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GERMAN BOMBER OF FREEDOM'S RAIDS

BOMBEROFRED'S

CRASHES ON SHIP'S DECK

GESTAPO

AT WORK IN TOKYO

AN ADMIRALTY communique issued in London last evening revealed that one of our convoys was repeatedly attacked in the North Sea by German aircraft on Thursday afternoon.

No damage was done to any of the ships in convoy or the escorting warships. One of the escorting vessels, H.M.S. Weston, shot Further details have down one enemy aircraft; there were no ca- been released in London|sualties in Weston. about the German Gesta-] On another part of the North Sea, the Bri- po man who is attached tish-steamship Highlander was twice attack- to the Japanese Home

ed by enemy aircraft on Thursday night. Office.

In the first attack the enemy While doing so the German He is a member of the Storm-

aircraft dropped bombs which aircraft was hit by the defensive Trooper Security Service and wus appointed in July, 1937, as In-missed and then raked the ship armament of the Highlander and formation Officer to the Japanese with machine-gun fire. Home Omce following Japan's adherence to the Anti-Comintern Pact

At the beginning of the war, he was attached to the German Embassy In Tokyo and was thus a channel between the Embassy and the Japanese Home Office.

He is known to have had great influence over Japan's internal affairs, although since the Soviet-

was seen to crash into the sea in flames 100 yards astern of the ship.

AMERICANS Crashed On Poop! FIGHT FOR BRITAIN

SHRINE

Before the latest Canadian contingent sailed from Ottawa for England, Mr. Mackenzie King, the Dominion Premier, sent a farewell mes- sage to their

com- mander, saying:

"Behind you stands a united people pledg- ed to support you with all their strength and power. You jour ney across the seas to defend the innermost shrine of freedom in the ancient land of Britain which, by its example, has taught the world what free- dom means."-Reu-

·ter,.

EIREAN STEAMER BOMBED

THE

CONTINUE

An Air Ministry com- munique issued in Lon- don yesterday states: R.A.F. bombers yesterday, made daylight attacks on aerodromes in Leuwarden and Hamsted in Holland.

A hangar was hit and many. aircraft were -machine-gunned on the ground. One of our air- craft is missing.

During the night our bombers attacked synthetic oil plants at

Gelsenkirchen,

Kameri, Hom-

burg and Reishoiz, near Dussel- dorf, the Krupps Works at Essen- and supply. depots at Hamm, Krifeld and Mannheim and veral aerodromes in north-west. Germany.

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The damage inflicted on the ol! targets is belleved to have considerable. All been aircraft returned safely.

our

It is now known that another enemy seaplane was destroyed in combat with British bombers on Wednesday. Reuter.

CAUGHT A TARTAR

DEPART WITH IMPUNITY.

GERMAN ATTACK

A SMALL BRITISH MER- CHANTMAN WHICH HAS AR- RIVED AT AN EAST SCOTLAND A STATEMENT ISSUED BY PORT TELLS A STORY WHICH

INFORMATION BUREAU SHOWS THAT

CANNOT OF THE EIREAN GOVERNMENT BOMBERS Two minutes later the High-IN DUBLIN YESTERDAY ON SOLITARY - MERCHANTMEN lander was attacked by another BEHALF OF THE German aircraft. Again the MENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

The ship's crew state that their bombs missed.

DISCLOSES THAT THE IRISH-vessel was attacked at night off REGISTERED STEAMER KERRY North-East Scotland by two Ger- As the aircraft circled to re-HEAD WAS ATTACKED

ON man bombers, which dropped an new the attack it was hit, caus-ITH URSDAY BY GERMAN aerial torpedo. - OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF ing it to lose height. The port BOMBERS NEAR THE EN.

A single burst from the ship's German agreement last August his THE BATCH OF CANADIAN wing of the aircraft struck the TRANCE TO OYSTER HAVEN, anti-aircraft gun sent one 'plane activity has been dimmed some- TROOPS WHICH

port lifeboat at the davits, This COUNTY CORK. HAVE JUST

down in flames and a little later swung the machine round and Several bombs were dropped the whatReuter.

second was also brought it crashed onto the poop of near the vessel which sustained down into the sea. the Highlander.

some damage. None of the mem- The crews of both 'planes are bers of the crew was injured. believed to have been lost, Yesterday morning the High The statement adds that the Reuter. The troops will later join the|

lander steamed into harbour with Irish_charge d'affaires in Berlin; First Canadian Division, together the wreckage of the German air-has been instructed to lodge a Office and claim compensation for forming the Canadian Active craft on the poop.

protest with the German Foreign the damage caused.-Reuter. Service Corps.

SOVIET ON THE RAMPAGE

ARRIVED IN-ENGLAND-19-THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN CITI. ZENS AMONG THEM. ·

Major-General W. V. Odlum, the officer commanding, express-

Soviet reports that "ter-ed amazement at the precision and efficiency of the naval ar- rorism" in Helsinki are

rangements which were respon- exaggerated, according to sible for the voyage being un- Finnish reports reaching eventful, and said: "We look for- ward to the time when the Bri- London from Helsinki tish people will be able to resume the offensive on the Continent last night.

and carry the war into Germany.

The reports state that on June Germany has asked for it and 30 the Friends of the Soviet" she is going to get it!"-Reuter. staged a ⚫ demonstration and marched through the main greets of Helsinki shouting "Down with the Government," "Finland-will-be-bombed-again" and other threats. A few arrests were made.

:

On Thursday night. a similar] demonstration took place in Hel-

NEW TRADE

ORDER

The Controller of Trade has pro- sinki. The police intervened and hibited under an Order published some of the crowd threw stones, in the "Gazette" this morning, the three policemen being injured.......

A demonstration on a smaller export and re-export, except by

licence of all goods to the under Ecale occurred in Tampere but

mentioned destinations. there were no other disturbances anywhere fri`Finland-Reuter.

PRESS PEER IN WAR CABINET

Only casualty sustained in the Highlander was two men wound- ed.-Reuter. ·

300 PLANES A MONTH FROM U.S.

The British Purchasing Commission intimated yes-

that terday

deliveries of United States planes, to Great Britain are now approxi- mately 300 a month compar- ed with 200 a month last April. The Commission in- dicated that British war pur- chases from America now ex- cceded

thousand the two million dollar mark,-Reuter.

BRITISH AIRMEN IN CANADA

The first party of British' air- inen, numbering, 22, have arrived in Canada for training under thei Commonwealth air training plan, it was disclosed in Toronto yes- terday-Reuter.

Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugo-Slavia, Hungary, U.S.S.R. (Black Sea ports), Turkey, Fin- Hand, Sweden, the Baltic states, Switzerland, Spain, and Spanish dependencies including the Span- It was officially announced inish zone of Morocco, Portugal and London yesterday that, the Prime Portuguese Atlantic Islands, and Minister has invited Lord Beaver-Tangler. brook to be a member of the Applications for licences inust War Cabinet," For the time be- specify in as great defalt as pos~ ing Lord Beaverbrook will con-sible the route by which the goods tinue to be Minister of Aircraft concerned will reach their destin- 22 Production-Reuter.

lation,

WHEAT SALE

Mr. Mackinnon, Canadian

·Minister of Trude, yesterday confirmed the sale of 100,- 000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat to the British Ministry of. Food at a price. "consider- ably above the market level,"

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