GREEKS SEE THROUGH NAZI DECEPTION

Evening Star, Issue 24294, 8 September 1942, Page 4

GREEKS SEE THROUGH NAZI DECEPTION

LONDON, September 5. The Istanbul correspondent of ‘ The Times ’ reports that official-looking posters were seen in Athens one morning last week announcing that an armistice had been signed and that the occupation forces were shortly donarting. Gestapo agents and carabinieri watched the reaction of the public and searched pedestrians for arms, but the Athenians, scenting deception, maintained an imperturbable attitude. AIR TRAINING IN CANADA A WARM TRIBUTE (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 7. Impressive results of the air training scheme in Canada are described by Air-marshal Bishop, V.C., who is inspecting the Canadian units in Britain. He said he could not express himself enthusiastically enough on the results they were getting. The results were magnificent, not only in numbers but in the quality of training. He did' not think the training could be improved, and he was sure the Germans could not improve it. The_ results of a scheme could be considered big enough to win the war.

WAR DAMAGE WORK OF THE COMMISSION (British Official Wireless.) (Rcc, 11.15 a.m.) - RUGBY, Sept. 7. Half a million in cheques has been paid by the British War Damage Commission to people who repaired airraid damage to their homes, according to the chairman of the commission. Up to the present the London County Council and 30 towns and cities had availed themselves of the protection afforded by the War Damage Act. The commission had received 593,755 claims relating only to cases where repairs had been effected by the owners, and 83 per cent, had been settled. OPIUM ADDICTS IN MANCHURIA WASHINGTON, September 5. The Chungking representative of the ‘ New York Times ’ says that, according to the spokesman of the Ministry of the Interior, 13,000,000 of the 30,000,000 Northern Manchurians have become opium addicts as the result of _ the Japanese policy of poisoning Chinese minds and bodies. Since the creation of the puppet regime in North China narcotics have been sold openly under Japanese supervision. with shops springing up everywhere. The Japanese in Shansi Province have instituted a system of bartering cotton cloths, rice, and salt for opium. MEXIGD'S SERVICES MODERN ARMY EQUIPMENT MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6. Mexico’s first motorised division has been completed with the arrival of a large number of American jeeps. Officials said the Mexican army now had the most modem mechanised equipment being produced in the United States, including trucks, scout cars, 105 and 75 millimetre , guns, anti-tank guns, and the latest type of machine guns. The Mexican air force is also being reinforced to patrol the coasts and nearby waters. Eventually the Mexican army is to be 250,000 fully equipped men, which is expected to be achieved by the end of 1943.