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DONALD DUCK
Hitler
4-15
'Chạc, 1900, Wik Duary Hadich
shot declares
Round The World GAY
In An Hour.
Using only half a. gallón of petrol it is possible to make a tour of the world—to say nothing of a journey to the "other world” -providing one starts at Holm- fish, Yorkshire,
Within an hour, one can visit Odessa, Melbourne, Alma, Mon- treal, North America, Paris and Amsterdam
All these places are villages, hamlets or cluster of farm build- ings within six miles of Holm- Orth. How they acquired their names nobody seems to know.
And for variation one can drop In at Hades, tocally known as "Hell," and at Elysium, which is five minutes away, Elysium is a threepenny bus ride from Holin- frth. It costs the same to go to "Hell."
*****
OF
own
niece dead
Otto Strasser
GIRL'S
LIFE
TERRORISM
By PERCY BANYARD
HITLER'S first murder was committed by his own 'hand. The victim was his own young niece. She was found shot dead in Hitler's Munich house
nine years ago.
This is the dramatic accusation made by Otto' Strasser in an astonishing book, "Hitler et Moi," published by the Paris house of Bernard Gasset.
her uncle Adolf. Four The girl's name was Angela, with Raubal, They called her Gely. years later she was found shot She was pretty, attractive and dend: 'gay. In 1928 she went to live
"WE MUST TELL THE WORLD THE TRUTH”
The findings of the court was sui- cide, but sunny It did not seem satisfactory. In his book, Strasser who knew Hitler intimately from 123 to 1931, reveals some of the horrors which this young girl sut fered while living with Uncle Adolf. was living Strasser says when he
Munich in
In 1928 he paid the at- tractive Gely a good deal of atten-
to donces and masked balls.‚'
in
Mr. Duff Cooper On Work Ofton Cling The Ministry Of Information
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter) Replying to the debate in the House of Commons on the Ministry of Information Estimates, i Mr. Duff Cooper, Minister of Information, said: "The duties of the Ministry of Information is first and foremost that it should give the maximum information to the people of this country with the minimum of delay. Unfortunately, accuracy--and Rumour is one promptitude are ever at war with each other.
ther
One day as he was dressing for a dance his brother. Gregor burst into his room saying, "Adolf does not want you to go out with Gely," and a
as he spoke the telephone rang and Hitler shouted into the Instru- ment, "I hear you have an appoint- ment with that little hussy. Gely. I won't have her going out with married men. I won't stand your filthy Berlin ways in Munich." Next day Gely fold Strasser, her ves red with tears:
of our greatest enemles. You con give no greater assistance to eyes she cried.
Tumour than allowing-it-occasionally to be right.
"It is our duty abroad lo encourage guidance and accurate news in the all those forces in neutral countries event of a wireless breakdown.
This was revealed to-day in the which are still on our side, and all those slient voices but not deadened House of Commons by Mr. Harold brains inside enemy countries who Nicolson, Parliamentary Secretary of loathe the things for which they have the Ministry of Information. been compelled to fight. It is be- coming ever more important that
these forces should be stimulated.
It
is equally important that we should
the
do our best to guide, influence, lead and inform opinion at home; it is essential at all tintes to tell the pubile this truth, because people in
would country knowing all facts never react to them, however dire and terrible they might appear to be, but with confidence and courage (cheers). Rumour. The Great Enemy
He
Eire Parties
To Unite
National Defence To Be Studied
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"He has locked Dramatic Story Of Lost Coastal Port
BOULOGNE EVACUATED 'UNDER HELLISH FIRE'
me up." she
There was no need to ask_her Strasser. questions," writes many
she "With anger, disgust, horror
proposals told me of the strange with which her unele persuaded her. Priest's Message
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter)—Further details of the |---“I-was-quite- nware-of-the-impos-
I had heard of evacuation of Boulogne "under hellish fire" are now available. sibilities of Adolf. the outrageous demands to which A naval eye-witness said that the naval demolition party Milc.
(an earlier dame of had already left with orders. She was relieved by another and Hitler's)
's) had been submitted. Strasser reveals that last Novem-a second was relieved by a third. ber, after he had
revealed part of When the decision was reach- French the story in 'n
newspaper; he received the following message fromed that the town could not be held any longer, small parties of an Austrian priest in exile.
"It is
Gely of whom Strasser
I who buried Angela Raubat, scanen went out with parcels of LONDON, May 28 (Reuter)~A the little message from Dublin states that Mr. speaks. They pretend that she com.explosives which were placed by l He said that rumour was the Eunon de
Valera announced in the mitted suicide. I would never have any bridges which they thought treat enemy of true news and it pall that in view of the
danger permitted the interment of a suicide could not be destroyed until the was impossible to suppress rumour threatening the country, the Cosgrave in consecrated ground. From the last of our troops had withdrawn. "We can fight against rumours, and Party and the Labour Party had fact that 1 gave her a Christian
In another part of the harbour was we are fighting against them." agreed that that the administration/ "greed to join in conference each burial, you will be able to draw pre-a large train with a wet dock beside
week, and as often as necessary, to cise conclusions which should endeavour to contrailso control consult on matters of
I am for- In this dock was a nuval trawler. to communicate to you As both might be captured by the over all sources of Information, and he was doing his best to effect such
enemy, the omcer-in-charge decided to destroy them together with the centralisation.
power house and pumping stution.
Complete Demolition While all this was going on the
defence.
national hidden
There would be three members of the Government, three of the Cus-
Mr. Duff Cooper said that there grave Party and two of the Labour were important elements in Germany Party,
Urgent Necessity
"We must all now be brothers in who had no sympathy with the pre- sent regime or the crimes committed one holy cause," said Mr. de Valera.. by Hitler. "I should certainly do everything in my power to convey to the ever existent and crushed minor- ity within an enemy country the views we hold here, and lead them to
There wos urgent necessity for the defensive mensures the Government, had decided upon, said Mr. de Valera.j
He added that regular army re-
direct."
Lords Hears
The Story Of Belgium
hope that when the war is over, and serves were being called up and nino King's Action Concerns, a better regime exists throughout this continent, that these people also A campaign was being immediate
should be given the opportunity of
volunteers, first-line
ly undertaken to
secure thousands
for local security corps,
But Not Dismays
enemy were all round the docks at a range of about 400 yards. Snipers were within 50 feet.
Then came the long expected order
GOERING'S "REVENGE”
No Mercy For French Air Force Prisoners
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter).
According to a German news agency announcement, Goering has ordered that all Fronch Air
Force, prisoners of war are to be shackled immediately on capture and kept in separate camps.
They will also be déprived of all allowances previously granted
them.
50 For Every. One
to
PRISONERS taken from Ger- man U-boats are little more than boys, the average age of their scamen being about twenty to of | twenty-one. Average age
petty officers is only about twenty-four.
This was revealed recently by a naval authority. There, is growing evidence that U-boats are, being sunk at such a rate that; apart from training crews, Germany is finding it difficult to build new ones suficiently quickly to replace them.
Small losses of ships in convoy are clear proof that what few U-boats are still hovering around: the ship- ping Innes do not like the experience of attempting to attack ships In con-
Voy.
One week's shipping losses re- cently were the lowest since the first week of the war and the
be fourth lowest since the war KAIL
During seven days one British tanker and three neutral ships, total- ling 13,901 tons, went down through enemy action.
Another German ship, the 4.007- ton Mimi Horn, scuttled herself when intercepted by a British war-
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Unfortunately, what was thought to be
a record, when it was an- nounced that the Barn H, 5,439 lons, which was bombed and set
"fire,
must now be considered a total loss.
on
The week's losses represented only one-third of the average weekly, since war began and only one-tenth of the average weekly losses during the first seven months of 1917, when the U-boat cam-- paign of the last war was at its height.
The British ship sunk was the tanker Daghestan, 5,742 tons. Her loss off the north-east coast of Scot land was due to an explosion. The master was killed, the second oneer and-two-of-the-crew-are miasing,' but the remainder of the crew were saved.
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One of the neutral ships, Protinus, Dutch vessel of 202 tons; Is Included in the neutral vereis lost. Twenty-nine ships had been lost in British, Allied and neutral shipi escorted, or one in 515. Only three neutral. ships have been lost in con- voy out of 2,215, representing only one in 738.
Big Losses By Parachutists
7,000 Reported Killed
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LONDON, May 28 (Router). The number of German para- chutists who landed in Holland was probably 10,000, of whom, Auw of "Complete demolition."
"Every time the murder of a 7,000 were shot or killed in other The machinery, ́power houses and German airman is reported." con-ways. jother places were...] blown up.
alnued the news agency, "Goering This information was given to-day Vol. X.No: 1 January, 1940 Anything and
everything that will have five French airmen shot. by two Dutch gentlemen who visited might be useful' to the enemy was The same applies in the case of the House of Commons at 'the Invita-¦ THE
German airmen fired at while Jumption of Sir Walter Smiles. sabotaged. shoring in full what prosperity" remore recruits for the army and men LONDON, May 28 (Reuter) tam of the sluice-gates and bridge,
Charges were placed to make eering for their lives in parachutes.
Broken Logs mains for any of us.
However, in such cases he will have
They stated that the parachutists He asked for national unity to re-In the House of Lords to-day Two destroyers came into the 50 French prisonera shot. Thay Must Be Defeated.
"This measure will not apply to were armed with submachine gun That is the first message we sist being brought into the war in Viscount Caldecote, the Domin-harbour and steamed stern first out should send to them. The second which the Free State had declared ions Secretary, read a statement of the narrow entrance with all the captured British armen as the British and automatic revolvers.
They were each carrying sufflelent Ho far have given no reason for such In tabloid form to last them for message is certainly that in the end, ita intention not to be involved..
practically similar to that made troops they could cram aboard.
Three more destroyers entered and counter-measures.***** by Mr. Winston Churchill in the were red on furiously by the enemy
seven days.
However, many were killed and House of Commons.
field guns which were concealed. In
others had their legs broken through Referring to the Belgian Govern-ja wooded hill.
heavy landings, ment, he added the words: "It re- mains the sole constitutional repre- sentative of the Belgian nation and disavowed the action of the
they must be defeated, and it is for them to oppose the continuance of the war, and wish for the earliest possible peace. The souner peace, the more will be left them and others to skaro lu Eur- ope.
The for
Raid Warning In E. Kent
Invaders Seek_For Shipping
hna
King
The
This Now Embarrassmont.
Magnificent Courage Several enemy heavy tanks camo downhill onto the foreshore while the troops on the jetty were embarking in the destroyer.
New Defence Taxes For U.S.
food
WHY WE CAN'T
BE BEATEN
We have found litio difficulty, ins obtaining the necessary funds for the necessary activity of this Ministry,
"statement was punctuated by
The courage and daring of the $3,000,000,000 To Be and if we can shorten this war by one
cheers when reference was made to troops was magnificent even under the British; and French determination | the heavy lornado of fire will essoal- Raised In 5 Years day it will represent almost all the
SYDNEY, May 28 (Reuter)-Ad- money which has been spent on our LONDON, May 28 (Router). to continue the struggle.
dressing a huge "Win the war Lies occurring every second. Lord Snell, Leader of the Opposi efforts,
WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuter). Tally," Mr. R. G. Menzica, the Aus During this time the destroyer's The Air Ministry announced "I believe it possigle that the ac-
tion, sold the statement "gives us all guna were in hot actiqa blasting the The Administration, and Congres-tralian Prime Minister, sald: Musky such on Lis can to-day that an air raid warning concern, but we receive it without hillsides and the German, field guns slonal tenders, bavo agreed to raiso "The light of freedom is Allckering tivides of shorten a war by weeks, months or was sounded in East Kent short-dismay."."
hit point
$3,000,000,000 in new faxes during all over the world, but there is a point blank range, even years. The opinion of the world ly before noon...
One. is still a tremendous force. It is our
It was surely. their duty to give shot at the tanks registered the next five years to defray the flame in every. British heart, which i
hit.
all. It caused one tank to coats of national, defence.
never goes out. The "raiders pässexTM" įsignal was
"We can't..be..beaten because the business to sea that public opinion is sounded half an hour afterwards, comfort to our men who are defend-capsize and spin over and over like President Roosevelt has ratified the well informed, well instructed nd Towns as far inland as 20 miles ing soll, which is not their own, by a carlwheel,
pian, which provides for the im-immortal things in life are indestruc- harnessed to the duly which civilisa-were warned.
assuring them that in this new
'defence" by the|tible." A second tank was similarly knock-
of special tion demands of it." (cheers).
Hot A.A.. Reception
WASHINGTON, May 20, (Reutor),' Ministry's New Schema
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter)tude and our complete admiration," retired.
obligations valued at $3,000,000,000. LONDON, May 28 (Router).The German planes which were seen off her than ever," continued Lord accurate fire the retiring troops must between 3000,000,000 atid, $700,000,000 the formation of a special National
for the destroyer's rapid and Additional- (Cheers)
taxes amounting to President Roosevelt bis hinounced Ministry of Information is endeavour the south-east coast to-day were bent ing to devise a system by which
Snell, "they represent a living wall have sustained far heavier casualties will be levied annually and tie pro- Defence Commission composed of bombing shipping. vi on every village and every street will lowever, they were met with the which is defending the liberties of Indeed, without the destroyer, the coeds will be used to retire national seven prominent men who will have some recognised person to heaviest barrage of anti-aircraft guns the world. To them, we send our evacuation might never have brendaniner obligations and pay interest supervise the £260,000,000 defence which the public could look for yet heard on that part of the coast falfection and our trust. (Cheers). possible.
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