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No. 92.029
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1940
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LATE FINAL
NIGHT
INSIST ON
Daisy Brand
Australia's Choices
BUTTER
GRIM FIGHTING IN ALBANIA
Italians Throw More And More Men Into Action
NIGHT
RAIDS OVER WIDE AREA
Enemy air activity over Britain during the day- light hours yesterday was very small but after dark- ness were reported from
Repeated Counter GIVE THE
Attacks: Intense Air Activity
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IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN ATHENS YESTERDAY THAT GREEK
'PLANES HAD DOWNED 18 ITALIAN MACHINES AND ROUTED several districts, includ- MANY OTHERS ON SUNDAY DURING INTENSIFIED AIR FIGHTING ing northern towns, OVER THE WHOLE ALBANIAN FRONT.
Liverpool, east Midland Greek siege artillery has opened a bomb-
towns and towns in west ardment of Chimara, where the Italian right SOVIET
and south-west England
and Wales.
wing is making a desperate stand against
Up to a late hour last night Greek columns pushing on “Valona, where PROTEST IN
there were, no reports of
heavy
bombings but in several places many Italian reinforcements are disembark-
raiders met a strong anti-aircraft · barrage.
The alarm was sounded in! the London area soon after dusk
and there were indications that
ing put up against the raiders. During the day one Junkers 88
ing.
The Greeks, hurling back fierce counter-
a very heavy barrage was be attacks, resumed the advance along the en- tire front yesterday, p'acing Chimara under direct siege and tightening the circle of steel round Tepeleni and Klisura.
bomber was reported brought
down in south-eastern England.-- Reuter.
Lord Halifax Forecasts Accurate
Conforming to forecasts, an official an- nouncement issued in London last night con- firmed the appointment of Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, as British Ambassador in Washington in succession to the late Lord Lothian.-
Lord Halifax is succeeded at the Foreign Office by Mr. Anthony Eden, at present Secre- tary for War, who thus returns to the post he held under Mr. Chamberlain which he resigned as a protest against the appeasement of Italy policy. Reuter.
WANG MAN MORE NAZI TROOPS IN
SHOT DEAD ROMANIA
Another
RUMANIA
A PROTEST AGAINST THE ANTI-SOVIET CAMPAIGN IN RUMANIA AND AGAINST DES- CRIBING ARRESTED PERSONS AS COMMUNISTS "WHEN THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO
Especially heavy.fight-| WITH THE COMMUNIST ing occurred near Klisura, MOVEMENT" IS REPORTED TO which is an important HAVE BEEN LODGED BY THE junction town.
SOVIET MINISTER IN BUCH- AREST, M. LAVRENTIEFF.
DEVIL HIS DUE!
Almighty God has call- ed on Germany to lead the way
to a purer and better world so Herr Frank, Nazi Governor- General of Poland, told an audience at Krakov dur- ing a Christmas celebra- tion.
"This Christmas tree", he said, "brings us a sacred message that the German nation has been call-
establish peace ed upon to Europe through Adoli Hitler's vic-
tory.
In
"The highest good, the great- est gift Almighty God has given to man is to be a German,
the "We are proud to master world as Germans. Never before have we been so exalted."
Referring to Hitler, he said: ·-- "He who sits in lonely sub- Ilmity, he is incomparably great In his uniqueness! Adolf Hitler la called upon to be the leader of the world; unhampered by anyone.
"The Almighty made this Ger- man nation so that it may carry the light into the wilderness!"
The Italiana are massing all available reinforcements at KI- The Minister was reported in | Reuter. sura and are making repeated | Belgrade yesterday to have stat- counter-attacks, but are gra-ed that Rumania's actions were dually being forced back and "intended to camouflage subver-WEATHER FORECAST - East
sive actions by the "Rumanian Legion," and he demanded that they should cease. — Reuter.
decimated.
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The Italians are apparently try- ing to hamper the Greek advance and gain time for the retreat of the main bulk of the army north and west to the Chimara-Elbasan line.
Taken By Storm Despite furious Italian resis- tance Greek infantry, supported by feld-guns, stormed and cap- tured several mountain heights dominating Klisura.
The Columbia Broadcasting System in New York last night picked up a B.B.C. broadcast quoting an Athens radio on- nouncement that Chimara has been captured. International News Service,
U.S. NAVAL ORDERS
NEW DETACHMENTS OF The United States Navy has murder be- GERMAN TROOPS OF FIN-placed orders totalling approxi- lieved to be due to politi- STATIMISOARA, IN RUMANIA, chasers and auxillaries, including STRUCTION” HAVE ARRIVED mately $284,000,000 for submarine cal reasons- occurred in DURING THE WEEK, ACCORD four vessels designed for placing Shanghai last evenings
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