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Beating the U-Boats

is

"Now I am dropping off to sleep,

GERMANY in waging inter My book fails from my hands. But

un attempt to blockade Britain's not sleep, for to my consts. The Athenin was sunk come all the without warning. A number of other merchant shipa have been destroyed. That is one side of the picture.

trained

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weird noises of the [heart of the ocean.. A big flah swims by with a swiching sound. Toen I rom far off; that is a gun or a depth hear a distant boom like an echo charge exploding. Sound travels a long way under the sea.

"At last I sleep.”

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Now look at the other side. The liner Arandora Stur, steam- Sometimes what appears to be a Harmless tramp steamer is really a ing at full speed on a zig-zagship, an urmed vessel disguised as course, outwitted nine U-bontsa dacoy to lure submarines within

All in perfect condition! in the Atlantic and reached port range of its guns. Capt. Hashagen

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with more fortunate than many n U-bant skipper in the following en- counter with a Q ship.

" was still dark when my ser- vessel can outdistance a submergedį vont awoke me. I pulled on my submarine by steaming at 10 knots or teather Jacket, climbed the fron tad- more. True, a speed of, about 20 der to the conning-tower, und gave knots is needed to elude a submarine the order to surface. on the surface, but the U-boats dure not remain long above water.

The Prime Minister has disclosed Gist the U-boats are constantly at Inspection and trials by arrangement facked and that successes have been

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"There was nothing in sight, so we had coffee and cigarettes, The first grey light of morning showed that we were alone un

The the ocean. sky was clear and all looked quiet.

"At 11.30 am, a fun and two nchleyed. There will be more suc- *Cases, You may not hear of them masts were sighted straight over our Germany will be left to find out be- bows. I watched them approach for laledly that one after another of the a few minutes. Suddenly they dis- minutes later the trade routes this been made safe for appeared. Five

came inta view Stubbs Rd. peaceful shipping. Remember, too, funnel and masts

that submarines cannot be replaced as again, but after another five minutes

} more. knew quickly as guns and airplanes.

they vanished once that the ship was zig-zagging neross the ocean. Her true direction was What miny prove to be the death- towards me, however, so I submerged knell of the U-bost os a major wen-and moved slowly to meet the pon of naval warfare is the cupid stranger. As she came nearer, the development of the airplane since periscope showed me n-black freighter 1918. A submarine has no effective of about 2,000 tons.

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Seeds Of Defcat

way of attacting an airplane and "For some time I kept close to the only one means of defence its ballast ship, uncertain whether to attack Lanks. But even submersion is only her. As long she continued to a partial defence, for airplane zig-zag, the chances were against my zooming at 300 miles an hour or more hitting her with a torpedo. But al con reach the submarine and bomb 50 yards, the freighter swung right

it before there is time to dive.

Even after the submarine dived successfully, an airplane can

into the centre of my torpedo sights.

" gave the command 'Lon.' The

I spot it at a considerable depth in petly officer standing next to me in

reasombly clear water and can ad-the conning tower pressed the electric

chasers.

THOSE who oppose the expan-vise nearby destroyers and submarine button. U quivered

left the tube and bored through the

Then

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By Lichty

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sion of German nationalism

water. Ten seconds inter my boul and National Socialist racialism U-boat commander and his men the vessel stern.

It is a terrifying experience for agave a heavy lurch as the torpedo hl

There was n may be encouraged by the firm when a submarine chuzer gets wind denfening roar her bollers ex-

of her start of the Allied plan to end dp depth charges.

whereabouts and begins to ploded. Then all was quiet again.

By Military Expert

by such distance as will prevent The submarine "traced the submarine n few hun- Naziism and the rejection of

submerges n deeply as it can withdred yards farther away.

How strong is the Siegfried Line? more than one at a time being taken safety and begins to run the gauntlet.find another look through the peri-!

From the Arst day that the Ger- under concentrated fire of attacking SUW amazed

would meman's begun building their "West artillery. This

necessitate Hitler's peace moves.. But they

The U-bout moves dead slow, with scope. What I

The defenceless tramp hnd bren Wall,"

Intelligence agents, partley-that the attacker bring his can find more lasting grounds the boom of exploding depth charges completely transformed. She bristled Inrly of the French, have sought

all round. The submarine rocks and

have not been divulged in the press position before being able to attack sion. "Mein Kampf." For in-boat completely around and men are

A close explosien spins the ed for action.

"Very slowly, very cautiously, and that the character and equip-the next.

From the Swiss border near stance: "The lack of a great, thrown off their feet

brought US2 closer to have a betterment of the German line remaina new, creative idea means at all Still more to be dreaded is a sub- view of this phenomenon, leaving mystery to the pubile-does not Basie to Karlsruhe, the Rhine River

my periscope in view. Immediately mean that the Allied command is marine net, fortified with mines or there was a fusillade of shells all ignorant of the major outline of the the frontler between France and times a limitation of the fight-guarded by surface vessels.

Germany. Here the Rhine Valley is my torpedo had Nazi fortifications. ing power." Herr Hitler is

U-boat which is careless or unlucky round me. Eut

But at the same time there are the bottom of a wide trench made enough to become enmeshed will broken the Q ship in two, and 20 right. In the long run it is stand to more chance than a fly in minutes, later I saw the crew taking many things that cannot be found when rocks collapsed in ses past. out without the exploration of pre-Walls of the trench are sheer, high. uspider's web. Even if the sub- to the boats."

liminary combat. This, to a large Heavily wooded plateaux slope away ideas..which prevail. And marine is not destroyed by mines or Inck of ideas limits power.

depth charges, it may be unable to

Black Forest in Germany ̃facing the The U-boats which Germany has degree,-explains-the-delay in the, from the crests. These form the dear the obstruction before the air built in recent years are capable of uffensive on the Western Front.

Vosges Mountains in France. Here Where is such lack most supply is exhausted.

operating anywhere in the Allantle

frontler ideal for defence. but If the Ger- Finally, there is the constant naar Mediterranean,

For it must be understood that are often unknown to chart makers refuelling buses the cruising range of the term "line" is, in itself, some- "Mein Kampf" says the secret

to-day, operating so far as the submarines and the length of thing of a misnomer. The position

would and are quite harmless of the French Revolution's suc-

ordinary surface shipping is concem-time they could remain away from is not a line of forts, pillboxes, against modern weapons,

be increased ac- trenches, and the like. It is a zone have as little chance to success in attack launched cast from. cess was a great, new idea. And ed. But the U-bont, gliding slowly, beme port would

of varying width and probably any almost noiselessly, along the sea bedcordingly.

as much as 30, this part of the Maginot Line against history tells of the remarkable at a depth of perhaps 130 feet, may. One method is to have a floating reaching back

ram an unsuspected crng which rises base-an oll tanker which cruises miles from the frontier at some the commanding crest of this huge military results of that idea starkly from the ocean Boor.

pbout t 1 pre-arranged meeting points. It extends from the Swiss basilen across the river as the Ger- when Franco's neighbours at-

place in some unfrequented part of border near Basle, running north mans would have had in 1914 al- of the thine River toward Karis-) We know that the Germans not tacked. They even carried over

One of the most Important methods the ocean. Germany bought a num- along the frontier on the cast bank tacking wesi.

no cerious attempt to of combating the submarine menace ber of old tankers not long ago.

ruhe, paralleling the French Magi only made Into Napoleon's counter attack, is the convoy system, the escorting of

this part of France in the The biggest Down-going U-bonts not Line. At this point, and still attack

border and French World War but marcover did not But it was an idea of freedom, group of merchant vessels by a ring anye a cruising radius up to 12,000 fronting the

of warships, witch not only fight off miles.

Ine, it leaves the river traversing dislodge the French, who bad ad- the early not of conquest mul oppression the underses raiders lut ore at hand Whatever the size or range may the upland region to the west of vanced rapidly cast

thelpi in rate work if the defence

sure of one thing. the Saar, where it strikes the days of the war, pushing their lines be, you can be of other peoples. And ultim penetrated.

Britain will sweep them from the Moselle River at the Luxemburg forward through Alsace to the river. border. From here it is out of It was not that the Germans had ately it did not aupport Napo-zhet eileiently until the latter half

The envoy system was not extab-sea

contact with the Maginot Line, Insufficient confidence in the ability with leonie ambitions.

And Luxemburg

Delgluni of their heavy artillery to crush the separating them. Then it swings French forts around Belfort but they cast Luxemburg and Belgian fron- all the odds against them and too tlers, a total distance of some 350 strongly favoured a protracted and miles.

stubborn defence by field fortifica- tiona.

evident to-day? The author of turul danger of hidden rocks, which mans should succeed in establishing

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of the Inst wor, but this time the the outset." Admiralty has been prepared from

Picture the mixed feelings of a U-boat commander 113 the criss- eroned mirror of his periscope re- fleets a forest of masts and finnels

'The

ALMOST INVINCIBLE

alties

Found Her Child north once more, paralleling the realized that the topography placed

moving arross the horizon. He ha A

ness, calling for mathematicnt ac-)

Captain Ernst Hesharen. U-bont

After 7 Years

HASTE IN BUILDING

Between the north end of the

11 i known that the position was Vosges Mountains near Karlkruhe. lald out and the works in It con- on the Rhine and the Luxemburg

be

If National Sociallam had creative iden, it applied to in ternal unity and revival. In no far ne it gave German a new

MOTHER and her 15- sense of self-respect, assurance and freedom from war penalties lendid choice of turgets, but is your-old daughter who It operated powerfully. But how danger is therensed correspondingly had not heard of each other structed in relative haste. In all border near the Moselle River Lies far beyond that can it carry warships and bring the periscope to

To dive beneath the outer ring of for seven years were re-probability the Siegfried Line is not the region frequently referred to language. as the Lor- complete in detail of organisa- in military Can it be turned into an Instru- the surface again before alming at a united at Lambeth juveniletion as the Maginot Line, to which raine Gateway. At the west end of

Hazardous busi-court recently.

the French devoted several years at this line is the Saar Basta, over 700 ment for nationallatle conquest merchant is a THE many lovely shades of Malkin Wall Tiles maka the

intensive

study and square miles in uren and one of the preliminary

richest mining and Industrial regions planning of a colour scheme an easy task and les are a

and the domination of other curacy, personal courage and perfect Tho girl, who had been found thorough execution.

It reports are correct of a short-in Europe. Awarded by the Ver- peoples? Ita most dynamite con- co-operation with the engine room wandering in the streets of real economy as rocurrent charges for re-decoration

ata. Then, after Bring a torpedo,

of cement in Germany. the sailles Treaty to France to and repal are eliminated. We are always glad to

cept is one of race, and that is the submarine must dive deeply and Brixton, was anid to be in need construction work may not be of exploited for 15 years in compensa- supply coloured sketches of any suggestion or to

self-miting. The inclusion of creep away under the escort vessels. of care and protection. It was sufficient strength to withstand the ion for French coal mines destroyed co-operate with customers and architects in designing

other races (declared inferior which by this time will be searching stated that she had run away pounding of heavy artillery and air by German forces in the war, it was restored to Germany In 1935 after a for it and dropping depth charges

bombs. from a nursing school, any schoutes whether for private or pubile buildings.

largest city aml unmixable) contains the

The military value of such a "plebiscite." Its The girl then heard for the position depends on several factors. Saarbrucken, near which was fought The MALKIN TILES (Burslem) Ltd.seeds of defeat for any such

readiness the first battle of the French-Prus- Idea.

nce of the last war, commanded U62. first time this story of her early important among them

for defence, shelters, ammunition sian War of 1970, should forecasters BURSLEM, STOKE ON TRENT

In a struggle of Idona demo. has described with dramatic sim-life, told by her mother:

and food, telephonie communica- be seeking a portent.. pikelly what it means to serve in nj

"When a baby was born I was tions, and traps to work off attacks.

RUCCED RECION. cracy's concepts are by National U-boat, hunting merchant ships and

tive and tactical wire barriers to This entire region strongly re- Socialism's own tenets on firmer dodging mines, nets and hostile war-destitute and was sent to the work-In addition, it should have prolec-

ships, Itere in Captain Hashagen's house.

posts from protect small

being sembles the Ardennes to liz west, ground. They are supported description of life in a U-boat which

LEFT ARM IN ARM

very away rushed at short range or bombed by being

uneven and rugged, "My daughter wan laken

densely wooded, with small streamis Bot below the surface:

tron ine. She was sent to one school grenades.

Whether the Siegfried Line has cutting up the upland country in defence, and defence of liberty.

"It le night-thno and U62 is asleep, and then to another. I heard about

ali directions, rendering cross-coun- [home, and family. But this is in the control room the ofeer of her from time to time over a num- all of these is surmise.

try travel ardunus. Roads of neces--- SEVERAL POSITIONS

sity are forced to the valleys, much more than an ideological the watch atands in charge. On one ber of years and then lost all trace struglo.

The French will probably and that side is the man controlling the depth of her. That was seven years ago. Other hipna chai- numeter; on the other side, the I did not see or hear of her until It Improbable that the land- lenged by National Socialism belmanan, In the engine room all is a few days ago.”

cealed guns and troop positions tween Karlsruhe and and Star not are those which look to a posce quist. We are travelling dead slow. A welfare worker said the girl cape is checker-boarded with con- portion of the Siegfried Line be ful world order and the coastery)

Nearly all the engine room staff are had been in various homes all over but there are certain to be not one so thoroughly organised at the ex-. tremites named." In other - words, IC the country and could hardly

but reveral positions, member her mother. | operation of many races and

These successive positions, all the topographically weak parts of *In my cabin I take up a book, The girl asked the magistrates it nations in the building of a before going to sleep. Thy a coins the report note the other, and renerally parallel to one another, this section of the Line rany be con- |inge pierced in it by the Rhine and higher civilisation. As against cidence it is Twenty Thousand Lea- the woman pleaded: "I have a hut with switch positions running from sidered as being the natural open-

quea Under the Sea. Captain Nemo's band now and a home, and I want parallel to parallel, will follow, them any concept of narrow | adventures were the wildest fantasy my daughter.”

far as possible, the features of the Moselle River Vallers, which mar well prove to be the beavicat forllied nationaliom

The magistrates adjourned the terrain. must mean

of Jules Verne's : Imažination. night I am reading, them-sand, Ulving casu. sine die--and mother and Moreover, they will be separated sections. It will be noted from re

PLEASE Turn To Page 3. Imitation of nighting power.""" them in stark reality.

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