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GIANT R.A.F. BOMBS

Emden Gets First Taste Of Power

Of New 'Planes

SOME IDEA OF THE terrific devastation

which followed the visit of the R.A.E. to the OFFICER

German industrial centre of Emden on Mon-

day night may be gathered from a report by SHOT AT

the Air Ministry news service.

This mentions that six of the bombs drop- ped the most powerful ever carried in a bomber -- may be compared with the ordin- ary bombs carried both by the R.A.F. and the Luftwaffe "as the shells of howitzers to those of field-guns."

A stick of incendiaries from one of the first air- craft over Emden started three fires in the centre of the city, by the light of which streets could be seen.

The fires made an ideal aiming point.

VICHY PROTEST TO-LONDON

A protest was addressed by the French Govern- ment to London after the convoy incident near the port of Nemours, Algeria, according to a Vichy tele- gram received in Berne last night.

The protest, which was address- ed through the United States Gov- ernment, declares that for months past the visiting of French mer- chantships by British naval units has always ended in the capture of the vessels in question, even when they carried no cargo."

The view was expressed that the British Fleet exceeded the rights of inspection.

Note Handed In

A Washington announcement says that the Vichy Note of pro- test to Britain concerning Sunday's brush between British warships and French coastal batteries the Algerian coast, has now been handed to the State: Department for transmission to Britain.

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The Note was delivered by the Frerich Ambassador, «/ M. -Henri. Haye, with a request that it should be forwarded to London.-Reuter.

One observer, describing the fall of a huge bomb, said there, was a colossal flash and the crew of the machine saw creat masses of

debris flung high into the air.

¿Enormous Destruction

خیرا

From the height the machine was flying it was obvious these were No ordinary fragments. proving enormous destruction had been done.

Moreover, the debris must have been thrown to a great height as there was a distinct interval before it settled down again.

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BILLET

Possibly he was nervy, sprang out of bed and went with his rifle with the idea of repelling an at- tack," said the East Sussex coron- cr of Lieutenant Grahamn Beau- mont - Edmonds, twenty three whose body was found in the porch at his billet.

A Service rifle was by his side. An armourer-sergeant said pos- sibly the rifle was discharged by falling on to a hard surface,

Police said that because of the position of the wound they thought it would have been dif- ficult for Lieutenant Edmonds to have fired the rifle.

Verdict: Death by misadventure.

Lieutenant

Beaumont-Ed- monds's parents live in Thrale Road, Streatham, London, S.W,

GEE, THAT'S TOUGH

They're tough down Yarmouth way-but not so tough as some of the pork the Ministry of Food ex- pects them to eat.

THOUSAND KILLED ON CLYDESIDE

****** A BRITISH

Altogether 1,100 were killed in the German air raids of March 13 and 14 on the Clydeside area and 1,000 seriously the injured, stated Home Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, answering a question

the

of House Commons yesterday.

-Reuter.

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EMPIRE ACHIEVEMENT

The "Providence Jour-, nal" of Boston says that to say that the British are accomplishing this

or

planning that, as

in Africa, Greece and Singa- pore, is only partly true.

con-

What is being made is an Em- pire effort in which the tributions of the Dominions and colonies are becoming of larger actual and relative importance.

Their manpoiver is exceptional-

PUT OUT FIRE BOMB by competent and physically and

ON 99TH BIRTHDAY

On her ninety-ninth”birthday Mrs. Lilian Halle heard an incen- diary bomb crash through the roof of her house in Chesterton Road, Ladbroke Grove, London.

She at once carried sand and water to the top of the house and put out the bomb.

Mr. R. C. D. Jenkins, Mayor of Kensington, is recommending her for a civilian bravery award,

mentally fit, and it is being not merely trained in generous-quan- tities but equipped to the fullest extent possible with the products of Dominion factories that

are being brought into play with commendable rapidity."

گھر

It is the Empire effort which has enabled the British to deal with situations like · that In Africa, to act defensively for the time being, like in the Far East, to go to Greece in strength and to plan with some confidence for the future.

The British Navy and the Bri- isb Merchant Marine lie the en- tire far-flung effort together.

A neighbour said: "Not until This is what happened when she had effectively dealt with the one butcher tried to make saus- fire did Mrs. Halle call for help." Reuter. ages of the meat supplied to him: The blades of a 1 h.p. electric mincer smashed.

When another bomb went down the pilot, who had been in 30. Two cogs in a more powerful previous raids, said he had never machine broke. seen so large a flash.

German Admission

"It was a gigantic arc-welding 'flash, blind white."

As the aircraft circle the town before leaving, fires in the town could be seen increasing in fury. ANOTHER OBSERVER · SAID IT

SEEMED AS IF A WHOLE BUILDING HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE AIR.

The knife became so hot that the meat turned black.

The fat could only be cut with a chopper.

"This must have been a twenty- year-old boar," said Mr. A. Shuckford, the butcher.

"The meat is being sent to Lord Woolton-with a book of words!"

FRENCH HARBOURS BLOWN TO BITS

The effectiveness of the bombs| The "Stockholm. Nyheter" pu- inipressed the Germans, who made blishes. letters from France, one of the unusual admission in = 'their | which declares that British official communique of "compare tacks on French harbours have tively large damage to buildings." blown these harbours

-Reuter,

Reuter.

at-

-to bits.-

HEAVY RAID ON TRIPOLI

ANOTHER HEAVY AIR RAID on Tripoli is a feature of an RAF communique issued in Cairo yesterday relating continued activity by British, South African and Australian planes in the African theatres of war,

During the night of March 30, our bombers heavily attacked enemy merchantships and docks at Tripoli,

Should Be Apology!

Reports from foreign squrces refer to the possibility of the Vichy Government addressing a Enemy serodromes and congen- protest to Britain on the recent intrations of transport in Tripoli cident off the Algerian coast when tania were bombed and machine French Batteries fired at Brüh

gunned and damage inflicted on mraval units.

dispersed aircraft and vehicles.

X Enemy bombers which tried to raid Ledeabya "on Monday were lituroapted by Aumeräin #Méhtera:/4. Quite (Manoelmach midt

No such protest has reached London and in view of the fabis same surprise has been expressed in official quarters in London the suggestion.

French shore batteriesTM opened

South African aircraft bombed. troops quarters and started fires among military buildings, in vil- lages in southern Abyssinia.

In Albumik:bn Monday a suÇ- cessful raid” was made on stroopmanti: motor transport `moving on the Burl-Glave road,

Direct hite were observed on. the road-and-on enemy vehicles: af Broda 20% (italian, „diva- From all the above operations (bombers) weres-alamagada

all British alrerust returned: safe-- Our bombers on Mondi y made {ly with one exception. Router. fire on British® warships:” engaged | heavy attacks or enemy"POSILONS in the legitimate exercise of bel- north of Teclesan and on the rail- Ugerent rights. Our ships were way station, at Asmara, causing. in self defence compelled to re- several fires. turn the fire but subsequently they were subjected on their way i to port to three separate bombing attacks by French aircraft,

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AXIS SHIPS SET ON FIRE

The German steamer Eisenach In the Deadte-Assab drea lürge1,177 tons) and the Italian ves- numbers of motor transportsel Fella (6,042 tons) were com- vehicles were damaged by bombs pletely destroyed by fire at Punta The facts of the case appear to and machine-gun attacks and a Arenas yesterday.. offer the Vichy Government an depot at Tandeho and a petrol The crews were arrested and opportunity for apology rather durap north-east of Dessle were are now in gaol at San Jose, Cos¬ than protest British Wireless. Falso" Bombed,

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