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Nuw York City's defence council, set up by Mayor La Guardia in order to leave nothing to chance, has on hand a few million copies of an LLC. ("If It Comes") booklet, con- taining completo instructions on how citizens should behave if the Luftwaffe attempts a spec- tacular raid on the city-which, be it noted, is not impossible by

And, underlining all

this

New York has been a and crepe bearing the slogan York. Fact No. 2 concerns the way of Greenland, in these days city-in-a-hurry ever since "There'll always be an Eng; growing indication that, with of transatlantic record flights the first settlers bought land," an "II.M.S." design of Washington now the ceonomic every day. Manhattan Island from the small warships and a "Spitfire G. H. Q. of the nations fighting R.A.F. em- aggression, New York, if not

in the Indians for a handful of pattern with the

Dresses, bathing suits, already dollars plus a demijohn of scarves and gowns made of is near enough to make quiet preparation, which has rum. The genuine dyed-in- these materials are being dis- certain precautions advisable. now gone so far that the city of the-wool New Yorker works played in every store in Fifth Step by step this city is prepar- Milwaukee, in the heart of con fast, eats at drug stores in Avenue (ten percent of pur- ing for emergencies, in case the tinental America, has a fully- split seconds, even if he has chase price going to buy nero- sounds of battle should come to trained force of Air Raid War- ambulances for Britain's den Manhattan which has re- dens, it has become known that STUDEBAKER'S two hours to kill, and takes fenders) und in countless stores mained unscarred by war since the U.S. Army has ordered his recreation at the double. from coast to coast, while the the battle of Herlem Heights 4,500,000- identification ings for tying on to dead and wounded. You can do anything in this very latest manifestation of the more than a century ago

"Just a routine precaution," re- human hive where 7,500,000 Anglo-American alliance is a

marked the army authorities to people live, including 350,- scarf printed with the map of

the United States-and- featur To-day New York, and the the press. 000 born in Italy, 400,000 in ing the British Lion and the important New Jersey aren neur But even one year ago such a Russia, 250,000 in Ireland, American Eagle giving ench by where many of the most im- "precaution" would have caused FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS 250,000 in Germany, 250,000 other the thumbs-up sign. In portant munitions plants in the a panic, Times change. The in Poland, and 700,000 in short, if the R.A.F. were bring. U.S. are located, is ringed with front lines do not run four miles ing down Heinkels over Man- fighter squadrons. American up above the fantasy-city of the other foreign countries attan, this city could not be warships patrol the seas off the Hudson yet. To-day New anything, that is, except re-

eastern coast. The first black- York is civilisation's arsenal more pro-British. lax.

and second line of defence. To- Never, however, has New York

morrow? Nobody hero is bet- ting on progressed quite so speedily as

to-morrow any more. Phone 27778-0 during these war months. Since Throughout that spiritual pil- out tests are being held. Build- New Yorkers have adopted the September, 1939, it has passed grimage from technical neutra-ings suitable for use as shelters old Chinese adage: "Anything successively through neutrality, ty to the present "do-or-die" have been listed. A special may happen and usually does." non-belligerency and belligerent alliance with the British Em- force of New York police of If Hell's Corner should shift non-belligerency. Its present pire, New Yorkers have been ficers, called the "Disaster Con- (which cannot happen if, with up from Dover to Cape Cod, is described by New assailed by an all-out, short of trol Force," is boing trained in American ald, Britain holds Yorkers as "non-intervention- nothing nowskrieg the like of handling incendiary bombs, en- out) the enemy would not find Thongkong Telegraph. int, unneutral, semi-belligerent," which has not been seen on this forcement of blackout, clearing New York unprepared. And no

and its relations with Hitler's earth before. News from the Reich are in a state of open war fronts, interpretations of debris, dealing with crowds. A city whose inhabitants remain antagonism, openly arrived at." the news, predictions about to being raised, and the New York mainly of hot dogs (16,222,358 corps of auxiliary fire fighters is healthy on a diet consisting The first phase (called here morrow's

newe, and "inside fire brigade is ordering equip were sold at the World's Fair "phoney neutrality") lasted up dope" of every description have ment based on a study of Lon last year), hamburgers, dough- THE prefix "pecial to the Telegraph to the fall of France; and the poured forth on the defenceless don's fire-bugs. A force of nuts, cream pies and ice-cream, is nied by the longkong Telegraph to theme-song was "not a man, not heads of New Yorkers in an 10.000 "roof-spotters" has been can safely be despised. Hitler a nickel." During those early ever increasing stream via raised, and recently particl- beware! If the ten-cent Cac- days of the conflict, New newspapers, radio, news films, pated in five-day tests, during sars jump on Uncle Sam's toes Yorkers were so far from realis- lectures, speeches and rumour which "raiding" aircraft tried to once too often, they will dis- ing that Britain was fighting mongers until the average reach New York and other cover not only that this city is

bordering served and intercepted by fighter New Yorkers can take it. in the words of the New Worker on St. Vitus' dance as he won squadrons. magazine-merely because he ders which of six blitzes pre-

dish it out, too. suid that peace was not always dicted for to-morrow morning)

The

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Arrangement.

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By HESSELL TILTMAN

elthes wholly or in part without previous. their battle that a minister of inhabitant is punch-drunk, eastern cities without being ob as scare-proof London-but that

THE RUSSIAN AS 'A

FIGHTER

RUSSIA has for years consistently maintained a deep silence in regard to the political, economic and soetal life of the people. To succeest for

over two decades in the role of "dark horse" certainly Indicates a censorship that must be extremely emelent and comprehensive, and gives some ground for hope that now that the testing time has come, military and other services arc equally well-organised,

There are, however, points in Russia's favour which can be em-

phusised by those who are following the campaign closely. The Russian soldier is acknowledged to be a hard

the gospel here was criticised- and in 1 atate

a desirable condition and that will actually happen.

God was getting pretty sick of the German people"; and Major

because

a

And

BOMBS JUST

FOLLOW HER

by R. S. Moora United Press Staff Correspondent

onc

where 200 or more peop

were

"Another time a bomb hit just

La Guardia was accused of un- Between 5 a.m. this morning | dignified and harmful behaviour and 1.56 a.m. to-morrow there

our Italian "Little will have been more than one) Flower," the most popular and hundred regular news program- efficient Mayor New York ever mes from New York radio sta- had, denounced the Nazi tions, exclusive of special government by name. Those "flashes," and direct short-wave were the days when many newscasts from London, Berlin, Americans, especially of Scan- Cairo, Bucarest and so forth. LONDON, - July 10 (UP)—in a basement dat not far away. dinavian origin, used to say that

This concentrated newskrieg Mrs Ellen Connally, cashier in About 9 p.m. there were several big. nations which minded their own has left its mark. Anxious lest

explosions. We thought the building' business had nothing to fear they should miss one move made been jolted by German bombs A mouse ran across the floor and provisions warehouse, has was going to fall, down but it didn't. from Adolf; that was before by our side" (ie., the British) no less than eight times, but she that really scared us. We

Klayed Hitler went on a cheque-cashing

there until the raid was over in the expedition to Copenhagen and by that wild-eyed Berlin always manages to keep

nut" (Le. Hitler), New York jump ahead of them.

morning. When we went out we and stubborn fighter and Is obtain-

Oslo!

found everything smashed, broken business heads have radios not able In almost unlimited numbers

only in their homes, but also in close to her that her friends say: people looking for their relatives. A She has had so many bombs fall gloss and wreckage everywhere, and without seriously affecting Industry. Those who followed events in the Next came the "short of war" their offices, their motor-cars, "Where do you live; we want to live bomb hit one of the railway arches last European he admittedly was, war will recall that

phase, which lasted up to the taxis and trains. They listen somewhere else?" badly equipped-as-

end of 1940; the theme songs to the 1 p.m. news bulletin, dash Her raid experiences started last sheltering.and.come were the Russian peasant fought herlocally and only gave way because of super were, first, "My Blitzkrieg Baby, out for a quick hamburger or September when she lived in Bers human difficulties. ife was 11-clad you're my Bombshell of Love" sandwich, and hurry back to mondsey with her mother and three across the road and killed

people. My aunt was coming to see and Ill-fed-a heavy percentage of and, later, "Wrap your Dreams their offices in time to hear the sisters in a flat.

us and she was blown across the those fighting in the Carpathians

"Things got bud one night," she street. Her hair was down and her during the wine

the Red-white-and-blue." 3 p.m. newscast, "brought to you the winter of 1914-15 dled in from exposure and lack of les. This phase of all-aid to Britain, by Barneys, Seventh Avenue said. "We went to a trench shelter, coat torn off and she was thrown on

supplies. He was ill-equipped, having in many which continued to do business and 17th Street, the only store There were about 150 persens there, her face.

"About that time I moved to Ken- instances, only

rifiez and as usual at the old stand, was of its kind in New York." any women and children. About

o'clock there was a sudden blast sington. I had had enough. But far too lille Ile was comforting while it lasted, for Thousands of families never against the shelter door. People mother wouldn't move. I was going on the whole badly led, and yet suc- ceeded in holding up

it included the magnificent de sleep until they have heard the shouted and started running. The home one night, after a cinema, on vast well-

morning news

Somebody cried Fire the underground and felt a terrific of door jammed. equipped German armles which fence of the R.A.F. last Septem- "carly Ludendorff sorely needed for the ber, the passing of the U.S. Con- Europe" at 1.56 a.m., New York and we were frightened. Finally the jolt as we arrived at a station. The wardens got a trap door open and whole train shook. We got out and western front. The sons of these scription Act, and the placing of time, and, awaiting at 8 a.m., we could see the light from many found glass all over the street and same men have been inspired during armament order totalling $17,- dash to the radio before shaving fire bomb which landed in the some people bndly cut. the intervening years by a patriotism

new to make sure that Hitler hasn't square. We got under

Christmas Present not inculcated in the peasant of 1914,000,000,000. As the with the result that to-day the Soviet dough-boys marched off to the put a swift one over on them arch and stayed there until the raid!

was over about 4 am:

"Shortly before Christmas I was soldier has an

an impetus to fight which training camps, the star-span- while they slept.

sitting in my flat when a bomb fell his forebears did not have. Ile has gled era was ushered in-com- That newskrieg constitutes] "A few weeks later my mother and nearby. Our lights went out and the grown up, moreover, in the same hard

and plete with red-white-and-blue Fact No. 1 about life in Newit were visiting my sister who lives school where poverty hardship are the dominant features. hats, jumpers, bags compacts, His ability to withstand the German onslaught is thereby enhanced,

sin secret.

cigarette cases, notepaper, dog-]

collars, pipe-cleaners and nap- GRIN AND BEAR kins for the young.

Simultaneously, the bombing

As to the Soviet Union's military preparedness, nothing definite is

Lindbergh known. Mr

declared

of Britain and the warnings ut- some four years ago that its much vaunted air force was totally un-

tered by statesmen caused New equal to that of Germany, but it hog Yorkers to awaken to the fact since been discovered that Mr Lind-

that wars are not won by wear- bergh has for years vlewing ing "patriotic jewellery"-and world events with red eyes, and that if Britain fell things would not look so bright either for the accordingly. It is known that Rus-

tanks, but how many lads in the training camps or We are, there- for the people in the New York fore, again thrown back for our re-

gas - masks, assurance on to the known qualities Apartments sans of the Soviet soldier himself and the raid shelters, or other modern percen- determination of the whole nation, improvements.. as gathered from M. Stalin's drastic tages in the national test polls scorched-earth policy. to see it demanding more aid for Britain at any cost then began to roc- ket. This brought us to the present phase in which New York City, along with the rest of the United States, has gone

n

through.

Another interesting point is the fact that the Soviet troops are re- celving the blessings and prayers of the Orthodox as well as other re- ligious bodies. The Russian is fun. damentally a religiously-minded

The

on and that the leaders in 3T-1 British in a big way.

son

authorised a special service of inter-

in Its Cathedral only Just

The pro-British campaign

Sunday does more than suggest that grows in strength. On March 1 religious activity has again been

the British American Ambu-

nctioned, and is now definitely re-

life of

as an integral part of the lanco Corpu placed on the mar- of the

people. At this critical ket 40 specially-designed pro-] mement in the country's history this British fabrics, including rayon concession to the religious feelings batlon Is calculated to add im- of petus and courage to the defence of their ideals. That the Germinu authorities are aware of this is to be gathered from the fact that they were acutely irritated and disturbed by the Soviet Union's open neknow ledgment of the church and have In spite of their professed national- socialism order with Hiller shrined as their demi-god, deemed it

wise to offect the effect on their own soldiers by permitting services of in- tercession for the German Army.

Ger- This action t both usein and many is significant and may be taken to indicate that the hati-religious movement as one of the fundamen- tal principles of totalitarianism has en-hind to bo reversed under the strain

of war.

6.20

IT

Scared By Mouse

STATE POLICE A

railroad!

By Lichty

"No, we ain't, vagrants.--We're just hitch-hiking to our son's college graduation.”

some

roller shades snapped up. The door

lock was sprung so we couldn't open it. Some

people were killed by n direct hit on a block of fints,

"In January I was near Elephant and Castle when a heavy raild start- ed.

I finally found a bus and started home. It was pitch black except for the dashes. Finally we heard n bomb falling and we thought it would hit the bus. The driver stepped on It and the bus was tearing along. The bomb fell behind us. After it was over an old woman complained to the conductor because he had run past her stop.

"I moved again, to a basement int near Painee Gate. About the end of January a bomb fell in the street and broko A water main. The water the poured into my flat Through broken windows. Glass was every- where. Water was ankle-deep when the hall porter came and got me up- staire."

Mry Connally moved back to Ken sington. Once she visited friends in | Kent."

They had their first rold in a long time wille I was there." she Enid. "But the bomb hit in feld and only killed a cow and some chickens."

Simple Cure

Mrs. Connally says she manages to aleep pretty well during raida

but gets neared if the bombs crump too close.

On the other hand, things neem doll it sho doesn't hear one for a long time.

She has

a simple formula for stifling an air raid complex: Have

• Scotch whiskey If you feel shaken.“ If tint len't enough, have two. If They start falling too close too often, move to a new flat, junt for luck. :- Incidentally, on two or three ocen sions, she has found, while house- hunting, the premisen she went to view smashed by bombs. “ That's Jalways a tip to look in another neigh-· Ibourhood, she states.

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