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June 26, 1941.
LENINGRAD REPORTED AFIRE: LABOUR BIG CLASH EXPECTED SOON
Leningrad & Its History
Leningrad Ja reported to be in flames in consequence at force attacks by German planes carry- Ing Incendiary bomba, Flore in short history of that amazing clir, second capital of the flussian em- pire.
Leningrad has been three cities in 30 years. In 1918 IL was called- ST
of PETERSÒURG, cur Peter the Great, second capital of the mighty Russian Empire, and ranked with Paris and Vienna world's raycut as one of the ciles...
Ils rulers are the courtiers, the powerful Grand Dukes, the Gen
·ērals and Admirala who make up the Tear's glittering couri
You can see them, thrac noble- men. In their over-long smart greatcoats, Deakicas cap a Jaunty augte, gasing haughtily from the windows of their motor-
Intesi cars the
thing from London or Paris-as they drive
slong the Nevsky Prospect to- wards the Winter Palace.
It like Mome in the last des endent days of the mighty Roman Empire,
In the gloomy Peter Paul For- tress, sianding on an island in the River Nava, in the heart of the elly, languish political prisoners. The Imperial police are on the alert, they hays their sples in the University where the intellectuals are known to be fomenting re- bellion against the Txarı, whli- pering of the corruption of the Court and the influence of a alnis– (or priest named Kasputin, among the people who lack food and, fuel,
Despite the rigorous oppression of the pollice, St Petersburg - has had its mutinies and bloody clots.
Then comes the Great War, and the city is now entled-PETRO- GRAD. The Treat Пивзял "steamroller" to put into opera
Whioned tion against Germany.
up into a frenzy of pairiotism, the Si Peleraburgers demand that the German name of their city shall be changed.
But the first flar patriotic trensy dies, the gay elty becomes stooriler and gloomler as reports of crashing defeats are brought back. Distress Inerrases, food grows shorter.
And unrest in the city Increasea too. The revolutionary "movement
Even the STOWE.
nobles, riso Arainal Rasputin and assassinate him, pushing his body into the frozen Neva.
Then in 1917 comes the moment. The Russian Revolution has begun. The next day to gar». rison mutinies and the take over the Government
people
A few weeks later a train draws Into the Finlyandsky Station. It has come across Germany from Switzerland and brings Ait Lenin, the revolutionary leader who has been in exile.
For some months he remains in hiding in the expital of the new Republio until in October comes the Bolshevik revolution. It be gins in Petrograd and sweeps Rusila.
Yet next year Petrograd, birth- place of the Revolution, is re- duced in importance.
The seat
of administration is moved to Moscow. The lame of the past in cone,
In bonour of Russia's rċ- volutionary Leader .the elly's name now becomes LENINGIAD. for in 1924, Lenin, Father, of the Revelation, dies, and although his body is entombed in Moscow it -In-Petrograd -- that is to “becomin
known as his name city.
And what of Lesingrad to-day? Pow have known or would tell what has been going on within its historie walls, for the Borlet Government made it a forbidden alty. It docks and harbours, it is known, have been made into a great naval base.
But socreoy kas atrrounded this forbidden zone.
Nearly one years ago foreign diplomata were naked to leavE. Nearly four years ago Leningrad became Boviet Russia's Number One Military Secret.
A Toast To Russia
LONDON, June 25 (Reuter)~"To the success of Russia" was the toast proposed to-day amid prolonged applause by Lord Nation at luncheon at which M, Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador, was present.
The Soviet Ambassador replied: "I have no intention of speaking on this occasion but I would like on behalf of my Government and coun- try to express my sincere gratitude ́to Lord Nathan for his toast."
REPORTS OF the fighting ON THE WIDE FRONT FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BLACK SEA CONTINUE TO BE FRAGMENTARY AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRESENT a complete PICTURE AT THE PRESENT. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF TO-DAY'S PRESS DISPATCHES.
“REUTER” QUOTES A REPORT FROM Helsinki whicH WAS BROADCAST BY THE ROME RADIO THAT LENINGRAD IS SAID TO BE ABLAZE ANd that cloudS OF SMOKE CAN BE SEEN COMING FROM THE CITY.
"United Press" repeats a Radio Moscow announcement of a report from a Russian war correspondent at the front which declares that in the early hours of Tuesday morning enemy troops under cover of fog, crossed a wide river (location not stated)'in ton barges. They failed in their attempt to surprise the Russian defenders, who waited until the Gormans were close and then poured a withering fire into the attackers. of the Germans were killed and those who remained wore takon pri- soner, including two officers.
Most
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FEWER STRIKES WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuter). "very encouraging," according to Mr The labour position is generally Sidney Hilliman, head of the Labour Division of Omco Production Management
Testifying to the House of Repre-
sentatives Appropriations Committee, Mr Hillman said "We can look for- ward to fewer interruptions - in work." He
He said he was convinced
"we are getting more support all the
way through."
Nearly 3,000,000 more persons, he
added, had resumed work during the past year and there wero shortages of men in key positions in defence work than a year ago,
Subversive Elements Mr Hillman said that his office was trying liard to
reduce defence out strikes by weeding.
subversivo elements in the Labour Unions.
Mr Donald Nelson, Purchasing
of
communities noted for states und
other disturbances might find them- selves unable to get new defence or- ders and "plant locations." OP.M. he added, very definitely took
The
Into consideration labour dimeuilles and interferences, and it was placing orders and establishing now manu-
From Stockholm, "Reuter" reports that the Russians are withdrawing to their facturing facilities. old defence works on the other side of the River Dneister, but that the advancing Germans are hampering them in taking up their positions.
NAZI AIR FORCE VERSUS TANKS
LONDON, June 25 (Reuter) —The predominance of aerial warfare at this stage of the German campaign against Russia emerges from to-day's semi-official German reports of fighting, which mention air attacks on Russian communications and air
THAILAND
|support for ground forces.
The official German agency claims that bombers and fighters of one air squadron on the
CELEBRATES eastern front destroyed 180
Russian tanks.
The Berlin correspondent of the Swedish
Description
newspaper Tid Of New
|ningen" states that military quarters say that the operations so far have been morely pre- liminaries to the grent clash
Pre-Nazi Fighter
which is expected when the LONDON, June 25 (British Wire- main Russian army is met, though less)Since Spitfires and Hurri- tactical surprise methods have canes of the RAF. began shooting enabled the Germans to gain const-down specimens of the new Messer- derable ground in some regions. schumitt single-seater fighter, ME-105-
F, there has been a good deal speculation about the purpose for which it is designed and to real capabilities.
Main Battle Soon
It is anticipated that the encounter with the main Russian armies will not be long delayed.
The correspondent adds that it is declared that the German forces are faster than anything yet seen in this
war or history.
Swedish correspondents in Berlin announce that conerele news of the fighting will probably be available immediately.
of
Four obvious_differences between the ne
new ME and its predecessora are that It has a more powerful engine, changed armament, re-desi med the new tail plane is now devoid of wings with rounded wing tips and bracing struts.
Streamlining
The same agency, in a review of ANNIVERSARY OF
the third day's operations on the castern front, reports that heavy at-
Vilna Falls, Report DEMOCRATIC COUP
There are other changes, too, such tacks were directed by German
Another "Keuter"
report from as making the tail wheel retractable BANGKOK, June 25 (Reuter)bombers against Russian railway Vichy declares that according to the and giving a general cleaning up to While democracy is horn-locked in tracks and rolling stock,
Hungarian official newspaper "Pest",
the silhouette, which clearly aim at mortal combat in Europe, Thailand At one point, it is claimed, six the ancient Lithuanian capital of greater speed.
re-zMrmed her faith
in trains loaded with troops or vehicles Vilns, which became incorporated in
It is obvious that these various ideals by 11 three-day Helebration of the ninth 17 locomotives by the air force is
were attacked and the destruction of Russian-occupied Poland, has been improvements will result in a higher
entered by German troops.
celling and better performancë, at birthday of the Democratle Con-claimed.
"Router" also reports that gunfire height. stitution
she won with a which
has been heard from various places bloodless coup d'etat on June 24, §
in the outer Stockholm archipelago, Firing was also heard yesterday offers, 1933.
the west const.
has
Public Services
Nazis Repulsed
Armament
Ground Forces Referring to operation with the
Britain's own single-seater fight-
tho ground forces, the agency adds: "Air
Hawker Hurricane and Vickers Spitfire, have undergone One of the coup d'etat leaders ta force operation on the eastern front
several modifications since the "war the present head of the Thal Govern-intervened in ground battles, in great
began.
The results have been n ment, Major General Luang Pibula forca and smoothed the way for the
MOSCOW, June 25 (Reuter).- land troops by breadding enemy re How Soviet cavalry drove back the once in speed, height and
great improvement to their perform- Songgram.
other sistance. Bombers attacked enemy German and Rumanian troops who ways,
wherever they showed them-
had crossed the river Pruth to selves, Troop concentrations on the Bessarabia from Faldu-midway te Besides illuminations, fairs, whole front were bombed and ma- tween Jassy and Galatz-is described cessions, frework displays, tourn- aments and torchlight parades, the chine-gunned with great success and in a dispatch by a special correspon- new wings and better streamline Re-engining ME109 and giving it National Day celebrations
were supply columns were exterminated, dent of "Invesila," the official organ may be regarded as the Germans. marked by the opening of new blocking many roads with wreck of the Soviet Government.
contribution to the contest of im- avenues, trunk road International
railways,
The correspondent says, The same report speaks of recon-frontier guards made heroic efforts teresting feature of the new ME is proving the existing types. An in- for station fying
boats,
an laternal commercial naissance by aircraft which also dealt to prevent the crossing of the river the way the armament is distributed. air Ine, University buildings, schools, powerful blows to communications in but could not withstand the pressure Wing guns have been dropped and hospitals and a Buddhist monastery the rear of the enemy.
of the enemy who had an enormous It has in one cannon of 18 mm, where Buddha's relics brought from South-Eastern Front numerical
superiority.
Bring
through the airscrew hub, and India have been deposited,
LONDON, June 25 (Reuter).The Having concentrated 1 powerful two small bore machine-guns mount- following communique was issued force of infantry and tanks on the ed on
on the fuselage. to-day by the General Command, on Soviet bank, the... enemy began-the-This- the German-Rumanian front, ac-offenalve. It was necessary to deal weight may result in better power cording to a Bucharest dispatch to him a terrific blow immediately. the official Italian news agency:
landing
A foundation stone was also laid for a memorial for those who fell in the Indo-Chino border conflict.
·Co-Oepration With Tohyo BANGKOK, June 26 (Reuter) "I wish very much for Mr Malsuoka to pay a visit to Thailand," said the Thai Premier to Japanese pressmen, when the latter presented him with
"Operations during the Brst three
Cavalry Charge
"Our
days have proceeded according to selves as he
Bombers and fighters hurled them- plans established in advance.
crossed the Some
frontier. attempts by the enemy to counter-raining down bombs. Numbers of attack were repulsed.
enemy tanks were immediately an ancient Japanese sword. The an intensive bombardment of Con- in the enemy ranks during
Enemy aviation yesterday made destroyed and their infantry suffered heavy losses, Disorder broke out Premier said that he wanted to vizit
stanza, Sulina and Galatz, and drop and, taking
tuls Japan but could not find the
time
advantage, the Soviet her and Jassy, but without causing any their sabres and chasing
damage of importance.
back towards the bridge. Remarkable
raid
int present, but he would go when Ped several bombs on Tulcea, Braila cavalry charged their finca, using
Wis
the opportunity
found. He desired to promote co-operation be- tween Thalland and Japan' to highest pitch.
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WASHINGTON, June 25 "Our aircraft bombed important ed all in its path and cleared the Administrator, Mr Jesse Jones, The avalanche of cavalry destroy-(Reuter).-The Federal Loan military objectives, obtaining every-bridge of the enemy, where remarkable results.
German and Rumanian aviation
machines.
Red Black Sea Defence Area
announced that he is consider- ing a loan to the British Govern- ment.
have demonstrated in the past three doys their crushing superiority over All Round Advance enemy aviation, destroying 400 enemy Out of this total, 30 LONDON. June 25 (Reuter)The Soviet plan Stock Exchange to-day was general-Rumanian air force and anilircraft planes were destroyed by the arm, but business wag quiet. guns, and 40 minchines were destroy-More Important Than The purpose of the loan would be
Gilt-edged holdings recorded an all-ed on the ground by the Rumanian round advance and industrials also air force which lost a total of 12 tended to be higher with further in machines." vestment on heavy stocks.
Among foreign bonds, Japanese were strong generally, being £2 higher, while Chinese ond Brazilians also improved.
Kufira were irregularly higher. Wall Street was slow.
Red Army Staff Officer
Explodes Nazi Myth
MOSCOW, Jung 25 (Reuter),—“The Invincibility of the German army is a myth," declares Lieut-General Michael Khozin, head of the Frunze Academy; the "Aldershot" of the Soviet Union, in the Communist Party organ "Pravda."
General Khozin says that Nazi posal i prior to the German assault on troops bluster about this myth his country.
were
rear.
Subscriptions To Wartime Bonds
•
Baltic
LONDON, June 28 (Reuter). The
Mr Jones said that the 'Reconstrue- tlon Finance Corporation was study. ing the loan under a new law authorising such a loan and added!!
tion
with to provide the British
dollar exchange to pay for war supplies in their American securities and invest- country without having to sell this Russian submarine flotilla In the
ments at a forced sale," Black Sen has recently been re- Mr Jones did not name any inforced by Admiral Kuznetzoff. amount, but in some quarters it is Commander-in-Chief of the Russian reported that the loan would be for Navy, according to news reaching several hundred million dollars." The campaign soliciting subscrip- Ankara, says the Independent French tions to the Chinese Military Supply news agency.
Reconstruction Finance Corpora- Bonds is proceeding space and more
officials, however, hinted that a This followed discussions reg
regard than NC$15,000,000 worth
of the ing priority between the defences of small figure was contemplated at the
start, bonds is expected to be subscribed the Baltic and the Black Seas
Mr Jones said that the collatera by the end of
of July, according to a The Russlars finally decided that of the proposed loan would include responsible official of the Hongkong the defence of the Caucasus was "direct investments and" 'a wide Chinese Wartime Bonds Committee, more important as a supply centre of diversification of stocks and bonds says "Central News."
the Red Army. More than 500 units of local
The Russians are said to be con-of corporations" in the United States. Chinese public organisations have structing underground aerodromes in been mobilised for promoting the the Ukraine with a view to avold- ing the destruction of planes on the campaign.
The Committee yesterday re-ground, ceived a letter from the
China Benevolent Association in Lethbridge, Canada, enclosing a remittance order for $115,000, Chinese Currency for the purchase of Bonds..
but their victorier of, 1939 and 1940 He also refers to contacts between The Chinese, Manufacturers' Union' mainly won by treachery in the leading Frenchmen and the Germans here has, solicited subscriptions of of t their smaller enemies who and declares that the Maginot Line $157,000. were always numerically interior. fell chiefly, because its flank : war 16
The writer cites German fore- turned. Knowledge of the Polish mobilisation plars, that Norwegian troops were
In Balkans.
Finally he points out that the Poles managed to wipe out whole Natl tank
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