GUNS ON FRENCH COAST
NEWSREELS IN BERLIN ( United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) BERLIN, Aug. 21 Cinemas are showing newsreels of German troops moving enormous long-range guns into positions on the French Coast. Others have been moved to the shore on turntables to enable them to be fired in any direction. KING TO PRESENT D.F.C. AIRMAN’S RELATIVES (United Prees Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Aug. 21 His Majesty the King will present the late Flying-Officer (“ Cobber ”) E. J. Kain’s D.F.C. to his mother at a special audience at Buckingham Palace at a date to be fixed. This is an unusual honour, generally reserved for relatives of recipients of the Victoria Cross. Mrs Kain said: “Naturally, I am delighted."
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21199, 23 August 1940, Page 7
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