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HOW THE HOOD MET DISASTER
Direct Hit: Tremendous Upheaval
BIG NAVAL REPORTED
HOW FAR BATTLE IN AEGEAN WILL U.S. GO?
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The White House in- dicated yesterday that President Roosevelt's fire- side chat on Tuesday will contain decisions on the future course of America of vital import to every citizen.
THE PRESIDENT'S SECRE- TARY. STEPHEN EARLY, SAID: "THE ADDRESS WILL NOT BE PLEASING TO OPPON-
ENTS EITHER
ABROAD."
OF
DEMOCRACY
AT HOME
OR
He said that was all he could reveal officially "without betray- ing the nature of the text."
There is little doubt, however, that the President will deal with "harsh facts" and will deliver a forthright declaration on a course of action which will not permit British defeat.
Freedom Of Seas
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The London "Sun- day Pictorial" yester- day quoted an Ankara rodio statement that British and Italian warships are locked in a great battle in the Aegean Sea. No details were given. International News Service.
Germans Try To
Shake
Pursuit
Fleet Units Still Hunting Down "Bismarck"
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AS THOUSANDS OF RELATIVES MOURNED THE LOSS OF MEN IN H.M.S. HOOD, MILLIONS OF BRITONS ARE EAGERLY AWAITING. TIDINGS OF THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE INITIAL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN MAIN UNITS OF THE BRITISH AND GERMAN NAVIES.
Supplementing the meagre Admiralty ITALIANS communique, authoritative quarters in Lon- don said the mortal blow against Hood was
TO BE
apparently struck by a giant 15-inch shell CHARGED
from the Bismarck, which penetrated the colossal battle-cruiser's foot-thick armour sheathing the side of a gun turret.
The shell crashed with tornadic force squarely into Hood's principal ammunition chamber. Hood rocked and swayed with a
Washington Shock
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"CHINA MAIL") GEORGE LEONOF, CITY EDITOR OF THE SHANGHAI "CHINA PRESS." HAS FILED ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST FOUR PROMINENT. ITALIANS AS A RESULT OF FRIDAY'S INCIDENT WHEN HE WAS RE- PORTED ΤΟ HAVE BEEN BEATEN UP.
tremendous convulsion and the seas round Defendants' names are not her boiled as blinding blasts rent the chill sub-divulged, but they include a law- yer, a tailor, a member of the Arctic air.
Italian consulate and a physical culture instructor. It is claimed Ripped apart and mangled, That the battle was fought near they are all members of the local
few Greenland raises the question Fascist organisation. British naval operations Hood tottered crazily for a
minutes and then the most cele-whether it was one of the areas national News Service. Few expect the die will be cast in the North Atlantic are brated fighting ship in all history recently incorporated in the for participation in the war but still proceeding, with the became no more than a memory American naval patrol, dent will deal with the Axis not object of bringing the brilliant career of 20 years'
The capital is buzzing with speculation on how far the Presi- dent will go.
it is virtually certain the Presi-
too gently and will probably ex- German forces to close press firm determination to main- tain the freedom of the seas, even action. with the use of the Navy, and will warn aggressors to keep out of the western hemisphere. International News Service.
"WE CAN HOLD CRETE"
This was announced by the Ad- miralty last evening.
service.
The Bismarck, accompanied by a protective screen of destroyers, cruisers and lighter craft, sought to end the battle after she herself had been damaged, but the other British warships kept firing and when last reported were still dog- ging the path of the fleeing Ger- man flagship.
A communique states that after Saturday's engagement, in which the British battle-cruiser H.M.S. Hood was blown up, the German Hood's normal forces made every effort to shake off pursuit.
Later in the evening an attack by naval aircraft resulted in at least one torpedo hit on enemy. Reuter,
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WANTS U.S.
"I think we can hold TO MAKE
Crete," said Major-
General Heywood, Chief|
of the "British Military AN OFFER
Mission to Greece, on his SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") return to Cairo from
* Crete yesterday.✨
personnel
1,341 officers and ratings. It was her maiden engagement with the Bismarck, which is armed with eight 15-inch guns.
IT WAS THE FIRST FORMID- ABLE THREAT FROM THE GER- MAN FLEET IN THE ATLAN- TIC IN A LIFETIME.
The explosion must have torn the battle-cruiser asunder, giv- ing the crew no chance to escape. Long regarded as invincible, Hood must have been hit by tons of metal. It was the most stag- gering British naval loss since Jutland.
Grievous Loss
Naval experts in London¬say|| that although.... It is a grievous lors, battleships of the King George V class are being com- missioned steadily.
SENATOR MEAD.SUGGESTED. The Admiralty made no mention IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY of damage to other British war- The withdrawal from Greece, THAT THE U.S... PROPOSE ships or the German vessels ex- and the Crete fighting is part of NEGOTIATIONS WITH VICHY cept the Bismarck. one action and I hope we have FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF reached the last stage and shali U.S. MILITARY BASES IN hold out, ingview or the nature of FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE ha fighting in Crete and the Ger- WESTERN HEMISPHERE, hans, dificulty in obtaining reine. He suggested the U.S. Govern- forcements for their irgons they ment offer la cancel 23 portion of - Loss of H.M.S. Hood has pro- have succeeded in landing. We the French War Det: return foundly shocked". United States" British and Dominion troops for leaseholds, and thus the US naval and diplomatic circles and uid Marinés i fight, well in this offer to establish French red'ti prompted; private predictions type of man-to-munti iting." for the purchase of non-military that the demand for full use of This is the first intimation that supplies to be sent to unoccupied the US Navy in assuring the Marines : have a been, lääder France and French possessions.- safe arrival of war materials will Reuter) NIZKIG
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speculated on the possibility It is not hinted, however, what disaster might cause President action the US, Government might Roosevelt somewhat to revise his take in that event.
fireside chat to-morrow night.- Some Washington quarters International News Service.
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