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NINE JUNKER 87 DIVE-BOMBERS
DESTROYED BY R.A.F.
.
IN RAID ON CATANIA
Numerous Fires Among The
Administrati
Buildings
CAIRO, Jan. 15 (Reuter)-At least nine aircraft, believed to be German Junker 87's (dive-bombers), were destroyed when the R.A.F. made a heavy rald on Catania (Sicily), according to a Middle East R.A.F. communique.
The raid occurred on the night of Jan. 12/13. A series of attacks were made and very heavy damage Was" caused, the communique states. Two bangars on the western side of the aerodrome were. set 'on fire, one being demolished.
Japanese Round Table Conference
NATIONAL CRISIS TO BE DISCUSSED
Premiers.
Another hangar on the east side' was also set ablaze. Heavy ex- plosions occurred and a number of fres were started among the ad ministrative buildings.
Bombs hit the main runways and the railway line along the west side of the aerodrome.
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On the same night, raids were made
aerodromes at Berka and Denina. Many planes are be- lleved to have put out of action by bomb splinters and subsequent machine-gun attacks.
VICTORY OF CAUSE NOT FAR OFF
· LONDON, Jan. 15 (Beuter) "I am more than ever con- vinced that the victory of our just cause will not be long delayed" says the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, replying to the tele gram from General De Gaulle `congratulating him "on the magnificent achievement of the AustraHart troops at Bardia and their effective contribation to the defeat of our common enemy,"
.
Untruthful, Dastardly & Unpatriotic
Roosevelt Outburst At Press Confab
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Reuter) --President Roosevelt Impassioned outburst
made att a" press
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GENERAL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941.
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What happens to a flare from an enemy aircraft which is caught" by the AA guns is shown by this remarkable photograph taken during a recent air raid on London. The gunners have found
their target, and the flare, still blazing, has been
smashed to pieces.
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TOKYO, Jan. 15 Reuter)---An
On the previous night, raids conference yesterday against an unexpected and unusual step has were made on barracks and de-opponent, whom he did not name, been taken by the Japanese War fences at Derna and fires were of the legislation authorising him Minister, General Tojo, to call in started among the barracks,
to carry out his policy of total 12 retired Japanese generals for the Round Table Conference to be
ALBANIAN OPERATIONS ald to the democracies.
The President sald that be bad held today on what, the Dome!
Military concentrations at Barti agency calls the "present national (Albania) were bombed on Mon-read in a paper that "every fourth
LONDON, Jan, 15 (Reuter emergency."
day and it is believed that direct American child would be ploughed
Admiralty communique
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuter) The Rachel Stuart, is the daughter of Capt. Margesson since 1937. He Practically all the generals con-alts were registered. Smoke was under." This he described it as nounces that an Italian destroyer Right Honourable Mr. James Gray the late Duke of Devonshire. was also the Scottish Government voked are former Ministers and seen rising from the bridgehead the "rottenest lle that has been was sunk in the Sicilian, Channel Stuart has been appointed Chlef He served with distinction in the Whip.
in the south end of the town sald in public life in my genera in Central Mediterranean on Jan Whip in place of Captain Marges Great War.
For two years he was in busi The Conference will also be at.when British aircraft left the tar tion."
son, Minister of War.
He was Conservative member ofness in America and is reputed to. tended by the Chief of the Army get.
President Roosevelt declined to
Mr. Stuart is the brother of the The British destroyer. Gallant
Parliament for Moray and have one of the quickest brains in General Staff, the Minister
Raids were made on the night say who, made of
the statement on aérodromes at originally, but declared that it but arrived in harbour.
Lord Moray and his wife. Lady Nairn and had been the deputy of the House of Commons. Justice, the Vice Minister of War
was damaged by mine or torpedo lot Jan. 12-13 and the Chief of
Asmara. Brantu and Agordat in had the Military
been repeated by several Italian East Africa while at Mal people and added
German and Italian planes at that it
wastacked British warships, and the The latter two will, says the Adaga a further attack was made a good time to kill a poor slogan aircraft-carrier Illustrious was hit Domel agency; explain the present large fire was caused among the
on Caproni workshops where aat birth." conditions and "affirm the Army's
I regard the statement as the "determination to see
buildings. the crisis
most untruthful and most das- through."
At Tesserei on Monday a dive tardly and unpatriotle thing that, attack was made on motor trans-has ever been said. Quote me on ties. port eoncentrations and fires were that.” started.
Affairs Bureau.
NIGHT RAIDER®
PERIL
BRITISH FIGHTERS
GAINING UPPER "HAND
LONDON,
Jan. 15 keuter) —'
...
(In a wireless speech on Sun.
and received some casualties
damage and
The cruiser Southampton was also hit and suffered some casual
...
At least iz enemy aircraft were
From the operations in Africa. all our aircraft returned that the leader of the opposition
Bast day night, Senator Wheeler said shot down and a number damaged safely,
LIBYAN SITUATION Signs are growing that the Italians are beginning to see that their position in Libya and East worse all the time.
The
Cairo
Africa is getting
NEWEST CARRIER: The Mustrious was one of the
to the Administration's Lease ships from which the Fleet Air and Lend Bill had termed the measure the "New Deal's triple Navy at Taranto...
Arm dealt its blow to the Italian foreign policy-to plough under every fourth American boy.").
communique said LEASE AND
LEND BILL
that in the Sudan in the neigh-
The increasing experience of Bri-bourhood of Kassala patrol ac- tish' night fighter pilots is begin-
ning to show resu.ts.
More raid-
tivity is continuing.
The fact that there is nothing
ing bombers are being Intercepted fresh to report from Libya may be AMENDMENTS TO BE
and those that do get through taken to mean that British guns are being attacked with some suc-are still pounding away while the cess, says the Air Ministry.
Imperial army musters The number of our night fighter anal assault on Tobruk, squadrons is steadily increasing, though, necessarily slowly.
Broadcasting to
for the
PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Reuter) Mr. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the Italian the House of Representatives. Pilots Empire, Rome radio said "The stated yesterday that he was will must be taught a new technique Empire is virtually cut off from ing to accept "any of fighting, much of which is still the Mother country,"
restrictions experimental Aircraft must.
be
adapted and even under the most
DANGEROUS JOURNEY
whatever" or the Lease and Lend Bll provided that they did DOL favourable conditions, the difficul- Italist East Africa in particular interfere with the general pur- ties of trauing enemy bombers is almost completely cut
OI. Its pose of the Bill, Dying at some 250 miles an hour the RAF, is now so completely the House Foreign Relations Com
only communication is by air but Mr. Sol Bloom, Chairman
master of the air in Africa that itmittee, before which the BOI 14 is highly unlikely that the odd coming today, said that he pro-
through the severe..
darkness are still
of
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She is one of Britain's newest aircraft-carriers with a displace- ment of 23,000 tons and carrying about 70. aircraft,
The Southampton is a cruiser of 9,000 tons displacement and was launched at Clydebank in 1936
PRO-BRITISH
SENTIMENT
IN FRANCE
Latent Desire For Allied Victory
LONDON, Jan, 15
(Reuter)
the text of a broadcast by Mr. Alfred Duff Cooper, Minister of
The remarkable growth of pro- British sentiment in France was
"It is like trying to swat a wasp Italian plane or two which have posed to offer one or two amend.Information, yesterday evening.
in a blackout room." as one plot been keeping up
said
commuications maple The enemy 18 working on almi-night will now venture
between Libya and Eritrea by lar lines. Our bombers are now encountering night fighters dangerous journey.
thelr raids over Germany, and
several of these, have been shot
doWIL
RA.F. TACTICS
Brooklyn
So far the night. tactics of the Waterfront
P.AF have proved more success-
ful than the enemy's because none
of our night fighters has been lost
on
Conflagration
He spoke of evidence trom sources Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of that in France despair had given of "absolute accuracy. the State, will be the Arst. witness
at the hearing. He will be follow-place to hope, resentment to rea ed by Mr. Henry Morgenthau,
son People there saw that the Becretary of the Treasury, and Mr. only hope for the future of a Henry L. Stimson, Secretary for
France free and independent was War, and on Thursday Colonela British victory. Frank Knox, Secretary of the Mr. Duff Cooper told of a Navy, and Mr. William Knudsen, plane in a cowshed and on a
French boy.,who built an aero
C.
Director-General of President Roosevelt's new Supreme Defence stormy day when tew German in action.
aircraft were about, took off. and NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Benter)Directorate, will testify. The first Distinguished Flying Fire yesterday swept the famous
landed safely in England. REQUEST GRANTED
He Cross for night fighting is award- Brooklyn waterfront, threatening said that he was not going to call of Alles in the Free French Force. Replying to questions, Mr. Bloom was now fighting for the cause ed to Flight Lieutenant John' elty bulidings,warehouses and Cunningham, who shot down two municipal offices,"
former; Ambassadors William This boy, said Mr. Duff Cooper, enemy bombers over the south Five men are known to have been Bullitt and Joseph P. Kennedy was able to give effect to the de coast at a height of nearly 20,000 killed and many injured. Some before the Committee but he sire latent in the hearts of maillons feet in a temperature of 50 degrees are in hospital with critical would be very pleased to arrange of brave Frenchmen today who for Messrs, Herbert Hoover, Alfred only awaited an opportunity to fthirty parked cars were des
Landon, Wendell Willkie, Bullitt show upon whose side they are. There has been no enemy air royed by names which also dam- and Kennedy to appear if they and for whose victory they pray.
requested to be heard. activity over the British Isles duraged a fire engine.
Mr. Elcom added that the re- Mr. Duff Cooper paid high tri- quest that a representative of the bute to Free Frenchmen and their "America Firat" Committee be leader, General de Gaulle He said, "They have given up all for heard, had been granted.
a cause which means more to: them than all the world: it is
below freezing point, t
NO AIR ACTIVITY
Ing daylight yesterday nor up to: 9.30 p.m. in the evening.
burtis.
The fire was brought under en- trol after several hours.
FIVE. BURNED TO DEATH Five people were burned to death INCREASED DEMAND and ten were injured.
The fire spread so quickly that FOR DOCTORS most of the 30 employees of LONDON, Jan. 15 (Reuter) factory making wooden lockers for Because of the increasing demand the United States Army had to on the services of doctors, cer- dash through the blazing structure
be with their clothing alight.
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tein overseas cactors included temporarily in the Medi-
qal Register it is announced
...
BRITISH RED CROSS EXPENDITURES
12
TRIBUTE TO DE GAULLE :
the principle of honour deeply implanted in the souls of all soldiers which has made them LONDON, Jan. 15 (Reuter) refuse to surrender: it is lore of Up to the end of last year the liberty deeply implanted in the British Red Cross and St. John's souls of all Frenchmen which Fund had spent over £1,000,000 urges them to continue to fight. on food and clothing for prTheirs is now the hardest of all
The main object of this is to who are British nationals or citi-soners of war while another £1 lots to bear, but in the days of enable civil hospitals to employ zens of the United States, and 000.000 had been spent on medical victory, theirs will be the greatest Dominion and foreign doctors. those qualified to practice in any requirements including £10,000 of all glories when exiles will Those eligible fal into two part of the British Empire or the tor-relter in Finland
come home as conquerora, re- classes, those qualified to practics countries of our European Alles The balance then remaining was storing to their own people the in Canada or in the United States for In Germany or Italy."
lover £1.000.000.
freedom they had forfeited."
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but H.B.'s all right!"
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