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Mrs. Daisy Candwell, a North-East Coast L.D.V. 'Officer, who has been awarded the O.B.E. for bravery in capturing a German airman who came down by parachute in a field along- side her house. The airman was a pilot of a Junkers machine brought down by Spitfires. (Copyright, Fox).

AN EERIE EXPERIENCE

SEAMEN IN SHELLED CONVOY TELL STORY

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 24, 1940

BRITISH ARTILLERY REPLIES TO

TO NAZI BIG BERTHAS

ON THURSDAY NIGHT, BRITISH LONG- RANGE ARTILLERY ON THE COAST RE- FLIED TO THE NAZI SHELLING OF THE KENTISH COAST, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN LONDON YESTERDAY.

Only a few rounds were fired, and German news sources state that the shells fell in the neighbourhood of the Calais region.

Observers who visited the scenej of the German shelling yesterday said that the shell craters were nat very large and since most of the heavy missiles fell in roadway, the damage done was not extensive.

the

Indeed, this shelling hat brought out the fact that the main danger comes from broken or flying glass.

A church was damaged, one

BOMBS

BURN THE BREAD

wall being gone and its windows During yesterday's ear- smashed and twisted; the altar ly morning raid on Lon-

was untouched.

with amazing confidence, obser-

People whose homes were don, some bakers were damaged are taking the matter busy with the bread when vers report. There are no signs they heard the sound of of panic; they are already used to bombs falling. Someone

air bombing and seem determin-

ed to get used to anything.shouted "duck!" and they

did, promptly.

Reuter.

German Reports

They escaped with a few cuts. Berlin has, as usual, been giv-They were taken away to hospital ing out different accounts of the attended to, and no one remem- to have their superficial injuries shelling by the German coastal bered the bread. It was burnt to batteries in France.

ļa crisp!

One message says that an at-

In a public park, statues were tack was made on a convoy by turned right round and the win- German 'planes and not by

dows of an adjacent 'A.F.S. head- coastal batteries, the Implica-

It was still

PASSENGER

AIR-LINER

DISASTER

Fourteen lost their lives when a passen- ger 'plane from Bucharest to Vienna made a forced landing in mountainous coun- try east of Arad, ́in western Rumania near the Hungarian fron- tier yesterday, says a Bucharest despatch to the German news agency.

Four of the remain-' ing seven passengers are stated to have been

injured. The 'plane was completely destroyed. Reuter.

HEAVY

R.A.F. RAID WATCHED

tion being that the coastal bat quarters were smashed.

Near a cinema that was hit, an The flashes of German teries were not in action. THE EERIE EXPERIENCE of finding A second says that the batteries air raid warden found, a sparrow anti-aircraft guns in the

were firing "for practice" and in a bomb crater.

alive and had apparently been direction of Boulogne themselves among bursting shells without were not aimed at the convoy.blown from some trees close by were seen from the south-

Most domestic pets were lucky any visible projecting agency was described by the crews of British ships which docked at CRACK NEW

a south-east coast port last night.

Reuter.

They were in the convoy which was bom-PLANES FROM

barded by German long-range guns in the Channel on Thursday.

"When the first shells fell near us, we wondered what was happening,” declared an A.A. gunner in one of the leading vessels.

"I had

had. experience

of

shelling in a previous encounter

al assertion

LETTERS TO

English that the anything like this before.

"You can see what is com-

Ing when

bombs

drop

but

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with shells you just

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flash and then wait:"

Once the crews had

tained the origin of the

ascer- shells

and noticed they were all falling wide of the mark, however, they regarded the novelty with only faint interest,

Not So Dangerous,

OCCUPIED

COUNTRIES

AMERICA

during the raid. A parrot few east coast late last night. out of its cage when a bomb fell just outside and it was found later In the street, unharmed.

The owner was half buried in

debris, but dragged herself out of

a pile of tiles. and bricks. Reuter.

STOCK MARKET CHANGES

They began shortly before 9` p.m. and dotted the French coast. ilne along several miles, seemingly. Indicating that an "R‚A.F. "rald" of unusual ̈propor--

tions was in progresB.. Occasionally more'. diffused flashes, believed to be caused by bombs, lit the sky.-Reuter.

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New types of aircraft are now being produced in The London Stock Exchange

SINCE JUNE 18, 1,008 GER- the United States, and de-was quiet and easy during most

of yesterday's session but turned MAN 'PLANES. HAVE BEEN tails about two of them Istendier at the close. The down-DESTROYED AROUND BRI-

drift was due to the pre-week-|TAIN., a fighter and a bomber-

Since the middle of May, R.A.F. end evening up of positions. In have now been released.dian Government stocks were bombers have dropped 100,000 Major-General Arnhold, Chief marked higher for the first time tons of bombs on nearly 600 mili- it is believed tary targets in Germany, targets of the US. Army Air Command, in several weeks, unveiled the fighter at Los An- owing to the local view that the which were chosen for their im- situation in India is improving. portance to the Nazi war machine, geles.

Wall Street was irregular. R.A.F. bombers flew 3,000,000 Imiles in the same period.-Reuter. Reuter.

Known as the P-30; it is said to be the fastest in the world, with a speed of around 500 miles) an hour and a cruising range of

one;

It is notified that the arrange-1,100 miles. Twin-engined, it is ments published in Government a single-seater fitted with

cannon and five Notification 312 of 12th March, quick-firing 1940, regarding communications, machine-guns.

The recent confident Ministe: i-to enemy countries have now been

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Lockheeds, who are building`it,

al assertion that the English extended to cover communications state that Britain has ordered 800; ... Channel remains the English for persons residing in Belgium, at a cost of £15,000,000,

Ger- Channel is so far not in the Czechoslovakia, Denmark, least impaired by these "Big man occupied France, Germany, Bertha" tactics, according to Holland, Italy, Italian possessions, other members of the crews. Luxemburg, Norway, German oc They declared that the long-cupied Poland and the Channel range shelling was much less Islands.

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Major-General Arnold also revealed that a new bomber, the biggest in the world, wil take the air this autumą.

New] will be able to fly, from York to Europe and then back to Los Angeles!

dangerous than the aquadron The conditions are as in the of Messerschmidts which dive-previous Notification quoted above

Air correspondents in London bombed the convoy after the except as follows: Letters must be newspapers yesterday spoke of guns from shore ceased fire.in English or in the language of bombers now in production "Although our gunners

gave the country for which they are in-the Royal Air Force which will think tended (except Czech),

-them something to

- about too," added one stolid Scot-

itish skipper-Reuter..

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Erasures are not permitted, and surpass the Wellingtons, Whitleys and Handleys now performing letters must omit the senders adgood service. dresses. No reference is allowed

No details are given, of course,

to. any locality or journey in Great but the correspondents say that

Britain.

thio) new 'planes are remarkably Where replies are required they easy to manoeuvre considering should be addressed to the send-their size.-Reuter.

ers c/o Post Box 500, Lisbon (Lis

sabon, in the case of Germany of German occupied territory.).

REMOVED FROM LISTS OF CHIVALRY

of

The official Nazi news agency yesterday quoted "Inter France," --which is described as a paper SIR OLIVER LODGE The King yesterday command-

ed the reinoval from lists the Vichy "closely allied with

Government," in which a writer Among the many messages of honorary members of British Or- says the Jewish question in sympathy received in Britain over ders of Chivalry and from the France has become acute and calls the death of Sir Oliver Lodge, the Roll of foreign holders of British for suspension of the decree of noted scientist, is a cable from decorations and medals, all për“ April 26, 1030, for the protection Mr. Mackenzie King, tho Canadian sons of German and Italian na-

Prime Minister.-Reuter,

lonnlity. Reuter; of Jews-Reuter.

RED CROSS HDQ'S.

LONDON ENG

Acting on the suggestion made by Sandy Mutch, a private In the Canadian army, Deanna Durbin sent 500-recordings of 'her own songs to the headquarters of the British Red Cross in. London: The records will be distributed among hospitals, train- ing camps and field bases of the British and French forces. Mutoh wrote to the star, tailing of the loneliness of a' soldier's life and suggested that it might be lightened farrangemente could be made for Deanna's songs to be heard by the soldiers.