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Concluding the Story of the Nazi

FUNNY SIDE UP

OF PT.

SALE

Occupation of the Channel Islands

Escape: Planes

Dropped

Flares Near Boat

Y the end of August,"

"Bald Fred Hockey, of

Guernsey, "all this German business was getting a bit too thick,"

He had been trapped in Guernsey when the Channel Islands were occupied at the end of June.

He had seen all the details of the German occupation of his own island, which he has already described to me..

"For one thing," he said, "the Germans started bring- ing over their women to the island. They came by plane, and they came by boat.

"I think they were a picked lot, because they were all very well dressed, and they all spoke fluent English.

"It was extraordinary, by. the way, how carefully the Germans had picked their people. Most of the soldiers not only spoke excellent Eng- lish, but the first lot that came knew the island itself as well as, or better than, I did.

WOMEN ARRIVE "Why, one day I was talk- ing to two English people, as I thought, outside my office. It was lucky I said nothing against the Germans, for it turned out that they were German, too-though nobody could have told it from their speech.

"Once the German women dame over, too, they started to try to turn the place into a sort of little Germany,

"Several hundred German women came over. And they were all well dressed, and had plenty of money, and were en- joying themselves, while the Guernsey women who had stayed behind were beginning to face the problem of finding enough for their men to cat.

"Then, quite a lot of little things made life just impossi- ble.

"For instance, there was a very nice cafe on the esplan- ade at St Poter Port, where there was a jazz band, and so

oli.

"One day my son, Harold, here, went into the cafe with a few friends and found it full of German waitresses.

"Harold ordered a cup of ten, and then some Germans came in, and the waitress served them first. He never went near the place again.

"It's little things like that that make you boiling angry. As a matter of fact, they had to bring a lot of German wait- era and waitresses in, becauso

the Guernsey people were re- fusing to wait on the Germans nt all.

"In fact, just before we left, they were appealing for walt- ers in the hotels where the German officers wore living. And none of the. Guernacy people would take the job on. GETAWAY: PLANS

"Well, all these things were making the island impossible, when one day a friend of minó tomato named 'Bichard, `a

as told to

DUDLEY BARKER

Krower, came up to me on the quiet and asked whether I had ever thought of trying to escape to England..

The news about England was better by then, because, in spite of the propaganda in our newspapers, we could still listen to the B.B.C. and find out what was really going on.

"As a matter of fact, the Germans were getting a bit worried about it too, I think.

"They certainly expected air raids, for they made every- body in the island provide a shelter, not only at his home, but at his work, too.

"And just before we got away, the Kommandant took over all the big yachts and launches, and had them filled with petrol, so that they could stand by in readiness, in case they had to make a getaway,

"Bichard and I went to my house to talk things over, and we sat in the kitchen while he told me that he and a few friends could get hold of a 20- footer motor-boat, and be- tween them they could man- age to scrape together enough petrol to make the crossing.

"They wanted me to come, because I lind been a sailor for so long round the islands, and could take them across safely.

SECRET MEETINGS

"agreed to do it, providing 1 rould take my three sons who were left on the Island. and Bichurd agreed to that. He had three friends to 10, so that made the number up to eight.

We

all met reveral times after that in my kitchen at night-we had, of course, to be very secret about it. We made all our plous. and agreed to leave on a certain night In September. It things were favourable.

POCKET CARTOON

"He just says the old ways are the best."

"The night arrived, and condi- tions were perfect. The night was pitch dark, the tides were right.

"The motor-bont lay moored in Bordeaux Bay; well out, and some how we had collected all the petrol we wanted-I'm not going to tell you how. We agreed to start nt 10.30

P.m

In

"I was on duty that night until yo'clock, and when I got home I found all the others waiting for me

the klichen. "At 10.30 Bichard and I left first. We had to cross a rand that we know was patrolled by German sentries, but we armed ourselves with heavy spanners and decided that, if we did meet a sentry, it

either him or us.

was

"We got to the main road, and we were just about to cross it when a sentry came up on a push bicycle.

"We ducked into the long genes, clutching our spanners, but he land not seen us, and when he passed by we slipped across the road and Terept down to Bordeaux Bay,

"There we cast off in dinghy, taking the can of petrol each one of us was carrying-we had not dared to leave it in the motor- bout.

ALL ABOARD

"We got out to the motor-boat without attracting any attention, for the night was pitch black, and dumped what little gear we had aboard.

"Then we rowed back to a little Kroup of rocks near the shore, where the others had gathered, each. man again with can of petrol. Fortunately they had not seen any sentries.

"We rowed them all out to the moice-boat, and crept aboard, mak- ing the dinghy fast. Then we cast off, and two of us rowed the motor- laint to about half inile from the island, where we caught the tide.

"We had to make every move- ment with the greatest care. The least little splash of the cars would have given everything away, for there were sentries all along the coast.

"When we were in the tide we huisted a sall, but there was not wind enough, so we started to row again.

"Then, to our consternation, three German planes came over us from Guernsey, dropping flares on the water. Whether they knew of our escape, and were looking for we shan't find out 1 after the war, if then.

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"But i reared us all right, for if we had been caught there was little doubt what would have happened to us.

"One Anre dropped only 20 yards from our stern, but luckily they did not see us.

"Then I suddenly realised that the nalse of the aeroplane engines would drosyn

nur motor-bent engine, so we started her up, and hended towards England.

"We broke down once, just_off the Casquets, and drifted for four hours while we made repairs, won- dering all the time when we should

hear the roar of a German E-boat. But none came, and we got the engines going again, and made the English coast.

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Clock Replaces Nude Statues

KIDDERMINSTER, Worces

tershire, has a new school. And because the school is to be used by boys and girls, the ar- chitects thought an appropriate rymbol would be the figures of a boy and a girl carved on the walls.

And they decided to do the Job_proud. They put up iwo figures in the Epstein style-nude figures.

But the Education Committee weren't standing for that. The figures are to come down.

That was easy. It was more difficult to think of something to put in their place. Then someone had 11 inspiration. Why not strike quite a new note and have a big clock? Much

suitable.

more

So a big clockt It' is to be.

Says the chairman of the com- mitce, Mr Harry Cheshire: "I nothing wrong with the figures,

d wish they could remain." Say the critics: "One

Agure looks deformed, and the other like an mbecile."

Sultan On Obligations

To Britain

Ic's supposed

to symballse the modern

boy-bul Rome people don't like him.

FILM OF LONDON RAIDS STIRS AMERICA

It is evident to-day that an instatitaneous impression has been created by the Ministry of Information's new short film, "London Can Take It," states a New York message.

There was not the slightest doubt that Great Britain and her allies would achieve final victory in the present war, anid the Sultan of Selangor speaking at the State Council's budgot meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

The Sultan pointed out that the Press notices on the showing glow last budget meeting was held soon with prakse both for the film and for after the war broke out, and that they the people of London whose spirit had then hoped the war would be it so well records. over iri a relatively short while. In- stend, I had spread and when it would What may be more important is finally end was a matter for con- that the exhibitors themselves, who Jecture. His Highness declared that do not often show enthusiasm for a got the biggest surprise of all-it in this part of, the world the people short subject, are obviously moved was more in our

"WE'LL GO BACK"

"We were taken over by the Cus- toms, and sent to London. Then we all scattered to our families mine was in Southampton, I hoped.

"And I think that was where wo

minda even than

the thankfulness we felt to be out

Selangor bad obligations to the

All Want It

be must

prepared for all eventualities by the picture and are anxious to of Guernsey,

Away fromteness.

the Ger- though, so far, the horrors of war how it all over the country.

had not visited them. mans and thele' olly

"The biggest surprise of all was to see that Southampton was still there very little damaged, lite go- ing on as usual. *

Li

although we had been able Isten to the B.B.C. bulletins, that constant propoganda in the news- papers had had some effect on us, and we truly expected to find the .south coast of England in ruins, but

it wasn't...

"And one day we will go back to Guernsey-with luck in the British

expedition that recaptures it.”

With one exception, every great theatre chain in the United States han alrendy taken the film.

Lou

. Britials Government, added the

Sultan, among which were the Cinemas in San Francisco, Kiving of all possible help. That Angeles and the West Coast, in help could take the form of giving (Consas City and throughout the Bnancial assistance, increasing food Middie West, In New Orleans and production in the State and ensurrough the South are all clamouring ...ing the micly of the Stale.

tor prints.

After briefly enuigerating figures In New York, theatres controlled

of expenditure and income in the by rival companies, which rarely or estimates for next year, the Sultan never slow the same film at the same fervently prayed for victory for time, have broken the precedent. Great Britain so that once more the 'Among them' is Radio Ĉity, biggest world enjoy pence and plenty, 25 theatre in the world.

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