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LATE NIGHT
ROOSEVELT STIFFENING SPEECH LA FINAL
1941
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INSIST ON
Daisy Brand
Australia's Choicest
BUTTER
SECOND BATTLE OF JUTLAND
RAEDER'S REPORTED IN PROGRESS
THREATS
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TO U.S.
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Martial Law In Syria
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A NEUTRAL REPORT RE-
The United States Gov-CEIVED IN LONDON YESTER- ernment yesterday charg- TION
DAY SAYS THE SITUA-
IN SYRIA IS CRITI-
ed Germany with using|CAL, MARTIAL LAW HAS "threats" in an attempt BEEN
DECLARED IN BEIRUT AND ALEPPO. AND FOOD to intimidate the United RIOTS HAVE OCCURRED IN States, and President BEIRUT
Roosevelt scrapped the original draft of his
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS SERVICE.
speech for general revi-American convoys would consti-
sion.
A storm has been aroused over Admiral Rarder's statement that convoys would be an open act of
war.
The White House accuses
Lufte
Axis.
Powerful British Battleships
Run Quarry Down
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THE 35,000-TON GERMAN BATTLESHIP BISMARK, ALREADY an aggressive anti-German DAMAGED BY SHELLFIRE AND SERIOUSLY CRIPPLED BY AN act calling for fulfilment of the AERIAL TORPEDO FROM A FLEET AIR ARM 'PLANE, IS BELIEVED Japanese pledge to the International News Service. TO HAVE SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY IN ITS EFFORT TO REACH ITS BASE, WITH SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL BRITISH WARSHIPS MANOEUV RING TO BRING THE GERMAN SQUADRON TO ACTION.
AL his
in
Mr. Hull's Charge press conference Germany of trying to "becloud" Washington yesterday, Mr. Cor- President Roosevelt's talk,, dell Hu declared that Admiral
peared to be some sort of threat to induce the United States to Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary | refrain from real efforts at self- of State, strongly denounced whatį defence until Hitler gets control he called the deliberate use of of the high seas and other Con-
(Eastern night.
to. Standard Time)
which will be delivered at 9.30 | Raeder's convoy statement ap- The British warships hunting the Bis- marck and the other German warships which
threats against the United States tinents, and other American Reublics.
Recalling that Herr Hitler had applied the same system with Gingering Up Japan
European countries, Mr. Hull said Prevalling belief in Washington that Admiral Raeder's declaration integral part is that Admiral Raeder's state-appeared to be an ment on convoys was made in the of the programme of world con-
Reuter. hope of persuading Japan that quest by force. --
GERMAN LOSSES IN CRETE OVER 10,000
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were engaged in the battle off Greenland in
which H.M.S. Hood was sunk, are believed to
include H.M.S. Nelson and Rodney, whose 16-inch guns can out-fire and out-range the Germans.
The Admiralty is still living up to the tra- dition of the Silent Service, its only staternent being last night's communique, which said: "The chase of the Bismarck in the Atlantic is being hotly pursued. This evening bomb- ers of the Fleet Air Arm scored a hit with a torpedo on the Bismarck. The hunt con-
tinues."
This hit by an aerial torpedo is the second claimed since the engage- ment began, and it is now rumoured that the first hit was scored on the "Tir-
IT WAS ESTIMATED in London yester-pitz," sister-ship of the day that German losses in Crete now total Bismarck.
Nothing had been said previous-
10,000 killed and wounded. Latest develop-Nothing presence of a second ments include the reported landing from the air by the Germans of a number of small tanks, while the British forces have received some reinforcements.
German battleship in the squa- dron in the North Atlantic.
THE MAIN FORCES OF BRI- TAIN'S HOME FLEET ARE BE- IN LIEVED TO BE ENGAGED THE WAR'S GREATEST OCEAN HUNT, TRYING TO FORM A
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Information that Royal Marines and Roy-VAST TRAP al Artillery are engaged indicates that one or more British ships have reached Crete.
The air-borne German tanks
Malemi Control
The Germans remain in fullj
CASANOVA LEAP
which rumour says have been landed are believed to be seven- tonner with two-man crews, al-
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28-year-old "though there is no confirmation of control of Malemi airport and
"Tsang Sze-ling," tanks in use against the Allied are consolidating their positions: Forces.
At Retimo and Candia, the Bri-mechanie, leapt from a second The Germans are throwing in tish troops "still hold the market storey window when he and his parts of the Fourth and Fifth squares," it is stated in London, mistress were caught by the Aerial Divisions from Greece, despite constant Luftwaffe pum-latter's angry husband in
Shanghai hotel room shortly launching af now offensivo Aonelling.". Malemi, Retimo and Candia
after midnight to-day: Despite (Heraklion).
Latest information shows that the fall. Tsang had a miraculous The British cleaned up Retimo the fighting generally has been escape from death and,was taken and Candia at the week-end, but resumed on a "most violent to hospital suffering only from International swarms of more parachutists have scale."-International News Ser- minor injuries.
News Service arriva
vice."
a
PACIFIC WAR AID ACCORD
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" A. T. STEELE, "CHICAGO DAILY NEWS" CORRESPOND- ENT, DECLARED YESTERDAY THE BRITISH ARE CLOSELY COOPERATING WITH THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES AND HAVE REACHED A VIR- TUAL MUTUAL AID AGREE- MENT IN CASE OF WAR.
United States 'planes are arriving in the N.E.I., Mr. Steele says, but not as fast as people would like.
he The Singapore defences, adds, are "100 per cent' stronger International
than last year.' News Service.
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