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DAILY POST
11—99 Tuesday, April 29, 1941. Price: 16 auvur
Daylight raid on Emden.
LONDON, April 2gth.
Fo,llowingf the heavy mid on Cologne last
nlghjt, Brllish Sterjing bombers made b dar-
tng ajttack on the German niaval base at
Emiden in broad daylight to-day. Bombs
of íhe new powerfuj type wene dnopped jon
the town and afterwards the planes swoo-
ped down and miachine-gtanned military
objedtives frorn a height of 1500 ft. tonly-
Other British aircnaft carried out raids
on aertodromes in H'OÍland and a 12,500-ton
enemy sUppiy ship off the aoast of iNorth
France. The ship was hit and was left
sinking.
The raiid on Cotogne last night is isaid
to have been very sudoessful. In addition to
the attacík on that toiwn an aerodrome pealr
by was bombed and madhine-gunned.
POKTSMOUTH RAIDED AGAIN
LONDON, April 28th.
Last ni'ght German air attacks on England
were mainly directed against Portsmouth.
The rai'd was on a fadrly heavy soale and
consi'derable damage was done to houses.
Tlwo hospitals were hit by heavy bombs
and doctors and nurses shiowed great oouir-
age in evacuating the damaged buildings,
bringing all patients to a safe place. The
firemen are said to have done an exceptton-
ally good job.
It was announced in London to-day that
German bomber had been shot down over
thfl Bri'tish ooast this moming. An'Other Ger-
man bomber was shoit down by a British
vwesel. Threo of the crew w*r® gaved.
U. S. PATROL 300 MILES OUT FROM
GREENLAND
LONDON, Apri'l 28th.
Reports from Washington say that Gol-
onel Lindbergh has a&ked to be released
from his post in the U. S. /Air Foroe. Hú
nequest wi.ll be granted. The President ic
sai'd to have stated that the ootonel has not
acted as a citisen of the U. S. A. should
do. An American newspaper has called Mr.
Lindbergh “a tnaitor“.
Although Pnesident Roosevelt has not octo
aily stated how far ont the U. |S. warship
will patrol the Atlantic, it is oonsidered in
America that .this patro.l will reaOh at least
300 miiles out from the new bases in Green-
land, or half the way between Halifax hud
Great Britain.
Washington neports say that the President
will' speak to the natton early in May.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
LONDON, April 28th.
Mr. Churchill’s broadcast speech has ba»n
received with the greatest inteTest throiig-
hout the British Empire and in the tJ S.A.
The acting Prime Minister of AUstralía
has declaned that there is some misundetrv
standing in Japan and the U. S. A. oonr
ceming the Australian attítude to the war.
The Premier has instnucted the Australian
miinisters to these aontries to nemove any
doubts that Australia does whole-heartedly
support Britain’s po.licy.
U. S. werships are bwing »#nt to Atlantfe
harbours.