RAIDS DEEP INTO GERMANY More Daylight Attacks In France
Vigorous Offensive Operations
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Hammer SIX AMERICAN
Blows On NURSES LOST IN The Ruhr
Intensification of R.A.F. attacks on the Ruhr pro- vokes the question, "Has Germany not moved her industry in bulk to the
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HEAVY BOMB- ERS OF THE R.A.F., ESCORTED BY FIGHT- ERS, ATTACKED A POWER STATION NEAR BETHUNE, STATES AN AIR MINISTRY COM-east?”
·MUNIQUE. THE TARGET WAS HIT BY HEAVY BOMBS.
TORPEDOED SHIP
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The American Red Cross announced in Washington yesterday that six American missing from а British ship torpedoed to England.-Reuter.
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Authoritative circles in London.] while agreeing that a move some kind may have been made to the safest possible places--in- cluding Austria and Poland-em- The typhoon this morning
THE TYPHOON
al
During the daylight operations 13 enemy aircraft were destroyed, 12 by fighters and phasise that economically it is al-7.50 aan, was reported to be half- one by a bomber. Eight British fighters are missing, the pilot of one being safe.
One section of the large bomber Torce which attacked industrial resources on Tuesday
night went to Halle
Leipzig, 550
Dear London.
Germany's
and Louna, miles from
bombed
a
At Leuna, they synthetic oli plant Farbenindustric, one principal factories on depends Germany's attempt to Secure economic self-sufficiency.
in coal and At great expense labour this plant normally pro duces 400,000 metric tons of oil
per annum.
MOBILE UNITS
MEND HOMES
most impossible to remove heavy way between the Marianne Islands material from correspunding and Luzon, moving WNW.
and heavy supplies such as coal coke.
A
MADE £1,800 -FINED £100
For selling silk stock- ings in excess of quota, Maurice Ross, of North- umberland Street, New- castle, was at Newcastle fined £100 with £26 5s. costs.
Ross sold $26,415 worth of stockings on which
he made
a profit of £1.800.
It was necessary, the prosecu- tor stated, to cut down public consumption of silk to provide for the manufacture of parachutes.
This is not a case," he said, "that can be explained away as being the result of a mistake. It is a giuring infraction of the limi- tation of supplies order."
CHILD KILLED
five-year-old Chinese girl¦ Ross was said to be a special over and killed by a constable und president of the in Canton Road yesterday Jewish community at
Whitley
afternoon.
Heavy plant installed with pipe mains and other intricate accessor-
almost part
of the jes becomes ground and transportation would was run involve 50% rebuilding and would bus be a colossal undertaking.
Extensions to plant may well have been act up in the eastern Relch
economic handicaps have not proved too great. But the Ruhr, which before the
a greater
is
A scheme to repair rap- of the G. idly workers' war damag-
the of
which ed homes has been drawn
up between the Ministry war produced 70 to 75% of Ger-
containing man coal. of Works and building part of the coking and steel indus- contractors in Greater iries and also to a lesser degree
the electric power industry, London and the southern still the industrial heart of Ger- counties.
Labour, plant and material can The British bombers made
they are must bright be sent where the long flight under a
with the minimum of moon and were there and back! needed
his within the short hours of the delay, each contractor using
men and plant as a unit. summer night.
be followed "Every raid must by a swift counter-attack by this said mobile army of builders,,' the Director of Emergency pairs, Ministry of Works.
Hamm Assaulted
A very heavy attack was made on the great railway, system at Hamn. The yard was torn by the explosions of many heavy bombs and the railway buildings suffered.
Large fires started could be seen' burning fercely many miles on the way home.
One British bomber which ai. tackod Hamm met an enemy fighter. The rear-gunner drove It off and saw flames coming from it.
Munster Again
Munster was attacked for the fourth night in succession.
One pilot described the huge
fire in the town, surrounded by
many scattered outbreaks.
and close to the main railway
furlously and all the
walls
many,
THAT THE NAZIS RECOG- NISE THE FACT IS SHOWN BY A RECENT STATEMENT IN THE AL- NEWSPAPER "DEUSCHE
THE LOFMEINE ZEITUNG": FATE OF THE RUHR AREA IS THE FATE OF GERMANY."
Hamner blows on the Ruhr are Re-hammer blows on German eco-
inomy.British Wireless.
BRITISH
FAR POLICY RE-AFFIRMED
EASTERN
MR. ANTHONY EDEN, the Foreign
The railway lines were hit Secretary, declared in the House of Com- station large sheds burned mons yesterday that the Axis recognition of the Nanking regime would make no differ- Bielefeld and Essen were also ence to Government's Far Eastern policy,
caved in.
attacked-Reuter.
HOLIDAYS FOR RAID MOTHERS
which was based on recognition of Chung- king as the legitimate Chinese National Government.
Mr. Eden was replying to Mr. Philip Noel- Baker (Lab.) who invited him to make a statement on the relations between the Bri tish Government and Chungking in view of the recent Axis recognition of Nanking,
Hundreds of Bristol mothers and children who Mr. Eden continued that on said supplies of rice for the poor have suffered in air raids July 7 the Chinese entered on the in the International Settlement of fifth year of their indomitable Shanghai was primarily an affair are to be sent to the coun-resistance.
for the Municipal Council, to take try and seaside for rest "I am happy to repeat the as-up with the Japanese authorities. surarice I recently gave here that
Asked if he knew that the prica tinue to do what they can to help of rice had risen 700 per cent. Mr. China maintain her independence. Eden said he knew the situation (Cheers);
was serious.. Mr. Eden Indicated
Replying to Sir J. S. Wardlaw- when Mr. Noel, Baker expressed Milne (Cons), Mr. Eden said there the hope that he would transmit had been some shortage of ship- that message to the Chinese ping in Far Eastern waters result- Government with ataurances ing in difficulties for the Shanghai | that; it was warmly supported Power Company in maintaining by all parties in the House. He understood, however, that the company had succeeded in char- Shipping Shortage
tering a number of neutral voascis Replying to Major-Gen. Sie and were negotiating for others. Alfred Knox (Cons); Mr. Eden
periods of from two to the British Government will con three weeks.
of Preliminary details the scheme were announced by the Lord Mayor (Alderman T. H Underdown).
"It le hoped to secure hun. drods of billets In the country and seaside placco In the Weat country," he said, Bristol Education Committee recently decided to urge the Ministry of Health to schedule the entire city as an evacuation arca immediately.
assent
coal stocks,
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