Washington, Oct. 21. Colonel Frank Knox, Secre~ tary of the Navy, in a special Navy Day message yesterday, urged service men to keep the United States Navy strong, efficient and ready "in this serious time in the nation's history."
The outspoken aim of the recent tripartite pact, he added, was the application of pres. sure on all nations not at war, including the United States—Reuter. difficult to observe from here the Hashes of the British bombs.
Hundreds of persons. fined the waterfront here last night to see what, they could of the RAF. attacks. They said it looked like perfect wea ther for a German invasion, but believed the R.A. had "got there 'A. Messerschmitt plane was shot down over Dover yesterday. The German pilot, slightly wounded, landed in a field' by parachute. He was taken into custody by a farmer.
British long range guns fired twenty rounds at German ships attempting to reach Boulogne from Calais yesterday morning. An RAF. reconnaissance plane spotted the German ships and Girected the artillery fire. Because of the heavy mist, observers could not ste the result of the bombardment. The detonation of the British uns shook the entire city of Dover.
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