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U.S. PROTEST REJECTED
London, Feb. 0. Britain is preparng a Note politely | rejecting the United States protest against the stoppage of German ex- porta to America,
say that
Responsible quarters
nince Britain has adopted a firm at- titude against similar protests other nations, she is unable, to make
February 10, 1940. -
NAZI AIR SECRET IS DISCLOSED
COMPLETE PLANS OF NEW SUPER 'DESTROYER-PLANES'
COMPLETE plans, drawings, and photographs of Germany's latest Messerschmitt 110 twin-engined "destroyer-plane" have been smuggled into England by the British Secret Service.
These are the planes which, engaged British bombers in
their recent raids on Sylt and HARD LUCK
Heligoland.
The snuggled plans,
the snys Daily Express, will be revealed "In the next issue of the magazine, Aeroplane.
Secured from the drawing office of the Messerschmitt factory at Augs- berg the plans reveal secrets which were known only to a handful of experts in Germany.
BABY HAS
HARD LUCK
SALT LAKE CITY (UP).— "It's a
tough life--but don't The smuggled drawings show that: weaken."
The destroyer-planes would be
That slogan. fits 21-months- capable of convoying German bombold Ralph C. Burningham of ers to
to any part of Brital and back.
Salt Lake City, No. 1 contender 2. They machine-guns, with which they could for the title of "tough luck attack bombers wille themselves re-baby." His saga of aches and maining out of range of the bombers.ills is proof of a tough life.
Lwin
connon
paratively weak volume of gunpower
at blath,
3. Poor manoeuvrability and com- Ralph's unusual run of luck-all make them easy prey for Britishd-started when he was born, He
hter planes, the Spitfires and weighed only 3 pounds
spent the next 10 days in on in- cubator and the next four months, being carried around on a pillow.
Hurricanes.
The plates have a top speed of 305
miles an hour..
Twin Cannon
Each carries a pilot and à gunner.
Well, that sounds pretty soft. But it wasn't, because Ralph fell off the pillow and broke his collarbone.
The pilot can automatically fire the The shoulder was wrapped in tape, twin cunnon machine-gun through for the next six months,
Then things went from bad ta the nose of the machine. The gun-worse. He suffered yellow jaundice, ner operates twin machine-guns be- hind the pilot.
followed measles.
shortly afterward by
Bitton By Rat
Twin Daimler-Benz ongines of 19 cylinders
aki 1,150 hp, each are fed from 400-gallon petrol tanks, which After carefui musing, bls mother and bullet, fire, and crash proof.. —Mrs. Ralph D. Burningham-be- The plans show that the Messer-lieved that all would be rosy again. schmitt are designed to travel 820 Yes, you're right, It wasn't. One miles ut their top speed of 305 m.pl; day she heard Halph scream, In- 1,500 miles at 215 m.ph. and 1,750 vestigation showed lie had been bit- miles at 175.m.ph.
ten by a rat. A dozen Injections These ranges indiente that they are followed, Intended long-distance escort fighter.
"Hmmm," thought "Mrs. Burning- hum, "this hus gone far enough."
So she had her offspring, then a vaccinated for almost everything they could think of, in- The type was first used in Poland, | eluding smallpox, diphtheria, whoop- where it made low-lying attacks dui ing cough and all the rest."
The fuselage is too finely stream- lined to permit the carriage of bombs year. old, underneath the wings.
trains, disabling the locomotives with shells from the cannon machine-
guns,
The machine was not in actier
It wasn't enough.
Thon A Tumour
Recuperating at home, the hord
A tumour developed over his left; against the R.A.F. until Dec, 14, eye. It required an operation. when one was shot down by a Wel- lington bomber which was raiding luck baby went on a little exploring Helgoland.
trip. In the clothes closet he found # bag of "candles," which he ate. The "candies" were mothballs.
One of the new Messerschnitts a was shot down in the recent great North Sea buttle with British bomb-
At least three others were disabled.
urs.
36 B.E.F. Men
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Right now there isn't much wrong with Ralph. Plump and brown- eyed, he's the picture of health- except for the sling in which lo curries-hits-left-arm- Naturally,-it Isn't just an ordinary broken arm. Fractured in a full, it failed to heal, had to be rebroken and reset.
PITCAIRN ISLAND AVOIDED
WASHINGTON (UP).—Eu-
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE,
THIRTY-SIX N.C.O.8 and men of the B.E.F. have left for England us the first batch selected to be trained for com- rope's war has stretched its influence far out into the Pacific, missions,
They included three London Terri- completely isolating famed Pit torials (all privates) and 10 Guards-cairn Island. settled 150 years men (all NCOs).
ago by mutineers of the ill- alarred British warship Bounty.
The second butch, consisting of 05 N.C.O.8 and men, will leave France next week and the third-about 00 men--the week after.
Other batches are expected to fol- low at Intervals, since no limit hus been imposed by the War Office on the numbers of men to be sent home to obtain commissions.
Given 10 Days' Leave
near
According to the National Geographic Society, steamers no longer ply routes
the small, rockbound island. Boat service was discontinued in fear of German submurine . or sea- raider attacks.
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Pitcairn, with its populition of All those chosen by their com-200, lies in the South Pacific, be- manding officers as likely to become teen Australia and South America. MARINA HOUSE good officers will report to their It Is about 3,500 miles west of Anto- regimental depots in the United Kingdom, taking with them a recom-
leave.
fogasta, Chile.
Shipment of 2,000 cases of oranges
mendation for 10 days nired they annually to Now Zealand appears to
When their leave has will remain at their respective de
pots, probably as Instructors, until there is a vacancy for them in an officer training cadet unit.
Last month the names of 107 war rant officers, N.C.Os and men were sent to the War Omer for considera tion for "Immediate emergency com- missions."
be Pitcairna most substantial trade,
according to the Geographe Society.
added But the society
that the island's "more varied and colourful frade iy haphazard borter" with ships that lie-to in
in Bounty. Harbour
The islanders ruise goats, chickens, turkeys and ducks; but no cows,. plys or horses: Potatoes, yarns, beans, tomatoes, pumpkina, musk- melons, watermelons. plicapples, coconuts and various fruits are pro-
Autograph From ducted in abundance.
Dead Signer
Pitcairn was settled in 1790 by nine Bounty mutineers who brought with them Polynesian wives from BIRMINGHAM, (UP). Harold Tahiti, 1,300 miles northwest. Dur- by Shevinsky, Birmingham autographing the time between settlement and collector, received an autograph the 1820-when the last of the mutineers exception in favour of the United other day from a man who had died-the island's history was mark-
been dead four years.
ed by bloody insurrections and n- In 1935 Shovinsky wrote 'Judguapsinations. W. I. Crubb, asking for his auto- Kruph. Shortly afterword, Judge Grubb died, without having sent the
But the other day, Shevinsky, re-l colved the autograph.
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