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The ninth week of the Busso-German war began yesterday with the Nazis claiming the capture of Nikolaiev, 70 miles north- east of Odessa, on the Black Sea

War's Most Bitter Phase

One of the war's

Reached

CABLE

ROOSEVELT TELLS OF

EPIC SEA PARLEY

Continued from Page 1

Washington were beflagged and, chill, and also coinment thereon, a great crowd of reporters, cam- and that was the need for an ex- eramen and radiomen assembled change c views on what was h early.

pening all over the world under

AL the Press conference, Mr., the Nazi regime. Roosevelt sald that Mr. Churchill The mote that this is discussed was not visiting the United States and looked into, sald Mr. Roose- nor did he (Mr. Roosevelti totend velt, more and more terrible the to go to Britain for a while. thought becomes of having those Col. Starling. Chief of the White influences at work in sccupied or House secret service contingent, i affiliated and a large number of secret ser- vice police were in evidence in Rockland some hours prior to the President's arrival and Municipal Police and State troopers were allocated the duty of guarding the President's route.

Indication

nations. This thing needs to be brought home more and more to the democracles

Mr. Roosevelt said that he was not sufficiently farollar with the French situation to comment on it, but disclosed he would discuss it, and also conditions In the Far President Roosevelt's yacht Po- East, with Mr. Cordell Hull soon tomac docked shortly after 2 p.m. after he returned to Washington

local time just as the sun today (Sunday). emerged from the clouds after a dul meroing.

As soon as the yacht had mour, ed it was announced that a Press conference would begin aboard the Potomac immediately.

Mr Hury Hopkins. the Least and Lend Administrator, sat in a corner of the wardronin where the confer one was held

EMINEN FLY SUCCESSFUL in the coarse of the conference President Roosevelt described the meeting with Mr Churchill as eminently successful.

Mr Rauscyelt stated that he and Mr. Church wore in complete agreement on all aspects of the war situation and the next step would cry D farther inter- change i lear

The President gave no in- dication of any action that might be taken to implement the statement of the policies enunciated by Mr. Churchill and himself, but he did not think the United States was any closer to entering the con- flict as the result of the con- ference.

REMARKABLE SERVICE

Mr. Roosevell referred to the re markable church service held on Aug, 10 on the quarterdeck of the battleship Prince or Waics.

Everyone present felt it had been one of the great historic services. It was conducted by a British and an American chaplain.

Regarding atd for Russia, Mr. Roosevelt said that there had been discussion of fitting the Russia needs to an already existing pro- gramme. Russia would not be !! given Lease and Lend eld because she could pay for war equipment. Mr. Roosevelt gave the names of representatives of the three night- ing services who had accompanied him and they had held individual and group conterences with or- responding representatives of Brt- tain

The new Lease and Lend pto. gramme was still in its "study stage" but it was nearing the point where additional funds would be sought to finance ald to the demo- cracies.

Mr. Roosevelt declined to dis- close the whereabouts or Mr Churchill.

RADIANTLY HEALTHY

During

Mr. Roosevelt remarked had it been foggy however and if sub- marines had fired torpedoes they

the conference, Mr. would not have been sighted. Roosevelt was looking radiantly Mr. Roosevelt said that the idea healthy and sat completely at case of meeting the British Prime Min-smoking cigarette, had a friendly ister originated in February and greeting and flashing a smile for was a joint idea.

The campaigns each newspaperman as he entered in Greece and Crete had delayed; the conference room. it about three montas,

Mr. Roosevelt as he stepped UNDER NAZI REGIME

ashore wearing a heavy grey

..

Mr. Roosevelt said he thought tweed suit was greeted by an en- one thing had been overlooked in ormous crowd who gave him a his joint statement with Mr. Chur- rousing reception.

CHINA BUILDING UP RICH NEW EMPIRE IN INTERIOR

LONDON, Aug. 17 (Reuter)-Four years of war have brought about radical changes in China and one of the most important lessons the Chinese have learned from their travail is that Country can be saved only by its own efforts.

the

Another change, says The Times correspondent in China, is the building of a rich new empire in the interior of China, where the Government is fast erecting a hare "fortress" with full-grown Industrial and transport resources into

which It can retreat if driven oal of the coastal areas,

MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1941 -PAGE 7

Faster & Belter Cooking

WITH

"Quick Meal" Super-Speed Oil Stoves

POWERFUL, ODORLESS, SMOKELESS. BETTER LOOKING, MORE EFFICIENT THAN EVER BEFORE.

ONE, TWO & THREE BURNERS WITH GLASS FUEL TANKS TO SHOW SUPPLY.

BUILT FOR HARD

USE IN KITCHEN

THE STEADY, POWERFUL, SMOKELESS BURNER FLAMES ASSURE EVEN HEAT ISTRI- BUTION ENDEB ALL UTENSILS, WHICH IMPROVED COOKING RESULTS. ALL BURNERS ARE CONSTRUCTED OF HEAVY SHEET METAL, WITH BLACK WHITE LACQUERED FINISH. COMBUSTION CHAMBERS ARE EASILY

REMOVED FOR CLEANING.

AND

[HARDWARE DEPT.}

CHINA EMPORIUM

Agricultural VICEROY VISITS

Position In

Britain

ཆོད མད

RECORD HARVESTS

THIS YEAR

DEFENCE WORKS

'BOMBAY, Aug. 17 (Reuter)- The Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow. visited important defence works and inspected a Bassett trawler and a mine-layer under construc- tion.

These works have, since the commencement of war, repaired and refitted more than 700 mer- The agricultural pesion in Bri-chant ships as merchant cruisers, tain was commented upon by MR. troop transports and mine cutters, E. A. MONTAGUE in his weekly besides supplying 7,000 tons of commentary Broadcast from Lon-steel work for other smaller de don last night.

fence factories.

"I have spent the last week in a Cotswald village watching the biggest harvest record being gathered in Four million acres of grassland have been ploughed up." he said.

"Agriculture," he added, "has been in a bad way. for many

years."

The big war-time change in Bri-

Issue Of Philippine Independence

- BEING DEBATED- BY BOMBS

MANILA, Aug. 17 (Reuter)-The issue of Philippine Independence is at present being "debated in the Atlantic Ocean, on the fields of Russia and in munitions factories It is being debated by hombe," as- serted MR. MANUEL QUEZON, President of the Philippine Com- monwealth, when he appeared in person for the first time yesterday since his illness In response to his nomination for the next. Prest doney.

with

He said that he would serve if Perhaps the third greatest, to the populace in the last four tain's agriculture was that not so

elected, but would not campaign. most bitter of their hopes of capturing, or at change is the breaking down of years.

much was being left to individual

Referring to Philippine indepen phayes has been reached, writes least, of depriving the rest of provincialism. The rivalry be-

If the war in China has de-farmers but to a committee. Thoy

dence, the President declared that Reuter's Special correspondent in Russia of important grain stores tween provinces has been replaced monstrated nothing else to the could also command the money.

While Filipinos have not abandon- Muscov

they believe to be situated there by a common urge to repel the Japanese it ought to have shown machinery and labour to carry out.

ed the ultimate goal, the question For the second successive time, Nikolaiev also interests them on

Invader and rebuild China.

them the unwisdom of allowing big schemes.

is no longer in the hands of Fill- Soviet midnight communique account of important naval ship-wards soldiers has also undergone fatrs.

The attitude of the people to-soldiers to run the country's af- By their help and under their di-

pinos, or "anyone ewe out God." - speaks of severe fighting along the

The Philippines would be inde- yards. There 18 no

rection more fertilisers were put in- whole front without specification whether the Germans have suc-min the Government armies to Allled victory because they need tractors than before the war. The transformation-- Instead of "ver- The Chinese masses want an to the land. There were 40,000 more

pendent if as a result of the war, of particular areas and without ceeded in advancing any further

the rights of small nations are mentioning the names of places. towards the iron ore and metal-day are regarded as saviours. no telling that it is indispensable productivity of our arable land

safeguarded. On the other hand, The Soviet Press on Saturday Jurgical region inside the bend of

The Chinese are still in the field to China's future peace, security had been increased. Many farmers

if as a result of the war, small referred to the fighting "from the the Dnelper where it is expected because they have been incapable and property.

had been told to grow all the fod-

LORD LINLITHGOW

nations are placed at the mercy Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea."

Soviet troops will make their

of accepting the Idea of defeat. Though China's struggle. torder they could.

During a visit to General Mo-of big. Fowers, Filipinos might as The communique's wording sug- stand after their abandon- Although the Japazess deny freedom has exacted a terrible gest that fighting is intense in ment of part of rural

REDUCTION OF THEEP

tors, addressing the workers not well bid good-bye to independence. Western China is fighting for Democracy toll of human life and misery the There had been a reduction of only as Governor-General but also

"Our country is a democracy, we much more than one direction. Ukraine.

the Chinese Instinctively feel their Chinese are still unshaken and sheep on the farms, a bigger re-as a soldier serving in the last believe in the democratic way of struggle is for the right to have have came through the ordeal duction in pigs and an even bigger, war, the Viceroy recalled the shell life and we therefore go The orderliness of this retire their own form of government.

with renewed faith in the destiny reduction of poultry,

America in lie or death" shortage then and said: We are clearly witnessing Hit- absence

ment is clearly implied by the The same "awareness" of the of their ancient land.

"It is up to you this time to ler's all-out effort before the un-German claims

any authoritative people has extended to the outer

He did not know, said Mr. Mon Least of all did the Japanese tague, how many thousands, or

make good the shortage rapid- favourable weather seaBOIL,

to have taken world as a result of the war, and expect when they invaded China perhaps, millions of acres of land There prisoners on a large scale.

1. I count on you for that was only a very light raid on

it is no longer surprising to find that the vast amorphous mass of had houses built on them. It had

and every soldier in the line Moscow this morning and 'none It seems that Marshal Budenny a schoolboy or peasant in the in-Chinese would be welded into a been a pretty good job but it had

today is confident that you en the two previous nights, and applying here the classical re-terior able to give Views on nation imbued with a strong new cost land which we hoped could

will not let him down." this suggests that the German air treat strategy of Marchal Kutsuoy, China's part in the world confitet. purpose,

have been agricultural today.

· ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION FOOLING THEMSELVES force is heavily otherwise engaged, Prince of Smolensis, who opposed

The completed process cammot

He especially appreciated the no doubt on the battlefield itself. Napoleon at that place in Novem-

The Japanese generals continue fall to have profound effects in stated that agriculture would not spirit and determination to do the nominated unanimously for re- The present Government had An announcement

to delude themselves that they the finer and freer world for be allowed again to get into the utmost in this great struggle. has personally arrived

can wind up the China Incident which the Democracies are now dangerous state in which it has regardless of what has happened fighting

He was given an enthusiastic after reaffirming its stand for

workers reception by the

and Philippine Independence in 1946. We were now getting out record spent nearly an hour inspecting harvests and soldiers were helping various departments where thou- in the big task. Even civilian sands of chassis and cars' bodies workers were putting in their holland shells were turned out for In- day time for the new job on the dia's defence and also witnessed land,

an A.R.P. demonstration' by a General Motors unit."

ALL-OUT EFFORT

that Hitler on the eastern front suggests that the

Germans consider

ber, 1812.

of

ECONOMIC DISLOCATION

the present An attempt át economie als-: battle decisively important.

location can also be seen in the

The chief interest le focussed on German. attempt in Starnya, Rus-" the Ukraine... where. this after-isa and in a further push. to- noon's communique reports that wards the Moscow-Leningrad rail- fighting was "especially stubborn" { Way, during the night.

1

will requires new breathing

Collaboration Between Three Great Powers

been.

WORKERS' PLEDGE

BOMBAY, Aug 17 (Router)A

QUEZON & OSMENA RE-NOMINATED

MANILA, Aug. 17 (Reuter). President Manuel Quezon and Vice-President Osmena have been

election by the Nacionalista Party

Poisoning On Japanese Liner

TOKYO, Aug. 17. (Reuter)-Cap-

Bo far, they have beeri totally Indications are that, whereas unsuccessful

MOSCOW, Aug. 17 (Router)" It is possible to say without ex in The Smolensk front shows a slight long standing ambition.

achieving this aggeration that a now stage begins in the development of collabora

Conclu- tion between the three great Powers," says PRAVDA, organ of the stabilization with the Germans slong at present are difficult and Communistic Party, in a long editorial on the Churchill-Roosevelt

JAPANESE CIVILIAN digging in for the present, the the next few days will show if the message to M. Stalin, which it describes as a document of great

brochure SHOT DEAD

large

conlaining the principal thrusts are directed, Germans have again unduly ex- Importance in International polities.

#ignatures or thumb prints of 3,000 Against Russian industrial power tended their communications and

SHANGHAI, AUS. 17 (Regter) workers pledging support to the tain Tolchi Takata, of the and communications⠀

A Japanese civilian, Talsunbial Empire's war effort and promising Tatuta Maru which is scheduled The Soviet people, says the liberation of mankind from Hit Ack an employes of the Toyoda their aim to increase the pro to arrive in Yokohama late tonight, A thrust towards the latter is space, which will enable the Rua Pravda, received with satisfaction ler's menace are drawing closer Cotton Spinning and Weaving duction of Army vehicles was pre- has notified the Quarantine Omee directed not only at interfering slans to prepare offective counter the Information that the United and closer together, encircling the Company, was shot doad by two sented to Lord Linlithgow, the that five third class passengers died with supplies to the Army, but attacks,

States and Great Britain are ready Nast robbers and an iron ring of chinese gunmen at night in the Viceroy, when he inspected Gen of ptomalne poisoning and that 150 also at dislocating the country's Partisan or guerilla warfare to render large-scale assistance to huge armed forces of the greatest Yangtaepoo diliriot of the Japan-eral Motors assembly plant here others were affected following a economic lito.

continues successfully, expecially the Soviet Union, and are already Powers of the world and their se occupied part of the Interna yesterday evening.

supper last night, according to re- in the north and West where beginning to do so, many laden allies, adds the Pravda, dodal softiennent. IMPORTANT STORES

| The Viceroy watched a process ports, resoning here, forest and makes conditions more ships having already left higlish It concludes: Victors will be One gunman was arrested and sion of 100 new vehicles the Quarantine offelala The German anxiety to cut off favourable than in the flat and and American ports

won by the Joint effort of freedom was handed over on the Japanee day production

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