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BLACK SEA BATTLE RAGES Nazis Attempt Crimea Landing

Plan To "Hop" Dnieper With An Airborne Force

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DESPITE THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE THIRD GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE WHICH HAS ACHIEVED IMPORTANT AD- VANTAGES IN THE WESTERN UKRAINE AND SOUTH OF LENIN- GRAD, THERE IS NO TENDENCY IN MOSCOW TO TAKE · AN ANXIOUS VIEW OF THE SITUATION.

Dramatic disclosure has been made that one of the greatest: combined air and sea

ASAMA MARU TURNS BACK

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A San Francisco re- port states that the Asama Maru has turn- ed round in Mid- Pacific, thus averting a legal tangle destin- ed to develop from libels totalling US$138,000, accord- ing to the Federal Court. International News Service.

battles between Russia and Germany has NEW PETAIN

been raging in the Black Sea since Tuesday

LEANER DAYS FORight SHANGHAI

ASSURANCE

EMPIRE COUNCIL PROPOSED

The suggestion that permanent Dominions. Council might be estab Jished in London is made in a "Yorkshire. Post" leader.

It is most natural" and right, it says, that there should be in the Dominions an increasing demand for closer contact with the War Cabinet. in London,

The paper notes the difficulties. mentioned by Mr. Menzies that if all the Dominions claimed such a right, the British War Cabinet would be very greatly enlarged

urgent,

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A. RENEWED - ASSURANCE THAT FRANCE DOES NOT IN-

The German Black Sea units have been attempting to force a landing on the Russian South coast east of the Dnieper, but this at- tempt to establish a bridgehead designed to (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") || outflank the south wing of Marshal

Following the an- Budenny's Army is being fought off by RUS nouncement of new res- sian warships and 'planes, with disastrousTION IN FAVOUR OF COLLA-

triction on power con- losses to the Germans. sumption in Shanghai, it

was revealed to-day that

leaner days are ahead for WAR

industry.

This. authoritative quarters state, is because of the "imminent. necessity" of adopting a plan for cutting down, the use of electri- city to 35 per cent of the 1940 “average.

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Coat etooks are still falling month by month and desperate efforts to secure ships to carry more coal to Shanghai have

been unsuccessful

The curtailment plan has been

ON THE AXIS

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adopted by the Shanghai Munici- Washington quarters pal Council, but held in abey-1 ance until "the last moment.” suggest that Mr. Churchill THE SHANGHAI POWER and President Roosevelf COMPANY SAYS THAT THAT MOMENT IS JUST AROUND agreed during

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TEND TO HAND OVER THE FLEET OR THE COLONIES TO TERDAY BY M. HENRI HAYE, EXPLANATION OF MARSHAL

GERMANY WAS GIVEN YES-

#Could ‚æ? solution of iE found by establishing in London a permanent Dominions Coun- cil with members drawn from amongst the most eminent atatamen "wha could be spared from their duties at home? ·

IN THE COURSE OF A FORMAL

PETAIN'S RECENT DECLARA-

BORATION WITH THE NAZIS. If this body could work... In The Vichy Ambassador says he close, constant contact with the It is also revealed that hopes to return to France soon and British War. Cabinet, and it Mr. He Churchill could periodically at- the Russian High Com-report to his Government.

hopes that his trip will not be tend its meetings, considerable. mand is making prepara- misconstrued as denoting further advance towards a full, practical tions to meet the greatest deterioration in American-French co-ordination of the Empire's relations: International News total war effort and war policy air-borne offensive since Service.

would surely be made. "Reuter, Crete in the Ukraine. -

Already the Soviet -fighter. squadrons have shot down num- erous big transport planes carry- ing equipment and froops; and it is believed in Moscow that the to "hop the Dnieper" by air- Germans are making preparations

borne attacki

Counter-preparations have been

made.

Leningrad Threat

The Russians also believe that major offensive against Lenin- grad is in prospect from the Ger

hundred miles to the south-east.

BELT A LOT MORE THAN IT various measures to bring man positions near Novgorod, one HAS DONE SO FAR?!HESSENGERS P

about the "destruction It is estimated that a Russian 5** Higher Prices of Nazi tyranny.

army of 1,500,000 is ready to fight in the strongly fortified Reliable quarters indicate that plains outside Leningrad. Shanghai's already - over-bur- the encouragement of the U.S.S.R. THE CUTTING OFF OF THE dened residents - are faced with in resistance to Hitler by all GARRISON AT TALLINN __ BY new increases in locally produced practical means with war stocks LAND IS ADMITTED BUT goods as a result of the Power and supplies was the dominating TALLINN, LIKE ODESSA MAY Company's decision to Impose consideration. heavy penalties on consumers. ex- ceeding the present reduced allotment.

It is feared that the cinemas, be compelled to raise prices, International News Service:

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to réfax none of the pressure against further Japanese aggres-]

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