1941-08-13 — Page 5

Bv BUD FISHER

WOH, HECK!

LI CAN'T WAIT "THAT LONG!" I'LL TAKE THE FERRY!

EXTENSIVE RAIDS BY ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

HIS COURAGE NOT FORGOTTEN

the

was

A bequest in £30,654 will of Mr. Ernest Barrett, of Earl's Court, £500 to Emily Nichols, "as a slight apprecia- tion of the prompt and courageous con- duct of her late hus- band, Sidney Frank Nichols, on June 13, 1917."

to

He also left £2,000

his housekeeper,

Norah McGahey.

YESTERDAY'S R.A.F. communique from the Middle East states "Extensive raids were carried out by aircraft of the R.A.F. and Fleet Air Arm on enemy positions and aerodromes in Libya during the night of August 10/11.

"A particularly heavy attack was made on Benghazi, many tons of bombs being dropped, all of which fell into the target area.

These were drop- ped on the motor transport and repair sections, as well as on railway sidings, yards and dock installa- tions.

and attacked a searchlight post. while other aircraft of the Royal Air Force raided the landing ground at Gazala and Sovuth where fires were seen to break out.

"Four violent explosions and many fres were caused. Our bombers also machine-gunned an aerodrome south of Benghazi and motor transport which was dis- persed near Tobruk and Bardia.

Some bombs burst close to "Several large

the aircraft and a large column dropped on workshops and build-of smoke was observed. The tar- ings

in and started fres compounds, destroying vehicles

bombs

were

the get was also machine-gunned

mary

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The harbour at Tripoli again bombed. One hit on the i power station caused a violent explosion which was scen 100 miles away. "One of

from a low level.

Ship Torpedoed "During the same night Sword- fish aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm attacked a ship of 1,300 tons in air-Syracuse Harbour and two direct hits with torpedoes are believed to have been scored. One caused an explosion amidships. They also dropped bombs on the Gerbini, Sicily aerodrome.

attacking our craft came down to a low level

OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD

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HORIZONTAL

1 Goddess of

the harvest

4 Walked with

difficulty

9 Demure

12 Cost

13 To shun

14 Crude metal

15 Light brown

16 Carnivorous mammai

17 Carpet

10 To mako

lace

20 To rebound "

22 Escaped

24 Roman

bronze

25 Gaming

cubes.. 20 To bring

forth Elek 29 Conjunction

30 Durable

white fibre

31 Tale

33 Maxim

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·36 Corded cloth

30 Head

-covoring

30 Vast.ago.

40 Unusual

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forco

43 Ialo

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40 Hawallan

bird

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52 Roman

magistrate

53 Worthless leaving

54 To attempt

55 Denomina-

tiona

56 Brood

VERTICAL

1 Poetle:

frequently

2 Edible seed

3 Axiomati-

cally

4 Cried

5 Humming-

bird

6 Moved

nimbly

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7 Scandina

vian literary worka.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION..

BEST

RABP

ORLE ARELERIA

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8 Expensive

9 Pity

10 Anglo-Saxon

money

11 Sull

10 Paid notice

21 Chief Norse

delty

22 Symbol for

iron

23 Lariat 24 Some 26 To provide

food

27 Spanish

article

-29 Part of "to be" 30 Japanese

coin

32 Chances- 33 Weight

AREHAG ALASS 34 Interjection

MASTA

30 Hamitie

LANE DALALA

language 37. Hebrew letter

OLEN SAMPAN

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EDDA OPAGE IDIA 40 Japanese

ASPE

BIL

FABRENO

ZADAR

回饋線對

RINA

meakure

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ern Indians'

43 'Malt

beverages

44 Ship channel

45 Melody

47 Murio: high

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50 Devoured.

"During Monday, Tomahawks of the South African Air Force shot down one of four Mes- serschmitt 110's which they on- countered off the Egyptian coast, and R. A. F. Hurricane fighters shot down a Henchel 126.

"On August 10, aircraft of the Royal Air Force bombed a collier at Lampedusa, leaving it sinking and down by the stern. Patches of oil were to be seen near the position on the following day.

"A Sunderland shot down a Dornier over the Mediterranean and from all these operations our aircraft returned safely."-Reu-

ter.

AMERICAN RED CROSS WORK

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent)

Invaluable work has been per- formed by the American Red Cross since the signing of the Acre Armistice Convention and the conclusion of the Syrian cam- paign.

Already they have distributed 800 tons of food and clothes, with 100 tons of medical supplies to wounded refugees or those ren- dered destitute as the result of the campaign. All the goods arrived by sea and a further 700-tons is expected shortly-Reuter.

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