THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 15, 1941.
WISHFUL THINKING
Fall Of Odessa Discredited In Moscow
SHOCKING
SHANGHAI
MURDER
German Encirclement Claims False
'Mr. Kensen Gee, mana- M. LOZOVSKY, DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE ger of the Ho Chung Bank
SOVIET INFORMATION BUREAU IN MOS- and one of the best- known Chinese business- COW, ANSWERING A QUESTION, DENIED in Shanghai, was THE GERMAN STORY THAT ODESSA HAD at 10 o'clock BEEN TAKEN AND SAID IT WAS “WISHFUL this morning as he was THINKING."
men shot dead
emerging from the American Club, where he resides, to proceed to his
office.
Five Chinese took part in the
shooting, one of whom was hit
in the shoulder and arrested
after a fierce gun-battle with the police which took toll of one pedestrian shot dead, two police- men wounded, and three other
pedestrians, including a woman,
wounded-all the casualties be- ing Chinese.
Mr. Gee who was shot, was hit twice as his car was driv.: ing up to the entrance of
the American Club to pick him up¦ for the office.
The shots came front a
black
sedan parked on the opposite
this car
out
He also denied the German story that the army in the south had been encircled, and said that the Germans had been made to pay for every inch, but had not succeeded in en- circling it.
The Russians in the Odessa and]ing to Leningrad have been cut Otsjakov areas are completely at several points from the air. encircled on the land side, accord- Ing to reports from Swedish cor- respondents in Berlin.
They are making prepara- tions, It is stated, to evacuate by sea to the Crimea and the Caucasus, but the Germana do not believe the Russians are capable of successfulty embark- the face of masa Ger. Ing in man air attacks.
It is generally agreed that the German forces from the Smo ensk region are operating to the south and that the main German ener- gles are now directed to the south- ern sector in the hope of securing valuable resources, including, eventually, Caucassian oil.
Rome Hopes
Hitler has moved his headquar- ters to the Ukraine according to a radio announcement from Rome, which adds that the German lead-
er's presence on this front is pro- bably a prelude to an important
side of the street and sped away as Mr. Gee slumped
Nazi Claims to the ground in a pool of blood.
While the police poured
The losses involved in reducing of the Central Police Station, the Russian pockets of resistance which is just opposite the Ameri- | in other sectors will probably announcement regarding this bat- can Club, to take up the chase, make the Germans hope that the a Chinese traffic policeman open-¦ Russians will attempt an em- ed fire, causing the five gunmen, barkation so as to enable their to abandon the car and scatter, destruction without costly fight-
in various directions.
ing.
tle.
Fierce Fighting
The following is the text of a A Kun battle then ensued. It is claimed that the crossings, communique issued by the Soviet ending in the wounding and ar- of the Dnieper have been system- Information Bureau at 10.40 p.m. rest of one of the desperadoes atically destroyed from the air,] (G.M.T.) yesterday:— Reuter.
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"In the course of August 14 our troops conducted Alerce fight- ing with the enemy along the whole front from the White Sea to the Black Sea.
"In the southern direction our troops have evacuated the towns of Kirovograd and Par. vomalsk.
"Our air force, in cooperation with the land troops, continued to deal blows to enemy troops and destroyed aircraft on his aero- dromes.
"On August 13, 74 German air- craft were brought down in air combats and destroyed on aero- dromes. We lost 27 aircraft.
"In the Baltic Sea one of our ships sank a German submarine."
Reuter.
Russian Communique
A Russian, communique issued carly yesterday afternoon states:
During the night of August 13/14 nothing of importance oc- curred on the fronts....
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In Vichy, French "the declaration revives President wilson's Fourteen Points, which 25 years ago seemed valuable but "Our alt force, in cooperation proved insufficient in the light of with the land forces, continued to experience."-International News Inflict blows on motor mechanised units and infantry of the enemy and on his aerodromes."-British Wireless.
ODESSA TO BE HELD
The Russians do not mean to abandon Odessa for the time being, accord- ing to Swedish military experts quoted in a Stock- holm despatch to the Vichy news agency.
It is thought the Russians will stay In Odessa even if the town is surrounded from the land side and severely bombarded-Reuter,
DEATH
CAMPBELL - At Queen Mary
Hospital on 16th August; 1941 Alexander": Campbell, aged 09.
Charles
Funeral
will pass the Monument, at
5.30 pm. to-morrow (Satur-
Service.
EXPANSION OF
U.S. ARMY
The largest single con- voy to arrive in Malaya since war started has arrived in Singapore. These are reinforcements consisting of all arms of the Services and will have "the effect of making the already strong defences of Malaya even more formidable, says an offi- dat communique. They are Australian troops. Reuter.
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"An ordinary routine inquiry was held by the Military Court of Inquiry," stated military spokesman this afternoon refer- ring to the Cape-d'Aguilar Road accident in which a volunteer was fatally injured. The findings will not be published, it was stated."
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The American Congress will go into recess for 30 days, starting to-morrow, after almost three years' solid session.
Congress will finish the Pro- perty Seizure and Armament Ap- propriation Bills and will delay action on the Administration's outside request to use draftees the western hemisphere and the expected $7,000,000,000 proposal for more Lease and Lend funds. -International News Service,
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