Five hundred lorries will be used. 'Good bricks recovered will be used for building shelters "and other ARP. works. Suitable timber will ibe used for bunks in. shelters and for repairing houses. Personal property' salvaged from wrecked dwellings will, be cared for borough councils until it is claimed by owners, Unusable debris wil be dumped in holes or put on Essex marshes. necessary it will be taken out in hop-[pers and dumped in the sea.
The civilian labour army alongside whom troops. will work will include unemployed skilled men who will be mobilized by the Ministry of Labour. The London County Council and councils of other Home Counties will organize clearance plans, the cost which will be borne by the Government. A special commissioner who will exercise general direction aims Jat helping local councils and not superseding those which already are making satisfactory and in some cases rapid progress in clearing up arrears, When the accumulation is cleared it Is hoped that local authorities will able to clear future wreckage as it oceurs—-Reuter, Midlands Batterea London, Oct. 13.
The German air blitz against Lon-Jdon died down Jast night with only foceasional German planes reaching the London area up to 1 am.
One Midlands town, however, 6xperienced its heaviest raid of the wat Six high explosive bombs fell on the town "before the air alarm had sounded. They were believed to have been dropped by a plane which sounded, a heavy shower of ineendlary bombs fel] on the town, starting number of fires. Houses and shops also. were jed_by time bombs topped in several sections of the One unusually heavy high explosive bomb fell on a famous. London street intersection late last night and aryed a huge crater in the roadway. There was virtually no other damage inflicted by the bomb, however. AN istorie monument standing only 20 yards away escaped damage.
London Surprised bombers surprised Land at the bert for shelter, Brit teries sent' up a thunderous barrage iis whose bursts mingled with it raid sirens which were still ailing.
The German night attack besan at 7.0 pin. following dive da on London. "A number of persons were killed an perty damage inflicted during the daylight raids, "The German planes flew at high altitudes during the daylight raids, ually being hidden from observers the ground by low-hanging cloyd banks,
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