ALARM IN BERLIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 244, 16 October 1939, Page 8

ALARM IN BERLIN

AN UNKNOWN PLANE Received Oct. 16, 1.30 a.m. BERLIN, Oct. 15. Gunfire and bomb-like explosions in the north-west of the city broke out at 1.30, lasting 10 minutes, and again at 2.45, lasting fifteen minutes. Searchlights raked the sky and the j radio went off, but the sirens were silent. It was announced officially f that at 1.25 an unknown plane flew i over so high that it could only be det tected by the noise of the engines. 0.8. E. FOR GALLANTRY i MANAAR’S RADIO OFFICER Received Oct. 15. 6.30 p.m. LONDON. Oct. 13. The 0.8. E. for gallantry has been awarded to Mr. J. G. Turner, radio officer in the steamer Manaar. The British freighter Manaar. which was sunk in the Atlantic on September 8 after an explosion, was engaged by four German submarines. Two of the freighter's crew were killed and three wounded by shrapnel. Seventeen British and 71 Indian members of the crew were un- - accounted for, and there were 29 sure vivors. The Manaar fought for an 1 hour using light artillery hidden in s packing cases stacked on the after- - deck. s - RUSSIAN-LITHUANIAN PACT J RATIFIED UNANIMOUSLY Received Oct. 15, 7 p.m. BERLIN. Oct. 14. The German news agency reports c that after hearing M. Urbsy’s state- . ment that the Russian-Lithuanian •. pact recognised the good neighbourli- - ness of both countries and safer guarded Lithuania’s cultural, political and economic integrity, Parliament unanimously voted the pact’s ratificae tion. e