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ĮGERMAN PANZER DIVISIONS Defeating

WILL FIND THE RED ARMY A "TOUGH NUT TO CRACK”

LONDON, June 23 (Beuter) -With the Russo-Finnish cott- fuel in mind there is a fairly widespread opinion that the Ger- man Panzer divisions will "go through Russia Jike 1 knife through butter" and that the Luftwaffe will have ou difficulty in smashing up the Russian Air Force. writes Reuter's former correspondent in Finland.

After what I saw of the Russian army and air force în ac- tion in Finland, and I have Interviewed many Russian prison - ers, I am definitely of uptnion that the Germans nave no easy task before them.

Night Bombers

LONDONá secret

process for defeating night bomber planes by the use of radio receiver was men-

tioned by the Canadian Minister

of National Defence, Mr Y Y Power, in dưn appeal lor radio teehnicians for the Royal Cana- dlan Air Force it is learned London.

Mr. Puwer said the system was British scientists working in collaboration with re-

The Russians have learned much Deluding eight-lon tanks, some of elaborated by from their war against Floland which I saw in Finland.

and have not been slow to profit In armaments generally the search exports of Canada and the

thereby. The Russian aur force's Russians are very strong. and If performance in Finland was dis- the man behind the guns is no1 appointing but it has been consi- as expert as the Germans, the derably improved since.

quantity and quality of Russian say

I understand the the Russians material may prevall.

believe

United States.

"Detalls are naturally secret," "but I CAJ Mr. Power asserted.

that, in

terms, general means that by using a great num-

athe are

troops.

front Ill-equipped reserve ground

11

technicians posted at БГ!- points all over the tish Isles will be able to detect enemy planes in the air and direct fire

deadly with of anti-aircraft thinking it was a walk over sad precision."

FINLAND MISTAKE They made the

mistake

now nave several very secret types When the Russians started the ber of small radio sets of modern of bombers and fighters which war against Finland, they sent to design they confidently match for any in the world.

These have been seen only by Soviet technicians and State- approved Russian plots

Russian pilots have a good re putation. The strength of the Russian air force is a secret which has been cinsely and successfully guarded

He added that the British Alr ried to win the war during the coldest winter on record with in- Ministry "expect great things of this invention, but it calls for men experienced troops.

together LOCKHART ROAD

A

ACCIDENT

European, driving private motorcar No. 304 along Lockhart

As soon as the mistake was to make it work." realised and crack Moscow troops RUSSIAN PARATROOPS

were sent To Finland, Paratroops were first used and with much of the best Russian trained in Russia and the Ger- material, the capitulation of the man pupil should prove no more Finns was obtained rapidly. expert in this branch of fighting Under similar conditions the than has the Russian master.

Germans would have done no bel- As to the army. the

Busslanster against the tough Finns than can call upon many more men the Russians had at first. True, than the Germans who. further. the Russians were poorly led but

commitments, this was the result of the many Chuen, aged 23 years, who was at NAVE now many having to keep large forees in purges and the power held by

tempting to cross the street. France, Norway and the other oe- political commissars. rupted countries in the West.

Stalin realising this. had re- Nobody under-estimates the organised his army, dismissed the power of the German mechanised political commissars and put the divisions. But the Russians, too, services on a more strictly mill have a very fine mechanised corps, tary footing.

LAST OFFER BY

GERMANY

STOCKHOLM, June 23 (Reu- ter) The SWEDISH CABINET held another emergency meet- iug early today io consider, according to the AFTONBLA- DET, Germany's last offer to make a definite stand.

It is alleged by Berlin that Sweden has been the centre of Communist activity against Germany.

AGAINST RUSSIA

STOCKHOLM, June 23 Reuter -Whlist deploring the nearness of the war, Swedish opinion cannot

Road between midnight and am. yesterday Was alleged to have Euocked down

Chinese. Chol

The Police were summoned and the man, who was suffering from head injuries, was sent to Queen Mary Hospital,

FALL. FROM LORRY

As the result of alling from kerry at 6 pm. yesterday when near the Central Markel. a conile.

BARON REUTER Wone Tag. 38, of No. 1 Battery

June 23

LONDON,

(Reuter) The story of how the world-wide news organisation of Reuter's was built up by the original Barun Reuter and how the agency dis-

Street. Kowloon, was admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital suffering trom head and body injuries. Els condition was stated to be serious.

VICHY TERRITORY

BLOCKADE

Djibouti Governor Lodges Protest

tributes the world's news today is being told in a special broadcast by B.B.C. in the Home service ou June 24 from 10.30 p.m. to 11 2.0.. being repeated in .ollowing over- seas broadcasts at all times G.M T.: Pacific transmission, June 29, 5 am until 5.30 ... African trans- mission June 29 at 9 p.m., Eastern

LONDON, June 23 Reuter) transmission July 6 at 2.30 p.m.. It is learned here that Britain and North American transmission has for some time been blockad- or July 9 at 2.30 a.tn.

ing all areas in the occupation

of the Vichy Government which

help being against Russla whose OITAWA. June 23 (Reuter) might be of any advantage to the gradual approach via the Baltic Canada's Victory Loan for 1941 Germana.

and Finland, including the Aaland closed on Saturday with В total Recently, there was A protest

Islands. caused uneasiness

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TO STAMP OUT ILLEGAL RENTS

The police authorities in Tokyo, mination of the authorities to en- subscription of $710,000,000 which on the part of the Governor of have launched a move to make a force the regulations vigorously is for all Great Djibouti against the blockade of clean sweep of profiteering land-seen in their decision to treble the The objec French Somaliland on the ground lords who are preying upon ten-staff of the house and fand de-

children $600,000,000, that women and

りば were ants, taking advantage thepartment in the economic police

The newspaper Aftonbladet de- breaks the record c.ares that it is unpardonable and War Victory Loans. incomprehensible that Britain re tive of the loan was fused to participate in a united according to Mr. Ilsley, front against a Sovietised East. of Finance,

Board. This department for the

Minister made to suffer unduly, particular-scarcity of housing accommoda bureau of the Metropolitan Police

ly from a shortage of milk. The tlons in the capital, Governor asked that the blockade should be relaxed.

Hundreds Of Planes Made Possible By Inventions

engineers

dts-

BUFFALO, N. Y., May 14 (AP)-Warplane elosed today the clue to how they have helped make hundreds of fighter ships "grow" where only dozens grew before.

It is "inventions."

Bell Aircraft Corporation, pro-

report covering

RIVET-MAKER

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Board

While publishing a set of rules most part is concerned with the which landlords are required to enforcement of measures for re- observe if they wish to avoid get-gulation of house and land rents The British reply was that unting into trouble, the chlefs of The chiefs of police stations un- less and unt; the Governor dis- police stations in the area which der the Metropolitan Police Board sociated himself from the pro- is under the jurisdiction of the are under instructions to make a Nazi policy there could be no Metropolitan Police

have survey of house rents in areas un relaxation of the blockade but been informed that they are ex- der their respective jurisdiction on

to show that if

the least June 1st to see whether the new or pected not question Saving women and children the leniency toward any landlords who regulations regarding house rents

should infringe on the rules which are observed. British authorities were willing

The frequency with which pro- were drafted in the interest of the to evacuate them to some place

nation.

Ateering has been charged against obtain where they could

proper The police authorities indicated landlords in letters to the police that any violation of the rules authorities was the immediate rea- inade in the interest of regulating son for the campaign against un- house rents would be punished un- scrupulous landlords which got der the National Generaj Mobiliza under way Friday. A contributing tion Law. This means that a pro-factor was the desire to solve in s

ducer of "Airacobra" interceptor Rivet-maker- machine whleb food.

from blg heavy wire

It is understood that no fur- pursuit planes. announced a six-swallows

been taken month

work spools and spouts out rivets like ther steps have

by

Besides em-drops of water.

turning the Djibouti Governor. of the rivets out by the hundreds of cut beer thousauda, tne machine has

showed through April

Its ployees turned in 81 ideas. which 23 already Lava adopted.

rejections from 37 per cent. to JAPAN UNDECIDED

less than one per cent., and with 20 per cent. Increase in

teering landlord would have to negative manner the housing pro

face a prison term.

blem which has, rapidly been as- THE "CLUE"

ON NEXT MOVE

These are the rules which land-suming large dimensiona in Tokyo Curtiss-Wright Corporation air-

CHUNGKING, June 23 (Central) lords are required to observe un- for some time. plane division engineers ikewise strength.

-The Japanese are apparently der pain of punishment under the The police authorities revealed a reported employee-Inventions have

yet undecided whether to advance general mobilization law with its number of cases of profiteering contributed greatly to the

involving landlords. They con permitting rapid cutting of stacks westward ur southward, observed severe penal clauses. cern's present output of more than of sheet aluminum

1. The right house rent is onej enable an idea to be drawn as to the Chinese military spokesman 10 P-40 fighters daily.

based on the rate, It any, which the lengths to which the more at a Press conference on Friday.

"clue "

Pantagraph router-a device

into desired shapes. Operating like J

talior

will

2. If new rates were fired be-city are going in preying upon their

Inspection of the firms' vast cutting many pieces of cloth at In the opinion of the spokesman had been fixed by August 8th, 1938. unscrupulous of landlords in the factories forcefully illustrated the ance, the router lifts production it is more prudent for the Japan- tween August 6th, 1938 and October tenants. The operator of an apart

of these parts by 400 per cent. ese neither to advance westward

Spar cap milling machine-this nor southward in view of the risks 20th, 1939, the right rent is the ment house in Uruisudani-cho, first now rate fixed during the Shibuya-ku is alleged to have made makes wing beams. Formerly the involved in both.

period. the "challenge of the assembly operation cost $176, took 100 hours. line" has been met.

Engineers, pointing to long Jinga of planes in the making, asserted

Recalling the Japanese recent The invention slashed it to $5, 46 military failure, the spokesman too Here are some of the invention minutes

beloved that the Japanese will Leading-edge rollers--they tort merely making this possible;

court disaster if клег

ANOTHER SUICIDE

ATTEMPT

This process onɑe took thred

minutes.

As to a Japanese southwara

FIRST RATE FIXED 3. If the house was extended or rebulit between August 8th, 1999. the tight rent is the first rate fixed

profita for himself filegally to the extent, of Y2,980 during the past year and a half.

Druguay will not consider as MONTEVIDEO. June 28 (Reuter)

4. If now rents have been fixed belligerent any American nation since October 1st, 1930, the right engaged in war outside the Ameri- can continent, This was announc- rent is the first of them,

the skin for wings front edges should take the risk of launching after it was extended or rebufit.

of a westward drive into China's consumes three interior. tour hours, now

OTHER INVENTIONS Įpish, the spokesmani recalled the 3. Honts which have been fixed es vesturday by the Foreign A 20-year-old woman, LA Icum, Other Inventions include an au- statement recently made by the with the approval of the authort-Minister, Senor, Neuant, to a spe described as a widow, was admit- tomstle drilling and counter sink-Governor-General of the Netherties will not come under the re-slally convoked gathering of diplo. ted to the Kowloon Hospital yesing machine to build fuselage fands East Indies expressing that gulations

matie.representatives terday morning suffering from the beams from a bar by a copying country's firm determination to An indication of the firm deter-American Republjer. effects of Immersion as the result technique; catrophane-faced dies resist any encroachment, Blace of an alleged attempt to committą eliminate scratchos;; and Japan in stili bogged down in suicide by jumping off the Star method of die casting electrical China, she may not dare to start Ferry launch Golden Star shortly connexion boxes 20 times faster hostile action against another After Dam,

than the old gas-welding svatem. country immediately, he opined

of the

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