Late News CIVIL DEFENCES IN BRITAIN READY

Southland Times, Issue 24761, 4 June 1942, Page 5

Late News CIVIL DEFENCES IN BRITAIN READY

(Rec. 2.10 a.m.) LONDON, June 3. The Minister of Home Security, Mr Herbert Morrison, has issued a standto call to fire-guards and other civil defenders. “The Royal Air Force’s terrific blows brings the possibility of enemy counter-blows as far as they are able,” he says. The Daily Express says Reichsmarshal Goering has ordered the conscription of every able-bodied German, including civil service workers, for Air Raid Precaution work.

A Stockholm message states that Swedish correspondents in Berlin say the fires are still burning in Cologne. Berlin admits that the Cologne authorities have succeeded only in limiting the fires. Several big works were razed. NEW BRITISH ANTI-TANK GUN (Rec. 11.20 p.m.) LONDON, June 3. It can now be revealed that the new heavy anti-tank gun which Mr Churchill said had already done great execution ip the Libyan battle is a flpounder, whose shell is powerful enough to crash through the thickest of Field-Marshal Rommel’s tank armour. It is entirely British made. JAPANESE BASES RAIDED CANBERRA, June 3. Maintaining their offensive against Japanese bases north of Australia, Allied aircraft attacked concentration centres in Timor, New Britain and the Solomons yesterday. Since the hot reception given the Japanese at Port Moresby on Monday there have been no more attacks. Today’s headquarters communique says:— Timor.—Japanese barracks were demolished and extensive fires were started in a heavv attack by our forces. Ten miles south of Atamboea another barrack building was under fire. One of our planes did not return. New Britain.—Allied aircraft strafed the aerodrome at Rabaul in a light attack. Solomons.—Our air force bombed enemy, installations at Tulagi, starting huge fires. One large warehouse was destroyed. All the planes returned.