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GENERAL

Comforting

R.A.F. AIRCRAFT RAIN HUNDREDS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND

AND FIRE BOMBS IN HEART Special Attention To Power Station: Direct

OF BERLIN Presence Of

Hits On Krupps Works

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- LONDON, OCT. 14 (REUTER)—MANY FIRES WERE START- ED WHEN THE RAF, DROPPED TONS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS AND HUNDREDS OF FIRE BOMBS ON. BERLIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

For over an hour. the RA.F. attacked a number of military objectives in the heart of the German capital and although intervening clouds obscured the full results of the bombing, a number of large fires were started, one of which was visible far beyond the city boundaries

The vanguard of the raiding party, states the Air Ministry news service, reached Berlin shortly before 10 p.m, and was met with heavy opposition from many powerful gun batteries. sup- ported by an outer ring of searchlights, which encircled the capital.

Making good use of prevailing power station, said he "saw our cloud layers; the British raiders tombs hit their mark and start a converged on the city's centre number of fires. We were stil from different" directions, lucated admiring them when another arr their targets through breaks in craft came along and gave the the cloud and attacked ut short machine shop a terrific wallop!" intervals and at varying heights.

The central electric power sta tion in the Moabit district receiv. ed special attention and here too fires were started by incendiary bombs.

CHERBOURG RÁIÐ

An Admiralty and Air Force communique says: "Air recon- naissance has been carried out over Cherbourg which was hea- vily bombarded by the Royal Navy with the co-operation of the "Air Force on Thursday night,

KRUPPS DEVASTATED THE KRUPTS WORKS AT ESSEN WERE ROMBED FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND DIRECT HITS WERE SCORED WITH THE HEAVIEST CALI- BEE HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS YET. CARRIED INTO GERMANY BY THE RAF -Parachute flares were used by appear to have been damaged.

"Although it is not possible to give details of all the informa- tion obtained by reconnaissance, it can be stated that there was considerable reduction of shipping and much damage done,

the raiders to light up the vast

target.

Describing the raid, the naviga- tor of one aircraft said the factory seemed to be working at full pres- sure when

M.T.B.'s DAMAGED

MILITARY-AND-

Nazi Troops!

SOCIAL VICTORY German Version Of FOR BRITAIN Rumanian Invasion

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuter).

PERU-ECUADOR

TENSION IS DENIED

INVASION REPORTS

“FANTASTIC”

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuter) The Peruvian Legation in London Issued an emphatic denial that

Peru has concentrated troops on the southern

Ecuadorian border

In preparation för an invasión.

The Legation describes the re- LONDON: Oct. 14 (Reuter)~~Ac- Complete, confidence, in a British cording to the organ of the Ger- ports to this effect as "fantastic" victory was expressed by Mr. A. V. man Foreign Office, Diplomatische and adds that in the Peruvian Alexander, First Lord of the Ad-Korrespondentz, German troops capital it is authoritatively stated miralty, at Sheffield yesterday, now in Rumants will place their that absolute quietness reigns on

Mr. Alexander said that we had rich experience of war at the the frontier. been in tight places but we had disposal of General Antonescu, seen the situation gradually Im-the Rumanian dictator, prove. There had been mistakes The organ reiterates that it but the amazing thing was that was necessary for German troops in so short a time, as well as re-to enter Rumania to protect the equipping the British Expedition- oil fields, day Force We had armed new additions to the forces and Home Guards and had more than maine talned our number of planes in spite of losses.

-The paper also claims that the presence of German troops has given the Rumanian people a

not.

The Legation also states that à communique has been issued by the Ecuadorian Government which states that the reports, after being duly investigated, have proved to

be without the slightest founda tion

A

feeling of security. It does Government Advice however, say that when the Ger- To Cotton Growers. In times like the present. Mr.man troops entered Bucharest on Churchill was an inspiration!"

Saturday the citizens of the capi. "We are going to win not only tal looked on in silence, the military fight, but the social one too,” he concluded.

Berlin Life Dislocated

By British

Air "Blitz"

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 14 (Reuter) How traffle was stopped,' enter-

Berliners rushed for cover when tainments were suspended and

an air raid alarm was riven in

French Jews Barred From High Office

CAIRO, Oct. 14 (Reuter) --A communique Issued fest night stated that while the Government sees no need for special legisla- Hon, cotton growers "are advised in their own interests to limit their acreage for the next year because of the "possibility of difficulties in the disposal of the CTOP.

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuter) LONG-RANGE

There are to be no Jewish racial laws in France, according to M. Albert, the French Minister of Justice, states the German "news agency.

security are contemplated.

Only measures for public

Jews are to be excluded from

GUNS

DESCENDANTS OF "BIG BERTHA".

In Petite Rade, torpedo bonte Berlin on Saturday night is des holding high offices in politics, cribed by the Berlin correspon- Press and the economic life of

Reports have already been published about fragments of Bassin Charles now only contains dent of the Swedish newspaper the country. Afton Bladet.

metal found on a few small vessels. Dry-docks Following four peaceful nights French departments have been be splinters from shells fired from Local government bodies and coast which it was thought might the south-east and repair slips in Bassin Napo- the alarm came when thousands superseded by a new Vichy decree, the Coast of France. It is now be- leon have been damaged.

ground trains stopped at the near- were stal in the streets. Under states a message from London. Heved that this is the case, est station and passengers had to pointed out, might be occasion for ed the sun as having a calibre of

A meeting of these bodies, it is alight until the all clear was political agitation. In future they 11cm, (4. lin.), which would fire a

"A vessel moored alongside Gare they arrived, and by Maritime was still burning at the the light at flares they got the time of the reconnaissance and a impression that miles of sheds of fire was still burning in the en- all sizes and huge factory chim-trepot on the east side. The in- rley were belching, columns smoke.

of ner harbour appears to have been

severely damaged. The main sea plane base at Chantereyne has been hit and seriously damaged."

"TERRIFIC WALLOF".. The navigator said that as near as they could tell their bomba fell GOERING DISAPPOINTS either right on top of a machine Berliners have been greatly in- shop or quite close to the shop. convenienced by the dislocation The captain of another ma-caused by severe R.A.F: attacks, on chine, who spent 15 minutes main lines of communication. cruising round the Tactory area

locating the exact position of the Nazi Party officials on "autumn'

British Plan

To Defeat Germany By Starvation

DECISIVE EFFECT OF BLOCKADE

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (Reuter)

"A "British plan" to defeat Ger- many by bombing and starving her into revolution is described by the London correspondent of -the New York Times,

German-controlled Europe, he says, is not self-sufficient. Her imports must include 4,000,000 tons of wheat and rice, over 5,000,000 tons of oats, barley and

given.

will be controlled by prefects

-

The Dutch wireless has describ

Trams stopped immediately with assisted by administrative com-projectile weighing from 30ib. Mili- drivers, conductors and passengers missions whose functions will be tary opinion believes that guns of hurrying to the shelters and purely consultative.

very much larger calibre - have been used... theatres and cinemas suspended

NO DIFFICULTY performances while the members

There would be no excessive

and audience went into the cellars. CAIRO: Oct, '14 (Reuter)—"Quiet |

Restaurants stopped serving un all fronts says yesterday's technical difficulty in making a trieals.

communique.

The recent departure of tua NAZI FOREIGN OFFICE MISSION FOR MOSCOW

holidays" in Upper Bavarla has not encouraged the less important Berliners.

I

According to r-cent reports Berliners now consider that they have been badly led down by Goering's repeated assur ances that no foreign aircraft could penetrate German de- fences.

CONTINUAL BOMBARDMENT

Spanish Observer Hints Of Diplomatic Bombshell

TOKYO, Oct, 14 (Reuter)—A German Foreign Office Mission has gone to Moscow to try to check the tendency towards an' improvement

An Interview with a Swedish in Anglo-Soviet relations, according to a Berlin message to the Domei seamen is published by the Swe-Agency which adds that the German Ambassador to Moscow, who dish newspaper Hidiksvall Nyheter. had been on a visit to Berlin, has returned to the U.S.S.B. by air The seaman, who recently return- 'yesterday,"

gun with a range four times as great as the distance from Calais to Dever, or anything up to 100 miles, especially with the ex~ perience of "Big Bertha," of the last War, as a guide. That gun had a calibre of 21cm., Ared a projec~ | tile of 280lb., and, a range of about 80 miles,

"Big Bertha"-actuallyy six guns shared the bombardment-fired about every third day over a period of 140 days, during which 256 peo- ple were killed, This figure would have been very much smaller had not one shell caused the collapse of a church full of worshippers by hitting the coping-stone of

arch,

Br

EXTREMELY COSTLY Guns of this type are extremely costly and have a short lite, though nowadays they might be expected to have a rather longer Hitler, according to these obser- life than that of "Big Bertha," vers, will offer to respect Stalin's which was about 60 rounds, Actual-

ed from Lulen in an ore ship, "Neutral observers. In Berlin, it is added, belleve that the Nazis sad: My impression of Bremen are seeking to make some kind of regional arrangements with Mos The night before we arrived, an lines of the Axis Pact with Japan. Is one of continual bombardment. cow giving recognition to respective spheres of influence on the immense warehouse on the har- hour was practically levelled. -...

Damage to the city of Bre- men itself is not as notice- able as in Bremerhaven, where the great naval base with its wharves and warehouses have received many hits.

UNKNOWN PLANE BOMBS BRITISH MERCHANTMAN

.

The damage inflicted is obvious MADRID, Oct. 14 (Reuter)--A. maize, over 1,000,000 tons of fats and it is here that dänger lurks British merchant steamer, Star.patch, for a Soviet-Japanese rap.. modern bomber. If the Germans

and 327,000 tons of suka"

This years harvest was not every night during these intense Ang, has entered Cadiz after being good.

ralds. For seven days and nights bombed by an unknown plane we were bhable to get one wink outside Spanish waters. The real and ultimately decof eleep because of air raids." Four of the crew were killed and sive effect of the blockade he

According to a describes as "gradual infection of two large ships were sunk during

· neutral source seven wounded..

the

The plans dived on the steamer most obedient people in Europe with a blind contagious one raid on Lorient. Both ships suddenly out of a cloudbank,

carried troops and it is claimed Reuter was informed by London anger against

constituted au- that over 3,000 soldiers perished.

that the Starling was not armed..

thority.",

The correspondent adds that ex- perts do not belleve that the pre- sent rationing standard" can De maintained and that the bread ration must be reduced by 10 per

1 by 10.7 cent. before winter.

HOUR OF DISTRESS LONDON, Oct. 13 (Reuter)"It is asking too much of Britain in her hour of deep dister to ask her to lift the blockade and thus assist the totalitarian nations, says a telegram from Mr. William Green, President of the American Federation of Labour, to Mr. Her- bert Hoover who if organising European relief,

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"interest" in Afghanistan, Iran ly, only the first four rounds were and other tential Asiatic areas in accurate, so rapid was, the wear, return for Soviet acquiescence to and after these four rounds the the German thrust in the Balkans, charge was increased, the elevation

Hopes are also expressed in of the gun remaining constant. Berlin, according to a Domai dis. They are not as effective as the

prochement.

were to employ them against Lon- don it would be largely because A message from Madrid states they found themselves unable to that an indication that the Rus- maintain bombers over the capital. slan attitude is puzzling the Ger- Aerial spotting at such a range mans is given by the Berlin cor- would be extremely difficult in face respondent of the Spanish agency of fighter opposition, and counter. Ele

action against the guns by "bom-

appears to follow closely the Ger- practicable,

This correspondent, who usually bers supported by fighters would be

NAZIS PUZZLED

man official view, says that vari⠀⠀ ANOTHER MATTER. ..... ous happenings in the past few The question of shelling Folke

CRACK AMERICAN AIR UNIT daye show that "for the present" stone and Dover; and still more

TO BATTLE LUFTWAFFE

LONDON, Oct. 14 (Reuter)--The newly formed American Eagle Squadron is now completnig its training in England and will be tak Ing the air, as a crack unit against the enemy before the end of the year, writes Reuter's special correspondent somewhere in England,"

The pilots come from all walks shortage of men and they are now or life. Many are University stu- reaching this country at the, rate dents, some are commercial flyers of 25 per week, these having been and others stunt pilots, 20 selected from many applicants.

Captain Sweeny, organiser of the j United States Volunteers in France

in the last war and who is assocİNE:

LONE RAIDER

the Russo German relations con- that of bombarding shipping in the Channel, is quite another mat- tinue to be good,

He cites as one of the signs the ter. Alr observation would be very good understanding now existing much easier, and ground observa- and the fact that within a few tion would probably often suice. days talks will begin" in Moscow It remains possible that the for the purpose of examining the Germans have no intention of half-yearly balance of trade be- using the guns which are believed to have been in action at any tween Germany and Russia,

These talks, however, are some-sensational ranges, but mean to what of an anti-climax to a "sen- use them against British merchant sational diplomatic event" In Mos-shipping and warships in the Chan enw that the people in Madrid were nel, and perhaps as an additional told to expect following the tri- means in an attempt to keep the partite agreement; an

Channel clear for invasion with

The telegram continues: I am ed with the squadron, told me that opposed to extending aid to Hitler there is tremendous competition to o ADEN, Oct. 14 (Reuter) lone The correspondent thinks that bombers, submarines, and E-boats. and Mussolini and creating a get tato the squadron. Mari Italian plane on Sunday morning the prospects of an

nent These tactics can be countered. atuation which might enable Hundreds of young Americans carried out the eighteen raid on in Russo-Japanese relations serve but they might serve the enemy does not better than lobbing shells into them to secure food for their are applying at the recruiting sta- Aden since the war started There to confirm.

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