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Moscow's Women Express HEAVY BLOWS DEALT Retreat, But
Brave Defiance
MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (Reuter).—The women of Moscow reply- Ing to a recent message from the women of London said: "There
is no power in the world able to shake the Sorlet women's will for victory."
After thanking the women of London for their message the reply continues, "The women of Moscow are selflessly at work in We are factories, hospitals, offices and in the field of culture and ari. deeply "ktirred and moved by the pledge you look in these storle days. We wish you success in your just struggle and we are fully confident that the close alliance of the democratie countries will once and for all do away with Fascism.” -
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Among the signatories to the message was the mother of a Flight Captain Hero of the Soviet Union who lost his life ramming
a German plane with his own machine.
AT GERMANS: SOVIETS
ROUT
INFANTRY DIV.
MOSCOW, AUG. 24 (REUTER).—SOVIET TROOPS COMMANDED BY GENERAL KONIEV CONTINUE TO DEAL HEAVY BLOWS AT THE ENEMY, THE OFFICIAL SOVIET NEWS AGENCY REPORTS FROM THE CENTRAL SECTOR OF THE FRONT.
THEY ROUTED A GERMAN INFANTRY DIVision, captured its ARTILLERY AND SMASHED ITS HEADQUARTERS, KILLING AT LEAST 3,000 OFFICERS AND MEN.
Methodical ́And Merciless Butchery
Churchill's Vivid Picture
Of German Frightfulness
Enemy reinforcements brought up from the rear have also been routed. Soviet troops destroyed 130 tanks, over a hundred lorries, many guns and a large quantity of ammunition,
General Koniev's men continue to advance, liberating Soviet villages from the invaders and giving the enemy no respite..
Rumanians Destroyed MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (UP)— "Fighting continued in the directions of Kingisepp, Smolensk, Novogrod and Odessa," заув to-day's com- 44munique. It also claimed that the third Rumanian division has
region.
LONDON, Aug, 24 (Reuter).—Broadcasting to-night, Mr Winston Churchill said: thought that you would like me to tell you something about the voyage I made across the occan to meet our great friend, the President of the United States. Exactly, where we met is been destroyed in the Odessa a secret but I do not think that I shall be indiscreet If I go so far as to say that it was 'some
REDS RESISTING
STUBBORNLY
No Decisive Nazi Victory
(War Commentary by “Annalist")
:
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).-The war on the eastern front is to-day entering its tenth week without an decisive The battle is raging all victory to the credit of the Germans.
where in the Atlantic."
Ochakov Claimed LONDON, Aug. 24 (Router).—The
the
In a spacious land-locked bay Berlin Radio to-day claims which reminded me of the west capture of another Black Sen port- const of Scotland, powerful Ochakov-between Odessa and the American warships, protected mouth of the Dnieper, states the by strong flotillas and far-rang-offelal German news agency.
The Nazis report the capture of ing aircraft, awaited our arrival | 800 prisoners, 18 aircraft and 31 guns. and, as it were, stretched a hand out to help us in. Our party arrived in the newest British battleship Prince of Wales, and a modest escort of British and Canadian destroyers.
Comradeship
Ochakov was isolated after Marshal Budenny's retreat across the Dnieper.
Northern Front
LONDON,, Aug. 24 (Router)-The omelet German news agency to-night reported heavy fighting between Lake Palpus on the Estonian frontier and Lake, Imen, 110 miles southeast of Leningrad.
Realistic Invasion Tests In England
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).-Dutch troops, aided by much of the equipment of modern war, including armoured cars Bren gun-carriers and Whippet tanks, "captured" Birken- head and Carlisle this morning. This completed a three-day invasion exercise in which Dutch troops took the part of in- vaders and the Home Guard that of the defence forces.
It was the largest and most renlistic test of its kind ever attempted in this. country and has shown most valuable results both from the training view- point and from the tactical defence angle.
Nazis Train Million Men both from the For Tropics
not affect their
Not Defeat
Marshal Semyon. Bu- denny, the Russian cavalry leader, who as commander of the Soviet armies in the southern section of the war front, has been forced to retreat, but is reported to have a powerful army stil intact. Budenny's soldiers are defending the important and rich Ukranian ritory.
ter-
DESİ
Russian War Front: Latest Reports
GERMAN G. H. Q. SEIZED
Soviet Success In The Southeast
This was a serious attempt at testing Britain's civilian defence scheme, during which the ingenuity LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter). of both sides was given free play and This means that part of Marshal
the which lacked much of the lighter And there for three days I spent Voroshilov's army is still battling at "It is unthinkable that along the front from the Baltic to the Black Sea and every my time in company and, I think I least 150 miles from Leningrad. huge sacrifices which the Ger-side common to this type of practice
Germined fresh
troops, said the agency, man people have to where desperate German assaults are matched by the stubborn may say, in comradeship with Pre-
undergo Warfare.
For two days the Dutch troops ground after resistance of the Red troops who appear to be fighting back with aident Roosevelt, while the Chiefs of had
and naval and military com-penetrating strongly fortified posi- to-day do
prepared the way for their invasion. even greater zest and effect than at any time since the out-manders both of the British Empire tions and
States sut together bexes and concrete pill-morale," writes the "Berner They knew what to do, for they-A Soviet cavalry regiment has
have 1 break of the war.
and the United
experienced the real thing in Tagwacht." Elsewhere in the same sector, a
co-thrown Nazi units out of a town own Netherlands. Their There is no sign of flagging; in continual council.
The disquieting air raids of the operating planes bombed and carried in the southeastern sector front President Roosevelt is the thrice number of "recently constructed British air force admittedly touch If anything their morale has chosen head of the most powerful bridges," presumably over Plyus, only some parts of German territory, out heavy "blitz" methods, and has captured the headl been stimulated-by-the-success-state community in the world-1-am are stated-to-have-been-captured but the calling up of troops and other Columnists were active and quarters-of-a-German-division.
strafing Birkenhead streets. Dutch of their skilful defence methods. the servant of the King and Parlia-
war measures affect all the People parachute troops were dropped be- About 700 Germans dead were at present
sent charged with the
Reports that a whole army of 1,000,- Local Success
left in the town.
Kowloon
Roads
Criticised
K.R.A. Report On Conditions
tough
EL
in the sout
The
men direction of our affairs in
these fateful times and it is my duty
In the north, the Germans claim a also to make sure, as I have made local success near Lake Ilmen and that anything I say or do in the refer encouragingly to the Finns al- exercise of my office is approved and though they do not seem to have sustained by the whole. British Com- progressed materially near their goal monwealth of Nations. of Leningrad.
Therefore, this meeting was bound Tallinn in apparently proving as to be important
because of the nut in the north as is Odessa
forces at present ormous
Only mobilised but steadily south,
DISORDERS IN CROATIA
"Atten-
their
to car
an
Bir
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).
000 men is now being trained and hind the Horne Guard lines. Issued with special equipment for Parachutists Round-Up
Midnight Communique the troples must have a disquieting effect when the experience of the The parachute troops were not
MOSCOW, Aur. 24 (Router) -A African war is drawn upon.
effective, being rounded បច្ច every Guerillas Active "In such circumstances, consider-time they were discharged but the midnight communique states: Dur- Ing August 24 ́our troops fought the ing the sacrifices which the Russian
the regular enerny along the whole front and MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (Reuter). campaign is costing, it is more than nith columnists easily proved their
value, fighting with that the Germon
to their particularly stubbornly in the Kex- understandable
Dutch troops in addition
Smolensk, Comel and Dnieper- -Violent anti-Italian demons rulers are again having recourse to
holm, ather
various activities.
Petrovsk directions, One clever fifth column trick wan
During the 22nd and 23rd of August The Rumanians appear to have imablised which are at the dions have taken place all proven methods-silence."
newspaper over Croatia following the entry In this connection, s
to invite the public by means of a 52 German offered a chance to distinguish of these two major groupings of the of Italian troops to "restore ilon was urgently drawn again in
from Constance says: report
planes were destroyed in been
open loudspeaker
on the city's Outskirts. It air combals. We lost 30 planes dur- midsummer themselves at the latter place and are human family-the British Empire trying
meeting weather has not, apparently, apparently finding that Odessa has and the United States who fortun- order," states the Soviet news Germany to-day towards silence as was planned that the large crowd and Ing the same period.
Our northern fleet sank two enerty ately for the progress of mankind agency.
a decisive weapon to keep secrets.race
Increased trafic on the roads would curbed the activitics of the sharp teeth.
happen to speak the same language Guerilla movement have been Fallure in the duty of keeping the cover the movements of parachute transports. Kowloon Residents' Association.
and very largely think the Home
mouth shut may cost the lives of considerably intensified. Even thousands of soldiers and lead to be troops who would be landed in the The August meeting of the
TURN to Page 5, Column One the Ustachi (a Croat terrorist loss or balties, the dermag vicinity of the meeting place. The report that the Hungarians General Committee held recent-
are being pressed to send large re-
organisation) is seething with lenders are insisting." ly in the St Andrew's Church Inforcements is in keeping with the
unrest. Four members of the Hall was well attended, those general picture and shows that the
MOTORISTS HELP organisation were shot in Sarn- present being Mr D. W. Mun-"New Order" is proving an Increns-
jevo on Saturday following the ton, President; Lt-Col E. D.ingly heavy yoke on the unfortunate
BOMBER FUND vassals who so tamely opened the Matthews, Vice-President; Mr-F. door to liter. C. Mow Fung, Hon. Secretary;
When history comes to be written, The first donation this week Mr R. H. Wong, Hon. Treasurer; it will probably be found that in Dr S. G. Kirkby-Gomes, Major C. point of suffering and sacrifice, there to help the Bomber Fund along nominee for the Crown of Croatia, is to choose between the to the next stage-the $3,000,- sald to have received hundreds of M. Manners, Mr R. Pestonjl, countries which opposed the Axis 000 mark. was received from to set foot on Croat sol). Mrs H. F. Phillips, Dr A. M. and were over-run and those who Messrs Rodrigues, Mr R. J. Shrigley, abjectly submitted
Hungarians Pressed
•
is lite
Mr D. O. Silver, Dr J. T. Smalley,tration.
Mr J. N. Sweeney, Rev. H. A.
Linstead &
Davis,
to Nazi pene- Secretaries and Treasurers of
Wittenbach, and Mr B. Wylic. Beaverbrook Back
Apologies for absence were receiv
ed from Hon. Mr Leo D'Almada e LONDON, Aug, 24 (Reuter)-
the Hongkong Automobile As-
sociation.
decision to purge local Ustach!
branches.
The Duke of Spoleto, Mussolini's
anonymous Jelters warning him not
Persecution
The letter, accompanying a Of Belgians
cheque for $750, points out that
Castro, Mr Lam Ming-fan, Mr R. A. Lord Beaverbrook has landed in Bri-this represents the first con- Refuse To Fight Reds da Silva, and Mr Young Tsun-dart. tain, crossing the Atlantic by a Ferry tribution from the proceeds of
The chief business was the consi-Command plane. deration of a report submitted by
the
the Traffic and Street Lighting Sub- Committee, which dealt with various was decided, to matters which it bring to the notice of the appropriate Authorities, These included danger caused by too liberal applicu- tion of granite chips to road surfaces, the very bad stafe of certain roads especially that part of Chatham Road north of Hunghom Bridge, and the fact that when roads are resurfaced, stop-cock and hydrant covers often left either above or below the lovel of the surface.
Traffic Circus
Gre
Amongst other things, severo cri- ticisms were made of the new traffic circus at the Kowloon City end of Prince Edward Road. In some places the road is too narrow and the shape
the sale of motor car badges.
LONDON, Aug. 24: (Router). | -Infuriated by their failure to enlist Belgian volunteers in the against Russia, the Germans Belgium, says Moscow Radio.
Disorders in France:ve resorted to mass arrests in
Terrorists Arrested
Special to the "Telegraph"
VICHY, Aug. 24 (UP).—Communiques issued by the Ministry of Interior confirm the arrest of thirteen persons, the seizure of bombs and thirty pounds of explosives in the recent Vichy Synagogue bombing and the arrest of four out of the band of seven who murdered Marx Dormoy on July 26.
of the plavated portion of the circus terrorists,
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Lists of all men of military.age in Mans and other towns were drawn up and houses were searched. They were arrested under different pre- texts..
The Germans in some cases have smuggled anti-Nazi literature into the houses as a pretext for arrest.
Many were dragged from their beds, placed in lorries and taken to In concentration 'camp.
For several days, the Germans used threats and physical violence but oven so only 14 "volunteers" Both were the work of young | Ings were apparently not con-enlisted. Supplied with uniforms and
and nected with each other, anti-Semites
equipment, they were sent to Mens The Dormoy murder was solved to be transported to Germany and minkes turning difficult in some cases; which recruited their supporters by the accidental explosion of an- thence east to the front. Crowds some parts of the road are Booded after rain, the lighting is inadequate, from among the extremely other bomb in a public park at Nico gathered at the station, shouting which killed three young terrorista "Traitora" and the women spat in their faces, the Moscow Radlo add). TURN to Back Page, Column 3 young men, but the two bomb-on August 14.
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Alert pollee, however, arrested the occupants of the car after discover- ing and raiding the Ofth columnists' headquarters next to the City Hall,
City Held
Terrorism In Shanghai
Appeal By Japanese
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH!
At Carlisie the Home Guard and Civil, defence workers held the city
SHANGHAI, Aug. 25 (UP). against the repeated attacks of their The Japanese naval defence better equipped "enemy."
The Dutch called dive-bombers to headquarters has ordered the their old and finally, after force closure of all bridges across the fighting, reached their objective.
Yangtzepoo creok with the Even the fortunate arrival of re- exception of the bridges at the inforcements was not enough to hold three main intersections, due to the city for the Home Guard. Fight-
Ing took place upon this ground to the increasing wave which war is far from new or some Chungking terrorism.
of the Home Guard's strongest
stands were made in the shadow of
of pro-
The Japanese authorities have ask--
the ancient Emperor Hadrian's wall, ed the residents to e-operate in bullt centuries ago by the Romans preventing terrorism, after which to guard against Scottish invaders. they will open all bridges again..
Moscow Reports Revolt By Italian Officers
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter)Some 140 Italian officers and men were arrested while holding a secret meeting in caves in Tivoli, says Moscow Radio. Before the arrest, they offered resistance. Investigation of the case has been kept secret.
The officers and men belong|Mussolini. Their slogans TC- to a military organisation which semble those of the Italian describes itself as ' "Badoglio's Risorgimanto. ́ ́ Volunteers." Those who met at The role of Marshal Badoglio, in Tivoli represented the local. the organisation is not known, but branch of the organisation which he has been for some ilme under.
house arrest, Moscow Radio con- has wide ramifications through-tinues. The view expressed is that. out Italy, including the army. knowing his opposition to the Musso Their aim is to free Italy from organisation may have used his name
In regime and his disgrace, the German yoke and from without his knowledge,
the