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A CUTAWAY at the knee gives an Intriguing effert to this cool white dress worn by Maureen O'Sullivan. The feature of the dress is navy and white stripes encircling the V neck and down the frant to the hem. Readers will notice our accent on the fashion angle to this photograph.
H.K. Stock Market
were
August 27, 1940.
GRAPHIC STORY Australian
FROM PAGE ONE
German planes were rescued from the sea.
Politics
Three Messerschmitts attacked the predictable
two Dover balloon barrage balloon fell in flames.
arki
Eight Nazi Planes Down LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter).—It
Sydney, Aug. 26. One of the shortest and most un- election campaigns in Australian history la now in full awing, the main issue being the best means of directing. Australia's war fort. Voting will take place on September 21.
is believed that eight enemy planes fused where Labour has split into
were shot down during the over the clouds in
the
battle
Wales
The political situation is very con- New South especially in south-east several parties, but most commenta- tars express the opinion that there One bumber just missed the roof of will brittle change of party a farmhouse and crashed ablaze in strengths in the House of Repre-
a cornfield.
Three more bombers are known to
down have been bought
in the south-east coast aren.
sentatives.
Nineteen Senators will be elected at the same time but will not take their sents until July next year. As 17 retiring Senators are mem- bers of the Government party there
Enemy Fails To Reach London LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reuter)-The attempt made by enemy raiders to a possibility of labour securing a
majority in the Senate-Reuter, reach London this afternoon was un- successful.
Two large foters of bombers Bring
nt 20,000 feet were met by a strong force of fighters over a south-east- towis.
For ten minutes a terrife battle raged over the clouds, the machines being visible only at brief intervals through breaks in the clouds.
Machine-gun fire and the cannot of the German Messerschmills, which were apparently accompanying the bombers, could be plainly heard, and after the battle the Germans turned fall and made for home.
At least two German machines i were seen to fall, and while the fight-
tng was in
bombs progress many were heard falling in the distance.
"Reuter" correspondent, who witnessed part of the battle from the top of
seeing of a, cornstark, reporta several huge columns of smoke rising in different directions, apparently caused by planes which crashed.
Over one huge column, four R.A.F. fighters circled for O
minutes.
Later two R.A.F. machines were seen į passing over ench smuke colume, np. parently checking up on the fallen German machines.
Milton Falls From His Pedestal
Bat Doesn't Get Hurt SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Aug. 20 (UP)-Al- though the statue of Milton the poet toppled from its pedestni in St. Glee Church during the rald on London yesterday. It was practicity undamaged.
The slabs above the grave of Mil- ton which is inside the church also escaped damnge.
The bombs blew a hole in the northwest wall of the building and most of the stained glass windows were broken The church was gen- erally shaken hut there was no great damage.
In the London area, worden, and police are having somné dificulty in ment
RAID ON IRELAND:
FROM PAGE ONE
immediately Instructed the
persuading people to take cover dur- Irish Charge d'Affaires
nt Berlin,
ing air rafd warnings now that war- Mr. William Womack, tu protest to nings are becoming rurrence.
Common
the Nazi
Government.
full reparation
The
demanding
"Nazi
Announcement Bald.
The Areas of
While the majority of the prople troop off to the shelters, many prefer bombers Arw to continue their normal necupations Compile, Bannow, and Buncormick unless gun-fire or bomb explosions in Wexford County between 2 and 3
Bombs jum. to-day. are heard,
were dropped When sirens were sounded this at each point. The Co-operative wrecked afternoon, Counsel was speaking at a creamery at Compile was Court Martial at the Duke of York's and the failing masonry killed three
girl and injured another person." Headquarters.
also claimed that all of the planes returned safely.
Turning 10 the President, he queried: "Should one be Interrupted by this irrelevant German intrusion
The President answered: “No.” Counsel then continued his sperch.
6th Warning In Three Days LOLNDUN, Aug. 26 (Reuter) — The air raid alarm sounded in the | London aren this afternoon,
This was the 16th warning in Lons 1,250 a. don since the war began and the
sixth in three days.
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Policemen Killed LONDON, Aug 26 (Domel).-
five ralds London has experienerd during the week-end, Late Sunday [night and early to-day, Londoners were aroused by the wall of streng and screaming bombs in the second (night-rald in succession.
Flares were dropped in one outer London district lighting up a wide
The alarm sounded just after A area and a number of hombs were large number of planes, believed to dropped.
High explosives made 'n be enemy planes, had passed over the Jarge cruter in a London district road, Thames Estuary in the direction of blew out a tobacco store's front and London at a great height
shattered windows considerable
A. A. IN were in action and distance around. Belush fighters went up
clear
Twn
policemen were killed when Fifteen minutes. later, the
bombs wETE
the dropped early in Clear" was given in London and he morning half an hour after, the all Incidents had been reported.
signal was sounded, Scilly Isles Raids
the main chopping One fell in LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuter) thoroughfare and set fire to a gase Some 150 bombs were dropped on main, while another struck a water- the Sellly Isles thus momiig and main causing a number of canuiltles, yesterday
Faur bombs fell in the centre of Children on a beach were machine-residential district damaging scores gunned and several were wounded, of houses as well as a church. The statue of Milton outside the church was Elt.
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Thrill For Ambassador SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH'' NEW YORK. Auc. 28 (Domel).- Mr. Joseph Kennedy, United States BERLIN, Aug. 20 (Dame).-The Ambassador to London, and his staff heaviest air fighting in which Nazi had a big thrill in the Nazi air reid planes have taken part over South on London on Sunday night when a England, occurred over Canterbury, bonib fell only 100 feet from Mr. Deal, Folkestone. and Tonbridge, Kennedy's home in the suburbs of the
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Thirty-Seven Nazis Downed LONDON, Aug. 28 (Reuter)—-—-—-—--An Bombs On Harvest
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Ring Of Light LONDON, Aug. 20 (Router), -The thudding of bombs could be heard clearly among the tharper cracks of anti-aircraft guns.
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