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June 10, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

DAT'S IT!

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SIX RAIDS ON PARIS

Bombs Dropped On Southern Suburbs

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

PARIS, June 9 (UP)-Two parachutists were seen descend- ing from planes on the outskirts of Paris to-night, after German bcmbers had made six attacks on the city during the day.

The Geriaus bombed roinmunica- tion lines along the Oise Valley about Afteen miles from the city.

There were no Indication whether ihe parachutists were parachute troops or Gerinan or French alrmen balling out from their damaged planes,

Violent A.A. Action "Exchange Telegraph" reports that

the southern suburbs of Park were bombed this afternoon,

No air eald alarin was sounded in the city and no bombs were dropped on Parls itself.

Nevertheless,

A.A: Guns went

violently into delion at 10.30° p.m7

Big Drive On Home Front

Papers Urge Still

Greater Efforts LONDON, June 9 (Reuter), ---- Every effort is being made at home to get men, machines, material and money for the most speedy production of vital needs for the war.

If we all do our duty, we can de- feat his calculations. It is important. however, that we should defeat him so decisively that his people will not face another war this winter.

RAIDS ON GERMANY

DESCRIBED

The Cunard auxillary liner Carinthin,

Systomatic Attacks On Fuel Supplies LONDON, June 9 (Reuter) The recent R.A.F. raids Germany were the subject of a talk by the B.B.C. observer to- day.

into

Carinthia Sinks With Colours Flying

TORPEDOED SHIP FIGHTS U-BOAT

LONDON, June 9 (Reuter)-Over 100 seamen, rescued from the auxiliary cruiser Carinthia, which was sunk by a U-boat, arrived at a British port to-night.

One of them stated that the torpedo killed two officers and two ratings.

It

"When the finer stopped, the sub- The eller object of the ralds, he marine appeared on the surface but Carinthia'y said, was to attack the full supplies the fire of the Carinthia's guns forced

to submerge. The of the German armies on the Western

crew lept the submarine at bay by Front, especially the flow of fuel. || Three main zones were covered firing at her whenever she showed on hot at the by these raids around Frankfurt, the surface, causing her to dive with-

Dusseldorf and out telling another around Aachen,

Bremen and crippled liner. Cologne, and around

Hamburg.

Real Object Of Raids Destray the fuel where it is stored, being prevent what remains from transported that was the real object of the ralds,

afterwards

taken

off

FINANCIAL PACT

Britain, France And Belgium Peg Rates

SALE OF A SHIP

Claim For $12,000 Succeeds

A contract for the sale of the 8.8. Claude Chappe as scrap was mentioned before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, in the Supreme Court this morn- ing during the hearing of a claim for $12,800 damages brought by the Far East Ship- ping Co., Ltd; against Au Chak- inan and Leung Fook, mer- chants.

Mr. H. C. Macnamara, instructed by Mr. D. B. Evans, appeared for plaintiff. Defendants were not present nor were they legally re- presented.

Plaintiff's Caso

CMB-

Ng Mann, manager of plaintiff firm, said that in June last year his pany entered into a contract with de- fendants for the sale of the sa. Claude Chappe for $147,500. The term of the agreement was lint $100,000 was to be paid by June 13. This was never done, and consequence the A loss ship was re-sold for $130,000,

suffered. of $17,500 was thus against this amount was to be de- ducted $5,000 as brokerage due to de-- fendants. On the re-sale, plaintifs had to pay $300 commission, and the total loss therefore can

came to $12,000, which was the amount claimed.

Counter-Claim

und

In their statement of defence, de. fendants alleged that plaintiffs had refused to deliver the ship, though they had offered $60,000 and were at all times willing and ready to per- form the contract,

Crow Transforred Two warships came on the scene

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" The raks were systematic and tre-

They further counter-claimed $94,- quent both on fuel dumps, about eight hours aller the liner was

LONDON, Juno 9 (Domei)-257.62, saying that they would, have A tripartite financial and made that amount as proft had the Hitler is not trying to win the war hydrogenation plants, important rail-first attacked and they in 1941, the "Sunday Times" points way junctions, marshalling yards and were joined by a tug.

The Carinthia's crew were trans-economical agreement between ship been delivered to them. They would have sold it for $288,900, and ett. He is taking everything bridges.

ferred to

the warships, except Great Britain, France and Bel- after deducting the cost ($147,500) and winning this year.

skeleton crew who were

remained à would have shortly before the Carinthia sank Kium was formally signed by expenses for breaking-up ($32,350,

representatives of the three 80), there hours after she was attacked.

profit of $109,043.20, of which their countries yesterday. Sister Ship Of Franconia

thare, as members of the syndicate, The agreement provides: The Carinthia was built as part of

1-Exchange rate between Sterling would amount to $84,257.62.

After Ng had denied that defen- The Germans must keep up that the Cunard reconstruction programme

and Belga to be pegged with Sterling-dunts had ever tendered any money flow of luel or their effort must Bag which followed the last war.

ship of She was the sister

the Frane rate: and fail

plain- 2-The cost of prosecuting the war in performance of the contract, His

Lordship gava judgment for So far as possible, they have pro-Franconia, well known in Hongicong

Sub-as the liner which paid regular visits will be borne by the three countries tiffs, with costs, and dismissed the vided against these allacks.

counter-claim. sidifiey fel dumpa of smil-le-are here in the course of annual round-in ratio to their holdings of gold and

foreign exchange. all over the country. They the-world

The Carinthia was built at Vickers It is understood that similar agree fight hard to conserve their fuel and

1925. She carried 1,050 ments will be concluded shortly with to maintain its flow. When a dump yards in

the Netherlands, is set on fire, they work hard to con- Dessengers and a crew of 450. Ane the blaze, and they prevent a factory's existence from becoming too certainly known.

"The Economist” says that much will depend on the energies of the Chiefs of Staffs of various depart- ments which have been set up direct national effort.

to

Only Just Beginning” The paper is glad to learn that the abolition of the holldays has already led to an increase in production, But, the poper points out, burder work by those already employed is only be- ginning.

The existing capacity must not only be worked to the limit but must be! expended and supported.

This is not just a matter of hunt- ing for kile machines or for those working less than 24 hours a day for seven days in the week.

Every machine that could possibly be used for war work and which is for non-casential now being used civil requirements is a deserter from the ranks.

Excellent Start

In the field of labour, an excellent beginning has been made by Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour. His policy is of keeping men in the Jobs where they are most needed.

If this does not go far enough, the time will como

when

Desperate Repair Work When a bridge is bombed, repair even before the work alarts on it sound of the engines of the R.A.F. bombera has died away. But while repair work is being rushed to com- pletion in one place, another not far off is being bombed by the R.A.F.

bc

Dragon Boat Festival

To-day's Observance

In Hongkong

$13,200 FRAUD CHARGE

an

(According to Lloyd's Register, the Claude Chappe had a gross tonnage of 4,994. She was built in 1900 and at one time was owned by Messagerles Maritimes),

Evacuation

Of Outer London

120,000 Children To Be Moved

LONDON, June 9 (Reuter),

The

Charges of fraud relating to

Bren sell six alleged attempt to

and machine guns

Elx thousand rounds of ammunition, involving al sum of $13,200, came before Mr. R. An observance dating back over Edwards at the Central Magistracy The Hamburg tanks were believed 2,000 years, the Dragon Boat Festival this morning, when an Eurasian ap- to contain about 1,500,000 tons before will be observed by the Chinese to peared in the dock.

He was described in the charge A. D'Aralys the war. Hamburg fook 4,000,000 day, the fifth day of the fifth moon, tons of imported oll a year. There with family palkerings and the usual sheet as Guilherme

raes, allos William Guimaraes, have been no imports since Septem-religious offerings in the hornes. It is Willums, alias Ah Kam, resid-The Government has decided

will be a holiday in the afternoon alias

that the evacuation of Greater ber;

No one can really estimate how and large crowds will wend their ing at 114, Argyle Street.

Gulmaraes, a book-keeper, was much German oil has been destroyed way to the waterfront to witness tha by K.A.P bombers. but neatral picturesque-dragon-boats with ban charged together with Leung Tim and London school-children who have

of the 13. Tong Yuk-cho, Secretary howorkers in non-essential trades storagè plants, the loss may

countries suggest that in the main hers and drums compete in the races. Yeung Kwong, conspiring to cheat registered should begin on June

Five Boats To Racc

Welhaiwel Administrative Omce, and

inovement, involving some The principal attraction will be at obtain $13,200 by fraud and faise 120,000 children, will take six days Kennedy Town where the Chung pretenses.

to complete and in view of recent Naxis Only Hope

Sing Bathing Pavilion will be the

He was also charged with obtaining developments of the war and the com Against this, the Germans are staring and Anishing polats. of races The Minister of Supply and the seeking to put speed against fuel in between five boats. Keen compet!-13,200 from Tong by falsely, pre-mencement of enemy bombing of deliver six Bren machine-guns and feel it right that the movement should Minister of Economies must see that the hope to complete the major part tion enters into these races, which tending to be in a position to sell and England, the Government does not

while will commence about 4 pm..ak apart 8,000 rounds of ammunition.

he delayed any longer.-- war these of their

programme

the from the ceremonial observance, iro- Sub-Inspector C. Goodwin pro- None of the children will be taken jobs are quickly found for

rematus. But fuel

phies are awarded to, the winner. secuted and asked for a week's re-to the eastern countles. people in war industries.

The North Point bathing beaches mand.

They will go to the west of London "The Economist, which nise wel-attacks go on and are repeated.

han Cologne alone, for instance,

aro alse likely to attract large crowds

and the great majority will go to comes the scheme which helps Arms

Cornwall, Devonshire, Someract and wishing to join the great national been ralded four times already.

The R.A.F. has also made sure that as races sponsored by the Easter effort by providing them with the

Association will over run by the Athletic ways and means of doing so, says in the countries

followed by a swimming gala' and a that the present Iines of our financial Germans fuel was not seized.

The Rotterdam storage tanks were water polo match among the mem- policy should be continued.

sent up in flames in three The Ghent tanks were bombed.

To hamper the German offensive

will have to be transferred to war much as one third, work.

The more men and women who

can be thrown out of such jobs the

better.

Trinidad's War Gift

Of £300,000

LONDON, June 9 (Reuter)—An offer of over £300,000 by the Gov- ernment of Trinidad and Tobago has been gratefully received by Lori Lloyd, Colonial Secretary, on behalf -of-His-Majesty's-Covernment

tho

Heinkel Crashes In Suffolk

sumclent

raitis,berg,

at its source is one of the alms and SEVERE DROUGHT

abdecis of these long-distance bomb- Ing ralds.

Stiff Sentence For Bag Snatching

IN JAPAN

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, June 10 (UP) Owing to the severity of the drought in Japan, Tokyo now has unprecedented water restrictions, the supply being cut off for the city's six million inhabitants for 16 hours daily.

reservoirs have reached their. lowest level in history.

The

US. RED CROSS CHANGE HQ.

A sentence of six months hard His. Excellency Hensin Governor to convey to the Legistu-labour, ten stroices of the cane, and ture and the people, the deep ap- an expulsion order was what Chan prestation of the Home Government Chi-yu, 18, received at the Kowloon for the gift.

Magistracy this morning, for stealing a handbag from Mex. F. Hamliton, of 140 Argyle Street, on Saturday. The case was heard before Mr. E. Hans- Worth

Del-Skt. Morrison

Mrs.

OPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH!! Hamilton was about to enter the PARIS, June 10 (UP)—It in bu LONDON, June 9 (Reiter)—Ahouse on Saturday afternoon when thorlatively reported that the Ameri- German officer was taken prisoner defendant snatched the handbag, can Red Cross, headquarters in when his Heinkel Crashed into any valued with its contents at $26. Ho France are evacuating to Bordeaux. East Suffolk garden on Saturday was chased and arrested by Mr. An unconarmed report states that 'moralne, ** ang nahkaAA

Hamilton on the hilisde in Argyle some of the personnel of the Ameri- can Embassyis also: evacuating Paris. Stretl

He died in hospital to-day,

Mr. Duff-Cooper's Appeal To Czechs

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, June 9 (UP)-Mr. A.

Precious Stones Confiscated

.1

an un-

Duff Cooper, the Minister for In- formation, brondenst a message to the SPECIAL:TO.THE ""TELEQRÁPH"- Czech people. from the B.B.C.-to-day. LA ROCHELLE, June 10 (UP)— He summoned the Czech people to The port authorities in La Rochelle break the Nazi shackles as soon as have confiscated a considerable quan- they saw Germany "beginning to tity of precious stones from

recently stagger under the strain of war named Belgium ship which

Mr. Duff Cooper assured his Czech arrived at La Rochelle. listeners that they would have the The confiscation was made under a opportunity very soon to rise as they special order. did in the work" War" and ""price "The precious-zionea~Included_35___ more erect a free country In the packets of diamonds from the Belgiani centre of Europe." :

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FRENCH CABINET

IN SESSION

The Other Heroes Of Dunkirk Epic

PARIS, June 9 (teuler)--The LONDON, June 9 (Reuter).-Many Cabinet met at 0 p.m. and considered of the small craft which took part in the military and diplomatic situation. the evacuation from Dunkirk have President Lebrun was present at now returned to their moorings In Ute the meeting which lasted 80 minutes, Upper Thames,

The Cabinot is meeting again on Monday evening.

Only a few showed any signs of the I ordoal which they have been through,

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