1941-09-29 — Page 3

British Factories Rise To New Heights

STAFF CAR

"Tanks For ITALIAN Russia Week" CAPTURED Huge Success

Success Capture of an Italian

Staff

British

car by South TANK PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN DURING Africans was mentioned “TANKS FOR RUSSIA WEEK” WAS NEARLY in yesterday's 20 PER CENT. HIGHER THAN IN THE PRE- Middle East communique VIOUS WEEK, WHICH ITSELF PROVIDED AN issued in Cairo. ALL-TIME RECORD, THE MINISTRY OF SUP- "Libya: Apart from ineffective PLY STATED IN LONDON YESTERDAY.

enemy artillery fire the situation at Tobruk throughout yesterday

Saturday's tank output was the highest was generally quiet. daily production rate ever reached and then the frontier area our patrols last three days of the week produced more continued their aggressive activi tanks than any previous three days.

HITLER'S

BIGGEST FAILURE

ties,

"Yesterday

South African

a Staff car

con-

A Ministry of Supply official patrol captured stated that targets had been set taining four Italian officers." for every tank and 'plane factory Reuter. in the country targets which were even higher than the peak objectives of last week.

Throughout the week-end tele- had grams and telephone calls

been pouring into the Ministry from tanic factories, foundries and steel works in which workers pledged themselves to do their utmost to exceed last week's re-

Long-Term Policy

Ministry of Supply experta

have planned a rapidly expand

Mr. Clement Attlee, De-cord production this week. puty Prime Minister, speaking at Manchester yesterday said: "The first failure of Hitler was the failure to create disunity in this same

ing tank production programme covering every process of manu- facture.

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SPONTANEOUS

R.A.F. BUSY

COMBUSTION IN MIDDLE. OR SABOTAGE? EAST

A fire which broke out in a saltpetre fac- tory in the Norwegian province of Telemark on Saturday destroyed workshops, labora tories and much of the precious. substance, according an Oslo despatch to the in- dependent French Agency, yesterday.

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The fire is ascribed to "spontaneous com- bustion."-Reuter.

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GERMAN WOMEN REACH TURKEY

FOUR HUNDRED and fifty Axis women and children and staff of the German Lega- tion from Teheran passed through Ankara yesterday.

The train was met by Frau. Clodius, wife of Hitler's trade negotiator, the Bulgarian This programme is based on a country-that disunity which flow of those types selected

leon Minister, and representatives of the Italian

Soviet and Hungarian Missions.

long-term policy for

immediate needs by the

for

in France and other coun-Government, and also to maintain tries paralysed strong rethe simultaneously increasing re- sistance.

#Yet when things looked very dark tot one of us despaired.

"We are facing to-day the most acute phase of a long-planned conspiracy designed to enslave mankind and destroy the entire foundation civilised society.

"That plan was conspired and carried out, by a very evil man but also by a very able man,, by

quirements of Britain's own swift-drive from Teheran to the fron

The women said that the lorry ly expanding armoured fighting tier took eight days during which forces--Reuter.

V

U.S. BUYING

METALS

a man of strong will and by a (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

man of utter ruthlessness,

"If the nations of Europe had: stuck together this evil thing could have been strangled: at its ** birth. Opportunity after oppor

tunity was lost during those years when a halt. could have been called to this fatal glipping down into the abyss of war.

THE UNITED STATES IS ABOUT TO COMPLETE NEW 'AGREEMENTS: WITH PERU AND BOLIVIA FOR THE PUR- CHASE OF ADDITIONAL SUR- PLUS METALS,

they were constantly stopped and searched by the Russians who, they alleged, took their watches, shoes, furs and jewellery, leaving eách person only one suit.

The majority of the travellers but were very

poorly dressed furs several women. ' wore

and jewels, suggesting that the stories of Russian treatment were great- ly exaggerated.

No "Heils"

The German Embassy provided lunch for the refugees who looked

It is learned on high authority sad and depressed and did not in Washington: that the Govern- "Heil" as is customary at a mass ment plans to buy Peru's surplus gathering of Germans. On the "Disunity prevailed and the vanadium; a rare element useful whole the refugees did not look world; is now paying its price. [as a steel, alloy, and ore, copper happy at the prospect of return- "It is tragic to look back and and lead!

ing to their Fatherland.

and

see how the mighty forces of the Bolivia enters the picture with world have been dissipated by surplus zinc as well as tin disunity but. Hitlerr failed to dis-tungsten.. International News rupt this, country..

-Service.

"He failed to destroy our Air

Force. He failed in those attacks and strength of the ordinary man last year on Britain and he has and woman in this country." failed ever since by the courage British Wireless.

TIME HAS TO

HAS TOLD-Grass on the once-smooth lawn in the qontra of thd equare opposito Faritament, had grown waist high and two men have been detalled to cut it. Photo shows Bip Bon toworing above the boythos of the workora.

The party's arrival in Istanbul from Iran was reported in an Istanbul despatch to the official German new agency:

Germans. "In the party are bo- ing accommodated in two large Rumanian steamers, the "Tran- sylvania”...and "Bessarabia."

The Bulgarian charge d'affaires in Teheran, M. Dañṛóv was among the travellers-Reuter.

CONGRESS LEADER'S APPEAL

"ENLIST. IN THE ARMY, AIR FORCE AND NAVY, SHOW YOU HAVE THE WARRIOR- MENTALITY AND HELP YOUR- SELF. DON'T BE ANTI-WAR.”

Sa declared Mr. M. S. Aney, member of the Viceroy's expand-| ed Executive Council and former President of the Indian National Congress, "addressing, a public meeting at Wardha, Central Provinces, yesterday.

Congress had betrayed the interest of the sectorates by re-

| signing - from the Ministries, he said, adding that acceptance of office afforded popportunities for | India's progreis, Reuter,

The R.A.F. had a busy between Friday time

and Saturday night night, according

to a R.A.F. Middle East com- munique issued in Cairo yesterday, bombing and machine-gunning targets at Sardinia, Sicily, Tar- - anto, Palermo, Agrigento, Bardia and Mersa Lukk.

Bases and aerodromes at Elmas in Sardinia were raided and ก large number of seaplanes were severely damaged as well as de- fending aircraft.

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The hangar and wireless station at Marsala, the aerodrome at Borizzo, and the electrical plant at Porto Empedocle also sustained damage, aircraft being damaged and ground crews machine-guft- ned.

In the Gulf of Taranto, merchant vessel was set on fire by the R.A.F. who on Fri- day::.

y night attacked Palermo Harbour and": Agrigento with success, a large fire breaking out at the latter objective.

Bardia harbour and neighbour-

ng dumps were attacked Όπ at Mersa Lukk; one Messerschmitt being destroyed in the Bardia raid.

Saturday as well as a transport

From all operations five RiA:F. aircraft are missing-Reuter.

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