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Nazi Fire Bombers Launch
Would-Be Terror Raids
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of 90 who said that she is deter-.
VERY SMALL DAMAGE
LONDON, AUG. 30 (REUTER)—MOST LONDONERS mined to see this war through, but ENJOYED THEIR FIRST UNDISTURBED NIGHT FOR we all take the raids as in the NEARLY A WEEK LAST NIGHT, but raiders were reported day's work." to be over other areas and Nazi fire bombers launched a number of would-be terror raids in North-East and North- West England, as well as nuisance raids in the south-west. easy Many incendiary bombs were dropped, and damage was done to property. Also a number of casualties were reported.
LONDON WAS NOT UNSCATHED, TWO SCREAMING BOMBS DROPPING IN ONE" RESIDENTIAL AREA,
GERMANISATION OF POLAND
Thoroughfares Named After Hitler
LONDON, August 30 (Reuter)- Reuter's diplomatic correspondent Mr. Steed sold that it was not writes that following the recent to understand what Herr action of incorporation Into the Hitler might be after with his Relch of the "Government-Gene- single night ralds. The sum total ral of Warsaw the, German of the damage done had been very thorities immediately inaugurated small and if they formed part of an intensive Germanisation cam- the war of nerves. they were not palga. " likely to prove successful.
"One report makes us wonder
One Midland town had the The raiders appeared to make full whether everything is as pretty m At the German garden as they would seventh raid in five days, use of the clouds for cover,
declared Mr, which lasted several hours. one time three bombers were seen make us believe."
driving into the clouds. One Spit-Steed. German pilots had been in No bombs were dropped and are followed while two others the habit of dropping bombs in the there was no anti-aircraft waited outside. Watchers were sea and in the open country in
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au-
be
enactments One of their first was to order that all main public squares and thoroughfares in the incorporated territory should
Hitler. Squares renamed "after and streets of lesser importance would be renamed after Goering. Hess and lesser Nazi light.
lucky for they saw the bombers jorder to escape from: our fighters
In this way, the German invaders. to. obliterate the Poliak Elsewhere in the Midlands, in- emerge and the British fighters but latterly, Herr Himmler, head hope
attack them.-
of the German. Gestapo, is report character of the occupied terri cendiaries were dropped over a scattered area. Anti-aircraft guns: The Germans headed straignted to be putting one of his own tory. At the same time, a special known kept up a continuous barrage and for the coast...
men among every group of Ger. Germanisation institution -searchlights were active when Reuter's correspondent,
tale-man gunners to see that the Geras Ostland" has been establish- enemy planes which crossed the phones that the fight 18 star a pet jou op sequing tewed in Poznan to encourage the
bombs aimlessly.
settlement of Germans upon the north-east coast flew backwards going on, but it appears that most and forwards at a great height of the Germans have turned back.
"I myself do not attach much incorporated territories of Poland. Importance to this story. If our over several towns.
Fresh patrols of fighters arrived methods are not terman methods, and circled over the area.
it does not follow that the Ger- So far no bombs have been mans are not tough fighters. To dropped. Despite.
the sirenis, my mind, the real question is whe- London's heavy traffic continued ther these recent raids in the while large numbers of pèdes second phase of the battle are not
A number
TO
bombs which dropped in country districts was
reported to have damaged water mains.
FULL FURY...
NEW WARSHIP
FOR BRITAIN
district trians either stood on the pave a test in the training of German King, Queen Rivet
ment or continued on their way. pilots for night flying.
A north-west coastal received the full fury of the Nazi bombers in a rald extending over several hours, There was a terrific duel between anti-aircraft guns and waves of enemy planes, which kept circling over a wide area. In relays.
In one district. anti-aircraft "Signor Mussoliai has been ex- guns were in action and machine-plaining that the comparative guns were also heard, high up mildness of Herr Hitler's raids on above.
Britain is meant to give us a
last
It is now learnt that swarms of, chance to plead for peace. On British fighters attacked German this theory, the dropping of coples bomber formations which at of Herr Hitler's speech recently. tempted to penetrate the south- must be taken as part of this
peace offensive. eastern defences.
A considerable number of nigh explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped and it is believed that there were a number of ~ LONDON RAID 'ALARM casualties, some fatal, in one area. An air raid alarm was sounded i
The greater part of the traffic in London today. was stopped, gas and water mains were broken and fires broke out
The warning was followed by a violent battle over the south-east at a number of points, but they coast, which progressed for balf
quickly controlled by fire l'an-hour. brigades and auxiliary fremen.
were
A Junkers machine was shot down by British fighters near a south-western town last night, One of the crew was killed and three injured,
One German ralder after drop-
GREAT HEIGHT The fighting over a south-east area today was at such a great height from the ground that watchers could get only an im- pression of what was going on ping bombs on a south-east area in England was shot down and two members of the crew were taken prisoner.
above.
to
Enemy aircraft attempted penetrate the defences In for- mations of 15, ar 20, but they were broken up by anti-aircraft fre and fighters. At a time when half-a-dozen dogights were in progress, the strens sounded.
y
HIT HIM BARDER
"The truth is that Herr Hitler has tried to hit us very hard in deed and has found that we can' hit him harder. Last week I said that I thought he would go on hitting us and he has gone on and must go on. He must have soine- thing to show his own people be fore the autumn gales and winter snows check his operations against this country.
"And if he cannot do that, he will be obliged to lie on a scale that even they may not find convincing. When the German people discover that he has been lying. Herr Tttler will suffer a certain defeat in the field of psychology,"
First Plate
LONDON, August 30 (Reuter)- Their Majesties the King and Queen on Wednesday drove the rivets of the first steel plate of a new warship being built at 庭 famous shipyard in northwest Bri-
tain.
They had an unofficial escort of ship workers. They also went on board a warship which WBS almost completed, inspecting the and gun turrets. anti-aircraft
defences
and anti-submarine talked to some of the men putting the finishing touches to the ship
Their Majesties spent the ne in the Royal train in a disused siding in Lancashire.
VICHY GOVT. ACTION
THREE GOVERNORS DISMISSED
ON OPEN GROUND- Other houses in the vicinity" were not damaged. Three further
LONDON, August 30 (Reuter)- Mr. Steed went on to comment explosions were heard and it is. believed that the bombs fell on on the recent declarations which The Vichy Government has dis- Governors ot the had been made by certain parts of missed the The attack came from several open ground.
empire to Cameroons New Caledonia and points and gunners seemed to be In another district, planes roared the French colonial
Chad. It will be recalled that well on the mark, for the ring across the sky too high to be seen. carry on the war against Germany.
Chad declared allegiance to Gene- continued for some minutes before According to one account, there alongside Britain.
occasionally a tremendous "A remarkable move for revoltral De Gaulle a few days ago. R. A. F. fighters appeared. Then was
The Vichy Government admits followed the whine of engines is zoom, suggesting that some were against the Vichy Government has
no crast of started." he said. This has be- that a revolt has broken out in the fighters dived and mingled divebombing, but
come apparent in Chad, the Came-French Africa against its authori with the rattle of machine-guns bombs were heard...
be. Anti-aircraft guns gave the roons, the French Congo and West ty but claims that steps are and cannon fire.
raiders in this area, a tremendous Equatorial Africa. The movement ing taken to localise the rebellion. reception.
had begun last Monday with a "de- The decision to dismiss the At least six German planes were claration from the Chad Govern-three Governors was taken at a reported to have been shot downment to the affect that the great-Cabinet meeting held at Vichy to in this morning's raid.
ness of Franice demanded that consider the situation. Frenchmen should continue to
Indo-China is mentioned fight on the side of Britain,
well as Africa. In response to that decision. Mr. Churchih had assured General De
WHITE TRAILS
At times white tralls of ex- haust smoke curled in and out of the sky around patches of cloud
Screaming Bombs Dropped
By Raiders
HOUSES DAMAGED IN SOUTH WALES
LONDON, Aug. 36 (Renter) Nearly 200" German planes came over the south-east coast yesterday afternoon in waves. Tlicy penetrated Inland at a great height but fled
when engaged by fighters. They did not drop any bomba.
Enemy planes over north-east Gaulle that Britain would help the coast towns appeared to be going Chad Government and the other backward and forward. Search-French "colonies.
#ghts and anti-aircraft batteries
were very active.
A number or bombs are reported to have been dropped and water mains in a country district were damaged...
INCENDIARIES DROPPED LONDON Aug 30 (Reuter)—| The Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security communique states that in attacks by enemy aircraft during last night many bombs, es-
Enemy planes were also report-pecially the Incendiary type, were ed over a south-eastern England dropped but a great majority did area, last night and also over no damage..
2.
north-east area and two south- western towns.
Two screaming bombs were dropped in London early yes- terday morning and the ex- plosions which followed caused a number of casualties in a residential district.
JAPANESE LEAVE HONGKONG
In the north-west some damage. was caused to houses and com mercial property. Fires which broke out were soon, brought, un'- der control.
In the north-east and the Mid- lards, many, incendiary and some high explosive bombs were drop- ped but little damage was report- ed. Most of the bombs fell in fields.
In South Wales some Houses One hundred and eighty päs- were damaged. A few bombs were] sengers left yesterday, morning by dropped on the outskirts of Lon the Japanese liner Kamakura don and the adjoining districts Maru which sailed. It 10 am. and only slight damage was caus- There were 60 Japanese women, ed. In other regions bombs were children and students among dropped but did little damage. them. Other passengers were 80 The total casualties reported Chinese and 40 foreigners.
from all areas is small,
GEN. DE GAULLE.“
General De Gaulle had lost ne time in broadcasting this good news to France's colonial empire. He said that notwith- standing the dangerous situa tion, the Chad territory had, - refused'' capitulation and had decided to continue the war, until victory was achieved. The Chad Government had given the signal to the whole French Empire to raise its head, The Cameroons had followed the example of the Chad Government.j
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Before the last war, the Game- roons had belonged to Germany. So marked was the difference be- tween German and French me thods, that the natives there bad become attached to France and it was hardly surprising therefore that they had decided to support the Chad example,
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FANCHENG, Aug 30 (Central)
NOW WITH ALLIES Within twenty-four hours French Equatorial Africa had join- led the movement and representa. tives of General De Gaulle had taken over civil and legal authority there. Since the French Congo Along the shores of the Carib- bordered on the Belgian Congo, bean Sea we find a region known made lately to induce the Mos-A part of the Japanese garrison When quitoes to make a regular use of in Shiblipu, near Hotel in An- this movement meant that the as the Mosquito Coast, whole of West and Central Africa Christopher Columbus discovered quinine. On page 124 of its re-wel, was wiped out during a are now with the Allies.
America he did not occupy this port (English edition), issued In Chinese attack a few days ago, "Meanwhile, it will be interest- territory. In 1638 it became a 1938, the Malaria-Commission of Japanese reinforcements rushing ing to watch the effects of the haunt of pirates the Buccaneers the League of Nations, composed there from Hotel launched a fierce movement in Chad and other Later on, Mosquitia" came under of the principal experts in ma-counter-attack, but were hurled parts of Africa, declared Mr the sway of England. The United larla control, stresses the fact back by the Chinese after a bitter
that the harmlessness of quinine encounter. Steed, "but there is no doubt that States were opposed to this state makes it a suitable drug for ad- General De Gaulle and his suppor- of affairs and in 1860 England ministration by subordinate per- ters have every reason to be satis- ceded Mosquito Coast to Nica-gonnel without constant medical fed with these developments.
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The Mosquitoes still regard saling At present he seems uncer- Negro cross-breda inhabiting the The Commission also recom- tam whether he should push on territory. These Mosquitoes are mends, as a preventive measure, these western mediches with his campaign against Egypt. The not more than 8.000 in number a daily dose of 6 grains of quinine some suspicion but a great many agreement which is being reached But on the same shores dwell a throughout the fever Beason and of them have experienced that with regard to Transylvania might host of other mosquitoes." for some time afterwards, and for quinine is the best remedy for help to make road clear for the Mosquito is actually the Spanish actual treatment a dose of 15 protecting them from the deadly Axis Powers in and around the word for the numerous breed of grains to 20 grains of quinine effects of those other mosquitoes":" Mediterranean,"
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