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[The British Legation, Reykjavik, Iceland; Icelandic; The Blitz, 1940; Rev Dr John Charles Fulton Hood (1884-1964), editor of 'TBiblio.com

Long telegram to the British Legation in Reykjavik from the Home Office in Whitehall instructing them on position to take with the press depending on the result of the impending 'GERMAN AIROFFENSIVE CONTRABRITAIN' i.e. the Blitz.

rif. 11803On 'Landssimi Islands' telegram form. From London to 'PRODROME REYKJAVIK' on 19 August 1940. From the papers of Rev. J. C. Fulton Hood who having been Chief Chaplain British Forces in Norway in 1940 worked in Iceland between 1940 and 1941. A pencil note on the telegram see below refers to 'The Midnight Sun' the troops’ newspaper in Norway and Iceland which Hood founded and edited. He was made a Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon in 1949. The telegram is in good condition on lightly-aged paper and bears an oval blue 'LANDSSIMINN' stamp. It is headed 'PRESSE PRODROME REYKJAVIK' 'Prodrome Reykjavik' being the British Icelandic Legation's telegraph address. It reads as follows: 'MOIPCB LONDON OBGS R146 77W 1902 19 = = CIRCULAR GUIDANCE STOP TIS IMPORTANT YOU SHOULD TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY NOW EMPHASISE CRITICAL NATURE PRESENT GERMAN AIROFFENSIVE CONTRABRITAIN SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF WHICH WILL CONSTITUTE MAJOR TURNING POINT WARWARDS STOP IF AND WHEN AS RESULT HEAVY LOSSES GERMAS COMPELLED OFFCALL OFFENSIVE YOULL THEN BE POSITIONWARDS TO POINT ITS CESSATION AS MAJOR BRITISH VICTORY AND EXPOSE GERMAN ATTEMPTS CONCEAL FAILURE BY PASSING OFF AS SIDESHOW OR MASKING WITH SPECTACULAR ADVANCE SOME OTHER POINT = EMPAX 577'. In pencil in the top right-hand corner of the telegram is the following pencil note referring to Hood's newspaper 'The Midnight Sun': 'Could Hood get this over in his paper signed C.M. 20/8'. Between July and September 1940 the Luftwaffe attacked RAF Fighter Command to gain air superiority as a prelude to invasion bombing English Channel convoys ports and RAF airfields and supporting industries; the Blitz began in earnest on 7 September. On 'Landssimi Islands' telegram form. From London to 'PRODROME REYKJAVIK' on 19 August 1940. unknown

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Summers, R.H.; Major Charlton Anne; Jefferson, Robert L.; Wisbey, Charles; Maturin, Mrs. Fred; et alMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine - An Illustrated Monthly, June 1899, Vol. 3, No. 14 - Jumping Procession at Echternach / Where Women Never Speak

1899Pages 114-224. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part X; My Baby Leopard - R.H. Summers describes raising the cubs of a large leopardess he shot - with photos; The Peril of Seaman Diver Young - he spent five hours upside-down underwater while attempting to retrieve a torpedo for the H.M.S. Hood; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part 3 of 3 of this excellent photo-illustrated recollection by Robert L. Jefferson; Our Baboon Hunt - South African farmer Mr. Charles Wisbey describes how he battled a serious pest - with photos; A Night to Remember - Edith and Leila become lost in a remote tiger-infested Indian jungle; The Jumping Procession at Echternach, Luxemburg - photo-illustrated article; A Masai Massacre - Missionary Rev. James Houghton and his wife are murdered in Central Africa; Through Pygmy Land - part II of a photo-illustrated account of Albert B. Lloyd and his trip; Entombed in a "Drive" - Australian Louis Anson is trapped deep underground; Venomous Snakes and Their Ways - photo-illustrated article, including Lieut.-Colonel N. Montgomery, who was killed by a Mamba in Zululand; Where Women Never Speak - photo-illustrated article on the Abbe Cestac in southwesst France; A Fight with Wolves on the Altar - Galician Stanislaus Bruhs is attacked by three large wolves in a church!; Dramatic photo of Judge Lynch and black man about to be lynched at Texarkansas; Photo of Persian being treated for opium addiction with milk and a twist; Photo of the Rosary Fete in the city gaol, Manila, Philippines; Photo-illustrated announcement of upcoming article on Charles Neufeld, a prisoner for 12 years in Omdurman; and more. Above-average wear. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book

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