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RALPH BYRD EDDIE QUILLAND KATHERINE DE MILLE

ALICE FAYE-JOHN PAYNE JACK DAKIE in

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent Aboard *000

H.M.S. Ark Royal)

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ior strength, have demonstrated anew their unwillingness to attempt to engage British surface craft.

The unusual aspects are that we have attacked and set blazing an important cork forest in north Sardinia and have shown the Spaniards that Ark Royal has once again been resurrected from the watery grave to which the wishful thinking of Axis communiques have so often consigned her, by

steaming an hour off Valencia and giving an air display.

The success of the attack on the cork forest was aptly express- ed by the Admiral in a congratu- "Esti - latory signal which said: mate enough burnt cork to give every Nazi a Hitler moustache."

Several hundred 25-lb. ex- plosive incendiary bombs were A cork dropped on the forest. factory on the outskirts of the

of Templo town

was also at- tacked.

Not Expected

Finland Warned

NAZI RAID ON LENINGRAD BEATEN OFF

Nazi 'planes attack- ed Leningrad on Mon- day but were dispers- ed, says Moscow

radio report quoted by Reuter.

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According to the wife, her hus. In 1938 band was intemperate. he stayed at a Kensington hotel with a woman.

AN APPEAL FOR UNDER- STANDING OF FINLAND'S share the disastrous consequence < POSITION IN THE RUS80-GER- of the catastrophe in which his MAN WAR, ADDRESSED TO regime will surely end." THE BRITISH LABOUR MOVE. The reply expresses the belief MENT BY THE FINNISH that all Finns are convinced De- SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY.Imocrats but "they must realise HAS DRAWN A WARNING that a Nazi victory would mean FROM THE NATIONAL COUN- the end of freedom, Democracy CIL OF LABOUR.

and social progress in all coun-

One of the pilots said: "We dropped flares and could sec huge area of forests on the slopes of the hills around Tempio,

"Evidently the Italians were not expecting a raid in this quarter as The warning states: "If Finland tries under Hitler's sway."--Reu- only one A.A. gun went into accontinues allied with Hitler it will 'ter. tion and no fighters appeared.

Was

"We dropped

incendiaries

roughly 16

over an area of square miles of forest. We could easily see the ting vivid flashes all over the forest as the rain of bombs exploded, scattering flames over a wide

arca.

The cork factory was a big three-storeyed building which blazing furiously when we left it against a background of the red glow of burning trees.

There were two huge fires rag- ma in the forest and many small- er ones which were gaining hold, The names were s 111 Visible 75 miles away.

Off Spain

"We inferrunted the homeward journey to look in at Valencia.

As we approached the Spanish coast we passed many smull ushing craft whose crews must have received a tremendous shock at seeing powerful British naval vessels steaming so near Spain.

"When the morning mist lifted we could see the tall chimneys of the industrial quarter of the town and white houses gleaming in the sunshine.

"When the ships were about eight miles from the coast we turned and steamed parallel with the shore.

"Then 18 bombers,

escorted

by eight fighters, fiew to and fro just outside the three-miles limit in 'V' formation.

"FIFTEEN OF OUR FIGHTERS ROARED OVERHEAD IN FULL VIEW OF THE TOWNSFOLK, THEIR FORMATION MAKING VICTORY A HUGE "V FOR SIGN.

"While the display, which lasted an hour, was in progress, a sub- marine came to the surface two or three miles ahead. An-aircraft- was

detached to look at it but found it to be a Spanish submar- ine."― Reuter.

Admiralty Statement

An

Admiralty communique states: "Swordfish" aircraft have carried out successful attacks onmilltary objectives north and south of Templo. In the island of Sardinia. «Targets were left burni..... ing fiercely,

"During these operations ono JU52 was shot down Into the sen. A Cant, floatplane was heavily engaged by naval fighter aircraft and severely damaged before it made good its escape.

"Our forces suffered no casual- tics,'

British Wireless.

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