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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1939

Pets) Supreme Court

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Defence Chief's

Chief's Objections To Deep Air

Air Raid Shelters

Big Crowds As Bomb Targets

Sir John Anderson's reasons for rejecting Finsbury Borough Council's plan to construct deep air-raid shelters for its entire day population of 142,000, at a cost of £1,387,000, has been published.

Writing to the Town Clerk of Finsbury, Mr. J. E. Arnold James, Sir John Anderson says:

A shelter, however strongly pro- of 10cwt each, we do not feel that tected, is of no value to those who it could be guaranteed to resist cannot or do not reach it.

them.

On any probable view of the

Such a large-scale shelter would conditions of an actual air raid have streame of people running there would not be any real pros- towards it from all directions, pect that the inhabitants of the

Only two entrances have been borough as a whole would succeed provided for an average influx of within the warning period in gain-30-40 people per second. When an ing access to the proposed shelters: air raid is imminent crushing and

The distance which would have panic would be likely. to be covered, the scale upon which The assumed rate of entry is the entrances are conceived, and nearly three times that permitted the actual form which the shelters by the L.C.C. theatre regulations, take afford little hope that more and twice the maximum observed than a proportion would secure | by the IP.T.B. at station entrances. cover before the end of the warn- ing period.

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Suitability of the shelter cannot be judged only upon the safety which it would afford to those who are in it. It is of equal import- ance that the persons for whom it is intended should be able to reach and enter it.

EXPERTS' CRITICISMS

TORNADO LIFTS

CHURCH AND CONGREGATION

Lifted bodily into the air by a whirlwind, a church at Center- point, Arkansas, U.Si, was carried several hundred yards with the congregation inside. Sixteen bo-

dies have been recovered.

A tornado cut through an area six miles long, swept the small community away and left, accord- ing to an eye-witness, "nothing but a hole in the ground.'

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IMPERILLED IN SWATOW RAID

Swatow, To-day.

Thirty-five persons were killed and wounded in the course of the two air-raids carried out by Japan- ese planes yesterday.

Some 30 houses were de- moblished. The waterfront of the city was also bombed and machine-gunned during the se- cond raid in the afternoon. Eight coolies were wounded.

Machine-gun bullets also struck the s.s. Haitan and the s.s. Sun Hai Mun, but none of the crew were hit.

Jardine property was shower- of pretty girls to act as recruiting led with shrapnel and a bomb fell sergeants for National Service dur-200 yards west of the Jardine ing the Wimbledon Tennis. Fort-office. Their property was ma- night this summer.

chine-gunned and coolies killed They will have a special stand or wounded. H.M.S. Folkestone at the Wimbledon. Stadium during had a narrow escape from ma- the tattoo there.

chine-gunning. Reuter see the Our Own Correspondent.

and a

FINSBURY MAYOR'S REPLY Dr. C. L. Katial, Mayor of Fins- All those going in to reporter that the tattoo will get a leaflet bury, told a Council's experts would imme-smile. When they leave they will to leave their names diately examine Sir John Ander-be invited son's letter, and a reply might be and addresses.

"We have not decided how we sent.

Many of the objections raised, he said, could be answered, and were not conclusive.

"We had intended, for instance, allocate every person in the

Sir John Anderson adds that the report of consulting engineers of to high standing is unfavourable to borough: to shelters, which would (overcome one of the major criti-

shall choose the girls, or whether they will wear uniform or summer frocks," said one officials,

of the tattoo

of this report, signed by cisms made." Mr. Katial continued 100 NEW BOMBERS

the scheme. A copy Mr. David Anderson, Mr. B. L. Hurst and the late Mr. H. Japp, is enclosed with the letter. They ad- mit the ingenuity of the scheme, but offer the following objections: It collects a very large number of people in one spot (in one case, Finsbury-square, 12,359), and any would .such large concentration

probably form a definite target for

bombs.

Although we understand that this structure has been designed to withstand general purpose bombs

“I am convinced, moreover, that by zoning the shelters safety for all concerned could be obtained within the period of warning given. Our entrance ramps were to be 20ft. wide surely no comparison with L.C.C. theatre regulations.

"Sir John Anderson refers to his experts of high standing. But he has no monopoly of experts. technical engineers have not over- looked the difficulties."

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Swatow, To-day. Messages from Foochow last night state that Changchów severely bombed during the week- end. Some 50 bombs were dropped in the city, killing and wounding over 100 civilians, and damaging 80 dwellings. Our Own Corres- pondent,

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