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DISCRIMINATING HAND OF THE R.A.F. Italy And Germany Get Their Share Of Raids

Works Go Up

MANY DIE OF SUNSTROKE IN PORTUGAL

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Portugal yesterday suffered the worst heat experienced in seven years. Many died of sunstroke as the temperature rose to 100 in the shade and 150 in the sun at Oporto. Havas...

INVASION DANGER STALLED?

In Green Flame

AN AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE SAYS OUR BOMBERS AGAIN BOMBED ITALIAN AIRCRAFT FACTORIES AT MILAN AND TURIN AND WORKS AT BAD RHEINFELDEN AND A 【CHEMICAL WORKS AT WAIDSHUT, NEAR

THE GERMAN-SWISS FRONTIER.

Buildings were wrecked by direct hits and left in flames. Aerodromes at Freiburg and Habsheim, near Mulhouse, were heavily dam- aged.

Coastal Command aircraft made another successful attack on Boulogne harbour in the face of intense searchlight activity and heavy |A.A. fire.. All our aircraft returned..

Vivid flashes and flames lit up; An aerodrome at Mulhouse. the sky over the French coast in in Alcace, was also attacked. the direction of Boulogne early Hits were scored, on the land. yesterday, when the R.A.F. raid! ing ground and large buildings. on the port was in progress.

Harassing attacks on the Italian Explosions

heard by aircraft industry were again suc- were

Reuter. Watchers in

and Cessful. England searchlights and A.A.

guns were active for more than an hour,

Third Visit

For the third time within

Well-informed obser- week R.A.E. heavy bombers or

Sunday night attacked the

vers in London emphasis-Caproni aircraft factory at Milan

MORE VICHY BUSINESS

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H.M. the King held an in- vestiture at Buckingham Pa- lace on July 2. Photo shows Lieut. G. H. Stanning, R.N., ---who-was-awarded the ̈ D;S:0.--- He is seen on crutches leav- ing the Palace. (Copyright, Fox).

CAR BURSTS INTO FLAMES

INSOLATIONIST SUPPORT FOR WILLKIE

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SUPPORT FOR MR: WENDELL WILLKIE AND CONDEMNA- TION OF PRESIDENT ROOSE- |VELT'S FOREIGN POLICY WAS VOICED YESTERDAY BY SENA- TOR NYE, LEADER OF THE AMERICAN ISOLATIONIST

BLOC.

He supported the criticisms Mr. Willkie made on Saturday.

He agreed that President Roose- velt's foreign policy was useless and jeopardised the country's security.

Although he is opposed to con- scription, Senator Nye said that he was ready to support some form of national service. Havas.

TYPHOON NEARING

PRATAS

THE NO. 1 TYPHOON SIGNAL "A. TYPHOON EXISTS WHICH MAY POSSIBLY AF- FECT THE LOCALITY” -- WAS HOISTED AT NOON` TO-DAY, WHEN THE TYPHOON WAS JUST ÖVER 300 MILES EAST-

ed yesterday Britain's and the Fiat works at Turin, AS IS THE CASE WITH OF caught fire outside the house at THE BALINTANG CHANNEL: most outstanding chal-sites the Air Ministry news ser-FICIAL

vice.

A car belonging to Mr. Tsąn SOUTH-EAST OF THE COLONY Kit-yat of No. 88, Robinson Road, AND JUST COMING OUT OF FUNCTIONS, THE about 2 a.m. to-day A fire en- Its approximate position then FRENCH MEDICAL PROFES: eine arrived and extinguished the was about 150 miles due east of the SION WILL HENCEFORTH BE are within a few minutes. It is the Pratas Island - Lat. 150 miles CLOSED TO FOREIGNERS OR believed that the outbreak was Long. 119 operating

and it was slowly further north, severely dam- NATURALISED

FRENCHMEN caused by a short circuit. Damage moving in a north-westerly aged

BOTH IN FRANCE AND THE to the car is estimated at $700. direction. an aluminium works

on the German-COLONIES,

R.A.F.,

lenge to Nazi air hopes Other squadrons with the following com- ments, writes Reuter's air war correspondent.

Rheinfelden, Swiss frontier,

of

THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE ANNOUNCED

IN

Firstly, almost 25 per cent of A factory near the Rhine was VICHY YESTERDAY,

a

the German raiders on Sunday attacked for 90 minutes. To reach

The new decree provides that were brought down.

authorised to it our aircraft had to fly some 600 nobody will be Secondly, for the first time miles.

practice as a physician, dentist or whole enemy, squadrons were.. One of the first salvoes of pharmacist unless he is a French- destroyed.

heavy bombs

and by birth caused a high man

having chimney stack to fall. Then, French father.

more bombs found their Single exception will be made mark, there followed a steadily in the case of persons who "hon- spreading fire.

our their adoptive country scienti- fically or those who served in a fighting unit in the 1914 or 1939

Thirdly, the shell barrage de- fence by A.A. gunners proved deadly..

Fourthly, the enemy, however, were thrown by daylight against the best, defended port in the

world-London---

Green Flamės ·

Next a hydro-electric plant wars." Havas. and generators was hit, and later more high ex-| forging an answer to the quesplosives and canisters of incen- tion. "How do the Nazis plan diaries caused fires to spread an invasion or blockade?"

Fifthly, British fighters are housing turbines

rapidly.

AN ODD REPORT

FROM ROME ·

Sixthly, blockade. cannot be Another section of raiders saw (8PECIAL TO "CHINA" MAIL") sustained at the present rate of the wrecked plant illuminated by| German losses "which total near-green. Bames. ly 1,000 since June 18.

Still Our Moat

Seventhly, the English Channel, thanks to the R.A.F., Navy and Mercantile Marine, remains the English. Channel,"

Eighthly, 1 does not follow that the Nazis will try an inva- sion now, with the Luftwaffe act- ing its well-known' role' as leader of the army attack.

According to the Rome news-

Explosions occurred as fur paper "Corriere della Sera" yes-

21,

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ther. heavy bombs found the terday, the British Legation Inch Whisky

targets, including a direct hit Budapest has received instruc on a convertor plant. The whole tions from London to leave im- "area" appeared by now to be mediately for Britain.-Havas, .ablaxc.

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An electro-chemical works at - RUMANIA SACKS Waldshut, in the same region, JEWISH OFFICIALS

was also, attacked and set on fire.

Big Explosion

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Other aircraft bombed un nero-lous Rumantarl Ministries were

· Jewish, staff members of "vari- drome at Freiburg, north of dismissed yesterday as the Gov- Ninthly, the bombing

Bosle. It is believed that in this ernment applied new anti-Semi- British airfields and aircraft fittaci an ammunitic dump ex-tic laws. The movement is now

ploded. Productionscentres will pro

[extending to the theatre and bably be intensified. Thord

cinema, Havas.

may be a new wave of wan: its offensive as well as defensive! ton destruction and terrorlem action against Germany, and WEATHER FORECAST: -- West Meanwhile, the RAF is ex- German-occupied territories more pected to increase the weight of and more.

and south-west winds, fresh; cloudy generally, rain later.

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