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OBJECTIVES IN BERLIN HAMMERED BY R.A.F.
Four-Hour Raid On German Capital: Power Station Hit
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LONDON, Oct, 2 (Reuter)—An Alr Ministry communique states that strong forces of bomber aircraft on Monday night carried out sustained attacks upon objectives in the Berlin
area.
Other forces of bombers attacked all refineries at Leuna and Hanover. an aircraft factory at Rotenburg, a munition fac tory near Magdeburg. goodsyards and rail communications at Bremen, Ehrang. Osnabruck, Mannheim and Brussels, docks at Cuxhaven and Amsterdam, the ports of Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais Boulogne and Le Havre, and several enemy aerodromes
course of these opera-- Five of our aircraft are missing In the tions, an aircraft of the Bomber
SUSTAINED ATTACKS
GENERAL
AREA U.S. Exports
Of Military Equipment
POLISH SQUADRON'S
FINE RECORD
LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuter) --- One of the Polish squadrons at present engaged in the Battle of Britain' has so far shot down 149 German planes.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Reuter› -President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation requiring licences for the export of fire-control - in- struments, military searchlights, aerial cameras and other types of military equipment containing
INDO-CHINA optical elements.
At his press conference yester- day President Roosevelt said he
SITUATION expected to make no recommenda
JAPANESE FORCES
IN CAOPANG
CHUNGKING, Oct, 2 (Beuter) --- Japanese forces in northern Indo- China have reached Caopang.
tion for relaxation of the Johnson "Act. which prohibits loans to governments which have default- ed on debts to the United States.
DEFENCE OF AMERICAS
Command engaged and shot down Describing sustained attacks by
This is the terminus of the an enemy aircraft into the sea.
the RAF last night upon objet new loop road through the moun- WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Reuter) Aircraft of the Coastal Com-tives in the Berlin area, the Alt tains into Indo-China which
the-President Roosevelt, receiving mand, operating with the Fleet Ministery news service states that Chinese made last November after a delegation of 20 military repre- "Alr Arm, attacked docks and the west power station, badly the Japanese had cut the main sentatives from nine Latin Ameri- petrol stores at Rotterdam" and damaged in previous raids. WAY road by the capture of Nanning can dountries in Washington yes- Blardingen, shipping and stores at clearly identified by fares, and in south-east Asia
- Ostend, and set fire to an oil pump
kt Hamstede aerodrome
PRESSURE ON SYRIA
a few
minutes after the first stick of bombs had fallen, there were large explosions and numer. ous tires.
Wis
The Klingenberg power station also heavily bombed. Rafi- ways were hit and a factory set: alight.
Heavy bombers remained over Berlin from 10.30 p.m. until past
Far-reaching Demands 2.a.m.-
By Italy
submarine.
Other RAF. bombers operated over widely separated targets in Germany. At railway yards at.
other Spanish ship has been tor-followed By a violent explosion pedoed and sunk by an Italian, which developed into long lines of explosions so fierce and bright that an aircraft was lit up by them.
She is the 4.291-tori steame Monte Moncayo, and she was to pedocd off Gagliari. Sicily. ch September 28, Four of the crew, of the steamer were killed.
MUNITION TRAINS HIT?
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terday. declared "We all have Chinese forces south-west uile common problem, namely the Kwangs are said to be preparing defence of the Americas
"We have an expression which to meet a possible Japanese ad- vance from the French colony is common to all of the 21. Re- into Kwangsi along the new high- publics one for all and all for
way
The Chinese are intensifying agitation for Britain to re-open the Burma Road. For, the fourth day in succession, all Chinese newspapers print leading articles urging the reopening of the Road
NO IMMINENT MOVE
י.
one."
His Majesty Visits
Colonial Office
LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter)-The King expressed deep satisfaction with the colonies' war effort, of which His Majesty was given a full
LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter) - An- Manhnéim, bomb Dursts were SHIUKWAN, Oct. 2 (Central)account when he visited the
General Li Chal-sum, Director of Colonial Omce yesterday.
His Majesty, who was wearing the Kwellin branch of the National Military Council, said yesterday the uniform of Admiral of the In an interview that there is no Fleet, was met by Lord Lloyd, indication of an imminent Japan-Secretary for the Colonles. ese move following "their entry The visit occupied an hour, into. French Indo-China, nor are operations in South Japanese Kwangsi and north Kwangtung Oil refineries at Hanover anu expected to be intensified present Leuna feast of Leipzig) were also ly. left ablaze. The explosions at Yet another Spanish ship, Cabo Leuna-which was severely dam Tortesa. 302 tons was torpedoed aged some weeks-ago-followed. and sunk. There were no survi- the dropping of many incendiary
bombs Yors
On September 19. the Spanish trawler. Almarante Jose de Car ranza, was torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine with only one survivor,
The crew consider that either ammunition. trains or a series of dumps had gone up.
Ehrang were Railway yards at struck fair and square by a stick
AUSTRALIAN PILOTS of high explosive which caused
of
many detonations followed by a vivid yellow fire.
FOR MALAYA
Another stick started smaller MELBOURNE, Oct. 2" (Reuter)-
fires which merged together and Announcing that number
t Australian air force squadrons are culminated in further reparts, going
Prime to Malaya, the Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, said dropping of bombs close to that Australlan units would not aerodrome flare path." add to the present strength of
BULGARIAN “troops
IN SILISTRA
SOFIA, Oct. 2 (Reater) Bul- garian troops yesterday marched into the final zone in southern Dobrudjà, including Silistra and Kassum, without incident. The Bulgarian-Rumanian frontier of 1912 is thus restored
He said that the Japanese troops who entered the French Colony both at Dongdang_and Haiphong total more than 10,- 900. They were mostly draft- ed from the China fronts. This would · give better chance to the Chinese to at- tack and annihilate the enemy, General La revealed that China will redouble her efforts in the economic war in the future. A! LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter)-The new organ for the control of the death is announced of Sir Robert
Death Of Renowned Metallurgist
Six smaller rires followed the different economic commissions in Hadfield, the world-famous metal- an the various provinces will be es- lurgist, and inventor of manganese
tablished shortly.
steel.
Explosions continued some tinte the station but would relieve R. after the last of the sivces had A. F. needed elsewhere.
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Celebration Of Chungking As Co-Capital THAI PROTEST
30.000 TAKE PART IN
FUNCTIONS
TO HANOI
Merchant Allegedly Shot Dead
CHUNGKING. Oct. 2 (Central)- A mass meeting and a lantern parade yesterday marked the
TOKYO, Oct. 2 (Reuter)-AC- enthusiastic support of the recent National Government's mandate cording to a Bangkok despatch to designating Chungking as China's the Domel agency. Thailand has co-capital, "
strongly protested to the French Government in regard to the Inet- Despite a drizzle, at least 30,000 dent near Vientane on the Indo- turned out to take part in the China border last Sunday when celebration.
a Thalland merchant was report- Mayor KC. Wu, who presided at ed to have been
shot dead by the mass meeting, delivered aa' French Indo-China, policeman speech on behalf of Mr. Lin Sen. for alleged crossing of the border Chairman of the National Govern without a passport, ment, stressing the significance of
The protest is said to demand Chungking as the co-capital. punishment of the policeman.
Others who spoke were. Mr. compensation and an inquiry Ku Cheng-kang. Director of the the spot. Social Affairs Board of the Cen- Tt is officially denied in Bang- tral. Kuomintang Headquarters. kok, adds Dome1, that a Thailand General Liu Shih, Chungking Gar-plane crossed into Indo-China rison Commander, and Mr. Kang and attacked a police station." Bsing-yu. Speaker of the Chung- king People's Assembly,
CHINA'S REPLY
KIDNAPPING SEQUEL
on
They all emphasised that the building up of Chungking as the REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 2 co-capital is China's reply to (Reuter)-Wilhelm Muhlembroich, Japanese indiscriminate bombings the German indicted for the kid- alming at the total destruction of napping of the three-year-old son of Comtesse de Tristan, pleaded the city.
guilty to the charge.
The meeting decided to send telegrams to Mr. Lin Sen, Genera- issimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese troops at the front, pay- ing respects.
After the meeting. a parade was held,
lantern
He will be sentenced on Friday.
faces, life imprisonment.
Compulsory Education For Kwangtung Women
The Organic Law for the Co- SHIUKWAN, Oct. 2 (Central)- capital Construction Planning The Kwangtung Provincial Govern- Commission was ratified by the ment has decreed compulsory edu- Executive Yuan meeting yesterday. cation for women.
The Commission, it is stipulated. The local authorities have been will be under the direct control instructed to make all girls of
ter school by com of the Executive Yuan. It will have school age enter Chairman, three Vice-Chairmen pulsory measures. and from nine to ten members, All schools have been instructed There will be three Sections: gene- to accommodate as many girl. ral affaits. Bnance and technical students as possible.
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