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IVES

AND SHIPS

IN SENDING AID

THE

RUSSIANS

HEN Soviet Rus BY

sla was attacked

by Hitler the only

WINSTON

AT

CHURCHILL

on a grand scale from

Altaflord, were way we and the attack, and between them 'lost refuelling at

intercept the ricans could help them ten ships. Fifty, however, got about to sail to

attack by sending weapons safely through, but in the pro- convoy. The risk of this over- out- cess we lost the cruiser Edin-whelming major

weighed any from the supplies. These were burgh by U-boat action.

air or U-boats.

ed States and British

The climax

action, and from Ame-

Ar-

•

ماما

LOST

TO

WAR

-caused the scattering of: the con- voy. Thus their:meró¡PTERENCE in these waters had directly contributod, to a remarkable success for them.

painful.

Admiral Pound would prob.

our own

The consequences, for us wNKO | ably not have sont much_vche- ment orders it only

The scattered, rde- British warships had been con- cerned. But the idea that our fenceless convoy now fell an arat large joint Anglo-American incraft and U-boats. The dis- easy prey to the marauding operation under British mand should involve the de mal tale of each ship or little truction of the two United group of ships, some of them accompanied by one or more of own may well have disturbed the smaller escort vessels, tre accustomed to deal with them, took refuge along the frozen heart-shaking decisions.

the polsa with which he WRS COMD saga in itself. Some

This is only my surmise from

coast of Nova Zemble. Of the 34 ships which left fecland 23 wero sunk, and their CISWB Perished in the icy sen or suffered and mutilation by frust-bis-

Incredible handships

„Loddon Kanrenažðurums.

Just

plain

folks

BILLY ROSE Etrikes a blow for Hollywood

Adml. Hamilton's

ruler munitions already The climax of our endeavours would be of no avail against the cruisers as well as our

reached In the painful force the Germans could cm- to Britain. The only was

episode involving the by which these sup- P.Q.17. This convoy, compris pley, and it seemed that the only hope of caving a pro- could be carried to the ing 34 merchant ships, sailed portion of the convoy lay in seat sian armies was by sca. from Iceland for Archangel on tering as widely as possible he

June 27. Its escort consisted of fore the enemy arrived.

They nd the North Cape and J

six destroyers, two acti-aircraft col ugh Arctic waters to

two submarines and 11 could be on the spot 10 hours

afier leaving harbour, and the what I kney of my friend. For craft. In immediate merchant ships could only do I never discusses the matter mansk and later

two British and

seven or eight knots. If scatter with him. Indeed, so strictly Three British, six American, one gel.

two American rulers,

there was the secret of these orders Panamanian, and (two Rusakin three destroyers, under Rearing was to he ective

on the First Sea being sent

ships reachad Lord's authority guarded by the merchant Adml. Hamilton, Nine British was no time to lose.

Russian submarines and two

That evening the following Admiralty that it was not until Archangel, and delivers: 70,000...

which had started from fecland.|-- I'd like to give the le were disposed along the north

of Norway to attack, if "Immediate" signals went out after the war-that I learned the tons of cargo out of the 200,000 TODAY, once and for all,

Fourteen Americanships.in #511| transporting. Dossible, the Tirpitz and Ger- to Admiral Hamilton

Enemy force cruisers. ма

or at least to ple direct personal orders to Russia. However, they warning of their approach. tot possess enough ships Finally, to the westward, under IIITT he immenSC amounts we the Commander-in-Chief, Adml.

willing to

the agreement the Soviet rnment was responsible for ving the supplies in their ships at Britial or Ameri-

and porta,

send,

and Tovey, cruised our main cover-

on the of the

and American vessels ing force-the battleships Duke Part 10 of "The

constituted three-quarters of York and Washington, with traffe. For the first four the carrier Victorious.

9 months all went well, one ship was lost, and it not till March, 1942; that oan aircraft, flying from horn Norway, and German bate began seriously. bat (the coavoTS.

Ship moved

to

to thaye maen show Hitler cted the German Navy to ontrate in strength in Nor-

Cruisers destroyers.

and

સ

three

Botilin

of

The convoy passed north of Bear Island, where the pack-ice held it within 200 miles of the

German airbaecs. The Ad- miralty innstructed AdmL

east of Bear was

Hamilton that his cruiser force

was not to

Island "unless the convoy threatened by a surface force which he could night." This clearly meant that he was not intended to fight the Tirpitz.

in the winter, not only to Meanwhile the Commander-in-

Hinge of Fate, Mr Churchill's

fourth

of memoirs

World War

with the heavy ships re- First Sea Lord, who

II

were sunk. This was one of the to the libel that Hollywood

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In the whole of the war.

No blame

they're exhibitionists who spedidlise in tatblo-tealing and double-living.

As I know them, and I kno them

CHUNG TIN BUILDING.

plenty well, they Just WIVES

versions of

moro your

The Allied cruiser «spandron was alcagy hom of the limit of its mission. Ifno.pow.ortiere had gone

from the Ad- out

1 awaited the results of we would in iniralty the eruicers

to be slightly an inquiry into the conduct of those happen any case have withdrawn,

This took a ton-photogenic our or so fater in accordance concerned. with their original instrucdons. siderable time and assigned no Uncle Jonathan and your Aunt SOMETIMES Their cariler movement did not blame, to anyone, How could Esmerelda ordinary citizen's in fact influence the tactical do so in vicsy of the signals who work hard, send their kids see the Red. sen Lord? If no Tirpiz, bad eyed when they

spanking in her consoris were approaching White and Blue the escort cruisers and the the breeze.

What's that? The gent in the checked waistcoat wants proof? convoy, it was right to order the cruisers to withdraw, as other-Okay, but since the principals

the tale coming up Wese ney would have been a

modest people I'll have to allas uecicas sacrifice, and the best hope of the merchant ships 147 up their names.

dispersal.

funtion. In the light of later

+ their

belleved

ent a British descent, but ned in an area about 150 rn attack to be imminent:

to obstruct the flow of sup-

and munitions to Russia. miles north-west of Bear Island, Tirpitz was moved

to ready to attack the Tirpitz

9.11 p.m.

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knowledge, however, the de- cision to scatter was precipitate, of

Now let us turn to the Ger- man side of the picture. The comprising the enemy force. Tirpitz, Scheer and Hipper, with

destroyers, altendant which had assembled at Alta- ford, did not in fact leave bar- bour until midday on the 5th. By this time they knew from their air reconnaissance that the convoy haa:scaster and that

of the convey made it unlikely westward at high speed.

drawn The German ships were soon alghted, first by a that they could, and a tanker

from which to replenish the 9.23 p.m.

Russian submarine, which al- Owing to threat from surface tacloud and incorrectly claimed limited supply. He also dwel. Tirpitz, and the chances of a fine action ships, convoy is to disperse two hits on the

submarine, developing, in which case he and proceed to Russian ports. later by a British

needed which reported her still steering destroyers would be

with the foL to the north-cast at high speru. The German admiral, know- ing that he had been reported, feared attack from British air- craft which he believed might be within striking distance, but

in

Benzin January. Herc. a should she appear, first of all Cruiser Force withdraw to the the British cruisers had with pointing out that the scattering No 4, a scenario writer,

later. she was joined by with the aircraft from the Vic- schew, and in March by the torious.

Per Ripper,

Bron

Convoy located

are ships was to have N by

the battle-crulzers rnhorst

Gneisennu and Brest. and by the Prinz en, which had escaped with

The convoy

was located by the enemy on July 1 and there- nfter was shadowed from

air and frequently attacked. On the morning of July 4 the first Convoy is to scatter.

the

9.30 p.m.

ut the Scharaborat and ship was sunk, and three more

senau had both fallon vie- were torpedoed by aircraft that The decision once taken left to our mines and were for evening, by which time the no option with the cruiser Ad-

was already 150 miles miral. His

y months out

time,

that

instructions

-of the

·were

However,

of action, convey le they were being repaired beyond Bear Island, Rear-Adml. definite and perematory, and proposed none the less to con-

were subjected to heavy Hamilton had used his discre- whatever his distress at having tinue his lesion. attack. On the night of

tionary authority to remain to

to leave his hapless charges he the German High Command uary 27 the Gneisenau was with the convoy. It was known could do nothing to help them now took a different view of the in dork at Kiel ani.

remembering the gh we did not know it at her the Tirpitz had left Trond- Nor was our flect able to reach mattor, and

helm tomo time before the tie scene in time. Unfortunately tate of the Bismarck a year be heavily afternoon of the 3rd, but there the destroyers of was -00

:fore, decided on withdrawal convoy oved that she never ·ap- www no precise news of her escort also withdrew, and al- fed again in the war at sea movements or of other German though this decision was at the

heavy ships.

time accepted as right in the circumstances. their presence later on would have helped to collect the scattered shine into They abo estimated. with little Braupe after the threat of some justice. that the scattered surface attack bad for on convoy could be more effectively and would have afforded them dealt with by air and U-boat 1 some protection against air and "altack. That evening the "Ger- anxiety. On the 4th there were U-boat attacks during the re- heavy ships were ordered strong reasons to believe that mainde ol the long and back to port. The potential Tirpitz and ber consorts, after hazardous voyage.

threat which they created had

remained

Prinz the n, which was sent

at the time as the Scheer to join irpite. She was torpedoed

British submarine

17

In

But managed to reach heim. After making tem repairs sho succeeded ning to Germany, where put of action till remalned out ber. Although the naval at Trondheim was only as strong us Hitler

had

ed, it riveted our attention.

Attack ordered

nvoy PQ.12 had left Ice-

on March 1, and the Tirpitz

In view of what followed, it is necessary to examine the situation as It was known nt the time in the Admiralty, where the progress of the convoy was being watched

NEW .com- forter has turned up for

1.

Back to port

are

and

The departure of the dea- TEW years ago Moirn Gaye, troyers raises another problem. Jhis report an hang one of the most publicised referred to the duci awation, gals in filmdom, divorced Hubby married Hubby No 5, a set designer. These

multiple marriages, I hasten to add, do not mean that was promiscuous: they Moira only go to show that, if it's love that makes the world go round, the star had such an overdoro of this commodity that she went around a bit faster than most,

end of the war, 43 you may remember

rinn and Nevertheless, while the scat-writers and directors with Hun-

garian

Czech names were aring of the convoy gave little

showing up in Hollywood. for destroyer

a -Crech One in particular director I'll call Matchek, was welcomed with particularly open arms by Mo'ra, who was mitum that she decided to make him Hubby No 6,

Abuse and insult

BLope

nction

Toward the a Jot

of

against superior surface attack, their withdrawal was certainly a mistake.

All risks shoula have been taken in detance of the merchant ships.

Since the war there has been criticism of this incident by MOIRA, like my Main Street American writers, and there was M bawirau

.WILS naturally -at once a cataract of abuse and 12

anxious for her prospective (insult from the Sovint 'Govern, husband to be 'a ·Dang-up. ment However, we learned access, and so she set, out-to by our misfortunes.

sell him to the executives of her studia.

Matchck's a great director” any she

them and "ft. no happens he owns the rights to story that would be perfect for me. Why don't you buy it. There's next picture? for my only one conditionMatchak. myst d'rect.

World Copyright” reserved. production, even parit Ilu, in language, strictly prohibited,

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.

what

The studio, heads-l

Imew Moira didn't that she was ma box-office attraction longer

the

she was quacked to to be, but help know that if she wen

beatproperly handled her past glorien

The home-Office pays for it mig

might carry her along tor

Mr K-

you see him instead of going home

to mother'

ordered out to attack tall the angry, tearful

a British wives who used to run home

was reported by marine. Admi. Tovey, to mother.

covering the CONVOY

ז'.

George

with the

The first 250 “marriage

0910 intercept and at-counsellors" in Britain

the

ATC

Vand Victorious, German air reconnow open for business, and sance failed to find

handling married-life wor! roy, and Tirpitz turned back re Admi. Tovey could get ries at the rate of 7,000 een her and home. On couples a year. Their work cha the aircraft from the carries the stamp "Home orious found her, and

Office approved" and, to ing fored of torpedo carry-

machines -was at

somc once

extent, . 1s ched. The Tirpitz, however, financed. seded in avolding all thei

By JAMES BARTLETT

picture or two., And- eu, and supervises it, including a

a mother.

of loyalty to on old money but maker-and

her touched by evotion to her next husband

agreed to buy both they

course cussions.

of 481octures and dis-

ranging

from

anatomy

to Interview-techni

ques. After this spare-time Matchek and his story.

training, which ila tahan during

6ix

months from autumn til

·Easter thoro are written exam- ination impers

COUPLE of days after the

Alma went into production

Then, the tricklest part of the refugee dropped in to see the training a year's proba- „he studio boss.

tion on cate work. "Tricky. "As you know," he said, "1 because nobody can sit in and love dear Melra very much, bus watch the now" cpinsellors as there's one thing. I love even training panel of 13 men, five counsellors? First,

The Home Office marriage" Now who chooses the unpaid worl

muremy integrity as an artist they ‚are ::

And when make a picture women, nowsupervises theiriera'ewol · by the Jochl Wives and husbanda expect permit

even love nothing not State selection

and training, of, new smarilage coupelis,

privacy wher, they gu to ink to stand in the way, counselors. It is speriding' £5,- --

aver. their troubles. They dont "Therefore, in vil honrety, 1 000 a year on this work alone.

Wanit onlekers.

gut, to

you that in this par to tell ticular

mord picture dear stinks, and I think you ought to

What sort of people are Bad types

Glournemouth

NETWO rubin groups of unsuit. Their problems replace her with Andre

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Aces and regained the In an office half-way along ar of West Fjord. Thus the the road from the church to being trained? or P.Q.13 reached, ita des- the divorce court, I met - Mr. K, a big, cheerful man to his Hinn safely.

"No names, please," said Jarable recruits are rejected he

the early forties.

Ho sut back in Joreph Broschaweneral

chairs at his secretary of the National Mar- AD TEFE ONE is the inHAT are the problems that he April convey, PQ13, was one of the eary

secure man or woman who la they must tackle?

had recently been signed guidance consulting ringe Guidance Council. Looking for a new way to reMore than half the unhappi- the studio. lly attacked by aircraft and ma`riage.

and eald: "Frankly. I'm German destroyers, and last roata,

None of the hundred or so side self-esteem. Such people, he married couples in The rest is quickly told. Motra worried if a married marriage advice centres from pertians _unconsciously, are volvos

physical aspects of was kicked out of the role and ships out of 19. One Ger- never

but couple has a good row." destroyer was sunk,

Aberdeen really rocking power, a chance married life One thousand simultaneously out of Matches's likes to publish the names of to feel superior to others in care historied show that 545 tile, and the director specialis

anarriage „dmansellars, imora

couples had Hasle sex probing in sentimental dime about Topis.

home life, went on to become particularly in the amalier

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generally nora woman than in fœwer shari: one merziege fri to Washington, the carrier when a rubend and wife al siia to their homes by surious roman ("Makroubles predominated Hollywood

who is user to find every foitt. Housing, fewer by duo harva bruleurs, and stop sparking to each other curiosity.")

"But a desteperry was a very wel. They drift into more bos

"background" ́portrait marriage secrets. Ehe is than one for sight." dition to our strength, tilt-and their marriage then of Britain's 230 marriage coun- not sincero in her desire to Ehai tha's Markdagoodmuasellori pad trace the occupation of being to crack..

sellors shows that toost of

(havo all. found" "aston)

cruiser Trinidad was tor-

and eventually

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arrival at Scaps Flow One in four

kho

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would

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HANSY Topre** their, Lodlings them -uro -In- their caris fort; daers. She keo scandal

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Comp.

Hhinks the other '18 Brw of them are under 80. Becond scrossing Que tak VI'S DOTO Newly all are married (with; when i dva expert "comultanță. DIU true of colize ad Mr K. funilica.

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