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DESCENT INTO THE INTERIOR.
Members of a British light-tank crew descend into the interiors
of their mobile steel fortresses as they receive the signal to
move off.
Raids have little
effect on London’s
factories.
London, Oct. 5th.
The authorities in London
aim at providing everybody
with a shelter where he can
sleep undisturbed throughout
the night. To-day Mr. Morrison
inspected an uncompleted and
unused tube station and tunnel
in the East End. This tunnel is
about a mile long and thous-
ands of people can find shelter
there. The authorities approv-
ed of the tunnel and it will be
opened to-morrow. There is
talk of issuing tickets to the air
raid shelters.
In spite of the air raids the
industrial output of factories
in the London area has not di-
minished. During the last two
months only 22 factories out of
1800 have had to change pre-
mises on account of damages
caused by bombs.
25 planes shot down
yesterday.
London, Oct. 5th.
o-day 25 German planes have been destroyed in air
battles over Britain. Four British planes are missing,
but one of the pilots is safe. According to an official com-
munique German bombers made a number of attacks over
Kent and Essex. A few of the raiders succeeded in getting
through the defences and dropped bombs on London, main-
ly on the suburbs. Agency reports state that a strong Ger-
*Uan force of 70 bombers and fighters had been intercepted
over Kent and turned back after terrific battles.
Bombs fell in an East End
district shortly before Mr. Her-
bert Morrison was due there.
was touring the bombed
districts of the East End. A
heavy explosive bomb fell
within a short distance of the
■^ayor of the borough who was
°n his way to meet Mr. Morri-
son.
In another district a bomb
fell
m a cemetery scattering
the tombstones.
The German raids have been
mainly directed against Lon-
don, but other districts of the
country have not escaped al-
together. In one town on the
south coast seven people were
killed when a bomb was drop-
ped on a working class district.
Last night the raiders came
in large formations but had to
keep very high owing to the
intense anti-aircraft barrage.
Heavy bombs and incendaries
were dropped on many districts
of London, but the damage
caused was comparatively
small. In Central London some
premises which had been hit
previously and repaired were
hit again. Many bombs fell in
open spaces where they caused
little harm.
Yesterday London had 3 air
raid warnings, and 3 German
planes were brought doXn. The
British lost only one fighter.
On the Xhole enemy activity
was on a reduced scale.
BRITISH TROOPS IN EGYPT
IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.
London, Oct. 5th.
A British correspondent in
Cairo says that after 14 months
of active services the health of
the troops in Egypt is excellent
in spite of the fact that most of
the soldiers come from coun-
tries with different climates.
Hitler and Mussolini try to
decide what to do next.
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London, Oct. 5th.
No information is available
in London as to what has pass-
ed between Herr Hitler and
Signor Mussolini at the Bren-
ner pass. The German press
foretells great events and the
Rome newspapers are threaten-
ing landing parties, invasion
and what not.
Press comments in Great
Britain and America indicate
that the general opinion in
England and the U.S.A. is that
Germany is losing the “battle
of Britain”, if she has not al-
ready lost it, and therefore
Hitler is in urgent need of
something to cover the failure.
His plans for complete victory
before the winter have failed,
and now the dictators have to
make new plans. But whatever
this winter’s plan is, the most
interesting thing is, that they
have had to make any winter
plan at all.