TELLING BLOWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23819, 21 November 1940, Page 9

TELLING BLOWS

BOMBS ON GERMANY WAR INDUSTRIES HIT KRUPPS WORKS BATTERED By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON. Nov. 10 The Air Ministry states that the Royal Air Force has halved the production of Krupps works at Essen and has forced the closure of some departments and the removal of others.Krupps is having great difficulty in obtaining regular supplies of raw materials because of transport troubles resulting from the wrecked railway junction. Three sections of the factory are out of action. Four large buildings of the Union Chemical factory at Stettin are wrecked. The biggest oil refinery at Hanover has been destroyed. The Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company factory at Bremen is out of action The liner Kuropa is reported to have been hit amidships while she was docked at Bremen. Damage to the power-house at the Fokker works at Amsterdam is believed to have stopped production for some weeks. The harvests in many parts of (Jermany are rotting nngathered in the fields. The disorganisntion of transport is so acute thai sufficient- workers cannot be transported to the fields, nor crops conveyed to stores. The harvesting of wheat and potato crops in Saxony is almost at a standstill. Refugees from all parts of Germany are avoiding the official ban against movement and are attempting to escape the long arm of the Royal Air 1' orcc. Manv* are going to Austria, particularly to Vienna, where the food situation is becoming acute. Vienna is not welcoming refugees and ill-feeling is apparently growing Demonstrations against German refugees are frequently reported. TWO BRITISH RAIDS TARGETS IN GERMANY ADMISSIONS BY BERLIN (Received November 20, 0.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 20 The Royal Air Force made two raids on Germany last night, according to the Germans. Their spokesmen, however, claim* that the raiding formations were broken up on the outskirts of Berlin. One spokesman stated that it was unnecessary to give serious consideration to "these propaganda flights." No official statement has been issued in London. The Germans also admit that Potsdam was raided last night. They claim that two British raiders were brought down by anti-aircraft fire while approaching Berlin. An official German communique says a few British aeroplanes made an ineffectual night attack on German territory. GERMAN OIL PLANT LEIf .N A AGAIN RAIDED LARGE FIRES OBSERVED British Wireless LONDON, Nov. 19 An Air Ministry communique states: "In the face \of extremely adverse weather, Bombed Command aircraft attacked synthetic oil works at Leuna with good results, and observed several large fires, particularly in the northern end of the target area. All our aircraft returned safety." HAMBURG PROJECT (Received November 20, p.m.) LONDpN, Nov. 19 The Swedish newspaper" Svenska Dagbladet says a committee ft>f Danish architects, contractors and workers is going to Hamburg in connection with negotiations „ for works to cost about £30,000,000. PRISONER IN BRITAIN GERMAN AIR HISTORIAN "FIRST-HAND MATERIAL" (Received November 20, 7.U0 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 19 The German Air Force historian, Dr. Hasso von Wedel, in order to obtain first-hand material regarding the blitzkreig against England, was a passenger in a Messerschmitt in a raid against London, says the Daily Telegraph. The machine was shot down and von Wedel, languishing in a prison camp, is now in a better position to write a factual history of the war over Britain.