London, Feb, 14.
The story of how a Wellington bomber which had lost its course after a night raid was saved by a chance meeting over the North Sea with another British plane, is told by the Admiralty newspaper.
The Wellington had to grope its way home, its wireless out of action and with little less than an hour's supply of petrol, The machine was actually flying directly away from home when suddenly out of the half light of the rising sun appeared a Hudson reconnaissance plane of the Coastal Command, The captain of the Wellington signalled by hand: "How far to nearest land?"—"Follow me!" was the Hudson's reply. The Wellington turned and followed the Hudson, which made the way back to an "oman to Suicide Poverty claimed another victim early yesterday morning when the common law husband of Xenia Erontievna Poliakova awoke to find her hanging in the alcove of their little room of the Naigai Wata Kaisha mills quarters at 881 Gordon Road.
The police were notified of the suicide at about 830 am. when they received a telephone call from the General Hospital, to which the woman had been taken in an SF.B. ambulance.
It was learned that the husband of the suicide, employed by the firm as a chauffeur, went to bed at about 1130 pin. on Thursday, while his wife remained reading. At about 6.30 am. yesterday, he awoke and saw that his wife was not in bed.
Looking around, he saw her hanging in the alcove of their room. She had committed suicide by using a belt from her dress.
The suicide left a brief a note, saying that she was tired of living and that she had decided to end her life.
It was believed, however, that she had been driven to suicide by poverty.
She was about 35 years of age and had lived at the mill quarters the past two years. aerodrome near the Scottish coast, 140 miles away, When the Wellington landed its petrol tank was dry, while the Hudson circled above it to see if it got down safely, before proceeding fo its own base—Reuter, Car Commandeered A hire car of the Johnson Garage was commandeered by four robbers two armed, last night at Brenan Piece to where the car had been ordered.
Two of the robbers intimidated the chauffeur and forced him to drive to 112 Tongsin Road where three of the robbers got in and committed an armed robbery while their confederate watched the chauffeur. The car later was driven to Singapore Road from where the robbers alighted and escaped into Chinese territory.
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