CABLES IN BRIEF

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21788, 18 October 1940, Page 7

CABLES IN BRIEF

Allied Airmen In South Africa South Africans had their first glimpse of Polish and Czechoslovakian airmen when a large number recently passed through Cape Town. American Red Cross Aids China The American Red Cross is taking advantage of the re-opening of the Burma Road to send medicines and other supplies to China. It is also shipping food to Shanghai. Ambassador’s Resignation Denied President Roosevelt has issued a denial that Mr Joseph P. Kennedy, the United States Ambassador to Britain intended to resign. Mr Kennedy will arrive in Washington shortly for consultations with the Government and will then return to London. British Children Arrive The first batch of children evacuated from the United Kingdom to Australia has landed. A specially chartered liner brought 477, aged between five and 15, of whom 241 came to Sydney to-day. All were cheerful and well cared for. Air Casualties An Air Ministry casualty list comprises 299 names, including 94 killed and 79 missing. French Eeath Penalty The Paris radio announces a decree imposing the death penalty for sheltering Britons in occupied France. British Unemployment Figures It is officially stated that the wholly unemployed on September 16 numbered 613,671 compared with 613,156 on August 12. The temporary unemployed totalled 185,000 compared with 154,380. King Visits Mr Chamberlain Their Majesties visited Mr and Mrs Chamberlain on Tuesday and spent an hour with them. New Japanese Warship A warship named Kashll has been launched hi apan. Its category has not been disclosed. French Blanket Factory Gutted A huge blanket factory was destroyed by fire at Cours. A million blankets were lost. Report of Nazis in Africa Denied The Rome radio describes reports of the presence of German troops in northern Africa as a pure invention. No Papers Published in Provinces In connection with the recent bombing of “The Times” newspaper office in London, the German News Agency stated that “for some time past ‘The Times’ and other London newspapers have been published in the provinces.” This is quite untrue. No single London newspaper has moved to the provinces since the war began.