LORD “HAW HAW’S” FATHER

Evening Star, Issue 23831, 11 March 1941, Page 12

LORD “HAW HAW’S” FATHER

MR MICHAEL JOYCE DEAD LONDON, February 23. Mr Michael Joyce, father of Germany’s notorious broadcaster on English programmes, William Joyce, internationally known as “Lord Daw Haw,” died in London from heart disease. It is stated that although reluctant to discuss his son’s pro-Nazi broadcasts, he. was known to have been bitterly opposed to them, considering them a slur on the family name. William Jovce lied to Germany before the war, and since the outbreak has constantly delivered anti-British broadcasts. Mr Michael Joyce was one ot the early “ blitz ” victims in London. During the first big night raid in September a bomb fell near his home at Dulwich Common, forcing his family to leave their house They moved to blast Dulwich, where. Mr Joyce died. He and his wife were both from the West ot Ireland. The ‘ Sunday Pictorial ' devotes the whole of its front page to the story, under the heading in poster-size type” ‘ Haw Haw Killed His Father.’ It declares that Mr Michael Joyce died of a broken heart, and adds that his wife said, “ 1 am the mother of a traitor. 1 cannot help it, but if one son is a scoundrel I have others who are not.”