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The fear that Britain

some "unplea- | may have sant surprises" in store for the Nazis in the West, has led the High Com- mand of the German for- ces to maintain consider- able troops in the West, according to the German radio yesterday.

.COMMENTING ON THE HIGH COMMAND COMMUNIQUE THE ANNOUNCER DECLARED: "THE ENEMY IS NOT IDLE ON THIS SECTOR OF THE FRONT, AS IS PROVED BY HIS ALMOST DAILY ATTEMPTS TO RAID THE CHANNEL COAST.

"This is further proved by his nightly attacks

north-west i

Germany.

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announ-

season tickets for the bus and tramway com- panies were ced to-day.

Ordinary monthly tickets of the bus companies will cost $10 and a monthly ticket for the trams is raised to $8.

The special ticket of the China Motor Bus Company will cost $14.

WILLKIE

OF TOWN

MUNSTER AND TARGETS

MILITARY

AND

IMPORTANCE."

OF

INDUSTRIAL

The commentator, after com-

miserating with the

citizens who

"night after night have lost not

only sleep but often

their be-

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ACTION

Mr. Wendell Willkie longings and their lives," added: told the press after Pre-

I la Just

as impossible to

eliminate these attacks as it is sident Roosevelt's daily

'fire

on the front.”—Reuter.

Three Points Defeat In Front Of Lepel

Nazi

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AT

ADMISSION OF INTENSIFIED GERMAN PRESSURE THREE KEY POINTS ON THE LONG RUSSO-GERMAN BATTLE- FRONT WAS MADE IN AN OFFICIAL MOSCOW ANNOUNCE- MENT LAST NIGHT. VIOLENT FIGHTING IS RAGING IN FRONT OF OSTROV, VOLOTSK AND NOVOGRAD - VOLINSK, AND THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND CLAIMS THE CAPTURE OF OSTROV.

Moscow's version of the day's fighting.S. NAVY suggests that some further ground has been

conceded, though there is confirmation of a PERMITTED. serious German defeat on the fourth prong of

the offensive, in front of Lepel. Elsewhere, TO SHOOT

the Soviet lines are holding.

U.S. COL. FRANK KNOX, SECRETARY OF NAVY, SAID AT HIB PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY

German reports speak of "savage resistance” and the casualty toll is mounting. It is also admit- ted in Berlin that large pockets of Russian resist- ance are causing difficulty well behind the present THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT German lines. International News Service.

Three Rivers

HAD TOLD THE NAVY WHAT TO DO IF IT BECAME NECES- by A war communique issued

SARY TO SHOOT IN ORDER TO.. the Soviet Information Board and broadcast by

PROTECT THE ATLANTIC AP. last Moscow radio

The Battle of the Eastern Fronti

TO U.S. BASE night, declared that throughout the day "flerce fighting continued has developed into the battle of PROACHES

the three rivers-Dvina, Dniester AGAINST HOSTILE AGTIVITY. and against large enemy tank

and Dnieper. mechanised units trying to break

THE GERMAN OFFICIAL Col. Knox declared the language through in the Ostrov, Polotsk

NEWS AGENCY SAYS GER- of the Iceland message "would ineq [and Novograd-Volinsk directions.

MAN TROOPS HAVE OCCU- dicate" that the President intended "In the

sector our PIED OSTROV, ON THE MAIN forces are engaged in a stubborn ROAD TO LENINGRAD, WHICH the Atlantic patrol to go farther battle. and are holding back the IS 200 MILES TO THE NORTH-than its previous orders, which advance of superior enomy

merely were to report any hostile craft sighted-Reuter.

forces.

Ostrov

Impossible to eliminate artillery conference yesterday: "IN THE DIRECTION OF "There is no use in just POLOTSK THE ENEMY RENEW- HIS OFFENSIVE THIS giving lip service to Bri-ED

MORNING. OUR TROOPS MET

SOVIET SPEEDS

UP HARVESTING

Collective farms throughout the Soviet Union are training every nerve to gather in the

tain.

"We can either give her offective aid or it would be better not to try| to give any aid at all."

HIS OFFENSIVE WITH DEADLY ARTILLERY AND MACHINE- DECI- GUN FIRE. AND WITH

COUNTER - ATTACKS. SIVE FIGHTING IS STILL CONTINU- ING.

Mr. Wilkie said he favoured the unpre-U.S. establishing military bases in cedently bountiful harvest in re- Northern Ireland and Scotland. losses. .: cord time, states the official Tass' agency.

In many districts harvesting is well ahead of schedule. In the Crimea, for instance, four times more wheat has already been reaped than this time last year- Reuter

CORPORAL DIES

IN HOSPITAL Corporal Smith, Royal Scots, who was seriously injured: when a Bren-gun carrier roll- Ped: 2011tor down a hill con. Castles Pook: Road on Tues- day, died In hospital. last nights

"The enemy is suffering heavy "In the direction of Lepel our The American occupation of troops are making successful Iceland, he decared, "is in my counter-thrusts against the enemy. judgment but, the first of similar stops that should be taken."

Replying to questions, he said: "It is vital to keep the sea lanes open," and added that British shipping. losses were running far ahead of new constructions,— Reuter.

S. M. WOODS SLIGHTLY BETTER

Fierce Fighting

Mint the Novograd-Volinsk aren, there was fierce fighting throughout the day between our troops and large enemy mechan. ised forces.

"IN OTHER DIRECTIONS OUR TROOPS ARE FIGHTING STUB- THEIR

BORNLY, MAINTAINING

POSITIONS.

hemy mechanised units and des-

"Our aircraft operated against

troyed enemy aircraft on the

The condition of Sgt-Major | JOU FINNS ENGAGED IN Woods, Permanent Staff Instruc **** HOSTILITIES

aircraft bombed Constan-

tor, Royal Artillery, who was za, the port and trade ports In injured in a motor-cycle accident Tulcea and Sulina, and the oil- at Shatin on Tuesday n'ght, was fields of Ploesti Finnish forces have taken part stated this morning to be slightly nine of our bombers were met by "During the raid on Constanza In hostil ties on Soviet territory, better,

14 enemy aircraft.” A the Foreign Secretary stated in the

P.S.I Woods suffered injuries to The communique adds: “In the Commons, Mr. Eden added it was untrue that the British Consul- the spine. when the Army air battle which, ensued our air- General in Helsinki: had beeh motor-cycle he was riding plunged craft brought down seven enemy

embankment into the machines with the loss of ong compelled by the Finnish Govern-over the

ours. Reuter... ment to leave Finland, Reuter.

sta.

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