ISLAND BLACKED OUT
German Request To
Denmark
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph -Copyright
(Received January 16, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON. January 15.
At the request of the German authorities the Danish island of Romo has been blacked out. The Danish neutrality marks were not illuminated before British aerial bombs fell on it during the raid on Sylt on January 10. The Germans contended that Romo formed a signpost to Sylt.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 7
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69ISLAND BLACKED OUT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 7
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