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LONDON, SCHOOL

GOVT. CAN TAKE CHILDREN: HALF

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Reuter learns there is no question of the British Government leaving Lon- don. On the Contrary, the Government intends

remain in London.

MILLION LEAVE

'about

Nearly half a mil- lion school-children- 489,000-or 56 per cent of the whole school-children of the London evacua- tion area, have left the capital. This was revealed by Mr. Mal- colm Macdonald, Minister of Health, in

At the same time, the view has been expressed from the be-. ginning by the Ministry of Home Security that the more people

а without who can leave London interfering with their business the better, and the policy of encouraging people to leave Lon- don if they have places. to remains unchanged.

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There is no question of any compulsory evacuation at present.

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statement in the Commons yesterday. ̧.

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REFUGEE

PARLIAMENT'S SCRAMBLE LIFE TO BE PROLONGED

READING.

AT LISBON

The refugee trek to BILL EXTENDING THE South and North America PRESENT LIFE OF PARLIA MENT WAS INTRODUCED BY has reached such propor- THE PRIME MINISTER YES tions that fil passages by STERDAY AND GIVEN ITS FIRST. sea and air for the re- The present. Parliament is ve mainder of the year are years old and its term of office hooked, it was stated in

It is, however, open to Parlia-Lisbon yesterday.✨ ment to prolong its life at any Hotels and boarding houses time of national emergency. This Lisbon are filled with was done in the last war and will be done again this time. Reu

should end next month.

ter.

ANOTHER RAID ON CHUNGUNG

Eighteen Japanese 'planes made another attack on Chungking yes- terday..

Heavier damage was done than on Wednesday, Nine wooden boats in the river and scores of houses were destroyed. A fire was started but was quickly put under control. -----

In yesterday's raid the Catholic Church was demolished. Only in the morning Mansignor Mario: Zanin, Apostolic. Delegate to China, had led prayer in the church. Central News.

FOUR AUXILIARY

CRAFT LOST

in

French-

men, Poles, Dutchmen, Belgians, Czechs and Luxemburgers hoping to proceed to the Americas this year or next.

Each day the, consulates are besieged. Visas are being grant. ed only after careful investiga- tion of the credentials of each Individual.

Owing to extra work of this nature the United States consulate has been enlarged and additional employees engaged. Reuter.

Hits On

On Nazi D.EL'S Warships

FINE GIFT TO R.A.F

Prince Bernhard of the

FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN SUCCESSION Netherlands, on behalf of THE NAVAL DOCKYARDS AT KIEL WERE | the inhabitants of the AMONG THE PRINCIPAL TARGETS ATTACK- | Dutch East Indies, yester- ED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT BY R.A.F. BOM-day gave Lord Beaver- BERS.

Once again the raiders pressed home the attack in the face of fierce opposition from batteries of heavy and light guns, states the Air Ministry news service.

The bombardment lasted over two hours and many high explosives and incendiary bombs were seen to burst among buildings in the Deutsche Werft and the Germania yards.

One of the pilots said he came out over the top of what appear- ed to be a warship and dropped a stick of bombs which have-straddled_the_ship.

must

Drifting cloud made observa- tion of results-extremely diffi-.. cult but other pilots

believed

their bombs hit the same ship. In another attack on a differ-

FURTHER LOANS TO CHINA?

to

brook, Minister of Aircraft Production, a cheque to purchase 40 Spitfires and 18 bombers for the R.A.F.

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Acknowledging the gift ini- etter to Prince. Bernhard, Lord Agaverbrook says: "Together our wo nations will endure and ogether, they will rejoice in vic- :ory: over mean and brutal tyranny, and that victory is brought nearer by the powerful fighters which you enable us to dispatch, to our squadrons.

"In doing so we will faithfully carry out the wish you express - for naming the machines, which will go into battle bearing prond- ly the napies of Netherlands pos- sessions."-Reuter.

LORD LOTHIAN REACHES LONDON

ent part of the dockyards, bombs' The question of new loans fell astern of another warship China was under discussion dur- und two fires at once broke out. ing conferences held in Washing- At the same times as these raidston yesterday by Mr. T. V. Soong, other targets elsewhere in Ger- former Chinese Finance Minister

Lord Lothian, British Ambas- now in Washington on a special sador to the United States, arriv- many were attacked.

mission, and American officials.

ed in London. yesterday after. The press was informed after crossing the Atlantic on the Amer- the conferences that repayments lean Clipper,

Leuna Again Raided At Leuna a large synthetic oil of such loans could probably be. He declined to make any state-- plant was again subjected to made from tung oil, tungsten and ment to the press, saying he was prolonged bombardment. With other commodities: No further de- going to confer with the British the first bombs dropped a large tails are yet available, Reuter Government. fire started.

At regular Intervals heavy calibre bombs were droppad with precision on this import- ant objective and further fires fol. were. geen to break out lowed by numerous explosions. The last pilot to attack the plant saw his bombs burst near a line of,'chinineys and a few minutes later there was a gigan-

explosion-Reuter.

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SWEEP

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Washington Talks ON THE KWANGTUNG HANDI-

HAVE BEEN

Mr. Cordell Hull, Mr. Sumner CAP AT THE NINTH EXTRA Welles and Mr. Norman Davis, RACE MEETING TO, BE HELD of the Red Cross, yesterday con-TO-MORROW, ferred with President Roosevelt SOLD.. in Washington on the foreign re- fugee situation.

No announcement is imme- diately forthcoming-Reuter.

DAYLIGHT RAID ON BREST

The first prize is now valued at over $148,000 the second at over $42,000; and third at over $21,000. The Jockey Club's net receipts from the sweepstake will be don ated to British war funds, and to the British Fund for the Relief of Distress in China,

NOTHING TO REPORT IN EGYPT daylight attack was made. yesterday on the power station of "There is nothing of importance The Admiralty announce that the German occupied naval base to report in Egypt, states the four auxiliary craft have re-at Brest by: Coastal Command communiquo issued from British cently been sunk by enemy ac-aircraft, states an Air. Ministry GHQ in Cairo last night.

The communique adds: In the tion. They are the trawlers "Re-communique, no ma salve

Listre" and Warwick A number of bombs were drop- Sudan and Kenya, our offensive Doeping" and the drifter "Sum-ped and extensive damage caused, patrols continuo to be active-

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