DARING SABOTAGE ACT
CANAL SLUICE GATES BLASTED (Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 1. The executions of German collaborators and also acts of sabotage under the noses of the Nazis are increasing in Savoy and adjacent districts, says the Daily Telegraph. One of the most daring acts of sabotage was carried out by two Frenchmen, who simulated a violent quarrel on a canal bank. One shouting imprecations,’ hurled his companion’s suitcase into the canal. The owner of the suitcase gave chase, shouting threats, and both made off. The guards were laughing contemptuously when the suitcase blew up, blasting the sluice gates. The German News Agency says that Robert Stampa who was an actor using the name of Dorsay. was executed for activity hostile to Germany. Saboteurs derailed the MarseillesParis express. Seven dead and 15 injured have so far been identified.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25372, 2 November 1943, Page 3
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