Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - June 16, 1941, Kingston, Kingston r Gleaner Work Wonders PROFIT USE FOR RESULTS Per for 30 wordi ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED TASTES TO DUNU Call r RU u SIXTEEN PAGES Vol No 136 JUNE 1C 1041 PENNY SIXTEEN PAGES Planes Blows At Nazi Industries June attacked in- targets in the Cologne area last Fires were but the suits of the raid were obscured j by low clouds It was the time in four nights that no bombs were dropped on the i Ruhr i British bombers lashed at j Germany's industrial valley Friday night for the j third straight night and French Admit Loss Of i i Strong Position On Coast Road To Beirut ENTRY INTO DAMASCUS NEAR T June British Middle East Command announced today that British and Free French forces are now in contact along the bitted Brest where two troops in and j r J battleships and a cruiser are sheltering Calais and Boulogne were among the targets At lin Nazis admitted the RAF raided western Germany and the northeast coastal area and said some casualties were ed The British bombers which at- yesterday was slower than on the previous day Further penetration was made in the centre of our French military dispatches from Beirut admitted to-day the fall of two strong positions to the on the tacked the Ruhr concentrated on j coastal road to Beirut and Abu in the The iron manufacturing town of i crew AXIS ATTEMPTING British bombing and fighter carried out a sweep on The channel coast on Saturday Two German airports near St were attacked ily Two German planes were shot down in combat One British bomber failed to re- turn from these extensive raids and A-n Death Sentence Is Pronounced On Cayman Woman Jury Finds Anna ler Guilty On Charge Of Poisoning Husband SON IS ACQUITTED Trial at Georgetown This Notice Of Appeal Given Submarines Taking Heavy Toll Of Enemy Sh June Beaufort aircraft of Command this afternoon attacked an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast A supply ship of about hit by torpedo and probably sunk One is mUting of Royal Navy have tent seven to the bottom of die and damaged thr this news stated that mo tuutan armed and two schooners by fun and almost certainly sank a of Ill tons i and Canadian Press by able and Ltd Official reports from the Levant indicated to-night i -i Axis was attempting intervention by sea and air against the Allies The R A F Middle East Command announced British planes torpedoed an enemy ship in the Mediterranean near Beirut It was learnt in London to-day that in the northerly 0 THE EAST The principal air bases of the present focal point of war are by the airplane symbols German Soviet For for British troops reached about 12 miles east of and were continuing their advance northward Free French headquarters had a message from Jerusalem saying that the entry of Free French troops into Damascus may be Another message from Jerusalem i quoted an Commander as that square miles of Syria was now under M German Night Raids Cause Ratio of Axis Air Losses to British In Week June relations was still the forefront yf diplomatic con- jecture but some quarters were inclined to regard reports of German troop as ob- Nazi as a screen for a surprise probably against Britain The British Ambassador to Sir Hugh yesterday had an hour's that three German warplanes and T TT Nazi Warplanes Crash Near Lisbon City June official from Lisbon said today with the Turkish Foreign Minister A report from Ankara said it is bought that uhe Russo-German may have been among the questions discussed A Swiss broadcast in German an- that extensive and tank are at present taking place in Carious parts of the Soviet including the Moscow district and Canadian Press Dable and Wireless one unidentified aircraft crashed on the Portugu ese three miles from Lisbon Two planes fell in flames and another caught fire after crashing that lams by low rocky hills and exposed areas for British Men of the French Foreign Legion fighting un- der Vichy were exploiting their advantage to the full there They had ample means of resisting as they possessed heavy a number of tanks and other cles VICHY AIRCRAFT ACTIVE Vichy aircraft were also tive and gave Mr a chance of seeing some excellent anti aircraft fire by Australians Most of the British positions were ed several times daily but little OR THE WILFUL der of her Anna native of Bodden was sentenced to while her Harold was acquitted in the Grand Court at Grand Cayman on the 6th instant by His Honour Mr EM Resident Magistrate for who was appoint ed to preside over the Court of the Dependency 4 The trial of the two accused com- before a jury on the 4th in- the case for the Crown being presented by R H- Courts lor St of found the damage was done and the largest wreckage and two open parachutes casualties were Drench non- by that the crew of the combatants being marched back fourth plane may have landed along the coast safely It is officially announced in bon that telegram services to Croatia Signs Pact June tives of the puppet state of Croatia signed the pact in na to-day The which as usual was made as impressive as took place under the watchful eyes of the German and Italian Foreign Ministers of Japan and were present A message from a correspondent in Rome hinted that Montenegro may be next in the line of Axis created puppet states Probably the former dynasty will be restored The King was deposed in 1918 when don will be reopened tomorrow though on a restricted Wireless and Canadian Press by Cable and Wireless Ltd Young French prisoners of war with whom Mr had spoken stubbornly denied that there were any Germans in ly escaped being hit when 27 anese warplanes bombed the Yangtse River front Many bombs fell near the Embassy while an- other exploded in the river 75 feet away from an America gunboat The office of the military attache to the States Embassy was and the International one of Chungking's landmarks Montenegro was united tft and a direct hit and half the came part of building was American Embassy At Chungking Escapes Hit In Jap Air Raid June can Embassy at Chungking aroused much interest and it is be- and one sergeant of colonial try was visibly distressed when given concrete evidence of man infiltration He said had to obey our orders as but he knew Germany and not Great Britain was the real enemy of Frenchmen Yesterday's revelation that the organisation of air bases in Syria was arranged without the ledge of Marshal Petain has 2 tO 1 The case for the Crown was that June raids on this country tef BSS night were confined to the west of Little the and damage few The then M 4 Single enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the coast of East Anglia this afternoon and did some damage but no one was seriously hurt NIGHT DEFENCE SCORES Britain's home defences were credited downing seven Nazi raiders Friday night and observers termed the score remarkable in view of the small scale of the raids The Air Ministry said night fighters got three of them Observers recalled that last fall when as many as five hundred German planes were over the British Isles in a single night it was considered favourable if three or four were downed An additional raider was shot down by RAF patrol over the nel Saturday morning Mr Ernest Minister of said at Leicester Friday night that Great Britain was making night bombing expensive to the enemy this country Scientists skilled craftsmen and craftswomen were building up ament for night defence and day is not far distant when the ple of Great Britain will be as safe at night as they are now in the He also spoke of the Battle of the Atlantic and Navy has had to destroy dozens of submarine that have suddenly corne An official communique on said tbat enemy activity though mainly spread over southeast and east was not on a scale Reports so far received ed no substantial damage was done and the number of casualties not and by Cable and Wireless Ltd RATIO OF AXIS AIR LOSSES The ratio of Axis air losses to the during week ending dusk June 14 is nearly two The week's operations include many not live out unless I cannot get a dose of poison in It deposed that in the presence of witnesses the mother also threatened in November and uary to poison the deceased Evidence was led that between the 18th and 19th of January this year while Anna Watler was ab- sent from her home in Bod den Town the after eating meals prepared by took ill Dr A the ment Medical Officer attended the man at midnight on the and massive British raids on Germany on the following day he was re- the while man raids on Britain have been re- light figures man losses over Britain 14 Jten by four by losses over one German losses over Germany and pied twenty six In the Middle losses in the on the losses Government Chemist in eighteen In addition ships Analysis revealed that arsenic have destroyed two German planes was present in a number of the and probably destroyed specimens moved to Georgetown rus wife and other immediate relatives cared him the of January when he died ARSENIC IN exhumed Georgetown Cemetery on the night of February and as a result ten sealed together with articles were sent to the Also is the destruction of four enemy planes by naval Among the eighteen witnesses who testified for the prosecution craft during the withdrawal from were William Benjamin and Caryl Lelith Luna dian Press by Cable and Wireless Marie Nora Con- Ltd that it might have a effect on French opinion A number of Vichy soldiers in Syria were reported to have said that they were fighting only be- cause Marshal Petain gave the order Reduced Night Ac By Nazis Over Britain Examined s MW June reasons number of night raiders had fallen Next Tuesday is the anniversary relatively reduced gave a percentage of success c in v Shirts And Shorts novation or Men Summer Tod in all walks of life and en- sent which iU i gaged in the various branches of business and are responding this morning to the call of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce for a more dress during the mer The prospect of the men be- ing able to go through this mer season clad in cool utility shirts and comfortable and being able to discard collars and ties is a very happy one indeed Today clerks in several dry goods hardware and drug stores m and in legal and business es will appear in the summer outfit recommended by the Chamber of Commerce for those torrid days and during the more and more men will line up m the campaign A number of the city's lending merchants nnd professional men in Jamaica have been to wear during the and it is certain that after this year the period from July 1 to August 31 will find working men automatically donning mer clothes Office Managers and Chiefs oi Staffs in various have given the movement their and are as astic as their employees about this change to more sensible summer clothes The Council of the Chamber of Commerce is confident that the suggested change before many be adopted by all al men and by members of such as the Council of the Kingston and St Andrew Cor- Indeed the Councillors today often find it more pleasant to do Committee work in their of Marshal decision to ask for peace at any price and it was announced in Vichy that he is to give broadcast talk to mark the anniversary SUPPORT Today's news of the fighting in the East came in a com- from Royal Air Force headquarters It said that support of British troops and naval units operating off the coast of was continuing German bombers corted by fighters were attacked when they approached naval forces and several hostile planes and one bomber were damaged A number of other hostile aircraft were at- activity of German bombers over Britain during the past month were examined by Air Commodore R V lour times better than January Vernice Benson O Dr Alfred Walter Leigh Government Golstine Garvin and Inspector of J R Watler At the close of the case for the Mr in the ab- sence of the submitted that there was no case in law against the two prisoners to go to a and in the alternative it would tacked and damaged by British planes near Rayak The Germans today made their first admission of German action in Syria by mentioning a bombing attack by their aircraft on a Brit- ish naval formation off Beirut This may be a reference to the en- gagement in which Australian fighters destroyed three German dive bombers when they attempted to attack British naval Wireless and Canadian Press by Cable and Wireless Ltd ADVANCE ON BEIRUT WASHINGTON June admits tonight that the British have advanced their lines well within the outskirts of Beirut The British columns in all sectors are the foremost being five miles to the east rf Damascus The Goddard in a broadcast war gainsaid But we of mentary i beware of big surprises you Mr Goddard in the long it is asked his the great that tell Air battles are quick bulk of bombers has at the time of but air gone to the That is slowly won 1 would ask not so We know from our you to hold your courage for naissance that a small future night blitzes and try to of bombers has gone j come at any rate cha ce they down South recently but not us of deciding who is to be cient to account for the reduction m ster oi our night of enemy bomber effort in the past oy Cable and month do I consider misty nights to have been the lull for night bombers staying at home since their last disastrous raid on disastrous to I mean this is not just wishful professional optimism which the Germans say I suffer from Those I have been and they have grown more cautious June over- T I am only dealing nave dangerous on the with averages They cannot be RAF Trainees Welcomed In United States They had to stop Let UK not be so seas airmen play an ever-increasing modest that we can't raise a part m Great Britain i fn the office of the Clerk of i of threats alone and other evidence amounting to mere to leave the case to the jury SON ACQUITTED Small and the judge that there was no case in law made out against Uie that there was a prima facie c on a question ot fact to go to jury against his mother Summoned back to the jury on the direction of the Judge returned a verdict of not guilty against Harold No called for the defence Mr Small addressed the Mr Evans and the judge summed up the case The after retiring for some returned a verdict of guilty of murder against the woman and the death sentence was passed Evans verbal notice of in and later filed it for that substance of what 1 know first large contingent of ainees to reach the States those night raids is well were given a great known to the enemy so I can tell receptions were organised in their you Tho percentage of night bands British and ers brought down in January was American am and a substantial improvement on celebrations continued until early of the six months New next morning Gifts were showered Yesterday His Honour Mr icr and Messrs Small and Evans returned to Jamaica Thc condenA i woman will brought to Jamaica within the next couple of weeks HELPING GERMANY SUPPLIES June need of rubber has led take to maintain supplies the help of toe Vichy Government Information reached don of arrangements fer to Germany aU rubber in France Five thousand tons of rubber waa taken from French war the first month of in the five September 23 French railways yave priority to 3000 tons of rubber needed by then similar priority was same tt has been lone of tyres thould be from u owners tars to surrender A report said that at another town motors are ted for Jale without Car buyers are expected to ret the tyres for themselves less IN ABYSSINIA HARD PRESSED Benghazi harbour an Italian armed merchant cruiser lying thert was in the Sea two schooners and a large supply lighter was sunk and in the enemy occupied harbour of Mitylene an enemy supply ship of tons was made a total loss and an Italian tanker of tons limped into Istanbul harbour after being damaged by torpedo The round-up of the supply ships of the battleship Bismarck has been carried a step further by the Royal Navy and craft of the Royal Air Force Six German supply ships and one armed trawler have sunk since the Bismarck was The Prinz Eugen and the Scharn- horst and were battered last night when strong forces ot bombers again attacked Brest Many heavy bombs exploded in the dockyard and straddled the berths of t h e three German cruisers Informed sources expressed belief that the British aerial pedo that hit one of two known pocket oft southern Norway cm would keep the vessel out of commission possibly for months Neither the nor the Admiralty of- word of Hie fate ot the officially declared i- while headin German attempts to get powerful warships loose in the Atlantic in- that and long range bombers were failing in the attempt to starve cut Britain and States aid trom ing British Middle East forces The sergeant 41 the Beaufort machine whose torpedo hit the German pocket battleship eff Norway was day He comes from and this was his first pedo attack He can tell the people back home we have something good in these Beaufort torpedo carrying machines Patriot Forces Encircle Point of Resistance Government Keeping Watch On Landlords June was reported in Cairo this afternoon that op- against the remnants of Italian forces in Abyssinia continued slowly but through heavy rain that made troop movements cult communique said that strong Patriot forces were moving up with Imperial troops to plete the of the principal remaining point of Italian resistance Earlier messages said that West African and Belgian troops were also engaged in these operations and the South African Air Force was continually raiding the Italian strongholds HEAVY AIR ATTACKS On Friday for the second night in bombers made heavy attacks on Benghazi and Calato where a number of fires were started Landing grounds at Gazala and Derna were also attacked They destroyed two enemy aircraft at Gazala and aged others Between Gazala and Fort Capuzzo they destroyed p number of fighting A South African plane shot a Messerschmitt 110 RAIDS ON CYPRUS Cyprus had its second enemy air raid of the war on Friday after- noon Bombs were dropped on two villages on the western end of the island No damage was done and only one villager was less Close watch is kept on the action oi the In the Corporate Area as a result of the Bent Restriction re- cently passed in the Legislative Some landlords are inclined to take the view that they are entitled to immediately in- crease rental by the 10 per cent allowed under the new but the is intended to stop the profiteering which has gone on in certain areas ing the past few If this profiteering were to become more pronounced through any mistaken ideas as to the purpose of the new it is understood that will take immediate action have agreed to renounce the shirt Syrian Lebanon Ins Mny able FOUR HURT IN BUS ACCIDENT Four persons suffered injuries in an accident on Friday when a motor omnibus plying between Kingston and Clarendon overturned into the swamps at Duhaney Bridge on the Spanish Town Road Although the bus had many DESTROYER JERSEY SUNK BY MINE June tonight that Hil Majesty's Ship a ton destroyer of the Javelin has been sunk by an enemy mine The Jersey was built in 193Q her normal complement was 183 She is the destroyer Britain has lost The Commander of the Lieutenant Commander was rescued This is the third time that he has escaped from ers sunk by enemy action He commanded the Hostile which took a prominent part in the first and second battles of the Hostile was sunk ther destroyer which he ed was also sunk Lieutenant Commander Nugent was awarded the in December for successful action against enemy sengers on the majority caped injury The injured were taken to the Kingston Public Hospital for The St Andrew police ed the scene and took
