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EFFORTS TO

BREAK

Japanese Again Stage Fierce Attacks

INVADERS WIPED OUT

IN TSINGAN

CHUNGKING, May 1 (Central) - Renewed

counter-attacks

have been made by the Japanese in north Kiangsi, in an effort to break down Chinese pressure, according to fleid dispatches from the north Kiangs! front.

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Talagan. 30 miles northwest of Nanchang, was the scene of "bitter street fighting April 27-29 after Japanese reinforcements-

forced an entry.

The city is reported safe after all the Japanese who entered the efly were wiped out. In the outskirts the Japanese force has beer reduced to only 600 who are fleeing toward Suntow, on the south bank of the Lise River, about 20 miles west of Nanchang, and other points along the Lalo River.

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Tribute To Gallantry

ALLIED TROOPS

GENERAL

CHINESE

PRESSURE

Royal Air Force Officers

Decorated For Gallantry.

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One MachineTM Is Lost

BRITISH NIGHT RAID ON FORNEBU

on

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)-The awards to the Royal Air Force officers who participated in the attacks on StavaRKET IN NORWAY

Aerodrome, and seaplane base In April have been Gazetted. LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)—Tri-

The bar to the Distinguished butes to the 'gallantry of the EX-

Service Order has been given to peditionary force in Norway were

Wing Commander Basil Edward paid by the British press. yester-Embry who was in two successful day,

attacks by a squadron of twelve The Yorkshire" Post condemns planes. In the Arst one his engines Irresponsible Criticism of the cam-¡ failed before he reached his paign and says that one must con- | objective and in the second he sider what is being done in the suffered from frost bite. light of the great difficulties in- Flying Officer Will'am Henry volved. The paper praises the Edwards has been awarded the herold work of the Allied troops. Distinguished Flying Cross. He LONDON, May 1 (Reuter) greatly handicapped as they were piloted one of the twelve planes Last night's British air raid by Nazi advantage in the air. and attacked his target despite Fornebu started shortly after

a heavy snowstorm and heavy midnight and lasted for anti-aircraft Are.

hour. Numerous high ex- plosive bombs were dropped and BAD WEATHER ported by many feld pieces made! While Japanese forces are push stubborn resistance of our forces.

bursts were seen spreading an assault at Fenghsin, 23 miles ing toward Tsingyang on the

When returning he attacked across the landing ground. The Times says that the local and hit & Dornier seaplane, and west of Nanchang, while' Japanese south bank of the Yangtze River

superiori.y which the

In the absence Kan River at in Anhwei, Chinese units

of the moon, Germans on the following day he piloted parachute flares were dropped to gunboats in the

have so far had in the air does one of the six aircraft, which facillate observation. Strong op Nanchang steamed southward to making sweeping northward ad- bombard Chinese positions, vances with Tungling 25 thefr not justify the exaggerated claims went to, attack Stavanger

put forward by Berlin, as for in aerodrome and seaplane base.

position from gun batteries and Chinese land batteries subjected objective, according to milltary

searchlights developed but all them to heavy shell-fire and re-advices from the Anhwe front. stance it has failed to prevent the

The weather was so bad that attack were pressed home and pulsed them. On April 28 Jap-Spirited combats are said to be/landing of Allied troops., Put 10ave of the planes had to abandon considerable damage is anese Infantrymen from Nan- raging in the vicinity of Tungling overcome this superiority is now

their task but Flying Officer highly necessary, · ·-

to, have been done to the airport chang attacked Tachenk and and at Shunanchen, northeast of

Edwards got through, attacked and aircraft. o her points around Nanchang, Tungling.

the objectives and obtained without success.

valuable information.

On April 27 two thousand Jap anese troops from Nanchang sup-

were also repulsed with losses.

TUNGLING FRONT

are

Japanese communication. Ilnes CHINESE REOCCUPY HILLS at Tkang. Tungling, Fanchang, Fighting is also going on at Nanling and Tsingyang have Tehan on the Nanchang - Klu-been served.

.all

The Daily Mail comments that even the German communique on Monday had to pay tribute to the

Germans Give Up Positions

now Royal Navy Silences

Heavy Guns

kinng Railway, 33 miles south of LINGCHWAN RECAPTURED Klukiang, and Julchang, 22 miles After recapturing Lingchwan, west of Kluklang. Hills" south-scene of recen; bitter fighting in west of Juichang have been re-southeast Shansi near the Honan "occupied by the Chinese.

border, Chinese forces are According to a message from rapidly advancing north toward Changsha, two Japanese columnis Hukwan in pursuit of launched simultaneous a tacks on treating Japanese, gays a Hsishan, cast of Yoyang, and from the south Shansi Kulingshan, east of Tungcheng Many important points include Allied plan to arrange a cone on April 27. After two days' re- ing Fuchengchen. Yillaen and

the. re-

report front

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STOCKHOLM, May 1 (Reuter)~~

shaped encirclement of the Ger- mand in the Narvik sector bas

The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to Flight Lieutenant Peter Woolridge Townsend

who shot down an enemy aircraft in the North Sea. This was his third success

|CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

sistance; the Chinese troops in Hotówtsun, have been successive: now been completed, according to French war

FARIS, May 1 (Reuter)-Ibe fucted over 800 casualties uponly recaptured.

communique issueti Es'shan, the Japanese invading

the Riksgransen correspondent of today stated that there was local Four thousand Reeing Japanese

the Aftonbladet. killed 160 army horses and

activity 01 cap were attacked by the Chinese at

contact units. Our turid a quantity of ammunition.poin's northwest of Lingchwan a The correspondent adds that Re- patrols took some prisoners. Two. The remnant Japanese fed to- few days ago,

enemy information. local attacks by sustaining some cording to reliable ward Taolin., a small town" 18 800 casualties.

the Germans have given up their ments have been repulsed miles to the southeast of Yoyang

the heights around On the Changtienchen-Maot-positions on and 28 miles wes: of Tungcheng singtu highway the Chinese con- Narvik and are now entrenched PARIS. May with the Chinese, in pursuit.. The tinue to clean up remnant Japon the shore with machine-guns, Paul Reynaud, the new Premier, intended to prevent landings of is suffering from a slight attack Japanese invading Kiulingshananese.

LONDON SAYS NAZI CLAIMS WITHOUT CONFIRMATION

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)-In connexion with the German High Command's claim yesterday afternoon that the Nazi forces moving south from Trondheim have linked up with similar forces coming up from Oslo, London sources point out that so far this is not confirmed from other sources and that reports from Swedish border throw a somewhat different light.

Allled troops.

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GOOD WORK BY NAVY

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One British machine failed to return

More Vigour Wanted

GLORY FOR THE

ROYAL NAVY LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of the Liberal Opposition, made a speech in Edinburgh yesterday.

He declared that unless the detach-Government decided on a vigorous and determined action in Norway the neutrals would rush to climb on the German band waggon

He stressed that we must now scuttle from South Norway and settle down at Narvik.

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The battles in Norway were lost in the fog of war but the British Navy won glory and the Air Force

MUST FACE FACTS

it the the

LONDON, - May 1 (Reuter) The British Navy is stated to There is no confirmation in well-won striking successes against the have silenced all the heavier guns informed circles here last night more powerful German forces. which the Germans possessed. of the reports that Dombaas and Namsos was bombed by the Ger-Stoeren häd fallen,

seven times in fourteen hours on Tuesday, according to the Aftonbladet's correspondent in North Trondelag. He the

says the Germans aimed at the landing places and that anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes took"toll of the German bombers, but these were so plentiful that the Germans ap- parently do not heed their losses.

In the first place this linking Stoeren and Dombaas as well IS of communications, if true, has Herkin are in Allied hands. not been by way of either of Even if confirmed, the German the main Valleys between Oslo, claim is not as Important as it Trondheim, Gudbradsdal and Os might seem at first. Both the terdal A small force has already main valleys from Osio apparent- been reported to have left Osterly are still held by the Allies Valley to try to cross the height and a daring drive by" one and'

somewhere be armoured column across the hills tween Dombaas and Stoeren but would not of itself be big news. it is said that this force has met with "Norwegian resistance in the hills.

come

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REPAIRING BRIDGES

In the Oster Valley the Ger- mang captured Roeros on Mon- day and got to work on broken bridges to the north of the town. Messages from Stockholm yester

To evacuate southern Norway ISTANBUL, May 1 (Reuter) would only be justifiable The British and French Ambassa-military leaders thought dcrs were received by President attuation was beyond repair. Inenu yesterday. Foreign Minister was also present neutrals, particularly to Belgium, The Turkish Sir Archibald appealed to the

at the talks,"

to face the facts.

By postponing even preparatory Norman McLeod Rodgers, Can-came victims of German aggres- PARIS, May 1 (Reuter)-Mr. staff conversations till they be-

dian Defence Minister and Mr.sion the neutrals made it Im- Vincent Massey, Canadian High possible for Britain to save them Commissioner in London yester-irom invasion. day visited the Western Front. They drove to the British Head- quarters from Paris.

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TSINAN FIRE DAMAGE SOMEWHERE IN SHANTUNG, May 1 (Central) More than

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter) 70,000.000 damages. is have been sustained when a Jap-of office as Governor of Southern said to Sir Herbert James Stanley's term

fire, allegedly set by disgruntled til April 1941. anese cotton mill was gutted by Rhodesia has been extended un-

Japanese workers on April 8.

NEVER ASKED FOR HELP Sir Archibald said that Norway never

asked for our help and allowed to arrangements. Army forces of the two countries to be made between the staffs of the until Germany was already in occupation of all the principal Norwegian ports and centres of mobilisation.

day said that this repair work has been interrupted. Norwegian troops

Some 80,000 -bales of cotton and have.. been

MILAN. May 1 (Reuter) The reinforced while it is said that 20 machines were totally des celebrated operatic dancer, Rosina German reinforcements:

royed and about 50 houses razed Galli, died here yesterday at the bald said that her one. have been diverted to Gudbrands to the ground.

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More German Treachery

POLICING THE DANUBE

PARIS, May 1 (Reuter)-Diplo- matic circles expect that Germany will shortly create a pretext for

the despatch of gunboats

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ACROSS

1 Calmness

5. Manner

8. Lesser

9 Yield strategic points on the Jugoslav 11 Wood and Bumaziar reaches of the 13 Apportion Danube

16 Close by The first attempt to attain this 18. Dis object was foiled on April 17, inclined when Hungary, Jugoslavia, Ru- 20 Not mania and Bulgaria signed an

recounted [agreement under which each 21 Coupled

State was responsible for policing 23 Avoid its own part of the Danube. But 24 Buttress Germany's hand is seen here in 28. Prepare

the "new Hungarian proposal that

for press the policing of the sector com 29 Well-bred prising the Irongate Narrows 30 Speaks should be entrusted to an inter- 31 Assigns național squadron under a de-

Which

finition Germany.

would

include

Rumania and Jugoslavia have already definitely 'rejected Hun- gary's proposal while Bulgaria has not yet replied.

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Regarding Belgium, Sir Areni- hope ot preserving her territory was to take concerted measures with the British and French General Staffs before any German advance' was made.

Raiders Near The Coast

ATTACK ON CONVOY

IS PRESUMED

LONDON, May 1 (Renter)-- Anti-aircraft guns went into ac tion in the vicinity of the Humber estuary, along the Yorkshire coast farther north at 9pm. yesterday.

No raiders crossed the coast line) and it is believed that the shoot- Ing was directed against German British mine laying aircraft. fighters went up and drove the visitors away.

Early in the evening, sounds of heavy gunfire were heard off the north-east coast. The anti-air- craft guns, aboard the ahips ap- peared to be responsible for the firing, and it was presumed that Nazi planies were engaged in an attack against a convoy.

No detalls have yet been releas- ed oficially.

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