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Wednesday,

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SEARCH FOR PRINCE EUGENE GOES ON, SAYS CHURCHILL

LONDON, May 27 (Reuter).In the House of Commons to-day Mr Winston Churchill' stated in connection with the sink- Ing of the Bismarck that there were many arrangements to. intercept German vessels should they attempt, as seemed pro- bable, to break out into the Atlantic with a view to striking at our convoys from the United States.,

During Friday night, cruisers got into visual contact with thom as they were passing through the Denmark Straits, between Iceland and Greenland, and at dawn on Saturday the battleships Prince of Wales and the Hood intercepted them.

"I have no detailed account of the nction because events have been moving so rapidly, but the Hood was struck nt 23,000 yards by n shell

Standard Clothes For All

A PLAN 16 help the war

which penetrated into one of the effort by making children in

magazines and blew up with only very few survivors.

in splendid vessel, although designed 23 years ago, is -serious Joss to the Navy; even more so are the men and officers.

Escape In Darliness "Throughout Saturday, our ships remained in touch with the Bismarck and her consort and arrangements were made for effecting battle at dawn yesterday morning, but during the night the weather

deteriorated- and visibility decreased, and the Dismarck, by making a sharp turn, shook off the pursuit.

"I don't know what happened to the Prince Eugene, but measures are being taken in respect of her.

"Yesterday, shortly after mid-day, Catalina nircraft, one of the con- siderable number of those far-reach- ing sent

scouting planes which had been sent to us by the United States (Cheers), picked up the Bismarck and further rapid dispositions, were nude by the Admiralty, and of course the moment that she was known to be at sea, the whole apparatus of our vecan control came into the plan.

Ark Royal Attack

·

"Very far-reaching combinations. began to work and last evening, from yesterday afternoon, Fleet Air Arm forpedo-bombers and seaplanes from the Ark Royal (Laughter) attacked and made a succession of attacks upon the Bismarck, which now ap- peared to be alone without her consort,

"About midnight, we learned that the Bismarck was struck by two torpedoes amidships and astern. The

men, women and

AT

NINE GUESTS ROYAL MARRIAGE

ONLY nine guests were present at the first Royal wedding of the war, when Lady Iris Mountbatten, 21-years-old cousin of the King, was married recently to Captain Hamilton J. Keyes O'Malley, Irish Guards, in 15 minutes.

The marriage was to have taken place at Brompton Oratory, but as Captain O'Malley's leave was advanced the ceremony was performed at St Paul's Roman Catholle Church, Hayward's Heath, Sussex.

Among the nine guests were

bride's

of Carisbrooke,

the Marquess and Marchioness standard sizes only, is proposed parents, and Mrs Blackwell, by the Retail Trading Standards the bridegroom's aunt. Major Association of Britain.

G. Vandeleur was best man.

At present there is no or- ganised scale of sizes for ready- made clothes.

The scheme will economise in manufacture, distribution and. consumption.

Lady Iris wore a spray of orchids on her powder-blue wool afternoon costume trimmed with silver fox fur, but carried no bouguet.

Both Early

"It was a very simple service," Father Phillips, who offlcinted, said.

"The bridegroom arrived first, then came the bride. They were both nearly a quarter of an hour early. The ceremony was over in

fifteen mbiutes.

I will help to solve the pro- blem for the Mr and Miss “Miss-. Fits who could step Into new out- fits without the wasting of tune and material in alteration,

shop would appreciate the idea,

Evacuees and those too busy to

"As soon as the ceremony was There will be sizes for almost over, the guests wished them luck, every figure. Shopping by post will, and the couple immediately left bị be made easter.

As well as the standardisation of clothing, set sizes for household tex- tiles have been proposed.

This will mean that single and double sheets or blankets will only be obtainable in two sizes, Pillow- slips and possibly towels standardised, too,

will be

Died As His Song Made History

car.

Huge Return

From Charlie Chaplin Film Charlie Chaplin's film

Returns

in Britain

SEVERE BLOW TO GERMAN

PUBLIC

Admiral Believed Lost

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEQNAPH"

May 28, 19417

Roosevelt

Speech To-Day

New Forecast

Obrazy for

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Router). The White House Secretary, Mr Stephen Early, told reporters that reside talk" arranged for 2.30 am. President Roosevelt would extend his till 3 a.m. G.M.T: on Wednesday by NEW STOCKS OF

an extra 15 minutes.

"I think you cun any that by longer be any doubt in regard to Wednesday moning, there could no what the national polley of this government is. think I will just

stand on that," he said.

Mr Early, who ngalu offered no discouragement to the reports that the

re-

address would probably be one lor the most significant President

Roosevelt has ever delivered, fused to discuss the possible contents. He said that it had been revised until it had reached a point where extra time beyond the original half hour was needed.

Conference Cancelled

Mr Early said that President Roosevelt's regular press conference to-day was cancelled In order to follow President Roosevelt more time BERLIN, May 27 (UP).for last-minute work on the address, Relch has lost half of the and said that the President was spearhead of its battle fleet with passible of the 12.000 to 14,000 mess

endeavouring to digest as many as the sinking of the Bismarckages sent to the White House daily. while Admiral Luetjens is also assumed to be lost.

The blow to the Gerinan publie is all the greater in view of the fact that the press, since the announce- ment of the sinking of the Hood has

BISMARCK

SPIT HELL AT

been proclaiming that the Bismarck SHADOWER

was the most superior battleship in the world, simultaneously describing the loss of the Hood as a blow to

LONDON, May 27 (Reuter).—The

British domination of the seas, and a pilot of n Catalina which was holed lass of prestige from which Britain by the Bismarck's fire, described how would never recover.

they dodged anti-aircraft fre every

been

sea a

afternooh We had ducked into the clouds and the Bis- were trying to edge around the Bla-

An

US

The first intimation to the German time they showed themselves out of public that there had been

sald: "It was the cloud. The

pilot from batile in which the Bismarck, had

hottest Ara I have the

ever been "The cryptic communique in the and the weather was misty and hazy

engaged

was a brief and some-under. There were lots of cloud Great Dictator" are now coming early editions of the in after the general release. papers, announcing that They show that gross takings in marck was battling superior enemyuddenly we came to the end of Britain so far amount to over

forces.

In view of the High £600,000.

Command's a particular cloud and I found my- well known reluctance to announce self bang over the ship which was United Artists expect that military operations before they are only about 400 yards when the film has been shown concluded,

away. I this was regarded by thought that they had us. She pul THE Australian Forces at another 1,000 cinemas the foreign observers as preparation of up the worst barrage I have ever

the public for bad news, second torpedo apparently affected storming Benghazi made their takings will reach.£1,000,000.

seen. She secined to Greater Loss To Nazis

be one big the steering of the ship, for she was battle song, "Waltzing Matilda," This would be an all-time re-

tash from bow to stern and must <BY "REUTER'S NAVAL

have been turning loose reduced to very slow speed and con-immortal ns ils creator, "Banjo" | cord.

CORRESPONDENT)

everything she had. The nine American Im renters LONDON, May 27--The loss of Cyrenaicn's are allowed to export between them the Bismarck

Right Angled Turn infinitely

"The Bismarck apparently thought only 1,250,000 of the £7,000,000 or damaging to Germany than that of that we were going to some because £8,000,000 earned by American ple- the Hood to Britain, The Hood was she turned at a full 90 degrees off mediate return, from the £300,000 Bismarck, only launched in 1938, cloud and opened. fire as she was tures in Britain. Chaplin's - a comparatively ofd ship while the her course when we run out of the earned so far by his new film, will made her first service appearance in turning.

1040. probably not be more than £20,000. He has made it clear that he does Forty years ago, Paterson was Britain, and has insisted that the

not mind leaving his money "This morning at daylight the staying with a friend at an isolated renters should not charge the British Bismarck was attacked by pursuing sheep station in Queensland, when exhibitor more than 50 per cent, of battleships and I don't know what he were the results of the bombardment,

(tramp) the takings. Everywhere else 70 per (rolled UP cent. Is being paid. blankets). "Great as is our loss in the Hood, "we call it a waltzing Matilda in those "Swag, nothing," said the friend, Bismarck must be regarded as the most powerful enemy battleship parts,"

tinued

moking uncontrollable cireles Paterson, lay dying. in which condition she was attacked

They entered by one of our flotillas with two more torpedoes which brought her virtually capital on Feb. 7: Paterson died

standstill, far from help and for on Feb. 5 in Australia. outside the range within which enemy, bombers and aircraft from the French coast could come upon the

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scene.

Battleships Catch Up

"He could hardly have had a more atting requiem," one of his music publishers, Mr Hubert Foss, sald.

"Banjo's" full name was Andrew Barton Paterson.

saw a "sundowner"

It appears, however, that the Bls carrying his "swag" marck was not sunk by

the

by gunfire.

as she is the newest battleship and the striking of her from the German Navy in a very definite simplification

of the task of maintaining an offective mastery

of the

_northern_seas_and_

the maintenance of the northern

blocicado

a few days it should be possible

to give a much more detailed account,

Coal For Next Winter

ter,

Government spokesmen, col-

More Rats Than Scots

in

Scotland has declared war against an ancient enemy the

rat.

to

more

The role of the Bismarck, like that mant

"I really don't know how we

was not to seek but to avoid engage-moment and we were lucky to get ment with the British capital forces. back into the cloud, but the Catalina of every other German capital ship, managed to dodge all the stuff that

slic

threw up. It was n ticklish

Hlad she succeeded in evading the went on flying throughout the opera-i units which were trailing her, it is tion desplie holes in the hull. impossible

to exaggerate the damage "I had several members of the that she might have been able to do crew busy stopping the holes so among the convoys on Britain's life that we would not sink when we line from America. She failed and landed on the water at our base." was brought to battle.

The achievement of the British. forces in shadowing and holding or to the Bismarck grimly for four days in the fickle North Atlantic weather before the final coup de grace was given is in itself no mean feat.

Again, the

Germans, had beastca that the Bismarck was unsinkable owing to her tremendous number of water-tight comperiments. The un- sinkable has been sunk. That may

heavy debit to Germany on) the psychological side.

Fine Commander Lost Another item on the debit side of

prove

FORGED

PASSPORT CHARGE

that the

Estimates of the destruction but the essentials are before the ery owners and miners' leaders caused by rats show that they House and although there is shade held a conference in London re-are at least as dangerous a as well as light in this plcture, we cently to formulate a scheme to threat food supplies have every reason to be satisfied with increase the country's weekly bombs. The rat population is as

A Passport Office clerk who

the outcome of this flerce

pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey and output of coal and to provide an probably greater than the human memorable naval encounter."

recently to conspiring to forge a adequate reserve for next win-population of Scotland, and the Germany's account is the fact that passport was told by Mr Justice Question An Hood.

damage that rats cause

Admiral Luetjens was flying his Bar Tucker to LONDON, May 27 (Reuter)-Ini

maximum connection with the loal of H.M.S. coal owners and miners to speed up every kind runs into millions of German nuval circles and was the inadequate."

Government representatives asked stored cereals and foodstuffs of ranked very high in the estimation of ment for his offence was "totally In the Bismarck. Admiral Luetjens penalty of two years' imprison. Hood, the Conservative Member, Sir coal production by at least 500,000 pounds a year. Alfred Knox, asked whether the tons a week and to provide by he

virtual High Commander of the Ger- Hood had got special equipment to end of the summer between 25,000,- In the past the holding of annunt man High Seas Fleet.

When the

He passed that sentence on happened at the Battle of Jutland in for and 30,000,000 tons to be stored awaken pable atoved insuficient to at Irato and the Gnelsenau were George William Goddard, aged attention to the seri- large, he his In the 66, Baldwin-crescent,, Camber- The meeting pledged Itself "to put fous character of the rat mennee, and Sch

Scharnhorst. The fact that he trans-well, who was also charged with Mr Winston Churchill replied that forward every effort of national, dis- the Scottish Department of Agricul-ferred it to the Bismarcks suggests the Hood was refited about ten years trict and pit organisations to secure ture has now Initiated an intensive that after the repeated hammerings having in his possession a docu- ago and during the war sie had been the fulfilment of the programme." and continuous campaign for the by the R.A.F., the Scharnhorst and ment so closely representing an

the

the Gneisenau are by no means in exit permit as to be calculated vermir. With the co-operation of the Local good shape.

the last war.

several times in hand for short periods get her turbine blades at-5 tended to, but no such major recon- struction of the ship, which known to be thinly armoured, was possible during the war."

was

the winter.

Horse The Germans

Could Not Kill

A famous veteran of the first Great Applause From House War, Lord Motilstune's horse "War- LONDON, May 27 (Reuter).The rlor," has been destroyed because of Halise of Commons to-day settled down to ordinary

Busining health, it was disclosed

when Mr Churchill rose and "Inter- vened with great respect"

London recently,

In

+

The 32-year-old "Warrior" had sol to many escapes from death that the nounce that the Bismarck had been men of the Canadian cavalry Lord sunk.

Mottistone commanded in France The intervention was greeted with called him "the horse the Germans thunderous applause.

can't kill,"

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destruction of

Authorities and of the Individual

farmer, miller, store owner, shop- keeper, and householder, it is hoped to wage perpetual warfare against the rat until it has been exterminated.

Man Who Fed Libya Army

Maj-Gen. Hutchison · "The man who throughout the swift-moving. Middle East cam- paign, the swiftest in the his- tory of wars, kept the mobile British forces supplied with food, petrol and all else they wanted, was Major-Gen. Balfour Oliphant Hutchison.

Ilis panne was revealed in the House of Lords recently by Lord i Croft, Joint Under-Secretary for

and one of those little-

2,500 Americans

to deceive.

Mr Justice Tucker refused God- dard's request thut, nine offences should be taken into consideration.

No fewer than 2,500 American men proper.

take whatever steps they thought want to help Vera Hruba, Czecho- Ikraci Heisler, aged 34, musician. slovak skating slat, avoid deporta-similarly charged, was

found nat tion by marrying her, edys a Cham-guilty and was discharged. paign (Illinois) message.

Det-Insp. Robert Fabian said that The pretty 18-year-old skater was investigations showed that Goddard threatened with deportation because had been committing the offences for pired. her passport as an entertainer ex-something like 18 months and that he had received approximately £255.

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New Moneyed Class

A NEW moneyed class has sprung up in Free China as an Plans have been completed for what should be the most War.

TEN people a week 'are calling at the Patent Office in London outgrowth of the Sino-Japanese war. Its members are ricksh stirring film ever made a record, in colour, of the work of the Deputy Quartermaster-General, is moment experts there have a list of about 10 to deal with. And

with invertions for putting out incendiary bombs. It is the men, chauffeurs, carters, burden carriers and day labourers Major-Gen. Hutchison, who is biggest rush on one device the office has had for years. RAF, culminating in an actual ruid en Germany,

At the engaged in transporting goods from the seacoast to West China. The idea was put forward by an officer at the Air Ministry Montrose one than of it is growing every day.

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They are earning the unpressively, the salaried and professional and made practicable by the fact that five airmen happened to known figures in the Army who do

cedented-for Chinn-wages of closses are having diffleult times, be experts in colour photography before the war. They and two great work behind the scenes. He

All manner of people-profes-, making delayed-action bombs harm- Ch. $8 and 810 dally Before since their Incomes have not in- other airmen have been assigned the task of making pictures.

the war they averaged about only one-fourth of

creased. Their dollars, are worth commanded the 10th Hussars and sional Inventors and amateura, less.

their pre-War_ would have handed the command many of them They will fly'a bomber.fitted

And someone, with an eye to in-that much monthly.

values. Authentic Picture · with two special colour cameras,

Chauffeurs are the plutocrats in But the raid will be one feature

not the abdication thrown greater found the answer to the fire-pected people from buildings."

this new society, especially those and while, taking part in a raid only of the film, which will cover the responsibilities on the Duke.

activities not only of the Bomber the last war with

Major-Gen. Hutchison was. during

bomb.

Sald the Patent Omco omcial: who drive the heavy trucks which the 3rd Army

Sold an official: "The fire-fighting!

"Many of the inventions we get in bring supplies from Fighter

and

Constai Commands. tioned in despatches four times.

hazardous Burma Road, For the first time the public will be with only dialogue actually used by Without any fetitious touches und

we get two or three people calling war. A lot of them are fantastic. with inventions to deal with, incen- able to see the fierce, barrage over the airmen, the film will present an

Invisible Plane

For one such trip they realise from Alice Delyslo, the actress, har RATS PERISH

diaries."

Ch.$800 to $1,000, a fortune to the formed, that her 88-year-old mother places like Bremen and Klet, with entirely authentic picture of

"For Instoned, the other day a man average There is also a rush to register walked in and said he had the secret chauffeur in Shanghai earns Ch.380

Chinese. A well paid has died in France. the sky made brilliant by shell bursts RAF, at war.

THE great city fire in London ac- razor-blade sharpeners. It has been of the Invisible plane,

Last June, when the French quitted and “flaming onions," and down' bo- There are only four cameras in this if the leaping flames, perished tans blades, One a day is the average. He looked foctively round and null-portation workers is one phase of failed

complished at least one good deed-brought about by the shortage of "We naked Lim for more details The growing wealth of the trans France to try to rescue her. She a month, the equivalent of U.S.34. Paris, Madame, Dolyala, flew to low in the Inget pron the flashes of wornal do these installed. The of thousands of rats which till en Harmless Bombaked bom ble innlde pocket aplece of tools haben, planning t British, bombs and the red glare of formal camera weighs 600lb These fented the older warehouses and Beveral applications have also plate glass-That she material wevident everywhere in Free China

weigh 175lb when loaded with film, ofices.

actress intimates that she been received to, patent methods of shall make them from. He said to day. With prices rising exéos lim borg

the Ching-

over Germany will be able to Cominand, but of the Training Corps in Mesopotamin, and was men-/rush is amazing. Almost every day nowadays rolate, of course, to the Burma border to Chungking over the

photograph its progross..

the

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Delysia To Sing For Boys Abroad

abroad to sing

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