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Oil Bomb On House Of Lords

An oil bomb fell in the pre- cincts of the Palace of West- minster recently. The House of Commons was unhurt, but the bomb crashed through the root! of a building attached to the House of Lords, penetrating to wash-houses on the first floor.

A fire was started but was quickly got under control by the fire-fighting Squad and the police on duty. Buckets of sand and water vere readily avaliable, Hoses were con- nected with the fire-hydrants and the fire was subdued within a very short while. It is stated that some damage has been done to roofs, ceilings and Attings.

This is the first time that the Nazis have, even remotely, inflicted damage

on

the birthplace and home of Parliamentary Government, which they have sworn to destroy.

The damage is of so little conse quence that Parliament might have continued its ordinary work in com- plete Ignorance of the fact that its home had been damaged.

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FORMER MINISTER GUILTY — Scone in French court at Clor- mont-Ferrand, as Jean Zay, sitting with hand to chin, former Minister of Education under Premiers Blum and Daladler, hoars himself convicted of desertion în prosence of onomy. Ho flod to Morocco with other Franch leaders whon Nazis overran France.

Escape Through Tunnel

A perilous journey through the labyrinth of vaults and OF BASES PACT tunnels of London's riverside was described by women who had been trapped in a shelter, after bombs had destroyed the build- Moscow newspapers continue to inke, great Interest in the Anglo-ing over their heads. American agrcement,

"bases for destroyers" Ten women and two men were

"Pravda, ofMelai, orgon in the shelter, which was under MORE SABOTAGE

of the Communist party, declares

the agreement either covers, or will an old yard by a wharf. "We cover, the Far East, while "Trud," heard the crash as the building the Trade Unions paper, asserts that collapsed," one of them said, the Far East is undoubtedly included. and after standing still for a It adds that judging from the while, we began to see how we recreation in the Japanese Pre could get out. nobody in Japan expects Anglo- American understanding to be based

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IN BELGIUM -Mystery Fire

U.S. Builds 1,000 Planes Monthly

America's 'plane production is now nearly 1,000 a month, of which about 300 are shipped to Britain. Occasionally alarming reports are published such as one appearing in to-day's New York Times that there are only [300 American first line combat

'planes.

President Roosevelt dentt with these reports at a Press conference some time ago in answer to Republican charges that the defence programme was in a state of confusion. He pointed out that by assuming arbitrary definitions almost any kind of total could be reached.

He also said that since the first requirement was for trained pilots a large proportion of the 'planes de- Ilvered currently were for training purposes.

Gen. Marshall, Chief of Staff, was asked

at a Press Conference how many Orst line bomber planes the army possessed and replied that the correct figure was about 1,500. He admitted however that only about 500 of these were comparable to the best which are now being produced by Germany and Britain, that is to say only that number were provided with armoured protection and self- scaling petrol tanks.

Orders Increasing

Orders were, however, rapidly in- creasing and new contracts being signed.

Gen. Marshall summoned the con- ference to afinowice that several hundred army tanks, the actual numbers believed to be around 100. would be sold to Canada for training purposes

tanks are old models travel-

Further evidence is available "Two of the exits were completely agreement" blocked. Through the third we could that the Belgians are not settling ling no faster than 3 miles an hour. see the glow of flames. Wo decided down under their Nazi task- They used up petrol at such a rate The "Red Fleet" declares that the we had better take our chance masters. The people have been bade the Army to use any more.

that seven years ago Congress for- decision to soil the destroyers is through this one. based on advices received from the through amid thick dust and anoke trolled Brussels wireless station some way as rifles and French 75's We scrambled reminded by the German-con- They will be sold to Cannda in the American naval mission in London, and found ourselves on the wharf. and argues that this reflects the bellef "It was an enormous rellet, but we of the decree of the German High were sold to England. They will bo of American milltary circles in the were still, as far as we could tell, cut Command issued in May, under declared as surplus and sold to a possibility of defending Britain. off from the streets. We shouted which instigation to lay down private company which can resell

together to the bridge we could see not far away, and after a while a voice tools-to-strike or to commit sabotage would be dealt with by answered.

"They told us to wait, and said aja military tribunal. beat would come for us, but in the end two policemen found their way

ROMAN PRINCES

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same time the on-

them to Canada.

FRENCH WILL NOT

through to us by land. We went nouncer issued a strong, warning ACCEPT FASCISM

down with them through passato Belgian municipal authorities, and vaults we had known nothing

We came into a side-who, it was alleged, were not about, until Prince Filipo Dorio Pamphili street some distance away from the doing their duty in putting

employed to work.

and Price Alessandro Torlonia, seems doubtful if they

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reason.

Prince Pamphilli owns the magn! deent Palace Corso Umberto in Rome, which houses the most vahi-

could

"It seems to me that the only hope for an independent France, in our

un-lifetime at least, is a British victory,"

declared "Pertinax", the French journalist, in un interview with the

two prominent members of the have been rescued by water. The He also announced that there had "New York Post." Roman aristocracy, have arrived river. nt this point is filled with been a fire in a rubber factory near "Under the constant threat of pres- at Lugano, Switzerland. There treacherous cross-currents and eddies. Schurbeck. Efforts to extinguish the sure no Government can be free," he is much speculation as to the

An expert sald that unless the boat flames were in vain and the factory added. "Fascism will never sink in- had been in the hands of a local was entirely burnt

out. Investiga to the French soul. dashed to destruction against the lighterman, i would have ́been ❘tions were being made by the police.

"Can you imagine our workers, our Reprisals for sabotage in the pro-shopkeepers, who like to gather in pier of a bridge,

vince of Liege were also announced. little cafes and thresh out the pro- blems of the world, marching, salut- Cables belonging to the Germaning, following a leader? Can you army had been gut, and in conse-imagine them blindly obeying orders? quence, it was stated, all men belong- Most of all, can you imagine them| ing to the "former Belglan army" who keeping silent?" Newcastle, was fined £50, with £6 bad been released and who were A New York report, stated that Gs, costs, and had her driving licence residing in three certain communes Prince Pamphill and Prince Torlonia suspended for 20 years at Newcastle of the province would be seized by were among prominent Romans who recently, when she pleaded guilty to the Germans as prisoners of war. had been either arrested or axiled being under the Influence of drink If the guilty parties were not dis- because Mussolini was bent on sup-to such an extent as to be incapable covered shortly, more reprisals would pressing defeatist talk in Italy. of having proper control of a car. take place.

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Reshuffle At Ministry Of Information

The Ministry of Information, It has been announced, is being reorganised in five departments-censorship of news, photographs; pubile relations, regional administration and home intelligence; news for overseas; con- trol of Gims, posters, books and pamphlets; and general adminis

tration.

Twa subsidiary divisions will deal with the relationship of the Ministry to the B.B.C. and the Board of Trade, Reductions of staff are in progress.

New U.S. Fighter Reaches 500 M.P.H.|

Tho now twin-engined Lockheed fighter plane has reached speeds of 350 m.p.h. In tests at Burbank, Call- fornia, with engines opened only to half throjtle, and is expected to reach 500 m.p.h.

It Innds and takes off at 100 m.p.h. and can climb 4,000 feet in a minute, and carries a 36mm, cannon in the nose and numerous machine guns.

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