FLYING-BOMB RISK

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 234, 30 June 1944, Page 6

FLYING-BOMB RISK

Reference In Commons (Received June 30, 1.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 29. "The flying bomb is more than a nuisance, and it must be dealt with by all £ tactical means as soon as possible,” said ord Strabolgi in a speech today. “The liberation of France and the Low Countries, therefore, is all the more urgent.” Asked in the House of Commons today by Mr. Longhurst whether the Government was in a position to relax the censorship on the localities mainly affected by flying bombs, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information, Mr. Thurtle, replied that the Minister was satisfied that there was at present good reason on security grounds for maintaining the existing rule. Mr. Longhurst: “Is Mr, Bracken aware that the public morale is being much lowered not by the bombs but by the secrecy prevailing about them. The public is by no means satisfied because of this secrecy that the arrangements are adequate for the time the Germans promise us may he coming shortly.” Mr. Thurtle: There are most valid reasons for maintaining the rule.

■ Flying bombs were over southern England during last nght, aud began coining over again after dawn. Casualties and damage, including wrecked houses, are reported. Fighters accounted for of the flying bombs.