CITY TAKES SHELTER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 276, 4 September 1939, Page 6

CITY TAKES SHELTER.

FIRST AIR RAID WARNING. SIRENS SOUNDED IN LONDON (Received This iDay, 9.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 3. A message from the United Press of America says that London air-raid sirens sounded at 11.32 when the whole city took shelter. The all clear sounded 17 minutes later. It was believed to be only a rehearsal. GERMAN SUBMARINES. REPORTED IN THE WEST INDIES. / FUELLING AT DUTCH PORT. NEW YORK, September 3. The corespondent of the United Pi’ess of America at Cristobal, in the Panama Canal Zone, states that a Dutch steamer reported that, four German submarines are fuelling at Curacao, Dutch West Indies. A SECONDHAND REPCY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S APPEAL. HITLER HAS TRIED EVERYTHING WASHINGTON, September 1. Hitler’s reply to President Roosevelt’s peace appeals last week was delivered to-day in. the third person by the German Charge d’Affaires, in a Note to Mr Cordory Hull. The text is: “By order of my Government, I wish to use your kind intermediary for tho purpose of stating to President Roosevelt that his messages addressed to Herr Hitler were greatly appreciated by the latter. The Fulirer also, on his side, has left nothing untried for the purpose of settling the dispute between Germany and Poland in a friendly manner. Even at the last hour the Fuhrer accepted an offer from Britain to mediate in the dispute. Owing to the attitude of Poland, however, all these endeavours remained without result.”