WAR ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1943, Page 3

WAR ITEMS

U.S. PLANE CRASH AT ICELAND

RUGBY, May 11

A memorial service for Lt.-Gen-eral Andrews ■ and 14 other officers, who were killed in an aircraft crash in Iceland on May 3, was held at Wellington Barracks, London, today. ■’The King was represented byGeneral Paget. The Cabinet wa's fully! represented. BRITISH AND U.S. AIR STRENGTH. RUGBY, May 10. “I think it is a wonderful idea that the British should have aeroplanes for night bombing and that wc should have aeroplanes for highlevel precision day bombing. They form the greatest team ever buffi,” said Lieut ena'nt-General J. L. Devers, the new United States commander in the European'theatre, on his arrival in London from Washington, via Iceland. “I have but one purpose,” he said. “It is lo do all I can to win lhe war in the shortest possible time.” Lieut-enant-General Devers, who is an r.lrmourcd warfare export, announced thnl his chief-of-staff would he an air officer, Major-General Edwards. DR. SCHACHT IN DISFAVOUR. LONDON, May 11. It is reliably reported, says Reuter’s Zurich correspondent, that Dr. Schacht was expelled from the Nazi Party at the end of January. Schacht has been retired to a quite spot in the Tyrol. i FORCE FOR MARTINIQUE. BRIDGETOWN (Barbadoes), May 11 It is officially announced that a detachment of" the Barbadoes ' Battalion of the South Caribbean force embarked for Dominica, in connection with the Martinique situation.