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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24685, 14 August 1941, Page 8

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BERLIN BOMBED AGAIN CASUALTIES ADMITTED (Rec. 1 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 13. R.A.F. bombers last night attacked Berlin and other objectives in north-west Germany. A Berlin communique reports the R.A.F. raided western, central and north-western Germany last night and dropped “ a small number ” of high-explosive bombs, some of which fell on dwellings in the suburbs oL Berlin and caused-a few dead and wounded. Ten raiders were shot down. BRITISH AIR ACTIVITY WIDESPREAD ATTACKS LONDON, Aug. 13. The most spectacular daylight offensive yet carried out by the R.A.F. was followed last night by intensive and widespread bombing of industrial and other military targets. Berlin headed the list of objectives, but targets at Essen, Magdeburg, and Hanover also received a heavy weight of high explosives and incendiaries. Smaller forces attacked Cologne, Kiel, Bremen, Stettin and Osnabruck. ENEMY AIRCRAFT ONLY LIGHT RAIDS LONDON, Aug. 13. There was small-scale enemy activity over Britain last night, states a communique. Bombs were dropped at a number of points in the Midlands and the east of England, but there, was little damage, and the casualties were very small.

‘ WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN ” AMERICAN PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,’ Aug. 13. Probably for the first time in American . history the whereabouts of their President has been unknown to people for three days and probably to most, if not all, ranking Government officials. . , Senator Lister told his colleagues several days ago that he knew that Presidlnt Roosevelt was meeting Mr Churchill, but the suggestion that they might be talking peace has been disclaimed officially. , PACT PROBABLE RUSSIA AND TURKEY LONDON, Aug. 13. There is a general feeling in London that Turkey will sign a nonaggression and trade pact with Russia.