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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941:
Scene Of "Indescribable Devastation" Greets Nazis
Scorched Earth In Kiev
IT WAS ANNOUNCED in Berlin last night that when the German troops entered Kiev they found “indescribable devastation.“ This is a complete contradiction of earlier statements from Axis sources which said the city had been captured virtually intact and that the Russians' “scorched earth" tactics had not been applied there.
Last night's announcement, issued by the official German news agency, said: "All vital supplies had been removed or blown up and the water and electricity works destroy- ed ard put out of action."
· It continued: "The place is O strewn with the wreckage of rail- ways and bridges that had been blown up.
the
"The population had not bare necessities of life. By their destructive sabotage the Bolshe- viks have endangered the lives of tens of thousands in the most cruel fashion."
Meanwhile a description of the capture of the city given by the correspondent of **La Suisse" (quoted by the Vichy news agency) tells how naked Germans stormed casemates at Kiev.
Flank Movement
The correspondent, who states he received his information from "authoritative German sources, says the German troops had been! outside the city for some weeks.
Immediately after their arrival they broke through the first line of fortifications. They were then ar- dered to remain on the defensive. merely repelling counter-attacks by the Russian garrison.
PERFECT ECLIPSE IN FORMOSA
2000
The, eclipse of the sun was observed in perfect weather con- ditions by the Japan- ese Scientific Mission yesterday, on the is- land of Ishigaki Shima, 150 miles east of Formosa.
Partial eclipse began at 12.17 p.m. and be- came total at 2.49 p.m.,, local time, last- ing 3 minutes, 19 seconds.--Reuter.
Meanwhile the armies of Gen. eral von Book and General von Rundstedt carried out a flanking movement which was completed on Wedeceday last by their junction 60 miles east of
the Doc city.
While several German divisions were brought from the east bank of the Doieper and crossed to the north of the city, other divisions coming from the south advanced up the west bank and attacked the fortified system.
Swam River
The correspondent says it was p
a bold thrust which proved deci-
sive for the capture of the city.
Friday
German infantry, swam
English
Girl's Record
During the night of Thursday/ A 21-year-old girl, Evelyn across a little river to the south Duncan, has created a which concrete world record for produc- casemates defended the inner tion of anti-aircraft shell
of Kiev behind
city.
NORWAY
PRISONS PACKED
Prisons in Oslo and the suburbs are packed to the limit, according to Ja Stockholm telegram to the official Russian news agency giving details of the German policy of ter- ror in Norway.
in-
The list of those arrested cludes the Secretary of the Labour Party, Bergardaen, the Chief of the Oslo Police and several uni- versity professors.
The German-appointed High Commissioner of the Norwegian Trade Unions, Sassum, has dis- solved the elected Council ot Trade Unions and replaced it by his stool-pigeons. Sossum .has forbidden workers to demand an increase in wages and to pay membership dues to the Unionis. The Swedish newspaper "Goteborg Handelstidning" ports that several Oslo anter- Arises are guarded by armed German detachments. Norwegian workers are comTM pelled to resume work under pain of death.
ro-
In Oslo the Germans have re- moved many Norwegian directors of Norwegian industrial and com- anmercial firms from their posts,
ENJOYING A COOLER After taking part in events at RA.F. Spects Meeting, then W.AA.E.8 are glad to refresh themeetyde with a d'corpat" whilet matching thair colleagues.
MAISKY'S
APPEAL
and Kupfenberg, Director of the Igsårbenindustrie Trust, will con- trol the whole of Norwegian in- dustry.
Strikes and demonstrations äre going on. Reuter.
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LOVE NO
FOR MORE TANKS BAR TO
WAR WORK
“WE NEED TANKS and more tanks and yet more tanks,” says M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassador to Britain, in a stirring appeal to Should Britain which coincides with the opening to-worker who falls in love continue her job or should day of "Tanks For Russia“ Week.
down?
a girlTM
war
M. Maisky says that Russia produces she get married and settle many tanks herself but the Russian losses in tanks on the 2,000-mile front are great.
"We require your urgent help
in order to reinforce our own efforts. Your tanks will not be wasted; they will go out to battle, at once.
"We know how to use them against our common enemy.
"The best testimony is the great fight which the Soviet forces and the whole of the Soviet people
Imonths against the panzer bar-
RUSHING AIR AID
TO RUSSIA
have put up during the last three (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") barians of Hitlerite Germany.
"The
sooner you send us tanke and the greater their number, the earlier will the Nazi hordes be defeated.
The answer. Joy Roffey, 20, of Birmingham told the "Daily Mirror" was that she should marry the man she loves and work for her country as well.
Miss Roffey is spending a week's leave as guest of Bath Corporation.
By arrangement of the Minis- ter of Labour she went to con- vince women of Bristol that it was possible to combine a pub- lic a
life without in- jury
She told the Daily Mirror:" Leonard Kemp and I fell în THE UNITED STATES WILL love at first sight. We got engaged FLY LONG-RANGE BOMBERS and now I would not change him DIRECT TO RUSSIA VIA ALAS: for anyone in the world. KA, IT IS LEARNED IN Leonard won't hear AUTHORITATIVE --WASHING= giving up my job. TON CIRCLES.
These casemates were stormed components in Birming-
"We have with you one common: by naked German troops wearing, ham.. nothing but
front. Send immediately, your their steel helmets but carrying arms and ammuni- She turned out 0,130 compon-tank reinforcements to that sec This is part of a complex plan. tion.
tion of the front which at -pre-to divert aid to the Soviet imme- ents in six days.
Evelyn Duncan reached this sent is bearing the brunt of the diately to stem the German tide. The German artillery was very active during the assault and the figure in a competition held in fight Send speedily as many as air force previously had blown up
Birmingham in connection with a possible." munition dumps round the city.
"Twice gives he who gives at recruiting campaign. A breach, was made in the de-
The previous record was 5,000 the right time and the right
An-place."- Reuter fences and when at noon on Fri- components in one week.. day German troops entered the other competitor outstripped the citadel the Soviet troops curren previous record reaching a pro- dered, says the correspondent, and duction of 6,905 components. the whole city fell into German hands.
The correspondent adds Kiev Is the first of the Russian cities tak-| en by the Germans to have suff- ered very little despite the bitter fighting around it.-Router.
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GERMAN-TURKISH NEGOTIATIONS
Reuter
V.
ECLIPSE SEEN IN THE SOVIET
THAT ACT AGAIN
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA "MAIL?? THE CLAMOUR FOR REPEAL OF THE NEUTRALITY ACT HAS. BROUGHT A WARNING FROM
The eclipse of the sun yester-SENATOR GEORGE, WHO SAID,
It is stated in Washington that the British Government recognise. Russia's need for 'planes is urgent, and Britain has agreed to release numbers of the bombers which at present are being ferried across the Atlantic-International News Service.
U.S. GOVERNMENT'S FIRM ACTION
KEY TO EVENTS
IN FUTURE
IRAN IS LIKELY TO BE THE KEY TO EVENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, DECLARED MR. FREDERICK MONTAGUE, PAR- LIAMENTARY, SECRETARY TO THE MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT AT PRODUCTION, SPEAKING SOUTHAMPTON YESTERDAY.
day was observed over a stretch "THE ULTIMATE – AND SUP/SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"). He added: "People say we are..
not forming a second land front of 1,750 miles of the Soviet REME DECISION ON THE A non-Union crew picked by but remember we have respon- Union. from north of the Caucasus NATION'S FOREIGN POLICY the Government sailed the freigh, sibilities from Spitzbergen to The German ncgotiator, Dr. to Kirghiztan, beginning at 3.12 SHOULD BE PLACED BEFORE ter "Alcoa Banner" from Now TobrukciELNE Clodius, is believed to have been, p.m. (GMT)
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE:”. York to the American Army base Declaring Britain was sending successful in completing arrange- Complete eclipse was observ- The warning was served after at Trinidad with supplies and more aid to Russia than some. people thought. Mr. Montague said: ments regarding agricultural able during a period of about one Representative Sol Bloom, Choir munitions. quotes b
between Germany and minute over a saetch of 85 miles. man of the House, Foreign Affairs The American Federation of "But we must send more. There Turkey but discussions regarding The scientific expedition, recently Committee, advocated outright Labour Seafarers' Union has pro- must be a jump in production nterna- lilce, that which followed the fall minerals are continuing." Reu- sent to Kazilord, Kasachstan, repeal of the Neutrality Act-In-tosted to the President.
of France."-Reuter. Räuter: made observations,
tional News Service. Iternational News Service.