NEWS BY RADIO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1939, Page 6

NEWS BY RADIO

REPORTED CONTENTION - IN GERMANY HIGH OFFICERS IN CUSTODY. DIFFERENCES WITH HITLER. The following Daventry reports have been rebroadcast by the New Zealand National stations: — It is reported that a field marshal, two generals and three other important officers of the German Army have been imprisoned since August 31 on account of differences with Hitler. A Finnish reports says that General von Fritsch, who was reported killed in the Polish campaign, was shot in the back by a Berlin storm trooper, acting under orders from a superior officer. LOSS OF THE ROYAL OAK. The total number of survivors from the Royal Oak is 414. The Royal Oak had a complement in the neighbourhood of 1200. The Secretary of the Admiralty states that the possibility of there being further survivors is now regarded as remote. Since September 2G German broadcast stations have continued to claim that the aircraft carrier Ark Royal had been sunk. The Admiralty reaffirms that the Ark Royal has not been: sunk or damaged in any way. SUBMARINE SINKINGS. Three French ships and one British ship have been sunk in the past few days. The British ship, a liner of 9200 tons, was sunk in the Atlantic. The crew and six passengers have been rescued by British warships. The crews of the'French ships have also been rescued by British warships. A Dutch liner has left Holland with 1100 United States citizens aboard. Another liner leaves on Thursday with 1400 Americans aboard. The British Air Mission has arrived in Ottawa.

Signor Mussolini has had a long conference with the Under-Secretary of War and officers. It is understood that Italian artillery is to be strengthened.