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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1941.

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TO EAST OF KIEV

LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter)-Following the statement an nounced by Moscow and the German report that the capital of Ukraine is in a state of indescribable devastation" interest is focussed upon the savage fighting which is proceeding east of the city

Here, regulars of the Soviet Army, supplemented by detach. meats of the Home Guard, are reported to be fighting a gallant rearguard action. Reports of the outcome of this fighting are keenly awaited. Meanwhile, the Germans claim to have aoui- hilated large bodies of troops in this area and to have taken 150,- 000 prisoners.

The reluctant Nazi admission that the Russians have left behind only a city of rain, and wreckage would indicate thai Marshal Budenny made an orderly retreat.

Professing Concern for Kiev's, eral or those of Marshal Budenny

the Germans declare in particular

destructive

the Tige

"By their Bolsheviks have endangered the lives of lens of thousands in the

But it point cruellest inshion " led out here that there a ne basis

for this staterBent

CABLE NEWS

IN BRIEF

SYDNEY Sap 23 (Reuter!

DESTROYED IN

MEDITERRANEAN

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter ( The destruction liners and damage Italian liner was

Wo Italian t B third announced Ay the Admiralty yesterday after

noon.

The Communique reacis

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As from yesterday, the fixed de- Thursday. September 上具 sub- posit rates of Australian banks marines of the Mediterranean have been reduced by a further Fleet on patrol in the Central 600 per cent per annum, making Mediterranean successfully attack an aggregate reduction of 15s per ed a fast and heavily escorted 1 rent see the outbreak of

the Italian convoy carrying reinforce- war. The new rates are 3 months ments to Libya.

1 per cent, 6 months cent, one year 2 two years 2.1:4 per cent

•

per

•

13/4 cent

per "The convoy consisted of three! and | linets. Two have been destroyed

It is probable that the third was damaged.

CAIRO, Sept 23 Reuter

"One of the liners in this con- The !

to the steamer ALMO KATTAM cites voy was similar newspaper

Vulcania of 24,460 tons. The other a "reltable source" for D repor!

that from Teheran

the Grand two Itners were of approximately Multi

the same connake." Jernsalem of

has been found at the Japanese Legation at Teheran

I shows that if U determined commander is prepared to pay the price he can achieve very ensi- derabic successes but the price at Kiev must have been appallingly nigh and the question is bound to In fact observers here take hope | arise sooner or later.

"How often on the German reports consider will the Germane be able to afford ing that the thorough devastation | 197"

LONDON. Sept 23 Reuter ufleted on this boly Russian elty,

No state of slege With the conquest of each pos-clared in Bulgaria, says

has been Indicates ΠΑΡ oldy an orderly

azi withdrawal of the armed turres 10, a new one seems to rear 1

Mal Sofla announcement selt before thr German advance but that Kiev's evilans were pro

and

new armies appear which: perly vacuateri

This would indicate considerable show the same undaunted resclu-

who have fallen as preparatkem beforehand and would tion of

back after inflicting a maximum city's Ve

defenders

of punishment on the enemy.

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NEW DEFENCE LINE

A special correspondent of the official Italian news agency wiren

These

ALLEGED NAZI LOSSES

It is significant that the Ger many scized the moment of the capture of Klev to publish their

de- ຕາ!!! quoted

by the Rome Radte. (The Ankura Rudig on Friday last described

state of emergency ")

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LAHORE. Sept. 23 Reuter Precautionarily, the Raj advise all members of the public to carry the name and address of their next of kin or other person whom

Arst detailed list of the alleged they would wish to be notified in Jusses in the first three months the event of their becoming alr

Although over

rald casualty

LAHORE.

Sept. 23 Reuterin

400,000 casualties are admitted the âgures are felt by experts w be ridiculously low and it 1 A night long black-out is ordered evident that the High Command in Lahore and 12 other towns of waited for some success in sugarį the Lahore division from Oct. 5 the pill before they dared

last night that Marshal Budenny of the campaign had withdrawn most of the army that escaped encirclement cast of Kiev acmss the Donetz River

The Soviet High Command, he added, evidently hoped to club. Ish a new defence line on the east bank

HUNGARIAN COMMUNIQUE

I make any announcement.

(T

Loto Oct. 13 is connexion with the forthcoming air defence exercises Contravention of the order 15! punishable by imprisonment of one month and a fine.

There is no further news as The Hungarian General Stall the fighting at Leningrad ist. night issued a communique the vicinity of Smolensk say!116

Further south the Germans up-

The Soviet forery that estapea pear to be aiming at Rostov in

WARM WELCOMElement of uw per the mouth of the Lam pure EXPLOSION IN

FOR GREEK

MONARCH

LONDON. 8ept

The King and Queen drove to Eus ton Station to meet King George of Careere last night The Duke and Duchess of Kent Mr Winston Churchill, Mr Anthony Bien асл other members

the GoverT; - ment were also present

اده

pursued towards

thekov is more likely to be the next at Importan' targe 35 11. would

subi Their rearguards are tempting 3 counterattack Jain between the different units

MIDNIGHT COMMUNIQUE seems to have been broken and resistance weakening. This sug- MOSCOW. Sep 23 (Reuter) - Igrals thal the Soviet Command Following is the text of the Soviet ¡has renouneed is efforts to con- midgight communique Issued by

tipuc the Nghting between the the Soviet Information Bureau Duper and the Donetz and is concentratinK Da organising its retreating forces behind the latter

but threaten the whole Donetz Basin

river

Fleid works and

fortificationM

A Jarge Crow welcomed fa still in being have been abandon Citek King with chrers

ed

PREMIER'S MESSAGE

ita

message úl

to the Britis

OVJDIOPOLIS CAPTURED VICHY, Sept. 23 Reuter-Ita prople on the occasion of his ar Jan Press reports

state tat

rival with King George of Greect Rumanian

Froops have waken

in Britain, the Greek Prime Minis- Ovidiopolis, 25 miles southwest of

ter

Mr Emmanuel Tsouderos, sald: Odessa. after heavy fighting, and "We extremely happy

ars

And ourselves here

Vish people where

te are now advancing amorg the towardy Odessa.

futend WA

To

the coast

Ovidiopolis 18 at the mouth of end this the river Dniester, which marks struggle at the side of tie Bri- the old frontier between Rumania

to carry on to the very

tish against the Nazi

and

Fascist and the U.S.SR

tyrants of Europe. We are going

to bull

tinue

NOT A K-O.

up our resources to Cou- LONDON, Sept. 23 Heute 11

slay here. We это

SOUTH BOHEMIA SHELL WORKS

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuter>--- An important munitiona works at Viasin in Southern Bohemia nas! "On Sept. 22, our troops fought been destroyed as the result of a the enemy along the entire front. violent

'One Hundred German planes news reaching Czechoslovak elr- were destroyed on Sept. 20 includ- 'cles Ip London, says Reuter's

explosion, according

ng 28 brought down in air com- Diplomatic correspondent.. bats. id 72 destroyed on

drones

"We lost 21 warcraft"

Kiev Battle Revelations

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The works was concerned with lling shell cases with explosives, It is known that at least 90 Ger- mans brought from the Reich to work in this

among factory are the wounded NOV undergoing hospital treatment, but nothing is known as to the number killed

Following the explosion, Ger- man troops immediately surround- ed the wrecked buildings and in- vestigation was started, but thus

quite fruit-

|Quarter Million Nazis far this has proved

leas. Held For One Week

Sept 23

(Reuter brought

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuter ... The Muscow radio announces that the British-American representa tives [0 LA Moscow Conference have arrived

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A almost the same time, a power-station at Trebenice wrecked by another explosion,

was

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is fight until victory. of would be idle to deny that the MOSCOW which am confident. It is imposioss of Kley is a serious blow, 'The Germans had sible to say how long we shall states a war commentary by Au-jabout 250,000 men for the attack great part of the buildings being

tremendously nalist. The destruction and wreck-on Kiev and in the last few days! destroyed proud to come to London, the age of this beautiful old town is a the Soviet forces there were out-; capital not only of the Eritish Em nss to clyfisation but it la far numbered, writes Reuter's Resident Dire but of alt freedom-loving from being 0 knock-out blow correspondent in Moscow. peoples."

either to the Soviet forces in gen- The Germans launched a mass ENEMY SHIPPING

attack in the middle of last week

but the Russians held out for

FORMER SHAH CEDES PROPERTY several days.

IN IRAN TO THE PEOPLE

TEHERAN, Sept. 23 (Router)-Sovrn new Ministers are in- cluded in the reconstituted Iranian Cabinet which the Premier Furughi has presented to Parliament, The remaining four members were in the makeshift Cabinet formed after the cessa- tion of Iranian military resistance.

The battle for possession- of

HARASSED

Kiev was fought out from one SCHOONER BLOWS UP

sector of the city to another and thla suggests that the Bovlet Com- mand was able, in the meantime,

AFTER DIRECT HIT CAIRO, Sept. 23 (Reuter) An East communique

successful attacks

to withdraw a large part of ito RAF Middle forces safely across the Dnieper.

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The most important of the new the Iranian people. The ex-Shab withdrawal by the flotilla on the were made on enemy shipping in for all gold and silver articles.

still retains his enormous wealth Dnieper and by artillery

on the

the region of Tripoll recently. Jade, diamonds, jewels, watches, Schall, deposited in foreign banks, mostly left bank of the river which put in one of these carried out by fountain pens. Apply Far East Interior in America. estimated by some up a strong fire to cover the re-bombers of the

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Royal Air Force,

one large schooner received several Diamond and Gold Refining Co.,. direct hits and the crew imme- Room 621, China Building, 6th Below Kiev, as far as Kremediately abandoned the ship, which floor Sundays and Holidays; SIMLA, Sept. 23 (Reuter-Rechug, the left bank of the river was left in a mass of fames. missed from the War Ministry cent reports that Allled troopa hadis sleep. Hence. It was possible

"Another schooner, after being

War Minister.-General Ahmed Nakhjevan, whom the Shah dis

Who

"Cease Fire" was ordered.

states an official communique 18-1y. Minister of the Interior-Gen-sued nere, eral Amonolah Jahanbani,

from

force that one of our

aircraft

open.

and threw into prison when the occupled Teheran are incorrect, for the Germans to follow quick-hit, blew up with such a terrifle

Reinforced Russian armies on making the attack was destroyed KOWLOON OPTICAL CO., 583 It says: "Owing to atmospheric the left bank of the Daleper are by the blast,

Nathan Road, American · graduate : was educated in Russla and whom disturbances communications with now able to concentrate on the the Shah two years ago, in a mo- Tran afid Iraq were subjected to threat constituted by the German merchant ship off Kerkenna was at moderate terms.

"On Sept. 20, one heavily laden optician, test eyes and fit glasse8 Thoroughly ment of rage, dismissed from the interference in the last few days. thrusts

Chernigov and

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Ing.

Alled Broken lenses duplicated. of his generalship.

| press and -radio" reports to the There is no confirmation hore of Minister of Education-Dr. Tean jaffect that Allled troops have ac- the German claim that this pin-

DESTROYER ATTACKED Sadiq. educated at Cambridge, cupled Teheran art incorrect. cor movement has already result- "An enemy destroyer just off Faris and Columbia University. Alled forces ure still encampeded in the encircling of the Russian Tripoli was successfully altacked.

The new Cabinet is regarded as outside the alty."

troops. In any case, it is felt here “Benghazi was raided on the politically strong.

that the withdrawal from the night of #ept, 20-21 by heavy

The two omisanftes sent by the LONDON, Sept. 22 (Router)(capital of Ukraine. in counter-bombara of the RAF, several hits dovernment to the ex-Bhal at│It is announced that the term of balanced by the fact that it comes being scored on the. contral and İsfahan have now returned, boar-office of the Viceroy of India; Lord after three months of the war the outer molca,

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