Show GERMANS STAGE ST AGE FIVE DAY RAIDS Consecutive Night Nigh Attack Hits London LONDON Oct Od 17 W The W-The The ministry of home security Thursday night Issued the following followIng following fol fol- fol- fol lowing During DurIng- one of this afternoons afternoon's raids several bombs were Mere dropped near Canterbury ca ca- ca thedral The cathedral Itself happily suffered no harm LONDON Oct 17 UP German P-German German warplanes which all day had beaten beat beat- en at England in formations o oJ ot hundreds returned early Thursday night to London for their consecutive con con- assault nightly L Five times during the day sirens siren had sounded and while most of the raiders had been turned back before before be be- fore reaching the city some bombs dropped and there were civilian n casualties An undetermined number num number nuni num- ber were trapped by the collapse of a three-story three building which fell fel across an air raid shelter Later In the evening a government government govern govern- ment department announced removal removal re moval of one of Its sections from London Trade Unit Moves Motes The board of trade said sald its offices offices of of- for the registration of busIness business busi bust ness names had been moved to the Grand hotel Llandudno Wales However It was stated In parliamentary par par- circles that in spite of ol recent heavy bombings the government government govern govern- ment has no intention of leaving lea London Meanwhile the air ministry news service announced tons of high explosives explosives ex ex- plosives and incendiary bombs were dropped on the German naval base at Kiel last night some of them straddling a warship The bul- bul leton said drifting clouds made observation observation ob ob- ob- ob of results difficult al although although al al- though the raiders carried on the attack for two hours for the second night in succession Their targets were the Deutsche and ship yards ards at the naval base The Incessant bombardment of German war bases and war In Industries Industries Industries In- In now tied In with a growing naval offensive was reported to have caused new and extensive fires also at Hamburg Hamb rg Bremen and I Cuxhaven German air raids on London started early in the morning when 20 planet planes crossed the coast near the Thames estuary and tried to force their way toward the capital Raiders Rf Repulsed pulsed They were quickly repulsed But Buta a n few minutes later a group of more moro than appeared and some of Df these bombed the London area Then an even larger formation Continued en on P Pare Pue Column Thre GERMANS STAGE S1 AGE FIVE DAY RAIDS Continued From Page One crossed the Kent coast flying high above the clouds It split into waves some of which took th the favored western route inland and ci circled towards the capital capita Only a short time later the sirens In the London area shrilled out for the fourth time since dawn as Germans tried to beat off oft the Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons patrolling the coast A few minutes after alter the fourth alarm wailed waned air raid wardens patrolling the streets and rooftops whistled a shrill secondary warning warnIng warn warn- ing which means raiders overhead over over- head Malcolm MacDonald minister of ot health told commons about expectant expectant expectant ex ex- mothers are leaving London London London Lon Lon- don every week to escape the dangers of German erman air raids Casualties Held Slight Air raid casualties at present he said are slight despite the strenuous us and wanton efforts of the German airmen and only Si some beds In hospital wards are filled by such casualties More casualties may maybe be expected however however how how- however ever he said before the enemy is finally beaten back from London Lon Lon- don He also told commons that about school children or about 5 56 6 per cent of the school population population tion had left London |