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Brit naval circles silent on German claim of 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 5 transports sunk off Namsos
Pacific: Edison returns to Wash; was on destroyer "sunk,"
Chamberlain faces questioning on campaign handling
pub reaction; Cong comment; additional sums offered; V F Himmelwright offers reward for Chamberlain and Reynaud capture; P Bigelow comments
rumors of ill-trained troops and refusal to accept Norwegian mil experts advice spread in London
1940Ernest Joyce, English explorer (born 1875)[†]
Ernest Edward Mills Joyce AM was a Royal Naval seaman and explorer who participated in four Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, in the early 20th century. He served under both Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. As a member of the Ross Sea party in Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Joyce earned an Albert Medal for his actions in bringing the stricken party to safety, after a traumatic journey on the Great Ice Barrier. He was awarded the Polar Medal with four bars, one of only two men to be so honoured, the other being his contemporary, Frank Wild.