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Erie, BLOBE • Victor JOXY • Roger PRTON • Warren HULL • Based on a ultry by Lou's Jeraph Yance Screen play by John Lorkka • Diraded by Sidney Solkow & COLUMBIA PICTURE
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Home Guard R.A.F. RUPTURES
Arrests Suspects
A thrilling story of how mem. bers of the Home Guard, an A.R.P, warden, and the regular police co-operated in the capture of two men, suspected of being concerned in a daring attempt at burglary, was revealed at Fal-
kirk,
The suspects appeared before the Sheriff and, after examinn- tion, were recommitted to prison ponding further inquiries.
At an early hour. the previous day the noise of a violent explosion was heard in the Grahamston area, and appeared to come from the premises
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Harvest Rotting In Fields
LONDON, Nov. 19 (Reuter)-Production at Krupps, the blg German munitions works atEssen, has been reduced by 50 per cent, by I.A.F. raids.
Some departments have been closed and others have had to be moved. The works are now having great difficulty in obtaining regular supplies of raw materials because of transport troubles caused by wrecked railway junctions.
"Three sections of the factory have been hit and put out of commission, and
bomb one particularly heavy penetrated to the underground work- shops before exploding and wrecking the the place,
RAF
These examples of the accuracy of bombers are given by the Air which stated that news now
of the Falkirk and District. Co-Britain indicated a growing
operative Society in Graham's Road. disruption of industry in cities
GREEK SOIL: IS CLEARED
FROM PAGE. ONE
in and 75 captured early this morning
A constable on duty in the locallis Western Germany as the result of the in Italo-Greek clash in the Kalamas
river valley, where the Italians re-i enlisted the help of
of an A.B.P.
Biteraldur large buildings of the Union treated across the river. from the wardens' den
post opposite,
that the It is also reported and proceeded to investigate. As tiny Chemical Factory on an island at the approached the premises a man was junction of the
Oder and Molle Albanian Minister of Justice, M. seen running away. The constable Rivers at Stettin have been wrecked. Diater Yp! was killed, and two
ued the
're others wounded, by the explosion of and the warden at once pursued
At Hanover, the biggest oll man, and after an exciting chase they finery is completely destroyed and the time bomb in the Ministry overtook and captured him. They Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company's fac-Justice at Tirana last Monday. took him to the Home Guard room tory at Bremen is out of production. Virtually Encircled at Bainsford Canal Bridge, and on their arrival there were surprised to find another man under detention.
Warned To Watch
A member of the Home Guard on duty at the bridge had been respon sible for his capture. Having been previously warned to keep watch for
from another
the suspects
part of country, who were known to be the town, the Hone Guard had halted the
man at the point of the rife, asked to see his identity card, and, noting where the man came from, promptly had him placed in guardroom.
to
the
The two suspects were later driven
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Confessions of a
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Europa, Germany's biggest liner, is reported to have been hit amidships while in dock there.
Fokker Works Damage to the power house of the Folker Works at Amsterdam has stopped production there for some wecks.
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BUDAPEST, Nov. 10 (UP)-The Greek radio reports the Greeks have now virtually encircled Koritza and are constantly shelling the only road left for the Italian retreat.
Eleven Italian planes were shot down last Tuesday at Korliza from It is stated that despite Nazi ef-which town Italians have fled into at secrecy, harvests in many Yugo-Slavia where they surrendered forts
arts of the country nee rotting un- 1,200 machineguns, parts
aired in the fields, disorganlan- of transport being so acute that sumelent workers cannot be taken to the Belds; nor can crops be moved to store-houses.
Consolidating Positions
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
(UP),~The LONDON, Nov. 10 "Exchange Telegraph's" correspon- dent at Athens reported that on At Magdeburg, for example the Tuesday night, the Greeks were con-
crops
of Saxony has been brought to further forward although the italians
This, it is stated, la have been strongly reinforced. gathering of the wheat and potato soildating their positions and pushing causing concern to formers who will Examination of the Co-operative & standstill.
Nine Italian planes were shot down: premises revealed that a determined unable to clear the ground in time, along the front on Tuesday. but unsuccessful attempt had been be made to blow open the safe, against; which articles had been
placed to
for next year's planting.
Throughout Germany, refugees Ola
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deaden the noise of the explosion. are finding means to avoid the ofleet Commission Accuses TO-MORROW
ban and are
are evacuating themselves The handle of the safe was blowban
out of reach of the long motor Ten Shipping Coys.
off and the lock badly damaged, but
the door was jammed. The celling was discoloured by the upward blast of the explosion, but there was no other damage.
U.S. Search For Quinine Substitute
DETROIT, Oct. 31 (UP)---- The discovery of an easy method of solving a difficult step in the search for a quinine substitute, was reported by two University of Purdue chemists at a meeting of the American Chemical So- ciety.
of
R.A.F. Many of are making Austria and particularly Vienna where the food situation is
reported
FROM PAGE ONE
to be becoming acute and where they are not welcomed by the Viennese Il-feeling appears to be growing and porting raw silk into the United) demonstrations against German re- States and allegedly falsely buling it fugees are frequently reported.
Dir
Hamburg Ruined
LONDON, Nov. 10 (Router).
in
as cotton or other material.
The Japaneze companies involved Included the Nippon Yusen Kaisha "Hamburg has lost its vital war role," and the Milsul Bussan Kaistra. writes the "Yorkshira Post" military.The Commission charged that the correspondent. "The week-end opera- carriers purposely, kept themselves tions on Hamburg farm the greatest ignorant of the the character of the
effort
of the war on one objective. goods shipped because insistence There can be little left of military upon the true billing of silk would resulted in loss of se in this great and all storages have immediately steamship lines. are wrecked and the works of Blom nre extensively damaged, Dock sheds have gone up in smoke and sunken ships.block the channels. The big oil refinery, with a capacity of 400,000 metric tons, connot now be
much value. of
and
U.S. WARSHIPS AFIRE
> FROM PAGE ONE
South Dakota, Slates.battleshly. under construction in the yards of
The Neuhof power station is on short time and slipways of the Isle The importance of making the of Walteshole! have been destroyed, United States-independent of with the ships and submarines on foreign sources of quinine is them
Docks. Destroyed based on the possibility
"The dockside produce markets the New York Shipbuilding Com- greater troop concentrations in
were destroyed earlier, oil tanks have puny, but it was soon got under
control. the Canal Zone area, where an been blown up, à vegetable oil fac-Į
Three workmen are reported miss- bern gutted
and the adequate supply of malaria- tory has
beening in the smoke-filled hold and at least seven others were overcome by fighting drugs is vital, Profes-Rhenania Ossng Works has
"The week-end explosions used smoke, Bors Henry B. Hass and H.C. badly damaged. Huffman of Purdue reported.
numerous fires in grain stores and factories.
The only source of quinine is Javn in the Dutch East Indies, the chem- ists pointed out, and the life-line might be severed in event of war,
The present synthetic anti- malarials are atabrine and plasmo- chin, which are used to supplement quinine, thus conserving supplies of the drug.
Hass and Huffman disclosed they had made possible an easier synthesis of ataurine and plasmochin search and many related compounds which, It is hoped, will yield one or more better quinine substitutes.
LATE NEWS
LONDON, Nov. 20 (Reuter)A programme for the training and em- ployment of half a million women for! arms production will be announced on Thursday by the Ministry of
Labour,
•
LONDON, Nov. 20 ́(Router) -Ger- man synthetic oil workcs at Luena were attacked yesterday by R.A.F. bombers. Several large fires were left raging. Coastal aircraft downed a Dornier flying-boat and Heinkel seaplane
"Hamburg shipping is dend and] workmen have been drafted else
where.
DOVER SHELLED
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 19 (UP).-German "Military objectives in the city long range gun shells crashed over form a large area, closely grouped, Dover for nearly an hour shortly and all that remains is blackened before noon. Two gun salvoes were
by
shots. shell. Hamburg, as a port, no longer fred, followed
single operates and when our last bombers Neither casualties nor damage were returned to-day, the second city of reported. Germany may be sold to have lost its vital role in the war. Its mil-
MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (Reuter)-Sir ways have been ploughed, the Altona electric works and Brembech gan Stafford Cripps, the British Ambas works have been heavily straddled sndor in Moscow, saw M. Vishinsky, and traffic and sorting yards have Vice-Commissor for Foreign Affairs,
Ito-day. been reduced to chaos."
Nazi Il-Treatment Of
British Prisoners U.S.A. Asked To Intercede
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LONDON, Nov. 19 (Reuter):-The American Government has been asked to make plain to Germany their responsibilities regarding prisoners of war, declared Mr. Anthony Eden, Secret- ary of State for War, in the House of Commons to-day. Ne
Declaring that he was very dis-play games owing to the lack of satisfied with the position of British ordinary food. prisoners of war in certain camps in
that the Mr. Eden said it w known that Germany, Mr. Eden gald
WAS being many British prisoners were without German Government urged through available diplomatic winter clothes. The British Govern- channels to fuldt their obligations and ment was trying to bring about a the American, Government in the remedy; there was no doubt whore last few days had been naked to make the responsibility lay. representations,
The Postmaster General had said
Mr. Eden waS: replying to
to a ques that the number of parcels sent to tion which suggested that British British prisoners during October was prisoners of war, were too weak to nearly 90,000, 2
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