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Sunday Paper Prosecuted

Censor's "Cuts" In Dispute

Summonses against the editor of Reynolds News and the Co-operative Press Ltd.. of. Long Millgate, Manchester, the pub- lishers, alleging that they had published matter which had not.. been passed by the censor, were adjourned at "Bow-street cently.

Mr. J. D Caswell, K.C.. defending, said that he had cross- examinations to make. and if it was necessary that the hearing should be held in camera he would ask for that,

Mr. G. B. McClure, who appear-opening sentence of the cut sub ed for the Director of Public Pro-mission read, "Malta is now a real secuttons, said that there were menace to Italian communications questions which, from the public with Libya,"

FOREIGN POLICY

OF BULGARIA Strict Neutrality. To

Be Observed

SOFIA, Dec. 31 (Reuter) Bai- garia will not depart her avowed policy of strict neutrality, de- clared M. Popot. the Foreign Minister, in the Bulgarian Parlia ment yesterday,

M. Popoft emphasised that there are no current causes requiring change in the neatrality policy which has been clearly enunciated. Interest point of view, would not i Cross-examined by Mr. Caswell,

This statement was made. dur- be answered either in camera or Omdr, Gerard said he knew that ing a debate on the budget in In public.

the Scottish edition of the paper which an ex-Minister had stated Earlier Lt-den. W. H. Lalason went to print about 6.15. The that the Bulgarian people had the Tripp, naval adviser to the Censor-submission was kept in a censor-[right to ask the Government to ship division at the Ministry of ship office for an hour and a half, solarify the foreign policy because Information, had said that he That was a longer period than they would defend Bulgaria with could not answer a question by the average submission. It was money and property. Mr. Caswell. "I cannot say many usual when a submission was re-

things even in closed court, until I konw exactly who is here," he added.

The suminonses, which were made under the Defence (Gen-

LEFT WING PROPAGANDA, M. Popoff also referred appä rently to the propaganda of

ferred to higher authority to in- form the newspaper that it had been "held, referred to higher au-Bulgarian thority."

Mr. Caswell: Do you realise that "eral) Regulations, alleged publica in this case that course was not

tion or certain information being followed?

or purporting to be, information Cmdr. Gerard: No. That is with respect to (1) defence and matter on which I cannot speak fortifications of Malta; (2) the from personal knowledge, sowing of mines in the River Rhine; and (3) the disposition and

movement of certain of his Ma.

jesty's aircraft.

EDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY

Mr. Caswell: It is quite clear

that the responsibility always rests

on the editor. The censor will not take responsibility? Not for pub. Kcation.

the

Left Wing elements favouring closer collaboration with Russia. He said that the Bul- garian Government was resolute. ly determined not to listen to the Right or Left outside the Na-

tional Assembly.

It is strongly rumoured in the

機 Soviet Legation

Sofia that'

minent. Colonel Masaloff, the

GENERAL

The burning wreckage of a Heinkel aircraft which was shot down.

by the BAF, somewhere in England.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1941.

MANY BIG FIRES

IN LONDON

NAZI COMMUNIQUE

FOR THE 1 MAN

ON SUNDAY'S RAID IN 7 WHO SHAVES

LONDON, Dec. 31 (Reuter) Streets and factories are men- tioned as military objectives by the German radio, commenting on Sunday night's alr raid on London.

The announcer sald that BS viafblilty WES good. Important successes were obtained.

Many huge fires are stated to have beers caused and an unin-

terrupted series "of explosions. sald the announcer, · could heard all over the city.

be

Fe added that although, the attack was only of a short dura- tion, it was pressed home by strong formations and "came a surprise so that the Luftwaffe sustained no losses."

U.S. WOMEN FLIERS ARE US. AMBASSADOR

LEARNING ALL ABOUT.

AVIATION FROM GROUND UP

NEW YORK, Dec. 18-The Women Fliers of America are out to changes of personnel are im learn the business of aviation trim the ground up-just in case.

Not content with learning how to keep a plans up in the air, this Mr. McClure said that on Aug.

new Military Attache, arrived re-group of organised feminine pilots has opened a ground school to 11 Reynolds News published in the

cently. In view of the recent in study the why of it. The grounë school, dealing with such technical Scottish edition certain informs - It is the editor who has to de- crease of Communist" propaganda subjects as mechanics and meteorology, has an enrolment of nearly tion, which had apparently been cide whether it is kely to pre-in Bulgaria, such changes are 100 earnest students here, and branch chapters were expected to sent to the Censor on Aug. 10 judice the safety of the realm and believed to be important,

start soon in other parts of the country. and received back on the same the efficient prosecution of the date no doubt fairly late in view war. The responsibility rests of of Sunday publications. Certain the editor and not on the censor, cuts had been made by the Censor, but If something is passed by the

"I should like to say," added Mr. censor it would be a good defence? | McClure, "that it was thought-Yes.

right, and necessary to bring this Censorship in England as oppos

Baltic C-In-C Appointed

matter before the court not ned to dictator countries is entire- To Red Army

MOSCOW. Dec. 51 (Reuter

According to their president and joined the group, she wanted to "da founder, Chelle Janis, the group something besides tending the | was organized to prepare women home Ares.”

to assist men in the defense of their country.

WANT TO BE READY

"We want to be ready to do behind the lines work" she said, "just in case the men are called

any way to be looked upon as aly voluntary, is it not? Yes. test case, and I certainly do not The editor need not refer his put it forward as a serious case. articles to you at all? No, that is The former Commanders-in-Chief up and they need plots to ferry

"All I am suggesting. In view of quite true.

planes or dy medicine or help) at the Lithuanian, Estonian and And there is no compulsion on Latvia armies, have been appoint-

out on mall routes." what happened before and after the cuts, was that there was just shim to accept your deletions-ed Lieutenant-Generals. In the chance taken that everything was That is correct, going through, and in relation to

These officers are tienerals Vit

the Scottish publication time was

Red Army.

Founded last April by Ruth Havi

SITUATION IN

• PACIFIC

JAPAN'S AIMS IN

EAST ASIA STUCKHOLM, Dec. 31 (Reuter) Japan does not intend to aggra- land and Miss Janis, the Women vate the present situation in the Fliers now boast a membership Pacific Mr. Caswell said that the sub-

provided that her" own mission would be that this article kauskas, Jonson and Klavins res opened in Hartford, Conn., Philaed, said Dr. Itoh, Japanese Minis- close to a thousand, Offices were existence is not gravely threaten was a rehast of information that pectively. "What happened and I think had been in the papers. He asked

delphia, Washington, and praise and criticism attested to the paper, Social Democratic, yester- Newter of Information, to the corres York. Some 5.000 letters of inquiry. pondent of the Swedish news interest they have aroused, Miss day. Janis said, adding that they had

Dr. Itch added that Japanese even had requests from Alaska and pulicy, based on the alliance with

short.

the

Major-

Latr'a

..

very appropriatey-was that in the the Commander if he considered armies of the former Baltic states

Sixteen other oficers of

publication which circulated in that when he passed it as properly

have beer appointed London these passages which are censored and the Commander re- Generals in the Red Army." Impugned were omitted."

plled that that would be borne in

Lithuania, Estonia and PASSAGES CUT OUT

Mr. Caswell; If it had it would were incorporated in the Soviet South America for information on the Axis, was directed against no Mr. McClure handed to the magistrate a copy of Reynolds cut it out of their paper?-Not

be rather hard on my clients to nion last August

News and pointed out "an article 'on sea and air power In the Medi- terranean. He drew attention to

mind.

necessarily because it might give confirmation.

women's aviation,

nation; it merely defined the+ NO POWDER-PUFF BRIGADE

(minimum demands necessary for There have been cases where "We aren't any powder puff Japan's existence. you passed articles and then you brigade," Miss Stiles declared Mr. Caswell referred to a pub have recalled publication, and that "Some of the girls may be attract-hoped to

Dr. Itoh declared that Japan a passage which said that Malta cation called B.BC. Monitor, giv- is one of the instances? Yes, it ed at first by the glamour of flying States and Britain to sympathise persuade the United had been reinforced and was now ing a resume of the foreign news, Is. The censorship avails itself of-but they soon realize it is a with her view that each a real menace to Italian, comand asked whether on Aug. 6 it the Press Association to rectify its serious business." munications with Libya. The printed

an Italian broadcast to own mistakes?—Yes. passage, said Mr. McClure, was cut the effect that Hurricanes were

When how at Malta.

out.

Another- passage, indicated by Mr. McClure, referred to a refusal

Cmdr. Gerard: Yes.

nation

ו.

should play, an unhindered role Included in their growing mem-in its own part of the world. In questioning Lieut-Gen. bership are Katherine Hepburn, Eastern. Asia, Japan's alm was Tripp, who said that he made the who recently earned her license: reconstruction on the basis of in cuts dealing with Malta and the Mrs. Floyd Bennett, widow of the ternational justice which would They knew that Hurricanes were Rhine, Mr. Caswell declared. "My famous fler: Mrs. Lawrence Tibals promote world peace.. of Italian fighters to give battle to at Malta? Not necessarily. They whole point is that this is stale bett, wife of the singer, and Vita British Hurricanes, and sald, might have been fishing for in-information and well konwn to "They sav the Hurricaries and formation, hared for home." The subject- matter of the second summona i--- was contained in passage, said Mr. McClure.

that

little

Mr. McClure said that although the article implied that the Ita- flans had seen the Hurricanes, "it" might be that in the heat of the moment they did not know what they were, and it might not have

reports when they landed.

the Germans.".

ALIENS UNEASY IN SHANGHAI:

INCREASING.

DISTURBANCES

SHANGHAI, Dec. 18.-Uneasiness

WESTERN DESERT AIR ACTIVITY CAIRO, Dec. 31 (Reuter) The

BRITISH BOMB RS RAID FRANKFURT

Roth, world champion parachute Jumper. Teachers, doctors, nurses, salesgirls, debutantes, actresses and secretaries made up the body of the LONDON, Dec. 31 (Reuter) list, Miss Janis said, many of them One of the objectives raided by heading for the airport after a British bombers in Germany on day's work.

Sunday night was # military Jill McCormack, a secretary here, objective in the Frankfurt area, dew three evenings a week after it was learnt in London last night work all summer, she said, and spent her other evenings working

organization.

been a matter appearing on the among foreigners in Shanghal in-enemy's Western Desert landing on a model plane she hopes to continuous disturbances here which Gazala were raided by the R.AF creased today as a result of almost grounds at Tmiral, Derna and display for the beneft of the local newspapers describe as bor- dering on anarchy.

"ANY OLD THING" on Sunday.

Fires were started at

Another girl, Lila Holemus, a 17- Tmimi Among the factors Increasing and dispersed aircraft were at-year-old student, was so deter these fears are'

2n RAF

might be that the report, appear ing in an important publication. might be giving information to the enemy.'

Mr. McClure indicated a third passage in the article which saia that it could be revealed that dur

several ing a recent period of weeks not a barge moved along a hundred yards stretch of the River Rhine.

1. The Japanese "new order" in the Orient, as advocated by the Japanese military.

tacked, according to communiau

mined to get her flying instruction, that she made the trip from school to airport on a bicycle. Most of the girls-some of them grand-

2: Increasing terroristic acti- news commentator, broadcasts hir mothers-dew in slacks and a shir: vities among Nanking and anti-Japanese comments. Chungking factions

The high point of anti-Nanking

or "any old thing," Miss Janis said. If that were accurate Informa-

Several mothers brought their tion he said, the enemy had al- 3. Labour trouble and unrest terrorism and shooting was reach- daughters to the less' oicers only ready discovered it. If the in- partly due to the increase in the ed two days ago when Judge to enroll themselves when they formation was merely something price of rice.

Edouard d' Hooghe of the French learned there was no

age limit. which was sald and was not ac-i

IN "BADLANDS”.

consular court was assassinated One woman, with two sons in the curate-it might or might not Local newspapers reported law- allegedly because he was blamed army, said she just had to do have been then it would be giv-lessness in the western "badlands" by Chungking elements for turn something-1 couldn't leave it all ing away something, and possibly of this city was increasing, with ing a French concession - Chinese up to my boys.". some secret operation which was new ornate gambling dens open-court over to the Wang Ching-wel likely to be in contemplation.

ing and narcotics traffic growing regime. -

KEPT FÓR 13 HOURS

1:

Ada May, Broadway actress and executive vice president of the I do not put it any higher than Kidnappings in Shanghai have

WAVE OF STRIKES

group, said she was "thrilled" with that," added Mr. McClure.

Been commonplace in recent days.

The wave of strikes in Shangai what little flying she had done The Shanghal Evening Post and reached a dangerous stage today and that" she intended to get her Cmdr. W. G. Gerard, R.N., Assis-Mercury reported that the Japan- when 1,000 flour mill workers license. Thirty-five hours of solu tant Director of Co-ordination inese, retaliating for the shooting walked out, demanding higher flying are necessary, she said, and the Press and Cerisorship Division of a Nipponese gendarme on Nov. wages and increased rice allow the group already has 50 members of the Ministry of Information, 30, planned to demolish houses and ances. The strikers stoned police, who have passed their final tests. said that just after 6 o'clock on elect Chinese residents from homes who arrested 25 of thei

NEW UNIFORM Aug. 10 he received a submission in the area where the shooting from Reynolds News for publica-occurred A new road would be the Evening Post and

Alarmed by the local situation, "I have also designed a uniforar Mercury for us, Miss May said "It's one tion the following day.

The submission

named editorially asked: "Is Shanghai plece, khaki gabardine-patterned was sent to Maj. Gen. Tripp and Sqdn. Lar. gendarme who was killed.

"Private Bazaki Road," after the heading toward anarchy? Hardly after the suit Lindbergh wore when Chapmari, the naval" and air ad-

hour pazzes without some he flew the Atlantic." visers, who made certain cuts and JAPANESE BARRICADES Indication that this is a

Another woman, Mrs. Ogilvy returned the submission to him, Also disturbing foreigners here truth."

Druce, who was the first woman to He then passed the article for were the continual Japanese bar Meanwhile, Japanese press re fly, is a member of the fliers board publication as cut and the sub ricading of various districts of the ports said Japanese landing par. She offered her services when the mission was returned at 7.15. the city, often to the inconveniener ties had arrested a Chinese gun-group: was formed, saying that she same evening,

of foreigners, and the lamming man suspected of shooting M. had a son-in-law in the RAF and He sanctioned the insertion of of a radio wavelength over writch Nomura, a Japanese army Heuten, one with the. French army. Like 'the' word "Malta," which made the Carroll D. Alcott, an American (ant, two days ago

the rest of the women who have

built in the · district .. and

lan

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