THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 13, 1940.
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HAMBURG HAVOC
Germany's Second Largest City Faces Bankruptcy
The R.A.F. Bomb-Blight On Port
HAMBURG, THE second largest city in Germany; faces bankruptcy. Every_report reaching London emphasises the growing ef- fects of the Royal Air Force's "bomb blight" on this once great seaport, states the Air Min- istry News Service.
A tremendous effort is being made to con ceal the damage, even from the people of the city itself, yet news of the havoc in Hamburg is spread all over Germany.
NEW BOMB SIGHT IN BRITAIN?
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Damage to factories 'becomes dafly more serious. ..More and more industries are being trans- ferred to eastern cities or occupi- ed Poland:
Burnt-out shells of warehouses and smashed wharves tell tale of Hamburg's ruin,
New reports state that Blohm and Voss shipyard the Iste of Weltershof, been badly
damaged.
the
the
on
has
New
ships under construction have becn smashed.
At one period, five submarines out of 26 then building, we.c damaged beyond repair.
Complete Muddle
and baen
Damage to power, sta;ions has cut the cutput of factories which
far have escaped bombs
or
Each weak swells the ranks of
Photo shows Lieut. R. Davies (seated) removing the fuse from the huge time bomb after It had been lifted. (Copyright, Fox').
JAPANESE ENVOY
GermansUsing 2-TonBombs? pointed Japanese
A new "super bomb" is-being used against Britain, says a special cable to the New York "Daily News" from Berlin.
It weighs almost two tons, and because of its high cost it is dropped only by Stuka dive-bombers to make sure of its aim.
Sections of the Blohm-Ves; The delivery to Britain Workshops have been turned over to aircra.t production. These of two of the secret Sper-have been heavily bombed
Bircraft early completely ry bomb-sights-the first burnt out. of hundreds to be pur- chased by the R.A.F. for| precision bombing of Ger- man military targets was. disclosed by official fire. Washington quarters last night to International depora ion and discontent. News.
reports agree that the damage is confined to the docks and in- A responsible source said that dustrial districts and that the a. formal statement announcing city itself has been hardly, affect- the U.S. Army's, approval of thoed. This is a striking tribute to export of the sign is awaiting the accuracy of RA.F. bombing. President Roosevelt's approval. The Vulcan yards have been hit Crated in boxes bearing the repeatedly. On Finkenwarder manufacturer's labol, the sights the big yards of the Deutsche- "were flown from an air por. 'werke have basñ heavily damaged. 'near Brooklyn to Halifax sever-¦ Wrecked railway 1 nes and
al weeks ago.
empty goodyards add to the
the work:ss and adds to the CANADA
Railway Havoc
There, they were loaded on one muddie. of the 50-over-age destroyers the United States gave to the British in return for the air and naval, bases, and started out across the Atlantic.
In view of the time which has elapsed without word of any mishap to the destroyer, Washing- ton officials presume that the sights arrived safely in Brilais and are now undergoing tests.-- International News Service
GIANT BOMBERS FOR R.A.F.
All
MAY ASK EIRE FOR BASES
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of
"The Government Canada should make a personal appeal to Mr. De Valera to lease to Canada Damage to railways is so ex- for the duration of the tensive that goods trüffic must always be given preference, war two ports on the West Travellers from Berlin no Coast of "Eire' for use as ney now takes "24 hours in-Empire naval stations." stead of the usual four and declared Mr. Hanson, the involves at Tent:"five changes
Conservative Leader, in
Hamburg report that the jour-
in either direction.
So many Ham'surg ship; have the Canadian House of been sunk or damaged in har-
our or mined off the mouth of
he Elbe. and in Baltic walets hat shortage of tonnage is ba.. ecming an acute problem.
Commons yesterday.
He spoke about the refusal of the Eire Government: to allow the
To try to offset these losses, United Kingdom to use their 'ha- Sw.dish ships are being used to val bases and air ports, and de- he Vull extent in Baltic trade-scribed it as one of the greates; Reuter.
BRITISH
After a long period of SHIPPING
waiting, Britain as to havel,
some of America's Flying STRENGTH
Fortresses, Reuter's
for-
hindrances to Britain's war pro- gress and in his "humble view it is a valuable contribution to Axis power."
Mr. Hanson continued:--
"Something should and must be done to meet this situation, be- cause it is apparent that the Gov- crnment of Eire will not recede from its position of non-coopera- tion as a result only of a request from the British Governmení. Washington correspon About 1,250,000 tons of
"This very fact opened up the cign shipping had been added to opportunity to the Canadian Gov- dent cables this morning, the merchant fleet of the United crnment to make a wonderful con- Lying Fortresses are glunt, Kingdom by October 31 by cap-tr.bution towards the Allied cause. "In addition to the Itasing to heavily-armbä "bombers.-capable įture, requisition and purchase, of bombing a target 2,000 m ler stated Mr. Roland Cross, Minis- Canada of two ports on the West iDom" their busc.
'ter of Shipping, in a written re-Coast, I suggest that Canada ap- It is understood that Britain ply to a question in the House proach Eire with proposals to will have the latest models in- of Commons, i
lease to Canada certain strategic stend of the carlier ones.
He added that about 4,000,000 airports in the south and west of The sale of these bombers tons of Allied and neutral ship-Eire, for use as Empire...air_ to "Briain has been made posping was on time charter to stations." sid! by the President's doct- Britain-Reuter.
Mr. Hanson further suggested "Blon""to" "allow Britain to' have Mr. Cross added: "It should not that Canada should enlist the half the war,production of be inferred that all the tonnage help, of the United States in such "the United States,
now at our disposal represents an an effort, as a very substantial The latest models of the Flying addition of importing capacity as clement in the United States "hud „Fortress have better rear-gunner much of the foreign tonnage was contributed in no small degree to protection, with Increased speed at our ports prior to the outbreak the goal of Irish freedom."Reu- £nd longer range.-Reuter.
of war British Wireless: After:
Mr. Jingo Futami, newly-ap- Minister "to Thailand, will leave Tokyo to-day for Kobe, where he will embark in the Heiyo Maru, sailing for Bangkok on November 20—Reu- ter.
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