AMBASSADOR’S ESCAPE.
■ ■ BUCHAREST, June 8. the plane in which Sir Stafford Cripps, the new British Ambassador, was flying to Moscow, was struck by lightning during a severe storm near Salonika. The ’plane staggered out of control for nearly a mile,. Sir Stafford was unhurt. He is .to spend three days in Bucharest. ?
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 163, 10 June 1940, Page 2
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