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36TH YEAR, NO. 21—48 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1942
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COIiAliAANDOS SIVIASH DOCK OF NAZIS' BIC BAHLESHIP
Hab Spies Blamed for Sinkings JiJ^^s^J,'^;*;^
Rammed at Cafe
55 Shiploads of Aussies War'Hardened Fighters, Back Home to Join Yanks
Come from Africa, Jungles of Malaya; Given no Leaves, Moved to Front
White-Shirter Promises to Spill Beans'
By BBYDON TAVES
General MacArthur's Headquar¬ ters, Australia, March 2t.—(Sun¬ dsy)—(UP)—War-hardensd Aus¬ tralian troopB movsd up to de-' fenslvB battls posltlans beslda the' American Espadltionary Corps,; Dutch veterans of tha Java battles! and Australian home forces today.'
Oimmunlques raported increaaing action on the northam approaches to Australia with Japanasa air at¬ tacks on both Port Darwin and Port Moresby, the strategic New Guinea port acrosa Torres Strait from ths Australtin mainland. Darfi-ta Attaciu« Agala
A Royal Australian Air Force com¬ munique reportod that Darwin wa. attacked for tbs sevanth time Sat¬ urday aftsmoon. A flight of saven Jspanese bombara was met by a joint Amerlcan-Auatrallan fighter foree, equipped with new mode! U.S. fighter plane..
Details were not Immediately available but It was reported that no material damage was caused b>- .'a panels bomb..
(A di.patch to the London Star ^rom Sydney reported that the .\merlcan Asiatic Fleet in the paat three weeks haa sunk flve Japan
Arrest 200 Axis In Brazil
Agents
2 More Ships Torpedoed; Valley Man Survivor
Helmsman Died in Flames Turning Ship To Save the Crew
Capture Leader And Radio Code; Seize 62 in Newark Home for Seamen
Washington,   March   2( Two   more   meditun-slisd Slates merchant vsssels have besn torpedoed   off  the  Atlantic  Coast, the Navy announced today.
Subs Sighted Otf Cuba
By OA\ ID J. WILSON
'l'niled PresB Slaff Correspandent
Rio de Janeiro, March 28.—Police asserted today that they have smashed a German espionage or¬ ganization that wa. re.ponalble for Allied merchantahlp sinkings In the North and South Atlantic since the  outbreak   of the  war.
The   spy   ring   was   broken   up.
Savannah, Ga., March 2S (UP)— Survivors from a madium sliBd American merchantman attacked I by a submarine in the Atlantic on I March 18, reported tonight that one I of two torpedoes exploded under : the crew's quarters, causing nu¬ merous casualties.
John J. Smith of Kingston, member of the crew af tlUs torpedoed veasel, was taitor- viewcd yesterday by the Sun¬ day iMdependent. His story will be found on Page A-IL
Havana, March 28.   (UP)—The
(UP)     newspaper E9 Mundo said teday
United. ^^^ t^o enemy submarlnas ware slghtsd eif the coast of Cuba Friday.
"Maritime circles reported an enemy submarine about 48 miles from Havana," the newspaper aaid.
"About 7:45 p. m. Friday a sub¬ marine approached an  unidenti¬ fied  merchant  vessel,  circled  it once and then  Bubmsrgad.   Sev¬ eral   patrol   planes   immediately began a search, but reported that they were not able te sight the submarine," the dispatch added. "Maritime circles also reported that   another   enemy   submarine j was sighted oS CJardenaa (Matan- I xas  province)   but patrol planes i were unable te flnd It."
War Draws Closer to Turkey^
Bulgarian Radio Calls for Revolt As Nazis Take Troops; New Drive Feared
Troops Fight Way into Shipyards At St, Nazaire, Holding Out For Hours While Destroying Equipment Of Submarine and Plane Base In Biggeat Raid Yet Attempted; Great World War Feat Recalled
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE
London, March 28 (UP)—Britain today launched her sprinff offensive in the west with a daring commando attack on St. Nazaire in which the old U. S. Destroyer Campbeltown was crammed with five tons of explosives and rammed against the gate of the only dock on the Atlantic Coast big enough to take the Nazi warship Tirpitz.
The feat of the Campbeltown and the probable destruction of the huge gate were revealed in a joint communique tonight.
OEOBOE W. CHRISTIANS
Chattanoogs,    Tenn.,   March
:;V;l^7M^rtnUrV7nd X'^^U^P"^^^^^^^     W-ChrlsTirnV:  ^l-
:hit.'^l?2.;'T'^aVn"1e'"sffii|*«r' ""V7 "l ^'V^'u "omltnf •ere reported badly damaged. '° ^["'y <>"''=•"]''»''''P°""'=i5" Allied submarines were ssid to be '^ould be Ranged   was free under
carrying out a persistent offensive »';«» 5»»<» .^°" f'''/ ""'' "?,''•,'" endangering thV long Japanese''"»•,!«•?«> "> :'P" '»" beans' at a suDDlv line. ) preliminary hearing nexl week  on
.,"'.\' . sedition  charges  filed  by  the  fed-
Aloresby Not Damaged „bI Deparlment of Justice,
In the Japanese air attack an ^ Christlsns, organizer of th- Moresby   Fridsy,   it   wa.   revealed. ..i|.j(,„ Libertv Movement" a*
two   Japanese   plsne.   were   shot i^e   "Crusader  While  Shirts'   was
w"-Ar'*»1!l'..^n'"l' "«•"",'*"'?'srrested at his home here last oil The Allied pilot was believed i „,^j „ paderal Bureau of Inves- to have parachuted lo safety. tigallon  agents.  He  allegedly sent
The RAAF reported that In the leltera to officers and men at Camp sttack on Koepang Friday a '7,0(W-; Forrest, Tenn.. and Fort Ogle- Ion ship was set eflre and several'thorpe, Oa., last December which, Japanese flying boats were dam- the complaint said, were designed "fed. Ito Impair morale.
Report, from More.by .aid that! The letter al.o posed .uch ques- despile  the  frequent  Japanese  air|tiona as'
mim^.Vj"!?"*"   """"'"""'y   ''"''h!    "What are we fighting for?" military damage has been inflicted        . •.,'..," ,     »,     ¦
and only two persons have been 1 ' >»•« we fighting to make Presl- kllled. The Japanese have dropped dent Roosevelt dictator of the More than 2,000 bombs on Moresby! world?' „.™,   .      .   ,
tInce .Urt of the war. i    Christian,  made   $3 000   bond   In
The arrival of thoueand. of, cash 12 hours after his arrest and Aniac veteran., many veteran, of 'mniedlalely went home 'to take a two years of tough over.ea. cam- bath and get the cooties off of me. paign., bol.tered Gen. Dougla.' He said that the charges are MacArthur's forces for the expect-'nothing but drivel bul I am de¬ ed Japanese attack. ' |"lhled to have thi. opportunity to ^6 Shipload, ef Troops !"""'  '*" '^¦'"'"' ^"'"^ ""'  '" "'*
A   total   of   2>   survivors   werej
they said,' with" tlie arreit of 2(>bi'*nded here but IS other members
Axi. agent., including their alleged,»' the crew were li.ted a. missing.
chief,  Niels  Christlensen, a Dane, The survivors were picked up after
described  a.   former  head  of  thej" ho"" »¦ two lifeboats aad two
German admiralty t«dl« communi-' Hferafts.
cation, department before he wa.     They said the ship was in calm
sent lo Braxil in IMl. Chrlsllenscn,    police    said,    had
hundreds of spies working for him
in    Ihe    United    States.    England.
Brazil,    Argentina,    Uruguay    and
other countries, as well  ss sboard
many  Allied   merchant  ve.Mls.
Capture  Secret  Code Among    documents    confiscated
when Christlensen and  the others . were   arrested   this   week   were  a
copy   of   the   German   admiralty's
secret  code,  used  for transmission
of spy reports from Rio de Janeiro ! lo Berlin, and a copy of detailed in¬ struction, on what to report in con* , nectlon    wilh    lhe   movements   of
United Nations shipping, the police
disclosed. The  police   said   that  the  exclu
.esB and clear weather whsn the first torpedo hit at 10:10 p. m. It tore Into the forward part ef the ship under the crew's quarlers. Some of the crew were trapped in their bunks. Injured by Blast
The second torpedo struck a. the remainder of tht crew took to the boat, and several of the survivors were Injured.
Walter Clark, a veteran of 2S years at ssa, oiler, from Port Arthur, Tex., said h« was In his bunk when the first torpedo hl^
"The explosion went off right underneath and I was burned try¬ ing to get to a boat," he said.
Jame.     H.     Co.grove.
31,070 AIRPLANES INCLUDED INM" PASSEDJl^HOUSE
3,600,000-Man Army Also Provided for; 6% Ceiling on Profits
Washington, March 2S. (UP)— t'he House passed and sent te the Senate late today an tU,S01,»61,34S war funds bill, including money for 31,070 additional army planes and seaman, a provision limiting to six per cent
«i.» .v,!..!™  „f th. r-.,.,>,.„  „,•,   Toledo.  Ohio, reported  he was on the profits on any contracts under si\e  mission   of the Oermsn  mer- i_-i,-,.. ,..u.« *i-. -,ui« ...-- ui. ...
lookout when tht ship was hil. the measure.
"Those  torpedoes have  a lot of     Passage  came   after  the  Houae,
power.    They  .eemed  to  blow  up | without debate, adopted the am.nd-
everythlng within reach," he said, |ment   by   Rep.   Francis    (R.,S.D.)
"I  wits   blown   over   the   side   and to limit profits on construction and
all my clothea excepi my life-belt | procurement.   The vote was 70 to
waa blown otT,   I made a life raft g on the amendment, which  does
and climbed aboard,   I' saw a few not apply  to  proflts on  contracts
jump_overboard   when   the   second | under  other   appropriations.
Output "Miraculous"*
During   general   debate   on   the
bill.   Chairman   Clarence   Cannon,
(D,,Mo.)     of    the    appropriations
committee  declared  that   progiess
In war production "borders on the
miraculous."    He   lold   the   House
By DANA SCHMIDT
Ankara, Turkey, Delayed. March 27. (IIP)—Bulgaria waa authoriU- tively reported tonight to be send¬ ing troopa to flght with the Axia m Rusaia and a secret radio sta¬ tion broadcast an appeal for Bul- „...,. ., ,„ . gars  to  "rise  and  do  away  w\th'f^tgnt trtto Kavol Yordt
your so-called King Boris, who is whUe the flush-deck American destroyer plowed into thc "^ » , T'"^'*T . . harbor on its suicide mission, special demolition parties crII'JU &oi;"in TS!"whici; 'ouRh* «''««'• ««>' «"*• "»v«l ywds despite "very heavy oppo- r.ew sees the war moving still sitton" and dynamited facilities the Germans have been cieee^ to Its doorstep. | using to provide for large fIcefai, jrf,^ Mibfiiarines now opcr>
MnoekMsek May Be la Greece     ating against shipping in ARMrfONiwalen.
(Axis ^oadcasu quoted Premier (Reports from Vichy said paratroops participated in the In? Sriiu^Int thrt'¥uirTi.>Pe»-ation. A German commuiiique claimed the British force while not actually In the war, was'was destroyed Without attaining any of its objectives. The "In a sute of war" and that Bol- {communique claimed the U. S. destroyer was blown up before shsvism must be crujhed. Nasi jt reached the lock sratcs and that 13 small British craft Marshal Walther von Brauchltsch ^^.^^^ ^^^^ ,,y j^^^. ^^^^^ ^
was reported in Greece on a spe¬ cial mission and Axis forces were massing In Greece, Sicily and tha Dodecanese Islands for a probable
CommandoB' Biggeat AUack
The St. Nazaire assault was the bigsrest yet attempted drive in the Middle East, the Soviet by the special Commando forces organized by the British news agency, Taas, reported.) fo^   harassing   the   Germans   along   the   long   Nazi-held
AuthoritativB sources here said European coast.   Raiders had to travel 450 miles to mako
the attack. Its special objective, the communique said, was destruction
chant vessel Hermes, which ran the British Atlantic blockade from Bor¬ deaux, France, lo this cily in 1941. was to bring Christlensen lo Brazil to organize the German espionage system. Told Berlin Ever>1lilng
They announced that the instruc- . ,.        _   	
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that two of seven Bulgarian divi¬ sions which had been on the Turk¬ ish  border  since  1938  were with¬ drawn    suddenly,    preparatory    to.gf the dock gate, going to the Russian front. _, . ,   , .,    .       . .        ...       .        .    .
Many Arrests In SeHa ^'^^ communique revealed that a delayed action fuse had
Police    and    soldiers    guarded ibcP" fitted to the huge djiiamite cache to enable th British buildings m Sofia and an average forcs to escape before touching off their destructive blast, of 28 alleged •Communists" have!    -j.,,g  j^^j.^i  ^j,.  po^ce  carried  out  great  "ferry"  raids ?rw"e'Kr'op^osUiL to w^?,"it!aKainst Northern France in which 13 German planes were
'shot down  during the  afternoon— —	
a   maneuver    designed    lo    divert'
wa. reported,
A  ascret  radio  station operated   by  Russia  on  the  ssme wave length ea the Bulgarian radio broadcast thi. appeal lo the Bul- gars:—
believed »   •n""'"^;'"^ ."""iu'^    '" .m.7u'i Nasalre dockyard "In  the face of German air strength  from atu«k- ^^     ^ opposition."
lng any of the naval units return-       ' '    •-¦-
I-- #,«™ Ql   M.<.ir. "There Is every hope." said the
lng from St. Naxalre, ! communique,   "that   this   raid  ae-
In   an   operation   strongly   rem-; pj,^p,|gh,j    although   not   without of    Admiral    Sir    Roger j^^^.   ^agugnie,,   the   main   ta.k—
Discourage Attacks on Corregidor
Soldier.!   Citizens!   Now  1.   the; lU'"^*"' ,.    .„.,„.,    ,u. — — ¦   —-	
time to rise. Do away once and for »^«y"' '""»"» "•"''I X"'iv„lM """"'y de.lruction of the gate of all with your .o-c.lled King Borl.!™"'' at Zeebrugge the N"l World t„c large dock at St Naxalre, the who Is merelv a German pawn . . . War submarine base, the British .„, ^^^ „„ the Atlantic Coast cap. Boris'alTd "in Pr^.Tare'togeth;;|f^P>-'ve^_»^^^^^^^^^^ •««'nst|,,„ „, ,.^,„^ ^^0 Tlrpltx."
In   Berlin.   That   shows   plans   are
the SI. Nazaire lock gates.
I
open.
The Australian force, arrived on;    ..j  ^^anl  lo  spill   the  beans,"  he
Bn estimated 89 troop transporta.    : ggij.     "I'm   going   lo   give   a   long
The  troop,   di.embarked   quietly i talk   at   the   preliminary   hearing.
st Australian ports, moving through i I've   been   promoting   an   idea   for
the street, without bands, crowd.,'jq year.,"
cheer, or waving of flag..   Few of,    He i, jiable to a msxlmum peii- the   men   got   leave..     Mo.t   were, ,ity of 10 year. In prison or a fine (Continusd on Page A-11)        lof 330,000 or both.
Myrna Loy, Screen's * Perfect Wife', Now Is Getting ^Friendly' Divorce
Take Offensive In Scattered Parts Of Philippines
Washington.   March   28.    (UP) — Japanese air allempl. to dent Fort
I
of Lieut. Gen. Jonahlan M. Wain¬ wright on Balaan. Neither effort ha. been successful, but the Jap- V\eBe keep trying, sending waves of new-lypc bombers from nearby landing flelds
_   _ .    The communique .aid:
loday   that   tn   the  last   month~of "'oot  to  put   pressure   on  Turkey i    Two hours and 15 minutes after!    ..^ .j^n^l has been received from World War I plane production wasl«n<> to obtain Bulgar troops for the .the Campbeltown rsmmed into tne the St. Nazaire raiding force which
(ConUnueHn  Pag.  A-4) 1 (Continued   on  Pag.  A-4) \'''''^ r'"^'""^ ^°ZTlSZel        "^ ''  "'"'"J""^  V^tV^^t ''''./"•'
I explosion was heard and seen. .aying that the HMS Campeltown
^     "The   majority   of   the  Campbel-[ f^mmcd the main dock gate at 1:84
town's rrew had been evacuated by a     „     this    morning,    only    four
War   Smnmary
motor  launches,"  the   communique „,nj,tes lale on the program time, said. I    "This former American destroyar
The  war  moved   into   it.  .prlng, hard   at   Toungoo   against  a   Jap- "Special Troops" I^anded had   her   bow.   specially   stiffened
The   communique  said   that   ac-! phase Saturday night with British;anese   attack   which . already   hadi    Simultaneously    said    the    com- and   filled  with  five  tons  of
Correaldor  netted little  profit curacy   of   American   anti-aircraft Gommandos  smashing  against the
yesterday, thc War Department re¬ ported loday in a communique that also lold of successful patrol and Brllllcry   action   by   Amcrlcan-Fili-
Hollywood, March 28. (UP)— Myrna Loy, the screen's "perfect ^"ife," announced tonight she had "Bparated from her husband, Fllm Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr., and Would start preliminary divorce proceedings  "In the near future."
The separation was the second In their six years of married life.
"After talking It over, we have ooth decided that 11 I. best for us to continue our respective careers «P«rt," Miss Loy said. She added that .he had moved from their home lo a Beverly Hill, apartment hotel.
In Today't Iaaue
Uasslfled   „ A—31
Editorial    „ _ c 3
Movie.    ". B—10
^In     A—in
«»«'i»l A—14
^tory    A—18
Bports  « „,
"Arthur and I arc still the best of friends," she said. "I have in¬ tense admiration for Arthur, but we believe It Is best tnis way,"
"Our    separation     is    most    re- grellablo but il Is true," Hornblow commented.    "1 hope  we  will still be friends," Not Exactly New
In November. 1940. the couple made a similar announcement. But 'four months later they were living together again afler having been seen together al rr ovic previews and night clubs. Hornblow then said his wife still was "the loveliest woman In the world," and they called their earlier separation "hasty."'
Their surprise wedding In Ensen- ada. Mexico. June 27. 1936, cllmnxed a three-year romance that started from a casual meeting on a studio set. It was Miss Loy's first mar¬ riage and Hornblow'a. second.
flre kept the enemy planes at such French qoast In their strongest at high altiludes that their bombing j tack thus far and the axis manlpu- wa. "very Inaccurate," l lallng   Bulgaria   toward   ho.tilllle.
Gun.   of   Corregidor   and   Forts aB»in»t  Russls. pino   forces   on   Balaan   PenlnBula I ^¦'um. Hughes and Frank kept up
ind  Mindanao. i«n   effective   counter-fire   al   the        "-.--:. .    .    .J     .1
The   communlQue   reoorted   thati^nen^y   batteries   placed   along   the«;»»    directed    against    the    great numbered. L^''ate°TSrn   ^:r a1rc*r1'ff|Cav.le  shor_e  on   th. opposite  side Nazi, JubmaHnc ^ and^^nava. ^ ba«
mouth   of   the   River   Loire.    To-1 bloodiest of the war. ^ ,    ,    gether   with    the    big   step-up   in|
Enemy patrols were particularly Royal   Air   Force   operations   the      On   the   Australian   front   there
raid Indicated lhat Britain I. get-1 was lillle action. Japanese planes ting the jump on Germany In'again attacked Port Darwin bul spring   operations   in   the   west.     | were  mel   by  Americsn   and  Aus-
i tralian fighter forces.   TTiey caused The   Bulgarian   move   was   indl. ^ little damage and few casualties, cated   In   dispatches   from   Ankara ...      ,        ,.    »  .u
and propaganda broadcasts from G«n. Douglas MacArthur was Berlin King Boris of Bulgaria hasj|;"P d'y "J.^'"*, ^Is force. Into been conferring wllh Adolf Hitler j >>«ttle P<»»tlons for defense of the m    the   company    of   Franz   von ?"hconllnenl, his command strongly
thrust Into the town ai some points, munique   "special   service   troops"! explosive.
A Berlin report claimed that Toun-jwere landed and carried out pre- goo has been occupied. However, arranged demolitions in the SL Chungking reported that veteran! Chinese forces of (3en, Joseph E.; Stilwell's command are holding out The British Commando atUck | despite the fact that lhey are out- wa.    directed    again.t    the    great | numbered,    encircled    from    three'
A delayed aclion fuae had been (Continued  on  Page  A-«)
accurate    American    anti - aircraft |   , „     ,, jfirc on Corregidor had checked the!°' *•¦""» ""J'- ((.ftectlveness   of   "an   almo.t   con-!*"*'• Out I'. 8. DefenM'. tinuous"    Japanese    bombardment
Friday afternoon  and  that  an  at- active on  Balaan. apparently feel templed    raid    Friday   night    wa^ lng out American-Filipino position, quickly turned away with the loss for a grand offensive which Lieut. of one   heavy   enemy  bomber. Cen,   Tomayukl   Yamashita   Is   ex-
Raldera Flee i peeled  to start as soon  as he ha.
In    thc    night    raid,    American I his   reinforced   troops  disposed. scarchUghts   picked  up  the  enemy 1    An  American   patrol  carried  out planes, which  turned tail and  fled, „.hal was  described  as  a success- out  not  before  one of their num- fui night raid and American artll- ber  was  brought down.   The   flee- jerv   fired   on   troops   and   truck
ing craft dropped their bombs into' concentrations beluK ..ssemblcd for I Papen, Nazi ambassador lo Turkey, bolstered by the arrival of veteran Manila Bay. jt^e   expected   Japanese   atiack.       |and lhe Nazi move appeared likely I A"J«c   troops  from  other  theaters
There  was  • practically  no  dam-|    one   Japanese   battery   was   si- lo stir up violent  reactions In  the »'"ent'"*-
XV?n*.'lir^tv1?JlH"*fu"'""""i''""''   "y   American   fire  and   the always  troubled  Balkan  and  Near'    Chinese  reporls  said  lhat Japan tlona   m   ine   aay   raios,   lhe   com-'communique  said   that   "numerouB'East region.   The Bulgarian masses ,, jgi|„    j,,^ jo^^g, |„ p^gp^^g.
""^.L^^lt^.^th.h w     ,  i casualties   were   suffered   by   the' for many year, have been regarded tjon   for   a   double   drive   again.t
^J]^ntrTrL?^nr^^^y^    ytu"""^.':'"^"'^-'' .. .    ."   '"'"""'y   pro-Ru.sia   and   ll gib„ia,   ba.ed on  Manchukuo  aud
Ingsof Corregidor followed the pat-'    The  Mindanao raid was  against, seemed   unlikely   that   the   nation !„„„ Monn, gon^^ 500,000 Japa- tern   of   dev-elopmenls  since   Tues- >   Japanese   outpost  aboul   half   a 1 could be laken Into the war against „„, troops were said to be concen- day, when the Japanese began their mile   from   Zamboanga.    To   reach Russia   without    considerable    'n- trated In Manchukuo furious effort to reduce American the   outpost   our   men   penetrated ternal stress.
defenses In order to provide lhem- enemy     lines.     The    communique Sir Stafford Cripps waa busy with
selves    with     the    vital    port    of said   the   raid   was   successful   but,    Turks were aroused also over the conferences    with    Indian    leaders Manila as a link In their communl- added  no details {prospect  of  further spread of the from   which   the   British   hope   lo
cation." system toward Australia. It   was   assumed,   however,   lhat 1 war on Ihelr front doorstep, achieve   a   political  .olutlon  which
Jap Strategy Fall. prisoners were taken and informa- j will   bring   India's   all-out   parlici-
The Japanejic strategy also Is tlon gathered aboul Jap forces in In the Southwest Pacific lhe pation in the war. His proposal, directed toward culling off Cor- that district. In addition to the heavy fighting was all in Burma, lo India, it was expected, will be I regldor  from  the mainland forces casualties inflicted apoa them.       where a Chinese forcs was battling made public over the week and.
Doiyn 13 Nazi Planes In Terrific Dogfights
'Flying Irishman' Gets Two More In Channel Battles
Is squadron leader of a Scetttdl squadron, and who returned ta aclion only recently after bsing w-ounded In the fool during a pre-
I vious dogfight.
I He shot down two Focke-Wulf -Royal ^^^ '*"'' ''"" ^^' score lo 29 planes.
By \%IIXIAM R. DUW.NS
London, March 28 /UP'-"--"! The battle, in which 40 to M Air Force  fighter P'lots "hot down slugging it out at one
13  German  Pj?""^/°'*»y '"  S^^*' time, was believed to have offered sweeps  over  Northern   fiance  and
the English Channel to divert Ger-  ,^ ^ (j^^,„ ^„j Britsh fight-
man planes from attacking British        _,.„„ ...ui-u ...nt j. ij« >k. .i. naval   vessels    retiring   from    the "P'»""'!;hich will decide the alf
Commando" raids on  St, Naxalre, ^""^ "' *"*- An air ministry communique said  *• Plane. In One Fight five  British  planes were losl  In  a      One squadron leader, the air min- continuation    of    RAF's    non-slop, istry said,  reported .eelng at least spring aerial offensive, 30   Focke-Wulf  190's   In   aclion  at
The communique which described, one time and that his group scored the   sweeps   said   that   the   Briti'^l- '•¦ hits on 10 of them, pilots  gave  the  German  air  force |    During one  lerriflc  encounter tn one     of     its     liveliest    days     in which   around   50   planes   were   In months." ! aclion. every pilot "gol al least one
•The Nazis were all over the, shot at the Luftwaffe." the com- skies," the air ministry said. {munique said,
Paddy Geta Two More 1    Three   or  four  of  the   13   planaa
One of the heroes "f the day's' brought down were accounted for action was Brendan i''addy> Fin- by a New Zealand squadron and a ucane, the "Flying Irishman" who, Czech pilot got another.