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No. 91,961

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1940 -

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CHURCHILL CABINET RE-SHUFFLE IMMINENT

Mr. Chamberlain Resigning For Health Reasons

BIG SHIFT LIKELY

AN EXTENSIVE ́RE- SHUFFLE OF THE BRI- TISH WAR CABINET IS CONSIDERED LIKELY.

Mr. Winston Churchill's visits to the King are be- lieved to be connected| with the proposed | changes.

The Press Association's Lobby Correspondent states that there is reason to believe that changes in other departments, as well as the War Cabinet, will be an- nounced almost immediately.

THE CORRESPONDENT AN- TICIPATES MR. CHAMBER- LAIN'S RESIGNATION FOR HEALTH REASONS. THIS WILL LEAVE A -VACANCY IN THE WAR CABINET AND IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING, SAYS THE CORRESPONDENT, IF MR.!

CHANGE FROM HIS PRESENT

TRAWLERS

ATTACK ON Head Of British

Oil Company Under Arrest Or

Returning from an inland raid yesterday, three Messerschmidt fighters dived out of formation to machine- gun three trawlers off the South-East coast.

They then attempt- ed to attack a balloon barrage but were driven off by anti- aircraft fire. The

trawlers, which began to zig-zag when at- tacked, carried on. - Reuter.

VAIN

WAIT FOR

SEQUEL

Abducted

A PROMINENT BRITON, Mr. Miller, who

is the administrator of the Astra-Romano Oil A WASTE Company, was arrested at midnight on Tues- day at the Astra Company's Sports Club at Unagow, 20 miles from Bucharest.

OF TIME

American radio report- ers in Germany are get-

Four Government men in civilian clothes made the arrest, which has just been disclos-ting so annoyed at the ed in Bucharest.

Mr. Miller's whereabouts are unknown as he was driven away in a car. The British Consulate is making inquiries.

Mr. Miller is the sixth Briton to be arrested by the Rumanian authorities.

Nazi censorship that they

General Antonescu, the Prime are thinking of giving it Minister Dictator, is reported to all up and leaving the be seriously perturbed at Iron country. Guard outrages, particularly the

anti-Jewish-outburst, and in Variety,” - doyen-of-American--- conferènca with Iron Guard screen, stage and radio magazines, leaders has insisted upon, the reports that officials of the various . The arrest is considered the

cessation of unruly activities.

American broadcasting companies most important hitherto as he

The leaders maintained that believe that the available broad- holds the leading position In hooligans outside the legionary casting material from Germany the biggest oil company in Ru-movement were responsible.

contains "little of authentic news Reuter.

value," and are considering the withdrawal of their correspon-. dents from Germany-Reuter.

mania,

On Kidnapped ? Later reports received. in Bu- charest, however, indicate that

ITALIAN BOMBER FORCED DOWN

An Italian. bomber which raid-

TRAWLER LOST

ERNEST BEVIN WERE TO The German Radio yes- Miller may not have been arrest- POSITION AS MINISTER OF terday morning announced but kidnapped by Iron Guards, ed Malta on Tuesday was damag- night that H.M. trawler Recoil is LABOUR TO ONE WITH LESS ed that "strong bomber

DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSI-

BILITY, BUT MORE SCOPE, and fighter forces have

There is some

reason to

think that Lord Halifax will remain In the Government and, as Lord Beaverbrook is already a member of the War Cabinet, he too may retain

office.

England

started for again," but its listeners

DORNIER

will probably wait in vain TERRORIST

to hear that those forma-

Seme good judges anticipate tions very quickly return- CREW CAUGHT

that Mr. Duff Cooper may leave ed in disorder but that the Ministry of Information for is what actually happen-

the War Office, in which case Mr.

A few minutes after it Eden would doubtless be found ed! an outlet elsewhere, possibly at

had machine-gunned-the An official announcement says streets of an Essex town, a the Ministry of Supply.-Reuter: that between midnight and noon

yesterday, eight German 'planes German Dornier bomber were brought down without single loss to the R.A.F.

was shot down by Hurri Up to late yesterday afternoon. canes who were return- London had had six "alerts," but no German 'planes came nearer ing from a patrol over the than the outskirts, where a few North Sea.

G.H.Q. FOR SCIENCE

Their dog, which had

Dornier crashed twenty miles

away near A searchlight post.

bombs were dropped, property The German pilot tried dodging Britain is to have a Gen-Idamaged and some people killed in and out of the clouds, but se eral Headquarters of were killed when their house was bursts of machine-gun fire and the During one rald, three people veral of the Hurricanes got. in Science to co-ordinate and demolished. stimulate research and refuge in the shelter, wataken the discoveries of scienti hurt.

Three bombs partly wrecked a fic workers in all spheres. house, killing one person, a fourth will consistor wrecked an old farm-house and known scientific others fell in parks

The

Inte Sir William grounds of a school.

It seems certain the

invest

Sir

that these

One of the Hurricane pilots who had helped to shoot down the raider landed nearby and Wan

congratulated by the searchlight brow, who had taken four of the German crew pri sonors

The searchlight men were ‚sur-

Bragg Dr. E. F, Appleton, Edward Mellanby, Sir Edwin bombs were dropped from odd prised at the size of the British Butler, Professor A. V. Hill, and raiders which got through in wea-pilots. Four feet three inches in Professor, A. G. Egerton,

ther which favoured them-large height, he is one of the smallest The Chairman, will be Lord cloud, formations affording ample pilots in the Air Force Reuter. Hankay, who will convey the cover Large formations were pl! nuite of the new body's labours turned back by gun-fire and ourvised a handful of bombers pro- directly to the Lord Chancellor. fighters.

tected by a mass Router,

of, fighters. The Germans yesterday again! Reuter.

The Admiralty announced last

ed by anti-aircraft fire and later overdue and must be considered landed in Syria.-Reuter

lost.-Reuter.

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