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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 26;-1940.

CASUALTY TOLL IN WEST COUNTRY PORT

of

TWENTY-THREE enemy« aircraft which most were bambers were shot down | over England up to 8 p.m. yesterday.

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Four British fighters were lost but three pilots are safe, states a joint Air Ministry and Home Security communique, which adds that enemy aircraft crossed the Dorset coast yes- terday and attacked Bristol.

Bombs were dropped near the coast and in the outskirts of Bristol. causing some damage and killing and injuring a number of people.

There has also been some minor enemy activity over! south-east England hut reports Indicate little damage and few casualties. The enemy was en gaged by British fighters at all points.

Systematic Counter

Continuing. the communique

JUGOSLAV ANTI-BRITISH GESTURE A further

example

of the pressure- ex- ercised on the Jugo slav Press is provided by the authorities' suppression of the daily news sheet is sued by the British- controlled news agency Britanova, and the pro-British Serbo- Croat periodical Bri-

tannia,

WONDERFUL AIR

RECORD OF CANADA

IN LONDON DEFENCE

states that throughout Tuesday A WONDERFUL RECORD in the defence

Inight, our bombers continued

their systematic attacks on enemy of London has been achieved by fighter pilots invasion ports including Delfziul,

'Havre.

Ostend, Calais, Cherbourg and Le of the original "All Canadian” Squadron of the Royal Air Force, formed in England, says Reuter's Air Correspondent.

Many fires and explosions re- Isulted.

of

In addition to attacks on Berlin,

our

an aircraft attacked

It was revealed last night that for the past as already reported, other forces fortnight they figured in six fights. Fifty-five clectric power station at Finken- enemy aircraft is their total bag. This repre- Frankfurt-on-Oder,sents a loss of some 140 men to the German Magedesburg, goods-yards at Air Force. The Canadians lost only two men.

heerd near railway communications mea*

Hamm and Brussels gun emplace- ments at Cap Gris Nez and several -aerodromes.

On September, 18 the "All Canadians" helped to give the German bomber force the biggest An aircraft of the Coastal Command attacked a convoy of beating of any which have tried to reach the capital in daylight. enemy vessels off Terschelling

Together with Spitfire on Tuesday night. One of the

other Hurricane pilots they metį; vessels was hit by three bombs the enemy-flying in two large and was left sinking...

formalions at 17,000 feet-well) Two of our aircraft were lost out over the Thames Estuary. in night operations. Reuter.

TRADE OF U.K.

and!

Leading the attack they dived about on the first group of -20-bombers-which-at-the startį were in close formation, split! them up and shot down nine Dornler 17's and five Junkers 88's.

...

CHANGES IN

FOOD

RATIONING

The Minister of Food,

The squadron-leader said: "The explaining the changes in sky seemed to be full of Spit- fires and Hurricanes queueing up food rations in a broad- to attack enemy aircraft. It was Exports of the United King- the finest shambles I have ever

cast speech, warned lis- dom goods in August were valued been in. We had position, height teners, "during the second at £32,554.729 against £31,189,- and numbers. The enemy were

244 in July and £37,070,974 a a dirty looking collection." year of war, you must not

year ago.

On September 17, when the air Imports totalled £95,019,855

battle for the factories, docks, expect to have all the against £87,007,530 in the pre-

greater London things to choose from that. vious month and £81,073,119 in railways in the

area began with a mass attack by August last year.

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Re-exports in these periods were respectively £1,391,968 £1,819,264 and £4,488,371.

daylight, the Canadians chased a you have had in the first large formation from East London year..

to the coast and shot down four

For the first eight months of Dornier 215 bombers, six Messer-I am sure when you realise this year, imports were £792,-schmidt 110 fighter-bombers and that, quite suddenly, we lost all the supply of butter, eggs, bacon 927,723 Exports at £312,630,969, two single-seater fighters. jshowed an increase of £3,726,053

over the first eight months 1038..

The last occasion a mass attack and condensed milk that used to of was made, on September 15, "both come from our main sources of

the "All Canadians" and pilots of supply-Holland and Denmark: the First Royal Canadian Alr you will agree that during this Re-exports valued at £22,586,-Force squadron to reach England, last year we have had everything 168 are £13,717,660 down on the did their share in bringing up the we could expect." same period of 1939.--British Wireless.

POLAND HAS NOT ABANDONED HOPE

officers

record number of '185 enemy air-Talking of the second year of craft claimed by the R.A.F. They war," Lord Woolton said: "You will fought side by side in several re-have enough to eat, but I shall [cent-battles: -Reuter,

have to ask you to be prepared for temporary changes from time to time. If you cannot have one' thing we will give you another. Foi" exam-

THE GEORGE CROSS We must be flexible.

DESIGN

M. Mackiewicz, President of Poland, 'completing a tour of Po-

Designs. for the George Gross lish units in the West Country,

the new mark of honour for civil- visited the Polish destroyers. -

will, be Addressing the

and ian men and women men of the Polish depot ship, considered in the next few days. Gdynia, the president said: "Po Artists and designers have been

has land is suffering, but

not invited to submit Ideas and the the abandoned hope of throwing off final choice will rest with

King. British Wireless. her chains."-British Wireless,

LATEST AIRCRAFT

FUND GIFTS

AUSTRALIANS JOIN AIR FORCE

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ple we now have to bring butter from the Southern Hemisphere instead of from Denmark. It is a long way. S

Supplies begin to arrive about November and our stocks in this › country ·are 'running down a bit,

so I ask you to use a little more: margarine until the stocks of Butter arriva.".

Our meat-stocks on other hand are" really very good and while continuing to be prudent, we can release a bit more so that for a time you will be able to have 2/2d ́ worth on each coupon (the pre- sent ration being 1/10d)." *.

Lord Woölton concluded: "There Inced be no doubts and no ques". ¡tloningà,"'",

"The food services of this country

Latest gifts towards the pur- The Sydney radio reports that chase of aircraft include £10,886 | another, batch of South Austra-will see us through and I know from the people of the southern Ilans has been called up under that the women of the country province of New Zealand and the Empire air training scheme will not be failing in care and (£10,000 from the people of Tas- for training as pilots in the Royal consideration in helping them do

mania, British Wireless.

Australian Air Force. Reuter. it."--British Wireless.

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940.

NAZI PILOT GUNS BRITISH WOMEN

· SIX WOMEN CROUCHED against the wall of a shop while a German airman dived near the ground and machine-gunned them. Only one was slightly hurt.

This murderous attack was made during raids on Britain in which a number of people were killed and four enemy 'planes at least two fighters were destroyed.

-The women were attacked in a raid on the south-east.

Bullets hit the roof of the shop and the wall within inches] of where the women were hud- died. One bullet ricochetted from the wall and tore through the silk stockings of a young waitress. Her leg was grazed. Tried To Murder Us

Soon Spitfires approached and the German flew out to sea.

two bombers and

PRODUCE

THE 'PLANES:

WE'LL DO

THE REST

"The Germans tried to murder

Air Marshal Sir Arthur us as we stood helpless." the in- Barratt revealed yester- jured girl said. "He swooped down, en us at a terrifying speed. day that on the Sunday thought he was crashing till he before last, started to fire.

"He tried to hit an old man who was pushing a handcart in the road. The man got under his care and the bullets whizzed

over him.

"With other women I ran for

cover and then the German had another go at us."

was

when the

R.A.F. claimed 185 Ger- man 'planes were destroy-| ed, 47 more "almost cer- tainly came seventeen damaged.

down" and

more

NAZIS SEEK BOX DROPPED BY

RAF

Nazi authorities in, Amsterdam have offered a £6,750 re- ward for the recovery. of

a mystery box which was dropped by parachute on the city by a British air-

man.

The city is placard- ed with reward pos- ters, and the German- controlled newspaper in Amsterdam de- mands that the box be handed to the Nazi chiefs.

JAPANESE

Were ARMY WAR

Sir Arthur. Barratt, appealing to thousands of men and women Another German 'plane

workers in the south-east area to driven off as the pilot apparently produce planes, promised them: attempted to repeat the sky-writ- "You produce the planes and ing exploit of a comrade who we of the Air Force will do the,

everal days ago drew a swastika rest." in the sky.

The German had completed one stroke when a fierce barrage of anti-aircraft fire drove him off.

was.

The Air Marshal, who commander-in-chief of the R.A.F.

ON MANHOOD

SUFFRAGE

in France before the French col-(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") lapse, said that the downfall of their ally was entirely due to the fact that they could not think of} anything but defence.-Reuter.

KENTISH

MINERS VOTE FOR THE GOVT. EPISODE

The abolition of univer- sal manhood suffrage in Japan is advocated by the Tokyo paper "Kokumin Shimbun," which declares that the disappearance of the Diet following the new political-structure-must be accompanied by the voting

of

"There are between 200 People of a Kentish cancellation and 300 Tory M.P.s who market town showed in-rights hitherto granted to

declare they will not sup- stant appreciation when al |ordinary citizens.

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suffrage, says the paper, was