RAF. RAID ON KIEL

Evening Star, Issue 24327, 16 October 1942, Page 3

RAF. RAID ON KIEL

PRISONERS' GAMP BURNED OUT INQUIRY INTO GERMAN REPORT LONDON, October 14. The British Government will ask the Swiss Government to obtain full information regarding radio reports that a war prisoners’ camp was burned out in. the E.A.F. raid on Kiel last night, says the ‘ Daily Telegraph’s ’ political correspondent. If the report is officially confirmed a strong _ protest will be made against the deliberate placing of prisoners near military objectives. German propaganda has suggested the possibility of a general transfer of prisoners to areas where R.A.F. raids are likely. ATLANTIC SINKINGS BRAZILIAN VESSELS GO DOWN RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 14. Submarines sank two Brazilian merchantmen in the Atlantic on September 29. • These are the first sinkings since Brazil declared war. Many of the submarine commanders operating in South American waters are officers of the Graf Spee, who were interned in Buenos Aires and fled to Germany via Brazil, says the Rio de Janeiro correspondent of the ‘ New York Times.’ Two hundred are reported to have crossed the Brazilian frontier, where the German - Embassy took them over. Some were experienced marine officers fully conversant with South American waters. SHIP SURVIVORS AT FREETOWN LONDON, October 14. A- message from Freetown reports that 249 survivorSj including 82 passengers, from a ship torpedoed in the Atlantic landed there. MR WENDELL WILLKIE REFLECTIONS-ON RETURN HOME (Rec. 1 p.m.) WASHINGTON, October 15. , “A second front is feasible and possible,” said Mr jVendell Willkie after he had reported to President Roosevelt oh the results of his mission abroad. “ I said it in Moscow and I say it again to-day.” He added that the President had described as entirely wrong the reports that he had criticised his second front statements. “ I based my appeal for a second front on talks with generals in all countries, and on the recommendations of military leaders and generals in Britain, Russia, China, and the United States.” Mr Willkie declined to say whether M. Stalin would be satisfied if a second front in Europe were delayed until next year. He added that Germany would never conquer Russia. After a few days’ rest he would make careful and crystalclear reports to the American people. “ I do know, because I discovered it at first band, that a lot of us, including public officials, will have to stretch our muscles and jninds before we win.” Expressing confidence in an Allied victory, Mr Willkie said: “We have power and resources on our side. I am chiefly concerned over the cost, not in money, but in human lives and human values, and whether we are going to win the peace.” U.S. MINERS TO WORK SIX-DAY WEEK WASHINGTON, October 14. The United Mine Workers’ Association convention agreed to increase mine work from live to six days a week, but. insisted on 50 per cent, overtime pay for the sixth day.