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No. 92,013
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1940
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GREEKS BREAK INTO ITALIAN "VERDUN" LINE
U.S. AID TO CHINA
Mr. Henry Morgenthau,
Speed Of Advance LONDON Slowed Up: Violent HAS A
Secretary of Treasury, Gales and Snowstorm NIGHT OFF
explained to the Senate and House Com- mittees details of the pro- posed China loan agree-
ment.
He said later: "got what
came for man a vote of confid-
ence," and added he would proceed immediately to close the deal with China.
"Now we are going to do busi- ress as fast as the lawyers will
let us."
THE SPEED OF THE GREEK ADVANCE HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN BY HEAVY SNOW, WHICH IN SOME PLACES IS THREE FEET DEEP, AND BY VIOLENT GALES, SAYS A REUTER DES- PATCH FROM MOSHKOPOLIS (ALBANIA) THIS MORNING.
The Greeks nevertheless retain the initia-
live and a new line has been established in
THE SECRETARY OF STATE, the extreme north.
MR. CORDELL HULL, WHO OUTLINED A GENERAL PO- LICY OF AID FOR GENERAL CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S GOV- ERNMENT, STATED HE CON-
The Italians had prepared a new defence line secretly on three consecutive ridges in SIDERED THE CHINA AGREE the high mountains which the Italians have ATT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO Christened "Verdun" in the neighbourhood of
FOR THE JOB CHINA IS DO- Lake Okhrida and Podgradetz........
MENT. A *VITAL MATTER. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES
KING.". REUTER.
GLIMPSE OF
TRUE FEELINGS IN RUMANIA
Fresh troops have, been taken there by air and modern weapons and equipment have been brought
up..
Forestalling the defence of- forts, the Greek commander or dered an immediate attrak along the whole line and encountered resistance of a violence hitherto `unexperienced in the current campaign.
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DESTROYER RUNS ASHORE IN SCOTLAND
No sirens sounded in
Marea the London
∙last evening but raiders we reported over other parts of Britain.
Bombs have been drop- ped in a south-west town, which had other heavy ** raids recently, and the blitz appeared to be deve- loping.
An Admiralty com- munique in London yesterday stated that H.M. destroyer Sturdy
(Lt-Comdr G. T. Co.. oper) ran ashore on the Scottish coast in thick weather and has since become a total Icss.
Five ratings were lost. Reuter.
The Italian troops were obvious- picked men, making a desper- ate effort to restore the Italians 000000 lost. prestige.---Reuter.
BITTER RESENTMENT at the loss of Transyl-ly vania (ceded to Hungary at Axis dictation) was ex- pressed by the Rumanian State leader, Genéral Antonescu, speaking on Sunday in commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the Rumanian acquisi- tion of Transylvania after the Great War,
;
Italian Silence On ́ Setbacks.
General Antonescu appealed to "Rumanians radio were silent about the set- across the frontier" not to despair.
GERMAN 'GUERNICA' SAVAGERY
Details of the second
Meanwhile, the Italian press and
backs in Albania and were try- ing to divert public attention by Criticising his predecessors for suggesting that the Greek war was the surrender he added: "But we only a minor matter and that one are all to blame. The frontiers of the decisive theatres is the Suez fell without an attempt to de- Canal. fend them because we had! weakened ourselves, at home by As yet, the Italian troops in fratricidal strife."
North Africa are about: 400 miles He concluded: "Immortal Ru-away from the canal, and their mania will rise again from her Commander-in-Chief, Marshal ashes."
Graziani, is even further away... The Vice-Premier, M. Horia The German radio said yester- Sima, spoke of "the right of day that he is now in Tripoli on a .our people to decide the fate tour of inspection, ****. Reuter,
of territory where they phad always livad."
Alba Julia, where the union of The ceremony took place at
proclaimed on December 1, 1918.
air attack on Southamp- Transylvania and Rumonia was FIFTH COLUMN
ton on successive nights show that a relay of Ger- man aeroplanes attacked unceasingly for hours on Sunday.
-Reuters politik
the Nazi airmen dropped
thousand explosiva bombs and
IN U.S.
: ckitzed wanton damage among "Further
revelations of Fifth
business promises and private Column activities by Germans in houses.
the United States, will, it is be
The first force of raiders ar rived carly, In the evening and A communa] .. underground dropped parachute flares. Driven shelter received a direct hiteved, he made to the press in
to a great height by the intense from ja heavy bomb. A large AA. barrage the raiders pro- number of people were render cccded to shower down hun- cd homeless. dreds of Incendiary bombs,
the coming week.
The Administration, it was understood in Washington yester- Casualties from both raids day, is, mert concerned over Nazl While local firemen werd have not yet been officially ca propaganda which is widespread. tackling the outbreak of fire 'culated-British Wireless.
Reuter
Raiders were also again over a south coast area recently at tacked and were greeted with heavy anti-aircraft fire, Raiders were also reported in the vicinity of Liverpool, South Wales town and an East Anglian town, where bombs were dropped early last night.— Reuter.
A Quiet Day...
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An Air Ministry and Ministry- of Home Security communique states: "There has only been slight enemy activity over this country to-day.
During the morning a number of enemy fighters and fighter: bombers flew in over the coast hut were turned back by our. fighters whilst still over-Kent. No bombs so far have been re- ported.
Two enemy fighters have been shot down by our fighters with- out-loss to ourselves.”—British Wireless.
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