OVERSEA CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1940, Page 1

OVERSEA CABLE NEWS

Severe Raid on Berlin. Berlin has had its most intense air raid: Canada's Army. Nearly 1,000,000 single men have registered in Canada for military service, and 60.000 will be. called up before Christmas. Prelude to Invasion. Military circles at Berlin declare the air offensive is a prelude to an invasion - " Britain this month, says a Swiss correspondent. New Incendiary Weapon. Described as a self-igniting leaf, a new form of incendiary weapon is being used by the Royal Air Force against Germany. Italians Copy Nazis. Ninety-six persons were killed and 124 injured when Italian bombers raided the Jewish commercial city of Tel-Aviv, where there are no military objectives. Hamburg Hammered. Among many targets attacked by night by the Royal Air Force in Germany and German-held territory, that most heavily bombed was a naval dockyard at Hamburg. Pall . of Smoke Over London. Jnder the mountainbus cloud of black smoke that hung over London most distressing scenes were witnessed as rescuers worked to "extricate people from collapsed houses. Britain's Aircraft Needs. American aircraft factories are producing one-quarter of necessary^ Royal Air Force replacements, and British production is more than sufficient for the.rest, Washington sources say. Great Air Siege. Londoners have taken the German daily raids in their stride, and in one week the entire life ' of the city nas changed, people settling down to withstand the greatest air siege in history.