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Banse Plan. In an invasion the German Air Force would have the task of razing the naval bases at Harwich, Sheerness, Chatham, Ramsgate, Dover, Portsmouth, Southampton, Cowes, Plymouth (see map, p. 18), Britain's Fleet air arm. Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force, and anti-aircraft batteries would have to protect Britain's naval bases as best they could. Last week's preliminary Nazi bombings in Essex and Yorkshire were possibly to test and spot these defenses. German coastal cannon planted at Calais, Cap Gris Nez. Boulogne might aid in trying to reduce the British bases...
...Samuel Hoare. "I have a suspicion," he declared before a Labor Party Regional Conference at Southampton, "that these three men are primarily responsible for the relative weakness of our war effort. I urge them to consider whether their best service to the country would not be by way of resignation...
...shadow crew of 378 was signed on "for the run to Southampton," at four quid two and ten (about...
...summer it is Sea Bright, Southampton, Newport, Rye-staying at the best hotels or draw-my-bath private homes. In the winter it is Palm Beach, Bermuda, Jamaica. In the spring Pinehurst, Asheville, Hot Springs-guests of hotel managements that occasionally offer more attractive bait for players than mere traveling expenses and $30-a-day suites. Some tournament promoters have been known to offer lump-sum traveling expenses that could take the player to Buenos Aires and back. Now & then a well-heeled promoter has even been known to get around the amateur code by making a friendly little wager...
...then I said "goodbye" to my child and fled for home again. Two days before war was declared, the Southampton children were evacuated. Jenny assisted the doctor for two long days inspecting heads, teeth, etc., before these children were sent to billets. We got four-aged...