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Covers Prince Edward

llllRKS WARN WILL FIGHL

I3 GERMAN Italy’s Stalled

E7814. Warplanes Strafe Italians

Athens Reports-Claim Fascists Are Driven Back To. Albanian Frontier.

[By Max H ' Associated Press Staff Writer)

A-mgyg, Nov, 1-—(AP)--Greece'| tiny air force swapped blows with m, mo" lluliu-rous warplanes of Italy today while Greek ground forces h the nllrthlvl-st declared they had pushed one segment of the Italian “my” hill-k to the Albanian frontier.

gnek planes flew back and forth over the mountainous border area, poppy“; bombs and strafing the Italians. Fascist airplanes bombed the hhnds of (‘rete and Corfu and the city of Larisa on the rail line run- |tilg nortil froln Athcru; Piraeus, Athens‘ big port, and the port of

woniila. (Reuters News Agency reported from Athens the Greeks not only

lllltd the Italians back to the Albanian frontier but stormed and cap- tured an important mountain and seized an Albanian area. embracing

uvml villuilel-

(This advance apparently was in the vicinity of Koriizn, just across the border ill Albania, where Greek fighters captured a height dominating the town after fierce hand-to-hnud combat. Exchange ‘lclcgraph News Agency, said.

(Exchange Telegraph said Greek fliers dropped three tons of bombs on two Italian airdromes at Kor- itza, destroying one and badly damaging the other.)

A Greek announcement said 58 persons were killed and 206 injur-

ed in Italian raids on 13 Greek Tile nillzly friends of Mr. L. C.

Worthy, troll known retired business '

mall oi Ch otteioivn, learned with i regret oi l = sudden death yester- I csy. lie lids lived most. of his life lil the city nud ivltil his pleasing perlonlllitjv wort a 110st of friends.

Born “r Qllnrlottctown, the rte-- his 79th year. He

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Death 0f Mr. i. ti. Worthy Yesterday

LONDON. Nov. 2 -—(S:iturd:\yl -tCi’) —- Routers news agency reported today that British naval iofficers have arrived nt Athens Iand a number oi‘ Greek islands, land are working at fuii spot-ll in

‘F/Cgilecalgosfle ‘gm’ lax-reclaiming co-opcrntion with the Pllnoe of Wales Col- ‘ '

. qvmg college he learn- blhll. business with ihciaie

towns (lllfllig the day. ‘Iwvcllty five of the casualties were reported at Corfu. Fascist aircraft, apparently coming from tile nearby Doole- cuncsc Islands. dropped two dozen bvnlbs on Canon. Crete Islund, bill. the damage was said to have been slight.

The Greeks szlid that in addition to throlvlul: illl‘ Itlllluns bark in the northwest they were holding flrm ever;'\\'l:ci'e else along the frontier. ‘

pars as ll ll. cllllilst. Returning to vhailoiu-toull, lue deceased con- aided li CYOCCFY store and bakery lilop on 11.111 Avenue lllllll his 1'8- urelllelii lloou’. it) years ago. Since lllell lle ills uclcu as secretary- u-eiilil-t-i- ol llir Queen Squurc Gar- ilrtls lur a. it l.:l Mars.

Although lllc llocellscrl has been ill lull-lg lllilllll ior some time. 11¢ m able lo lie about as usual until ile was Sthtkrll suddenly yesterday,‘ llki pesscu away.

lie 1.; Slliilitill by a son. Ralph. uida dllugllu-lghelln, both at 1101111‘- i sister, .\il's. Jlitllvs Punclltlr, and ibrotllcr. L, J. Worthy. both oi Sllarlottoioll n, also survive. Mrs- WOIlily predeceased her husband by light ycllrs.

(Con tinucd on

page 3, Col 6)

Cooling Fvenls e—(J—.

late for Nnilrl-s in this colulni I cents per word- ._____.__.

"TaIkI1.\i"*axIL. Stewart Tuesday. il-92B-l1-1-31.

Fascist Editor Claims U. S.

"slllllirr and Dance, St. Teresa's llovell1l1el~ ~lll1. Webster's Orchestra. L-974-l1-i-2l.

"Allllull hit-cling New Glasgow

c1nt.b,SLd in, I I IltTWlllIDUl ililu ullatIfrbiiyOlflgvell a o L-UBti-ll-l-Zi. "ii-l s l i 1D v.10; 1mm‘ ‘llalggahyiléaxagfilabel. ROME, Nov. 1.—lAP| -Prcsident

_ ._ _ _- Rucseveu. has accused today by L 9% n’ 1 1L ‘ l/Lrglnlo Guyull, i‘ H5310‘; tflitiu’! “HQ

"Annual Pub, my M t,‘ relic-cm lilo views o1 l ussoln ,__ 0|.

5mm .1,“ Novfmmr‘fi_ L355?) initiating an offensive against. uer- 1195 snow“ L_45_ll_2_h1_; many and lialy and oi lcspoilslka-

iity ior creating, along with hlasllil-

political

Tlladli s iilllmll.

"Try," lhpmst Bazaar and sup“ porters, liil iucolsglcu.

_ ‘olilict vvllicl is skidding lowaru

n MLWM“ w Nwenmb flea“ Iielligerency bcltlvcen United ____ ' ' uLiLLtJS..i1li1d..I.'IlCl.A.\ilS/' m t Italy

loco“ He c n mct. luuvrci‘. B.

like vgfm, IfilnMlj/fijfiygégdglogfglfg is not interested h,‘ the outtckomo} o! ‘m’ ' L'_5o_ll_._,_zi_ ule l)l‘t‘.\l[l.lil.ll1IQICLIIOII n e n-

ited States. _ Writing in Il Gioruaia Dltalia, (illyuu olicrcd wlilll he verllled a1; answer to the speech of last Se» IUUBY by Cordell null, United Stairs Secretary of State. n That speech, sold Gayda. DW- tended flgdlil to change the clemen- uiry truth of the facts. inventing an Axls menace against. America.’ 1.2

I"Queen Mary Needlework Guild ‘lrllllmllilt’ :~:\le toilight. 7. St. PeL~ I Cathedral schoolroom. Il-62.

"The Btanley Ra ing Club il.l 2°16 their annual nfeeting in DIVJ.

ods Store on Saturday evening November 2nd. H. T. Burgoyne, Sec-

- - . - . ,' so bcllicose Am-

-____. L 48 u 2 u‘ 3132:1391)’ one sing e.con-

"Hunter River United Church crew. voellnleilted proof" of such a

wit". Masonic 1-11.11 Novembu‘ menrwv-

Lynn-aha. lllull. described the rulers of

Germany. Italy and Julia" B5

"would-be conquerors" olicmpillli! to reduce mankind to ‘a master- und-slllvc relationship anwllfl M‘ tions and individuals, maintained by “till/If. tgilcdéetelt. Gerda “seriall- had concerllcd himself with thltilfi- tcrnai affairs of ueilnany mid a YI- ilad made ‘publlctdcfamations 0 * .1115.‘

‘III-II; I? the President's Chicago wquarnntlue i specslh l0! 1037 and went on down to 1e 11- cldent of the recent British-sup-

orted attack on Dakar. West Airt- gl one, memo." 101126? which

' it in ' a w- hnx: lfimrlllill‘: Béayiissclaimod. a 3 gniqh dl IOIHM. inquiring at a .. "f l oft cc" (presumably Lon-

0) “d... told that the expedition if; made on t)... suggestion oi the United States.

(Continued

"Come to tile Hot: Chicken Wu p- Wives Roads Church, Th ed) y vembfl‘ 71h. starting at b EM? '

L-illo-ll-Q-Q.

Rc M mscrve Saturday. November Qwha‘ Pmliry Sale. Si. Vincent's “"35 "i ROKers Hardware. L-BGZI-IO-IQ-Si.

s W" Sale,

Us nofswlfll Service Rum a ll- Afternoon and evening. . 11-626-10-22-26-11-1-31. ‘Cake sale _ , 5, _ . Moore lllldtlé‘ Novcmber 2, by the illn ch“ “b of the Central Chris- "h- L-a-ll-i-al. w” dies Aid. Chicken Sup r, “$15,121; "gelling, November gin,

krvzgiliiiii? Hall. saturddgyfiovem- l . & McLeod‘-

Qralh illicit‘ Trlvemllftih of Scot- IIa-IIB-lltl-ll-ll-i.

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SecretIMQves US. Naval Units

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Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTEIOWNJICANIAIDA, SATURDAY, N0\'l£l\il3l2i{ 2, 19-10

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PLANES slllll Egyptian DUWNINDAY

LONDON, Nov. z-(Saturday) — slléllllsliootillu Iitiilsll ground but.- icrlcs knocked live German raiders out of the skies over Britain last night and early today, the Ah- M nlstljv announced.

The perforlnunce, during an eight hour _r1url, which ended in the curly morning hours today, brought to i3 the uulllbcl" o1 German craft down- ed since dawn Friday. SlxBrillsh planes were lost. but two of the British pilots were saved.

The Germans punched at. London and other ports of Britain. 1n one ,Mldlan<i town ii number of per- . ' ‘ l ‘ lfif- » - . .its:oil:.l:;i*""i‘..":.:.li2i?*not. s2“; r lpersons were buried lil cellars when p a “m “W” puke“ ‘It’ '1 '1'“

Berlin Has Air Alarm

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 -tS:llllrdrly)

Wm“, houses “we dvsmolishmL A by the Ccllllnbln Bi'l'_i3.dCil51lll‘,'h_\'S' bus also was hm In a third town. tern said 21 Bcrllli flll‘ Tflltl llnrili 150 fire bombs whistled down in “any ‘his "wml"! lflsititl lmlll rapid silr-ccssion. 3 a; m- l9 P- m. AST Friilar» zlc- Ailti-nircrnit batteries picked oft (‘Oflilg to informzlilml rencllilr; Lon- ilaros almost as quickly as they (i011 from neutral corrcspolllll-zitg, appeared and the raiders, unseen in _. gle blackness. showed notilnclinaiiogl get cose enough to e grouu to pick out targets. During the illlilBI phnse of the stab at London. reports collie in of . scatterer! raiders over East Anglia,‘ norillcnst Scotland, soutinvest. and s n SOULIIOTSILt England. lTiifsc for the I nlost. ml" were .5 ng e p one orays and tic-re were no reports of heavy damage. The 56th night o! raids. begin- hing earlier than usual. followed a ——€ series of daylight raids on Lori- OTTAWA, Nov. 1.——(CP) -In- don, Merscysidc and other pointsin collie tax 1'\‘C0_l])l_5 for October u-oro tEnglilnd and Scotland. and a brisk lliorc inuli twice those for lllcsllilic. duel bctyveen German and British montlrlast your, ltclollir: hilulswr‘ long-range gum across the English Gibson announced today. r Channel. At. night RAF. patios Net collections ior October reach-l bombed the German gun emplnce- ed a. total of $9,557.03, an iiicrcuc‘ merits. of $5,077,364 over the figures ior The Air Ministry said the day's October, i939. air ottnclq cost the GE‘_l'lYllIll\5 nine During the seven months period, ‘planes, against six British lighters April 1 to October ill. i940. lliconlc‘ dowrleri. ‘Two of tllc British b11018 tax revenue llnlountcll to :515'.l,U50z1.. here saved. against $111,507,162 collected intilc For two hours German batteries corresponding months last year, u, near Cup Gris Ncz poured 5119115 n5 net increase of $41,702,758. ; a British convoy sivfllillllil lllrllililh Income tax totals tlvllli iucrcllscs the Chnitiiel, but tile eonvol’ kvbi in brackets) for the sevcn lilo 11.,“ nlipul-cnily’ Ilnicnell- includcd: liullinx ' ‘, - - -.

Comes To Life

New Burst 6f?‘ Fighting In

Drive l

CAIRO l) N01 1-3?)- Itulyb llul 1 Egypt czlllll l) sit- Li.” bilrsl, oi fpllllzll; ii(Il'U the. sllllds oi ilic wcolclzi ' llililcutillg

Musscllill may bu, ulifolllulg a plan to (no-ordinate tllls drive with. his campaign u.';:1ii1.=.L Grace.

In a rcvlvill o1‘ ltelvy rltwerr finlit- ing, tile Rt {ll All’ Fort-e siiltl (‘lllllifl Iilllirln w ltilPS “T10 ll. \\'Zittl zllld. 10111" lliC lialil (Ilillhl ‘lllcy yircbllbly’ fllilcll to rollcll lllt‘ buses yw-sterrlay iii ll bdTlltl ove" . ..ruh, Br 1 advance b.. locking ilie, Phi- t‘.. l. (lrivc IOWJXU (hi? Nile and} tile Suez cfll" I

Tile R, A. others erlillll chilled to sufcly.

Elsewhere in the iilvl-lv of Africa,‘ Ilrliisil millior," lcs took the iniilninc u ll inn iargcis ill and patrol sill: trains and out .1 .. struck burl: wifri n bltlilliinsz- of they Island of PPillil. a: the souihcrn, entrance of i-‘roe Red Sea. l

The Iililion attack on blot-run. biggest air opt n in Egypt in weeks. Hill)‘ s an arvr-nlptf i0 (ii ecu: . -. l1 fll illoritlcs

‘om slirrillw 11W "us" in (“‘ ‘co,

SllRViVhhS. r llnlollnn llllllillllll

ed. s big guns replied with t$1.195.27o); Saint. John $1 ls. ,ll heavy barrage against the Ger- ls630,t)09); Chilriottctzolvn 5.30-1.07 _____ ; ‘ulnns who lllirl down a smokcscrccn ($181,233). ' HAMILTQN, 1;p.~......1;._ Now 1..

along port of the French roost.

BERNIE HA S ALARM

BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 2 —

(Saturday) -<AP) - An air raid y

mil.on;‘":..ii.i§i?..r.i;' , Align Workers 1

planes was not known immediately. .

—————.: -~—-—-—- l GLACE BAY, N.S., Nov. I,—(CPI '—Nntive—born workers in two col- licrics ill tins area continued today their strike ill protest against, the employment of men of ullcn ex- traction.

About. 2,000 miners were idle in Dominion Coal COlilpfilLVS No. LB mine and No. 10 zit ll0fll'll_\’ Reserve. The 1~B lllcn struck Wednesday, and the reserve men followed 1'05- terdnv.

Officials of tile coal (‘Olllllfllly stood put during the clny Oil their derision to allow the alien-born

H101; to work. Disirict iliiil-ers of By J-C- Stark the United hliilc Worker.- of Am- Associated Press Staff Writer crica took the slime stand.

Neither it was scheduled to work WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 —(AP) again lllllI lilouday, regardless ct — Secret movements of Urlitcll the Sift-ke-

Stntes naval forces in the cast-urn M '"'*~"i‘""—* cflflbbCfllll area stirred considerabic Cull-I) “ILLED interest lcre iolliulll. _ — i '

Warsilllas and plan-es appeared t0 (cisgafigfi%flv§dnfighreoybal H be gathering in_ the area of French dmlghwl. of Nuynnd N.“ m“. l, p°§e5si°n3 M we eastern and on)“: l ior wus killed lihtniltiy loll-av \\ ‘ill Caribbean but: there ivas no explan- mm‘ m, a m,“ mm.“ by \\ln:-I-P“‘ ltllOil in official quarters. [MANN-n m, 1m. hilihlvhy llfifli‘ IIiT,

The will"? twuirollly patrol fir“ llohll- here. 'l‘lie lh-lvel- 0d ill IP01“ K93’ West. Fia.. W115 all 5°~ ll vain attempt to uvoili . ‘inlglllel on a. secret mission; air reinforce- 1.1.11.1, who lvhllc nlayinu 11nd run merits arrived at San Juan, Puerto Ito the centre of the road. Rico, and an undetermined number of warships was observed off Sun Juan steaming east into the Atlan- tic today.

Speculation in unofficial quarters

‘LW-‘ffl

centred on two possible explana- j lions: - ll 1. That the naval forces are be- 5,955.55

ingconcr-ntrated near the French Islands of Martinique and Guada- loupe and French Gilllmn, on tile.- South American mainland. in readiness to occupy them immedi- ately in the event the Vichy gov- ernment's collaboration with Ger- many and Italy is considered an impairment of French sovereignty over parts of the colonial empire. 2. 'I‘hnt the neutrality patrol 5s faking i d rig-notions against.

(John Kerry in the Sm-l-ly it i< high lliili‘ illzli Mllllk‘ lrltl- our I'l‘i1llc l\Ilill.\‘li‘l‘

of that vcrv sinister

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P.)- Itlqlfllflg in liispvrfl‘ IIlt‘ .\I<Iil lllllft‘ llrlluic

l\llrl cerislililv lllnrc fantastic

(Continued on page 3, col o;

Named To Gommand M. ll. No. 11

OTTAWA. Nov. L-(CP) -Com- mend of Military District No. ll. (Victoria) will be held temporarily l?! MEL-Gen. R. O. Alexander, of oroilto, recently appointed officer commanding the New Pacific Army Command, a Defence Department spokesman said tonight.

Throu h error, it was stated at. defence ead uorters last night. that: Gen. Alexan er temporarily would command Military District No. i3 (Calgary).

of our (‘olnlllv-lls .'llitI Senate, l'\ llrlillOfliI ulllcll would Cl‘i'i,'illl l\l1ll \\'Ill7 were not I)Il‘~\'l’lI with

clzllil: institution $llllulll during :1 \\‘.'li' to prw 1 n‘

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SllSillClull thllt ends

Glace Bay l7

The Fifth Of November

‘QHUW-fi‘fnfiPufififi'u'u'n'flll'-'o'n'-‘ll'u'is'n'iv'u"u'ie'i'in'

On his exlrl-lul-ly appropriate choice of a lizltc for lllc (‘liillilliloll

Figure, tiuy l":l\\‘l\c.<, who lllzillc the Flflll of Nivvllilicr

Tim" [hr- pffiCflIilrt‘ suggested by our .\Ir. King I'll’ illl‘ s,ll\<».'.'l_;<- .\It‘i_QIlt‘il or .'iil h. |'-. IPtillPll. _

“llllsc clinwicllvci were possibly <ollil‘\\ll:l| ll-s <~l.l~ili‘

A; 1h"..- “hl. zlgrcl- lIlJll a I'Jil'Il.illlt‘lli living l'~~(‘|i\l.lII_\' :1 llrllili- \\’iillill the Il'lllli(‘\\tll‘I\’ of our tlulhllllllltlli." ' ‘

Hm id “,- mq forget iIlZll III!‘ Iilllllill\\'tIl‘l' Plotter,

\\‘|il; lllullnl-ll \\‘Ilt)It‘\.'|It‘ slilitzfllivr,

lliilt! Lllc.

A [htiiiuhl which luglczllly .'ll\tI lllk'\'liZlIlI'\' zllwllln-s

(OP Cllblr-l vlvnrs of Canada's ver of tile wnr.

M‘ c hinrtflrec

Mvzllbtctl t‘ ‘ion tn lllt‘ D0- lnitlion iu , I)\' Ilil‘ loss of lI1(‘ll' trim p lillll H2

vomyrlniolls who per ‘(I vrltli lit-r.

Behind tllrm sum .'il(‘l‘l3 on the Ailnnticfis floor lily tllc broken hull of Cnnrilirfs lit'\\'(‘.\' zlr-rllllsiiion from ill‘! Royal Nzny. vll-lilli of a collision \\llIl ll lili‘ llnilr. .~IlllI 1n convoy. Like the I-‘rll '1'. i-lle sllipl

she wus to llliVt‘ repllll-r-ll. silo 11nd slink in a nlzht-iinle crush, sliced in ilnlves.

Those ivlio u-ero saved, picked up in the darkness liv rile v-"cl that collided with iii!‘ Iiillrlrlllrc, nil lvcrc without illillrv. Believed‘ nslccp when i110 sl1lp~ erllnc to- gether, they apparently llnd been tossed clout" us llle d~ lirovers plutr-s were rent open by the impact, of the frvliiltofs bows. fI(‘l.lll§ rclilzlillcli with- iioil DlllillUIY toriirv, for nnvzll alutllrlrifil“; lrhi P"l'lllli- ted hG\\‘.~}l21[)t’l‘li1('ll 11o contact ivitll the Mnrsclrecfil men. At, n mass in- terview \S(llllt"illi‘ifi today. they were to be pc-rnliileri to reveal to the Canadian public for the first time the tiotzliio of til-ll ll livlll rvscuv. "my poi-how. of Ill‘ ‘:1 .lll1ll 111l- fulderi '~\k'iilll, ill illl- ('!"l)\\'tI"(I 1l1in- lites of the liivllt of til-l. ‘l2.

The hiirvurr-c. ‘Cnrulcrlv the Dlulln of llli- Rlu :11 .\'."l\'; nlld a vvlorntt of ull-"i; rlrllll l ‘\‘ll<

and other (IIHLZIWKHIK u‘ lilnkillv: l\t‘l' firm lltll . trip .1 (fllllllrlllill llll\'_\_' vossel ni

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'Nuge New Minefield Bottles Nazis

Nov. 1. —— (OP) —

of s. great new minefield lvflll-ll tltfirk lill- English Chan- nci lliili IIH‘ lizly o1 iii. 'y l‘ili‘ill} \I|l]l|'lilli§, was 1 ported h)‘ iIl‘ li1.i.»il iirlllllll-llstilig . llll llllliglll, lyuoting all llllil\)l.lli1l'lli\‘i|\ by lllt,‘ Admiral- l

y. 'l‘lll- new minefield stretches from l-.i hops lint-k Light in the

~.i l~l.-~; u. the Fri-lush coast il- Spililiall ilortlcr, the

lihi. -,;iitl, ' I li u. llllllvflrid closes tilt-

l-lilglisll (‘ll-uiliv-l and the Buy of BIHQI)’ to rill-my shipping, and UPIIIPIPIFS lIlt‘ rust net with which the Roylil Navy has en- (‘IfhPtI the (lcrlllnil occupied enlist,“ ll uliiil-ll.

“'i'l1v n. w ucrc IllitI hi’ "l0 lllnlll I\.1\ unll ll)‘ iiirl-ruit oi the cousin] FUIIHIHHIII. who \\iil sec to ii. that till-v ure rBnt-lvcrl cliniiiliulilyu"

large-scale

Naval Drive In

j Mediterranean

IJONDON, Nov. l —tCP) — The naval wllespondcnt of the l'ri‘>5 Association said tonight illlli tile British hicdlterrancan ill-l-t is "passing from its pres- cst [H1150 oi’ activity to large- SCliIt‘. offensive."

“Our strength in that vital art-u is being built up as rapid- ly as possible," he added.

III‘ said that the Italian in- vnsion ni’ (llrcccc brought the nlivy “meat opportunities of which they are IIIFPZIII)’ availing iliclnsciilcs. lndccd, the moment appears to be approaching when one. nllgllt powerful IYHIYPS fllf

Hilly ylstc _ Admiral of ilu- fit-ct Lorri (‘Ilzitficlll urged ill a brorirlcnst the striking oi’ rigorous blows against Italy by air 11nd son. since, he said, Italy is tile most vulnerable part of the iwis.

llruitish Bomb” Naples; Nazi Ship Damaged

LONDON, Nov. l—(OP)—British n11‘ 1.1.1.1 rs, striking again at both r‘ll(l.5 of llle Ilolllv-Beriin Axis. iiculboli Naples inst night in their firs: a1‘. -k 011 the southern Ital- lun nluzltliilld. the Air Ministry: nilliouucwi today.

‘flirrc waves of British planes kl-pz lilo t‘ll_\' under attack for three

quarters of an hour and dropped

l-zp‘ .~l\\‘l\ m1 its railroad station éliltli julleiion, cci oil storage tanks and reililcrlcs.

Although "no operations were carried out over western and cent- rrli Cil-rnlnlrv because of bod weath- or." the ~\‘r .\illlistry' said a direct i111 was <.l‘t‘(l by i1 (‘oxislal com- illunli plnlle on u merchant slllp off lllc (lcrnlzln-hcld Norwegian coast.

The vv-s: 1 W85 a camouflaged 3,- 000-1421 "man surmiy ship, the Mlnisirl 1- noun: S(‘i‘\ "c added. Af- icr a ll.l‘l'ct. iii \v.. l4‘ smoke pour- ed our iiil(l rurl. of the ship's cargo wit; slen in the wiiicr.

One of the coastal command‘: Hudson bombers was shot down.

(‘onfroiltcd by only “light and ineffective" ground dc- lcnccs. the news service said ihn British planes raiding Na- ples dived lit time! to within 2.000 fret of ihc city to drop their heavy bombs

Able to "pinpoint? tticir

dllo British rniriluxs sci. off many

explosions which were followed by fires.

The report sold the first British planes eonecntrnicd on the oil re- flurry and groups of storage tanks at Poszlzio ilcillc. on the southern the second on . mics‘ railroad ntlon and junc- tion, and the third 0n Marciilights rllld anti-aircraft batteries. one of which “we: SlI(‘ili"‘(I effectively."

The siutolllelit (lid not disclose where the Britl=ll bombers storied lllrzl" fliulll, but siltce ii. specified that illr-v were of tile bomber oom- lllllllrl. lhnv probably were land plzlillls whose ncnrrs‘. hose is at Vinita.