BOMBS IN BERLIN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21250, 22 October 1940, Page 6

BOMBS IN BERLIN

ADMISSIONS BY NAZIS BLOCK OF FLATS HIT RESTRICTIONS ON NEWS (tJßlted Press Asn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright; (Received Oct. 22, 3.15 p.m.) BERLIN, Oct. 21 The news agency admits that the Royal Air Force dropped explosives in four places in the city, including a residential district in the west end where a block of flats was destroyed and several persons killed oi wounded. An official order prohibits German and foreign news agencies and wireless organisations from sending oul of the country any kind of military news between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. This applies to reports of air raids against Britain. GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS RELEASE FROM INTERNMENT THREE NEW CATEGORIES CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEARNING (Official Wlreless> (Received Oct. 22, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 21 The Home Secretary has added three new categories to the official list of those Germans and Austrians eligible for release from internment. They are:— (1) Persons of eminent distinction who have made outstanding contributions to art, science, learning or letters. (2) Students who at the time of their internment were pursuing a course of study at a university or technical college, provided that the Chancellor of the university or the head of the college certifies that it is desirable that the student should continue his studies and that the circumstances are such that a British student would in similar circumstances be allowed to continue his studies. (3) Any person as to whom the tribunal appointed by the Home Secretary for the purpose reports that he has since his early childhood or for at least 20 years lived continuously in the United Kingdom, that he has long severed his connection with his country of nationality, that his interests and associations are British, and that he is friendly toward this country. Special committees to consider cases of artists, architects and men of letters and submit recommendations to the Home Secretary have been set up. LONG-RANGE GUNFIRE • ACROSS STRAITS OF DOVER (United Press Assn. —Eiec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Oct. 22, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 21 German guns fired across the Straits of Dover this afternoon. EARL OF ATHLONE VISIT TO MR ROOSEVELT FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS (Official Wireless) (Received Oct. 22. 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 21 The week-end visit of the Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada, to President Roosevelt’s home at Hyde Park is regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as primarily a social occasion, which, however, presents an opportunity for an easy and frank exchange of views in a manner unknown in the councils of the dictatorships. AMERICAN NAVY EXITS OF ASIATIC FLEET ANCHORED AT MANILA (United Press Asn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Oct. 22, 3.15 p.m.) MANILA, Oct. 21 The cruiser Augusta arrived with Admiral Hart aboard. All units of the Asiatic Fleet are anchored in the bay, with the exception of Admiral Hart’s yacht Isabella, which is transporting Americans from Hankow to Shanghai for evacuation. “FREEDOM STATION’* RASCALS IN POWER NOTHING TO LAUGH ABOUT (United Pres* Assn —Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEW YORK. Oct. 21 The German -Freedom Station.’’ operating somewhere in the Reich, was heard for the first time for six months by the Columbia Broadcasting System. The announcer said:— “Even the most peaceful and calmest of us might be unable to stand in much longer. October 10 was the day that Goering’s four-year plan was supposed to be fulfilled, but people are not laughing. “There is nothing to laugh about and the only people who do not cry are the rascals in power.”