1940-08-27 — Page 16

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LUCKY CISCO KID

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Associate Producer John Shane - Screen Play

by Robert Tls and Helen 1logon

2014 Conry Boy Picture

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MARY BETHHUGHES DANA ANDREWS EVELYN VENABLE

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A CUTAWAY at the knee gives an Intriguing effert to this cool white dress worn by Maureen O'Sullivan. The feature of the dress is navy and white stripes encircling the V neck and down the frant to the hem. Readers will notice our accent on the fashion angle to this photograph.

H.K. Stock Market

were

August 27, 1940.

GRAPHIC STORY Australian

FROM PAGE ONE

German planes were rescued from the sea.

Politics

Three Messerschmitts attacked the predictable

two Dover balloon barrage balloon fell in flames.

arki

Eight Nazi Planes Down LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter).—It

Sydney, Aug. 26. One of the shortest and most un- election campaigns in Australian history la now in full awing, the main issue being the best means of directing. Australia's war fort. Voting will take place on September 21.

is believed that eight enemy planes fused where Labour has split into

were shot down during the over the clouds in

the

battle

Wales

The political situation is very con- New South especially in south-east several parties, but most commenta- tars express the opinion that there One bumber just missed the roof of will brittle change of party a farmhouse and crashed ablaze in strengths in the House of Repre-

a cornfield.

Three more bombers are known to

down have been bought

in the south-east coast aren.

sentatives.

Nineteen Senators will be elected at the same time but will not take their sents until July next year. As 17 retiring Senators are mem- bers of the Government party there

Enemy Fails To Reach London LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reuter)-The attempt made by enemy raiders to a possibility of labour securing a

majority in the Senate-Reuter, reach London this afternoon was un- successful.

Two large foters of bombers Bring

nt 20,000 feet were met by a strong force of fighters over a south-east- towis.

For ten minutes a terrife battle raged over the clouds, the machines being visible only at brief intervals through breaks in the clouds.

Machine-gun fire and the cannot of the German Messerschmills, which were apparently accompanying the bombers, could be plainly heard, and after the battle the Germans turned fall and made for home.

At least two German machines i were seen to fall, and while the fight-

tng was in

bombs progress many were heard falling in the distance.

"Reuter" correspondent, who witnessed part of the battle from the top of

seeing of a, cornstark, reporta several huge columns of smoke rising in different directions, apparently caused by planes which crashed.

Over one huge column, four R.A.F. fighters circled for O

minutes.

Later two R.A.F. machines were seen į passing over ench smuke colume, np. parently checking up on the fallen German machines.

Milton Falls From His Pedestal

Bat Doesn't Get Hurt SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Aug. 20 (UP)-Al- though the statue of Milton the poet toppled from its pedestni in St. Glee Church during the rald on London yesterday. It was practicity undamaged.

The slabs above the grave of Mil- ton which is inside the church also escaped damnge.

The bombs blew a hole in the northwest wall of the building and most of the stained glass windows were broken The church was gen- erally shaken hut there was no great damage.

In the London area, worden, and police are having somné dificulty in ment

RAID ON IRELAND:

FROM PAGE ONE

immediately Instructed the

persuading people to take cover dur- Irish Charge d'Affaires

nt Berlin,

ing air rafd warnings now that war- Mr. William Womack, tu protest to nings are becoming rurrence.

Common

the Nazi

Government.

full reparation

The

demanding

"Nazi

Announcement Bald.

The Areas of

While the majority of the prople troop off to the shelters, many prefer bombers Arw to continue their normal necupations Compile, Bannow, and Buncormick unless gun-fire or bomb explosions in Wexford County between 2 and 3

Bombs jum. to-day. are heard,

were dropped When sirens were sounded this at each point. The Co-operative wrecked afternoon, Counsel was speaking at a creamery at Compile was Court Martial at the Duke of York's and the failing masonry killed three

girl and injured another person." Headquarters.

also claimed that all of the planes returned safely.

Turning 10 the President, he queried: "Should one be Interrupted by this irrelevant German intrusion

The President answered: “No.” Counsel then continued his sperch.

6th Warning In Three Days LOLNDUN, Aug. 26 (Reuter) — The air raid alarm sounded in the | London aren this afternoon,

This was the 16th warning in Lons 1,250 a. don since the war began and the

sixth in three days.

The following quotations instand on the Hongkong Stock Mar ket this morning.

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Policemen Killed LONDON, Aug 26 (Domel).-

five ralds London has experienerd during the week-end, Late Sunday [night and early to-day, Londoners were aroused by the wall of streng and screaming bombs in the second (night-rald in succession.

Flares were dropped in one outer London district lighting up a wide

The alarm sounded just after A area and a number of hombs were large number of planes, believed to dropped.

High explosives made 'n be enemy planes, had passed over the Jarge cruter in a London district road, Thames Estuary in the direction of blew out a tobacco store's front and London at a great height

shattered windows considerable

A. A. IN were in action and distance around. Belush fighters went up

clear

Twn

policemen were killed when Fifteen minutes. later, the

bombs wETE

the dropped early in Clear" was given in London and he morning half an hour after, the all Incidents had been reported.

signal was sounded, Scilly Isles Raids

the main chopping One fell in LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuter) thoroughfare and set fire to a gase Some 150 bombs were dropped on main, while another struck a water- the Sellly Isles thus momiig and main causing a number of canuiltles, yesterday

Faur bombs fell in the centre of Children on a beach were machine-residential district damaging scores gunned and several were wounded, of houses as well as a church. The statue of Milton outside the church was Elt.

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Thrill For Ambassador SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH'' NEW YORK. Auc. 28 (Domel).- Mr. Joseph Kennedy, United States BERLIN, Aug. 20 (Dame).-The Ambassador to London, and his staff heaviest air fighting in which Nazi had a big thrill in the Nazi air reid planes have taken part over South on London on Sunday night when a England, occurred over Canterbury, bonib fell only 100 feet from Mr. Deal, Folkestone. and Tonbridge, Kennedy's home in the suburbs of the

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Thirty-Seven Nazis Downed LONDON, Aug. 28 (Reuter)—-—-—-—--An Bombs On Harvest

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Ring Of Light LONDON, Aug. 20 (Router), -The thudding of bombs could be heard clearly among the tharper cracks of anti-aircraft guns.

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