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GERMAN INVASION OF BULGARIA NOTABLE SUCCESSES SCORED BY

REPORTED ALREADY BEGUN: AXIS PROPAGANDA HINTS AT TERRIFIC ASSAULT ON BRITAIN SOON

Nazi Staff Officers Register In

Main Bucharest

Hotel

According to an American report, quoted in a message from Sydney yesterday, THE NAZI INVASION OF BULGARIA HAS ALREADY BEGUN. :

In Bulgaria itself although there is an appearance of calm there is underneath it a feeling of fear among the people.-(Special).

A message from London said that the entry of German troops into Bulgarla was" imminent.

Axis propaganda is preparing the people for tremendous moves in the West as well as in the Balkans. The propaganda consists of:-

1.

INCREASED U-BOAT WARFARE.

2. VERY VIOLENT AIR WAR ON BRITAIN,

3. RADICAL SOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SITUATION. „4." TERRIFIC ASSAULT ON ENGLAND TO BE UNDERTAKEN AT THE SAME

TIME.

ALBANIAN: WAR FRONT REVIEWED

BRITISH SUBMARINES AGAINST

ITALIAN SUPPLY SHIPS

British submarines, INCLUDING TWO FORMERLY STATIONED AT HONGKONG, operating in the Mediterranean against Italy's communications with her overseas armies, have scored a notable number of successes against enemy supply ships and transports, states a London message.

An Admiralty communique, announcing this, states the submarine UPHOLDER has sunk, two enemy supply ships, one of about 8,000 and the other of about 5,000 tons.

The submaring' ROVER has sunk an Italian oil tanker and the mbmarine REGENT sank an talian supply ship which was almost certainly the Citta di Messina of 2,472 tons.

The submarine UTMOST attack- ed an escorted convoy and hit a supply ship of about 8,000 tons LONGDN, Feb. 23 Reuter}~~~A ¦ with a torpedo. This ship waS general review of the position on later seen to be in a sinking con- the Albanian war front was given dition with her stern awash and

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AIR FORCE ACTIVITY IN ABYSSINIA UNABATED

by the Athers Radio last night. she had been deserted by the CAIRO, FEB. 23 (REUTER) —– AIR ACTIVITY IN ITALIAN

On Friday, sald the speaker, convoy escort.

SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA CONTINUED UNABATED on Friday. visibility was bad and though The submarine TRUANT attack-Į reports an R. A. F. communipue yesterday, operations were restricted, some

ed- an enemy convoy by gunare South African bombers attacked troop concentrations on slight attacks by the enemy were

and obtained shell hits on one of bank of the Jaba River and a motor transport in the Jelib repulsed.

he enemy supply ships. In an- and west of Magadiscio,

attack, other

the submarine

Aerodromes at Chinele and Dire-

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It revealed that in Thursday's operations, a fortified mountain Truant sank, by torpedo, the lar-dawa were also raided by R. A. F. ridge 5,500 feet high was captured gest ship of the convoy of about bombers. and the enemy put to fight. The 3,500 toris.

At Chinele, Italian aircraft and Italians' confusion was increased

WHAT TRITAN DID

stores' concealed in the scrub along artillary by Greek

fre which It is now known that the sub-the landing ground were heavily wrought havoc among retreating marine TRITAN, which was an-attacked. Direct hits were obtain- columns during the right.

nounced lost on Jan. 8, sank two ed on railway stations and mill- Greek alrcraft took a successful. "Italian supply ships one of 8,000tary barracks at Diredswa. part along the R. A F. in Thurs- tons,

LOW ATTACK

IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF propaganda is to create the reason to be proud of our small pressive feats.

R.A.F. SQUADRON

greatest uneasiness in the Balkans.

air force which is building up a fine traditiori.”

EX-KING ALFONSO PASSES

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area

LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)—EX. KING ALFONSO, the exiled

day night's operations and the The Truant is credited with hav- South African fighters made a monarch who was bombed on his The main object of the speaker concluded, "we have everying carried out a number of im- low flying attack on aircraft on wedding day in the streets of Ma-

the ground at Massawn and' also | drid and who survived seven other -- One of these was when she set fire to a petrol dump at attempts to assassinate him, died nosed her way through a minefield | Adlugri

peacefully today, at the age of 54, in the Skaggerak and sank the Enemy Aghters, concluded the in a Rome hotel, after one of the Karlshrue for which operation communique, approached Malta on stormiest careers of any ruler of Lt.Cdr. Hutchinson was awarded Friday but withdrew when British modern times. the D.S.O. Another exploit was fighter planes went up to inter- when she rescued 54 British sea-cept.

Meanwhile there is no excite- no sign of LONDON, FEB 23 (REUTER) ONE OF THE B.AF. SQUAD-ment in Berlin and RONS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE WESTERN DESERT for what is pending can be noticed. the last seven and eight months, has already established for itself Much of this is described as word a most impressive record.

Total victories in the comparatively quiet period between the middle of June and Dec. 8, states the Alr Ministry news service, totalled 22 confirmed and nine unconfirmed.

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Juba River

Crossing Exploited

"From December 9 to the end of the month when air activity be- came intense the Italians were chased from the sky-the squadron shot down 29 enemy aircraft and

warfare.

German Staff officers, in muft have registered at the main hotel in Bucharest and signs in

German are to. "be seen along the roads leading from the Rumanian frontier into the interior of Bulgaria. Turkey and Bulgaria are under-

German Bombers Chased

men who were being taken to Ger- From all the operations, "the many on board a Norwegian ship. British aircraft returned safely. She was then commanded by Lt.- Cdr. Haggard (Special)

The Rover and Regent were in Hongkong before the out- break of war]

الرحيم

HOSPITAL SHIP ATTACKED The hospital ship Dorsetshire has twice been attacked in the

had in addition eight uncomfrmed taking to build barriers against ed by British fighters before they Mediterranean by German planes}

victories.

Strong formations of German bombers appeared over the Straits of Dover yesterday but were chas

aggression. One comment was: reached the English Channel. Until order is restored in the states a London message.--(Spes world the Turkish soldier will re- cial main on duty."

LOST TWO Against this, the squadron lost two of their eight gun fighters and

It believed in Sofia that the five aircraft of an older type.

Germans will justify their action Thus the squadron destroyed at in Bulgaria with the excuse that Making the first landing on the least 61 enemy aircraft against the the British have landed or are go- Red Sea coast in Eritrea since the loss of seven.

ng to land in Salenika. The most remarkable texture British advance began, Free French

SOVIET DENIAL forces arrived from Lake Chad re- was that alx enemy machines were

The Tass Agency has been au- -gion, a distance of about 2,000 shot down by ene plot in less than

miles.

They brought their own a quarter of an hour while lying thorised to deny that Russia had anything to do with the Bulgarian- equipment and not a lorry was lost, between Bardia and Sollum. states a London message...

The hero of this feat was born in Turco Fact.

Cont'd Page 7, Col. 4 The keennest activity in the India. African campaign is in Italian Somaliland where 15 reported

that the crossing of the Juba River by British forces has been success- fully exploited..

The Abyssinian patriot army has begün its first serious push against the Italians on Lake Tana.

The first success of a battalion of the Sudanese Frontier forces

near the Blue Nile is also reported. There was hand-to-hand fighting which ended in the complete rout of the Italiana-(Special).

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2--Week-end Boccer; Soft- Saturday's

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cricket: Hockey: Easket- ball

3-Radio programmes; Com-

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4-German war of nerves in "

the Balkans: Highlights of R.A.F. raids; Three: pronged British offensive against Keren; An appeal and a warning. 5-Immigration Department

probe; Urban Council meet- ing; Funeral.. 6-leading article: The Next

Ten Days. 8-War Taxation Committee;

Round the Police Courts. 9-10 Finance & Commerce, 11-Australia's war efforts.

Hitler Regards Japan's Entry Into War As

A Last Resort

« LITTLE ACTIVITY LONDON,

but on both occasions she was not hit, states a London message.

This shows a lowering of the standard of warfare in this area; sent planes toi

Feb. 23 (Reuter)nce Germany There was very little German acti-assist Italy. vity the air over Britain during the light.

An enemy naval base at Brest in occupied France was attacked last night by a small force of RAF bombers...

German planes are also reported to have deliberately attacked a hospital at Malta on Jan. 21.

..When the Italians surrendered Benghazi they stated that it was done to prevent the civt popula No British aircraft were lost tion being killed and wounded during this operation, announces during raids. an Air Ministry communique, but Since then German planes have one Coastal Command plane is attacked Benghazi indiscriminate- missing from daylight patrol yes- ly and sank a ship which terday.

was evacuating Italian prisoners.-- (Special).

GREATEST

MIRACLE

Preaching in the City Temple i Church, London, yesterday, the

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CITRINE "BACK

IN LONDON

Rev. E. 8. H. Chandler, said that Sir Walter Citrine, General Se there was increasing realisation in cretary of the Trades Union Con- America of our cominon aims and gress, has returned to London after "When the Australian War Council spoke, of the common ideals,..

la tour of the United States and gravity of the situation, they did not mean that an at- He had seen while in London Canada, states a London message. Sir Walter went to America at tack was imminent. They meant that Japan was moving what he was convinced was one of along a line which might bring her into conflict with the greatest miracles in modern the initation of the American other powers in the Far East," said SIR FREDERICK mesa nation united without Federation of Labour and after- coercion and compulsioni and wards toured factories which were WHYTE, K.C.S.I., former Political Adviser to the National without losing its democracy producing guns and planes for Bri- Government of China, when he broadcast from London (Special) yesterday..

Sir Frederick reiterated attention from Europe to the Far that under the pact between East with the resultation slowing Japan, Germany, and Italy, down of American ald to Britain,

and embarassing Britain by put- | Japan was not under any ob-ting pressure on her resources. ligation to make an attack "It does not matter much to unless another power declar- ed war against Germany or Italy.

A LAST RESORT

Her Hitler what Japan does or how she does it," said Sir Frederick, "so long as it im- proves his prospects of getting his own way in Europe. It does not even matter whether what Japan does will be effec- tire.

"We can assume, therefore, that. Herr Hitler regards the entry of Japan, as the last resort, and that, in the meantime, Japan can play

NUISANCE VALUE a useful part in keeping the

"Her Hitler considers Japan's balance of power in favour of Ger- power great enough to make her many." said Sir Frederick,

a real nuisance value and to in The speaker went on to say that duce the United States to regard there was a three-fold reason why the Far East as more important Germany thought she should as than anything that happen in sume this-the attitude of the So- Europe.

viet, the diversion of American Cont'd Page 12, Col 1

tain-(Special)

Today's News Summary

ALTHOUGH A LONDON report states that the move is im- minent, German troops have already begun the invasion of Bul- garla. There are no signs of excitement in Berlin. Axis propa- ganda consists of four points one of which hints at violent air war on Britain. Turkey and Bulgaria are building barrien against aggression.

NOTABLE SUCCESSES against Italian supply ships have been scored by British" submarines in the Mediterranean. Two of the submarines, Rover and Regent, were in the China Station before the outbreak of war. Outstanding exploits of the Truant are also reported.

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TWO SUCCESSFUL attacks have been launched by the Greeks in Albania, one north of Pogradetz and the other in the Central sector.

THERE WAS LITTLE enemy activity over Britain on Saturday night. Yesterday German bombers over the Straits of Dover were chased before they could reach the English Channel,

THE CROSSING OF the Juba River by. British -Imperial forces is being succesfully exploited.

MEDITERRANEAN

His death comes only a few weeks after he had renounced all

his rights to the Crown of Spain.

favour of

in

Juan

his son. Infante

SERIOUSLY ILL

The fact that he was lying

AREA DANGEROUS seriously ill in a Rome hotel with

TO SHIPPING LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)- 'Malta is the hub of the Cen- tral Mediterranean area des- cribed as dangerous to ship- ping in today's Admiralty com- munique.

Lines enclosing the waters. now perilow to shipping ex- tend south from the heel of Italy to the point of Cyrenei- ea, then eastwards to French territorial waters off the Tuni- sian coast.

North-eastern points in the "danger square" include the. Steilian

Channel адб the Bonifacio Straits west of Sar- dinla.

angina pectoris was first revealed eight days ago.

He was ordered to remain in bed but the doctors stated that "all dangers have been removed." His condition continued to show improvement for some days, but he had a relapse.

of All members the Spanish Royal family who could reach" his " bedside did so, including Queen Victoria Eugenia from whom be had been estranged since 1935,

A lunatic fred at ex-king Al- fonso on June 18, 1903, but he es- caped unhurt,

Another bomb was thrown at the King in Barcelona on July 9, 1909, and another in Malaga on Jan. 5, 1911. An anarchist fired a revolver at him on April 30, 1913...

Final Selections For Third Day Of Annual Valley Race Meeting

BY “LAST QUARTER"

Royal Sovereign

RACE 7 (3.30 P.M.)

RACE 8. (4 P.M.)

Far View

Viceroy

Lancashire Chips

RACE 10 (5 P.M.) Oracle

RACE 1 (11.30 AM) Bugle

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Eve of Peace

Never-Never

2

Royal Wedding. Eve

3

Eve of Hunting

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RACE 2 (NOON) Palber

1

United Express

Eve of "Grandeur

2

Manhattan

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Iron Beauty

3

Endeavour

RACE 3 (12.30 P.M.)

RACE 9 (4.30 P.M.)

Distant View

First Love

2

Vis Major

3

RACE 4 (1 P.M.) Burford

1

Eve of Harvest

2

.Nomine Poenae

Confusion Bay

3

Gay Fox ...

RACE 5 (1.30 P.M.)

RACE 11 (5.30 P.M.)

Venus Bay

1

Oolong

1'

Warrego River

2

Velvetlight

2

Australian Prince

Charlesber

3

RACE 6 (3 PM) Moonlight

· RACE 12 (6`P.M.)

1

Fresh Air

2

A. Surprising Time

3

Optima Fide

Happy Returns

Corsair

DAILY DOUBLE

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