Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 1

CLOSING PRICES 'ft JeviuVSTANPARO RepieuilMr 9 194a FINAL NIGHT" EXTRA1 EVENING PAG pns in GIN SSkust (7s and search Vn handicapped raids by the the German authoritative kC2V that the guns both Satur ate working in howeyer for find a target chlight beam It ur anti-aircraft aeir ammunition The King Among Wrecked Homes of His Peot 4 the German very high that caught within RAF irchlights They by a certain 4 which of course 1 3 fl 0UI6 The AW Ministry tWVet V'i I 5dert in not iM-f etee A large fowot bombers made i cnca tratedlattack for more that tfcrB Wle to last night the docks and Undeterred alters ohelfe'lbtjre ot concentrations pates of thrXc and much gfroundlazA 1- and much gfroundlaze crated abovj the 9 the banks of the Repeatedly Of heavi Btohm andlVossjJ1' Fires out i stary of the the wide target hm South Ken-some died Janis stated on and hnrstjujjeaded guilty uru VS supplying Wharves and non-per- The crew final site pay J-25 Si ta52f club stream HmBed tor a dowa canght The King (in centre inspecting air-raid damage in an eastern district of London when he made a tour to-day THE KING estimated authoritatively that at Theatres Oae of theam said the club dropped a sticed of one room two fires begltogd 0f observation ards apart on tfinunv 1215 a the mouth of the Elbe Acuity in Another pilot who arrived later said: As we entered the mouthof' Elbe from Trischen Island (Thich Sand) and came down the fiver8011 could see the anti-aircraft batt and firing hard sling Glare in the Skv Many Are Closing SEES CRATER 50 ft DEEP 1 is i Evening Standard Reporter is least 150 German airplanes took part in the all-night raid on the London area which ended at 540 am to-day An Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security communique issued this afternoon says HAS ONCE MORE BEEN THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE ENEMY AND ITS CITIZENS HAVE MET THE BLIND SAVAGERY OF THESE LATEST NIGHT ATTACKS WITH ADMIRABLE COURAGE AND RESOURCE Bombing" fThe King to-day toured the East End visiting many places where German bombs had wrecked homes during the ten-hour raid on London Evening Standard Reporter JLf any London theatres will be closed as from to-night This is a temporary suspension and the position will be reviewed during the week Among those which have taken this decision are the following Hay market'- (to which Rock" was to have been transferred to-night) Globe (where Millionairess" was to have been played on Wednesday) Rebecca Adelphi Dear Aldwych Strand and Palladium Hippodrome Holbom Empire Finsbury Park Empire Stratford Empire New Cross Empire and Penge Empire are also closing The players are prepared to work but managers are of the opinion that audiences would not be large enough to justify performances" the secretary of the Theatrical Association told me From some miles west of Haratw we saw the bombs landing the was area and a large fire There someone bombs bursting neipld-By 11 low cloud had foi A pilot arriving then said could see little owmg fi clouds haze darkness fend heavy1 aircraft fire But we did see bombs straddled the docks-' V3 1 Bombs could beseea 'hrtl? among dockside buildings a' fierce A A barrageXcontint al scores of brilUant seaftawfl the sky More fires broke out were burning fiercely bombers left From far down the raiders one saw The Berlin says the districts of Luenenberg were also bom' And the East End were quick to appreciate that the King had come among them while the firemen were still fighting the flames and the rescue parties still digging amid piles of debris Time after time as he left some scene of wreckage the crowds rushed round him Czech Revo First Air Son is Missing Eight Houses Gone Pushing past a police sergeant one woman tapped the King on the arm and shouted: bet old Hitler daren't go among his folk like this In one road the King saw a hui bomb crater which had complete engulfed eight houses It was at leas 50 feet deep and 80 feet across As he scrambled through dust anc rim the King enquired and was relieved to there had been few the residents had been in shelters at the back tour the King visitec north anc Reports of the damage caused in the attacks on London last night are not yet complete but some particulars can now be given attacks were severe and continued throughout the hours of darkness Bombing was widespread over the London area and luas for the most part indiscriminate damage was heavy and comprised many targets of a non-military character including three hospitals and two museums The number of casualties cannot at present be assessed though f-r as information is available it is not anticipated that the numbers will exceed those of Saturday (Continued on Back Pare Co News has reached London new wave of arrests of so-called of and Moravia During the last few days 1 have been arrested in Prague ying-officer William Henry Rhodes-Moorhouse DFC 26 is missing after a fight over the Channel it is learned in London lo-day He is the only son of Lieutenan Moor house who died of wounds in carrying out a feat which made him other scffif -7- the first VC of the debris to its about casualties learn that Most of Anderson During his hir the la Slovak circles in Lon -1 r' -1 ijn.