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DON
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Charles Coburn Ome Lockhart Spilas Bringto Jaily Diane Polly Aan Young Ovorgiane Young
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April 22, 1940.
Fresh Precautions By Nazis' Noighbours
EVACUATION OF SWISS
FRONTIER TOWNS
:
GENEVA, Apr. 21 (Domei)-Switzerland has LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, ordered the evacuation of inhabitants from the frontier polico are holding a snarling,
who arcos bordering belligerent States, and the withdrawal high-tempered gun-girl, confessed that, after forcing a of all commodities, available | Balceman to strip in a lonely for military use. field, she shot him dead, and
The order has been made by Later slugging her male Ac the Swiss Government as a pre- complice because he was "too caution against the possible vio- yellow" to rob a bank,
lation of Switzerland'a neutrality by the combatant countries,
Joseph Calloway, tyre salesinan, picked up the couple as he drove along a lonely road. Later the girl. stuck a gun In his ribs and forced) him to stop.
Lo
Then, leading him into the woods, she forced tilm remove his clollies. Naked, on his knees, he The Government has asked Parlia- begged for mercy, but she shot him ment to enforce the law concerning through lic head. taking
his compulsory tabour service which was clothes, which netted her only £4, emergency. and a cheap watch
Compulsory Labour STOCKHOLM, Apr. 21 (Reuter). Fresh precautionary incnsures were unnounced to-day.
Next she took his car and tried to persuade her accomplice to help her
abarik. but he demurred.
rol i
the car.
She told the pollee: "He was yellow, so I sucked him over the head with my gun and left him in I haven't seen him since, He was a yellow rat, but I'll hang before I'll tell you mugs his name The girl's name is Tonic Henry. is in Her husband, Claude Henry, prison for manslaughter.
WIFE NAGGED
It has also, requested credit for 65,000,000 kroner for artillery and materials.
Nazi Explonage
More "Nazi Fifth Column activity" is revealed by the "Social Demokra ten, which asserts that the "Cubo" organisation, which pretends to be a sports and physical culture associa tion, netually exists to spread Nazi doctrines among Swedish youth.
Swiss Warning
Important Survey Flights
R.A.F. Carrying Out Splendid Work
LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter). The importance of reconnais. sunce flights in the Norweginn campaign was stressed by a naval talk from Daventry to-day.
From the earliest days of military aviation, the Importance of recon- naissance by air and its effects land and sen strategy must have been forcseen, the speaker sald.
on
During the last war, uir reconnais- sance came into its own at Jutland, where u single sen plane first report- BERNE, Apr. 21 (Reuter) "Weed the enemy. have three dangers at our door," Again only the other day it was declared General Guiman, the Com- from the air that enemy movements mander-in-Chief of the Swiss Army, in Norwegian waters were detected. Since then, the R.A.F. bove flown sald To-day
"There is external danger-don't many thousands of miles along the
Norwegian coast.
AT TRIFLE BECAUSE his wife nagged let us talk about it. There is internal him and complained that his danger arising from the fact that certuin foreigners here fail to under- shoes had not been properly stand that we will not tolerate any
or propaganda false cleaned, a seventy-six-year-old sabotage or retired Civil Servant was alleged news,
"The third danger comes from some; at Bristol to have killed her."
of our own people who fail to under- John Frederick Catty, of Ashley-stand the gravity of the situation and hill, Bristol, while-haired, feeble the necessity for sacrifices. We are and so dear that he was allowed free and will remain free," he con-
to sit at the solicliors' table was cluded. committed for trial charged with the murder of his wife, aged seventy-eight.
He was alleged 10 have told a police ofcer that he had killed 3 wife because she nagged him and he "saw black."
"Difficult To Please"
Crisis Expected Soon
ascertained
Photographs And Reports Photographs have been taken and scores of reports have come, from which much important information has been secured.
Then there have been Lumbing ruids by night and day on warships, aerodromes, transports und carried out successfully despite the
fact
The
so on,
et that there is a 300-mile journey direction ncross the sea in either before the main part of the work is OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
stone. STOCKHOLM, Apr. 21 (UP).-"I
raids an Trondheim and have toured two-thirds of Stavanger have had a special signl- Sweden
and claborate precautions have been in Norway. The RAF have tried that neance, for there are few flat spaces stituted to prevent any encroachment
suitable for German use for troop- Mr. G. R. Paling, prosecuting, saldon Swedish neutrally," cables Petero make such bases as there are un-
Rhodes, "United Press" correspon- carrying and other planes. the old couple lived with relatives, | dent.
Furthermore these bases Mrs. Cotty was in the habit of com- These Include measures against well be used later for attacks on the plaining about trifles, and was un-Trojan Horse. Nevertheless, the doubtedly dimcult to please.
populace generally appear to expect] a crisis when the Gulf of Bothnia is free of ice in about four weeks time, which is the fine when Iron-ore shipments start.
The relatives heard a noise, and in the Cottys' bedroom found the wo- man dead in a
chair by the fire place with a strap round her neck. elean'ng She had apparently been shoes shortly before her death.
LATE NEWS
to Germany normally
British Isles.
Unpleasant Time
might
The Nazis must have had a very
pleasant time at these aerodromes in the past few days. There is no doubt that serious damage was done to railways, hangars, planes, landing- fields and so on.
To-day came news of the bombing
CASTLE PEAK RD. of the base at Aalborg. Long-range
ACCIDENTS
fighters helped the work by some ne low-lying machine-gun uitncks. The, R.A.F. have met with opposi-
"The
cusual-
Mr. E. V. Todd, licensed driver oftion. But considering the extent of car No. 1859 reported to the Police the operations and the large number
taking part, yesterday that whilst driving at of aeroplanes Castle Peak near the bathing beach ties have not been high. At the same he had a collision with car No. 6157 time, the RA.F. have taken heavy which was being driven from the toll of many of the enemy.
There is also the question of air- opposite direction.
Todd's car sustained damage to its eratt troop carriers. Whether the rear and car No. 5157 to its front Germans will be able to maintain the supply of their troops, however, is bumper.
mutter. The campaign in Another accident occurred at Castle other Peak Road yesterday when a public Norway is being conducted with in cac, driven by Tai Fuk was near the creasing intensity. Texas Oil Company. Tal reportedį to the Pollec that a 12-year-old boy run across the Road and bumped Into the off rear mudguard, and received injuries to the face. The boy re- fused to go to hospital.
Steam Boiler Explosion
$50,000 Damage Caused FOREIGN PLANES To Kowloon Factory
OVER BELGIUM
Rubber articles, muchinery and fit- tings were damaged to the extent of boiler BRUSSELS, Apr, 21 (Reuter).-An $50,000 following a steam official communique issued to-day explosion and fire at the Chiop Hua states that planes flew over Belgian Factory in Mongkok district yester- territory yesterday. This morning, day evening. states the communique, several were recognised as being German planes, while two were identified as being British.
The damage estimate was made in a report to the Poller.
Flying debris caused one employee to sustain head injuries. The Fac Anti-aircraft defences took vigor-tory was engaged in making ous action and protests will be made masks, and the fire that started was in London und Berlin.
extinguished by fire appliances.
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