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ITALIANS WHEELING TO BRING BACKS TO COAST

FATSHAN SAILING TO CANTON

Anglo-Greek Air M.P. KILLED

Forces In Command ON ACTIVE

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent on the Greek

Battlefront)

The "Fatshan" is sailing from Hong Kong to Can- THE TIDE OF BATTLE is sweeping relent- ton to-day, says a Reuter lessly north as the Greek advance continued 'message from Canton and passengers will be able to yesterday beyond Podgradetz, some 20 miles land, after passing the from Koritza, on the shores of Lake Ochrida. quarantine restrictions, The Italians are believed to be retreating on December 3. The ves-on a fortified line from Elbasan, 40 miles sel will return to Hong north-west of Podgradetz, to Tepelini, far to Kong on December 5..

the south, thus carrying out a wheel which will place their backs to the coast.

Passengers intending to go to

Hong Kong require cholera certi-

ficates with photograph issued by the Japanese military and civil authorities or by the Hackett Medical College.

Fresh meat and fish cannot be .imported.

Opinion is expressed in. Canton that the trip is in the nature of a'trial as further sailings at pre- sent have not been-arranged. Reuter.

Whether they will be able to their headlong drive into Alban- consolidate themselves there is fan. territory that they declare doubtful unless the present ine they will only rest when the

Italians have been weather breaks.

Dominant factor is the power the sea.

DU PONT

SERVICE

The Speaker of the Commons announced yes- terday he regretted

to

POWDER FACTORY have to inform the House

EXPLOSION

A mysterious explo- sion yesterday wreck ed a building at the powder factory owned

that Lt. Col. Sir Arnold Wilson, Member for Hit- chin had been reported missing believed killed, while on active service

with the R.A.F.

Lt. Col. Wilson - who, although

RAF. at the outbreak of war as an air gunner, was reported miss- ing five months ago.

by Du Pont and Com-66, took up active service in the pany. Nobody was in- jured, thrown into

says Reuter · from Washington:

of Allled aviation which is Further Heights Taken giving the Italians a terrific

Further heights in north and 99 hammering on all lines of resouth of the southern sector of treat.

the Albanian front have been Greek morale is so high after captured by Greek troops, it was.

learned in Athens last night:

COLOGNE SHAKEN BY EXPLOSIONS IN R.A.F. RAID

.

COLOGNE THE GERMAN railway nerve centre between the north and the provinces, and the highway across the Rhine between Germany and occupied west Europe - has been subjected to heavy British air attack on two successive nights. ·

British bombers concentrated for several hours on the network of rail lines, goods yards and railway stations on both sides of the great Hohenzollern Bridge a triple bridge carrying two double rail- way tracks and a highway.

The bombing succeeded · In hindering the flow of essential traffic at this vital point.

NO CAUSE FOR ALARM

of

To add to the dislocation traffic, good-yards in other. quar-. | ters of the city were also raided.

West and east of the bridge fres were observed after the raid, one being a mile long and very broad, Extensive yards in the Gereon quarter were attacked by a small force of heavy bombers who were

over this objective for nearly four hours.

High explosive and incendiary bombs caused many fires and sub- Despite shipping losses sequent explosions. In one case a series of connected explosions from enemy action there on a very large scale lasted fully

(Continued, on! Page, 16) is no cause for alarm about Britain's winter

food situation, says Reu BULGARIA

ter's lobby correspondent.

← Future developments may, how-

CANARD

evor, include some further ra

Minister

tioning, but no decision has yet The Bulgarian

MR. CUDAHY

Badoglio Takes Over RESIGNS

The Command

Marshal Badoglio has ar- rived in Tirana and has as-. sumed command of military operations against Greece, ac- cording to Athens radio last night,

One of his first acts is al- leged to have been to order the shooting of one out

of every seven Italian soldiers who have been in the front line-Reuter.

AIR FIGHTS OVER ENGLAND

Nobody was killed. or seriously injured in day- light raids over Britain yesterday, states an Air Ministry communique.

Enemy fighters and fighter- bombers have flown at a great height over Kent and the Thames Estuary on several occasions dur- ing the day but very few bombs were dropped,

Several houses were damaged In one town: In Kent.' Five enemy fighters. were: shot down and six of our fighters were, lost.

Reuter..

DUCHESS TO UNDERGO OPERATION

been reached regarding what foods London stated yesterday that ru- and quantities may be brought mours current abroad and pare within the scope of the present ticularly in Bucharest and Bel- rationing scheme.

grade alleging the overthrow of Further."extensions of com the Bulgarian Government and The Duchess of Windsor will munal feeding are alto envisag- the declaration of a state of enter a nursing home at Miami od In such -"places us factories siege in Sofia aretendentious Florida, about December 10 for and entirely without foundation, "a major operation" according

and schools. Ajo In general, the food situation is The Minister adds the situato an official announcement h regarded as standing up well to tion throughout Bulgaria is por Nassau, Bahamas, yesterday, quot blitzkrieg condit

ter. A rectly calmBritish Wireless. ed by Reuter,

Yesterday's statement by the Speaker followed the official ́- posting of his name as believed

killed.

Lt. Col. Wilson" played a pro- minent part.in political recon- struction after the last war in areas of the Middle East adjoin→ ing the Persian Gulf He entered MR. WILLIAM CUDAHY. Parliament in 1938 and displayed UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR a noteworthy independence of TO BELGIUM, PERSONALLY mind and sympathetic understand- TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION ing on a variety of social problems.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT-British Wireless.

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YESTERDAY,

Some months ago Mr. Cudahy

SECRET SESSION

made a statement when on n The House of Conumons went visit to London defending, King into secret? session yesterday, the. Leopold and he was subsequent-subject under discussion being. ly recalled to Washington for stated to be army organisation.

British Wireless. "consultations:"-Reuter.

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