH POINT. The D.FM is awarded to Ser-
Gaulle.
It is understood General de Gaulle has granted the garrison honourable terms.-Reuter.
'DEAD' MAN
MAKES
LEGAL HISTORY
HISTORY.WAS MADE IN THE │· LAW COURTS WHEN A DECREE NISI. GRANTED TO A WOMAN ON THE GROUNDS OF THE PRE- SUMED DEATH OF HER.HUS- BAND, WAS · RESCINDED ON THE DISCOVERY THAT THE, HUSBAND IS STILL ALIVE...
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This is the first time in legal history that such a case has come before the Divorce Court.
The woman was Mrs. Florence Manser, of Tankertón, Kent, who In October was granted a decice riisi on the grounds of the pre-- sumed death of her husband, Mr. Charles Herbert Manser.
Attricted by the shots, members geant Eric Knowles, a native of rushed into a small room behind Doncaster, who displayed great
refreshment - counter the
and skill and coolness in reporting and found the life-guard lying on the shadowing enemy ships in
the floor. The revolver was a few North Sea, and only ceased at- feet from the body,
tacking them when he ran short of fucl.
Later it was revealed that the revolver belonged to a Revenue Department detective, Ng Kong- min, a member of the Chinese Bathing Club who was swimming at the time of the incident.
Ng placed the revolver in his locker and locked it before going for his swim.
Financial worries are believed to have prompted the-life-guard to end his life. Hewes un married
ANGLO-U.S "GET TOGETHER"
A second D.F.M. is awarded to Sǝrgoant Clifford Whitehead, who' has destroyed at least four enemy 'planes, and probably three more.
BARBED WIRE IN MAN'S LUNG
Swallowed in Last War"
A PIECE OF BARBED WIRE Mr. Robert Emmet Sherwood, 2 INCHES LONG WAS DIS- American playwright, following COVERED BY X-RAY IN THE up his blistering criticism of Lind- LUNG OF A PATIENT IN THE bergh as a Hitler "boot-lickor ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPI- with n broadcast appeal for TAL, WHO WAS UNDER TREAT- American and British cooperation MENT FOR OTHER TROUBLE!
He advocates an immediate THE WIRE HAD BEEN IN THE This month the husband turned federation along the lines initiated MAN'S CHEST SINCE THE LAST up, and was in court when the in- Clarence Streit, in his book "Union Herucalled that he had been
by the Federal Unionist, M. WART ven ion. petition was heard a
Now few weeks ago.
stunned by: the--explosion of a Mr. Justice Langton said he It was reading Hitler's 'Mein shell in the last war while on a coμju.no, allow the proceedings-to Kampt 10 years ago: that caused patrol party. The group had been" continue "upon the footing of the Mr. Sherwood to turn from write working on barbed wire entanglo- coppers, were well bought. Home edged were less in the limelight presumption of death of a person ing comediep and persuaded himments and sometimes ourried the rails were helped by a resump and Argentine, together with For who is admittedly-olive. The to look with soma apprehension wire in their mouths Specialists tion of provirical demand. Indus- | Eastern bonds, were stronger, paradox involved would be gro- upon the future for democratic | believe that they will be able to trials: attracted buyers but gilt-! Wall Street was weak.—Reuter.. tesque and preposterous."
remove the wire success all
on
Cheques have also been received from the Queen and from Queen Business was more widespread Mary, while Princess Elizabeth
the London Stock Exchange has sent £8, 11s. Od. yesterday with growing demand The American. Ambassador has revealing a shortage of stock sent £1,000, part of a donation hence prices advanced. Kaffira sent to him to be spent on soldier. wore prominent on Cape support familles. --Reuter. while other minings, including
standarda,