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ITALIAN OFFENSIVE IS 1,000 TAKEN PRISONER

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Refugee Quarters Bombed By Enemy: Many Killed

LONDON, Nov. A (Reuter)The Greek resistance seems to have caused a hitch in Herr Hitler's plans for a week ago 1 appeared from rumours that he was going to announce the com- pletion of his "New Order in Europe and combine it with a peace offensive against Britain with the possible hope that it might be accepted here and with a stronger hope that it might cause dissension in America on the eve of the presidential elec- tions, writes Reuter's Diplomatic correspondent.

There is still the possibility of their numerically inferior alr his trying A peace offensive in force is meeting the Italian chal. One pilot, a Flight Lieutenant, on Tirana, the led an attack capital of Albani

America-though he has left It lenge." very late-but the rest of his grandiose plan seems to have been shelved for the moment.

Reports of the Italo-Greek con- filet reaching here states that Italian troops are finding them- selves up against a well-fortified line of resistance

ITALIAN DRIVE HELD According to reports; from" the Yugoslav frontier the Italian offensive-against the western gap at Janina "fra. been repelled

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badly Although he WIS wounded and his plane was damaged, he grimly stuck to his controls and landed hiş machine safely before losing "consciousness.

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The other is a "pllot who rum- med

Italian bomber over Salonika when he ran out of am- munition.

He landed safely, unhurt,

GENERAL

REPELLED: ABORTIVE MALTA ATTACK: ENEMY PAY HEAVY PRICE

LUFTWAFFE

EASES UP

LONDON, Oct. 4 (Reuter) - Flights by a few single aircraft over some districts in the south- ern half of the country is the Air Ministry's description of enemy air activity yesterday morning and afternoon.

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CAIRO, Nov. 4 (Reuter) -Two formations of enemy, bomb- ers,' escorted by fighter planes, which“ raided Malta on Saturday were engaged by R.A.F. fighters with the result that one enemy fighter was shot down, another was destroyed by anti-aircraft fire and..two other enemy fighters were damaged by R.A.F, fighters.

The raiders caused little damage and no casualties. It is belleved that a third aircraft was shot down but this confirmed,

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An attack was made

enemy indi-moving along the were Gondar (Abyssinia)

not four direct hits were on the transport.

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Petain Sends

RAF Personal

Letter To

by, RAF. transport Metemma- road and registered

The communique adds that re-aircraft ports received up to 4 p.m. cate that 器

bombs

was dropped. The damage serious.

In some cases enemy aircraft In the same arek,

the clouds and dell-aircraft was forced down dived from vered short bursts of machine-gun crashed. fire, causing a small number of casualties.

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Roosevelt

LONDON, Nov. 4 (Reuter)— and Marshal Petain sent a personal letter to President Roosevelt in

A further reconnaissance flight answer to the latter's message to and him some ten days ago, according One enemy bomber was shot was carried out over Greek

Italian coastal waters and on the to down.

the official German One British fighter. Is

return journey from one of these agency which adds that the taxt fights, one of our aircraft was of the letter was not published,

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missing

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Soviet Army Innovation

thousand Italians were the crew of the Italian machine Ñ.C.O, SYSTEM TO taken prisoner, many tanks were were taken prisoner. captured and large units are in dangerous position

PLANES CAPTURED

An Athens message says

tnat SALONIKA. Nov. 4 (Reuter)-two Italian planes landed of their Despite gallant defence by Greek own accord on a flying field neai fighters. 20 Italian bombers at Kastorta." tacked the refugee quarter here yesterday

Their planes were intact, and the pilots reported that they had

BE INTRODUCED MOSCOW, Nov. 4 (Reuter) It ls learned that the non-commis- sioned officer system is to be in- troduced into the Soviet Army Im-}· mediately...

The object is to strengthen dis-

The full death roll is still not to come down, because of the In-cipline and increase the authority:

tensive anti-alfcraft barrage -- but up around them.

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CAPTAIN PROMOTED

In the first official recognition

Another Italian machine landed of heroism, the King visited the further inland in Greece owing to bedside of Captain. Couzuyanis, ja lack of pétrol.

who was severely wounded while It has been taken over, in per machine-gunning: Italian troops fect condition. by the Greek Air from his plane, and promoted him Force. to Major.

A later report states that 200 civilians, many of them children. were killed in two big Italian au ralds on Salonika.

HEROIC AIRMEN LONDON, Nov. 4 (Reuter) .. The exploits of two members of the Greek Air Force have won

ITALIAN DUPLICITY ATHENS, Nov. 4 (Reuter) -

of junior officers.

The ranks to be introduced are corporal, lance-sergeant. senior sergeants and warrant officers.

news

attacked by Itallan fighters, but A New York message states

shakinug them

It succeeded in off. Subsequently the same air craft attacked an enemy flying beat and is believed to damaged it.

BRITISH AID FOR GREECE

have

NAVAL AIR UNITS

IN CRETE

ATHENS, Nov. 4 (Reuter)- British troops and naval and air units are in Crete, it is categoric- ally stated in the Greek press... The new system is part of the

Mr. Alexander's broadcast has reform policy of Marshal Timo-

delighted the Athens public. shenko, the Commissar of Defence.

After three years' service the patiently awaiting concrete, news non-commissioned officers may be of action by Britairi. promoted to the commissioned

Photographs of an Italian sea-rank of Junior lieutenants. plane bearing Greek markings which was forced to land in Cephalonia before the outbreak of Italo-Greek hostilities are pro- minently published in "newspapers here... which point out that by

them the admiration of the people legally using Greek colours Ita of Greece, who have been greatly llans were able to elude British heartened by the way in which yigilance and patroi the Adriatic.

SYMPATHY GIFT

SHANGHAI M.C.

·REPRESENTATION Japanese Seeking To 45

Strengthen Position

FROM INDIA

LONDON, Nov. 4 (Reutery —

token of India's sympathy

NEW AIR STAFF APPOINTMENT

Greek morale, already high, has risen still higher as the result of the important development thus announced,

U.S. COMMENT

A Washington message states LONDON, Nov. 4 (Reuter)-Fol- towing the recent appointment of that the broadcast by Mr. A V. Air-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse to Alexander, First Lord of the Ad- the command of

miralty, announcing that British the Bomber Command, the Air Ministry now troops are already on Greek terri

tory is welcomed, here. announces the appointment of Air-Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman to be Vice-Chief of the Air Staff in place of Air-Märshal Sir Richard Peirse.

MOSLEM SUPPORT

FOR BRITAIN

It is felt here that with Erele in British hands as an air and naval base, Mussolini will have the greatest die- culty in reaching Egypt from any foothold he may secure in". Greece.

"It

Mr. Alexander's remarks that

with the people of Greece and in admiration of their gallant re- distance to Italian aggression, the CALCUTTA, Nov. 4 (Reuter)-A Britain was not interested in any CHUNGKING,' Nov. 4 (Central Viceroy has arranged for £1,000 resolution extending unqualified negotiated peace are particularly --A Shanghai dispatch states that to be sent from his War Purposes support of the Indian masses to welcomed in Washington in view the Japanese will renew the chal- Fund to the British Ambassador Great Britain in the successful of reports that Hitler is sending a lenge for the increase of their re in Athens as the first contribution prosecution of the war was adopt-new peace emissary there, presentation on the Shanghai from India for the relief of alred at the 2nd annual general Municipai Conncti next April rald victims in Greece, according, meeting of the Indian Mosleme

election will be to the Delhi radio

When the 1941 held.

It may be recalled that last

Un'on yesterday.

BRITISH WARSHIPS

LONDON, Nov. 4 (Reuter)-Bri- tish warships have been seen near the island of Lenkasain, In the

GREEK RESISTANCE HAS

HAS Tonian Sea, 36 miles south-east of

April the Japanese voters sought GREEK

to increase the number of their representatives' oh the Council from two to five but as a result

of their defeat at the polls, the

FREE FRENCH SYMPATHY

LONDON, Nov. 3 (Reuter) "Together with the Alles, we status quo of Ave British coun- | shall beat our common enemy,” is the confident note on which cillora, two Americana and two General de Gaulle concludes a telegram to General John' Metaxas, Japanese was preserved,

Premier of Greece.

Though there are yet fvė mon- The telegram reads: "On behalf ths to go, the Japanese-are-un of all French people of those still derstood to be already making fighting the war and those preparations for the next elenare temporarily held in servitude Mon.

by the enemy. I express to Your It is learned that the Japanese Excellency, and to the Government have proposed to the Shanghai and people of Greece our ad- Municipal Council Election Com-miration and our confidence that mittee for the establishment of an safeguarding once more their special bureau for the examina-independence, the Greeks give to tion of the qualifications of the the world an example worthy

their ancient traditions."

voters,

POSITION WEAKENEU

Who

of

ANENIAS PUT IN

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THE SHADE

Propaganda Efforts

Of Italians

ATHENS, Nov. 4 (Reuter “He's as big a liar as the Italian

In warmly thanking General de communique" is the new tag here. Gaulle for the telegram. General Athenians are jeering at the Following receipt of the pro- Metaxas replied: "All Greece is Rome Radio report that Italian posal, the Election Committee will convinced that in the present planes heavily bombarded Firaeus call a meeting on November 6 to grave moment in our history, the on Saturday since many had seey discuss it.

hearts of all French people with the Italian machines scuttling All indications show that the out exception are beating for the away as fast as they could with Japanese are bent on gaining a success of our just cause, The out dropping any bombs as soon dominant position in the S. M. C. great French nation,

bas as three Greek fighters appeared. by increasing their representa-many times followed the noble A meteorological phenomen- tion next April,

example of our ancestors. and

on has, also apparently, taken With the evacuation of Ameri- who gallantly supported us at the place” at; the front as the cans and Britions now going on time of our independence; "could Italian communique claims, it is teared that the American not but be with us once more.". that torrential rain is flooding, and British position will be great-

their front, ling while the... - Greek trenches are bone, dryk The Bome story of the lynching

1 weakened at the next election.

MONETARY ASSISTANCE The Director of the French In- Etitute at Athens has sent, a letter

to General Metaxas expressing of British Air Force afficers sympathy and, Offering Greece following their release, from In- money to help in its war effort. ternment in Greece is also going

MONTEREY LEAVES SHANGHAI

Money and jewellery are pour-down well, here. The facts are ing in from all classes of people that the officers were mobbed by SHANGHAI, Nov. 4 Reuter) in Cyprus,

cheering crowds. The first United States

The Duchess of Kent, and tion liner Monterey left at Greek Minister to London attend-

evacua-

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the

midnight with about 350 evacuers ed a service or intercession held Japanese Evacuation. aboard for America via" Apa- yesterday by the Greek colony. In LONDON, NDY, 4 (Reuter) The tralia and was seen of by a London.

||Japanese liner, Husimi Maru, now W Ex-King Zog large crowd.

of Albania and at Galway, will salj on November Noel Coward is travelling to "Free France" were represented at 5. carrying Japanese nationals Australia on the same liner. the service

Izom Britain.

Corfu, according to the Rome radio announcer, who added that none of the vessels dropped an- chor at the port.

that M. Haye, the Vichy Govern- ment's Ambassador to the United states, has arraneed to see Mr. Cordell Eull today, according to a Washington telegram.

The visit is presumably in order tu present Marshal Petain's reply to President Roosevelt's recent message which Is believed to be concerned with the question of French collaboration with Ger- many.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1940.

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