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SPITFIRE TRAVELS Back Claim Of AT 650 M.P.H. Govt. Servants
the
LONDON, (UP)—An R.A.F. The Post Office Centralling Ofleert'' pilot's temporary lapse into un- Association, conference at Brighton consciousness put a Spitfire recently unanimously backed fighter to an extraordinary test. demand of Civil Servants for a cost- In it he touched a speed of 650 to 700 m.p.h.
He was unable to see and register the top speed of 'the aircraft, but he put on record that coming out of the dive he was touching 400 m.p.h. from which experts deduct that during the dive he must have been doing at least
050 m.p.h.
Climbing to 23,000 ft. he had tem- porarily lost conciousness probably
he
of-living wage increase.
June 13, 1940;
VALIANT HEARTS, &
EPIC DEEDS. Thrilling Stories Of Tommies In France LONDON, June 12 (Reuter). -"Eye-Witness", with the Brl After hearing a report in private tish Army in France telegraphs on the progress of the next that 20 Yorkshiremen with one the delegates endorsed the decision of the staff side of the National Whitley anti-tank gun held up a German the tank column of 50 vehicles for Council to deat urgently with position in which the lowest paid nearly three hours during the members of the service had been height of the German advance placed by the increased cost of living.
on Paris,
He found himself in a vertical dive at SCIENTIFICALLY
high speed.
There was donger that pulung the machine out of the dive he, might
blackout' himself, namely temporari-
ly lose unconciousness due to
draining of
VITAMINISED
LONDON, (UP)—The British
of the blood from the brain soldier has become scientifically by a violent change of direction,but vitaminised, he managed to retain and land safely.
It is
The machine has been returned to the. His famous Tron ration'-a tin of makers for investigation and report, bully beet and a few stale biscuits
believed that important has disappeared and its place has been data will result. The experience, taken by what looks like a 6 oz, slab accidental as it was, is claimed to of chocolate. prove that the Spitfire fighter can be subjected to terrific strain.
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More than 100 Gorman soldic.s
who leaped from the vehicles and
dashed to the hill-top were engaged in a fierce pitched battle by the small British company.
Eventually the British party with-
drew across a river after the young
subaltera kud swum
under Across fire and lowed n boat across with ofte hand. The wounded were rescued in This boat.
Superb Spirit
This was one of the many epic Actually it is composed of 25 ports feats of gallantry performed by the British troops during the past few by weight of double refined cocoa; days when only the greatly superior
14 parts of dried protein, known as mass of German troops and equip- Lait-Proto, which is prepared from ment have been forcing our men to milk, and 27 parts of refined sugar.
retire. All this is prepared in pure cocoa All have shown the same superb butter. To the dried protein is added
and high courage spirit sodium bicarbonate of not more than bombs, shells and the waves of in- 17 per cent. to make the protein fantry recently seen in Flanders,
soluble as a food.
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against
though on a smaller scale. But the inust fearless courage cannot stand against machine,
In
anti-tank aeroplanes, Lancs, guns and artillery, of every kind, the Germans have outnumbered the British.
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NEW YORK, (UT). — The prices through N.A.A.F.I.. the new official executioner at Sing
To-day His the situation grows Secretary for War promised that Sing Prison is Joseph Francell,
clearer, it seems likely that the he would go into the matter. 42-year-old former electrician casualties, though heavy, will be "It must be remembered," he added, and garage owner of Cairo, NY. lighter than at first appeared pro-
Francell succeeds Robert Elliott, bable. In many cases, "that a free issue of cigarettes is
whole who died on October 10th, after four-detachments,
believed to be made to troops on active service."
When Mr. Sorensen (Lab., Leyton, teen years at Sing Sing throwing the rounded, have fought their way back W.) asked whether, in view of pros-switch which sent lethal current to their units. Unshaven men,
hausted but remarkably cheerful, arg. pective taxation of beer and tobacco through about 400 persons,
twos and and ducreased cost of postage and The new executioner was selected continually arriving in travelling, he would consider making by Warden Lewis Lawes, Whose threes out of the confused area of the an increased allowance to the lower cholce was subject to confirmation by zone of operations. ranks in the
Mr. Stanley re- the State Commissioner of Correc Everyone has a grim tale to tell of Army, plied in the negative.
Llon.
smashing dive-bomb attacks or mass- Taxation and other increases
assaults
German motor- by More than 350 persons applica forjed affected all classes of the community Elliott's Job, which paid a fee of cyclists, machine-gunners or tanka or he said, and did not, in his opinion, $150 an exécution.
fierce artillery fire.
Some of the enemy motor-cycle afford grounds for an increase of the
combinations
British cmoluments for the Army.
had
battle dresses packed away in them
up- DUTCH FOR SERVICE (parently for use as disguises.
It la reported that German infantry Wilhelmina Issues Decreeve been seen wearing khaki uni-
forms. In London
LATE NEWS
London, June 12. Dutch subjects not belonging to the Dutch naval or land forces may be called on to perform special ser- vices in or for the Dutch mercantile marine, if this is considered neces- A sary in the interests of the State.
AGREEMENT IN SHANGHAI
DETAILS OF THE decree to this effect, signed by Queen munders have reached an agreement
MALTA RAIDS
SHANGHAI, June 13 (Reuter),—. British, American and Italian com-
Wilhelmina, was published to-day restricting the arens In which The decree empowers the Dutch| Brilish and Italian troops may be "Minister for Defence to issue anten leave at the same time, thus MALTA, June 12 (Reuter) order for such services us may be avoiding contacts and the possibility Details በክ ΠΟΥ available about deemed necessary. The Dutch Gov- of incidents. Tuesday's raid on Malta, in which ernment already had full powers to Similar precautions are taken in about 20 planes participated.
requisillon Dutch ships-Reuter, Peiping. Heavy bombs fell in the sea and others damaged the old barracks and civil properly in the Sliema, Pawla and Zabbar areas,
According to unconfirmed reports, Tuesday's raids were carried out by Italian
flying pilota
German machines, and alsted by Germen observers.
All British women who are nol visitors, or whose jobs or husbands' Jobs are permanent have remained
longside the Maltese women.
EGYPT TO AID THE ALLIES
CAIRO, June 12 (Reuter).-After a...three-hour debale an Egypt's
attitude to Italy, the Senate to-day endorsed the "Government continu ing to give the utmost support to her ally in the defence of right and liberty in accordance with the Anglo- Egyption treaty.
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