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Britain will have no Christmas Bank Holiday this year, and there will be no Bank Holiday on Christmas Day in Scot- land or on Boxing Day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
War workers are officially ask- ed to take one day off only either on Christmas Day. or New Year's Day--and there will be no extra travel facilities over the holiday period,
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Lord Lothian's Comment Clarified DIVISIONS
GREEKS TAKE 8,000 MORE PRISONERS
The Greeks have taken 8,000 more Ita- lian prisoners in Al- bania, it was officially announced in Athens yesterday, says Reu-
ter.
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THE FIRST OFFICIAL PRONOUNCEMENT ON THE SUGGESTION OF THE BRITISH AM. BASSADOR, LORD LOTHIAN, OF AMERICA Į CREDITS TO BRITAIN, WAS MADE IN WASH-(By Reuter's special cor INGTON YESTERDAY.
In reply to interrogation the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, said the whole ques- tion of financial aid to Britain would appar ently have to be considered by governmental and congressional authorities with a view to establishing a basic policy before specific methods were discussed.
Mr. Cordell Hull said he could not without further study ex- press an opinion whether some form, of assistance might be 000|found. possible without revision of the Johnson and Neutrality Acts by Congress.
Giving guidance to industry in regard to working arrange=| 06 ments at: Christmas and the New Year, the Ministry of Labour
to impede 16 but this is not the yesterday stated that the flow of
moment for any stackening off. production for war purposes 18
The more the flow of production | great and over increasing is accelerated the earlier will be spite of the efforts of the enemy the day of final-victory-Reuter:-
BULGARIA DISAPPOINTS AXIS POWERS
THE BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER, M. FILOFF, AND FOREIGN MINISTER, M. PO- POFF, ARE NOT AFTER ALL GOING TO BER- LIN, ACCORDING TO A DENIAL ISSUED YES- TERDAY BY THE ITALIAN STEFANI AGENCY WHICH THUS CANCELS STATEMENTS. BROADCAST BY ROME RADIO ON SATUR- DAY.
Stefani yesterday quoted authorised cir- cles as saying that no visit by Bulgarian po- liticians is for the present expected in the Reich capital.
"Enemy propaganda" is blamed adherence to the Pact or similar for the reports.
action on the part of Rumania and Hungary
In the meantime, the speedy denial given by the official Soviet news agency to German · newspa- per reports regarding Hungary's adherence to the Tri-Partite Pact is interpreted by diplomatic cir- cles in Moscow as a re-statement
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It was announced White House that Lord Lothian
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would confer with President Breakdown of Axis "col- Roosevelt in the afternoon, laboration" in the air wor Following a conference which
President Roosevelt had with over Britain has had one Congressional leaders yesterday curious sequel, wrote Senator Barkley expressed' the
opinion that the question of Bri- Reuter's air correspondent tish credits would not be taken up in the current session of Congress.
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Questions
Interviewed by Reuter vester day about queries from London on his statement to newspaper- men on Saturday, Lord Lothian said these queries were clearly (Continued On Page 16)
Ulster's New Premier
The new Prime Minister of Northern Ireland will be Mr. John Miller An- drews, who has been Minister of Finance in the
yesterday.
The escort of Italian fighters. sent over the Channel recently to protect German bombers was so badly handled by British, fighters that they fled and left their Nazi comrades to fend for them-
selves.
respondent in Greece)
Four Italian divisions, it is estimated, so far have been cut up and de- stroyed on the Albanian front since the outbreak Athens to-night, [of war, I was informed in
It was added that the single armoured division Ponsisting of two columns with which Italy began the war had been thorough- ly dislocated and temporarily was. practically useless.
Military experts" confirmed that the general Gréck advarice was continuing Lond that ... so- veral new strategio operations wore developing, but at the
· same time they sounded a-note. of caution..
Don't expect the Greek, com- mand to state in its communiques
everything it achieves," it was.
stated. Reuter,
man formation, returned home their pilotą, forreted... aut the: Italian pilots.
and Arguments led to blows blows to shots. It is reported
It has now been ascertained that some of the combatants were that when the scattered Ger- killed.-Reuter.
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Mr. Andrews succeeds the late KING BORIS OF BULGARIA Lord Craigavon, who died at his
home suddenly two days ago,
of the Soviet Union's neutrality YESTERDAY RECEIVED M. SO-de-Mr. Andrews will continue to and an affirmation that the Soviet BOLOV, LEADER OF THE 80.
stands outside the Axis,
¡VIET DELEGATION TO THE
hold the office of Minister of Finance, according to a state- ment lasued officially after" a The report concerned appter- DANUBE CONFERENCE
meeting of the 'Northern Iraland od in the "Hamburger Fremden=""
Cabinet yesterday.de blatt!! which... declared that
SINCE HIS RECENT ARRIVAL: Mr. Andrews has accepted, the Hungary'a-adherence "to" the lym
IN SOFIA M. SOBOLOV AL80 office of Prime Minister until the Pant-was: "made with" "the"""aps s
* Ulster Unionist. Council has chos- proval and cooperation of the HAD INTERVIEWS WITH THE on a new party leader. Soviet Union. KANAN BULGARIAN PRIME OMINIB-¦¦ Mr. Andrews had been closely TER, M FILOFF, AND FOR0nadclatcil with the late Lord Craigavon and had been known as MINISTER
¿Lord Craigavon's 'right-hand man,
Reuter,
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