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THE STIRRING SCREEN STORY OF BRITAIN'S AIR HEROES. THE BRITISH
ORTIMER.A.F.
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Wednesday,
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British Advance On Tobruk
FROM. PAGE ONE|
estimated that our Imperial and Allied troops have put 04,000 Italian troops out of action and of these 70,000 are prisoners. In an attempt to minimise this success, Rome has been claiming that the majority of these. troops are Libyans but this is easily proved untrue.
During Operations we have}
taken fed three Italian 75-)
January 8, 1941
U.S. BUDGET TO
AID BRITAIN
Congress Statement To-day
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Reuter). -To-morrow President Roosevelt again goes before Congress with a statement hardly less Important than his “We cannot let the democracies surren- der" messige yesterday.
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The President will present his budget recommendations for the new fiscal year; main interest will be in the amount of what President Roosevelt yesterday called "those greatly increased new appropriations" for armaments and national defence.
gular divisions, about 3,000 men; two Blackshirt divisions, about 24,000 inen; one whole mechanised division, about 7,000 men; in addition we have stroyed two Libyan divisions off
14,000 men and some 10,000 proposals for implicating President supply and corps troops.
The first instalment of concrete
Roosevelt's recommendations will un-
It is assumed that those not taken doubtedly be in the budget, and other prisoner are either casualties or men bills to be sent to Congress before. able to escape. A vast quantity of the week-end, which will probably be war materinis of all kinds has also passed within 30 days. been taken but it is impossible as yet¦ Political observers here feel confl- to give any detalls.
out that the Italian fleet had a great
Lease and Lend Plan
Greek Warships Shell Valona
In the
dent that the proposals implementing
FROM PAGE ONE Italian Fleet Absent
President Roosevelt's policy and promises will be passed by an over- One at the most remarkable whelming majority of the House of
Heavy Bombardment features of the shelling of Bardia Representatives, while in the Senate: DUDAPEST, Jan. 7 (UP)—The from the sea was that the Italian it is belleved that the Isolationists Greek radio to-night snid: "North of navy did not even try to intervene cannot muster a bigger vole than 30. Chimaru there was a heavy Greek A London naval spokesman pointed
artillery bombardment and the The belief is freely expressed that Italians fled in disorder. Plan" 19 approved by Congress, it will the Italian counter-attacks. On the in order to defend itself, except for place all existing American arms as northeast front, the Greeks captured a few raiding:
however, the as new production under the new positions."
discretion ill Command made no at-military whit naval experts for use in of the President and his. 7thilan tempt to relieve the pressure on the
arrison at Bardin. Italian prison-the struggle of, the
opportunity to attack and if it
bliged to give up the bombce
Roosevelt's "Lend and Lease central sector Greek attacks broke up}
done to our fleet would have
go up.
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an
40
ers themselves have commented on This would appear to make it day and some prischers were cap- the absence of sen and nir assistance, possible for destroyers to be released tured." They were disconcerted by the ab-and also planes from the existing The Ministry of Public Security sence of planes while Italian pilots American Air Force if it is felt Day that plenty of petrol was avail-¦expedient to do co.
jannounced: "An Italian squadron: able but they received no orders to It is believed that this is bombed Koren causing more than 100
adequate answer to those who are civilian casualties, destroying apprehensive that American help houses and damaging the Cathedral, might not materialise carly enough to An enemy hydroplane machine-gunn- small LONDON: Jan, 7 (UP). The Lon-meet the expected Axis offensive in cd Greek fishing boats near a
Aegean island, killing one fisherman." don "Times" says the British Empire spring. casualties in the whole Libyan-cam-j paign were fewer than 2,000.
Italians Descrt CAIRO, Jan. 7 (UP)-A speelal State declared to-day that one result Mr Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of says, "During the operations at Bur-of President Roosevelt's pledge of di, three Blackshirt Commanders more ald for the democracies is that deserted their troops, leaving the re-for the U.S. Army are being released.
ja number of planes now being built ular Commander on to fight."
for Greece,
General Headquarters communique{
Still Hopeful
Planca From U.S.A. LONDON, Jan. 7 (Reuter)-Greece
is to be given American aeroplanes, US. Navy to Acquire
4,000 Planes In 1941
possesses
the
FROM PAGE ONE Indivisibility ROME, Jan. 7 (UP)-A com-
sald that 0,122 planes are on order WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Reuter) and he admitted that munique Issued to-day states: "The The "Washington Post" writes that
the Navy Council of Ministers solemnly re- the United States has entered into a modern plunes. He said that the 4-45
few" "very
completely affirms its complete faith in Italy, in moral and material alliance with planes acquired during 1940 were the Axis Pact and Triple Alliance, Britain, Greece and China, The and the decision of the Axis to con- paper adds that the President's mes-and stressed: "I am very impatient The mainly delivered since last autumn tinue the struggle until victory, sagte shows that it is a firm contract. about it." which will give Italy its just place in
It is widely agreed here that the
Admiral Towers claimed a new Europe, and it world free from aggressors themselves are largely the latest American Naval planes are hypocritical exploitations and op-architects of the electric evolution of second to none and predicted that pression by British plutocracy. United States policy. The Italo-the United States Naval air strength "The Council of Ministers ex-German-Japanese Pact first conveyed would far outstrip the Axis Powers presses full hope and confidence that an open threat to America, since this said that the Naval Aur Mission the masses of proletarions In Fascist when the "three Powers have been Italy are and will under any cir- rubbing it in with truculent speeches which recently went to Britain had cumstances be equal to the develop and the Three-Power military talks reported that the latest American
in Berlin."
hters surpass the British fighters in It is generally agreed here that the formuments and power. Naval plane most important part of the Roosevelt production schedule is 4,000 of which message is that showing the indivisi-2,400 are combat planes, "far in bility of America and those countries excess" of Japanese production, fighting the new order of tyranny.
ments."
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LONDON, Juri. 7 (Reuter). Orange growers in Palestine have shown their appreciation of the sué-l Sentence of two months hard cess of the Western Desert campaign | labour was passed on Chan Chuen, by sending 10,000 enses of oranges 21, unemployed, by Mr. G. T. Lowry and grape fruits to the troops. st the Central Magistracy this morn
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Premier's Statement SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SOFIA, Jan. 7 (UP)—Premier Fila returned from Vienna at 8.05 p.m. to-day and declared: "The re- port circulated In America concern- ing my visit to Germany is not true."
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Jan. -7- (UP)---Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, sold that the position of ment suppiles is ad- DUBLIN, Jan. 7 (Reuter)-Horses mittedly difficult, and to indicated which have won fame in several parts that little relief could be expected for of the world for their junmping feats
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NEW DELIII, Jan. 7. (Reuler).———— It is announced that the Viceroy in
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