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THE RUSSIAN BATTLEFRONT FINAL
1941
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SOVIET DEFENCE STIFFENS New Lines Reported Holding MIGHT Luftwaffe
BE VERY Concentrating On
USEFUL
"It might be very use- ful for President Roose- velt and Mr. Churchill to meet from time to time if the war goes on," said Lord Halifax, British Am- bassador to the U.S., who arrived in Montreal yes- terday on a brief visit.
Lord Halifax was replying to a uestion whether he thought the Churchill Roosevelt conference
was the first of others between the two men.
MEANT
ASKED WHAT HE BY IF THE WAR GOES ON," LORD
HALIFAX
DECLARED:
"IT IS TWO YEARS NEARER IT'S END THAN WHEN
STARTED."
IT
Lord Halifax earlier describ- .ed the U.S. reaction to the
Churchill-Roosevelt meeting as'
generally favourable,
Lord Halifax lunched with Al Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, Chief of the organisation handling 'planes "ferried" from
the U.S. Reuter.
Besieged
SUBMARINE CACHALOT LOST
The Admiralty in London announced last evening that the submarine "Cnchalot"
(1,520 tons) manded by Lt. H. R. B. Newton, D.S.C., is overdue and must be considered lest.
com-
Enemy broadcasts seem to indicate that the entire company of "Cachalot" have been rescued and
ROOSEVELT prisoners of war.
WARNING
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") President Roosevelt yes- terday appealed to Ameri- cans to awaken to the grave dangers confront- ing the nation and de- clared he expected the war to continue till 1943.
He revealed that Lord Beaver- brook had discussed plans for long-range aid.
The President disclosed he had asked the Army and Navy to prepare estimates of their own needs and those of Britain, Rus- sia and China. International
News Service.
Reuter.
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UNITED
Odessa
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”)
HIGH OFFICIAL SOURCES IN LONDON YESTERDAY VIRTUALLY CONFIRMED GER- MAN ASSERTIONS THAT THEY HAVE OC- CUPIED THE WESTERN UKRAINE.
It is admitted that the pace of the Ger- man advance has been "fast” and that hopes have been abandoned of checking the Nazi advance west of the Dnieper.
The same
quarters emphasise that the Russians are concentrat- ing on organising the defence of the Dnieper itself; forming a most important point for protection of the rich areas up to the River Don
Heavy Aghting is continuing in the Smolensk sector while the German drive is seriously thren- tening the outer defences of Len- ingrad.
IN MOSCOW IT IS STATED THAT THE RED ARMIES ARE FIRMLY HOLDING ON THE NEW LINES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
trial objectives wero damaged In the Soviet rald on Berlin.. Withdrawal Succeeds Moscow circles announce that Marshal Budenny has succeeded in withdrawing the major part of the Ukrainian forces below Kiev.
Marshal Voroshilov's troops are obstructing the Nazi drives In the Leningrad sector beyond Kingisepp.
Propaganda Picture
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BOMB OUTRAGE IN HAVANA
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Five bomb blasts in quick succession rock- ed downtown Havana injuring at least 15 slightly and one seri- ously. One bomb was tossed from a speed- ing car, wrecking shoe store. The police suspect anti-Falan- gists were responsible. -International News Service.
BRITISH
EMBASSY
MOVES
a
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”) German propaganda dispatches TT IS DISCLOSED IN CHUNG- picture Stuka dive-bombers con- KING THAT THE MUCH-BOMB- stantly hammering all the Dnieper ED BRITISH EMBASSY HAS The official Таза agency River crossings and Odessa in^an | MOVED claims that military and indus- effort to turn the "Russian Dun- PROPER
FROM CHUNGKING "TO THE SOUTH kirk into a disaster."
BANK, THE JAPANESE- The Germans... say that the DESIGNATED SAFETY ZONE, Russians are holding out in' AND 'IS OCCUPYING THE PRE- Odessa famid a veritable inferno | MISES OF THE FORMER GER- `of'flames,"
MAN EMBASSY, BETWEEN THE -The Nazis claim that the giant U.SPEMBASSY AND THE BRI- power centre at Dniepropetrovsk TISH CONSULATE GENERAL is now under long-range artillery-INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER-
International News Service, VICE...
STATES JAPAN'S OVERTURES
REJECTS
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL")
THE UNITED STATES. IN EFFECT HAS
| REJECTED JAPAN'S APPEAL FOR THE RE-
THE BEAVER STORATION OF NOUMAL TRADE RELA
TIONS, IT IS LEARNED AUTHORITATIVELY
FADES OUT IN WASHINGTON.STA
LORD BEAVERBROOK YES-
T: (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL")- The Government made plain it is stand- TERDAY CHECKED OUT OF ing firm on the decision to prevent Tokyo's HIS 12-ROOM SUITE IN A use of American trade for strengthening the
WASHINGTON HOTEL AND DISAPPEARED MAN
Rumour has it that he has gone
machine.
Japanese military mach
to Canada, started a tour of US. The U.S. Indicated she is pre- coast defences, is inspecting De-pared to let Japan have crude oil mocracy's arsenal".
* or has gone and other materials for peaceful home because of an imminent Bri- purposes. tish Invasion of the Continenta International News Service. D
BOMBS DROPPED IN KENT
She is not disposed to resume commercial relations for pushing „Japan's" expansionist aims..
SOVIET TANKER LOADED WITH FUEL
It was made clear the U.S. Intends to continue the drastic (SPECIAL TO. "CHINA MAIL") sanctions as long as further The s.s. Batumi, first Soviet aggressions are threatened, tanker transporting a war ship- In Asia, desch
Make ment, left San Pedro," Call":yes- Tokyo was informed in effect terday with 80,000, barrela ed on a south east coast that if it refrains from threats it high-octane aviation spirit. town soon after dark yesterday. need not fear American-British-It is reported that six m here were only two casualties - Russian encirclement, Interna- Russian vessels, will leave sho
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International News Serv
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