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London Underground to be Used as Shelter.
London’s Third Quiet Day.
T t was announced in London yesterday that the under-
ground line between Holborn and Aldwych is to he
closed for traffic and made available for use as an air raid
shelter. This measure has been taken as a result of en-
quiries made by the authorities during the last few days
with regard to the overcrowding caused by the use of under-
ground stations as air raid shelters. People have recently
taken to buying a penny ticket, taking their bedding for
the night down on to the platforms. The new measure will
provide ample shelter for many thousands of people. The
Government, however, has issued an appeal to able-bodied
men not to take shelter in the tubes.
Damage repaired.
There has been little day-
light air activity over London
f°r the last three days and the
time has been employed in
clearing away debris and re-
pairing the damage caused by
the heavy raids in the early part
°f the week. Glass and other
Wreckage has been removed,
gas and water mains repaired
and shutters placed over brok-
en windows.
The Lord Mayor of London
broadcasting to America Satur-
day afternoon paid a tribute to
the magnificent work of Lon-
don’s A.R.P. services and es-
pecially to the work of the fire
brigades in getting the numer-
ous fires caused by the raids
quickly under control and pre-
venting the extensive damage
which might have occurred if
they had been allowed to
spread. He also paid tribute to
the admirable spirit of the ci-
vil population and stated that
so far from being shaken by
the events of the last two
Weeks the Londoners are now
ready for anything.
“London,” concluded the
Lord Mayor, “shall and will be
defended to the very last.”
Jot so bad as we
expected”.
It is now exactly two weeks i
since the “blitzkrieg” on Lon- '
don started and according to |
reports from London yesterday
the general feeling is the ac-
tual experience of air raids is
nothing like as bad as most
people had understood. In spite
of the completely indiscrimin-
ate nature of the bombing ca-
sualties have not been high
though damage to property has
been considerable. Friday
night’s raids have given furt-
her examples of what has been
described as “the apparently
magnetic attraction of churches
and hospitals for Nazi bombs”
when a famous London Non
Conformist church was almost
completely wrecked by a bomb.
The only part of the church to
remain standing was the Lin-
coln Tower which was erected
to commemorate the abolition
of slavery in America.
Nazis arrested in Uruguay
Uruguay is taking firm ac-
tion to suppress the activities
of Nazi agents. In addition to
the five arrests previously ann-
ounced, three more Germans
have been arrested on the char-
ge of taking part in anti-Uru-
guayan activities. This is re-
garded as confirmation of Pre-
sident Roosevelt’s recent re-
marks on the close cooperation
between Uruguay and the Uni-
ted States in resisting any at-
tempt to invade the American
continent.
Once and Ribben
trop discuss
Africa.
II Duce and Herr von Rib-
bentrop have probably been
discussing other methods than
invasion to crush the British
Empire. The Italian press says
that now the British predomin-
ance on the European continent
is finished, steps must be taken
for the elimination of the Brit-
ish from Africa.
The German Radio is passing
the time by repeating the Ita-
lian threats to Egypt which
now “is to be liberated from
the British yoke”.
Meanwhile the Italians are
wearily realizing that their in-
vasion of Egypt will be no more
a pic-nic than the German in-
vasion of England.
German soldiers tir-
ing of .invasion drill'
On Friday night strong for-
ces of the R.A.F. again attacked
the enemy invasion bases at
Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe, Os-
tende, and Antwerp. Further
damage was done to military
stores and enemy shipping.
Watchers on the English coast
saw the flashes from continual
gun fire, parachute flares, and
exploding bombs. Other units
revisited distribution centres
and aerodromes in Germany.
Two of the British planes failed
to return.
According to reports from
Holland the Germans are con-
stantly drilling troops for the
invasion. They are kept in the
barges in order to get used to
the sea and many of them have
been drowned and are being
washed ashore every day as a
result of the British bombing
of the invasion barges. German
soldiers who have refused to
take part in this drill have been
sent to Germany with their
hands tied behind their backs.
News in Brief.
The second arrival in Canada
of children from England was
announced yesterday. The
children came from Suffolk,
Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.
Yesterday Great Britain wel-
comed the 11th contingent of
troops from Newfoundland.
The Lord Mayor of London’s
Red Cross and St. John’s Fund
now stands at £ 3,175,000.
About £100,000 have already
been distributed.
More gifts are also being re-
ceived for aircraft.
On Saturday morning, short-
ly before dawn, Alexandria
had an air raid warning. Bombs
were dropped and 9 people
were hurt. Damage to property
was negligible. This was the
8th raid Alexandria has had in
the present month.
Bulgarian troops have marc-
hed into Dobruja in accordance
with the agreement between
Roumania and Bulgaria. Ac-
cording to reports from Bul-
garia they were warmly wel-
comed by villagers.
There have been so many
awkward questions in Rouma-
nia concerning German offi-
cials wearing uniform, who
may be seen everywhere in the
country, that the authorities
have found it necessary to ex-
plain that those men are only
assisting at the repatriaton of
some 90.000 Germans from
Bessarabia, who are now stay-
ing in Roumania on their way
to Germany.
It has now been learnt that
at present about 200 complete
planes are being sent a month
from the U.S.A. to Great Brit-
ain. The production will soon
be greater especially since the
Packard automobile works
have begun making Rolls
Royce engines.