A FALSE ALARM

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 September 1939, Page 8

A FALSE ALARM

AIR-RAID ON ENGLAND. ... ■ — . .. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, September 6. It is officially stated that contact was not made with enemy reconnaissance aeroplanes on the east coast of England this morning. The enemy turned back. v- - : . Some of the British aircraft returning were mistaken for the eneniy, causing coastal batteries to open fire. This accounted for rumours of a heavy aerial engagement. The newspapers generally criticise the Ministry of Information severely for failure to issue prompt and adequate accounts of activities of German aircraft. . The “Daily Herald” says: “The mention of the number of aeroplanes, where they struck, and how they were turned back would offer to the eneniy no information they liave not already got.” The “Daily Mirror” asks that rumours be killed with news. “Tell us the truth,” it says. The “News-Chronicle” issues;.-.a warning against delays in publishing facts. “It is bad for the morale of the country, as anyone who listened to bus and train conversations yesterday must know.”

BATTLE OVER HAMBURG BERLIN, September 6. A German communique reports that two British scouting aeroplanes were . shot down during an air battle over Hamburg. RAID ON FRANKFORT LONDON, September 6., It is reported that French aeroplanes raided Frankfort-on-Main.