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June 3, 1940. By Walt Disney

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They Missed War in Finland Decorations Won

But Found One in Norway

Britons Tricked the Nazis

FOUR Englishmen-two in their 'teens, one a father of five-sought adventure

Shot Major

and went out to fight for Finland. That war was over when they got there, but they Feared

found all the adventure they wanted in Noway on the journey home.

Safe now in Britain, they have related how they escaped from the Germans at Oslo, hitch-hiked 500 miles across-Norway, and-were-picked-up-in-a-fiord by a British destroyer.

Blindness

SEVENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD

By Fleet Air

Arm and Submarine Men

MEN of the Fleet Ar. Arm | and the submarine service figure in a new list of awards publish- ed in a supplement to the "Lon- don Gazette."

Awards to the Fleet Air Arm are for "daring and resource in the con- duct of hazardous and successful operations

especially on the coast of Norway. Elever men are mentioned in dispatches.

Submarine awards are for "daring. endurance and resource in the con- duct of hazardous and successful operations."

Men of the Truant, Triton, Spear- fish, Sunfish. Snapper and Scallon win decorations, Nincicen pro niso mentioned in-dispatches.

Those who have won awards are: Fleet Air Arm

They are William Tosh (39), of Budleigh Salterton, Devon; Neil Munro, 18-year-old stu- Major John F..E Bowring, a dent, of The Close, Southgate, N.; Jack Smith, 17-year-old clerk, of Norwich; and John Thompson, Suffolk magistrate, who was Distinguished Service Order

a London hotel porter.

"I enlisted with the Finnish volin- 'teers after 1 had been refused by the R.A.F. I was only 17 then," said Munro.

He d 83 others left Finland on Apr 6 and arrived in Oslo as the German invasion begun am April 9.

Surrounded by German Soldiers

German sokliers surrounded the block, which included their hotel and the Post Office.

"Four of us decided to take a chance. By trying to look as Nor- wegian as possible, and by studying shop windows as though we under- stood Norwegian, although we didn't know a word of it, we ninnuged to

though the cordon,

"On leaving Oslo," said Mr. Munro, lift to Honefoss by "we were given n a Norwegian mulorist, and on the way our car was challenged by a *German patrol, but the driver safis

ded the soldiers and we were allowed! to go.

After struggling through terrible weather the four reached a flord in Northern Norway. They were suf- fering severely from hunger and ex- posure.

In the ford was a British des- troyer. They signailed a ship, a bool was sent to "theni

and they were taken-off-

They were later transferred by the Navy to a Polish vessel and were landed in Scotland.

B1 Bombs Aimed at Destroyer "We were the destroyer's passen gers while it searched inlets up and

down the ecast," said Mr. Munro.

During that time the destroyer was

attacked by any German planes,

and Elbeins were aimed at it.

None of them struck the vessel

The warship hit back, and dur-

Lambeth's 180

Faithful

The Rev. C. V. Roberts, vicar of St. Philip's Church, Lambeth, S.E., wanted to cloar off a debt of £1,000 on the recently built parish half.

Ho called a meeting of the parishioners, handed a shilling to each of the 180 men, women and children present, read them the Par- able of the Talonts, and said: "Co and do yo liko- wise."

Now, a month later, all the "talents" havo been re-

Good and Servants

**** found shot dead at his home, The Hall, Icklingham, feared that he was going blind.

turned, with the addition of £62.

"I have not asked how invested my parishioners

as

their shillings," the vicar said "but an average profit of some 700 per cont. is for 1 pretty marvellous parish such mino in these days. I imagine a lot of the money must have been earned by cake-mak- dances ing, whist drives,

similar and

charitablo work."

Accused of Killing Husband

WIDOW ARRESTED AFTER FUNERAL

ACCUSED of murdering her husband, Mrs. Olive Wardle, of Dacre Place, Carlisle, was arrested after at- tending his funeral at Carlisle.

Mrs. Wardle was at the

tost patrol we saw six Germon planes cemetery in deep mourning. What Does

shot

down

Mr. Munre added that after they

After the funeral she and

had been transferred their ship was other mourners drove to a cafe attacked by German plones. One of in the centre of the elty for tea. their guns scored a direct hit on a

Domter which fell on a hillside with, A little later police entered the

its load of bombs and exploded.

Mr. Tosh, father of five children,

telephoned from. Scotland to his wife

in Devon, they will meet in

ente and arrested her.

Her husband, Imac Jumes Wardle,

a labourer, was found dead at home

I never expected, "I heart he

10 bim with severe head injuries.

again," said Mrs.

Stop The War Mean?

-judge Asks

The Inquest was adjourned for MR. JUSTICE STABLE, who

had been captured by the Naz's in police to make further inquiries. A is hearing the action in which Norway and charged with sabotage," post-mortem examination was later

When they arrived in Britain with made. three other Finland volunteers the seven believed they were the only incimbers of the contingent to escape. But an oficiat of the Finnish Ald

SAILOR CHEATED

Sir Walter Citrine (T.U.C..gen- eral secretary) and six other

council members allege they

have been libelled in the "Daily

Bureau sakd that the rest of the con- DEATH 4 TIMES Worker," wanted to know what

iingent was safe,

"A story of 16 of the volunteers being shot by the Germans is nb- solutely untrue," added the official.

Cocos Isles King Pays With Bones

is meant by "stopping the war.' Able-Seaman Charles Riley, of

"Do you mean preventing one side Measham, near Burton-on-Trent, has cheated death four times in seven from fighting, or both. It inay mean a cessation of hostilities or it may months.

He was saved from the Royal Oak.mean a cessation of resistance." he Three days later he was in a ship said.

raided by planes near the Orkneys. Mr. D. N. Pritt, K.C. (defending); The next day he was in another ship who had resumed his cross-examina- raided by a plane,

tion of Sir Walter Citrine, said he

He was reported missing from the would address the judge on that sub- Glowworn. Two days

reported killed in action.

later was joet Joler.

Now his mother, Mrs. J. W. Riley, has heard that he is a prisoner of

EIGHT_dises made of bone war:

clattered out of a packet from the Cocos Islands which, the

War's Alternative

Have you ever

Mr. Prill asked: considered whether there is any ) alternative to carrying on this war to:

postman delivered to Brond- Canals To Be More is biter conclusion?

casting House recently.

An accompanying letter explain-

Widely Used

"Yes," replied Sir Walter. "The alternative is to capitulate to Hitler and lose our freedom. We cannot

ed that they represented one Capt. Euan Wallace, Minister of accept that alternative." year's subscription to the Transport, sold in the House of Opening the case for the defence, B.B.C.'s overseas programme Commons that ho hoped, will the Mr. Pritt said that in time of war, sheets."

co-operallon of the canal Industry, to bring some of the measures to of necessity, and certainly at the It was signed J. S. Clunies Ross secure hillor uso of canals Into moment, freedom was rapidly nar- rowed down from precedent to pre- Strangely enough, the "money" operation without delay.

was stamped J. 8. Clunies He said that he had received cedent, and it was necessary ta Ross, too.

representations from the Canel As-clutch at every bit of it... * sociation, the National Association of The only merit of protecting the The Governor, and owner of the Canal Carriers and certain canal freedom of expression of opinion was Islands had paid up. He issues companies. Discussions were going in allowing expression to unpopular his own money.

on with the Associations,

opinions,

This was stated at the inquest, the verdlet returned. was that he took his. Be while the balance of his mind was disturbed.

Found by Butler Major Bowring's butter said he found his master lying dead in the! grounds with a revolver by his side.

A doctor stated that Major Bow ring had been sleephg badly and was depressed and worried about his eyesight. His eyes had grown worse since an operation two years ago.

Capt. B. T. Patridge, Royal

Marines. Lieut. W. P. Lucy, RN. Distinguished Service Cros

Lieut. Cmdr. Geoffrey Hare, RN. Licut, H. E. R. Toria, RN Lieut. I M. C. E. Hanson, RN. Acte Lieut. E. W. T. Taylour. R.N. Midshipman (A) T. A. McKee. Distinguished Service Cross (Bar)

Actg. Lieut. E. W. T. Taytour, R.N. Distinguished Service Medal

P.O, Airman H. A. Morik, Actg. P.O. Airman II, G. Cunning-

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Submarines

Distinguished Service Order

Lt.Cdr. C. H. Hutchinson, R.N.)

(HM.S. Trunnt).

LL-Cdr. E. F. Pizey, R.N. (Triton), '

Lt-Cdr. J. H. Forbes, R.N. (Spear-

fish).

Lt.Cdr. J. E. Slaughter,. R.N.

(Sunfish),

Lieut. W. D. A. King, R.N.. (Snap-

per).

Distinguished Service Crom

Lt-Cdr. B. Bryant, R.N. (Sea-

Hon).

Lieut. R. D. Whiteway-Wilkinson..

R.N. (Truant).

Lieut. R. S. Broukes, RN. (Triton). Litut. D. A. Pirle, R.N. (Speaz-|

Ash).

Lieut. H. N. Edmonds, R.N. (Sun-

fish),

Lieut. B. G., Heslop, R.N. (Snap-

per).

Lieut. J. H. Bromage, R.N. (Snap-

per);

Mr. W. E. Harris, commissioned

tag, R.N. (Sundsh).

Mr. F. H. Westnuti, warrant eng-,

R.N. (Spearfish),

Mr. W. A. Plummer, warrant eng.,

RN. (Truunt).

Mr. R. G. Milne, warrant eng..

R.N. (Triton). Distinguished Service Medal

Chiel P.O. R. A. Adams, torpedo

cox (Truunt).

Actg. Chief PO. H. J. Hinde, sub-

marine cox (Triton).

P.O. A. J. Fisher (T.C.M.), RAN.

(Truant).

P.O. E. P. Saunderson (T.G.ML)

(Briton).

P.O. J. W. T. Foster (Spearfish). * P.O. Alfred Edwards (T.G.M.)

(Sunfish).

P.O. W. H. Passant, submarine cox

(Snapper).

P.O. Archibald Stewart (T.G.M.)

(Snopper).

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PO. Teleg. C. W. King (Truant); Artg. P.Ö. Teleg, E. C. Carlton

(Spearfish).

Chief Eng. Room Art. (1st Class)

Dennis Broad (Truant), Chief Eng. Room Art. (1st Class)

D. C. Watson (Triton). Chief Eng Room Art. (2nd Class)

H. C. Rycraft (Sunfish). Eng. Room Art. (1st Class) C. J.

1. Leur (Truant).

Eng. Room Art (1st Class) A. J.

Cooper (Snapper),

Eng. Room Art. (2nd Class) A. H.

Early (Triton).

Eng. Room Art. (3rd Class) J. W.

E. Strett (Spearfish).

Elec. Art. (1st Class) R. E. Merritt

(Truant), Elec, Art, (1st Class) A. G. Beard

(Triton).

E. K. Kember

Acts.

Teles.

Apper).

Teleg. D. E. Walford "Ldg. Teleg. G. A. Nowitt (Triton) Teleg. A. A. F. Betts (TD.) (Sun-

Ash). Teleg. R. T. Crummey (Spearfish), Actg. L/S Arthur Roberts (Snap-

per). A.B. J. 3. Disney (Truont). Ldg.

Stoker V, J. Parsons (Snap- per).

A.B. A. W. I. Armishaw (Sunfish). A.B. E. G. Morey (Spearfish). Leg. Stoker A. A. Buckers (Spear-

Ash). Lug S

Stoker G. C. Drocitwell (Sun- fish).

Stoker (1st Class) E. H. Goldsack

(Truant),

Stoker (1st Closs) Arthur Robin-

son (Triton).

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