DRIVEN OFF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23504, 15 November 1939, Page 11

DRIVEN OFF

FOUR GERMAN RAIDERS ATTACK ON SHETLANDS SEVERAL' BOMBS DROPPED NO SERIOUS DAMAGE i ——i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, Nov. 13 Four German aeroplanes made a raid on the Shetlands to-day. The machines came over twice and dropped bombs, but were driven off by anti-aircraft fire. Some of the bombs fell in the sea, and others on land, making holes in the ground 6ft. deep and shattering the windows of crofters' homes. No serious damage was done. \ An unidentified aeroplane, sayß a cable message, was sighted on the east coast. British fighters took off and gunfire was heard as the machine disappeared in tho clouds. The machine was later reported as being a German flying-boat. Three British fighters patrolling above the cloud level sighted the intruder 2000 ft. below and a Tew miles to sea. They dived and the pursuit leader followed the German into the clouds and raked him at a range of 90ft., shooting off a piece of the wing tip. The German replied with tracer bullets and escaped in the clouds at a few hundred feet above the sea.

A message from Amsterdam says a Dutch gunboat picked up three German airmen after their machine foil into the sea. A fourth, who was the chief pilot, was drowned. The survivors were interned.

Three people, including a little boy, were injured by shell fragments from a barrage when German scouting machines were sighted neair Paris this afternoon.

AID FOR IDLE SEAMEN UNITED STATES COASTGUARD WORK IN TRAINING-SCHOOLS (Received November 14, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 The United States Coastguard has ordered its training schools to enrol only seamen who have become unemployed as a result of the " Neutrality Act. It has announced that it is establishing a new school accommodating an additional 1000 men as part of the Administration's aid programme resulting from the National Maritime Union's decision to march on Washington.

The schools will give recruits food, shelter, clothing and transportation and also a minimum of 36 dollars in cash a month.

REPORTED SHOT GRANDSON OF KAISER EX-CROWN PRINCE'S SON LONDON, Nov. 13 The Paris radio broadcast a report that the Gestapo has arrested and is reported to have shot Prince Frederick Willielm of Prussia, youngest son of the ex-Crown Prince and grandson of the ex-Kaiser.

An earlier report stated that it was the ex-Crown Prince that had been shot.

NAZI PLOTTERS FOILED ACTION IN SOUTH AFRICA STATEMENT BY MINISTER CAPETOWN, Not. 14 All the Nazi plotters in South Africa whose names have been exposed have either left the country or have been interned. An announcement to this effect was made by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. R. Stuttaford. He said it was vital to the Union that Hitler's villainy and gangsterism should be stopped. The Minister of the Interior, /Mr. H. Lawrence, said in a speech that the time would come when every South African would be required to play a part in national service. The Defence Force was solidly behind the Prime Minister, General Smuts, and was being brought up-to-date, as it should have been years ago.

AIR FORCE FILM SEEN BY KING AND QUEEN (Received November 14, 5.5 ;p,m.). British Wireless LONDON, Nov. 13 The King and Queen,' accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, visi&d.a West End cinema theatre this afternoon and saw the film "The Lion Has Wings," depicting exploits of the Royal Air Force. It was Their Majesties' first visit to a cinema theatre since their Coronation and their first visit to a place ,of entertainment since the outbreak of war.

FIRE IN BARRACKS GERMAN STORM TROOPS ZtTRICH. Not. IS The large Storm "Troops 6arracks in the German city of Constant, immediately across the frontier, we-e "ablaze during the night.