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HEART OF BERLIN BLASTED Enormous Explosions And Fires Large-Scale War SERBIAN
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GIRL CHARGED AS SPY
On charges of con- spiracy to violate the Espionage Act three men and an 18-year-old girl were indicted in New York yesterday as part of the Government drive to break up an internation- al spy ring.
Reminder To Huns SET UP
ENORMOUS EXPLOSIONS CAUSED BY THE HEAVIEST BOMBS AND A VERY LARGE FIRE NEAR ONE OF THE MAIN RAILWAY STATIONS, WERE OBSERVED BY THE CREWS OF BRITISH BOMBERS WHICH VISITED BERLIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
At times, says the Air Ministry news service, there were clouds all round the outskirts of the city but over the city itself there were clearer patches.
The ring of clouds was so close that the Federal agents said the ring is low moon cast shadows from them on Berlin.
operating in the United States, Spain, Portugal and Germany.
Defendants are charged with gathering and transmitting to their about the movements and dispost-
colleagues in Europe information
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tion of the American forces, well as pictures and sketches of strategic points on the castern sca- board.
By skilful navigation four-engined Stirlings and Halifaxes, weight-carrying Manchesters and a number of Hampdens were brought over the sea of cloud to the exposed capital.
The navigator of # Halifax said searchlights were trying to pick them up all the
way. There seemed to be about 50 In one bunch.
Shells burst close to some of them, sending out clouds of smoke. One bit of shell hit the bomb doors,
Until the bomber was within a
All four are in custody. Their names are: Kurt Frederick Lud- wig, named as ringleader, American-born of German par- | ents, Hans Pagel, German-born, entered, the U.S.A. In 1931, Fre- derick Edward Schosser, 19, few miles of Berlin the crew native of New York, and Miss thought they were going to be Lucy Bochmier, born in Stutt-disappointed so thick were the gart, entered the U.8.A. in 1939.| clouds, but then they flew into
a sudden clearing.
The indictment charged Ludwig, with having taken photographs for Germany for which that country: paid him.
The Spree
BERLIN
SHAKEN
ALL NIGHT
The
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Reuter's special cor- respondent in Moscow telegraphs there is no basis for the German claim to be within 15 miles of Leningrad.
Finding themselves completely impotent in the face of resolute guer- illa warfare in all parts of Serbia, the German authorities have now hit upon the expedient, of forming a puppet govern- ment under General Neditch, thus trying enlist popular support.
The German authorities also announced the intention of or- ganising a 'Serbian army and in-, troducing compulsory labour, hop-.. ing in this way to prevent áb e- bodied inhabitants from forming: increasing guerilla bands.
Simultaneously they are pur- suing terrorist measures and the fatest atrocitler, according to in- formation reaching authorita- tive Yugoslav circles in Jorusa- lem,, Include: the shooting of seven intellectdals from Alek- sinatz, including a woman tóách- er and a judge charged of hav; ing Communist sympathies, and ordering the execution of an- other seven from various towns. The charge d'affaires of Guate- mala in Berlin has been informed
for "subversive activities.".-/!« that the German Government have Effect of these measures has found it necessary to withdraw only been to exacerbate ⋆ public
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Reuter,
led new "government."--Reuter,
latest pounding the exequatur from the consuls feeling still further and cause ir- from the R.A.F. was desf Guatemala in Germany, says reconcilable hostility to the alleg "We saw the River Spree and so found our way right into the cribed in the American Meanwhile the trial of 16 others. city. We dropped our bombs charged with espionage, opened in and saw them burst among press in front page stories the Federal Court at Brooklyn dustrial buildings and left fires yesterday, with huge
full-width streamers.
"Heaviest R.A.F. raid smashes) The captain of a Stirling said that just after they crossed the at Berlin," says the "New York Dutch frontier they began hav-Journal and American."
yesterday-Reuter.
MORE CANADIANS ARRIVE
burning."
Ing trouble with the inner port engine. Oll poured out of it.
They carried on, however, un- til they got to Berlin where they saw other bombers being engaged by searchlights and guns.
They slipped in while the others were being engaged and göt very little opposition except when: coming out.
Thousands of Canadian"Hell Of Explosion"!
from south-west to north-east
soldiers arrived in Eng-We ran right across the city land yesterday to join the and dropped our bombs. Fire Tsprang up almost immediately Canadian forces.
and a very good fire too, in the TWIth them came: American centre of the city. The rear- volunteers-and-more--American, gunner could see it-for-15 minutos murses, and they were welcomed afterwards.
"Berlin shaken all night by ter- rific R.A.F. rald," says the "New York World-Telegram,"
..
Stories, describe buildings and. windows shaking and rattling all night, and some papers ex- press the belief that Russlan planes may have participated with the R.A.F, in the raid.
It is reported that the roar of the 'planes, was audible even above the "terrifle" gunfire, Reuter.
POLITICAL PROPAGANDA
FOLLOWING REPORTS THAT
by Rear Admiral Sir Arthur:" "SOMEBODY ELSE MUST THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. Bromley and Major-General T HAVE BOMBED OUR FIRE BE HAS FORMED A POLITICAL Price, commanding the Canadian CAUSE WE SAW SEVERAL PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT forces in England. W
MORE EXPLOSIONS IN IT.NA IT WAS LEARNED IN LONDON!
FOR FOREIGN: BROADCASTS, A message from Mr. Mackenzie "Then after a time we saw a LAST NIGHT THAT AN EF King, the Canadian Premier, was road by General Price. It said: hell of a great explosion and FORT IS BEING MADE TO
You have come to Britain to help another fire started."
UNIFY THE DIRECTION OF
in breaking the bonds that now When they turned for home POLITICAL WARFARE.
enslave so many countries in the inner port engine wag smok Plans are not yet complete. In Europe.
Ing badly and was in danger of any case a certain part of the In this island you will be catching fire, then the oil pres➡ organisation, must necessarily be defending the citadel of freedom.¡ sure went right down, so they secret and no announcement will No greater honour could full to cut the engine out and came home, therefore bo mado regarding por- your lot." Reuter
on three engines. --Router. Capa koniel — Reuters
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