1941-05-28 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 28, 1941.

HEAVY TOLL OF NAZI TROOP-CARRIERS SONGS GREET

Five Shot Down With Troops Inside

BIG PETROL THRILL FINES

Fines totalling £402, with £325 costs were imposed on eighteen defendants, summoned for alleged offences under the peʻrol ration- ing order.

IN AMERICA

News of the sinking of THE R.A.F. CONTINUED to inflict heavy

the Bismarck sent a great The hearing, which took nine thrill through Washing- losses on the enemy in Crete on Monday, days, was at Newton-le-Willows.

Lanes, Police Court. All the deton when it was an- stated yesterday's Middle East air communi-

fendants gave notice of appeal.

nounced over all radio que issued in Cairo.

It was alleged that 145,000 stations yesterday morn- gallons of petrol, stored in tanks ing. belonging to Parkinson and Co.. Ltd., on a building sile were ille-

Five troop-carrying 'planes, laden with troops, were shot down during a highly suc- cessful attack at Malemi and a number of

· other JU 52's were shot down.

Three British fighters BANNS READ-FOUND

failed to return.

British fighters also attacked about 100 JU 52's closely concentrated the

on

DROWNED

NIGHT RAID

As the Alert sounded over a London area which suffered heavily in an ear- lier night blitz, men and women in a local public- house sang "Bless 'em all" at the top of their voices.

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The windows of the "local" shattered, The street in which

almost wrecked.

But Inside and outside the tavern these people stood fast. Men and women, girls and youths, ran to fire-watching posts at street corners. while others checked up on the bags of sand which lay outside every door, re- Alled after the battle with incen- diaries the night before

Ever since the Battle of the gally supplied and acquired. The site, it was stated, was occupied Demak Strait early on Satur- by Messes Gibb and Partners as day the progress of the British agents of the Ministry of Supply avat forces had been eagerly

Few people had left the district. followed, fears that the German

though in most of the homes Parkinson and Co. were sum-chips had got away alternating moned for supplying the petrol. with hopes that the slower Brithere is no glass in the windows

Ush ships had been able to catch or plaster in the ceiling. · up with the Germans.

read ground at Malemi, of us marriage inflicting heavy damage.

At dusk I.A.F. bombers renew- ed the attack in the same area and set fire to sex aral enemy aircrait un the ground.

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During the previous might heavy attack was made on beaches and aerodromes by British bon- bers.

Mosu! Raid

Firm Fined £160

Heavy gunfire soon heralded the approach of raiders, which appeared to be coming in from the Tes Estuary.

Many incendiaries fell in cannot

where the district of London, and

Riders Passed signal was sound- ed unusually early.

The defence was that Messrs. Gabb, as Government agents, were On the day on which the banns nut bound by the rationing order,

to supply the that permission were first time at the village church obtain petrol from the tanks was Arthur Richard Copland, aged given by the north-west divisional twenty-six a farm labourer, of petroleum officer, Mr. Whitehorn, Reymerstone, Norfolk, was found and that the whole of the petrol drowned in a pond.

was supplied to vehicles engaged on work of national importance.

This was revealed at the inquest when a verdict was recorded that Copland drowned himself while the balance of his mind was dis-Ltd.

turbed.

Sir Lindsay Parkinson and Co.. were fined £160 and there were individual fines of varying

His father said that his son amounts. was preparing a home for his

bride, but he was "worried about The cases against Sir Alexander at being

and Messrs. called

His up."

mother Gibb and Partners and said he told her he was extreme-Corderoy and Co. (summoned as Haily worried and "best out of the Brms) und Messrs. E. N. Butler. way," but she told him not to be 1. H. Campbell and P. Greenwood "silly."

were dismissed.

IT Iraq, the aerodrome Musul was again bombed German aircraft bomben baniyah without causing damage or casualties.

In Libya, Benghazi was again bombed.

Other operations in the Medi- terranean included a successful attack on enemy cicnant VIS- sels of the North African censt and a raid on an aerodrome 011

Reuter. Scarpanto Island.

TRIED TO SAVE BABY BROTHER

A three-year-old girl tried to

save her brother, aged two, from drowning when he tell into

CIVILIAN LOSSES IN CRETE FAIRLY LIGHT

DESPITE THE FEROCITY OF THE GER-

brook, but he was too heavy and MAN MILITARY AND AIR ATTACK ON CRETE, pulled her down in the water.

The story was told at the En-

field inquest on Johny Donnelly, aged two of Aldridge-avenue, En- field Lock. Middlesex.

The heroine, Kathleen Donnel- ly, was in bed recovering from her ordeal when her father, Mr.

Joseph Donnelly, told the story to

the coroner, Dr. George Cohen,

who commented: "That is mar- vellous."

Accidental death was the ver-

WHERE HAND TO HAND FIGHTING CON- CASUALTIES TINUES UNABATED, CIVILIAN ARE COMPARATIVELY LIGHT.

Women, children and old men were eva- cuated beforehand to the hills, which offered excellent protection.

The hillsides around Malemi and Suda are littered with parachutes, giving the Mr. Donnelly protested at the appearance from the distance of fallen flow-

dict.

condition of fencing round the brook,

Afterwards he told a reporter: "I am immensely proud of my little girl."

GIRLS PREFER A "CHATTERBREAK"

MANY GIRL- WORKERS WAR FACTORIES PREFER

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er petals.

British officers have been de- talled off to instruct the Greek troops in the art of combatting continue to paratroops, which drop in large numbers.

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ALIENS NOT

DIPLOMATIC

An officer from Crete the Cretans' courage is beyond praise. They have not been armed, but many already pos- sessed muskets and old rifles,

Complaints were made which they supplemented with Tommy-guns taken from para-in Parliament of black- aliens out offences by

troops. Mountain folk are cooperating HALF HOUR'S CHAT TO WIRE closely with the British, scouting claiming diplomatic im-

villagers reporting the presence munity. LESS ENTERTAINMENT OR CONCERTS DURING

of pockets of German troops and THE indicating the shortest routes Dr. Winifred M.. Burbury, hon-leading to capture of the enemy orary psychiatrist at

LUNCH BREAK:

Salford

Royal Hospital, thinks this free-

☛ dom to talk is better than other

Youth Absent->

The Home Secretary said action in these casese was taken through diplomatic channels.

Mr. Garro-Jones said that lights had been shown from diplomatie The youth of Crete are largely premises, and persons had de- -forms of entertainment for some absent since the majority of the clined to obey the requests of the

girls.

Cretan division which went to

police, Dr. Burbury is quoted in the Greece and fought with great monthly journal of the Industrial valour, died or were captured and The Home Secretary: If diplo Welfare Society, She states:' did not return to Creter How-matic officers continue to abuso "Even in recreative outlets ever, youngsters and old men are our hospitality it will be very there must be variety to avoid giving a good account of them- objectionable and they will run monotony; radio: for half an hour, selves.

the risk of an undiplomatic reply.

freedom to talk for another half Despite the heavy bombing of Mr Denville: May I suggest son hour. The same meal day Suda Bay, Cretan dockers are that if Mr. Garro-Jones secs a ofter day is monotonous, and the undaunted, working day and light of this description he should same entertainment can be equal-night and resting only during air heave a brick through that win- Ay monotonous

dow? (Laughter.) -

eralds. Reuter.

While not minimising the loss of Hood, general opinion is that Admiral Raeder afford to trade battleships with

Britain.

Details of the battle were awaited with feverish Interest

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