1941-01-14 — Page 4

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Claude RAINS

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Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ

A WARNER BROS. First National Picture

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 14, 1941

ITALIAN COMMANDER

IN ALBANIA GOES INTO RETIREMENT

LOCKED THE

THERE IS LIVELY comment abroad on DOORS ON

the news that yet another Italian general has

resigned, and that a fourth Italian officer is EVACUEES now going to try his luck against the Greeks. AT ROAD SHOW PRICES

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had locked

Mothers with tiny children General Soddu has been Commander-in-evacua ed from West Ham and Islington arrived at Dereham, Nor- Chief in Albania for about two months and folk to find the townspeople there their doors against the official version is that he has been reliev-them. ed of his duties at his own request owing to ill-health.

General Cavallero, who has been Chief of the Staff since Marshal Badoglio resigned a month ago, is to retain this post and at the same time assume the command in Albania.

General Soddu has had little that the list of civilians issued military experience, although be Sunday night does not represent was Vice-Chief under Marshal the full total. Graziani from June to November last year.

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Ая 2 result, twenty-four babies with their mo'hora - total of thirty-eight--had to be taken to a public assistance in- stitution for shelter.

Dereham co'tagers are demand-

ing a full inquiry alleging that the owners of big houses with plenty et accommodation have led to do their bit.

Only 40 Taken

sent

It is impossible to say what the

The chief bille ́ing officer at Italians intend to do with these civilians, who include women. The Dereham, Mr. C. H. Reeder. His two months in Albania have taking of these hostages violates circular letters to people who re- been one long series of defeats. all the principles of internation- fused to offer shelter to the Lon- At no point have the forces under al law and humanity and the ad-don evacuees, telling tham that he his command made a stand against van'age the Italians hope to gain the Greeks, and he has been out- is completely obscure. Reuter. manoeuvred on every hand by the strategy of General Metaxas and General Papagos.

Cavallero, on the other hand, is an experienced man and was Chief of Operations during the last war He wus made Under-Secretary for War when Mussolini came into power and he was called on to al Marshal Badoglio's place when the latter "vacated office" in Decem- ber last,

Long Series

BOMB MISSES FIVE

MEN BY TEN FEET

had dec'ded to use his compulsory billeting powers, and that each of them must offer hospitality to one mother and her children,

It was stated that houses to which these notices had been sent had been found locked when the mothers and children were taken there..

Out of a total of 200 evacuees sent By diving flat on the ground five to Doreham, townspeople offered }

men had

accommodate only а split-second escape voluntarily to from injury when a heavy bomb forty femilles. dropped just 10ft. from the lorry alongside which they were work- ing.

Soddu's resignation is yet an- other in a long series. On De- At the time the men were clear- cember 11, Marshal Badoglio re- | Ing away debris caused by pre- signed, reportedly because he was vious raids in a town in the Home disgusted at the way Mussolini Counties. had entered the war without ade- quate preparations and against the wishes of most Italians.

They were A. Hewitt. E. V. Wickham. C. Johns. W. Baldock and C. Heffer.

Wickham said: "We heard the A day later, the general in com- droning of a 'plane and then a mand of the Dodecanese Islands swishing second. Looking up, we followed suit, and he was joined

coming straight saw a big bomb by the naval leaders, including the

for us. Chief of Naval Staff, his Deputy and the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Fleet,

The fact that Mussolini has had

An inquiry is likely to be held.

BOMBING OF TURIN

WHEN THE R.A.F. ATTACK- ED TURIN ON SATURDAY, THEY TOOK WITH THEM SEVERAL HEAVY BOMBS IT WAS LEARNED IN

YESTERDAY.

LONDON

"Somebody shouted. but I had already ducked. I don't know how These were dropped right inside we managed to get down in time, ❘ the Turin arsenal and the Air the train of but we did. The ground seemed to Ministry describes

"highly significant." Reuter,

One Day Only to call on his Chief of Staff is a lift us in the air. and I swear I explosions which followed

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sign of the extreme shortage of ml'itary leaders willing to conduct Mussolini's war.

In addition to those who have reeigned, two have met

their death and almost a dozen have been taken prisoner..

At the same time, the Italian military situation goes from bad to worse.

Greek Offensive.

When General Cavallero reaches Albania he will And a Greek offensive in full swing in the can- tral sector, with Tepelini In a bad way.

The Greeks are still makin gains beyond Klissoura and ^n- correspondent calls it "the bir gest Greek offensive of the war.'

The Italians are losing prisoner by the hour, while Greek artiller is keeping up an intensive fire The eight inches of snow which fell recently turned into six in- ches of mud over the week-end and more slow is now falling.

The Greek advance, is not gren!, in distance, but Loridon circles sav that it is a very important one They have got behind Klissoura and well over onto the road to Berat, so that Italian lateral line- of communication are now ̈ 30. miles further north,

Tepelini is in an awkward post- ion, but not entirely lost and part of a new Italian Division has been serit there. General Cavallero w I have to provide bettar leader- chin than Soddu, however, if the Italians are to retain the town.

1,500 Hostages.

Among his “war trophies” Gen- eral Caval erò will and 1,500 hos Linges: An Athens meBYOTO – BRY

came down in a different place."

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