Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
London Acts
To Meet Winter
OF Air Attacks
New Defense Plan,
EXECUTIONS and
Shelters Mapped
By the Associated Press.


By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. with no enc
In sight to the bombs which have
fallen on London day and night fol
IS days, Britain's capital is prepar.
ing for the severest winter of wal
In its history.
Its plan is three -fold-to combat
the German raiders with the strong
est possible defense weapons, tc
speed an exodus Of women and chill
eren to more sparsely settled ano
thus less bombed, areas; to give
those who must stay the utmost
shelter.
After another nightlong series OF
attacks broken of just before dawn
London's anti aircraft guns roareo
into action again this morning
against scattered German raiders.
Early this afternoon several bombs
fell in a thickly settled Southwest
London district and there were be-
lieved to have been casualties. A
raider who penetrated to the Gen.
trail London area disappeared to-
ward the southeast amid a burst OF
anti aircraft shells and followed by
a patrol of British fighters.
Four Are Downed.
One German plane, believed to
have been that which earlier was
reported to have strafed a train in
a Southeast London station, crashed
in Surrey after fight with Hur-
ricane
Three other raiders were reported
shot down out OF formation in Dor
setshire when British fighters at
tackled a flight of about Is which
crossed the southwest coast late in
the morning.
After a tour of bombed areas
Harry Willink, special commissioner
for rehousing the homeless, told
adults that all those who can leave
should"
Extension of the mother and child
removal scheme to include IA Lon
don boroughs was announced by
Health Minister Malcolm MacDon-
ald, and LORD Woolton. Minister of
Food, announced that So emergency
feeding centers have been opened
for the homeless in London.
$4,000 Evacuated in Two Weeks.
More than $4,000 school children
have been evacuated from London
.~the last two weeks" Mr.. Mac
Donald said. Many more ought to
CO."
. He reminded mothers in the IA
hard-hit boroughs that "by going
out with their children they will
not only be securing greater safety
but will also be relieving the prob
lem of providing shelter for those
people who have to stay in London.
Intensilcation of London'S pre-
paredness comes at a time when the
Nazi air siege seems, if anything, to
be letting up slightly and when
promise is held for stronger de-
lenses
Observers reason that the govern
ments efforts are not the result Of
any particular change in the stu
alton but merely are an effort to
get in the best possible shape before
the cold weather sets in.
Wars Worst Shipping Losses.
The Admiralty disclosed that Brit
ish shipping had taken its worst jolt
TENDER % by acknowledging that
Nazi submarines had sunk 10 Brit
ish vessels totaling 131,857 tons.
The loss of three Allied and five
neutral ships brought the total ton
mage loss to 1929 tons-almost
three times the previous weekly av-
erage.
Informed quarters, specializing on
the reason for the sudden increase
in losses, expressed belief the Ger
mans might have pressed French
and italian submarines into service.
I'VE must be prepared for these
things" they said, as part OF Adolf
Hitler's attempt to end the war
before winter.
May Have Been Luck.
British sources did not rule out
however, the possibility the heavy
losses might be just "a streak of
luck" and said that after all they
were not serious in view of the pre-
vious successes of conveys which
have filled England's warehouses to
overf1owing.
Four persons were killed and
seven injured in a North London
district in the morning when high
explosive bombs struck a residential
area. Five persons we're rescued
from a wrecked bungalow.
New Defense System Promised.
Other raiders were sighted almost
simultaneously over other parts OF
England.
London. meanwhile, counting an
estimated 5000 read and 5000
wounded in almost incessant Sep
TENDER air raids, received official
assurances" that a new defense
system is being developed to meet
night attacks-source of a majority
Of the casualties. =
Inspired articles in the London
press quoted high official quarters
that the new defense should be In
operation in one to three months.
Whether the defense would be a
new combat nlane or a new night