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HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1941.
FIERCE BATTLES IN PROGRESS
AROUND ODESSA: GERMANY HAS
PAID HEAVY PRICE
PRICE FOR GAINS IN TEN WEEKS: ENEMY TRYING
HARD TO GET NEAR LENINGRAD
THE ELEVENTH WEEK OF GERMAN AGGRESSION AGAINST SOVIET RUSSIA BEGAN YESTERDAY AND, IN A REVIEW OF THE TEN WEEKS OF WAR, M. LOZOVSKY, DIRECTOR OF THE SOVIET INFORMATION BOARD (SAYS REUTER) STATED THAT THE GERMANS HAD MADE TERRITORIAL GAINS BUT HAD PAID A HEAVY PRICE.
GERMANY'S MILITARY POWER, HE ADDED, WAS WEAKENING WHILE RUSSIAN RESISTANCE WAS GAINING STRENGTH.
THAT IS THE JUDGMENT OF HISTORY SAID M.
"HITLER AND HIS FLOCK SHALL PERISH.
LOZOVSKY.
Fierce battles are in progress around ODESSA. German bombers attack the elty daily but the defence includes fighter aircraft as well as anti-aircraft guns and it is claimed that thus far, German raiders have achieved only meagre results.
The value of effective aerial defence has been proved.
FRUSTRATION OF
GERMAN ATTEMPT
TO LAY PONTOON
MOSCOW, Aug. 31 (Reuter)--THE FRUSTRATION OF A GEN- MIAN ATTEMPT TO LAY A PONTOON BRIDGE ACROSS A RIVER -APPARENTLY THE DNEIPER~ is described in a supplement to today's Soviet mid-day communique.
It says: "A -reconnaissance unit reported the approach of very large German forces attempting to cross the river. Alteraft under the command of Commander Seregin was sent out with instructions to annihilate the attempt crossing.
"Our airmen were unable, be illuminating the pontoon bridge cause of low
At one time, the port was under fire from a German battery with which the Nazis apparently hoped to re- duce the morale of the people. SHELLS FELL IN THE HEART OF THE CITY KILLING A NUMBER OF WO- MEN AND CHILDREN.
Soviet planes located the battery and bombed it into silence.
Ralds are mostly of the "hit and run type and so far no factories or military areas have been dam aged, but a hospital, theatre and house where Pushkin died have been hit.
needed for the city's defence
Women and children noti
are now being evacuated un- der the protection of the Rus-; slan Black Sea Fleet, but
clouds, to see the which the Germans had establish there is no weakening in the|
bridge and dropped flares and in-ed on the river. cendiary bombs. German anti.
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PRACTICALLY DESTROYED
stern determination to hold! the port to the last.
Cherbourg Attacked
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OCCUPATION OF IRAN WENT
ACCORDING TO PLAN: TACTICS
EMPLOYED WORTHY OF WAVELL Heaviest Casualties Sustained
In Street Fighting In Abadan
SIMLA, Aug. 31 (Reuter)-AN OFFICIAL INDIAN ARMY "BSERVER'S AC- COUNT OF OPERATIONS ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT OF IRAN DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF OCCUPATION SAYS THAT EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN. THE TACTICS EMPLOYED WERE WORTHY OF GEN. WAVELL.
The important powerful wireless station at Khuramshahr was taken at bayonet point with slight casualties and found to be intact.
THE HEAVIEST CASUALTIES WERE SUSTAINED IN THE STREET FIGHTING IN ABADAN WHERE A BATTALION COMMANDER WAS WOUNDED AND TWO BRITISH OFFICERS KILLED AND SOME 20 OTHER RANKS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The Iranians lost Admiral Bayandor who was killed
while organising resistance in Shah Taken By Surprise By British Action: Troops. To Continue Their Advance
the wireless station and his death is regretted by both sides.
In
the Karup River, British naval units made short work of the Iranian feet which was secur- BAGHDAD, Aug. 31 (Reuter)-As far as is known here ed, practically intact, except for the Shah's cease-fire order has not affected the advance the flagship which was set on fire of British columns in Iran and it is expected that they and although it Was soob ex- tinguished it had to be beached.
will continue to move towards their objectives.
lower end of Abadan Island was Britain's determination, even to use force, to prevent The great oil refinery at the That the Shah was taken completely by surprise by occupied by the Rajputana Riftes Iran's of wealth and communications falling into Ger-. and the Kumsants who embarked man hands is shown by the rapidity with which he near Basra and landed on a changed the Cabinet and ordered to cease resistance. beach near Abadan in the small
hours of the morning. The It is pressumed here that Iranians were asleep in their tents the Cabinet change was but opposition quickly developed effected so that the responsi- although the aerodromie
was bility for disregarding the taken without difficulty and then the columna moved up against the
British representations for town;
nine months might be placed by implication on former Ministers,
Five German and three Italian ships, which had been bottled up at Bandarahahpur, had been pre- pared for sabotage and scuttling
prompt action
FRIENDLY GESTURE
aircraft then revealed their post- The bridge was immediately
LONDON, Aug. 31 (Reuter)--The tion by opening fire.
attacked and practically destroy
Air Ministry today stated "One of our
Workers recently produced bombers imme-
that Our airmen dropped the rest in their own workshops two last night, only a small formation but ed dilately dive-bombed the anti-air-of their
owing to unfavourable weather bomb load craft unit which consisted of
on enemy
armoured trains which are of RAF. bombers attacked the save seven of them.
A Simla message says that it is 3 mechanised columns about three gun mounted on a lorry, destroy
managed to emphasised that the miles from the bridge. The suc-operating successfully and docks at Cherbourg
reported Two small eagerness of the Iranians to sell ing it. The lorry, after explodcessful bombing of the bridge and raiding territory held by Ger-
Iranian gunboats were also cap-fruits and vegetables to British burst into flames, thereby of mechanised columns delayed mans and Rumanians.
Only a few enemy aircraft were tured at the same time.
troops (mentioned in & British their attempted crossing until the Meanwhile, through
over this country last night.
CELEBRATION BANQUET! communique) and
gesture of next day, and enabled our com- marshy terram in the north, the
Bombs which fell at one place with an amicable banquet. of cele..
The day's proceedings ended friendliness and does not indicate mand to regroup units.
Germans are trying hard to get in the South-East coast caused bration aboard a British ship with general are so plentiful as
that the supplies of foodstuffs in Cont'd Page 12, Col. 5
Cont'd Page 7, Col. 7
allow their sale to others.
ing.
Remarkable Sangfroid Of Civilians
"Towards morning, a group of bombers was sent against the epemy From the air, it could be seen that the enemy's forces had not yet recovered from the blows dealt them the previous night Tons of bombs were again show- ered on the enemy.
ABADAN, Aug. 31 (Reuter) --British oll experts and technicians calmly carried on
"Three enemy anti-aircraft with their work at the re- batteries which attempted to repel fineries here while street the attack of our aircraft were fighting was going on in the destroyed by the dive-bombing town, writes Reuter's Special squadron The Fascists there.. correspondent.
upon opened rifle and machine- gun fire but without success.
"In this attempt, the enemy lost tanks. 20 guns of various
otimen-of
Families of British whom there are about 1,000-25
showed remarkable sangfrold in calibres, 12 anti-aircraft guns and staying quietly in their bungalows not less than 3,000 soldiers killed during the action.
or wounded."
"The oilmen acted magnificent- ly," an Indian colonel said to me.
"They stopped a panic and offered MR. V. G. BOWDEN
their services as drivers and as- Mr. V. G. Bowden, Australia sisted the wounded. At the same Trade Commissioner at Shanghal, time they saw that normal pro-has been appointed Commonwealth duction duties were carried on representative at Singapore, says without interruption."
Reuter Bulletin,
Today's News Summary
THE ELEVENTH WEEK OF THE GERMAN-RUSSO WAR began yesterday with fierce battles round Odorsa. A Soviet spokesman. reviewing the past ten weeks of war, stated that Germany had made territorial going at a heavy price. Her military power was weakening while Soviet resistance was gaining strength.
IN A LABOUR DAY STATEMENT,
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT said that there must be full and uninterrupted production of de- fence materia
*
QUEEN WILHELMINA OF THE NETHERLANDS WAS THE cen- tral gure on Saturday of one of the most dramatic and biggest radio hook-ups" in the world. Tribute, to the Royal Dutch Navy was paid by the British First Lord of the Admiralty in his message of congratulation to Her Majesty.
THE JAPANESE HAVE RESUMED THEIR AERIAL OFFEN- SIVE against Chungidng, the war-time capital of China, which was savagely raided during the week end.
UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER RESTRICTED BRITISH operations over Germany on Saturday night,
All
FURTHER BUCCISSES BY SUBMARINES OF THE MEDITER. RANEAN Fleet are revealed in an Admiralty communique,
sort
slight damage.
"THERE MUST
BE FULL AND
UNINTERRUPTED PRODUCTION"
OF DEFENCE MATERIALS
Labour Day Statement Issued
President Roosevelt
By
a
to
The acuteness of the food situa- tion is in no way leasened..
'DROME BOMBED
The naval forces which took. troops to Aswaz have left for the Persian Gulf.
It is learned here that the aero- drome outside Mashed was bomb- ed by the Russians on Wednesday, causing some casualties to the Iranian air personnel. It resulted in the quick disappearance of the Irantan army from the area.
VON PAPEN REPORTED.
statement last night, asserted that management and labour "NOW REALISE AND, I
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (Reuter)-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a Labour DI RECALLED
AM SURE, WILL CONTINUE TO REALISE THAT THERE MUST BE FULL AND UN- INTERRUPTED PRODUCTION" OF DEFENCE MATERIALS.
TO BERLIN
The production of such weapons and materials, he said, was needed "for our protection and needed also by the nations engaged in opposing those who would do A away with the liberty and happiness of free peoples all over the world.".. President Roosevelt added that Americans were called upon to observe Labour Day in 1941 in a more thought- ful way and serious spirit that in all the 54 years his- || Page tory of that holiday.""
"Labour Day," he said. "should tarve to make crystal clear to all Americans and to all the world, the blessings of democracy and to emphasise Its-treedom.
OFFER UTMOST "Today we in America are faced with a great task of preserving that democracy and wa, too, will offer our utmost in labour and sacrifice Just as our fathers, and our fathers' fathers, did. Every- one of us will unselfishly dedicate himself to that cause in full mba- sure of devollon. It is particular- ly fitting that we take such an 00- casion sa Labour Day to rededicato
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Pages
2 Lawn bowls; Swimming; HAK RA miniature rifle league
3 Rädle programmnes: Coming
events; Crossword.
4 Alr superiority of Britain too much for Japan; Ap- peasement in East out; Ger mana cinim' capture of Tal- linn: Bavage rattle
Aug. 31 (Reuter)
CONGRATULATED BY WAVELL
****Aug 31 (Reuter)— SIMLA,
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell has. telegraphed GEN. E, P. QUI NAN, General Officer Com manding, Iran, vongratulating him and the troops under los command on the successful. outcome of the operations in Iran and the remarkable w in which administrative and other difficulties were over- come by all concerned.
Gen, Quinan visited the Pal- tak Pass and Shahabed on Aug. 28, returning to Iraq. next morning.
Japanese Intentions Put To
Crucial Test
LAHORE, Aug. 31 (Reuter) -Under the sub-caption, "Crucial Test," dealing with. the present shipment by the United States of oll to Russia now en route to Vladivostock, the CIVILET MILITARY GAZETTE. says that the world is watching its progress with the most intense in-- terest; it is regarded as a balloon-by which to put to
a crucial test the intentions: of Japan whether it is to be
timates that the German ourselves to the task that Hes Ambassador to Turkey, Herr shead. In its successful comple- von Papen, has announced war or peace in the Pacífic. tion and you as I know, it will that he will shortly be re- successfully be completed in keep-turning to Germany and will the slightest doubt that the Uni
see Herr Hitler during his ted States regard with the utmost
ing with our American heritage we all have a part to play."
Mr. Roosevelt concluded by sp- pealing to Americans to "make anew the high resolve that not as workers alone, not as employees alone, not as farmers alone, but
as a united and determined peo-
After declaring that there is not
distavour any attempt on the part visit.
of Japan to interfere with US- Moscow radio, quoting an Ankara Soviet trade, and she will preserve report, says that Herr von Papen her rights by force, if necessary, has been urgently and categorical and in conjunction with Russia
recalled.
herself, the paper points out Bri-
The Independent French agency tain could not escape involvement ple, we shall defend our demo- learns from Istanbul that Herr if Japan was determined to pro- cracy to the utmost with no von Papen, accompanied by his voke hostilities, and nods that labour and no sacrifice too great, wife, will leave tomorrow (Tues- when the tanker fest reaches so that the liberty, and heritages | day),
Vladivostock the world will heave The agency adds that Axis a sigh of relter. Ohungking spread for the sand of the peoples forces in Istanbul: Toresso im
on
we hold dear shall and
portant economic developments
in Turkish-German relations.
6 Queen Wilhelmina's birth
day observod Hongkong Fishing Research Station. Landing article.
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Supreme Court statistics; Round the Police Courts.
The statement was viewed as a
As a first step in this di- forerunner of presumably more rection the Germans are had-
QUISLING ILL
LONDON, AUE. 31 (Router)
detailed discussion of internation- gurating very shortly d steamship other, quisling, the original rule al and domestic affairs.
Borvice between Istanbul and the ings of Norway, is seriousy lit Mr. Robsevelt will broadcast on Bulgarian Black Bea Monday,
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