DUTCH AIRLINER

Evening Star, Issue 23382, 27 September 1939, Page 9

DUTCH AIRLINER

ATTACKED BY GERMAN PLANE SWEDISH PASSENGER KILLED NEW YORK, September 26. (Received September 27, at 10.5 a.m.) The United Press Amsterdam representative states that a warplane, ostensibly a German, attacked a K.L.M. air liner carrying nine passengers 70 miles north-west of Heligoland, machine-gun-ning the ; tail and killing a Swedish passenger. AIR ACTIVITY SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RECONNAISSANCES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 26. (Received September 27, at noon.) The Ministry of Information announces that Royal Air Force units carried out a successful reconnaissance on the western front and in north-west Germany daring yesterday. Attacks by enemy fighters were driven off, and our aircraft returned safely to their bases. Last night further reconnaissance flights were made over Germany, in the course of which leaflets were dropped. All our aircraft landed safely. 18.800.000 PAMPHLETS DROPPED LONDON, September 26. (Received September 27, at 11 a.m.) A Ministry of Information communique states that the Air Force has dropped 18,000,000 pamphlets since the war and has covered thousands of miles of enemy territory, penetrating it to a considerable depth. That most of the pamphlets fell in the right places shows the high degree of the skill of the pilots in night flights! The pamphlets have given millions' an opportunity of,studying the Allies’ case. FLIGHT OVER THE RHINE BELIEVED TO BE FRENCH PLANES The -Basle correspondent of the Associated Press says a squadron of 20 warplanes, believed to be French, flew over the Rhine, drawing fire from the German anti-aircraft batteries. AERIAL COMBAT . FRENCH AND GERMAN PLANES ENGAGED PARIS, September 26. (Received September 27, at 11-a.m.) The Germans brought down two French planes in air combats. The German losses are believed to be heavier. AIR RAID SHELTERS DISTRIBUTION IN BRITAIN LONDON, September 26. (Received September 27, at 1.30 p.m.) Free air raid shelters numbering 1.303.000 have been allocated, accommodating 8,000,000 people. AFRICAN MAIZE CROP RECORD FOODSTUFFS FOR ALLIES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 26. (Received September 27, at noon.) The Ministry of Information states that the South African maize crop return shows a record! yield of 30,000,000 bags of 2001 b each, of which 12,000,000 to 13,000,000 bags will be available for export. South African advice suggests that maize will figure largely in the Union’s scheme to buy £1,000,000 worth of foodstuff for the Allies. Sugar, butter, cheese, frozen meat, crayfish, dried and preserved fruits, wine and spirits are other foodstuffs which South Africa can supply in large quantities. A National Supplies Board was set up long before the outbreak of war, and a comprehensive survey made of the country’s agricultural production resources. MORE NEWS WANTED LABOUR DISSATISFACTION LONDON, September 26. (Received September 27, at 11 a.m.) The National Council of Labour issued a statement that it was deeply dissatisfied with the activities of the Ministry of Information and the 8.8. C. in regard to the supply and release of news. LOSS DF ROYAL SCEPTRE SURVIVORS LANDED IN BRAZIL RIO DE JANEIRO, September 26. (Received September 27, at 11 a.m.) The British freighter Browning arrived at Bahia with 32 survivors of the Royal Sceptre. [lnformation reached London on September 7 that the British vessel Royal Sceptre was torpedoed. The Royal Sceptre was a single-screw steamer of 4,853 tons gross and 2,740 tons net, built in 1937 for Hall Bros., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and registered there. She was 410 ft long.]