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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941

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Australia's Choicest

BUTTER

GRAND SCALE BATTLE

RAGING IN GREECE Anglo-Greek Line US. TAX Holds Intact

STAMP'S HEIR ALSO

KILLED

The bodies of Lord Stamp and his heir, the Hon. Wilfred Stamp, both

At

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killed in Wednesday A FURIOUS GRAND SCALE BATTLE IS NOW RAGING FROM night's air raids, have THE ADRIATIC SEA TO THE AEGEAN, WITH PARTICULARLY VIO- been recovered from the

LENT FIGHTING ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT OLYMPUS, WHERE wreckage of their home

AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAVE REPEATEDLY SMASHED MASS GER- in Shortlands, Kent.

Lord Stamp, whose career was an amazing

MAN ASSAULTS.

The German forces are now bringing their success story, rose from a full weight to bear not only on the Mace- a week boy to the donian front, but also in Albania, where

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BLITZ

highest business appoint- troops swinging from Yugoslavia have join. RAID

ments in the land.

he was President of the London

a director of the Bank of Eng

expert

ed the Italians, and it is expected that the

As among his other activities Greeks will fall back on the Albanian front. Midland and Scottish Railway, The British High Command admits the seriousness of the situation, but says that the give Allied line, although compelled to ground at several points, has inflicted severe losses on the Germans and prevented at break-through at any point.

land and of Imperial Chemical Industries, an economic and adviser to the Government, he was one of the busiest men in the country.

I Other raid victims include Lord Auckland, who was an air pilot. and Mr. A. L. Bowlly, who was a well-known crooner, both be ing killed in London,

Direct Hit

The body of Lady Stamp was recovered later. She was with her husband and son in the shelter when the house received a direct hit and collapsed on the shelter, which was demolished.

Of seven people taking requge, only one was rescuent ative

Reuter.

Athens Radio announced the British

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heavy loves for the Italians" Greek Imperial and

IT IS OFFICIALLY CLAIM - forces have "repulsed German ED THAT THE WHOLE OF THE STAND- mechanised columns

LINES ARE at many ALLIED

FIRM AT THE BASE OF points on the northern front, in- ING

the THE KEY MOUNTAIN PASSES flicting

damage

IN THE OLYMPIAN REGION.-- Germans.

At come points on their cast INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER ·| flank, however, the Greeks have been compelled to make a ser-

withdrawals," les of strategic according to the official spokes.

AL man, who added that, in banja. the Greeks are still in control of the rituation, and "in local attacks. repulsed with

UNCEASING AIR POUNDING OF NAZI FORCES

UNCEASING ATTACKS on enemy supply co- lumns in Greece were carried out by the R.A.F. on Wednesday and the previous night, states a Cairo communique.

Much damage was caused. Kozani-Bitolj-Ptole- mais was the main area attacked. The railway near Korinos, motor transport near Kitros and a station south-east of Katarimi were successfully bombed.

Fires were started at a series of aerodromes, and a convoy cast of Salonika was heavily bombed.

A large formation of enemy air. craft which attacked shipping in Khalkis Harbour on Wednesday

The R.A.E. lost four aircraft -in widespread operations, in Greece and Libya on Wednes day and Tuesday night. Enemy aircraft raided the acro- on Tuesday were engaged. by fighters which drome at Heraklion shot down one Junkers twin-en- but negligible damage resulted and gined dive-homber while another one aircraft was shot down, the was destroyed by A.A. fre.

pilot being captured.-Reuter.

VICE.

Line Intact

Lates reports from the Mace- donian front slate that the Anglo- Greek line, although under pres- | sure, remains intart.

Hard fighting is taking place round Servia (Greece) where Australian troops are giving the Germans a hammering.

British armoured unit! broly down five German 'planes with Bien guts.

Bitter Struggle

Beyond the fact that a bitter struggle is raging in the region just nurth of Kalabaka,

there is

no fresh news regarding the fight- ing in northern Greece,

A Greek communique stated the Germans were advancing upon Kalabaka.

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Albania Situation The Greek army may have evacuate Albania where the silua- tion is described as "serious," ac- cording to well-informed quarters in Cairo yesterday.

Considerable German forces which have been freed from ac- tion in Yugoslavia Have succeed-- ed in pushing back the Greeks. who were in a position to pro- toot the retreat of the Greek. forces from the Albania sector, it is stated.

This may have repercussions on the British and Imperial troops in Greece.

Well-informed quarters in Cairo, do not pretend to minimise the gravity of the Greek situation... Reuter.

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BEGINS

German aeroplanes

PAYERS WARNED

United States taxpayers ore to be asked to

pay $3,500,000,000 more dol- lars next year.

The Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthaut, announc ed yesterday that the Adminis- tration are asking for this amount of new tuxes,

That figure, he added. was reached on the basis that at least two-thirds of expenditure ought to be raised by taxation,

Expenditure for the fiscal year bezinning July 1 is estimated at $19,000,000,000.

"EXISTING TAXES WILL BRING US JUST OVER $9.000,000,000 LEAVING ABOUT $3,500.000,000 SHORT OF THE AMOUNT OF TAXES WE OUGHT TO RAISE," HE SAID.

Apart from these new tuxes

were reported over a town the Treasury will have to borrow to meet in North-East England last $500.000.000 a month

expenditures on defence and the night.

Lend and Lease programme. Reuter.

CROSSED; RAIDERS WHICH THE WEST COAST SCATTERED BOMBS IN RURAL DISTRICTS. A PROCESSION OF GERMAN PLANES RAIDED AN AREA IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND).

THE WIDESPREAD ATTACKS BEGAN SOON AFTER DARK AND WERE STILI, IN PRO- GRESS SOME HOURS LATER.. REUTER.

DELIBERATE LIE

Pies'dent Roosevelt, through his private secretary, Mr. Stephen Early, yesterday characterised as that deliberate lie," reports United States naval vessels were helping convoy British ships i across the Atlantic.-Reuter.

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