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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

INON. III OduSS-N1dIOI OluU- OuIlS
Mems United Democratic Club :
10 til?
Nov. II = Turkey supper Ladies
Aid Damascus Methodist
Church beginning p. M.
Nov. 14-Turkey supper, Hunting
Hill, by Ladies Aid. 8 p. m.
Tues, Nov. IA = Ladies Aid of
Hunting Hill, M. E. Church
turkey supper at hall to 8
pm.
We'd, Nov. Is = Annual turkey
supper, Dickerson school, in the
school building, to 9 p. m.
Nov. 15-Dickerson turkey supper,
Dickerson School.
Nov. 16 = Annual turkey supper
of Beulah Dove Sunday School
Glass, Methodist Church, at the
church, Rockville 5 to 8 p. m.
Nov. II = Montgomery Health
Lay Committee fall dance at the
Chevy Chase Women's Club.
November 18- Etchison Ladies'
Aid Society will hold their an
nual Turkey Supper. Supper
served from a to 8.
Nov. % = Senior class of Damas-
Gus High School will hold a
dance with Guy Fisher and his
orchestra furnishing music.
Time: to IL p. m.
Nov. % = Wesley Grove Ladies
Aid will hold a turkey supper at
the hall in Woodfeld. They will
start serving at 2 p. m.
Nov. % Episcopal Church
League annual turkey dinner at
Poolesville High School.
Nov. 25 = Annual Donation Day,
Benefit of Montgomery County
General Hospital, at hospital 2
to P. M. Tea will be served.
Dec. 7 = Turkey supper, Ladies
Aid, Rockville Christian Church.
5 to 8 p. m.
WE BIT, TOO
South Africa is warning on chain
letter sales schemes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

Nov. II = Turkey supper Ladies
Aid Damascus Methodist
Church beginning 1 p. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09
Coming Events

Nov. 10 Dance-Manor Club Young
Mems United Democratic Club :
10 til?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

Nov. 14-Turkey supper, Hunting
Hill, by Ladies Aid. s p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

Dec. 7 = Turkey supper, Ladies
Aid, Rockville Christian Church.
5 to 8 p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

November 18- Etchison Ladies'
Aid Society will hold their an
nual Turkey Supper. Supper
served from 4 to 8.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

Nov. II = Montgomery Health
Lay Committee fall dance at the
Chevy Chase Women's Club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

Nov. % = Senior class of Damas-
Gus High School will hold a
dance with Guy Fisher and his
orchestra furnishing music.
Time: 9 to IL p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

Nov. 25 = Annual Donation Day,
Benefit of Montgomery County
General Hospital, at hospital 2
to 5 P. M. Tea will be served.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-11-09

Nov. 16 = Annual turkey supper
of Beulah Dove Sunday School
Class, Methodist Church, at the
church, Rockville 5 to 8 p. m.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08
STRANGE FISH ARE CAUGHT
BY JUNEAU FISHERME1

JUNEAU - Fishermen brought
in two of the Queerest fish specimens
seen here in many years and put
them ON display at l. Goldstein's fish
ing supply depot
One of the creatures. bright silver
in color, is about two feet long and
nearly as deep. but only a few inches
thick. 1t has a grotesque golden eye.
long streamer-type red fin ana a
proportionately tiny reddish tinged
wee shaped tail.
The other fish Of smaller size. al
so thin and proportionately deep to
its length. is silYery black.
Neither fish was accurately iden-
titled from fish encyclopedias, but
they came closest to being identified
as thread pompano' and 9Dorade.
both of the pompano family. native
to warm seas and so far as is known.
never before taken in Alaska.
They were brought in by Frank
Brandt and his partner on their
trolling boat. The fish were caught
ten miles offshore in sixty fathoms
of water while salmon trolling near
Cape Cross, and the fishermen re
ported they caught many of the
strange fish.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08
CAsEY-BR0UILLARD

At a wedding ceremony performed
Monday afternoon by Judge Richard
Suratt in his office, Mrs. Ruby Brou-
lizard and Edward Casey were unit
ed in marriage in the presence of
Fred Grant and the bridegroom S
mother, Mrs. Ethel Casey.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Hugh Ford and the late Amos Ever
son, who brought his wife and small
children to Wrangell after being re-
tired as Hudsons Bay factor at the
Mechanics post in the Cassiar The
bridegroom. also, has lived in
Wrangell since a small child.
Both are graduates of Wrangell
high school.
Mr.. Casey is employed as a clerk
in Charles Benjamins store and Mrs
Casey at Helen's Place Numerous
parties were given in their honor
during the week preceding the wed.
ding.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08
REGISTER

The following people have regis
tered at the Wrangell Hotel during
the past week
{. Sehonwald. Oscar Olsen. George
Maeir, L. E. Cook. L. L. Wingard
Thos. L. Elliott. H. Gleason. Mrs. G.
Etzerza. " Donald Cray. Bill Lewis,
Terald stensland. Loren Johnson,
Edwin 0. Mcclellan. James Atwood.
F. Z. Bel. Alma Ellis. Betty Sison,
Harold Sison Peter Hanson, NJ. B.
Stout, Z. D. Baggen. Mertie Johnson,
Lester Mygren. Gudrun Lund ]. A.
Macmillan and wife
Mrs. \. G. Jones and Frances Mil
Ter. n. q. Jones and Art Peterson.
A. B. Swanson. Miss Croekes and
Therza Gregg. John Halvorson, Her
man Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Magnus
Martens. ]. A. King. R Langlen.
Tony Sehwamm. Agnes Hammer,
Martin Hailand. VIM. Mills. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart Emery. Carl Anderson,
H J. MaeCallisten. J. A. Peters. ].
Mailer, Archie Abbot. Richard Har-
ris. Tony Hanson.
e. Neal Frank Philips, Mark
Mayer, N. Richard, Joe Hassen. Jos.
Green, NJ. Strong. May Marion, VIII
liam Boulton. J. G. Watts, Jack
Davis, Fred Dolphin, Harry Cum
bingham. Henry Lewis, o. II. Han
son, G. ". Folta, H. Watson, N.
A. McEachran
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08
CIVIC CLUB MEETING
FEATURES MUSICAL PROGRAM

The Womens Civic Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting at the
dugout tomorrow. The dessert lunch
ON will be served at l o'clock by
Mesdames Moran Meadows and
Barnes. All members are urged to be
present TO discuss important bus
mess.
\ musical program will include
a vocal number "On Wings of
Song" by a women's sextette, two
piano duets from Grieg's Peer Gynt
suite by Mrs Valborg Coulter and
Miss Helen Johnson and assembly
singing
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

Five tables of whist and four
tables of bridge were in play at the
Altar Society card party held last
night in the Elks hall. Prizes for
high bridge scores were won by Mrs.
E. J. Wheeler and E. a. Anderson
and the consolation prizes were
awarded Mrs. H. B. Thornquist and
James Nolan. Mrs. E. A. Anderson
and Joel Wing captured the high
awards for whist and Miss Mayberry
and Van Fisk the low After the
serving of delicious refreshments.
Mrs. Martin Massin was found to be
the winner of the overnight bag in
the drawing.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

B. Y. Grant returned on the W
kon this morning from a brief bus
mess trip to Seattle. He reports that
his father, ". D. Grant. pioneer Al
askan and for many years [. S. de
putty marshal at Wrangell. is in
vigorous health. He will celebrate
his eighty-fourth birthday in No
vember but he walks long distances
every day in Seattle keeping easy
step with much younger men.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

NEW YORK = Radiomarine re-
ported last night that the British
freighter Pukastan and the French
steamer Tamara had been attacked
by German submarines. The British
freighter was off the English coast
when the attack occurred. The
French steamer was near the en-
trance of the Mediterranean when
the enemy sub attacked her.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

HONOLULU - The United States
navy aircraft carrier Langley sailed
Thursday for Manila to aid in en-
forcemeRt of neutrality regulations.
The Langley will serve as a base
ship for navy planes patroling the
Philippine coast.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

WASHINGTON - The Red Cross
has cabled tits second ten thousand
dollar fund to London for relief Of
American civilians in the war zone.
The money was sent through the
State Department.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

SAN FRANCISCO - Fred Brick
enridge paid a visit to the fair from
Alemeda today and lodged paying
bridge or ferry tolls. He swan to
Treasure Island a distance of seven
and a half miles in four hours and
rs minutes. He said he didn't expect
any reward for his feat he merely
wanted to see the fair.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08
COURT NEWS

Pleas of guilty to drunk and dis
orderly charges were entered before
I. S. Commissioner Richard Suratt
by Henry Harrison on August &c,
J. Roubillard and Gus Anderson on
August 81 and Helen Jackson on
September >. Anderson was fined
$50. the others $25.
Martin More on September
pleaded guilty to illegal fishing
charges ana was fined $50.
The case on Sept. against George
Howard and Alice Joseph, charged
with adultery, was dismissed by the
commissioner on lack of evidence.
James Rollins, negro AZ years
of age, was adjudged insane follow
ing a sanity trial this morning by
U. S. Commissioner Suratt.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

The sum of $50 was cleared by
the Legion Auxiliary Saturday from
a food sale and white elephant"
rummage sale held in the ]. C..
Johnson store.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08
IMPOSSIBLE TO REBUILD
COUNCIL REPAIRS BUILDINGS
Continued From Page One)
the school treasury

the school treasury.
Territorial refunds later received
By the board gave the school treas
ury the substantial balance to its
credit. The two thousand dollars, the
council seemed agreed upon, would
have to be deducted from the bud-I
get which had been set up for the
school because the council had not
understood there would be this
balance. Incidentally. it was remark
ed. that this money released from
being earmarked for the school,
would go a long woy in meeting the
cost of resurfacing Front Street.
Water Mains To Be Closed
Gundersou. chairman OF the wa
ter committee. reported that he had
received numerous complaints about
the city water being so dirty. He
suggested that street commissioner
Close he instructed TO flush out the
city mains.
THAT is a good idea" said ROM
ming with a perfectly sober face.
Watch for a rainy day and clean
them out" His remark, in view of
the moist weather prevailing this
season at Wrangell, drew hearty
laugh from those around the councilI
table.
A request from the Women's Civic
Club for the use of the former city
hall on Church street, more recently
occupied by Miss Margaret Weight
man. government nurse, was grant
ed
Condemned Buildings
Regarding the Marshall building
and the Fletcher Boat Shop, con-
demned by the council as unsafe and
hazardous to adjoining property, the
council decided not to wait longer
to force action. Marshall must repair
his chimney and remove other fire
hazards; John Olsen, who has en-
tered frequent complaints against
the Marshall building, must screen
his windows so that rOomers in the
upper floor cannot throw cigarettes
out the windows and the boat shop
owners must make the premises safe
A leave of absence with pay was
unanimously voted to City Clerk l..
B. Chisholm. The mayor stated that
Mr.. Chisholm had served the city
ten years without a days vacation
and said he had never known him to
take even a brief trip to Juneau or
Ketchikan that he did not further
the towns interest. Miss Dorothy
Yoss was named to take charge OF
the clerical work at the city hall
during Mr.. Chisholm's absence.
Claims presented against the light
department, amounting to $1880.0S
and general fund claims amounting
TO $1658.86 were ordered paid.
Floats Dangerous
Ronning, chairman of the harboT
committee, pointed out the danger
Gus condition of the approach to the
crab cannery dock, which is owned
by the city. In the ten-year lease
given to V. L. Boardway, builder OF
the cannery. no charge was made
for the use of the city property, but
stipulation made that it must be
kept in repair by the lessee.
1t was reported by one Of tbs
councilmen that the ARB Compan!
will repair the dock. The approach
to the city float in the inner har
Dor was held to be in even NOR
dangerous condition than the cral
cannery and arrangements werl
made for the council to look it owe
at low tide and decide upon wha
action TO take.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-09-08

EVERY ALASKA supported wholly part by
the Salmon Industry brings here pays the of
1000 local workers and fishermen Its purchases of COAL lumber
help other industries their payo Its
payments help provide salaries for Alaska school
teachers government officials In other Words the Canned Salmon
Industry actually the Terrtorys biggest pay
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
NCAIBER TWENTY SEVEN.
NO ONE. INJURED IN
TRAlN-TRUCK CRASH

There's nothing like a 10000
pound switch engine in case Of a
wreck.
or 50 was the case this afternoon
bout three o'clock when the Dur
haln-Henderson local smashed into
q light truck owned by Anderson
Canady. ard driven by ar uniden-
lifted Nero ct the Winder street
CROSSING
NO one was injured in the accident.
which occurred when the driver of
lie truck jailed to heed the danger
lights. and the vehicle was carried
q considerable distance down the
cack by the force Of the crash. and
E.edeCd ID against the side Of the
ea2iNe.
Cnabia to move the truck with its
OWN power railroad officials pro-
Ce0cd to back up the local switch en-
sine ~ the adjoining track, attach
4 huge chain. and yank out said truck
Win apparent ease.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
GRAF SPEC SETTLES INTO
PERMANENT OCEAN GRAVE

Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec 49,
(AP)-Her ponderous might forever
silenced, the German pocket battle
ship Admiral Graf Spec settled to-
day in the gooz Of the river Platte,
g twisted memento Of compromise
between a suicidal battle and in
ternment
Only the fighting top, rising like
tombstone, marked the grave in
MonteVideo harbor, where the war
ships master fulfilled the order Of
Adolf Hitler yesterday arr scuttled
her in three minutes within sight
and sound Of the city.
Embittered Captain Hans Langs-
dorff, last to leave the doomed ship,
himself carried the light cable
which set off internal mines and
sent the Graf Spec to the bottom,
her flags still flying above the
flames.
Destruction at German hands ap-
parently was the middle course for
the Graf Spec 1t spared the lives
CT more than 1000 sailors, who
would have faced almost certain
dcath had their commanders chosen
to let their patched up snip brave
he Cannon Of British Warships
lying in wait oUt ide tho AIonteVideO
breakwafer.
It saved German naval pride the
ignOminy Of seeing the once mighty
ship out Of battle for the rest Of
he war, ted Up in internment by
Uruguay.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
Sweden and Norway
Next for Russia
Continued From Page Onel

to terms with the Allies Of course,
he'd want them to be his terms. Still,
cramped as he is, he might be will
ing to make some cOnceSSiOnS-Or to
promise them, anyway.
Joe Stain is about as independ-
emily situated as the traditional hog
on ice. He has no immediate neigh
bors that are strong enough to trOu-
BILE him for long Hitler, having over
played his hand, can't menace him
seriously for the present even by
Hopping to the Allies side. Italy
hates him, but can't get at him eX-
cept through the Balkans, and the
Balkan powers are feeble. They and
italy plus Turkey couldn't attack the
Soviets formidably. They might re-
sist Joe a little, but just now his ac-
tiVities aren't pointed in their direc-
ton He can afford to leave them I'M
Ill later, and it's safe bet that they
won't start anything voluntarily. ia
pans a potential threat, but only to
the eastward, and Josef's aggressions
now are toward the opposite end of
Of the compass.
What Joe obviously is after is to
SFaD nOrIneTn ocanQlndVld. LII u1dl
corner Of the world the little Scan
dinavias have got to do their own
fighting. No big civilized nation is
geographically fixed to help them.
Odds Are Overwhelming.
Apparently Dictator Stains people
are very sOlidly behind him. 1t seems
strange, considering how bad his re-
gime is Nevertheless, It's to be re-
membered that the regime which
preceded him, under the cars, was
about equally awful. The Russians
probably are accustomed to that kind
of thing-take it as a matter of
course and don't pay much atten-
ton to it.
incidentally, foreign military ex-
perts say that Russia's army, navy
and aviation corps are the limit as
to inefficiency-no discipline, no
equipment, no anything worth hav-
ing. All the same, they're numerical
! ly approximately 60 times the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
Christmas
Vespers Draw
Large Crowd

Christmas vespers held on the steps
of the First Methodist church on
North Garnett street at $50 o'clock
Sunday afternoon were attended by
probably / 900 or more persons.
Participating in the program were
the Henderson high school band,
choirs of the several churches and
the ministers, as the ministerial ass
ISOLATION was the sponsor Of the pro-
gram.
Rev. T. j. Whitehead, pastor Of
Christ Methodist church, presided.
Prayers were given by Rev. j. F.
Apple, pastor of the Congregational
Christian church at the outset, and
by Mr. Whitehead at the close The
Scripture reading from Isaiah q,
was by Rev E. Norfleet Gardner, Of
the First Baptist church, and a short
Christmas talk was given by Rev. 3.
c. Reavis, pastor OF the FIRST Meth
Odist church.
The choirs, stationed in the YES
Thule Of the church, sang Christ
mas carols IT different points on the
program, and various Christmas and
other numbers were given by the
high school band, under direction OF
A. T. Hearne, the trainer.
Traffic was diverted from the half
block Immediately in front Of the
church, SO that the service would not
be disturbed. The exercises lasted
about 40 minutes, and were a con-
tinuation Of a program started last
year, Of having outdoor vespers on
Sunday a week before Christmas.
Last year and this, the crowds were
very large, and the people Of the
community generally turned out en-
masse for the program.
An amplifier system owned by
George V. Jenkins was set up and
operated by him as a contribution
to the service, and which added
greatly to the effectiveness Of the
program.
The vespers did not replace even
ing services in the churches, all Of
which held their usual Sunday
evening programs, mostly of
Christmas flavor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
ROGER FAULKNER is
CAPTURED AGAIN

Jake Osborne and Roger Falkner,
prisoners VINO escaped in Arson
county December II, were recap
tured in Monroe Thursday night
the penal division reported.
Osborne was sentenced in Ca
barrus in August, 1897, to serve
seven to 10 years for robbers. Falk-
ner had two sentences, imposed in
1899, one of nine to II years Gor
stealing automobile tires in Vance
county and the other four to seven
years for breaking, entering ana
larceny in Sampson county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
High Cag!ers
Begin Play
On Jan. 5

Henderson high school basketball
teams viii swing into action shortly
after resumption Of school following
the Christmas holidays. with the first
game cardcd ion Jan. 5, with Louis
burg high playing here.
Russell ~Shnner" Turner has been
made captain OF the boys. Turner,
though short in stature, is center on
the Bulldog five, ana plays a fine
brand Of ball. Iurner sustained a
broken leg during tie summer while
playing baseball at Greystone.
The schedule, as announced by
Bing Miller, is as follows.
Jan Louisburg here
Jan. 9 AycOck here.
Jan. II Franklinton here
Jan. is lev Vance here.
Jan. 10 EPSON here.
Jan. % South Hill, Va. here.
Jan. 26 Chapel Hill here.
Jan. 20 Zeb Vance here.
Jan. 80 Franlllinton there.
Feb 2 Middleburg here.
Feb 6 Aycock here.
Feb. 9 South HILL Va. there.
Feb l3 RoXDoro there.
Feb Is Epson here.
Feb. 81 Louisburg there.
Feb. % RoXboro here.
Feb. 81 Middleburg here.
Feb. % Chapel Hill there.
(Subject to change)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
Cuilford Now
Leading In
Road Deaths
Daily Dispatch Buraau,
In The Sir walter sEo.eI


Raleigh, Dec l8.-Tuning into
the home stretch Of the year, Gull
ford county took the lead in hiSh-
way fatalities OF 1899 in North
Carolina.
With seven killed in NoNembor-
more than any other county showed
-Guilfords squirt put in five corp
ses ahead of Mecklenbur8 which
stood completely still during the
month. The tragic, CORY score
shows AZ dead in Guilford against
81 to Mecklenburg's discredit.
Cumberland, a county which has
this year cut quite bloody swath,
ran Tuilford a close second for No
vember dishonors, with half dozen
dead giving the county total OF
20 for the year.
On the brighter side Of the pic
ture, Catawba (Where the carnage
this year has rivalled fair-sized
skirmish on the Finnish 'front.' had
only one fatality in November.
At the end of November there
were eight counties in the State in
which there had been @core Of
more highway deaths. They stood
thus: Guilford AZ, MccklenbWg 81,
Wake 33, Cumberland 90, CataWba
26, Forsyth q, Buncomoe and Nash
20 each.
Counties with the most November
deaths, in addition to GuilfOrd and
Cumberland were Rockingham 6,
wake and Surry five each, Wayne
and Forsyth four each; Beaufort
Buncombe, Burke, Cleveland, ano
Harnett three each. No other county
had more than two deaths; while
Just more than half the counties
(5D reported no deaths at all FOL
tho month
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18

the crew Of the sunkan German bat
tleship Graf Spec arrived today on
two tug boats and barge from
Montevideo, where the warship was
scuttled.
The two tug boats and the barge
were identified as property Of a
firm Of German navigation agents.
Crowds lining the dock waved a
friendly greeting to the German
sailors who were spared by the
German decision to scuttle the ship
rather than try to run the gauntlet
Of Allied warships waiting off The
Platte estuary.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18

strength Of FinIand's. That's pretty
disproportionate.
Having attended to Finland, the
assumption is that COmrade Stain
will proceed to scoop in Sweden and
at least northern Norway.
For generations Russia has been
bursting for an Atlantic seaport. 1t
has been able to get out on the Pa
cific through VladiVOstOk, but that's
too roundabout. And it's been able
to get out to the Atlantic, by way Of
the Baltic and the North Sea, but
that route can be bottled up too
easily.
Denmark doesn't signify so much.
It's Scandinavian but it hasn't a di-
rect Atlantic outlet.
Joe, essentially, is after Sweden
and Norway, next to Finland.
Finns Our Especial Pets.
Now, we in the United States don't
know SO much about the Firms.
They're relatively few in this
country. But they owed us some
World War debts that they've paid
instalments on regularly, which no
other country has done since the last
world conflict This has been adver-
tised Every semi-yearly date it's
been noted that Finland has been
cash-on-the-nail. And it's so now,
even in the case OF the Firms cur
rent distressful period.
But we know about the SWedes and
NorWegians. Our northwest is full of
en- Their countries don't owe us any
money IN the inst place.
They're second and third genera
Ye} hey DO nave their sympathies
Is there anything we can do about
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-18
Germans Say Helgo-
land Raid Failed
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ICOnIlnued FTOm Fa3e OneJ
planes was reported washing up on
German shores.
First stories of the battle indicat-
ed it was the biggest air engagement
Of the war, with sharp fighting over
thc sea and an intensive anti-air-
craft fire coming from land batteries.
"Severai2 OF the British raiders
broke through in the direction of
WiihelmshaVen a Nazi naval base,
and dropped three bombs, but the
Germans reported they fell on bar
rcn land and caused no damage.
The crews Of two British planes
were taken prisoner, it was added.