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RED PLANTS OUT OF NAZI REACH

A PLEDGE THAT, EVEN IF DISASTER BE- FELL IN THE WEST, THE RED ARMIES WOULD RETIRE BEHIND THE URAL MOUNTAINS AND ⠀⠀⠀ FIGHT ON FROM THE VAST, REMOTE SPACES OF ASIATIC RUSSIA WAS MADE IN LONDON BY RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. IVAN. MAISKY.

"For years," he said in an interview, "we plan- ned dispersal of heavy and light industries vital to the war effort to guard against air attack.

"Should Moscow fall, a catastrophe which I do not believe will occur, we will fight on, supplied by these factories and growing industries hidden in the Urals.

"The British have a song, 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary.' Well, I it's a long way to the Industries which will maintain the Red Army against Germany, a long hard way by air or land."

For example, he said that white the Leningrad. industrin section was threatened by the German offensive, the area was not any case vital to Soviet war pro- duction.

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Some air observers supported him in the contention that Russin had plants that are, for practical purposes, simply beyond effective Nazi reach, For, they recalled, German reports had never claim- ed the sort of heavy attacks on Russian industries as had been ae- complished in the far more acces- sible British Midlands.

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Red Air Force Morale High

During the day it was dis- closed that the British military mission to Moscow had reported back that morale was high in the Red Air Fleet and that its

their were holding

own with the Nazle, showing a will. ingness to take on the best the invaders could send over. The Russian air arm was describad as powerful and intact. Members of the Soviet military mission in London explained

the Red air force's equipment and tactics for dealing with the now established plan of German arm- oured attack.

German tactics involve a smash by the beaviest tanks of the arm- oured division on principal objec- tives, these spokesmen said, with lighter tanks, armoured cars and CO., LTD. motor-cyclists on the flanks. They sald the attacking forces are close- ly followed by motorised infantry, TEL. 20616

who tumble from trucks and try to clean up isolated machine-gun and artillery positions that have escaped the tanks.

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A

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plained of rats in his cellar. officer cellar and found on shelves a number of nearly empty narrow- necked bottles of olive oil.

The rodent visited the

The corks had been removed by the rats, which had drunk the oil by dipping their tails in the bottles.

ALIENS SET FREE

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Leo Carrillo and Nina Oria In "One Night in the Tropics," coming to the King's.

PENSIONS FOR WAR DISABLED

Some £37,000,000

will

be spent this year by the Ministry of Pensions on

revealed in a Parlia-cases arising out of the mentary answer that authority last war. has been given for 308 interned returned to the refugees to be UK. from Canada and 173 from Australia.

Thus stated the Minister of Pensions in the Commons on

Thursday when he revealed there are approximately 818,000 pen- sioners and dependents from the war of 1914/18 and still a number being received relating to disabilities arising out of war service.

Altogether 891 persons

have been already brought back from Canada and 196 were now on the of claims

way from Australia.

were

These figures were given by Sir Walter Wormersley spoke of the Home Secretary, who also the patriotic spirit shown by pen- said that since the war began sioners, some 446 of whom hac 88,000 allons had been given per- relinquished their pensions as 23 mission to leave Britain of whom contribution to the war effort about 52,000 embarked for Euro- while others had lent their pen- pean ports. British Wireless.

sions to Government free of in- terest.

Soviet aviation, it was said, has developed two types of special 'planes to cope with this form of attack

ឌ twin-engined bomber whose cannons Are

Regarding the present war he armour-piercing shells into tanks,

Isaid he had made 200 awards 10 the other a heavily gunned fighter|

members of the Home Guard in- that swoops simultaneously on in-

jured on duty and 72,000 injury fantry and delivers #

had scorching

allowances been made in machine-gun attack.

cases of civilians injured in air These machine-guna word

Mr. V. D. Savarkar, President raids. About 10,000 civilian pen- called "much more effective of the Hindu Mahasabha, address- sions had been granted in respect than bombs against disciplined ing a mass meeting at Sangli or of death, 8,000 being widows' pen- troops, causing higher casual- Thursday, urged young men to join ❘sions. ties."

Counter-Attack

Then, it was explained, when the Russian commander is satisfied a break has been made in the con- tinuity of the Nazi attack he orders his own infantry, led by light tanks, to counter-charge the German infantry while Russian 'planes still are attacking the Nazi tariks.

Authoritative British quarters reported that the Germans, in three and a half weeks of fighting in Soviet Russia, had "achieved nothing which cannot be quickly recovered by the Russians and

had "accomplished nothing that

can be reckoned as: final or substantial advantage;"

MADRAS FUND- PASSES MILLION

HINDU YOUTHS ADVISED TO JOIN UP

the armed forces and take the

The Minister said he hoped soon opportunity presented them for to make a statement regarding

military training. the training of disabled

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70% OF

WE SINK NEW HUN U-BOATS

SEVENTY PER CENT of the new U-boats put... into commission by Germany since May, 1940, have as been sunk Commander H. Pursey makes this estimate in the 1941 edition of Brassey's Naval Annual (William Clowes, 25s, net).

"This rate, which should be was concerned, might be thus The Viceroy of India, address-possible of improvement, is pro-summed up first, unwarranted ing the Provincial War Committee bably greater than that of German complacency, and then, undue at Madras on Thursday, said con- replacement of boats and certainly alarm, tributions to the Madras Fund greater than the supply of efficient Major Oliver Stewart, dealing crews available, Commander with air operations and the war CHINA GAS CO., LTD. had touched the £1,000,000 marks.

Pursey added. Congratulating the province for

at soa, states that only by working its splendid contribution the Collaboration Needed in close collaboration with the Viceroy announced that the first

other two Services, was the Air operational aircraft assembled in Sir Archibald Hurd the ship Force able to exert its full India for the Indian Air Force ping expert, tiother contributory strength, and, that it must, work

with the naval. would be named Madras.Reu-said that the war, on shipping in dn collaboration

1040, so far as the Government forces to protect the sea routes.

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