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BUTTER

SOVIET 'PLANES BLAST TRAIL FROM WARSAW TO FRONTIER

SWEDEN Fierce Fighting

PERMITS

PASSAGE

OF TROOPS

The Swedish Riksdag

met

The

Raging On Entire Battlefront

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THE SOVIET SUPREME COMMAND CLAIMS THAT GER- MAN TANKS AND INFANTRY, BATTERING HEAVILY

in secret session| AGAINST THE WHOLE RUSSIAN FRONT, WERE REPEATEDLY

yesterday.

No announcement has been made so far regarding Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. presided over by King Gustay.

A meeting of the foreign was also held on Tuesday un

affairs committee of the Cabinet

der the Crown Prince. Monday and Tuesday were public holidays but beyond 4 reiteration of Sweden's desire to conunue to avoid being dragged into the "great powers' war," it.

THROWN BACK.

Ripping over the grey hordes of German troops, sprawled abreast the long gateway to Russia, Red 'planes blasted a trail of fire from Warsaw to -East Poland and knocked vast numbers of German aircraft out of the

sky.

Along the north pinnacle of the line, is unlikely that much indication fierce fighting is raging. Great tanks are

of Sweden' attitude will available

From Norway

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hn

It was officially announced in Stockholm yesterday that Sweden has granted a German request to send a certain number of German troops from Norway to Finland via. Sweden, says a Stockholm dès- patch to the official German news

agency.

locked in combat and "heavy losses were sus-

tained by our enemy,'

of

"

says In the Gulf

Finland # German submarine was sunk by units of the Red Fleet.

Moscow.

German Claims

with In reply to the twice repeat- Referring to cooperation

the agency ed raids on Sebastapol, Soviet the ground forces, bombers thrice bombed Con- adds: "Air force operation on the the stanza and Suljna,

eastern front Intervened in

down on Monday no less than smoothed a

In addition to aircraft brought ground battles in great force and land way for the by breaking enemy 220 Nazi machines were destroy-troops The troops, will be limited to one division, the despatch added. ed on enemy aerodromes.

enemy showed

"New "Position"

Following the special session of the Swedish Riksdag an official communique has been published announcing Swedish agreement to allow German troops to pass from Norway to Finland via Sweden.

wherever

they

resistance. Moscow radio claims the "Bombers attacked destruction of 304 German 'planes tanks and said Red air raiders left themselves. Constanza "in a mass of flames."

Sea Invasion Being Prepared?

"Troop

concentrations on the whole front were bombed and machine-gunned with great success and supply columns exterminated, blocking many roads with wreckage." GER- The same report speaks

THE CAIRO CORRESPON- DENT OF THE "DAILY, MAIL"

The communique, according to REPORTS THAT THE

of

a Stockholm despatch to the of-MANS ARE CONCENTRATING reconnaissance by aircraft which ficial German news agency, states: SHIPS AT CONSTANZA AND "also dealt powerful blows "In the situation occasioned by the outbreak of war between OTHER BLACK SEA PORTS,

Germany and the Soviet, Sweden Twill

unswervingly

POSSIBLY IN PREPARATION | 4. FOR AN. INVASION OF THE

ly pursue her efforts to safeguard CAUCASUS BY SEA INTER- her autonomy and independence NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE. and remain outside the conflict,

"By the new position, how-

Air Offensive

to

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WEIGHT OF R.A.F.

The predominance of aerial Rece

Recent Air Ministry communi-

ever, we are faced with -obrtain arfare at this stage of the Ger-, qués, describing heavy raids

exceptional questions. Thus, it has boon Finland

Germany that emerges from yesterday's semi- Ing on each of the past thirteen should parmit the official German reports of the nights on, the industrial heart of by Swedish railway fighting, which mention air attacks Germany, have frequently stated corps of troopa, limited on the Russian communications that raids have been carried out to one division from Norway to and air, support for the ground by 'n strong force."------

Authoritative quarters state Finland: MAR. CAREERS forces.

The official Gorman agency that such a force would comprise The Government, with the con- sent of the Riksdag and in con- claims that bombers and fighters anything from 250 to 400 bom- sideration of the formality neces of one air 'squadron on the bera. British Wireless. sary for the protection of Swedish Castern front destroyed

Russlan“tanka.::. sovereignty has agreed to this proposal:"Reuter,

ZoSuggested by both man campaign-aga'nst Russia which the RAF. have been mak

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The same agency, in a review of the third day's operations on the eastern front, reports: heavy attacks directed by German bombers against Russian railway

SEES SOVIET ENVOY | tracks and rolling stockade

Gunfire In Baltic

Gunfire is reported to have been

At one point, it is claimed, six heard from various places in the or outer Stockholm Archipelago yes- Admiral Leahy, U.S. Ambassa- trains loaded with troops dor to the Vichy Government, vehicles were attacked, and the terday,ES visited the Soviet Ambassador destruction of 17 locomotives by Firing was also heard on Tuns-

the air forec is claimed.

day off the west coast-Reuter. yesterday morning,

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STALIN TO TAKE SUPREME COMMAND?

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The London "Daily Telegraph" quotes the Vichy radio as saying Stalin plans to take personal and supreme command of the Soviet armies from Marshal Timoshenko. -International News Service. 000000

ANTI-NAZI INCIDENT IN SHANGHAI

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FIRST REACTION IN SHANG- HAI OF THE RUSSO-GERMAN, CONFLICT OCCURRED YES- TERDAY WHEN THE KAISER WILHELM SCHOOL, AT THE CORNER OF GREAT WEST- ERN ROAD AND AVENUE HAIG, HAD ITS GATES AND WALLS, SMEARED WITH THICK RED PAINT BEARING THE SLOGANTM "DOWN WITH HITLER."

The Soviet hammer and sickle insignia were also painted on" the school.

The slogans measured two feet high, and in addition many of the school's windows were smashed by bricks.

The school has been the main. meeting place of the local Nazi group-International News Serr

vice.

Leningrad

Blaze

CLOUDS OF SMOKE CAN BE SEEN IN THE DIRECTION OF LENINGRAD. AND THE TOWN IS SAID TO BE ABLAZE; AC- CORDING TO A REPORT FROM HELSINKI QUOTED BY ROME RADIO-REUTER.

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