TOLL OF GERMAN BOMBERS
Four Shot Down In Raids On East Coast
Isolated Nazi Attacks Yesterday
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE DES- TRUCTION OF A GERMAN BOMBER, AS WELL AS THE SHOOTING DOWN OF TWO FIGHTER- BOMBERS AND ONE FIGHTER, IS GIVEN IN AN AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE.
The communique states that yesterday morning a single enemy bomber dropped bombs in a town on the East Coast, damaging some houses and utility services and starting a fire which was soon put out. There was a small number of casualties.
R.A.F. fighters shot down a bomber off the Suffolk coast.
There was little other enemy air activity over Britzin yester- day. A few bombs were dropped in Kent hut little damage and no serious casualties were reported.
In the afternoon R.A.F. fighters, without loss to them Roives, shot down two enesty fighter-bombers in the outer Thames Estuary, and an enemy fighter off the Kent coast.
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Convoys, aerodrumes and towns į in south-east and cast England were the main objectives of the German Pit-and-run raids, which eost them four 'planes.
Burma Squadron
A Dornier 17 which bombed an East Anglian town in the in- ing, says the Air Ministry, was chased out to sea and shot dow hy two Hurricane pilots of a Burma squadron.
The pilots Baw the bomber trying to sneak through the clouds at 3,000 feet and closed In on
either side of him. Both pilots, worrying the Dornier like terriers, registered hits which sent him crashing into the sea after jettisoning the rest of his bombs.
Blown To Pieces
In another encounter two Spit- fire pilots were flying off the south-east coast at a height Of 2.000 feet in the afternoon when two Messerschmidt 100's dived down in front,
One of the Spitfires, piloted by a sergeant who won the D.F.M. a month ago with a "bag" of eight, dived after the Messerschmidta.
He got in £1 seven-seconds
Furst at one of them and blew it to pieces, and he was able to damage the other before it Cs- caped in cloud.
Two Messerschmidt 110's des-
30 GERMANS FOR ONE BRITISH
Yesterday's "bag"
of four German air- craft brings the total number of
enemy
'planes shot down in raids on Britain since the beginning of this year to 30. One Bri- tish 'plone was lost.
Five German ma- chines have been brought down this month without loss to the British.--Reuter.
A VISIT FROM THE DUKE OF KENT-A picture when the Duke of Kent visited people evacuated from their bombed homes Into large houses in ano her district of Southampton. Note the ex. pression of the little toddler the centre. (Copyright, Fox).
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HIS PAL THE HORSE
Man summoned at Highgate for being at such a distance from his horse and cart as not to have pro- per control over them:
"It is the first time my pal has let me down. I have had him for five years and he has never walked on without me before."
UNCEASING RAIDS ON ITALIAN COMMUNICATIONS
R.A.F. BOMBER AND FIGHTER aircraft con- tinued to attack enemy lines of communication on all fronts, stated a communique from R.A.F. Head- quarters in the Middle East in Cairo yesterday.
troyed near the Themes Estuary bombers raided Berka aerodrome at Benghazi on were brought down by Hurri-
Reuter.
The communique states that in Libya R.A.F.
canes.
Monday night and dropped bombs on aircraft 'dis- persed on the ground. The bombs started large
NIEMOELLER NOW fires in several buildings, ROMAN CATHOLIC
The railway station at Barce were registered on 'buildings and was heavily attacked and motor nearby roads.". "transport «destroyed on the roads. From all these operations ong British #ghter alrcraft British aircraft falled 'to return, throughout the day harassed Reuter. the enemy by machine-gýn at; tacks.
MARTIN NIEMOELLER, THE GERMAN PROTESTANT PAS- TOR WHO BECAME FAMOUS | "At Slonta and Tunis (fen miles | FOR UNCOMPROMISINGLY RE-east of Barce) six separate at SISTING THE NAZI CONCEP-tacks were made on troops with- TION OF THE STATE IN RELA drawing along the road. There TION TO RELIGION, AND WHO were severe casualties and be- IS NOW IN CONCENTRATION{ (ween 20 and 30 vehicles were CAMP, HAS BECOME ARO also destroyed, MAN CATHOLIC, ACCORDING TO THE BERLIN, CORRESPON- DENT OF THE SWISS PAPER "BASLER NACHRICHTEN"' YES- TERDAY.
Eritrea Support
NEW TAXATION UNCERTAINTIES
·Gilt-edged advanced on the London Stock Exchange yester day on institutional buying. Other sections, especially home rails, In support of the army's suc-generally improved on investment cessful advance in Eritrea, R.A.F. | demand but industrials were aircraft continued to attack the largely heavy under the influenco enemy. One Caproni 188 was of taxation uncertainties, Kaffirs „destroyed during the operations. and oils were firm. Among for- The aerodrome at Gura suffer- eign issues. Japanese continued to the red heavily as the result of a raid recover, Wall Street syng inolin-
in which a number of direct hitsed to harden. Reuter.
The paper adds that Nicmoeller has been "contemplating such istopufor some time,
KRÁ U-boat · commander in
last war he was arrested by Nazis in 1937.--Reuter.
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BATISTA OUTWITS PLOTTERS
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President Batista "Cuba's strong man," by swift and dramatic action countered Monday night's attempt to overthrow him.
In sports clothes and accom- panied by only two colonels he drove to the Columbia Camp and took command of the forces,
He ordered the general as sembly sounded and when all the troops had responded to the call they pledged loyalty to him. He then explained his actions.
Colonel Lopez Migoya has been appointed Chief of the Army, Co- lonel Galindez Chief of the Army Staff, Colonel Gomez Casas Chief of the Navy, Colonel Arguelles • -Chief of the Navy Staff, and Cv- Ionel Benitez Chief of Police-ap- pointments popular with the arm- ed forces.
Dictatorship Denied
Meanwhile President Batista vigorously denied that he is setting up a dictatorship in Cuba.
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In a broadcast he declared he had taken steps in the Interests of democratic government. : He said absolutely normal con- ditions now reign throughout the country and therefore as soon as the crisis was past the suspension of constitution guarantees will be revoked an. civil liberties res- tored. Reuter,
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