Evening star., 1944-07-10
Az '''THE EVENING STAR. Washington D. C.
10, is@A =.
More Than $4,000
Children Evacuated
From Robot Area
BY the Associated Press,

LONDON, July 10.-Evacuation of
women and children from London
and various cities In Southern Eng
land continued in orderly fashion
to-day as the German flying bomb
Offensive went into its 26th day.
'.e 's- More than $4,000 children already
4have been moved out of the imme-
.Idiate danger zone with only one
minor hitch in arrangements, and
.@that was quickly solved. The hitch
:--developed when some residents in
.efaid-free York appeared reluctant
10 take evacuees into their homes,
but the mayor signed a compulsory
order and within a few hours 1000
bombed women and children
who had detrained in that city were
Aafely billeted.
A touching scene took place at
the central station in Leicester as
several hundred cheerful children
all evacuees-pulled in just as hos
-pital train arrived with a load OF
wounded from Normany.
Overcast Skies Aid Nazis.
: The youngsters and soldiers cheered
each other and the troops showered
the children with chocolates and
cookies.
1t was a noisy night as the Ger
mans took advantage of overcast
skies over Dover Strait to sneak
their robot planes through the de-
tense wall. An official announce
ment acknowledged damage and
casualties in both London and the
southern counties.
- Before darkness set in. however,
= fighter pilots were credited with
. shooting down a considerable num-
a ber OF the buzz bombs into the sea.
= Censors permitted publication
. over the week end of the fact three
= famous London landmarks were
= among the places damaged by re-
$ cent robot attacks. They include
!. the Guards Chapel at WELLINGTON
= Barracks, the Bankruptcy Court In
: Fleet Street and the Regent Palace
= Hotel just of Picadilly Circus.
: Chapel Wall Collapses.
: About $50 persons were attending
: services in Guards Chapel, on Bird
: cage Walk between Buckingham
. Palace and the Parliament build
~1ngs. when the bomb hit. Many were
buried under stone as the east wall
collapsed. Casualties were numer-
GUS, but no figures have been re-
leased. Lord Hay, Grenadier
Guards commander, was among
those killed.
Bankruptcy Court is a part of a
group of massive Gothic structures
known as the law courts. The build
Ing was smashed badly and several
persons were killed.
The roof Of the annex to the Re-
gent Palace Hotel caught the full
force of bomb and while the upper
floors were badly damaged, casual
ties were surprisingly low.
Despite the blind bombing attacks
over the week end, cricket matches.
the greyhound racing tracks and
other outdoor sporting events drew
large crowds over the week end. At
White City track spoilers we're
mounted atop a 108-foot f1oodlight
tower and alerts were sounded over
a loudspeaker system.
London's legitimate theaters, how
ever, felt effects of the robot as
saults, l3 of them closing SATURDAY.
night. Most of the remainder play
a loud-speaker system.
The government. meanwhile
opened the first of eight deep shell
ters equipped with comfortable
hunks to accommodate 5000 persons
each. The shelters, 100 feet under
ground, have large canteens serving
hot drinks and sandwiches: radios.
hot and cold running water and
large Fairgrounds for children. Ad-
mission is by ticket.