IN THE AIR

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1939, Page 5

IN THE AIR

GERMAN SCOUTS

FLY OVER FRANCE.

(United Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

NEW YORK; Sept. 5

The Paris correspondent of the Associated Press of America states: Several ’planes, which presumably were German, flew over the city of Paris at 3.14-a.m. tff-day. They were met by anti-aircraft fire. Flares were sent aloft. Explosions were not heard in the centre of the city.

MONTREAL, Sept. 6

At Paris an air raid alarm was given at 10.45 a.m. and five minutes after anti-aircraft guns opened firing. The “all clear” signal was sounded after 35 minujfces. The planes were not seen and there was no bombing when advice was received here at 6.15 a.m.

It is officially explained that a fleet of German planes crossed the frontier at 10,000 feet. They apparently came to photograph troop concentraitiojis, and then) they swupg towards Paris, but French chasers drove' off the attackers and pursued them into Germany. This news arrived ,at : 6.4 a.m. .; ’ Le Havre had two alarms during daylight, this being the farthest west penetration of German scouting planes reported at 7.30 a.m, [i • y .. v A further Paris message Hates, that the invading ’planes fled westward. The alarm,lasted .for an hour.

PARISIANS BORED. BY AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS. PARIS, Sept. 6. There was another air raid warning to-day. Following this, the populace went to the shelters. There was perfect order, and they went good-natured-ly, but without any undue hurry. t Based on their boring experiences when a Warning was given last night, the people carried with ’ them books and playing cards and even crime thrillers. Everyone is now trying to arrange for-greater comfort in the event of the alarms becoming a nightly occurrence: The occupants of the shelters, from all classes, are developing a great camaderie. . ; ..... . . . ? RAID ON BERLIN. ; 1 v-i.-: vr. LONDON; Septi- 6. The Warsaw radio has announced that 30 ’planes participated in the. Berlin air raid, as cabled earlier. The German radio denies that Polish ’planes bombed Berlin. It also denies that -German . regular soldiers were pafraciiuted to tfie"ground 'Lehmfl*Polish lines on the Eastern Front, It .is. •. suggested that the parachutists were pilots escaping'from-damaged ’piaffes.-’- , - MONTREAL, Sept, 6: : A London message states that the Government wireless reported that •Berlin was subjected to an air-raid at 6 a.m. to-day. The advice was received here at 7.5 a.m. v .-.yy

THE BRITISH WAY. (Per British Official Wireless.J : . ; ,•‘ RUGBY, Sept. 5. K The remarkable flights over German , territory of Royal Air, Force aircraft carrying millions of leaflets putting before the German people the facts of the present position has struck the public imagination and given rise to approving editorial comment in several newspapers.

An example is the “Daily Express,” which says : “At the time an attack by a German Urboat, machines of the Rbyal Air Force carried out our greatest propaganda raid in history. Six million leaflets were dropped over northern and western Germany in a gigantic endeavour f ;to bring the truth to ; the German people and to break through the barricade of lies and suppressions which, mightier than the Siegfried Line, stands between the ordinary German and the democracies of the west.” . ' 'The “News-Chronicle” says: "So far as Britain is concerned, this war has opened in the right way. The fact is that this war'differs from all previous wars. It is a struggle hv all men and women, British and German, who believe in liberty and peace, against the intolerable tyranny of the Nazi Government. It is a war for principles which know no frontiers.” ’ •••• ,