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TOO ILL TO FLEE BOMB THREAT
LONDON BABY FACES TWO DEATHS
THIS IS THE STORY of baby Marina, who was-
so near to death that the vibration from would have killed her.
a bomb
So frail was the thread holding her to life that when a famous London hospital had to be evacuated Marina was the only patient who could not be moved.
Marina, who is three months old, has been in an oxygen tent for a fortnight suffering from pneu- monia and a rare disease involving extreme weak- ness of the muscles.
"The least vibration would have caused her death," explained the Doctor.
"Even a change of temperature by carrying her gently out of the ward might have had the same resull. So Marina was one pa- tient that we couldn't evacurte.
"We made her oxygen tent as safe as we possibly could, and a nurse volunteered to remain at her side."
Doctors Carry On Operations
It was a night of agony for the bospatul, but courage and devotion to duty triumphed.
First, a bomb fell at 3.30 am. an the medical students' quarters.' There were a number of casualties, three requiring immediate opera
tions.
While they were being taken to
the hospital an unexploded bomb
was found in a building adjoining
the hospital.
A police official gave the order for the hospital to be evacuated
without delay.
But the operations on the Casualties could not be stopped, Doctors carried
on, nurses vol-
WORRIED NAZIS
IN PARIS
Troops' Changed Attitude
SHORT SHRIFT
FOR BOYS
The Italian Govern- ment has issued a de- cree ordering all boys to wear shorts up to their seventeenth birthday. They are forbidden to wear long trousers.
Official reasons for the order are that shorts are more ele- gant, that it saves material, and will stop the poorer classes envying the richer closses.
RICH NAZIS
FLEE BERLIN
Neutrals who have re- cently arrived in Lisbon from Paris describe the attitude of the German troops of occupation as much changed during the past six weeks. Those who had business dealings with them at that time Germans with their wives The flight of wealthy found them confident, ifļ not arrogant.
and children from Berlin and other bombed Ger- man cities to Vienna is continuous,
Nowadays, say these neutral business people, they are visibly worried and by no means so self- confident. Fewer German officers and men are seen in Paris, the
Hotels and boarding-houses in fact being that many walk out in unteered to stay and help them. muftl. Parisians never speak of Vienna are now crowded with re- Hot water was essential for the "Les Allemands," but when re-fugees. Officials and S.S. leaders operations. The men in the boiler-ferring to them in conversation al- declare that they have come to Vienna only on Government or house, though knowing that the bomb was liable to go off near
party business. them at any minute, stayed at their job.
It was six o'clock before all three operations were completed.
Other casualties from the medical students' quarters were being given blood transfusions or hav- ing their wounds bound up.
Meanwhile, the work of evacuat- ing the patients in the wards went on. They included the usual patients and a number of casualties from previous nights' raids.
First on the list were four mothers and their newly-born babies in the maternity ward.
All the telephones in the hospital. had been put out of action-except
one.
Bombed Driver Drove On
The resident medical officer got this to work and rang up the Emergency Medical Service,
Buses and Ambulances were quickly on the scene, one driver, carrying on lo spite of a homb that shattered his windows and slightly injured him,
After the mothers and babies
ways say "Ces Messieurs."
British males who had been in- terned in Fresnes prison have now former been transferred to the
French infantry barracks at Saint Denis, just outside Paris.
They obtain relief through the American Embassy in Paris, where the British Retief Com→ mittee is established.
The
Berlin censors have allowed correspondents of Balkan news- papers to refer only vaguely to the terrific pounding of the Ger- man capital and other cities.
Anger over British air raids finds expression in Berlin -news- Embassy, which is in papers. The British are denounc- charge of Mr. Maynard Barnes, ed as hooligans and gangsters. former Press attache, is dealing and their bombing of churches, manfully with the problem of as- hospitals and workers' homes is sisting British subjects who, as contrasted with the chivalry" of wellas Americans left in Paris, the German air raiders, who it is are worried about their homes claimed, are hitting non-military and property.
objects only by accident.
WARDENS' SOCIETY INAUGURATED
~~The inauguration of the Air Raid Wardens' Society of District “A” of the Upper Levels Division, took place in the Chinese Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street, last evening, Wing Commander A. H. Steele- Perkins, Director of A.R.P., and Mr. G. A. Pentreath,. Chief A. R. Warden for Hong Kong, being present.
had been moved to another hos- pital, It was the turn of the child patients; then a number of old, indrm and bed-ridden coses.
While waiting their turn for the "A duty which we should not] flotsam and jetsam," Perhaps you": buses and ambulances, the patients neglect is that of imparting our and I, by our actions and words, were given a cup of teaThe knowledge as regards air raid pre- may give this impression to our matron and her wonderful nurses cautions to the people. If at any fellow men and women. If so, had thought of that, too...
time we should be called upon to then we must pull ourselves to- serve, the fact that the people] gether and endeavour · by áll themselves have been prepared by† MONIKA ÄN KANN power; to cart and us, will go far to ensure, the suc-, behave as true: wankaan to muIT cess at our efforts, declared Dis- less fortunate brothers and sisters. triet Warglen 3. EM
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By eight o'clock the entire hos pital had been evacuated – all, of courst, except Marina.........
Footnote: This hospital expects to be in full action again in a day or two.
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