Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

turning to the matter Of winter
relief.
THE future belongs to us. To-
gether with Italy We are creating
a new order"
Preceding the Fuehrer, Propa-
ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb-
bells gave details of the first war
year of winter relief work, saying
that 681 900, 900 marks (nominally
$272, 100000 had been raised for
winter relief proper and 22l 500 900
marks for the Red Gross, besides
24s, 0OO, 900 marks in dues for mem
bership in relief organizations.
Thus a total of more than 1000
100000 marks ($400. 000, 00O was
raised. so
CThe German radio version of
the Hitler speech quoted the
Fuehrer as declaring that "the
world wants To be free. Once
and for all, it must make i'm
possible that one nation may
blockade an entire continent at
will: that a pirate state, when
ever 1t feels like it, can deliver
450, 5000 people to poverty and
misery.
owe are fed up letting Eng
land tell US for all the future
what we may do and what we
may not do, whether or not we
may drink coffee" It Is unbear-
able, the Fuehrer said, that a
people of $4,000, 900 may be
punished by another nation just
because "plutocrats" in London
want it 500
In the aerial action, squadrons OF
British bombers crossing paths with
Nazi planes headed for raids on Eng
land, clashed with German fighters
last night west of Berlin.
Only a "few' of the British planes
succeeded in reaching Berlin, the
high command said, but they were
seen crossing and recrossing the
city. No bombs were reported
dropped in the capital. Residents,
however, were kept in their cellars
during q two-and-a-half hour
alarm.
Four or five of the British bomb
ers were reported shot down by
heavy anti-aircraft fire and Ger
man fighters. Another Of the raid
ers was reported brought down by
the cable Of barrage balloon.
Authorized sources said @Iiyely ac-
tivity of German and English planes
was observable in the Magdebure
region" about 10 miles west Of Ber-
lin, apparently the site of the mair
battle.
The high command said Scattered
bombs were dropped in the prov
ince of Brandenburg, In the region
of Braunschweig, ITO miles, west Of
Berlin, and Halberstada, about zoe
miles west.
= Two squadrons of British bombers
avoiding the Ruhr defense zone,
were broken up and for the first
part turned back at the Elbe, these
sources said.
- Departure in Tactics.
The use Of German fighting planes
in air defense was departure In
German tactics. Germans rarely
have mentioned any other weapon
but anti-aircraft guns in repelline
British raids.
The unverified report of the ust
of barrage balloons, similar to Brit.
aims, also was something new ir
German air defense, although the
German high command was known
to have experimental In their use.
DNB, official German news agency
said today's attacks on England wer'
directed mainly at airports north o.
the Thames.
- A high command communique sale
German fighting planes again start
ed big fires in night raids on Liver
pool, Avonmouth, Portland ant
Poole, British harbors and nava
bases, at Rochester motor factorie
and Middlesbrough. 80
- The sinking of six British mer
chant ships by d single submarin
was reported by the high command
which also raised the total OF Brit
iish planes destroyed yesterday from
"a to 81. Ten German planes wer
admitted missing.
8, The air alarm sent Berliners int
underground shelters shortly ate
midnight.