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WHITEAWAY'S
Hitler Launches "Blitzkrieg" Feeler with Widespread Attacks from Air
NAZIS LOSE FIVE
DAYLIGHT
Britain ready for the invader
LONDON, July 3 (Reuter).- "All our forces have grown and are on their toes, and it is the one ambition of all to prevent the goil of Great Britain being soiled by enemy footprints," said Lord Croft, Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of War, in the House of Lords to-day.
He
Lord Croft was replying in the debate on national defence. said that they intended to meet the attack from whatever quar ters in accordance with the soundest principles of war.
"Our hope is to defeat an enemy invasion at sea or oven before be ́embarks, but if not there, then in the process of landing.
Will Fight On Beaches
RAIDS
ITALIAN RAIDS ON MALTA CONTINUE
Hallan raids on Maita have continued almost daily since Mussolini declared war. Above is a view of the harbour.
BIG EXODUS One Of War's Most Dramatic Episodes
"Should he get so far, we intend TO CANTON U U-Boat
to Aght him on the benches and hurl
him back into the sea.
CANTON, July 3 (Domei).
The enemy will be utterly regard-Over 3,000 Chinese evacuecs less of less and we must expect him arrived at Canton from Hong- when he attacks, to press that attack kong on Tuesday. About 700
home.
Italian
Sinks Nazi,
Internees
"Make no mistake. He seeks not arrived aboard the Japanese LONDON, July 3 (Reuter).—About 1,000 scantily-clad sur a demonstration but the destruction liner Shirogane Maru, 1,324 vivors of the British liner, Arandora Star, which was torpedoed of our people. We hope to get early aboard the British steamer by a German submarine when carrying 1,500 German and information of his intention, but under cover of dark night, sea mist fatshan and several hundred Italian internees to Canada, were landed by a British ship at a and tog, we may not and we must aboard the Portuguese steamer Scottish port to-day.
be ready for any eventuality.
were to succeed
"If the enemy anywhere in crossing our immediate front trenches, I believe that the spirit of gay offensive adventure will undoubtedly be brought to bear in counter-attacks and will give full expression to the British spirit of getting to close quarters with the enemy
Viscount Caldecote, Leader of the House, gave an assurance that the Government had no intention of abandoning any fortified position in any part of the Dominions.
LATEST
Shengchang.
JAPAN IS NERVOUS
British soldiers were aboard acting as guards.
It is learned that the ship
and Italian victims. went down with many German
} There was panic aboard and the
rush seriously hampered the getting
away of the lifeboats.
They Cursed Warfare
Two solillers said the ship was
Fears Anglo-U.S. struck without warning and they
Naval Alliance
over
KNOX IS
APPROVED
IN
BOMBERS ON ENGLAND
FOUR OTHERS KNOWN TO BE BADLY
DAMAGED: CASUALTIES ARE SLIGHT
LONDON, JULY 3 (REUTER)-FIVE German BOMBERS WERE DESTROYED AND FOUR MORE WERE DAMAGED BY PILOTS OF THE R.A.F. FIGHTER COMMAND WHEN THE ENEMY CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF DAYLIGHT RAIDS ON ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. TO. DAY, STATES THE AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE.
Hit-and-Run Type of Raids
THE RAIDS WERE OF THE HIT-AND-RUN TYPE AND IN MOST CASES THE GERMAN BOMBERS APPROACHED THE COAST SINGLY. Three Spitfires, after attacking a Dornier "flying pencil" bomber, watched it turn on its back and crash into the sea.
They were patrolling along the east coast when they sighted two Dorniers. The second Dornier disappeared in the clouds badly damaged.
HEINKEL PLANE FORCED DOWN
A third Dornier was later hit by a fighter but evaded further attack in the clouds.
Spitfires attacked an enemy aircraft, believed to be
a Heinkel, off the Aberdeenshire coast. The enemy put up a stiff resistance but at the end of the fight it glided down on to the sea and the Spitfire pilots saw two rubber boats being launched.
ESCAPE IN RUBBER BOAT
A Junkers 88 bomber was also shot down into the sea off to take to-a-rubber-boat. the Scottish coast and three members of the crew were seen
Two Spitfires patrolling the south-east coast shot down another Dornier “flying pencil."
Hurricane pilots damaged a
Heinkel 111 over the Channel PACKARD
and silenced its rear gunner be-
fore the machine disappeared in
the cloud.
Shot Down In Flames Another patrol of Hurricanes at- incked a Dornier bomber off the cost coast This Doraler escaped Into the cloud badly damaged.
This evening Spilares raced out top sea to intercept another bomber. Six minutes after taking off, they had shot it down in flames.
TO BUILD
ENGINES
May Be Start Of Aerial Blitzkrieg
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” . LONDON, July 3 (UP), Possibly marking the start of a "general air offensive" which is expected to precede a fulldress onslaught on the British Isles. the German air force to-day spread out over the cast and south-east areas from scuthern Scotland to the English Channel. There were sporadic bombings but apparently little damage.
Civilians crouched in the
Contract That Henry helters of air shelters in severil
Ford Rejected
towns which were treated to some of the most intensive anti- aircraft barrages seen in the
German Losses
So far two German bombers have
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP), war so far. Workmon Injured
-Mr. William Knudsen, Pre- LONDON, July 3. (Reuter)sident Roosevelt's chief of Several workmen were injured when national defence production, re-been definitely shot down, the second It was a charge which he specl-three bombs were dropped in north-vealed that Packard Motors have one being at a southeast port where
eastern England this afternoon.
Bomb In Garden
Acally denied,
Consideration of the nominations
Nomination Accepted By Committec WASHINGTON, July 3 (Router) added: "We cursed the U-boat, but The Naval Committee's approval of not so much as did the Germans and the nomination of Colonel Frank Italians who were almost ferocious Knox as Secretary for the Navy was WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reu- in their denunciation of this type of given after he was questioned for a ter).-Japanese anxiety
warfare.
long time on a report that he favour- future action by the American had
"Such was the scramble that we ed the dispatch of United States Fleet is believed here to be bleulty in getting into the life-soldiers to Europe. responsible for the Tokyo Press The Captain and several of the reports of Anglo-American naval ship's omcers were standing on the bridge and decks, and it is feared co-operation.
that several went down with the The only possible offelal reaction vessel. here is reports are untrue.
Bad Feeling
had been blown off by concentrated pression on the American position on Some of the British soldiers bitterly
Tentative Agreement
machinegun fire. the Far Eastern problem. The State commented on the conduct of the
Three bombs injured several work- Department has made no change in German prisoners, describing them as Colonel Frank Knox, the nominate the town before it disappeared over The National Defence Commission great height dropped several bombs.
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuter).—men in one northeastern town. its polley of opposition to Japanese big hulking
On the southeast coast planes at a brutes who tried to ed Secretary of the Navy, laid new the sea. attempts to establish a new order in sweep away the Italians and had to emphasis on his advocacy of stronger People could see the bombs being announced that the Packard Motor! Two houses in a row were demòlish-
be forcibly restrained.
United States defences,
released. Bitter hostility betw
between Germans Chinese lady who intended
and Hallans was apparent both on danger that the United States might.
He thought that there was still
Casualties evacuating the Colony before the
As far as naval strategy is con- the liner and the rescue ship, and be drawn into war if any aggressors people were
It is officially announced that two week-end has lost 520,000 bank-cerned, whether in connection with troops were constantly on guard to attempted
killed and about six notes which she withdrew from the Atlantle or Pacle, the United prevent blows being struck.
to seize American were injured in an air raid on a States must take into consideration No estimate of the total casunities
possessions.
Suffolk town.
The Directors of the Packard Corn- possible hostility of the Japanese fleet is yet possible, but the Italians, most agreed that he believed that the raids on the north-east coast of Eng-fore It comes into force.
Keplying to a question, Col. Knox About 10 people were injured in pany must approve the contract be- on one hand, and assured friendliness of whom were traders in this country, Versailles Treaty was a contributing land and Scotland. of the British fleet on the other, and appear to have adjust hon plans accordingly.
been the worst, factor" to the present war. sufferers.
· Fighters shot down two enemy | The net result of this is almost the
He predicted that Europe this win-bombers, making to-day's total three. Casualties were suffered by mem-ter would be a nightmare" with same as if an informal understanding bers of the crow and British troops. suffering, starvation and economic
Delayed Action Bomb" existed between Great Britain and the UB States.
of Col. Knox and Mr. Henry L.
agreed to build 3,000 Rolls-Royce three British fighting planes after a airplane engines for the United ghostly fight in the clouds chased the One bomb fell in a garden, smush-States Government and 6,000 for dive three miles offshore after her tall Stimson will probably be given bying the front of a house. Two others
raider to sea and forced her to nose the Senate next week.
fell in an adjoining roadway and the British Government." more fell in open country and in the seu in to-day's air raids.
An enemy plane was seen low over
EVACUEE'S This, however, leaves a false Im-
$20,000 LOSS
bank for Ute purpose.
A report of the robbery was made
to the police last night.
The victira is Lan Mul, of 12 Sul- folk Road.
After withdrawing the money from the bank she placed it away at the baftom of a sultense In ber tiome,
Sho believed that she was unobserved at the time, but the thief
or thieves apparently liad knowledge
the Far Eust.
U.S. Considerations
Knox's Policy WASHINGTON, July 3, (Reuter).
Rescue Work By Nazi i maladjustment. When a life-boat capsized, a cop- tured German aboard went to help
When four bombs, of which one was of the delayed action type, were Sorious Situation
dropped near a group of workmen in Referring to Latin America, Col, ja villege in south-east England, one He then set about rescuing those in Knox maid there was a very serious man was killed and three injured.
situation in South America-a
of her act, as the sultense in question FOREIGN POLICY and succeeded in righting the boat.
was the only one touched..
Police are questioning a
Chinese OF EGYPT
man,
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the water.
Sabry
Chamber on the foreign policy of the Government, sald:
| Minister,.In his first statement in the Struck Without Warning
Company has agreed tentatively to accept a contract for 9,000 Rails. A grandmother was illed and Royce aircraft engines, of which small baby was blown thirty yards 8,000 ore for Britain.
across the street killing it instantly. This is
is the order the Ford Company refused.
U.S. Defence Budget
R.A.F. Rotaliate
LONDON July 3 (UP)—The Air Ministry, announced: "Coastal com- mand planes to-day bombed enemy bases at Texel and Gnemulden where an enemy fighting plane was shot down. There were no British losses," Germany Again Raided LONDON, July: 3 (Reuter),--An Air Ministry. communique announces that aircraft of the Bomber Com- mand of the R.A.F. continued their attacks on Tuesday night.
Targets Included aerodromes in Denmark and Belgium, communica- tions in the Ruhr and Westphalia," objectives at Humburg and Dort- mund, and docks at Zeebrugge,
All our aircraft returned safely. Aircraft of the Coastal Command.
Roosevelt Wants
The owners of the Arondora Star situation almost made to order for a
Building Set On Fire CAIRO, July 3 (fteuler). Hassan state that a fair proportion of the penetration of the type Hitler hus Enemy alreraft bombed south-east
$4,000,000,000 (. LONDON, July 3 (Router).—. Pasha, the new Prime crew were saved.
perfected in Europe.
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuter) "We would be in deadly perll if a England this afternoon,
President Roosevelt will submit to One Incendiary bomb struck a Congresa foreign power gained D foothold
next week The vessel was currying about hold," said Col. Knox,
further building and set it on fire.
armament proposals which are ex- The basis of our foreign policy 2,000 persons and the survivors had
Thic Noval
Injuries, if any, are not yet known.pected to be more than double the to-day bombed enemy bases at Texel Commítico Affairs will be a friendly one to all foreign had terrible stories to tell of the insued a statement as follows:
Indiscriminato Bombing
present defence budget of $5,000,000,-an Ymulier In Holland in the "The Committee is of the opinion LONDON, July 3 (Reuter).---Tho countries not affected by the war. scenes on board before the liner Egypt, anxious to maintain her in- sunk.
The President is expected to ank course that although Col. Knox has ox-
of which they shot down an tegrity and independence, is equally
thip was
was struck without warn-pressed extreme views in favour of Ministry of Home Security announces for authority to spend 5000, 100 000 enemy fighter without loss.
that bombs dropped by hostile air
One of our aircraft failed to return the Allies, he has also craft which crossed the south coast largely go to building the Air Force
The money for the Army will trem reconnaissance, yesterday, anxious to full her obligations to ing in broad daylight about 6 o'clock aid to wards her great ally, Britain, and in the morning, according to two emphatically voiced his opposition to this morning were few and do not up to President Roosevelt's goal of carry out her alliance and friendship soldiers, who said:
entering the European war and
Invasion Prediction "The Internces, particularly the favours only more and economic aid spear to have been directed at any 50.000 planes. in letter and spirit, thereby comply- ing with the decision taken by this
Itallans, made wild scramble for to the Allies by our citizens as dia.
particular. objective,
President Roosevelt's message is
LONDON July (UP)The House on June 12 (Applause).
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So far as is known, only two per- expected to be given to Congress on Germans will attempt an invasion
Monday,
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