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U.S. Newspapermen Saw Area of Utter Desolation
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In Hanover After Bombing Raid By The R.A.F. ALHAMBRA THEATRE Barracks and Secret Factories
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AN idea of the havoc wrought in Germany by British bombers can be deduced. from the reports of United States and other neutral newspapermen, who were travel- ling to the Netherlands on a conducted tour arranged by the Nazis.
One immense factory on the outskirts of Hanover which, if a conspicuous, sign at the entrance gates is to be believed, is a cement works, was subjected to a two- hour attack recently,?....
damage and the effects of at least one direct hit. high walls, it was possible, to observe serious,
Though the buildings are hidden behind
Allegations Against Military Police
Accused Complains
Attitude Was "Anti-Civilian"
ALLEGATIONS that the Military Police had. been abusive and brutal, that their whole attitude was "anti-civilian," and that one of them had said that it gave him great pleasure to take a civilian in charge, because the civilians in Singapore had too big an opinion of themselves-were made by Henry Moore, a European, in the Singapore criminal district court recently.
Moore was defending himself against charges of wilfully in-
terfering with Lance-Sergeant Fascist Has
G.. Cutts, of the Military Police,
in the execution of his duties
by striking him and abusing Big Job in
him, and with assaulting Cutts at the Happy World on Mar. 24. at 1.05 a.m.
At a previous hearing, Cutts alleged that after the National An- them had been played at the Happy World cabaret Moore had rushed towards a military police patrol and begon to speak to them.
Cuits went on to say that after) he had questioned Moore, the latter had used abusive terms. and struck him on the chest.
Не had thereupon ordered the patrol to take Moore way, Since. civilian police could not be found,
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Police station. and later to the General Hospital. At both places, Cutts said, Moore had been nolay and abusivo.
· Accused's Evidence
In his evidence, Henry Moore, a surveyor, at the Naval Base. sald that he went to the Happy World cabaret with two friends. How and Hillard,
Sapper Brown, a soldier with whom he was on friendly terms, spoke to ** him and said that he had got into trouble with the Military Police.
"I offered to go across and see the pulice patrol to and out if I could be of any assistance by giving Brown lift to Changi," continued Moore, and m made my way towards them.
to the patrol, Lance-
"I spoke Corporala Shaw and Stoneham, and they told me that it had nothing to do with me and I had better go away. I told them that Brown was a good friend of mine and 1 would like to help him.
Town's A.R.P.
A strong protest was -mado "by Councillor Duck- worth at a meeting of Yeovil Town Council re- cently about a member of the Fascist Party who, he said... held; a responsible position at A:R.P. head- quarters in the town,"
"In view of what has happened in other countries we as a council should not allow any person holding these views to remain in such a position," he said.
Members of the Council. supported the protest and the Town Clerk said he would deal with the matter at once.
URBAN COUNCIL
Routine Business Dealt With By Members
Latters from Government
confum- Ing the amendment of the by-laws They then became rather abu- under the heading Domestic Clean- sive, alleged Moore, "and one of liness and Prevention of Disease," them-used extremely strong langunge. "Food Shops," and "Restaurant and Cults then came on the scene and Eating Houses, were announced at lthough I tried to explain the matter the fortnightly meeting of the Urban
him I did not suested..
Council yesterday.
to
"The Military. Police then began to hustle me, and Cutts said, “Seize Mim and wheel him away, I tried to push my way out, but I was half pulled and half dragged to lorry."
the
At the Station
Sono Moore further alleged that, at the station, where Inspector Sanderson was in charge, he was refused bail by Sanderson under pressure from Cults and Whittaker, be
Three applications were refused. hey were for an cating house licence at 40 Main Street, Ngau Tau Kok: and milk shop licences at 760 Nathan Road and 126 Wanchal Road.... ::.
A discussion was raised regarding correspondence relative to a food fac- tory licence at 8: Stone Nullab Lane, ground floor, after which members agreed that the licence would not be renewed at the expiry date, Septem ber 30, 1040MIN
He telephoned Inspector Goodship, Four licences were granted by the said Moore, who advised him to ring Council between June 10 and July 1. up: Mr. York, the AS.P, which he They were, toung houses (1), re-
did.
staurants (1) and offensive frades
Inspector Sanderson then spoke to (2) Mr. York, and as a result granted*** him $23 ball
Members present were Mr. G. S * Moore" said he was taken. the Kennedy-Skipton (Chairman), Dr. N. General Hospital:.
C. MacLeod, Mr. F. C. Hall, Mr. L. Cross-examined by Dr. C. H. C. F Bellamy, Mr. A. el Arcull, Dr. Withers Payne who prosecuted, S. N. Chau, Mr. B. Wong Tape, Mr. Moore said that he might have used Tang Stul-kin, Dr. A. M. Rodrigues, strong language at the station, and Mr Tse-fong and Mr. C. J. Boe been noisy and heated at the Hospl- (Secretary), fal, because
then the had lost his
by
temperborative evidence was given Moore's, and that he could testify
by Herbert Leonard Smith. John to his pubile. 1 He said that on David Haw, and Bryan Hilliard, a previous occasion Moore had helped Questioned by Mr. A. J. Beago, who the police Moore was not the type defended. Moore, Inspector F. Good of man who would go up to a per- ship wald that he was a friend of "son and deliberately: hit him.
Every window visible. from the street was a gaping hole, and there were scenes of utter devastation for 100 yards in all directions.
Raid by Light of Parachute
Flares
The correspondents saw no wrecked planes, although several miles away they were hurried past a grounded machine which, according to their guides, was shot-down enemy craft. The centre alste of the autobahn (special motor road). is for miles littered with wreckage, old cars and debris of every description, apparent- ly intended to prevent the use of the highway for plane landing
One correspondent says that, he watched It.A. bombers on one rald, which was made by the light of parnehute flares early yesterday. They dropped 30 bombs und killed 10 people.
Secret factories and a military barracks were hit. Debris ilttered the streets and windows were shal- tered over a wide area.
Only Briton in Prison Camp "Work Hardor"
Other Pressmen visited a crowded prison camp near Bocholt, where more than 5,000. Allied soldiers, mainly Dutch, awaited removal to the interior.
The only Driton in the camp was Flying-OMeer Patrick Greenhouse, of Shrewsbury, who was shot down
Bredu (Holland).
over
He
was unliurt except for a cut on the nose.
Greenhouse sald he was being well treated.
"We had a dogfight with some Messerschmitts" he said. "A bullet stalled my motor. The gunner balled out, but I tried to glide back towards Belgium but could not 'make it."
GERMANY
WILL BREAK HERSELF UP
M. GABRIEL HOCQUARD Mayor of Metz, who is visiting England, said in a speech at the Ministry of Information recently.
"Sharily before I left France I was talking to a Scottish officer serving with the B.E.F., and he said to me something that I shall remember; I
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to dismember Germany. Germany is to dis-
mem
member herself,'
"I can tell you that France. does not want to annex German territory," said M. Hocquard.
M. Itocquard is to visit ใบง ber of naval and Industral cen ires to see Britain's war effort.
As a young man in Alsace- Lorraine in 1914, when these pro- vinces were in German possess- fon, Bf. Hocquard was conscripted. into the German. Army, while some of his family in other perts of the country were fighing for France, M. Hocquard, although gravely wounded in doing so, excaped
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