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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 1, 1940.

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LUFTWAFFE TRIES AGAIN Big Raids Renewed For First Time Since Friday

"Alert"

Five

STARTLING MOVE BY U.S.

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Warnings In London GOVERNMENT

LONDON HAD FOUR ALERTS UP TO ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK YES-- TERDAY AFTERNOON, THE FIRST BEING THE RESULT OF A GER- MAN BOMBER AND FIGHTER FORMATION NUMBERING 80 WHICH CROSSED THE KENT COAST AND AFTER FLYING A FEW MILES INLAND SPLIT INTO A NUMBER OF SMALL GROUPS.

The machines stayed over coastal districts

in Kent and Sussex for a short time before JAPAN BLAMES being dispersed.

About 40 aircraft were used in the second

ROOSEVELT

attack when the raiders came over the south- DIDN'T

east coast in a number of formations.

Before they had gone very far inland they were again intercept- ed by British fighters and

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neither of these attacks did any enemy aircraft reach the London

- area.

During the third raid British fighters engaged the raiders high over the western suburba of London.

An Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security announcement issued last

the evening stated enemy made four large-scale at- tacks on south and east areas be- tween dawn' and early afternoon and A.A. defences were conTM stantly in action.

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In the first two attacks which took place at about 9 am, and 10.15, respectively, the enemy crossed the

near Dover and penetrated about 40 miles inland but none reached London.

coast

AGAIN OVER LONDON LAST NIGHT

German bombers were around. London again last evening.but the first few hours were remarkably

quiet in Central Lon- don.

German 'planes were reported in north-east and south- west areas of England. -Reuter. at se-

Bexhill And: Hastings.

Bombs were dropped veral places in the south-east, notably Bexhill and Hastings, and some damage and casualtics, some fatal, were caused in these towns.

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Dorset Bombing An Air Ministry and; Ministry About an hour later, a 'third. at Home Security communique attack was made. across the states, that late yesterday, after- Dorset coast where the enemy noen enemy, aircraft approaching ⚫ was engaged. Few of his bom-in. three separate forces crossed bers penetrated any distance the coasts of Kent and Sussex Inland and no reports of bombs simultaneously. have been received.

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The fourth attack was the largest and began soon, after p.m. About 180 aircraft flew in over Dungeness and again pene- trated inland but were engaged and broken up before reaching the outskirts of London.

Western Suburbs.

The United States: Government yesterday filed suit against twenty-two major oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute, charging them with unlawful monopoly, price-fixing and conspiracy in violation of the Sher- man anti-Tryst Act.

The Government is

WANT TO asking the Federal DO IT!

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A TOKYO' MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE "JAPAN TIMES," AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

WHICH NEWSPAPER

FRE- QUENTLY REFLECTS THE OF-1 FICIAL JAPANESE VIEW, O YESTERDAY BITTERLY AT. TACKED PRESIDENT ROOSE. VELT'S POLICY-IN THE FAR EAST.

The U.S. Government, says the paper, "forced" Japan to join the AXIS by a series of "stealthy in- cidents."

Japan, Germany and Italy could have carried on without. special alliance if the "provocativeness of the United States had not been past all bearing."

Reuter.

District Court of Co- lumbia to restrain, the companies from ac-. quiring oil reserves.for monopolistic purposes and to dissolve the American Petroleum Institute.-Reuter.

AUSTRALIAN AIRGRAFT OUTPUT

Mr. Fadden, the Australian Ai Minister. yesterday that

stated in Melbourne Australia is pro- Cucing two de Havilland - Moth training 'planes daily and is now ling overseas orders for train- ing aircraft from the surplus home supply.

SOUTH AFRICAN AIR Wirraway is already 30 planes

FORCE RAIDS

It is officially announced in Nairobi that Birikau, in Kalian Somaliland, was successfully raided for the third time by the South African Air Force un

Our fighters engaged the ccattered enemy. A few, bombs were dropped, and, some dam age caused at a town in Dor- set and a town in, the Thames Valley where, there were some casualties. Elsewhere. damage Saturday. was light.-.'

During the afternoon an isloat-

"BAG" JUMPS TO 47

-Some of the buildings were burned out,

The communique adds that ad- ed. attack was made on a town ministrative buildings received in Suffolk. Houses. were dam-direct hits by heavy high explo- A few enemy aircraft, however, aged but reports indicate casual-sive and incendiary bombs. evaded our defences and, succeedtics were very few-Reuter. ed in dropping bombs in the western suburbs. Here damage was done and casualties caused but details are not yet available: It is officially announced that 11 enemy aircraft were destroyed up to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. London had its fourth alert for a short period late in the after- noon.-Reuter.

Other South, African squadrons carried out reconnaissances and have nothing to report.

An Air Ministry report late last evening, statod the day's. bag of Nazi raiders had been increased to 47, one of them having been downed by A.A. guns.

Twenty-two of our fighters. All the aircraft in the opera- were lost but the pilots of 12 are. tions returned safely sale. - Reuter

base. Reuter.

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He added that the output: a

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COALITION SOUGHT IN AUSTRALIA

MR. MENZIES, THE AUSTRA LIAN PRIME MINISTER; IS RE- PORTED TO BE TAKING STEPS TO. PREVENT A STALEMATE AS A RESULT OF THE GENER- AL ELECTIONS, WHICH HAVE LEFT ONLY A SMALL MAR- GIN BETWEEN. THE GOVERN- MENT AND THE OPPOSITION. Mr. R. G. Menzies is inviting Mr. Cameron, Mr. Curtin and Mr. Leasley, respectively leaders of the Country, Labour and Anti- Communist Labour Parties, to meet him on Friday to discuss methods of instituting an effective government.

Mr. Menzies said that as a re- sult of the recent elections po party will have a majority giving it clear authority in the new Par- [liament, and thus a National Gov-- ernment was the only practicable course to ensure stability and strong war effort during the most vital period in Australian his- tory-Reuter.

BIG TIN DEPOSITS DISCOVERED

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Tin deposits estimated by EgYD- tian experts at some half a mil lion tons have been discovered in the neighbourhood of Kosselt on the Red Sea Coast.

The Under-Secretary of Fin- ance declares that these mines should produce about 15,000 tons of pure tin annually-Reuter.

THAILAND MISSION IN INDIA

The goodwill mission from Thailand, touring India, arrived at Calcutta yesterday. The mem- bers are remaining in India until the middle of October as the ?uests of the Government of India. Reuter.

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There are over 100 pupils at a school for Belgian refugee children in London DODWELL & COMLTD.

:which; is'altünted 1 St. John's Wood Park, la,free-and

showe somos of the young, rofugcas, deching out of their

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