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Self-styled "No. 1 Nazi soldier,” German Fuchrer Hüter, tower feft, draws his rations from a field kitchen at a Germau base camp, Ficture is, of courte, given as “Somewhere in Poland."
Spies Arrested
On
Dutch Boat
Major General Sir Edmund Ironside, chief of Britain's "Im- perial Defence Staff, carries a
gas mask and tin derby, as he hurriez to
war conference in
毙
London. He was appointed to
the deferice post when Britain- entered the war.
808-
BRITISH naval officers Darrested several pecled German apies while searching the crack Dutch *liner, ̄ ̄ ̄Nieuw ̈ ̈ ̈Amsterdam,
for contraband.
This was revealed by passen gers on the liner after they hud handed in Holland.
One of the suspects, it is stated, tried to commit suicide by slashing his throat with a razor.
Only prompt work by doctors saved his life.
He had been definitely linked with lie Nazi spy-ring after an Austrian woman passenger had.given informa❤ tlan against him.
Another suspect was arrested as he tried to hide important documents in
a brokken waterpipe.
A third, who posed ns à German-| Jewish refugce, turned out to be the
HITLER'S HEADACHE
"Achtung! Achtung! Hier #pright der Deutsche Freiheitssenderti
TIGHT after night that voice
NIGHT
comes over the ethor to German radio listeners. It is calling on them to revolt against
to milk bottles and the tallkman did the delivery. Pamphlets were placed
The Story of the Germans the directories in public tele.
"Freedom Party"
Nationalists,
phanes boxes. Gramoplione records, starting with an innocent song, sud- denly lounched into an exposure of Hitler polley.. It was claimed that
a million copies of one manifesto
Then the "Freedom Radio” began
the mad dictatorship that which. Nazi postmen unwittingly de-
In a manifesto of April, 1937-were distributed in three days. bringing hunger, misery and ivered to countless homes in Berlin death to their homes. It urges the party claimed to represent all to get busy, the soldiers not to fight, the classes, religions and former At the beginning of 1930 “a con- workers to sabotage their factor-political parties, including German crem of the entire German opposi ies. It exposes the Nazi Hes and even National Socialists. "Its very noses of the Government,
Democrats, Socialists | Ulon" vas held in Berlin under the and proclaims the truth: "We sole aim is to help the German Himinler's nuen worked feverishly cannot. win this war."
people and to fight for freedom." to track the party down, but it was It is a valce that gives Hitler o
not untu October, 1937, that any headache, but it is one that be can-i The circular prolested against pubile reference to it was 'made by riot silence. It gives an even bigger German trade anri Industry Being a Nazi leader. Then Hitler spoke of headache to Herr Heinrich Himmfer, rielivered into the hands of great the Freedom Party as a foreign in- chief of the Secret Poller, whose trusts and demanded roun for the vention, born from "a longing to see aples have been tolling night and day small business man. It demanded a split in our national unity." 'In track down the men (and women) | freedom of religion, Just Jaws, un- who dare to tell Germans the truth. blared courts of justice and the right Sometimes they have thought the of tree speech and writing. "phanton" station was within their To-day there are only a few who grasp. They have thrown a cordonre with us in every town. Soon able activity. Other sources put the
. closed in
there will be thousands, and later millions.
The Nazis wero alanned, though they pretended not be. They It was in April, 1037,
the alleged the circulars that
were printed But the en- German Freedom Party fest startled and posted abroad. the Nazis by circulating a manifesto velopes bore the Berlin post-mark! in Berlin. But long before that the Then the Freedom Party spoke again six weeks of silence. foundations were being laki.
-this time appealing to the Army chiefs, "of whom we are proud and in whom we trust."
round the area and found-nothing.
The radio. volce mocks at them frany miles away and goes relent- Jessly on with its message.
that his
There was
to
Al the spine, by the following! March we find official circles a mitting the arrest of ""three or four individuals" on charges of treason-
number of arrests na high as 4f, in- cluding two editors, a former Rélch- stag deputy and some civil servants,
Early this year, according to the Geneva Research Centre in Switzer- land, Ernst Nickisch and 20 of his
for operating the illegal Freedom comrades were tried for high treuson
Radio. But in March voice was
the air again
and now almost on nightly it broadensts its necusatione from "Somewhere In Germany": "Can you and will you look on
the arch- passively at this nad gamble with "Nutional Socialism is Germany's future?" they were asked. Chemy of the German people.
"Freedom"
circulars
to Only its overthrow will bring free- began. appear in Germans' letter-boxes at dom and peace... Down with Hit- frequent intervals. It must have in- iert" furiated the Nazi leaders to think
A young Reichswehr captain who fted from Germany before the Amy perge of February, 1938, has re- vealed that as early as 1935 he was lender of a Freedom Party "cell" in his own reginsent, and General-liter arrested in the |"purge”—gnve his silent support.
The chief of the party, according to this captain, lived in Berlin's most that their own State postmen were aware that discovery means certain fashionable quarter, leading the life the means of distributing such litern-ienth. Their casualties have been of a gentleman of means, apparently ture.
envy. But others carry on. These
The members of the parly are well
not interested in polities. His name There were ofler tricks, too. ure the real heroes of Nazi Germany. was respected even in Nazi circles. Sometimes small lenßets were stuck
VAULTS WILL
SHELTER. PRINCESSES
OMPLETE changes of clothing for the King, Queen, and the Princesses, books, games, radio, and preserved, foods have been
- placed - In-- the--underground-air-
raid shelters at Windsor Castle.
Everything is ready for the re- ception of the entire royal house- hold, numbering more than 100.
The abellera have been con- structed out of deep tunnellinga In the rock on which the castle Ibulltancient rooms that were originally dungeons and vaults,
There is also a special under. ground shelter at Buckingham Palace, blast and splinter proof, from which the King could, if Recessary, conduct Biate buries Licty,
R.A.F. Trains 3,000 Pilots Every Month
G. E.
With the RA.F. THOUSANDS of young men are being turned into R.A.F. pilots, observers, radio operators and gunners as fast as the new war-training machine will work.
And it is working fast. Air Commodore (formerly Brigadier-General) A. C. Critchley, now in charge of the initial training units, says that he can produce at least 13,000 young pilots a month.
Back in 1018, Britain's average discipline, fight theory, navigation. monthly output of trained pilala gunnery and bombing under the most was 1,200.
pleasant conditions,
-between in a deal which would B.B.C. Speaking Inground instruction is given to young Atted with bellows. The student
have provided the Nazis with 1.500
ions of American copper.
But strangest of all those who were fed off the ship under guard Wam a swarthy gentleman of un- known nationality.
Nine Languages
105
the
Since the war started, the pilot The morning is spent at lectures. and crew-training organisation of the In the afternoon there is swimming RAF Volunteer Reserve has been and cames. In one centre there is enlarged and the method changed to boxing under Len Harvey, now п reduce the time spent under instruc-sergeant instructor, and Corporal tion.
Eddie Phillida. LIKE SCHOOLBOYS
In addition to lectures, pupil pilots Most important innovation is the fare given basly flying instruction in establishment at various places of a the Link Trainer, a patent model series of initial training wings where aeroplane, mounted on a pedestal pilots before they are taught to fly sits in a regulation aircraft cockpit and to crew members before being 'With the usual controls and instru- sent to specialised centres to be ments. He is covered in. The mu- trained us observers, air gunners and chinery is working and B.D.C. programmes UIC making radio operaters.
student flies the model as he would further progress towards normality. 1 Previously young men accepted as an actual aeroplane. Earphones carry Recently the first international relay pilots began their service carcer by the valee of the instructor to the since war began was given in the learning to fly at civil flying schools student. form of a light orchestral concert before being handed over to the
Under the new system training of relayed from Turin, by courtesy of RAF for advanced training. It is pilots. observers and other crew the Italian Broadcasting organisation, now claimed that isillal ground in-members falls into three stages. First In addition to those detained as This relay was arranged some time struction will make flying training is the holiday, where the physically suspected spies, thirty-four German ago and no dilleulty was experi- casier and quicker.
jft student may be rejected if he is stewards were also interned.
enced over obtaining the land-line. These men, who come from factory, found wanting in practical ability. The thoroughness of the Navy's In addition to the home service, school, office and shop, are fiting Young pilots are then sent to an sentraband measures can be Judged which runs for 19 hours a day, with into their new life with the zest of elementary. flying school and taught, trom the passengers" reports that further periods in the early morning schoolboys. there were at least fifty other ships if there is any vital news, there is
They are being taught to fly. bring searched at the same ancherage a short-wave service to the whola}
FORTY KILLED
He had spent
the vayako
estentatiously singing the British
and French National Anthems
⚫ and announcing that he wanted
to join the Royal Air Force.
as the Nieuw Amsterdam.
The liner, was detained for three. days, and every inch of the vessel from the crow's quarters to the state- rocing was carefully examined.
Some of the British boarding officers, sald the passengers, were. not yet in uniforms, but all carried automatio pistola, and were ac- companied by blue-jackets carry- ing rifles withe bayonets Oxed. ·
world working for 22 hours a day.
The languages, used are English,
The third and final stage begins. when they are passed on to the ser |vice flying training' school,
On the way down from London' omcers fold of their pride in the
volunteered for the R.A.F.
French (for Conadia), Afrikaans, Gasolene Tanks Explode ane type of young man who has
In Railway Mishap
Vera Cruz, Oct, 23.
Arabic, German, Italian, Spanish (for Spain as well as South America) and Portuguese, Magyar hus re- cently been added,, and other langu- ages are to be introduced shortly. American broadcasters, speaking! been killed on Saturday afternoon from England to the United States, in the explosion of two
Forly persons are believed to have
The decks were also heavily guard are using B.B.C. studios night and tank cars between Santa
2 to prevent anyone from frying to
gabotene
Lucrecia
and
day.
and Matias Romero in the State of swim ashore, and from 7pm. the introduced into the programmes to
Stilt more live material is being Chiapas, liner had to maintain a complete supplement the recordings.
Two cars in the freight train were Next Alled with railway inbourers week "Band Waggon," the successful their families. The tank cars ever- Eventually the Nieuw Amsterdam, variety programme, is being revived, turned at a point where the work- was allowed to sail for Rotterdam on with Arthur Arkey and Richard men had loft fires used for cooking; a course charted by the Admiralty. Murdochi.
black-out,
"Where's My Collar Stud?" Chimpanzee
cried worried Milltinmen-frying on new uniforms at Wel- lington Barracks, Bury, Lancashire, recently.
Tunica, trousers, berets, flannels, shirts, collars and lies, had all been provided, but no studs.
Soon afterwards a local tradesman, gol a shock when confronted with the order, "150 collar studs, please."
Difficult Patient
and this caused an almost immediate explosion-United Proza,
ART EXHIBITION
Mr. K. K. Lim, well-known painter of Kulangsu, is to give an exhibillon of his work under the patronage of CAIRO, Egypt. Lady: Northcote, at st, John's Half a dozen injections of mor- Cathedral Hall on November 14 and phine, a dose, strong enough to kill 15, commencing at 0a.m. each day. man, failed to pul to sleep a chim Halt of the proceeds will be donated panzee at the Calro zoo. The chim- | to the International Red Cross panzee had to undergo, an operation. Society.
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