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No Claim To Kiev Or Leningrad
SHOCK LESSON FOR U.S.
France's internal disin- tegration should teach the United States a frighten- ing lesson, declared Mr. Ickes, United States Secre- tary of the Interior, ad- dressing a Bastille Day rally in New York yester- day.
He continued: "Amongst us too, Nazis,
pro-Nazis and potential Nazis are active. We have de- featists and appeasers, Hitler's conscious and unconscious tools, who would make us soft and malleable against the coming of Hitler's angels of hell.
"They strive with might and Lavals main-these American
and Quislings-to paralyse our wills and undermine our con. fidence."
A study of Hitler's methods of internal disorganisation und de- moralisation helped one, Mr. Ickes declared, to understand Lindbergh and made one realise what "menace he and those like him" are to the United States.
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DESCRIBING LINDBERGH AS A "KNIGHT OF THE GERMAN EAGLE" MR ICKES ASSERTED THAT LINDBERGH'S "PAS- SIONATE WORDS ARE TO EN- COURAGE HITLER AND BREAK DOWN THE WILL OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS TO RE- SIST HITLER AND NAZISM.” REUTER.
SABOTAGE IN NORWAY
SYRIAN
Baltic Convoy Shattered: Stalin CONFLICT
Line Struggle
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A SMASHING DEFEAT INFLICTED UPON A HEAVILY PRO- TECTED NAZI CONVOY OF TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT, APPAR- ENTLY EMBARKED UPON THE MISSION OF FORCING A LANDING BEHIND THE RUSSIAN LINES IN NORTH ESTONIA, WAS THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF THE MOSCOW COM- MUNIQUE ISSUED LAST NIGHT.
The sinking of two ports is claimed by the that the armada was
MORE BOMBS DROPPED ON SPAIN
Bombs were dropped on Ronda, 40 miles from Gibraltar, early yesterday according to telegraphic reports from the frontier. An Italian bomber is re- ported to have crash- ed at Los Barrios, 12 miles from Gibraltar. -Reuter.
Cows Join In
Strike
Many German sol- diers have been recently poisoned by fish from (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" Norway, according to a Tass agency report from Moscow.
Shanghai's cows have joined the long string of labour disputes in that city.
At least, the dairies ascribe their non-producing mood to the consistently high temperatures and perhaps to worry over world conditions."
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The Syrian armistice convention was officially
ratified signed and
at Acre early this morning by General Sir Henry Wilson and
Maitland
General de Verdillac.
Proceedings which ended in the formal signature of the Armistice
started in the early morning.
German destroyers and thirteen of the trans- Russian High Command, which indicates Convention last evening in Acre sent shattered into hasty retreat.
to
General Catroux, Free French leader in Syria, was the first arrive, at 10.10 a.m. and was fol- lowed haf-an-hour later by Gen.
Regarding the land operations, the com- munique, covering the third day of the new German blitz assault, assists little in form-Wilson and Lieut. General Lavar- ing an accurate picture of developments.
Broad indications are, however, that the Germans are still making some progress, bit- terly opposed at every point and terrifically expensive in men and material. Violent Red Army counter-attacks have been launched at several points in determined efforts to bring the steam-roller attack to a halt, and heavy fighting continues.
the
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Apart from senior Staff officers and official war corras- admitted pondents no one was to Sydney Smith Barracks and the actual conference between the military chiefs on both sides was, of course, in camera.
Cavalrymen mounting guard at the gateway sprang to attention at
11.05 am. when the Vichy Gen- Staff drove up in a silver grey
eral de Verdillac and his Chief of
limousine. Vichy representatives also included senfor naval and air
Reuter.
German claims are on the usual German air activities, it was re-force-officers, and M. Conti, Chef scale. The military spokesman in ported in Berlin, included bomb-du Cabinet of General Dentz. Berlin last night withdrew claim to the capture of Kiev, but asserted that the Germans had "penetrated the outer defences of Kiev" without saying how far out they were or arc. He pre- dicted the "early occupation” of Kley.
The High Command a'so toned, down the scope of their claims in the Leningrad thrust, and an- nounced the opening of a gigantic Finnish offensive in the Karelian Isthmus, aimed at Leningrad.
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“Giant Pincer”! - Although 24 hours ago, the Ger- mans claimed to be hammering at the gates of Leningrad, the High Command now refers to the im- portance of the Finnish thrust on both sides of Lake Ladoga and says that the object is to enclose Leningrad in a "glant pincer" AUBUR mom the south and the Lake Fel- with German troops attacking hotch Whisky pus region, and the Finns" from the North.
In "other""" respects, the Ger- mana make the same bold claims." It is asserted that the Germans are, how angpuntering Russian divisions composed of no moro than "broken remnanta and raw, rookies,” All the symptoms, declared, the
The Norwegians, it says, are hit- ting back at the Nazi invaders by The bovine Bessies of the lead
in "protest acts of sabotage and other activi- ing dairy farms
les on an increasingly large scale against the heat" have cut down
Norwegian patriots create un their output to the dairies. bearable conditions for the invad er German soldiers do not feel secure In Norway and secret or ganisations which will be ready to act if the British land in Norway for the second time are being or- The milk supply to customers German military spokesman in muy have to be rationed. Inter- Berlin, were similiar to those pre- ganised.
ceding the French collapse in The top of a great quantity of national News Service.
June last year. Heavy losses were fish recently received in Ham-ag burg from Borgen and sent to so diers by Norwegians is a dally being inflicted by the Luftwaffe the fighting forces was found to occurrence in towns' and villages on defenders retreating from the havo been poisoned and many and many clashes occur between Stalin Line in the Vitebske and Kiev regions, and a spectacular Gorman soldiers died from it. the soldiers and the population.
German victory. is now assured,” Murder of German officers and Reuter
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