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BUTTER
GALLANT REARGUARD ACTION
Grim Battle East
MUNITION
Of Kiev
Retreat To Don
FACTORY Alleged By Nazis
WRECKED
a re-
An important muni- tions works at Vlasin in southern Bohemia has been destroyed as sult of a violent explo- sion, according to news reaching Czechoslovak circles in London says Reuter's Diplomatic Cor- respondent.
The works were concerned with Alling. shell cases with explosives.
It is known that at least 90 Germans, brought from the Reich to work in this factory, are among the wounded now undergoing hos- pital treatment, but nothing known as to the number of killed,
Ger-
is
Following the explosion, man troops immediately surround- ed the wrecked
buildings
and
investigation was started but thus far this has proved quite fruitless.
AT ALMOST
THE SAME
TIME, THE POWER STATION AT TREBENICE WAS WRECK- ED BY ANOTHER EXPLOSION,
A GREAT PART OF THE BUILD- ING BEING DESTROYED. REUTER.
ITALY
LOSES BIG LINERS
"STATE OF SIEGE" DENIED
No
state of siege has been declared in Bulgaria, says an offi- cial Sofia announce- ment quoted by the.
FOLLOWING THE STATEMENT AN- NOUNCED BY MOSCOW AND THE GERMAN
| REPORT THAT KIEV, THE CAPITAL OF THE UKRAINE IS IN A STATE OF “INDESCRIB- ABLE DEVASTATION” INTEREST IN LONDON IS FOCUSSED UPON THE SAVAGE FIGHT- ING WHICH IS PROCEEDING EAST OF THE CITY.
ANGLO-AMERICAN AIR MISSIONS IN MOSCOW
The Moscow Radio announced yesterday that the British and American representa- tives to the Moscow Conference have or- rived. Reuter.
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Here regulars of the Soviet Army supple Teheran
mented by detachments of the Home Guard are reported, to be fighting a gallant rear- Rome Radio yester-guard action. Reports on the outcome of this day.-Reuter.
fighting are keenly awaited in London.
Meanwhile, the Germans claim | considering the thorough devasta-
on this holy. Rus to have annihilated large bodies tion inflicted
in this area of troops
and to sían city which indicates not only: have taken 150,000 prisoners. an orderly withdrawal of armed The reluctant Nazt admission | forces but that Kiev's civilians This that the Russians have left be.
were properly evacuated.
(The Ankara Radio last Friday described it as a "state of emer- gency.")
REPEAL OF
NEUTRALITY
Not
Occupied
Recent reports that
hind only a city of ruins and would indicate considerable plans Allied troops had occu- "wreckage, would indicate that in advance by which they hope to pied Teheran are incor-
Marshal Budenny made an or- derly retreat.
for Kiev's Professing concern population, the Germans declare, "by their destructive rage, the Bolsheviks have endangered the lives of tens of thousands in the
insure the outcome of the engage-
in
ments which are now proceeding. rect, states an official Parrot Fashion communique issued
Simla yesterday. The Hungarian Gen- The communique says: "Owing disturbances, atmospheric cruelest fashion," but it is point-eral Staff last night issued. to
communication ed out in London that there is no a communique saying: Iraq were subjected to interfer- "The Soviet forces that escaped encirclement east (cent Press and radio reports
occupied Teheran is incorrect.
"The Allied forces are still encamped outside the city. Reuter.
basis for this statement.
ACT URGED Orderly Withdrawal
In
with Iran and
ence the last few days.
"It is now established that re- to
fact, observers In London of the Dnieper are being the effect that Allied troops have Mr. Cordell Hull, U.S. take hope from German reports pursued towards the east. Secretary of State, indi-
cated in Washington yes- ESCAPED
terday that he favoured.
(Continued on Pago 16)
revision of the Neutrality IN CANOE THAT'S THE LABEL
Act.
Mr. Hull recalled, that when the 1935 Act was passed he had said
FIVE YOUNG FRENCHMEN
that it was as likely to get the WHO ESCAPED FROM FRANCE United States into war as keep the IN A FRAIL CANOE AND AFTER BTRUGGLING FOR: 30 HOURS United States out of war.
IN THE CHANNEL LANDED: AT Deletion of the arms embargo
EASTBOURNE LAST WEEK, from that Act, Mr. Hull made it WERE RECEIVED YESTERDAY clear, was not sufficient to clear BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND the way for aid to Britain.
MRS. CHURCHILL MATM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE, NO. 10, DOWNING. STREET.
Asked whether there was, ull- due pessimism regarding the Aplight of Russia, Me.' Hult 'onid that from the way the Russians were fighting there does not after-em to be any pessimism over
Destruction of two Ita- lian liners and damage to a third Italian liner was announced by the Ad- miralty yesterday noon in London.
there.
}
Mr. Hull also said that diploma- tie negotiations were continuing in the effort to work out a settlement between Peru and Ecuador.
The communique, reads: "On Thursday (September 18); sub marines, of the Mediterranean Fleet on patrol in the Central Congress Discussion Mediterranean, successfully at- tacked a fast and heavily escorted. According to a Dow Jones Italian convoy carrying reinforce- Agency, message, Mr. Cordell Hull ments to Libya
made it clear at the press" con-- ference that he favoured revision. of the Neutrality, net
"The convoy consisted of three liners. Two have been destroy ed. It is probable that the third was damaged,
The Secretary for State in alented that he had discussed the rovision or repeal of the Act with Congressional leaders as a means ONE OF THE LINERS IN of furthering aid to Britain, THIS CONVOY WAS SIMILAR TO THE STEAMER'S “VUL- CANIA" OF 24,460 TONS. THE OTHER TWO LINERS WERE OF Mr. Cordell Hull, United States SAPPROXIMATELY THE SAME Secretary for State, told nowa
TONNAGE, REUTER:.
papermen yesterday in Washing
Self-Defence:
The Frenchmen were still clad in a variety of clothing,
Ong wore white duck trousers and a pair of wooden sabots.
Another wore blue shorts. Others were golf jackets and plus fours and were still showing evid♣ ence of the daring voyage: across the Channel.
Mr. Churchill gave bank
toast "Vive In France. Later, the vis tors left to foln General de Gaul- le's Free French Force, Reuter..
ton that he had tried for some time to indicate that he believed that the Neutrality Act should be changed but he declined to pre- dict whether or when a ropeal might be expected. di K
He declared that the Lease and Lend Act was based primarily on the doctrine of self-defence and It provided a way to go fur- ther as the nécessities of defence increased-Routers
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