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BRITISH PILOT BAGS SIX Over Western
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LONDON, Dec. 18 (British Are Advocated by
Mrs Roosevelt
December 17, 1940.
TURKISH FLOODS
Torrential Rain · Swamps Plains
ISTANBUL, Dec. 18 (Reuter),—.| Widespread floods have caused serious damage in Anatolia.
Torrential rains have swollen, the Simby and Hanito Rivers, which have again Inundated the districts which were flooded last year.
Wireless). How a British pllot] flying an eight-gunned fighter.
The low-lying regions in the. over the Western Desert brought
province of Smyrna are also under down alx Italian CR-42's in a
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Reu-waler, quarter of an hour is told in hister)Outright cash gifts to but the damage is larite.
So far no casualties are reported report.
Britain rather than loans, were Snowstorms and Bitter 'cold between Bardia and Salium, he saw advocated by Mrs. Roosevelt at reported throughout Turkey. nix Breda-05's escorted by five CR-a press conference to-day. 42's flying two at one level and three Asked whore such a gift would come from; she replied: "From Diving to attack, he fired bursis at the two high Italians and saw their Government" adding, "Ultimate-
Flying 12,000 feet up somewhera
lower down.
Hongkong To
machines turn over and the pilots ly they would come from the See Timely
bale out. Carrying on the dive to pockets of you and me.” the lower three, he got burata Into! "A certain number of people," she the leader and the starboard aircraft, continued, "are under the impression the pilots of which also ook to that we are giving aid to England, parachutes. The Bth and last of the but we must face the reality. We are escort was overtaken, later and being paid." shared a similar fate.
Attacked By Three Planes
As soon as this victim was disposed of the British pilot found himselt at meked by three other
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A news film which comes at a She added that gifts would be less particularly opportune time is to be likely to involve the United States in shown at the Queen's Theatre to- war than would loans. Sending sup- day; it reveals what comparatively. plies to Britain had been helpful to little damage has been caused to The report continued:
put the United States in that it had London by the constant Nazi air everything forward and touched 400 helped to stimulate Industry in the ralds. m.p.h. and got away. My dive interests of the United States National brought me down to 3,800 feet over Defente. Sallum Bay. There. I ยอพ two "We do not see that there must be more CR's making their way
a reason to talk about loans. We concentrated chiefly on pictorialising The leader: saw. me should not make the mistakes we the damage which has been caused,
and they
ported. made the last time."
has served to provide a slight loss of perspective. Undoubtedly Londen has suffered; but this authentic news serves to remind that in relation to the whole, the damage to the Empire's capital is Insignificant,
burst to
Assistance Sought
gest that London is in ruins, and the fact that noiva cameramen have
fin
In addition the in contains other
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON,, Dec, 10 (UP),~~-[1
ball confrmed by high emcinis interesting shots, and concludes with that the British Government has a moving record of the King's speech asked the United States for financial from Buckingham Palace during an assistance, Tlicy suid that
Sirnir raid. The speech was heard in Frederick Phillips, who is at present Hongkong, but its effect and impres conferring with Mr Henry Morgen- siveness heightened on the screen tau, Secretary of the Treasury, had by the use of background material. asked for aid but the type of loan or Wille the King speaks the camera the amount is not known.
Both the leader and I stall-turned- Mrs Roosevelt nodded when asked and we faced cach other head on. If she meant that these loans were not don't think he bad much ammunition
ion repaid.. 43 I saw only small bursts of incendiarles pass me. I held my very short distance and just, managed to clear him. Turning back, I saw him going down vertically."
"More Excitement · The pilot's excitement was not yet over, for three more CR-42's attacked him and the bullets of their guns pierced the glycol tank,-an integral part of the fiquld engine cooling system-and he was all but suffocated by the fumes. Fortunately the Italians broke off the chase on being fred at by A.A. gung and the
Pilot managed to land safely, being picked up by British reconnaissance troops. Next day he rejoined his squadron and once more started dying against the enemy.
Repeal Act, Proposal
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UP).--- Representative Sol. Bloom, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Com- mittec, proposed to-day that the Neutrality. Act be repealed in order Britain. He to give more help to said: "There is no use in footing our- selves. If Is necessary to repent the Act in order to help Bellain, it should
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England
Carmelite monks have return- ed to Kent after 400 years ab-
He emphasized that he is strongly opposed to the use of United States warships as escorts for vessels British convoys.,
LONDON, Dec.
16
in
returning
Belgium Feels Pinch sence. Members of the frater-
Of Food Shortage nity have established themselves in houses at. Faversham and
(Reuter) Sittingbourne.
German soldiers in Brussels salute Refugees frem Mount Carmel, Belgian reserve officers brown and white, first come to out Rallan air force officers, according to dressed in grotesque capes of striped from prison camps but do not salute with Sir Richard Gray when he re-the Free Belgian news agency, turned from leading the Crusaders in The agency also reports that food Palestine 700 years ago.
shops in Belgium have closed owing to a shortage of supplies and it is believed that the local authorities will primary foodstuffs,
bulit them a house at Ayles- where, a few years later, they
several priories.
Although Belgian prisoners of war solution and scattered over the Conis taking a long time.
They were driven out at the Disare now being released, their return
tinent. Hitler's bordes have driven them back.
Traffic Offence
M. d'Almada Remedios of 1 Liber- ly Avenue, Homuntin, was summon- ed before Mr. Q. A. A, Macfadyen at Kowloon Magistracy to-day for fali- Ing to keep to the left cido of the road when driving a motorcycle_In| Kowloon on November 23, Tho summons was admitted and a caution was administered.
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" HANOI, Dec. 18 (Domei). Vice-Admiral Jenn Decoux,, the Governor-General of French Indo-China, left here for Saigon by an Air France plane at 5 o'clock this afternoon. It is understood that the Governor- General will stay at Saigon for about a month or two.
the Governor's trip in view of the Observers see unusual significance current border dispute with Thailand and the recent series of riots by An- homites in Cochin-China.
Major-General Raishiro
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