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NANCY

THERE GOES THE

MAYOR

HOORAY FOR MAYOR

NANCY!

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Wednesday,

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HI THERE MAYOR!

MAYOR!

BOY! --- IT'S SWELL BEIN' A

GREETIN'S

Premier Mussolint, shown inspecting a guh In" Anźlo, Italy.

"Voice Of The Traitor"

. Paris.

BIG SHOT!

THE

YER HONOR!

Ernie

HOW DARE YOU COME HOME THIS! LATE?

October 25, 1939.

Bushmiller

SOMEONE IS GONNA GET THEIR TAXES RAISED AROUND

HERE!

Courageous: Last Drama

Man Dives To Save Swimmers;

He Waits

Boy Smokes As

SURVIVORS of the Courageous, British aircraft carrier sunk in half an hour by a German submarine, told vivid tales of their ship's last moments when they landed from rescuing destroyers.

A petty officer from a destroyer dived 10 times to rescue exhausted men; an engineer officer raced below while the lower decks were awash, in a desperate effort to trim the ship; a boy seaman smoked a cigarette on deck until the cry, "Every man for himself."

These were among the stories of heroism by officers, men, and boys, told by the survivors -listed at 681 of a complement of 1,260..

BY THE EXPLOSION

with a number of men on it. Everybody was cheerful and singing 'Rolling Home."

"After about 45 minutes a de- stroyer came alongside, and she was handled so beautifully that she hardly disturbed the Boat, We swarmed up ropes to the destroyer's decks, and soon had some hot rum." SEVERAL MEN DIED

IN JUMPING FREE

There were men who calmly Stoker B. W. Dellow, of James-street,, reached a float gave advice to each other with Devonport.

"must of fame streaked across the decks Awash, carefully my hold as oll caught fire. The throwing away their heavy fumcs were choking. Light and clothing and their heavy money. power want off at once,

"We all roecd up the companier. Officers

by giving ways. stood orders, as if for boat-drill, while DECK CAVED IN the ship was sinking.

When the explosion came,

The stokers' mess deck was hit France, Germany says she wants' Courageous, a ship of 22,000 A

CURIOUS Incident in Europe's peace, but she is violating and will, tons, one

of Britain's seven and caved in.

"I saw pals dead in the corridors, broadcasting war is reported In violute all the treatles signed by her, aircraft carriers, was ateaming The ship was rapidly lating to part. the "Paris Soir" which states that the The German "Freedom" station, ahead at fast speed.

I went to the flying deck, which was Stuttgart announcer began his nightly which has been allent for several

officers and men. French broadcast with an nnnounce- nights, has started again. Comment- The four escort destroyers had just crowded with ment that he intended shortly to read in on Hitler's speech, the announcer finished a circuit of the ship. They there was no panic.

"I dived off the sloping deck, and the text Hitler's speech.

were on the look-out for just such raid:

lew minutes As the announcer Anished speak. Hier knows we shall achieve a danger as within half an hour sent after swimming a

turned over to Ing, another voice. broke in on the peace eventually, by fighting, not her to the bottom.

float on my back. same wavelength saying:

against` Drilish and 'French soldiers, Men stumbled from below deck as Courageous was go.ng down by the but against him and his criminal the explosion shook the ship, bows.

Toe starboard rail was still ined overnment. Hitler felt compelled to stumbling in the darkness over speak of peace beenuse he knows friends killed by the explosion.

with men, many of them in the acs Permans cannot and will not endure

prolonged war. What Hitler wants what happened there was

A torpedo hit the boller-room, of jumping overboard. There was

told by one man hanging from the ensign and is not pence but a victory of force."

pole, all hestating whether to let

"This is the true Frenchman speaking. Don't listen any longer to the volee of the traitor of S'atteart. "Germany wishes to break the formidable union of

Britain

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GERMANY'S MARCH INTO POLAND!

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"I saw the captain alone, <saluting his flug, as the shippally. wen down."

Stoker William Britton, of Church road, Busby, near Glasgow, tells of a petty officer's feat in Baving ten

men.

A gunnery officer said everything was in favour of the submarine commander so far as weather cond)- tions were concerned.

He said: "Owing to the 1st the Courageous took a number of men who were unsuccessful In their efforts to jump clear.

"I am sure that a number killed in their jumps. There were cries of stick it' and 'come along hero' from fellows who, like myself, had grabbed pirces of floating wood.

Wire

"I did see one thing which im- pressed me, even though I had been in the Service for over a quarter of

⚫ century.

"I saw a poor frightened the 18- years-old 'sticks' (drummer boy) standing on the deek evidently not

knowing what to do. Then I saw two min lash him to a raft and throw him overboard. I hope the poor little devil has come through. He dived ten times from the de-

"As for myself, I just wam and stroyer, swam to men who were swam and awam for three hours. exhausted, ond held them up unt.

"And I shall always remember a tney could be got aboard. There Royal Marine Sergeant who scomed. was also a young AB who went to cover an enormous distance swim- overboard twice to save a couple 0.ming from man to man and cheer- men."

ing them with such remarks as Stoker Britton said that in com- Keep going my fad. Keep yoursrit picte darkness he and some of bluffloat and you will be all right,' mates groped their way to the top Keep your heart and your head up." " deck. There would be 50 of them COOLNESS MADE IT in the mess deck, and he did not suppose 12 of them got out. BURNED, HE ASKED

...

FIRST ABOUT FRIENDS Immediately after the submarine attack, one stoker, though smother ed la ell and badly burned, thougni et first of his comrades.

"What about the lads, down be- low?" he exclaimed.

Stoker Andrew Logue, of Glasgow,

sald:

stripped off everything except shorts and singlet. I was going over the side while the ship was still moving, but some oider men who had been in the last war told me to wait a bit and they would tell me when to jump.

ALL SEEM UNREAL

Leading Telegraphist Edward Col- lings, of Devonport, curly-haired, 22, told of hundreds of men thronging the starboard side of the ship hoping to correct the lat.

"The coolness and the casuainess of 'everyone made the disaster seem unreal.

"The lieutenant of our station was

giving orders as though we were

{going to bost drill."

Collings was picked up by u destroyer after he had been swim- ming for half an hour.

The crowds of women-wives, sweethearts, Katers of the men of Courageous-kept vigil for news of survivors until the early hours of the morning.

"Everybody was perfectly cool and men had got rid of heavy clothing

During the morning they watched before diving into the sea.

red-eyed while a naval funeral pro- "As the men waited to go overcession filed slowly out of the gates. board they calmly counted their

The dead man whose coffin wus money, throwing away the coppers borne on a gun-carriage and covered and tucking giver and notes into with a Union Jack had been a rating

of a destroyer.

their body belts.

BOY OF 15 LED

SINGING ON RAFT

"While 1 was swimming, I saw a font with men on her. One of them

15 he seemed a kid of about shouted "Come on Indsl. what about * FOOK?" and they all began to sing lustily

A-10-years-old, John Desmond Wells, son of a Snaton (Devon) widow wins in his hammock when the Courngtous was hit. ..............

"I believe I was swimming in oll for nearly an hour until I was picked up by a small bout,

"Even, when men were awimming they were singing."

One of the boats was sunk in ♫ rush of water from the Courakeous alter going only few yards, an Exeter boy naid

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About 30 men were in her, and they were forced to swim,

Meanwhile, I waited on deck and smoked a cigarette. Then I heard chout 'Every man for blinself!' and, slipping off my trousers, I SAT down the ship's sile on a rope and dived into the sen

"I struck but for about 40 yards and when I looked round I saw the stern of the Courageous, go right up in the air, and the ship suddoniv plunged.

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