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HITLER MISSED THE BOAT

-Sir Nevile Henderson

"I think the one person who regretted Munich more than anyone else was Hitler," declared Sir Nevile Henderson, formeri British Ambassador Berlinpeaking Ipswich yesterday!

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600 ITALIANS SURRENDERE WITH TANKS

Six hundred Italian troops, with 130 tanks, crossed the frontier and surren- dered to the Yugoslav authorities on Sunday night, according to a report from Djevdjeli- ja.-Reuter.

Gelsenkirchen

Oil Plants Bombed Hour After Hour

THE MIGHT OF THE R.A.K. ON SUNDAY, 0000000000000 NIGHT WAS AGAIN MAINLY CONCENTRATED ON A SINGLE GERMAN TOWN THIS TIME GELSENKIRCHEN WHERE OUR ATTACKS BEGAN AT÷AN. EXCEPTIONALLY EARLY HOUR.

in 0000000000000000001 · Main objective was the Scholven synthe

rotic oil plant at Buer, in the neighbourhood of

in

"He thought he had missed his boat and if I''may say so I think he did."

Sir Nevile did not know whe ther critics of Mr. Chamberlain realised that on January 28. 1938, we did not have a Spitare. We had one or two experi- pementat Hurricanes and seven

modern A.A. guns for the de fence of London out of the 400 estimated

necessary...

KING BORIS Gelsenkirchen. This is one of Germany's

most important hydrogenation plants for the manufacture of synthetic aviation petrol from

HERRl; it was designed to produce 300,000

SEES HITLER

the minimum King Boris of Bulgaria -had-a-conversation--with Germany could have dropped 2,000 bombs a day on London Hitler at Berchtesgaden and we could have given more on Sunday, according to

ply.

Goering told him, "If you in the Italian Stefani news sist on making war, before the send there will be very little leitgency yesterday.

of London and absolutely nothing of Czechoslovakin."-Reuter."

SABOTAGE PLOTS IN AMERICA

Some members of the Dies Committee investi- gating un-American ac- tivities are afraid that publication of the White Paper ^ containing their findings would cause re- prisals against the United States in the Axis coun- tries and even involve the United States in war.”

Mr. Martin Dies, chairman of the committee, made this, "state ment at a press conference in Chicago yesterday at which he

The agency says that the news

is contained in an official ccu- munique which will be publish, ed in the Bulgarian newspapers to-day.

King Boris is stated to have been on a private visit to Ger many and left for Sofa Imme- diaicly, after the conversation. Reuter.

JAPAN AND SAIGON

It is reliably reported that several Japanese warships and transports have arrived in the vicinity of the Saigon River.

At the same time, according to Information from Hanol, the Japanese have presented demands to Admiral Decoux; which have been forwarded to Vichy, for the right to land" troops in Saigon

It is indicated" "that" is" re- ply has yet been received from The Petain Government: “and that the Japanese are becom- ing impatient.-Our Own Cor- respondent,

said the White Paper, giving SUNER IN

evidence that Germany, Russia, Ithly and Japan' are, working to stop supplies for Britain, would be given to the six members of

the committee but the question of

BERLIN

N

whether it was made public was SENOR SERRANO

metric tons annually.

The first R.A.F. squadrons re-, plosions were seen and direct hits mained nearly an hour and drop-noted on various large buildings. ped many high explosive bombs

and nearly 1,000 incendiaries on

the target..

on

Raids At Intervals Another synthetic oil plant at -Pilots reported-fires-and-one conflagration. which

quickly Gelsenkirchen, was raided at in- Six fires resulted, and spread until it covered halt atervals.

explosions were caused.

Yet another refinery was at- hours. Many fires and ex-tacked towards midnight, when two major explosions and many fires occurred.

aquard mile.

A second raid lasted for nearly

HITLER'S

NEWEST

CONCOCTION

of a

The possibility statement defining Spain's attitude towards Germany's "new order" in Europe emerging - from the present talks at Berchtesgaden was stress- ed yesterday by the Ber lin correspondent of the "Basler Nachrichten."

The correspondent says, the statenient, will concern both poll- tical and economic arrangements.

Berlin diplomatic circles are con- vinced that a programine is about to be mooted for cooperation be tween Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan and Spain in n 'new five- power bloc, says the "National Zeitung" Berlin correspondent, Van Russia," he says, has now de

finitely taken her place. In this blond

Closer contact between Ru- mania, Hungary and Slovakia is also expected. Reuter

SUNER,

for the committee to decide, SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER,]^

Mr. Dies announced that his WHO ARRIVED IN BERLIN Marshal Keite) (Chief of the Ger=" ngents were making raids In YESTERDAY, – WAS ENTER man Army Staff) were 'alan pré- various parts of the country yes TAINED AT TEA BY HITLER: Bent

of terday, - seizing · documents

Count Ciano (Italian Foreign Later Hitler had a conference "Italian und Gerzhan * organisa-Minister), von Ribbentrop (Nazi with Clano In the

presençė tions-Reuter,

Foreign Minister), and Field Ribbentrop. Reuter,

of

:

Our bombers also attacked a railway station to the north.

east of Gelsenkirchen, and rail-

NO PEACE OFFER MADE TO CHUNSHINE

Referring to the re- port that the Japan- ese Imperial Confer- ence in Tokyo decided that Japan will nego tiate a peace direct with General Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese official quarters in Chungking declared yesterday they are without information on the alleged · deci- sion-Reuter.

RUBBER MEETING

POSTPONED

The meeting of the. Interna- way yards and the aerodrome tional Rubber Regulation Com- at Esmer.

to

Imittee which was scheduled Meanwhile other aircraft were take place in London to-day has operating far und wide over been postponed till Friday this

week, says Reuter.

western Germany,

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