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A prince and a thief become fast: friends in the mysterious oity of Bagdad in this scene from Alexander Korda's "The Thief of Bagdad," starring John Justin and Sabu and starting at the King's Theatre next Saturday.
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IN
(By A Special Correspondent) PROBATIONER NURSES of 18 played an her- oic part in the rescue work when a hospital in South- | East England was twice bombed during the night.
High explosive bombs cut through part of the kitchen quarters, affecting wards on both sides, and One nurse, damaged other parts of the hospital. Sister Hooker, was killed, five of the staff were in- jured and several elderly patients died from shock.
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bombing the nurses on THEY PLAN and porters set to work to SABOTAGE IN AFRICA
remove the patients from the damaged wards to an- other part of the building,
South Africans have and they were quickly joined by the nurses and been warned against an other staff members off organisation called Osse- duty.
wa Brandwag, which is While they worked German planning sabotage and
bombers were continuing to fly overhead and splinters from A.A. seeking to undermine the shells were falling. On all sides loyalty of the defence I heard the remark: "The nurses forces and the police.
were wonderful."
RAIDERS BOMB 25 CHURCHES
Military objectives bombed by the Luftwaffe (Goering says they don't aim at anything else) in- clude twenty-five chur- ches, ten hospitals and Build- eighteen famous
ings, among
them the
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House of Lords, Harrow
School, the British Mu-
seum and the Zoo.
by the
Here is a list, issued Ministry of Information of places hit in the past nine weeks:-
Ten Hospitals
Charterhouse Clinic, Great Or- mond Street, London Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital, St. Bart's School, St. Medical
Thomas's Swiss Relief Centre, St. Dunstan's Headquarters, Ford's Hospital (Coventry), American Ambulance Unit (Tunbridge Wells).
Twenty-Five Churches
Westminster Abbey; St. Paul's Cathedral; Canterbury Cathedral; Liverpool Cathedral, St. Martin in-the-Fields; St. Clement Danes; St. Giles's, Cripplegate; . St. Swi- Au- thun's, Cannon Street, St. gustine, Watling Street, St. Boni- face. Adler Street; St. Dunstan-in- Clement's, East- the-East; St. cheap.
Jewin Chapel; Dutch Church, Austin Friars; Swedish Church, Rotherhithe; St. Magnus the Mar- tyr: St. Mary-at-Hill; St. Mary Woolnorth; St. Margaret's, minster; Christ Church, minster Bridge Road.
West- West-
St. John's, Smith Square; St. John's Kensington; Our Lady of Victories, Kensington; St. Mark's, Regent's Park; Islington Parish Church.
Three Embassies American (time-bomb remoyed) Japanese (evacuated), Spanish.
Four, Palaces Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Lambeth Palace, Eltham
Palace,
Eighteen. Famous Buildings
The House of Lords, British Museum, The Law Courts, Tate Gallery, Harrow School, Imperial War Museum, Somerset House, Collection, Burlington Wallace of
House, Tower of London, West- minister Hall.
a
Later the staff were joined by Mr. H. Lawrence, Minister
the Ossewa A. R. P. and A. F. S. workers the Interior, said from a neighbouring town and Brandwag started in 1930 as
cultural organisation, but has
Temple, Inner Temple Library. by about 50 members of the Home since become secret and military Stationers' Hall, Royal Hospital Guard. After their arrival an- in character.
an dropped other raider
oil bomb, but this was quickly ex- tinguished.
Matron's Praise
The night matron said that the majority of the nurses were pro- bationers, aged about 18, who were undergoing training.
(Chelsea), Hogarth's House, Hol- The wild and extreme men land House, Radnor House (Twic-, of the organisation are, he ex-kenham), Statue of Richard Coeur plained, getting out of hand. de Lion. Most of the persons found by the police to be in illegal pos- session of bombs and other ex- plosives are members of Ossewa Brandwag.
Secret Oath
the
Sixteen Public Buildings
Australia House, Bank of Eng- land (near), County Hall, Madame Tussaud's, National City Bank of University
"They carried on with the work of removing patients with a cool- ness and courage that words can- The Government, he continued, New York, Public Records Office, not describe," she said. "A special has evidence of the intention of South Africa House, word of praise has, to be given to certain members to commit sabo-College Library, Yokohama Specie the night nurses, who, aiter all tage and there have also been at- Bank, Y. M: C. A. Headquartors. the excitement, had to look after tempts at infiltration into the po- the patients for the rest of the night while German 'planes could be heard passing overhead..
"One of the porters worker particularly hard throughout the night, and it was only this morning that we diskovared he had been injured but ħad „atili carried on.
"Get Down"
lice and railway service and the defence forces; •
Attempts have also been made to obtain important information and get control of munitions.
He said the organisation was based on the “Commando sya'. tem; members being required to take any oath which was shrouded in macracy.
The Zoo, Argyle Theatre, Mer- seyside; Arts Theatre, Birkenhead; Birmingham Art Gallery, Birming- ham Town Hall, Royal College of Surgeons.
Nine Newspaper Offices
Associated Press of
America,
A warning that the Govern- Daily Herald, Dally Mirror, Daily ment would unhesitatingly use the Sketch, Dally Worker, Evening "When I heard the first bomb powers conferred upon it by the Standard, Glasgow Herald and drop I ran 46. see what had hap-War Measures Bill to deal with Bulletin, London office, New Sta- pened. As I was leaving a door-people who inspired anti-British tesman and Nation, The Times. way I heard something falling and feeling, or hampered-South Afri- a nurse caught hold of my arm ca's war effort was given by Gen- and said: 'Matron, get down feral Sinuta; the Prime Minister, got down on the ground and was in the House of Assembly-Reu- covered with sand and earthter and Associated Press. thrown up by the bomb, which
fell a few yards away alongside She was killed the wall of the hospitali”.
Seven Stores,
Austin Reed: (Picendilly); Bour- ne and Hollinsworth, Ford, Show- rooms, Regent Street, Gamage's,
in the kitchen | Cheapside: John Lewis, Peter Ro- while putting a meal, on a tray binison, Selfridge's.
A patient said: “First bfall” for a patient Y "ries di incendiaries? dropped, and then I should thinle three DONIA," knew" Sister Hooley,
hé added: “She was a dear soul,
|--Qui; nxirse, was blown through a doorway on to a stove. Her clothing was burned but she was unhurt.
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Arts (Dover Street), Carlton, Reform”