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HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BADLY BATTLES DAMAGED IN BLITZ GAYDA
OF THE NIGHT
Free French and Czech pilots helped British night| fighter "aces" to make Saturday night's attack on London the most costly the Luftwaffe has ever suffered in any night blitz on Britain.
Abbey And British Museum Also Hit
IT WAS DISCLOSED IN LONDON LAST NIGHT THAT THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM WERE DAMAGED IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S FIRE RAID ON LONDON.
The world-famed clock “Big Ben," whose chimes have been heard in all corners of the patrolling the skies, saw one Nazi earth through the B.B.C., was also hit. High
One French Fiight-Lieutenant.
raider caught in the gleam 训 searchlights over the capital.
He closed in and after his the bomber
first attack
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explosives and incendiaries fell on all three places, while Westminster Abbey, opposite,
dive. He followed it down for was also set on fire.
7,000 feet, but saw that it was
out of control. It exploded on hitting the ground,
A Czech sergeant-pilot of the same squadron intercepted and destroyed another bomber which was on its way home.
one
The Squadron Leader of the unit also bagged machine which plunged headlong in flames. Two In Few Minutes
One pilot destroyed two bomb-
ers within a few minutes after a
In the House of Commons the debating chamber has been wrecked, and it is feared it can never be used again until it has been rebuilt.
In the House of Lords, with many incendiaries but others burnt through before they could the superintendent is!
be tackled. understood to have been Fortunately most killed while assisting fire sures had been removed to safety was comparatively fighters' operations, and light-Reuter. three others were killed.
Other members of the staff who
chase to the Dutch coast, He fol-worked right through the night, lowed one out to sea and although extinguishing flames and sa.vag-
constantly to regain itsing valuable base, he caught it up at only 300 had remarkab.e
bombs fell.
it strove
feet altitude near its aerodrome.
records and relics, escapes when
Some bombs also smashed the famous Members' Lobby which had already been hit in previous: raids and was shoved up by cla- borate scuffolding.
At the first direct attack, the raider blew into a great mass of flame. As soon as the pilot had recovered from the glare, he saw another bomber take off
What sume consider the mhost from the aerodrome. He gave it a long burst from his guns and magnificent roof in the world, that of Westm nster Hall, with its soar- sent it straight to the ground, where it broke up.
ing arches and sweeping beams of His fighter-plane was now downloak, wus pierced by bombs to fifty feet and he had to climb damage done to the interior. quickly to avoid anti-aircraft fre. --Reuter
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and damage
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The U.S. Congress is und headed for a full-dress historic debate on the
The hall was started by William
be the largest hall in the world
Rufus in 1018. It is thought to war, with the demand for, with a roof unsupported by pil-convoys and approval of the Bill permitting the acquisition of foreign
lars.
Big Ben Hit
"Big Ben," although hit by high ships in American waters explosive, is still chiming the as background.
strokes. Only slight damage was done to part of the masonry just. above the clock.
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The battle between the non- interventionists and those advo- The Deanery of Westminster cating all-out aid to Britain Abbey, which is one of the best scheduled to reach full force in the a medieval house the Senate when it begins examples of In England, has been destroyed. debate on the Ships Seizure Bill, THE FABRICS OF THE which would authorise the Presi- foreign ABBEY IS INTACT, THOUGH dent to requisition 88
International News Ser- THE ROOF OF THE LOWER ships.
TOWER OF THE BUILDING
CENTRE OF THE SQUARE HAS FALLEN IN.
Bands of rescue workers are still searching in the debris of one of the fier- The most historic parts of the Abbey were uninjured, including cest-Nazi raids yet made the part where the Royal tombs on London, for dead and are situated. wounded.
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vice.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
"Most of the archives, usually DISCARDING ALL HER the important part of abbey build- CLOTHES AT THE JUNCTION The Air Ministry announced thutings, have survived,” said - an OF DES VOEUX. ROAD CEN- casualties are high in the rad, architect. "The fact that the 19th TRAL AND ICE HOUSE STREET which lasted for over six hours on century roof has been lestroyed AT 10A.M.YESTERDAY, A Saturday night and Sunday morný | is an irreparable,thing, although: Y, OUING WELL - DRESSED Inget
the Abbey is now open to the CHINESE- Woman APPROACH-
HUGE FORMATIONS OF NAZI public." -BOMBERS DROPPED AN UN
·CEASING · ·STREAM OF INCEN- DIARY AND EXPLOSIVE BOMBS.
› British Museum 'The British Museum was so alight by a shower of Incendiar
which burnt--through “the roof and set fire to the back of the building). Firewatchers on the roof, dealt
A new alert sounded in Londongles before dark last night but the all- clear went two hours later.-Inter- "national Newal Service & u u
ED THE FIRST: MAN SHE CAME ACROSS AND STARTED"A TOR: RENT: OF ABUSE, ACCUSING HIM OF DESERTION. DETT
A woman among the crowd which gathered in the neighbour- hood, however, managed to per- suade the young nudist to put on her clothes, and led her away
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Virginio Gayda, the Italian spokesman, told the press in Rome yester- day that "a new phase in Axis action, both in the East and West Mediter- ranean, is imminent.“ IN ALL PROBABILITY WAS REFERRING TO GIBRAL- TAR AND SUEZ.
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Gayda added: "The battleship Queen Elizabeth has joined the British Mediterranean forcta. England is preparing a desperate blow but the Axis in- tends to keep the initiative.” ~ International News Servico.
new
Republican, BENGHAZI CRIPPLED
Massachusetts), declaring in Washing- ton yesterday "Cabinet
that members,
war,
their associates and the President," are advocating American entry into the challenged the Pre- sident to ask Congress for a declaration of International war.
News Service.
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It is now confirmed that the British Mediterranean Fleet, assisted by the R.A.F., left crippling dam- age in Benghazi harbour. with Two Axis ships laden munitions, lying in the harbour, were blown to bits, harbour damaged facilities were heavily and enemy positions disrupted.
It was the second Mediterranean Fleet victory in a few hours. International News Service,
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