The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-06
BRITAIN WARNS
 PUBLIC OF RAID
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(Continued from Page D this morning, an air ministry com munique said. :.
 The admiralty said that totoal British merchant tonnage lost since the start of the war was less than 1,200 000 tons.
 (In Berlin the German high com mand today placed British ship losses at 4,986,860 tons since the start of the war.)
 Last week, the admiralty said, Germany claimed that during the past five weeks she had sunk 1.267,- 0o7 tons of British merchant ship ping.
 Nazis' Absurd Claims
 Another instance of Germany's absurd claims is that during the past five weeks, in which she call culated the alleged losses of mer- chant shipping, Germany stated that four capital ships and three aircraft carriers had been torpedoed or heavily damaged" the admirlty said. "As mater of fact, not one capital ship or aircraft carrier was hit during that period"
 The admiralty said that German shipping losses to Aug. 4 were op- proximately 918,000 tons while Ital- ian losses were placed at approxl- mately 254,000 tons.
 It was claimed in addition that about 26,000 tons of shipping, for merly neutral but which came un- der enemy control, had been sunk by the British.
 Yankee Flyer Tickled London, Aug. 6-(UP)-A pilot described by the air ministry as 8 "short, fair-haired American of 27'' said after his first air battle over the the German occupied French coast: T have never been so tickled in my life"
 He was said to have been an in- structor at 8 flying field at Laredo, Tex, seven weeks ago. He went to Canada and enlisted when author ities promised that he would be Ion the next boat for England" and re- ported to his squadron on Sunday.
 'The American pilot chased two Messerschmitts, fired and hit one, the air ministry said. "He himself was attacked by another enemy fighter. He got back safely with his squadron, but his Spitflre was ren- dered temporarily unserviceable The fuselage was peppered with tiny holes"
 The pilot said, "The fight was great fun. I wouldn't have missed this for all the Japs in China. We went across the channel to look fol trouble, but it was the Germans who found it. Four miles from Cal ais we saw five Messerschmitts at 10000 feet. We sailed into them anc our squadron leader set the example by cracking down one Messerchmitt | I had a crack at one, but suddenly | two other Messerschimtts attacked me. Something hit the fuselage o1 my machine and when was whirl. ing around in the sky another Mes serschmitt fired into my window screen. I had another crack at hin before he disappeared and then we | came home"
 The commanding officer of re- connaisSance squadron said in g 1 broadcast last night that the Amer. | ican-made Lockheed planes were | highly satisfactory and described 1 the English coast defenses as "very excellent"
 "We have to keep sharp eye out for enemy fighters" he said, "anc !, the accuracy of the enemy anti-alr. | craft batteries is something not tc be sneezed at."
 The officer said his squadron hac completed 100000 miles of flying with Lockheeds, and that should Germany attempt an invasion "my crews may well be the first to finc it out"
 Want Coward Recalled London, Aug. 6.-(UP)-A reques for recall of Noel Coward, acto and playright, from the Unitet States was voiced in the House O Commons today but a governmen spokesman said that Coward was il America for duties approved by tn, ministry of information. Coward fails to appeal to de mocracy in America and does no represent democracy here" Edgar Louis Granville said in asking re- call of the actor.
 Harold Nicholson, parliamentary secretary for the ministry of in. formation. said that Coward went to the United States with ths knowledge and approval of the min. ister of information"
 "fIe possesses contacts among certain sections of American opin. ion which it is difiicult to reacf from ordinary sources Nicholson said.
 Britain, Russia At Odds
 London, Aug. 6.-,UP)-Relationl between Great Britain and Russii were reported to be cooling further today as e result of Soviet allega' tions that British authorities wer' "unofiicially detaiiiing" eight Els thonian and Latyian ships char tered by Russia.
 It was said that the vessels has been ready to sail for Russian ports | hut at the last minute the Briligl