The Senate yesterday tmanimously approved legislation permitting United States ships to bring children from the war zone. The Bill is now being sent to the House of Represen-tallyes.
Several liners carrying about 700 children from Britain entered Eastern Canadian port Jate-on Mor day.—-Reuter. town, but was driven off by a British fighter. In other areas of south-eas; England. bombs released rural districts caused casualties Shops and homes were damaged when bombs fell on the outskirts of a city in the Midlands. but fortunately there were few casualties The Ministries of Air and. Home town In. South-west Engl bombs fell in a public. park, others damaged houses near a railway station, the communique report ed, adding that a number of persons were injured, some fatally.
German air activity over Britain last night before 8 described Persons were killed and. several tne Sured during night bombings of southwest town, while a lone German plane swooped' down and machinegunned men bathing at a beach on the southeast coast, the oficial communique said, A few. miles from this scene, British Mghters brought down two raiders which had damaged a row of houses and injured many people i attacking a nearby town, the official war report went on, The Air Ministry stated thal, ace cording to reports available before Spam. yesterday. three German Blanes had been brought down by British fighters and one by anti alr-craft guns—United Press.
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