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THE CHENA, MAIL, DECEMBER 18, 1940.

NIGHT WITH LONDON FIRE FIGHTERS

Miss Helen Kirkpatrick of the London staff of the Chicago, "Daily News," sent the following message to her paper:

OUR FIRST ALARM of the evening had been caused by a handsome combination of a few high explosives and a "Molotoff breadbasket," and it was a pretty good blaze even in the eyes of the AF.S., who do not consider anything less than a five-alarm fire worthy of mention.

Strictly speaking, it was not the first alarm that had been sounded, but it was the first our fire-fight- ing friends in the gigantic control room, feet under- ground, thought we should bother with. So we piled into a fire car and dashed off to a well-known Central London street. About 30 pumps were work- ing on it when we got there, after making our way along the glass-covered street.

A building opposite to the one affre had been razed by explosive and we had to climb over heaps of bricks to get up to the front line where hoses were playing on the top of an office building.

like chestnuts in a roaster. My firemen took charge, opening fireplugs for pumps which came up one every few seconds. again retreated across the street, But to-day, when

every other citizen in this city is pretty close to being a hero, the fire fighters stand out. There are no words to describe their fearlessness.

"Watch ft. Hose coming up." and we jumped aside as another powerful stream leapt in the air. The accumulation of hoses, fre- men and police in the small area Of all this vast organisation a suggested thut

had we

better mere 2,500 are regular peace- make way, so we stood on the time fremen, and they think steps of an adjacent building. their volunteer comrades pretty Just then came the now familiar splendid. No-one could disagree. whizz of

an approaching, bombi and someone yelled, "Down lat, everybody."

A Useful Piece Of Soap

Our fireman guide stuck out his lout to trip me up, but I was already flat by then inside a door. A thud and boom sounded down the street and everyone picked himself up.

It was well under control and only smoke with an occasional flicker poured from the top flbors. | It occurred to someone that an old-fashioned gas street fight was going as merrily as in peace-time,

'Anyone got a piece of soap?"

A policeman disappeared into the building and returned with a cake. As it smothered the gus out he called: "Hey, mate, don't forget to return it. I might want to wash me handa."

There wasn't much more to be seen there, so we moved off to the nearest fire station to find out if there were any more outbreaks re- quiring a visit. As we drove up to the station three distinet and successive whizzes sounded. three back-seaters buried heads in our bands, but not the firemen, who, never turned a hair.

Explosion Rocks Car

We

our

When the explosions, sounded, hours later. so it seemed to us, they were 50 yards away, and the car rocked like a ship in a storm. Asi we came out of our ostrich posi- tions a sharp blow on the back of

the car sent us to the exit with

unparalleled. speed. But it was only a bit of hot shrapnel, which dented the fender.

Behind us we saw a deep red

THE R.A.F.'S WAY IS

BETTER

HITLER WILL

FAIL

o n

Broadcasting: Hitler's efforts to de- stroy the free Press of Britain, Mr: F. P. Bishop, assistant manager of the "Times," said:

"We are determined that he shall not suc- ceed, and I think we can promise that he

will not. I say that

because after the ex- perience of the last fortnight we know that the spirit of our people in the news- poper industry is quite unshaken and quite unshakable. These tired, harassed, cheer- ful, undaunted mem- bers of a peaceful in- dustry are equal to any trials the war may bring.'

"

to hit them back where it hurts them most. This the R.A.F. is doing. To those who are de- manding attacks on the civilian population of Germany I say that "The Nazis do not care a damn the Nazis do not care for their for the civilian population of Ger- civilian population, but they do many," said Mr. Robert Boothby, care when their arsenals, muni- M.P., Parliamentary Secretary of tion factories, railways and bar- the Ministry of Food, replying, inges are blown up." Manchester to the demand for Referring to the food produc- the bombing of Berlin in reprisal | tion cmpaign, Mr. Boothby said: for the attacks on London. ***The Government is determined "Hitler, Goering and Co., that, come what may, an adequate stuck at nothing in their ries supply of essential foodstuffs shall - to`power, not even the murder be available at prices which the of their friends, so why should poorer classes can afford to pay. * they stick at the mass murder We are already subsidising bread, of their enemies?" he asked. meat, and bacon to the tune of "There is only one answer-over a million pounds a week.

GROWING RESISTANCE

TO NAZIS IN FRANCE

WHILE IT would be unwise to entertain exag- gerated hopes of a French recovery, there is no doubt that both the Germans and the Vichy Gov- ernment are beginning to feel the increasing diffi- culties of the present situation.

This is clear from the Press of both the occu- pied and the non-occupied sections of the country. The heavy German demands in cash and in kind have had a depressing effect, and the latest news glow, and without waiting fürther shows that the longer the German invasion of Bri- information we roared through

tain is delayed and the more the de Gaulle move- the night towards it, not heeding the traific lights and one-way:

ment grows in Africa, the more impulse will there streets, We made. a pretty good be for centres of resistance to form in France.. guess at its location and arrived As a second-group. of pumps pulled

"Candide," a weekly paper not same day attempts to prove that up. It was another office building unfavourable to Britain, speaks there is no unrest in Morocco, on the fringe of a residential area: of such centres at Lyons, Sete and "According to the most recent

accurate informalian, Our guide took charge of the Grenoble-the first would be par- and most hoses, and we ran them up ticularly important in view of the writes this newspaper, "there is these statements, through the building, to the roof industrial character of the town no truth. in and clambered up after them and mentions that the town coun- There is complete tranquilliy in two firemen and myself Twelve cil of Dijon has had to be dise Morocco, where there has never bem any thought of secession feet away the roof was a roaring solved:

Meanwhile, the Germans are from France, or of listening to inferno, and the hose was kicking

the population, appeals, made from foreign coun- like a mustang as the pressure trying to soothe Increased. It was a narrow ledge, The "Matin" (Paris) publishes a tries. Morocco has no intention and I thought retreat downwards strongly worded denial that the of denying or descrung, a regime more interesting.

Germans have ever requisitioned which has given it perfect security for their own purposes two of the and a perfect existence,” commodities now most prized in There is no lack sympathy for Franceblogcles and bedolothes, the Inhabitants of London and Should an isolated case be proved, other towns now being intensively An elevator was still running to

The the top floor, with a woman ward it continues, exemplary punish bombed by the Germans,

official wireless news sent out on-bearing a tray of tea for the ment will follow.

What the Germans have of from Lyons is guarded, but it. fremen. No sooner had my fire course, done is to "purchase In-gives the British figures as well officer guide established hoses individually, with useless marks, as the German, while adding » position and seen the fire was bed linen and other textiles, so fair amount of news derived from controlled than another broke out that, the French inhabitants can- New York. 500 yards down the strøst:

Off we went, and reached it be not now replace those worn-out. fore any pumps arrived.,

Sympathy With De

Gaulle

Historic Church Afire

It was one of London's love- liost and oldest historie churches. Flames were esting the conturlen-old beama, ikë To combat the latent sympathy paper, and the beautifulslained; with the de Gaulle movement glass windows were dracking the "Petit Parisian" (Paris) of the

(Clermont-Fer- The "Figaro" ;rand) writes: "Let us ask ourselves how we should have stood, this trial, which was spared us. The thought Alls us with compassion, and the resistance, of the British throws light on the courge those who belloved in the dostiriy of Artix"