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MERLE OBERON
"OVER THE MOON'
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Hammocks
Used
To Save
Destroyer
WHEN the destroyer Eclipse was attacked and damaged by Nazi bombers hammocks and wood were stuffed into a gap to keep Jout the water,
Some of the crew who have
Heir And
arrived home safely in ship Former
which took the Eclipse in tow told of their experiences.
Saved by Zigzagging Usherette On
Sloker David Long, of Princess Street, Devonport, said: "We were bombed four imes, but by zigzagging we finally managed to get out of the
way.
"I was on the upper deck, and the Arst indientlon we had that the ship had suffered damage was when some-
one came up and sold that we had
casualties.
"Some of us went to shore up the bulkheads, using hammocks and wood. "During the atlack terrife- barrage of firing from same other ships kept the Nazis at a distance,
A vessel took us from the life- Bouls. Later we were transferred to,
Honeymoon
MR. BRIAN HERVEY TALBOT, heir to a for- tune, and his bride, a Llandudno cinema usher- ette, are now on honey- moon at an "unknown destination."
Mr. Talbot, aged 24, is the
Innother-ship-which-had-taken-the | great-nephew- of Lord Waver-
Eclipse in tow,
"After dropping four or five bombs near the stern of our escort the Nazis made off.
"Our captain, Lieut.-Commander Chick, remained on the Eclipso with die navigation party when we were frin low."
tree, who left £800,000 when he died in 1933.
He was married at Llandudno to Miss Katherine Hughes, also aged 24.
Hired Out Donkeys
The bride was working at her cinema until a few days before the wedding, which was very quiet.
A mounted polleeman guarding the liner Queen Elizabeth at a New York quay. The cost to the elty of patrolling the North River waterfront, where many Euro- pean ships are berthied, is more than 300 a day.
SOLDIER'S ASSAULT
$50 Compensation To Chinese Woman
Thirty Scamon Freed at Narvik
For nearly 100 years her family An episode, which resulted in the freeing of 30 British seamen durings lived in Llandudno, Her mother the Narvik action was revealed by und grandmother have hired out men of H.MS. Hardy, who left a donkeys on the beach..
The grandmother has twice broad-Company,
Southern port for special leave.
their homes
or
cast,
L/Cpl. George Downie, of "B" Second Battalion Royal Scots, was found guilty During the three days' stay of the Mr. Tulboi met his future bride at before Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the
•LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY Hardy survivors at Bullengen, a little a dance at Bangor some years ago Central Magistracy this morning Norwegian const town about 18 miles when he was studying estate man-on a charge of assaulting To Ng, from Narvik, these 30 British mer-agent chant seamen arrived.
"They fell in love at first sight and a deaf and dumb' Chinese woman, They had been in the hands of the later they became engaged.
at 90, Gloucester Road on May Germans, but had been set free, Ed- Under his will Lord Wavertree, 27. The charge of theft of a win-Harper, of Devonport, told the the noted sportsman, left the residue clock was dismissed.
HAIR-RAISING SPINE-TINGLING THRILL-LADEN ! This gripping murder-mystory will keep you keyed up.
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News Chronicle, as the result of the of his property to accumulate for 31 action by the Hardy, and later the years and be held upon trust for Mr. attack led by H.M.S. Warspite.
Talbot and then for his eldest or "We never really made contact only descendant. - with them," he added. "They were Mr. Talbot was п 16-year-old Lakon-away-by the Navy
schoolboy at the time...
About 90 of the Hardy survivors
have not yet renched home.
Some of their wives watched for PARACHUTE
them in vain outside Devanpart dock- yard, but shipmates were able to assure the women that their husbands were safe.
PRESSURE ON ITALY
Hitler's Influence
tween
On II Duce
STRATEGY
Downie was ordered to pay $50 as compensation for the assault in de- fault of one month.
He also had to sign a bond for $100 to be of good behaviour for one year.
Defendant's Witness
When Downie appeared before. Mr. Sheldon on Saturday morning, he requested that one of his witnessPa should be called.
This witness, Private G. Bain, of the Royal Scots, appeared this morn- ing and said that he met Downie at the Soldiers' and Sailors" Home at
Prisoners Tell Of Failure 10.40 p.m, on May 27. They went to
Of German Methods
London, June 2.
the "Black Dog" at 10,45 pm. They had one beer and left at 11.05 p.m. He left Downie In Lockhart Rond. It is authoritatively estimated that
Evidence of character was given by the majority of German parachutists Second Lieutenant C. R. Jones, of the dropped in Holland were killed Second Battalion, Royal Scots. Evidence of prisoners now in Eng- land supports the view the losses in-
Excellent Character curred by parachute troops and alr He said that Downie had been in borne infantry were disproportion- the Regiment for six years and during ately heavy.
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuter).—The White House
that time had borne a most excel- remains sternly silent with re- Amazing examples of losses are lent character. He had been Com- gard to the continuous flow of riven. For instance, of 10 infantry-pany Accountant and had carried out telegrams which are passing be. men in one plane one prisoner was his duties to the satisfaction of his
Washington and
Of 10 in another superiors. the the only survivor.
machine three were killed in the air In dismissing the charge of the European capitals, especially and four more were shot when they that the only evidence was that given theft of a clock, Mr. Sheldon sold Rome.
lunded. Of eight from another plane only two were alive half an hour by the woman. She said she had seen a man run downstairs with the Other prisoner related that large clock.
However it is obvious that Pre-later. sident Roosevelt is trying every ex-
Dutch airfleld was a mass of blaz- howing German.planes. Reuter.
to
Insufficient evidence.
pedient to keep the conflict from numbers of planes were lost and one This charge was dismissed owing spreading.
The consensus of opinion, ever, is that the President's hopes of success must be woning.
The belief is growing here thak Hitler is putting severe pressure on Mussolini to enter the war in order to widen the area of the conflet.
Spain Unaffected-
PARIS,
QUEEN'S GRATITUDE
Referring to the charge-of-assault, Mr. Sheldon said, "I do not know why a man of your character should do this."
HITLER'S "PEACE" TOWN
The Officer Administering the Gov- erniment, Mr. N. L. Smith, has receiv ed from the Secretary of State far the Colonies an acknowledgment of | a congratulatory telegram which he June 2 (Reuter).A despatched to Queen Mary on behalf Madrid telegram declares that accord- [of the Hongkong community on May ing to authoritative Spanish circles, 25 on the occasion of Her Majesty's Italy's entry. Into the war would not birthday. alter Spain's position belligerener.
ROME despatches to New It is stated that the anti-British before Her Majesty Queen Mary, who reactions regarding Gibraltar were desires that an expression of her York say that the price of peace merely an expression of youthful sincere thanks for the message con- demanded by Hitler and Signor feeling and should not be interpreted tained therein from all sections of Mussolini la complete freedom as publie approval of Italy's attitude. the community in Hongkong may be of the seas. They are deler-
of
non- A telegram from the Secretary of State says: "Your telegram has been
conveyed to you.”
46 KILLED LATE NEWS
IN RAIDS
British Ship Afire At Marseilles
on
NEW YORK, June 2 (Reuter). -Forty-alx people were killed and over 100 injured in yester- day's German air raids important industrial centres in the Rhone Valley, states a Paris message to the "Now York Times,"
Two bombs fell in Marseilles city and two in the harbour, says the message. A British ship was set on fire in the liarbour,
Five towns in the vicinity of Lyons were bombed and a hotel in Alx- Ics-Bains was destroyed,
Among the objectives of the raiders wero
number of acroplane
factories,
Paris Hastons Precautions PARIS, June 2 (Reuter)-Among the signs that Paris is officially part of the war zone are more policemen supplied with portable machine-guns to combat Fifth Columnists.
Telephoning from publfc offices and restaurants is forbidden.
"call
NEW YORK.
mined, say these reports, that Britain must abdicate her world sea power, and no similar sea power shall replace it.
In particular, Italy will demand the demilitarisation of Gibraltar, Bizerta (the French naval base north of Tunis), and Malta,
It is also reported that sources close to both dictators believe that neither Italy nor Germany desires to see the British Empire broken up,
there is
is no other Power to replace It, and this would be a blow to, the white race.
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A despatch to the New York Daily News states that Hiller has already chosen the elly where he will dictate his peace temis-the tiny town of Munster, where In 1648 Germany had to accept the terms of the Treaty of Westphalla ending the | Thirty Years War.
The Nazis,' says the report, are already speaking of the day when Hitler will land on English soll as tho first foreign conqueror since 1000.
GREEK STEAMER
IS SUNK
BERLIN, June 2. (Reuter)-A telegram from Pirneus states that the Greek steamer, Porrakis L. Cambanis, of 3,584 tons, was sunic. 2
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