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Russian Claims Believed By Foreign Observers To Be More Reliable

GERMAN CLAIMS RIDICULED

MOSCOW, Aug. 10

uniques and

Reuter)-

The sober tone of the Boviet com- their mention ol con- the principal place names

STIRRING MESSAGE TO BELGIANS

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LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter ) - -- : "Bear up we are coming." This was the keynote of broadcast message from London by M Pau! tinues to create a good impression Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister. among foreign observers in Moso Belgians in their homeland.

likewise who

give much 10 Rouler cow

"I have good news for you. Good MOSCOW, AUR

news of Moscow radio, in a broadcast en greater weight to Friday's Sovlet

war titled "Much ade about nothing-balance sheet than to Wednesday's news of the war, good

nnd in Four

com- extravagant claim by the German the situation in Belgium. The an opera

writes Reuter's is not yet won but England muniqués"- yesterday parodied High Command,

het Allies cannot lose these Special Correspondent. Hier's victory claims in words:

Germans

special

If the latter were even half true The the present continuation of the "Communique number one

far from vigorous Soviet resistance every- are jus as

where would be inexplicable have They Leningrad as bef re

The fantastic German claim of therefore recaptured ab the towns:

Fan nearly one million prisoners has they took four weeks ago,

ben weil disposed of. tares

I

"Communique number two: Suc

been weieved In cesses have prolonged battle against unprece- Kiev dented weather conditions. did not fall but 's much rain fell that the German air force had to

Kiev go and bomb Malta built in such a strange way that, 1ts gates Arc 120 miles away

Fanfares.

was

thre

number "Communique The battle for Smolensk has been victoriously to etrt. brought.

AD Don't usk end? Why However, we are sin front of Smolensk Faniares

"Communique uumber four Russian acroplanes, though des- troyed, continued to tight

i

A remarkable difference between

"The night was dark and storm- swept and streaked by lightning. Here is the dawn, as yet a blurred dawn, a vague and timid fight.

"Have patience and a little more Soon the sun will shine courage. victorious,

GENERAL

Nazi War On Russia Gives U.S. Opportunity To Completely

Checkmate Japan

Germany & war on Russia has presented a sudden opportun- ily for the United States to completely checkmate Japan in the Paellic, says the "Christian Science Mon lor." For Russia co operation with Britain can provide the democracies with the one thing they need to bring their defence within strik ng å slante

n bases of Nippon. The answer is air bases-gir

Russia's Pacific outposts The case with which American bombers flew from Hawaii to Mani'a and the fact that should the need arise, many others cald follow the same path, may have exercised a restraining influence on a people who have taken very much to heart the possib 1.ty of being subjected to bombing, and who rea- lize the deficiencies of their own mediocre air fores.

In the past while still a party of armament treaties, Japan made every effort to the limitation to restrict the number of plane carriers allowed the United States. The Japanese Government Was that well aware of the havoc

N

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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1941.

BRITAIN

DELIVERS THE GOODS.

Powell's have just received new Stocks of English made PALM BEACH TIES.

"AERTEX" SPORTS SHIRTS

BIR HERBERT BARKER SHOES

D

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VAN HEUSEN" COLLARS & SHIRTS

"VIYELLA" SOCKS & STOCKINGS

WHITE & COLOURED HANDKERCHIEFS

the North

SEVERE RAIDS ON GERMANY

LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter)- "All Germany's victories did 101 bombs could work in their teeming Rough weather over the German and Soviet balance bring her "the victory. Each one titles Biled with inflammable and dea was again no defence to Ger- sheets is the absence from the of her conquests took her farther! Aimsy wooden structures. The man cities which aircraft of the former of any admissions of losses from the goal.

flying range of the plane bas Bomber Command attacked in Hitler steadily increased. and the candid admission by the latter of lusses in tanks, planes

and guns.

The Soviets were prepared for Theavy jusses while the moral effect on German opinion of the heavy Grman losses is clearly bad.

In contrast to Germany. the principal industrial regions of the Soviet Union hitherto have been hardly affected by bombing.

WELL ORGANISED Another Soviet udvantage is that Russian supply bases are varer the front than those of the

"From victory to victory

final is heading towards

himself. his trophe for and his people."

cabas

regime

Over

force on Thursday night, says the Alr Ministry newa service. THE EXCEPTION

Storm clouds broke up The exception of a few years western Germany and the arma With ment works at Essen were seen ago IS

commonplace. now Manila

away, clearly in the moonlight. some 1,680 miles

fires and reported big Tokyo until recently could afford! "We reorganised to discount United States bomb.rs. into the flames went an excep- all out means of resources

and And even today 1630-mile round tonal number of the most power- Belgian forces

the whole trips cannot be negotiated by the ful high-explosive bombs world.

A BETTER BELGIUM Speaking of Belgium's reorgani-

fighl sation in the commun

M. Spaak added:

!ri

"We are assembling provisions of raw material which will be in-

dispensable after victory. Rus

sian prisoners are just as unruly Win Show Falls and Covers une Russlan plains you wil hear! cominunique A funeral

our next anarch

SOVIET BOMBERS ATTACK ENEMY

enemy.

more

ambl-

אם

"But we are even We are Guerla units behind the Ger- Mous

which will enable man lines eontmue to play an in- elements

before tu portant part in the fighting, as is more successfully than admitted by the Germans them-1 rebuild a better Belgium. selves when they say querillas "In the name of all Free must be mopped up before another glans, your parer ts your major offensive is launched.

and your friends, I entreat resist, resist resist.

Numerous instances are avail- able of the datiy rupture of Ger-

Bel-

run of the mine borber,

Crews

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Returning the crews saw from far away a glow in the eastern There are places under the Rue sky which meant the destruction stan flag which are within strik- of German war industries Ing range of the populous Japan- still going on long after the bow- assembling those ese cities, and it may well be that bers left.

Washington has its eyes fixed on At Hamm, the railway yards. them to afford lease-lend fac Hiles eastern outlet of the Ruhr. were to ttg planes. The Kamehatka hit and there were hugh fires peninsula pointing like a dagger among industrial buildings in the at Japan is only a hop from the towns Sons bases the United States has esta- At Dortmund. the Important you:blished in the Aleutian Islands, railway yard was hit again

and Vladivostok is well within proud ❘ flying distance of Kamchatka.

There are several sheltered har- much damage to industrial build-

ings. bours in Kamchatka, the most

In all it was a successful attack developed, perhaps, is Petropav

the

Its famous for city, foundries, callieries and machine- works,

"All Belgians here are

TANK FORMATIONS communications by guerillas, of you. You will be freed."

MOSCOW. Aug 10 (Reuter)

fight between Soviet A thrilling bombers and a German lank unit. and the rescue of a bomber crew. were related by the Soviet Infor mation Bureau yesterday.

The Bureau said the Soylet bombers attacked a large tank unit. An aeroplane

piloted by Battalion Commissar Nezhdanov scored direct bits on five German Lanks.

During the next attack Nezh danov's plane came under heavy A.A fire and was badly damaged. territory. Unable to reach Soviet Nezhdanov was compellca to lund in the Fascist lines.

suldiers there 15

A

especially outside the main lines of traffic, and among the German widesprend dread of being massacred or eap- tured when not travelling in large

units.

The guerillas are well organised since the start of the war and the Germans may find their "liquida tton" more difficult than in the case of Poland.

GERMANS SAY

WELLINGTON KOOlovsk.

ENTERTAINED BY EDEN

agam and

on

elsewhere there

and

WBS

Petropavlovsk is 1,290 miles from the northern end of the island of

SHIPPING ATTACKED Honshu, but the flying distance During the night's work some LONDON, Aug. 10 (Central) from the tip of Kamchatka is only of the British bombers found Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Am-

a little more than 1,000 miles. German shipping to attack. bassador to Britain. was enter-Petropavlovsk is something over In brilliant moonlight one bom- In two direct hits from distance about 1,000 feet on a fairly large A German communique claims Affairs at a luncheon today, dur-from Vladivostok to Tokyo te most two-funnet merchant ship. The the capture of the rallway june-ing which a cordial and intimate significant. It is only 595 miles.

tained by Mr. Anthony Eden, Bri-1.500 miles from both Tokyo and her got

Vladivostok. But the

tish Secretary of State for Foreign

tion of Korosten and admits the conversation regarding the Far bombing of Hamburg and Kiel.

The German High Command

The crew set fire to the plane, tack Berlin. taking arms prepared to exact

heavy price for their lives.

IR

The Russians yesterday reported

WITHIN RANGE OF VLADIVOSTOK

East took place.

Yesterday Dr.

Was the communique also admits that

guest of honour at a luncheon It is true that Kamchatka wea- enemy planes "attempted" to at given by the China Association ther is undependable, but mo- presided over by the Chairman, dern blind flying devices enable RUSSIAN CLAIM

General Woodroffe. All the Bri- planea to navigate under condi- tions which would have been im- possible not so long ago. It would appear to be entirely feasible for United States planes to hope to Petropavlovsk and thence to Vladi vostok. Almost any part of the Japanese Empire is within easy flying distance of Vladivostok for any modern bomber.

Bea

However the other pilots of the the capture of an island by Soviet tish trade interests in China were

represented. unit would not abandon the Com- Marines presumably in the Black missar. Firing incessantly on the enemy the Soviet planes prevent- ed them from approaching Nezu danov's crew and then, choosing an opportune moment, Lt, Struyev boldly landed and took Nezhdanov and his crew.

aboard

VICHY MEETING

CENTRE OF INTEREST

Rumantans who either Bed surrendered.

or

The island was garrisoned by GERMAN CLAIMS

TREATED WITH RESERVE

were

The Rumanians

wearing German army tunes as their off- cers had told them that the Rus- stans would run at the sight of Authoritative eircles in London German uniformsi

BATTLE STILL ON

LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter)

H

A that is needed are bases in treat with a good deal of reserve Russian territory. The United the "high-sounding" German States traded 50 destroyers for A Russian communique early claims

made in connexion with badly needed bases in the Atlantic. yesterday stated: "On August 8 the operations on the southern Will It trade lend-lease supplies the Red Army continued the bat-front in Russia. There is no con- for highly desirable bases adjacent tle with the enemy in the direc- Armation of these claims in Lon- to Alaska and its chain of the tions of Kexholm, Smolensk,

Aleutian Islands which the United dun. LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter Korosten. Befaya-Tserkov and in

There seems to be no doubt, how.States is already spending large Intense interest centres in a Vichy the Estonian sector.

ever, that the Germans continue sums to fortify? There are many Cabinet meeting held yesterday at

of ways the arrangement might be which it is believed that impor-ordination with the land forces, the front, and it is thought that

to make progress in, that part

worked. Britain has accepted tant changes in French relacions continued to attack enemy infan-

Russia

There an ally. with Germany and the United try mechanised units and planes. their advance on Odessa they

nothing to prevent the British are now probably within

taking over air bases at Kam- Germany, it is reported, is LTY. were shot down by the Russians miles of Nikolaiev

chatka and Vladivostok.

States might have been decided

"The Soviet Air Force, in Co-

"On August 7, 21 German planes

ing to include in the Vichy Cabi- who lost 14 planes.

net still more pro-Nazi Ministers. "During daylight on August 8

The presence of General Weya Soviet fighter brought down a TURKEY WELCOMES

gand in Vichy may mean that the French African bases were on the agenda.

Meanwhile the German-control-

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as

EASY STAGES.

is

German reconnaissance plane in EDEN'S STATEMENT vous, planes could be flown-

the vicinity of Moscow. The crew were taken prisonera."

NAZI NAVAL LOSSES

Then, under the lend-lease pro-

ANKARA, Aug. 10 (Reuter)-M. with only nggilgible water jump: Eden's statement in the House of for delivery to the British as these key points in the Far East. led Paris radio yesterday stated The organ of the Soylet Navy Commons on Wednesday, realhrm- that Vichy foreign policy remain-yesterday said that the attack ohing British loyalty to the Anglo-It is even possible to conceive of ed unchanged. This, it stated, Russia has cost the German nary Turkish Treaty, has been greeted using such bases as stepping stones ws the reply to the United States, 14 submarines, 10 destroyers, nine with warm approval by the Tur- flying planes across Russia, for hope that bases in Africa would auxiliary vessels and over 30 kish press, be refused the Germans by Vichy.

BRITAIN LOSES

AN HOUR

transports.

ANOTHER NAZI CLAIM

.

use by the British based in West-

The editor of the semi-official ern, Russia, for bombing attacks newspaper "Ulus" saya "Those upon Germany's Eastern Front A special German communique who excel in the art of spreading The air distance from Scattle, yesterday claimed the destruction rumours have gone so far as to for instance, to Petropavlovak by of Soviet formations encircled 80 hint that the Anglo-Soviet Pact way of the Aleutian Islands is miles south-east of Smolensk.

is directed against Turkish in- approximately 2,700 miles. Planeg The communique says more than terests.

could fly this, in easy stages, To LONDON, Aug, 10 (Reuter)—.

38,000 prisoners, 250 armoured "Mr. Eden has deemed it advan-use this as a means of ferrying will be put back British clocks one hour at i am. (G.M.T.) to-, 360 guns further war mate tageous to make a clear explana-planes to British bases in western would be. little more tion and eliminate all misunder- Russia standing.

arduous than some of the present "The Turkish nation has never fights which are being made contemplated the eventuality, how across Africa. ever distant it might be, of Bri- tish action direct against interests,

day,

Britain thus reverts to one hou Summer Time instead of the double Summer Time which has been in oneration since May 4.

rials were captured.

CAIRO'S HAWKERS

ALSO DOOMED. CAIRO, Aug. 10 (Router) Cairo's famous itinerant pedlars, who hawk anything from post- cards to bules of silk, may shortly disappear, for the city Police have decided to ban them from all principal atrests and relegate them to special markets.ar

NAZIS LOSE ELEVEN FIGHTERS LONDON, Aug. 30 (Router Elevon Nazi fighters were brought down, against the loss of five RAF. fighters, in a sweep over Thousands of Imperial troops

Northern France on Saturday afternooi.

"The Turkish-British Treaty is the basis of our relations, We are observing the trants loyally and will continue to de

Many military authorities agree our that in these difficult times, the United States should be willing to come to some sort of agreement with Russia provided it enables America to put an effective damp. er on Japan so it can devote its entire energy to stamping out

The Turkish Deputy Teltohin. elsewhere the flames which thzen: daily visiting, Calro found the writing in the "Yeni Babah," saya tem to gulf ofvilization. It may pedlar's importunities and nagrant Mr. Eden's words have reassured oventuate that lend longų" will Bombera attacked objectives on demands for bulsheesh somewhat and wholly gatlanod Turkey's most produce results never dreamed of the coast near Graveline,

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when it was ennőted,

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Another ship was hit and seen to be listing.

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