RING'S PERIL
BORIS OF BULGARIA
Three Attempts Made Against Life I'niii-rt Press Association. —O.pyrifrtu. Rec. 5.30 p.m. LONDON*. Aug. 15. Three attempts have been made against the life of King Boris of Bulgaria since the German invasion of Russia. This was revealed to the Daily Express Cairo correspondent by a neutral authority from the Balkans, who said conditions in Bulgaria had been chaotic since the German attack on Russia. The population hated the idea of the German onslaught against their brother Slavs and the peoples' feelings were running high, not only against the Germans, but also against the Bulgarian leaders, who were held responsible for dragging Bulgaria into the war on the wrong side.
King Boris is virtually a prisoner in his country palace, which he leaves only on special occasions, and then heavily guarded.
A number of students and Bulgarian irregulars were arrested and summarily shot after the second and third attempts on the King's life.
"V" SEEN EVERYWHERE
WESTERN* DESERT CAMPAIGN
Rec. 5 p.m. CAIRO. Aug.,35. Tobruk is probably the only battlefront where the Germans are being daily confronted with the" 'V" sign in many different guises, says the Australian official war correspondent. Bren gunners now control their bursts of tracer fire at night to space out a Morse V and searchlight crews join their beams in one huge V covering the sky.
Thousands of signs have been printed and these are carried by every patrol and pinned to the clothing <>f enemy dead and .stuck To every German signpost the patrols come upon.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 1 (Supplement)
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