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Last week in London the Royal Air Force signed on two more recruits. They were two Belgian fliers whom the Germans captured last year. They finally got back to Antwerp, but they did not like the way things were going. They chafed to do something about it. But what? They learned of an old army trainer. It had been left in a stable outside Antwerp. One night they went to the stable and were overjoyed to find the plane still there. They made keys to the stable lock...
...Belgian refugee named Victor de Laveleye first had the idea. In a shortwave broadcast from London to his countrymen he asked them to chalk the letter V (for victoire) in public places as a sign of confidence in their deliverance...
...popularity. François van de Meulebroeck is 64. The Nazis decreed that no burgomaster could be more than 60, arrested him. They tore down posters of his proclamation of protest. In the spirit of his predecessor, the Bruxellois pasted them up again. Last week the two Belgian fliers who escaped to England (see p. 17) brought a copy of the proclamation with them...
Biggest of all possible Nazi hookups, including French, Norwegian, Dutch and Belgian stations, is reserved for the Führer, and there is a special decree forbidding such coverage for anybody...
...attacked the British Embassy). Denmark broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, closed its only Communist paper, rounded up Reds. German propaganda announced that the Regiment Nordland, composed of Danish and Norwegian Nazis, was fighting on the Finnish Front. There was also a Regiment Westland, made up of Dutch and Belgian Nazis, in Finland, said the Nazis. Vichy broke off relations with Russia. Sweden granted Germany the right to transport troops from Norway to Finland...