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GERMAN WEDGE TO BRYANSK SMASHED BY RUSSIANS

MOSCOW COMMUNIQUE REPORTS FIGHTING ALONG WHOLE FRONT

FRANKFURT, CHERBOURG, RHINELAND

BY

Sept MOSCOW

14 Reuter-Yesterday mornings Russian communique stated: stubbornly along the whole fent,"

BOMBED "Last night our troops continued fighting

German headquarters elanu that "operations are progressing Moscow Says the narrow successfully according to plan," but

been smashed and Marsha! German

to Bryansk hu wedge Timoshenko has renewed his counter-attacks in the Smolensk

area

is also counter-attacking round Lenin- Marshal Yorushilos grad though the termans claim these drives have been repulsed. trains to The Russiaus in ruingrad are using armoured Kuard Le approaches to the city. Often these trains enter enemy Drupled stations and smash up armoured units

The trains are being construc- many eda lug speett In Leningrad and, whe

I

good them are armed by sall

ors t the Russian Bulk Fire: A Russiat supplementary com manique yesterday revealed tha one Red Air Force Bghter suurd FoD in two months of continous M1 Lan Leningrad has shot down 46 Nazi plares dur the loss of uniy tour of Its ow

raft

action

t

lorries carrying Infantry the Hamanian position

heavy have been bombs

THE R.A.F.

LONDON, Sept. 14 Reuter In bad weather R.A.F. bembers un Friday night ralded Frankfurt and other points in the Rhineland Yeonsiderable

GENERAL

WHY RUSSIA ENTERED

*Kiev

SOVIET RUSSIA

Odessa

Rostov

Caspian

Black Sea

TURKEY

IRAN

Teheran."

AFGHAN ISTAN'

IRAN

Mediterranean Sea

IRAQ

Persian Gulf

INDIA

force" T

A bombers

Suez Canal

ARABIA

was used.

The docks aist: Bombc

Cherbourg were

[X]

Nazi prossura would probably close aid puth through Turkey

LIBYA

EGYPT

ANGLO- EGYPTIAN SUDAN

aircraft Coutstal Command Friday night brimbed the Freach port at St Nazaire and shipping the Friestin Islands. One jeremy supply ship was bombed

and hil

off pounded wh

BARGES SUNK Mosrow yesterday reported that German barges containing Infan

ry were sunt in the Baltic

Al Duttles rage continuously over the Leningrad area, with the furce. dive-bombing Germans but

Loravsky, The Boylet The comamnique als: describes: the wrecking of German supplies spokesman, said the city itself has by guerillas i Kovin album fot been bombed seriously

and on a river in Latvia,

Meanwille according to Moscow

ts in circles. The city of Klev tide 1 will not be taken

The Moscow newspaper Izvestia says the hills and Winde

Kies have been for Lidard while the population 1. erceled barricades R the and other firabi rity itself

CONTINUOUS RAIDS

As the front

the Bushatis

اطمه

M

Mis no

"Leningrad." he declared Belgrade The German alt foreC Is not master of the air."

(LAIMS DISMISSED

While not wishing to enter into

M details, the Soviet spokesman Lozovsky, yesterday dismissed Get-

Ran

elalma f having cul of Leningrad and ra iway connections

with the rest of the country

Two at mir boubers are missing. Berlin reports raids of Frank- turt and Mannheim

'T''

MAVA

OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE official communique "Though the weather on Friday night was again unfavourable, in dustrial objectives. 11) Frankfurt and elsewhere

Rhineland

9 con- again attacked by were siderable tree of adrenait of the Bomber Command

17)

f

The docks at Cherbourg were also bombed

Coastal Command aireralt duri mg the night made altacks on the ||1 nemy port at St Nazaire and

Frisk anda shopping the A supply ship al medluni 5070 was!

hit

From these operations two air raft of the Bamber Command are managed! nussing."

J

A "runsiderable exaggeration "! was the ter he used, adding that

ad 1 roufs the Germans

frou arrkousty to barb Leningrad

though they claimed to be

the elty ear

Lengrad, he said. E

had 4000 Bri- was not her Kipy, and 150 Girmas plates askar, detences and

carying

eintimantas

proveer beg

Vieraan

consoldati

In two mOBALS

- Luf! want break Hough

han failed

very BULGARIA "BUYING

ITALIAN WARSHIPS

been dowed on the approach to grade. Leningrud's bombing so far

the city

The Germans on the Kley

was, even

LONDON Sept. 14

Feuter

German Advance

Ald Routes Scafe of Miles -to Russia 0

400

War materials in Egypt may be diverted to Russia via Persian Gulf and tran; V. S. could send aid by this route

From U.S. 13,000 mi.

Map shows how Russia, cat off from her western outlets by German forces, was forced to create a channel for war material Guns, plaues, medical and aid through Persian desert territory.

and supplies. ammunition can reach Russia from both Britain the United States through the Persian Gulf if the route through Turkey is cut off.

U-BOAT CREW

DID NOT KNOW

FIGHTER SWEEPS OVER CHANNEL

LONDON, Sept. 14 "Our fighters have

(Reuter

carried

out

MEANING OF THE several offensive patrols over the

WORD SCUTTLE

Air

•

Channel and enemy occupied ter

an say: ritory yesterday." Ministry communique

"During one of these one enemy Dghter was destroyed None of our fighters is missing."

report," There is nothing tô stated a Ministry of Home Security communique

14 LONDON, Sept.

(Reuter) Squadron-Leader J. H. Thompson, first airman to sapture a U-boat. describing his feat yesterday, said Know crew did not An Assocated Press repor, yester. the German

the meaning of the word scuttle. 35 sources than that day quoted Ankara less sever

when a Bri- He revealed that stating that Ilalian worships are

tish warship approached the U- or which Moscow suffered, he added

Asked whether the Germans had bebe sold in Bulgaria

signalled that any at- Rs

Lower crussing the

As a technical neutral Bulgaria buat and

would result hattered succeeded in

Duleper River he said he had not could take me warships through tempt to scuttle

full details. with theth Dardanelles to Black Sea ports the crew belug left to their fate, ington yesterday in

the submarine replied "What does Potomac for a week-end cruise. Odessa will deles e PSTORETS received In the las:

Rus struggle going on day and night. where they would be taken Two days the

to cross the river by the Germans and user against, scuttle mean?" stup Black Sea Meet Aly Arm hus Bo attempts

อย German tanks wrecked 23

were being smashed

are said u be using From

in

replace Wirel OWN machines

ARGENTINA

De Russian navy.

Over

Fiery Speech By President

EXPELS GERMAN Of Tohokai Party: War With

AMBASSADOR

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 14 Rea

ter "We can peralt the Ge-

mah Ambassador to remas to

United States Is Forecast

TOKYO, Sept. 14 Reuter)-An early Japanese American war was forecast yesterday afternoon by Mr Seigo Nakano, leader of Argentina for It is revealed he has Japan's only revived political party. the Tohokai, in a lecture in been menacing

implicated 111

Fur Democratic

activites

In

stilotions

Tokyo replying to Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt.

Discounting the chances of a settlement between Japan and pre- Britain and America. Mr. Nakano declared the Japanese are This statement was made by-pared to fight to the last man" if the negotiations failed. Representative Buaiti at Friday's In an officially approved. if un-; session of the Argentine Chamber inspired

of Deputies which

agal

address, he warned

deal aganist prolongation of the Wash UNITED STATES

with Nal activities in the Argen- Line

Representative Ghiold declared the Fifth Column had been later-

Ington talks lest Japan lose her

chance or a southward advance. MAY ARM

He said oil was the blood of

which Japan was urgently in need MERCHANTMEN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14

(Reu-

tering with Argentina's national of a transfusion and warned "The Hfe and the German Ambassador time may come when blood is un- was at the back of the conspiracy. avaliably and our planes will be ter) It

Meanwhile the German Embassy grounded "

In Buenos Aires has announced that a Note has been sent to the Foreign

น.ส HANDS FULL

Squadron-Leader Thompson said the second pilot spotted the U boat and it was during their fifth attack on the undersea craft that the white flag was holsted.

The 11rst time they attacked some of the crew emerged from the conning-tower. Met by a hail machine-gun bullets they of

wern scrambled down again but forced up by the rest of the crew.

When the Navy arrived on the scene the weather was too heavy either to take off the crew or take the 1J-boat in

The sub- tow. marine once started to submerge but a few bursts of shell-fire brought her to the surface once more

CABLE NEWS

IN BRIEF

a

LONDON, Sept. 14 Renter)

suggestion Is reported that the 7n accordance with

Bernard arming of American merchant made by Mr. George

of the NB- ships is likely to be proposed by Shaw, the Director

tional Portrait Gallery in London ᎪᎥᎨ . Nakano મર્યા the United the Administration.

The matter is reported to have has agreed to hang the portraits Minister "protesting States had their hands full aiding strongly against the extraordinary! Britain and therefore it would be been discussed on Thursday when of Sir Rabindranath Tagore, paint- for the United President Roosevelt conferred with ed by Sir William Rothenstein and Sir Kenneth slander directed against the Ger- "nonsensical"

Sir Muirhead Bone, Congressional leaders. States to start a war with Japan. man diplomatic service."

the

The debate was adjourned and

1 is belleved a vole will be taken on Monday

IRAQI REBELLION

CAIRO.

ECHO Sept. 14

(Reuter)

Five ring leaders of the Iraqi re. bellion who took refuge have expressed a desire to

Iran return

to Iraq for trial by court-martia?. according to reports from Baghdud received yesterday.

Bagh

Therefore he urged an Axis offensive via the Caucasus and Persian Gulf to meet the Jap- anese at Slugapore.

sald

of

National

behalf of the Tagore Society.

CANBERRA, Sept. 14 (Reuter)--

He said Britain and America The step would require the re- Clark, Director would be unab to cope with Ja- peal or revision of the Neutrality Galley. has made this move pan's 500 warships and 4,000 planes Act, should the later be sent to the

are experts Many naval south Pacific to threaten Singa- tu be. opposed because they think pore, Manila and Australla.

an increase in the number of pro- A meeting of the Australian War more Council was held here on Friday. tecting warships would be +fective, especially as guns to arm! The meeting was a full-dress re- ships could i be spared from the hearsal of the coming discussion The Council finances. war supply going to the British,

discussed the problem of meeting the gigantic demands and far bank credits can be used

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter).

were German bombers

over Britain Qu

APPEASEMENT MOVES Mr. Nakano warned the Govern- ment not to be deceived by any appeasement, moves on the part of Britain and the United States,

MARCEL DEAT

.31

how

LONDON, Sept. 14 Reuter) - A rumour circulating in Vichy that

result Two Such a course would not only Marcel Deat had died as a It is also reported from

Mufti of lead to the destruction of Japan's of the injuries he received during brought down dad that the former Jerusalem, who also fled to Iran, polley and "co-prosperity in the the attack on Laval was categor1- Friday night.. One man was killed was unable to leave the country Far East" but would also promote cally denied in well-informed cir- and several injurca when

economic and

when the Allies entered

and 18

Anglo-American military hegemony now belleved to be among the re- East." fugees at the German Lezation at The

Teheran.

agency.

bombs cles in Vichy yesterday, according were dropped in a north-east dia- to the official German news agency trict. Gunfire was heard in Lon- over " The agency adds that accord- don for the first time in

in

the For

news Mr.

ing to information received Deat still in hospital at Versailles and

official Japanese

describes Domel, Nakano as "ery President of the E Rightlst political

EXPLORATORY TALKS Tohokal

group."

WAHHINGTON, Sept. 14 Reu ter)--The US. Socretary of State.

CANBERRA, Sept. 14 (Reuter)-

of has surplus stocka

Mr. Cordell Hull, told hit Press Australia

conference yesterday that there wool and other suppiles available

le progressing satisfactorily.

INSTITUTE

SUSPENDED

The Shens Provisional Political

week and British night fighter" were over the capita?

CAIRO, Sept. 14 (Reuter) - The Australian commander at Tobruk visited Cairo where he mot, among others, General Bir Thomas Bit- mes. Deputy Commander-in-Chief

was absolutely nothing new to re-for Rumla and the other Allies, Institute has been auspended by Middle East,

with said Mr. Murphy, Commonwealth order of the Ministry of Educa- port Anorienu relations

Commerce Department Secretary, tion..

LONDON, Bept. 14 (Reuler)—-

Japan,

It is now being reorganised Into The Netherlands - Admiralty you- The present talks, he said, were yesterday. Russia had arranged only exploratory and were based with the United Kingdom to or the Shanai Provincial College of terday announced that a Nother- on the theory that they inay re- der surplus stocks from the Em-Commerce with Mr. Wang Chih-lands sumaring operating with the val ir negotiations to settle the pire through the United Kingdom shan, Commissioner of lucation, British Navy In the Mediterraneau

Corporation, or Commercial

Mr acting concurrently as Principal. has sunk a heavily-laden akemy

supply ship of about 5.000 tone Pacifle problems are feasible

(Contral News).

Murphy added

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (Reuter President Roosevelt left Wush- the yacht

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