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GENERAL

40 RAIDERS ROUTED IN TERRIFIC BLINDED SUBMARINE HOME

DORSET COAST BATTLE

HEROISM OF FATHER: CINEMA.

HIT IN PORTSMOUTH RAID

LONDON, August 26 (Heater)-An Air Ministry communique -states that the number of enemy aircraft brought down by the R.A.F. and A.A. Batteries on Saturday total 50. Nineteen of our aircraft were lost but the crews of 12

safe. are

Later show that some damage, was done to industrial premises north-east coast but no further casualties are reported.

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A Ministry of Home Security communique states that it now confirmed that during the raid on Portsmouth on Saturday a number of casualties were caused some of which were fatal. The majority of these were in the cinema which received a direct hit Damage was also done to pri- but we shall not be afraid. vate property and business pre-

him."

of

mises. It is now known, that in The. bursting bombs caused addition to the attack already some peculiar freak effects, For reported on Wanston aerodrome instance parts of a motor casualties were also caused on was seen in the morning hanging another aerodrome.

festooned from the trees.

car

Reports now received show that

STRIKING FÉATURE In the raids on 1 part of the

Misking the danger of falling London area there were some; incendiary bombs four men dash-

to commercial and private pro perties.

PEER KILLED BY

LAND MINE LONDON, Aug. 23" (Reuter)- -Lord North and his slater, Lady Cynthia Williams, were killed as the result of an ex- plosion oTi the south-east coast yesterday. Lady North was critically injured.

The explosion WIN heard and felt 'several miles away and it is understood that it was caused by a land mine."

Dominion

Status For India.

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AFTER EVENTFUL PATROL

LONDON, Aug. 26 (Renter)—Travelling blind through the loss. of both periscopes which were damaged by a German ship, the British submarine Sea Lion has returned to her base after a patrol in which she sänk one entmy store-carrying ship, chased « U-boat, attacked a convoy and finally was forced to lie low for two days near a German base.

Shortly after starting on her

patrol she torpedoed a 3,000-ton 100 Gift

store-carrier near the shore. The crew of the carrier reached land in boats.

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Later she sighted a U-boat and engaged her with gunfire, but the

enemy dived.

Aeroplanes For China

The Sea Lion Bfterwards spotted CHENGTU, Aug. 26 (Central)— a German convey strongly protect The Szechwan

branch of the ed by an anti-submarine escort. National Association for Armed The Sea Lion moved into a Resistance and National Recon. favourable position in the middle struction will soon launch a cam- of the convoy and was preparing paign to raise $20,000,000 Chinese. to tre a torpedo when one of the currency) for purchasing 100 German ships happened to change planes to offer to the National course, taking her right over the Government. A comprehensive submarine.

scheme for the campaign has been drafted

PERISCOPES DAMAGED There was a crashing shock and a Yew moments later depth

were dropped but Alli

COUNCIL REQUESTS TIME LIMIT casualties but the number of from a shelter to tackle a fire the couner of the National went wide."

ALLAHABAD, Aus. 26 (Reuter) charges

U.S. AIR BASE fatalities was small, otherwise a works. They climbed a ten-Liberal Federation have adopted a

AT BERMUDA there is nothing to add-to-the-toot wall and fought the

The Sea Lion was forced, to re- flames resolution previous communique when it with sand until the fire

suggesting certain main submerged until darkness brigade clarifications

LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter)-At was stated that damage was done arrived,

and modifications, fell. She then came to the sur Sixed hundred residents of two evoke"

in the Viceroy's offer in order to face and found both periscopes special session of the Bermuda

wholehearted response badly damaged and other super-House of Assembly it was decid blocks of flats went to the shel-from the people of India in the ficial damage done..

ed that the United States be al- Elsewhere in England sporadic ters_and_shortly afterwards a prosecution of the war.

In a fairly heavy sea, the crew, lowed the use of Bermuda Great. attacks were made over t wide number of incendiary bombs fell The resolution states that as-despite great dimculties and the Sound as an air base. area and three towns in the outside the flats and some at the surance is needed that the con- risk of being swept overboard. It is a particularly valuable north and the Midlands received entrance of an occupied shelter templated free and equal partner managed to clear the damaged seaplane base because it is well some damage mainly to residen A striking feature of the raid ship of India is not to be subject gear, but owing to the shortness protected by many islands. tial property. There were some was the fact that there was only to qualifications such as

were of the night, were unable to Lord Lloyd, Secretary of casualties a few of which were one casualty In this thickly

The Sea Lion for the Colonies. has matte suggested In Mr. L. S. Amery's finish the work, fatal-In-another-district the populated district. He was a war speech of August 8.

had-to-lle--submerged throughout clear that there is no-question-of- damage was reported as slight den who suffered a burnt hand

de-the next day near an enemy base Bermuda or any part of it being with a few casualties.

while helping to deal with infinite time limit should be fixed while anti-submarine vessels hunt-separated from the British Empire cendiary bombs.

for India's attainment of Domi- ed her..

or of her people ceasing to be

nion status,

She returned home, sailing blind.(British subjects

CHILD KILLED. LONDON. August 28 (Reuter)-. There was only a small audience at the Portsmouth cinema which was hit during yesterday's rald but a number of people, including two women and A child. killed;

were

with

SPLENDID SPIRIT LONDON, August 28 (Reuter) ---- Damage was done to the London arca and the city. The weekend raids were very small indeed." an official of the Ministry of Home Security told à Reuter cor- respondent after a tour of in

The streets were alled week-end shoppers when a large spection.

force

two

Lon-

cer

It further declares that a

GRAECO-ITALO FRICTION

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State It

Move To Check Uneasiness

Over P.I. Trends

SPEAKER YULO,

FLIES TO US

WAR RELIEF BENEFIT `IN MANILA

of bombers, escorted by He added that it would be

NO IMPORTANT fighters, appeared flying very quite wrong to believe the high: A few of the raiders got don raids caused devastation

DEVELOPMENTS through, and encountering heavy serious upset.

A charming adjunct to the cast | In the city

LONDON,Ang. 26 (BWY) anti-aircarft fre split into

of Polson Flower in the part of stain areas may be moped off There have been un further deve- formations-and-dropped-bombs

Joan the~~~"advanced" Joong indiscriminately mostly

because of the widespread break-lopments of importance between on, the

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Per-mina, Betty McGregor greeted ing shopping and residential districts.

of glass which left the conItaly and Greece so far as it is sistent reports trom Manila to the Manlia audiences with an alry In addition to

tents of many shops lying open. known in official circles in Lon

effect that Speaker Jose Yulo of "Hello,” and so well did she do the chema The population of both Borer do bombs fell оп the recreation

-the--National-Assembly-usy fly her part that Manila theater- ground. the golf course, the shop-

and Ramsgate maintained their

The situation will continue to soon to the United States were goers were sorry to say "Goodby ping centre, bandstand allotments spirit splendidly during the raids be watched carefully.

interpreted here today as Indicat-to her on her final exit. and a hotel.

Damage these towns is sub- Unofficial but well-informed

ing that the Philippines desired to Poison Flower, the three-act incline to consider the counteract increasing uneasiness stantial but in no sense catas quarters

absence of new moves from the in the United States over recent was relief benefit, and was pre- comedy was given as a .British Italian side as indicating that the trends in the Commonwealth_gov- DEPOSITS RECOVERED

sented-at-Helbronn-Ball, Ameri- ernment.

can School, on Aug. 22 and 23.

HERO OF RAID One of the beroes of the rald trophic. -was-a-man-who-was found bend-

ing over his son and supporting LONDON, August 26 (Reuter)-main significance of Italian press the wreckage of the basement on Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister and wireless attacks may have his shoulders.

without Portfolio, today

been intimidatory.

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It does not appear from reports

During a tour of the damagea ed bags of money being recovered aren the Lord Mayor saw a woman from a bank which was partially from Athens that the Greeks will President

outside her demolished home tri- demolished by a direct hlt during umphantly holding up a dish. of Friday's air raid on 8 London meat she had saved the suburb, Sunday joint.

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be easily intimidated.

TRAITORS KILLED IN HUNAN.

RECENT LAW Coples of the recent law giving Manuel I Quezon sweeping authority were received here and carefully scanned by ex-

U.S. Congress

perts, who predicted that Speaks And The Pons

Yuo would seek interviews with

President Roosevelt and Interior

Secretary Harold L. 'Ickes to ex- Assinorum

The escape of the manager and At Ramsgate whole

Ofamily is attributed to the fact scaside villas were demolished that the bomb fell before the and many people were rendered sirens were

MILO Aug. 26 (Central)-Cho plain the economic and political sounded. homeless but casualties were com-they would have been sheltering called captain and

Otherwise Pro-y) and Chang' Lung-shan, so background of the recent legisla- THE DONKEY HAS LONG paratively few.

vice-captain tion. It was also considered likely BEEN THE POPULAR SYMBOL in the strong-room.

of of the Japanese-sponsored Youth that, Mr. Yulo would discuss with OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. which was destroyed,

Corps' in north Hunan, and sever Washington officials the recent

At the Democratic Convention. the money

real members of the corps were amendments to the Philippine there seemed to be a movement covered but the books are still killed recently by a chinese anti-constitution in the light of Pre-on foot to do away with the little under debris,

traitors group

sident Quezon's personal plans. beast.'

FIREMEN ATTACKED After the bombing the ralders returned to machine-gunning the firemen dealing with an outbreak of fire at the gas works.

The public are strictly exclud- ed from the areg damaged In the London raid. A large square has been roped off and buses diverted and

even tenants of business premises in the vicinity had to secure Police permits to visit them.

The atmosphere is peaceful ex- cept for the incessant ringing of number of burglar alarms

which were set off by the force of nearby explosions. Compara-

tively few sightseers tried to visit the scene.

Most of

part

W2A

:

"IT HAD BOUNCED BACK AGAIN PRETTY QUICK!"

Experts in insular affairs believ-A picture of a donkey in the ed that President Quezon's advo- Chicago Stadium was taken down cacy of economic control meant and replaced by one of Franklin. he had agreed to accept a second D. Roosevelt. Campaign buttons, term; since it was not believed he distributed by the thousands, dis- would provide such a wide grant played not a donkey, but a of powers to his successor,

ing American Interest in the Philippine situatirón.

rooster.

LONDON, Aug. 26 Reuter) American correspondents in Britain continue to give the lle to exaggerated German reports

GROWING INTEREST

PRO-DONKEY PROPAGANDA of what the Luftwaffe is supposed to be doing. In addition to Some congressional spokesmen

-minded Donkey

Democrats. Mt. Arthur Young, the London observer of the Columbia Broad-

believed it would be necessary to

alarmed at this monkey-business. casting System told his American listeners that although it was eradicate the Impression left

were circulating pro-donkey pro- 4 serious allegation to make that the Germans were bombing in- throughout the United States by discriminately villages. Tarms and homes, after several days of

paganda—a stylish speech made reports of growing dictatorship in by Arizona's Democratic Senator. travelling about the country he was convinced that it was true.the Philippines. These spokesmen Heary F. Ashurst, in 1940, TERRIFIC BATTLE

Other American correspondents aerodromes, etc." "reveals the asserted, however, that these re- LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter)-A to whom he had talked, he added. worthlessness, of German terrific air battle over the Dorset feel the same way.",

muniques. "const′′ares-on- Saturday afternoon Meanwhile the Berlin correspon resulted in the roat of over 40 dent of the New York Times, com German bombers and fighters menting on the Nazi High Com- three of which were brought mand's complete silence about .down on land.

successful British raids on "Ger- People on the cliffs report see many, says: This does not mean ing three others crash into the that the German people think that sea. Four German airmen

British bombs never tut miktary baled out over land were taken this should be concealed in the in-

objectives it they realise that| prisoner.

Iterests of the country.

-'U.S. NEWS

DISMAL FAILURE

who

The comment of an Ameri can observer, Mr. Arthur Mann, on August 22 after a visit to a place which the Ger- mans claimed to have destroy- ed was: "The German com- marique said that it had been blown off the map. I was not there, during the rald hut, if It had been blown off the map, well, it had bounced back again pretty quick.".

SWISS PROTEST TO BRITAIN:

BERNE According

com-ports had the good effect of focus is a compendium of endurance. "The donkey" (said the Senator)

patience fortitude and stately Growing interest in Philippine sopher, whose stamina and stol

dignity; he is B. selc-comic philo- affairs was exemplined by the comment made today by Senator and sustained the pioneer." The cism conquered the wüderness

William H. King of Utah, who said

donkey

Bears uncomplainingly he was convinced the Filipinos heavy burdens, he is a sure-footed, were seeking to avert the econotrustworthy creature of epicurean mic effects of the International taste and garnantuan appetite, crisis...meanwhile hoping that hut his appetite and taste, happily United States protecton would enough, may be satised by avert adverse political changes."

nibble at a desert cactus, aítà bé Senator King said he believed is then ready for another on that if today were 1946, the Filip and lonely journey. inos would reject Independence, and that the United States would probably accede to this desire,

LONDON, August 28 (Reuter) Every indication shows that "No impartial news from the Saturday's raid on London was United States reaches the German a dismal failure." The inhabitants! Bubita. What they do get re

SUBLIME VIRTUËS of one thickly populated area only the doings of orationists where a number of fires were and events in the United SuLEY

"The donkey is the personifica- started remain unshaken by the which might be construed as un-

tion of the sublime virtues of August 28 (Reuter)---

niöderation, forbearance, restraint experience and their reaction was friendly to Britain."

to an authoritative War,"medals and decorations and rigid economy... The donkey one "of anger against Hitler An authoritative comment issued statement issued here, the Federal belonging to the late Mr. E must not be abandoned, for upon than fear. A

in London upon the German High Council have lodged a strong Needles of Highgate, London, were its back the Democratic hoste Their outlook is typified by the Command communique which protest with the British Govern- sold at Glendining's," Oxford- ascend the comment to. Beater's, correspon-states the

steep acclivity to German High Comment

circus. Among them was a Naval power, or, to change the figure of dent of a middle-aged woman mand's constant refusal to admit This followed a communique Service Medal with six bars speech, he is the pons ástinorum who remarked; "It will take more damage to military objectives by published by Army Headquarters awarded to Rear Admiral Cock over which they match to victory. than Hitler to frighten us. His RA.Fralda en Germany, coupled stating that foreign planes again burn, for gallant conduct at sea and we should be ingrates t fire and bombs leave us cold, with repeated exaggerated boasts flew over Swiss territory on the at St. Vincent, Egypt and Mar- we offered to his lips the cup of He can come se often as he likes of destruction inflicted on British night of August 29.

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