The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17
England Is Ready To
Show Nazis Something.
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| Three German planes were known
downed during the past "a hours,
and 1t was believed that a fourth
was shot down over southwest Eng
land during the night. A.hurricane
fighter shot down two Junkers- 88
bombers over the English Channel
and spitfire fighters shot down a
Hein-111 bomber off the northeast
coast Of Scotland.
British planes were raiding Ger
many with the regularity of mailmen
on their delivery routes. For the
30th straight night British planes
had visited Germany in raids which
according to reports to the air min
istly had caused great damage.
The latest raids were made de-
spite thunder storms, and mixed
rain and sleet storms. Diving
through gaps in the storm clouds,
the British planes dropped 4 1-2
tons of bombs, high explosive and
incendiary, on one oil storage plant
at Hanover. Many hits were
scored" the air ministry asserted.
In addition to fires started by in
cendiary bombs, big fire followed
the explosion of heavy bomb" A
large blast furnace was set ablaze
at Hamborn, it was asserted, after
there had been an explosion. Air
craft storage houses were raided at
Paderborn, it was said.
Barge concentrations were bombed
at Armentieres, France; airdromes
were attacked at Lizieux, and
Evereaux in northern France and
Nordeny and Dekooy in Germany.
Famous Surgeon Suicides
Vlchy, France, July 17-CUP)-
Frances most famous surgeon,
Count Thierry De Martel, COM
mitted suicide the day the Germans
entered Paris because he did not
want to be impressed into their
service, it was disclosed today.
De Martel, chief surgeon of the
American hospital in Paris took his
life with an injection of strychnine.
The surgeon famed for his World
War brain operations and as in
ventor of neuro-surgery was
trapped in Paris because he had
promised his superiors to stay until
the Germans arrived.
He explained his action in a last
message addressed to William G.
Bullitt United States ambassador
to France. It read:
If stay in Paris it is like put
ting a signed check into the en-
emy'S hands. If I stay in Paris
dead it is a check without funds.
Adieu."
Daladier Accused
Berlin July II - CUP - (UP)-
The German wireless today quoted
the newspaper Petit journal at
Vichy France as accusing former
Premier Edouard Daladier of hav-
ing headed dictatorship" which
forced the country into war land
disaster"
The newspaper is operated by
Francois De La ROGUE chief of
the Fascist-like Croix De Ecu party
Of France.
If France is now seeking "sal-
walton in an authoritarian regime"
the wireless quoted De La Rocuue
as saying editorially the necessity
is for new leaders and new meth
DDS rather than the Daladier kind
Of dictatorship" which put the ma
ton on the road to ruin.
Only by establishing a "typically
French" regime can France regain
international respect the editorial
said.
Doubt Rome Reports
Berlin July 17-(UP)-Rome re-
ports that Italian Foreign Minister
Count Galeazzo Ciano soon will
visit Berlin caused surprise in some
German quarters today and reports
from Rome of an impending speech
by Adolf Hitler were not confirmed.
German quarters continued to
emphasize the "imminence" of the
attack against Britain.
The official news agency denied
report attributed to British radio
stations that German factories
were working 81 hours a day pro-
ducing poison gas.
The agency reported from Brus-
sells that according to well inform
ed sources the Belgian royalist
leader, Leon Degrelle. who had been
abducted and taken into France,
had again established contact with
his party. It was recalled that fol-
lowing the Belgian capitulation the
German press reported Degrelle's
death.
Rumania Explosion
Bucharest July i7-(UP) - An
explosion at Galatz, Moldavian city
and trade center on the lower Dan.
ube. destroyed the electric light
plant shortly before noon tele.
phoned messages said today.
Five bodies were recovered from
the debris and many injured were
taken 10 hospitals. II was feared
that further rescue work would dis
close other deaths.
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without electric current.
A high commission was appointed
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