Germans Bomb Hospital Ships
—MR. R. A. BUTLER (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON,' May 8. The Foreign Under-Secretary (Mr. R. A. Butler), said in the House of Commons that the Norwegian Government had asked the International Red Cross to make strong representations to Germany to respect the Red Cross on Norwegian ships. • He added that the Germans on ‘ three occasions had bombed Norwegian hospital ships with serious loss of life, including doctors and nurses. A British hospital shfp was un- :4 successfully bombed. •• -v. , f;
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Northern Advocate, 9 May 1940, Page 5
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