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NAZIS ON DEFENSIVE IN FACE Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt
OF SOVIET COUNTER-ATTACKS
Gomel and Kexholm Scene of Latest Thrusts
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”!
MOSCOW, SEPT. 7 (UP).—THE RED ARMY ORGAN, "RED STAR" TO-DAY REPORTED FURTHER SUCCESS- FUL SOVIET COUNTER-ATTACKS IN THE KEXHOLM AND GOMEL DIRECTIONS. IN THE GOMEL SECTOR, AN INFANTRY DIVISION MADE AN OFFENSIVE ATTACK AGAINST THE LEFT FLANK OF THE GERMAN VANGUARD, SMASHED THEIR RÉSISTANCE AND RE-CAPTURED SEVERAL VILLAGES, IN THE KEXHOLM DIRECTION, THE RUSSIANS ROUTED THE ENEMY WHICH IS REPORTED TO BE FLEEING IN PANIC THROUGH THE WOODS.
The Red army also repulsed a German attempt:
A.R.P. INQUIRY RESUMES
Contractor Says He was Asked To Present a Tender
Evidence that he was asked to apply for a tender form for the making of concrete blocks by a servant of Capt. Hobbs was contractors, this morning at the resumed inquiry into certain given by Chung Yuk, Manager of Sang Tai and Co., building matters connected with the Architectural Branch of the A.R.P.
Department.
U. S. TO GROW FOR BRITAIN
Record Production Called For
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH**
WASHINGTON, Sept.
(UP). The
75
to force a crossing of the Khrama River on the
up
western front, blew up pontoon bridges and des No Air
troyed 35 planes on a neighbouring airport.
SOVIETS USE PANZER UNITS
ZURICH, Sept. 7 (UP).—The newspaper "Zuricher
Mastery
Zeitung Berliner" reports that in various sectors, it is For Nazis
understood that the Russians have started
very heavy counter-attacks with strong forces and large reinforce- ments of panzer units including the heaviest types.
The heaviest attack appears to be on the central
very
Russian Campaign Brings Big Losses
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
front by Marshal Timoshenko's army and also along the Dnieper where Marshal Budenny has released a
MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (UP),—| heads at many points. The Russians even tried to cross losses in the German-Russian strong offensive against the German east bank bridge- General Grendal of the Red air force, analysing the Luftwaffe's the Dnieper, but Berlin claims that they were thrown war in to-day's "Red Star," sald The Commission comprises back with losses. His Honour Mr Justice P. E, F, Cressal! (Chairman), Mr S
Hampden Ross, Mr L. C. F. Bel CEASELESS
Jamy and Mr K. M. A. Barnett
(Secretary). Mr G. G. N. Tin- ACTIVITY BON represented Wing-Comdr A. H. Steele-Perkins, Director of Air Raid Precautions, who was
not present.
Chung told the Commission that his Arm was formed about 11 years ago and, besides himself, there were TURN to Back Pago, Column 5
BY R.A.F.
Tripoli And Derna Attacked
Agriculture, Mr Claude Wickard, Russia Wants The R.A.F. communique says:
-announces-a-record-1942-farm production programme calling
for an all-time record production
to "Improve the nutrition of
this country and meet the needs
Aluminium
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
WASHINGTON,
(Reuter).-
President Roosevelt's
Aged Mother Passes
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (Reuter). President Roosevelt's..... mother Mrs Sarn Delano Roosevelt is dead.
mother's bedside and they were with her when she died at 11.15 The President and his wife spent Saturday night at his
a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Mra Roosevelt had been un-
figures of German losses in the conscious for 12 hours following
He said that the
Mr Campbell In Serious Condition
that the Germans have not only failed to achieve mastery of the The paper states, "It is un-air, but are continuing to lose derstood that tho counter-attacks are temporarily the Red air fleet's losses, while Russian disproportionately compared to forcing the Germans to devote the quality of machines and men their chief attention to the de- is steadily worsening. fensive. The counter-attacks, however, have never exceeded
Repeating the official Soviet the character of localised suc-first two months of the war of what the family physician, Dr 'cesses.
7,200 planes, a third of which Scott Smith, called "acute eir- "The Russian losses are reported to be very heavy and therefore it is the were Messerschmitt 111 and a culatory collapse due principally conviction in Berlin that the Russian considerable number of ME-1093, to advanced age." efforts will last only a certain time he claimed that the Soviet avia- CAIRO, Sept. 7 (Reuter) fresh German offensive operations,"
The first intimation of this develop- when they will be replaced with tion "not only unyields to the ment came on Friday night, but Mrs Germans but in many respects become alarming until late on Satur- Sara Roosevelt's condition did not "Libya.-Heavy bombers of the
Western Sector
excels them."
Note Found By Police day. R.A.F. attacked shipping along-
MOSCOW, Sept. 7
Old-Type Machines side the Spanish Quay at Tri-Further successes in local operations strength on the east front consists of
The funeral at Hyde Park on Tues. It was revealed by the Police poli on the night of September in the westem sector. are reported four air feets and one air corps summer at her coltage at Campo gineering Office of the Public
Luftwaffe's day will be private,
this morning that Mr J. G. The old lady spent most of the Campbell, attached to the En- 6-6. A medium-sized merchant- to-day. Sept. 7 of those nations who still stand (UP). --- Authoritative defence direct hits were obtained on the division, after
man was hit by bombs and many direction of Gomel,
In one of the sub-sectors in the Keller and Schtumpf. They are using left, there for Hyde Park on August found suffering from the effects headed by Generals Keiseiring, Leer, Bello Island, New Brunswick, She a Soviet rifle old types of bombera; Heinkel 111, 31.
Works Department," who was between this country
that quarters to-day stated and
overcoming Quay. Soviet Russia has requested | Hitler."
pn- Dornier 213 and diverse Junkers 08 Other RAF. bombers raided a number of large inhabited places and thoroughly modernised, as well as a of James Roosevelt, fourth cousin of contents of which the Police siderable resistance, has retaken a and Messerschmitt 110 which are Mrs Sara Roosevelt was the wite day evening... left a note, the Met King And Queen of poison at his residence yester- aluminium supplies from The Secretary asked for un- United States to offset the losses At Dema, large fires broke out and
the number of objectives In Cirenaica. destroyed 21 German tanks and limited sugar production; slight caused by the destruction of the in one of these an explosion took
many guris.
new fighter, Heinkel 113,
President Theodore Roosevelt. In At another point in the western ly increased corn acreage; more Dalepropetrovsk dam and the place followed by showers of sparks. sector, the Germans had established
Effective Soviet Bombings
cannot reveal, 1030 she met the King and Queen Goheral Grendal soya beans and potatoes; nearly disruption of the Leningrad A number of enemy aircraft on the bridgeheads across the River Khmar. Russian air bombing has been most residence of the Presiden: and his stated this morning to be very Mr Campbell, whose condition was stated that during their stay at the Hyde Park doubled peanut production; and plant, which, resulted in cutting destroyed.
ground are believed to
have been Soviet aircraft by dive-attacks des-effective at airports. ho emphasised his request for
ex-wife during the Royal tour of Canada serious, is in the Kowloon Hospital. approximately
troyed the
He lives at 140 Waterloo Road and: 66% of the
the bridgeheads and prevented perience in this war has shown that and the United States. increased production in hogs, annual capacity of 150,000,000 Derna was also attacked and Ares re- of Germans.
"A motor transport camp south of a crossing and killed some hundreds the Luftwaffe does not operate on a
Born in 1854 at Algonac, a
was discovered in his room, uncon- few egge, evaporated milk, cheese pounds.
sulted from our bembing.
mass scale, but as individual groups, miles from Newbord, New
scious by his houseboy yesterday York and chickens, all of which are
Soviet planes also
State, Mrs The destruction of the dam wips dispersed aircraft and motor trans destroyed 35 planes ond
Mr Campbell had left "At Martuba, bombs fell
her Evening. attacked two since the front lacks any large air-dhood in a where vitally needed by the British,'
among aerodromes used by the enemy and ports accommodating hundreds
ofer
her instructions for tea to be brought to out the principle supply of 75,000,000 ports and the glow of the fires could
planes. damaged pounds while the Leningrad plant be seen all over the target area. Wheat production would be
The majority of the airports con- returns in business. On her his room at 6 o'clock.
to Algonac she married in Mr Campbell has a wife and family duced fifteen to twenty per cent. with a productive copacity of 30,000,- "Other attacks
In in Australia, tain below this year's crop in view of the 000 pounds is also believed not to be Bardin and
several dozen planes, some up. 1880 James Roosevelt, who was a Odessa Bombed were made on
wards of 40 or 50 are located in when the present President was 18. distant cousin. In December, 1900, well as the lack of export operating. They were of the opinion surplus,
nerodrome
E Of
LONDON, Sept. 7
(Reuter). sheltered demand. The cotton acreage would that the Kamensk plant in the Urals,
да On the night of September 6-7, "German bombers last night bombed camouflaged areas; however, Soviet his father died and from, then on be but little changed.
with an estimated capacity of 40,-enemy aircraft attempted to raid the
the town and harbour of Odessa as reconnaissance from the air
ward Mrs Roosevelt's affection was 008,000 pounds annually is operating Suce Cannare at our ught aghters well as railway junctions of military land have spotted these bases and centred on her son, whose meteoric fully.
shot down two raiders and damaged the German official news agency,
importance with good effect,'
inflicted crushing blows on them."
career sho followed step by step with Bauxite from the Tikhvin felds Is others. also salted because it is now
Huge Losses
great pride. control of the Finny.
"Small and large fires testified to under "From all these operations one of the effect of the attack."
According to "Reuter," General our aircraft is missing."
Grendal gave the following figures of German losses;
re-
·Contracts For Farmers "Every farmer in the United States will be contacted by the local former TURN to Back Page, Column 5
Saturday's Raid Over Rhineland Described
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuler).The full story of the Satur
→
Adem.
the
Greer Sequel Inflames U.S. Opinion
Nazi Charges Ridiculed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. (Reu-
day night Rhineland raid is told by the Air Ministry. Thoughter).-German charges against there was a moon and clear sky over Western Germany, the target was found only after skilful navigation.
The target was the chemical { works at Huls, just north of the
President Roosevelt over the Greer incident are treated as ludicrous here as no one believes
Rattling Shrapnel One Canadian on his return des-that the Greer had any orders.
the Ruhr, an important plant for cribed
shrapnel fragments to do anything but defend her- the manufacture of buns or rating against his bomber as like self. synthetic rubber with which "darky dancer rattling bones,""
was
80
now
one
Many Nazi night fighters were
Moreover, the destroyer Germany planned to make thoseen. A Messerschmitt 100 attacked plainly marked that no submarine army and air force independent Wellington from astern. then commander with a periscope above of the blockade.
passed underneath. The Wellington the water could possibly have mis- front gunner opened Are but the
taken
har for one transferred to One Whitley pilot circled and Nazi returned for another attack.
Incident,
which criss-crossed the whole area for an Then both the front and rear gun-
oppenrod fairly Innocuous at first, There was no answer threatens to develop into a serious hour and ball before the navigator hers fired. was certain that the right place was from the Messerschmitt which dived diplomatie issue and while no Incated. Then he saw his bomba ex-straight down. "damaged, probably still believes that it can lead America. plodu omong the buildings and destroyed," as the crew said in their into war, it will intensify relations and similar Incidenta in future will The plant was subjected to a heavy unquestionably inflame opinion here. Other crews had similar experi kombardment, often only from a few Reports from Hyde Park that Presi ences. Searchlights were every thousand feet, and many crews re-dent Roosevell is considering convoya where--one pilot dived within a ported hits on the dead centre of the as a result of the Greer incident are hundred-foot-of-tha: ground to es-argot, and among storage tanks, '. received here with Intense Interest cape them and anti-aircraft' 'fre
Fires' started emitting dense clouds but no further information on this head is available-here aga
several fires, sprang up.
report.
others.
Command Of Air
says
MADRID, Sept. 7 (Reuter)The Berlin correspondent of "Ele" says TURN to Back Page, Column 3
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"The
well
and
father
apent
Visit To Paris
1.
In September, 1937, at the age of 83 Mrs Roosevelt went to Paris at
"In the course of the war, our air the invitation of the French Govern- TURN to Back Page, Column 3 TURN to Back Page, Column 3 force has destroyed over 2,000 Nazi ment. She visited the Paris Exhibi-
Gang Attack On Chinese Newspaper
A
Incident In
་
City
· determined offort. obstruct the normal sale of the "Hua Hsiang Pao," pro-Leftist
Australia's New Premier Chinese evening newspaper,
Makes A Fighting Speech
SYDNEY, Sept. 7 (Reuter).—In his broadcast to-day, the Australian Prime Minister Mr A. W. Fadden, said that, at least one in four Australians of fighting age were fighting with the: forces, namely 400,000 in the Navy, Army and Air Force.
Within another two years the, the world, are relentless in their de figure would exceed 600,000 in termination to sweep Hitler and his addition to 200,000 engaged followers into oblivion." directly or indirectly in the pro- duction of munitions, war equip ment and war supplies.
Naval personnel had Increased threefold and Air Force personnel sevenfold,
Tribute To Menzies
•
Navy Minister
was made on Saturday after noon, when papers were wrench- ed from the hands of, vendors and torn up by a gang of hooll wholesale, depot in Lee Yuen gans outside, the newspaper's
East.
The Incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m., the normal publication time. As soon as vendors were issued with the papers; they were met by number of toughs" who forcibly took poreqssion of the papers and tote them Into 'shreds at
the end
end of MELBOURNE, Sept. 7 (Reuter) the street f "We rejoice that the Russians are It estimated that
at least three Aghting so magnificently, but Russia quarters of
of the day's
Issue
werti cannot hope to defeat the Germans destroyed in this way and prevented in Germany and bring her to her from passing into readers hands. knees, declared Mr W. M. Hughes,whereupon the gang disappeared.
assistance was summoned, the Navy Minister, in `n
a speech
Yesterday's leave of the paper, war
Mr Fadden paid a fine tribute to to-day. Mr R. G. Menzies his predecessor as "Nothing less will sumce. This not interfered with in any way, Prime Minister who he kald, gave lumaelf unselfishly to his country in
war is our war. We must fight it ourselves to the end, Maybe victory
hoon sooner than we dare to Funeral Of Mr Kring
one of its most difficult periods,
MrFadden added: "The third
hope Britalii's position is Incom year will probably determine if civi parably stronger than a year ago."
The funeral of the late, Mr N
faation, already bruised and bat Mr Hugher added: "Australia's Kring will take place at 5.80 th tered to survive. That is why destiny depends or her ability to as afternoon at the Protestant Ceme Avorteztiane, with the free people of hieve unity
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