The Archive · 1939

More Bombs Found

London, Jan, 20. in, Russia, France, gium and Sweden. resolution, however, was og 25 35 dealing with the bombard-open towns, This was to be last night. It will be sub-to a public meeting of the League Council today.

At a private meeting of the repre sentatives of Latvia, France, Yugoslavia, Great Britain, China and Russia, Dr. for sanctions.—ced aanhad however, against Japan.

the matter further at 9.30 igue Council met again

Friday Shanghai time 1 rid e). ondldes with. ihe suggestion. that wi members of the League consult one "with regard to the measures by Dr. Koo. It is under-

generous was Ges rte acd wen unanimously by the Council.

Discovery of an unexploded bomb near an electricity pylon at Windle, near St. Helens, is being investigated by the Lancashire County Police.

Indicating that the series or bombings throughout Great Britain is not yet ended, the editor of the Birmingham "Evening Dispatch" yesterday received an anonymous postcard containing the following message: Warning—London, Manchester, Liverpool Battersea, Rhyadder and Coventry are the next, and there Will be no mistakes this time. But we have not finished here yet. Look after Saltley;"

The card, written in ink, was posted in Birmingham, and signed with a crudely drawn Irish harp. The reference {o Rhayad, (wrongly spelt in the postcard), probably constitutes a threat against Birmingham's water supply. The card has been handed over to the Birmingham Criminal Investigation Department.—Reuter.

Tralee Explosion Facts Told Dublin, Jan. 20. ay, it cannot bë Chinese Govern-is that the conto in the China re-

A Department of Justice statement en the explosion yesterday morning at an hotel in Tralee in Eire where Mr. Frank Chamberlain, the British Premier's son, was staying, declares: "A small quantity of explosive material was inserted in a one-pound tobacco tin, which seems to have been placed in a hole in the wall about twelve yards from the hotel. The explosion was so slight that it was scarcely heard in the hotel, The damage was limited to the dislodging of a small portion of the wall, and the breaking of some windows in the immediate vicinity. The hotel was "not damaged.in any wa:

Police circles here state that the bombing would appear to be con-meeted with the serious of outrages in England and Ireland, which are thought to be the work of a small number of Irish Republican extremists. They declare that the incidents also appear to have been intended as a demonstration oe hostility to English visitors.—Reuter.

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