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No. 10372

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1941.

日八初月正

AGORDAT FALLS TO BRITISH WITH PRISONERS AND GUNS

·CAIRO, FEB. 2 (REUTER).—BRITISH TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED THE TOWN OF AGORDAT, AN IMPORTANT STRATEGICAL POINT IN ERITREA ON THE RAILWAY LEADING TO THE RED SEA PORT OF MASSAWA.

ANNOUNCING THIS SUCCESS, TO-DAY'S COMMUNIQUE FROM BRITISH G.H.Q. SAYS: "YESTERDAY MORNING BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURED THE TOWN OF AGORDAT, TAKING MANY HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS WITH GUNS AND MECHANICAL TRANSPORT. SIX ITALIAN MEDIUM TANKS, FIVE LIGHT TANKS AND 15 GUNS WERE ALSO DESTROYED.

Cities Razed But

Hearts Are

High

What Mr Willkie Saw

LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter).-Mr Wendell Willkie started his lour of the bombed provincial cities of England to-day with visits to Coventry and Birmingham. He was first conducted through

"The enemy sustained. heavy casualties during the final attack carried out by the British and Indian troops with RAF, cối' operation. By dusk yesterday evening, advanced elements of the British forces were again in close pursuit of the enemy with- drawing towards Keren.

"In the Barentu area opern- tions are proceeding well, while further south, Biacundi is now in British hands with more prisoners from the Italian forces which were originally with-

the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, by the Bishop and was evidently drawn from Umm Hager. impressed by the devastation he saw.

CHANNEL

PORTS

RAIDED

R.A.F. Pay Visits

The rest of the tour, made by car, gave Mr Willkie an oppor- tunity of seeing the effects of the indiscriminate bombing on the night of the big raid last

"As the result of these actions, coupled with patriot activities, Italian troops withdrawing from the Walkait district have been obliged to abandon the bulk of their mechanical trans- TURN to Back Page. Column 3

November, including the destruc Italians Are

tion of historic buildings, busi-

premises and

negu

houses.

dwelling

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At a press conference, Mr Willkio stated that the impression formed by led him fo LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter) his tour of Coventry Docks at three Nazi invasion believe that the destruction described All enemy attempts to counter-

In American newspapers

have had not attack

'Greek's New Positions LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter).

been definitely ports in occupied France-been exaggerated. He was greatly Boulogne, Ostend and Brest-Impressed by the high morale shown foiled, stated the Athens radio were attacked by small forces by the ellizens and had seen no to-night. of R.A.F. bombers last night evidence of depressed spirits or of and just before dawn to-day.

The Brest attack was made first by planes of the Coastal Command which yesterday con- tinued in unfavourable weather in patrols and reconnaissance nights over the occupied coast- line.

Tour of Birmingham

Albania.

Greek forces have steadily ad- vanced and have taken up new lines giving up.

to plan. He regarded the fact that the and positions according tower and spire of Coventry Cathe- These operations are beginning a new dral had escaped destruction as being phase of the Greek advance across Bymbolic.

The announcer continued: "The very considerable successes of our After his tour of Birmingham, Menemy in the sector of the front-ex- Willkie said that he had been im- tending beyond Klisura have obliged General Cavellero, the Italian pressed by the organisation of the C-in-C. to order a speedy evacuation Aircraft of the Coastal Command so-called "shadow" factories.

Referring to the damage in Bir-of the Italian forces from this im- are continuously on the look-out for the first signs of any invasion move-mingham, Mr Wilkie was surprised portant area.

ment.

for to-day's pre-dawn raids.

Two Planes Missing

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Key Points To Albanian Situation

Here are the key polute to the Present situation in Albania. (1) objective of possible Nazi drive through Yugo-Slavia (2) Ililer's back door to Greco, a move Turkey would resist (3) Greek drive towards El Hassan, the key sector for Duraxio,(4) Greek capture of Berst would cut off Halians in the south (5) Darazzo and Valona, viini Italian evacuation bases (6) Taranto-bombed by RAF, Halian navy crippled.

Taranto

RUMA

BUCHARI

BELGRADE*

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Quaranty

Corri

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Barl Brindisi

Valona

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Maghava

Messina,

Irapuni

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Pantelleriacts

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Londoners Sneer At S'HAI ELECTION Soldiers,

Daylight Raiders And Proceed To Carry On

Despite-the-Intensive-operations-of-the-Nazi-Luftwaffe, the average person in Britain has six chances of dying from natural causes to one chance of dying by a bomb. In other words, the raids only increase the hazard of death over that in normal times by 18 per cent.

This is the estimation of Reuel S. Moore, "United Press" staff correspondent in London, who has been in every air raid since the Luftwaffe started their attacks on the capital.

at its extent, "but the reconstruction Striking Power Reduced Boulogne and Ostend were selected I have seen put into operation is a "Foreign observers express the perfect example of how a city can view that any attempt on the part of recover."

the itallans to check the tide of Greek

In a private letter to a friend ing the daytime when there is a rold Mr Willikle added that without advance is doomed to failure because,

walking about and carrying on their British fighters, accompanied once which he had seen everywhere, this power has been very substantially that despite the raid for every business as usual. People situng on morale, courage and steadfastness, after repeated disasters, their striking in Hongkong, Mr Moore saldon nobody gives a damn. They keep by bombers, made a number of day-reconstruction and recovery could reduced.

[building down, there are hun-park benches don't even budge. If light raids over Occupied France. not be done.

"The losses the Italian forces sus-

TURN to Back Page, Column 3 Two planes are missing from the "I personally hope that America tained during the latest counter-dreds still up. operations.

Talking about the reaction of the will give you such old," he added, attack are estimated by these obser- A few single German aircraft made that with steadfastness and courage vers to be as high as 40 per cent. populace to air raids, Mir Moore says:

of their total effectives." the customary armed reconnaissance

"The folks here are not fittery, Dur- flights over the English coast to-day, you will shortly win through." following a night of no activity.

Chen Chi-tang In Role Of Agriculture Chief CHUNGKING, Feb, 1 (Central Now) A bumper harvest for present year was forecast by General Chen Chi-tang, Minister of Agricul- ture and Forestry, in a statement to the Press on Increasing food produc-

Hon

the

General Chen said that carefu} |

aning had been made in connec

with the selection of the seeds of agricultural products, the use of fertilisers, insect prevention and con- trol, and conservancy projects. These measures are being carried out and are expected to yield good results.

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Hitler Made This Picture Possible

Only Hitler and his murderous colleagues who rain death indiscriminately from the skies on Innocent civilians could make this picture possible. Ti khows Hilla English children, huddled together in a cellar, star- ing fearfully at the skies as the sound of the Nazi planes are heard overhead. These youngsters are being cared for at the National Children's Orphanage in Hertfordshire, where, In the protection of deep underground shelters, they are reasonably safe from Hitler's total war.

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HITLER IS CHECKED

No Time For Harsh Action Against Vichy

IN APRIL

CHUNGKING, Feb. 2 (Central News). — A Shanghai message states that the Shanghai Municipal Council has fixed April 10 and 11 for this year's elec- tion of the Councillora.

With the approach of the date of election the Japanese are making preparations to renew their attempt to in- crease their representation *on the Council.

Keen competition is ex- pected but competent ob- servers bellove that the British and Americans will maintain their dominant position.

Arsenals Of India

Police, & Civilians

In Riots

- JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 2 (Reuter).—Wild scenes were witnessed in Johannesburg dur- ing the week-end when thou- sands of Police, civilians and soldiers were involved in serious riots.

Some 140 people, mostly soldiers, have been admitted to hospital up to the present.

Armoured cars toured the streets now this morning but the clty la quiet. Hundreds of sightseers, how- ever, congregated outside the offices of the "Vaderland"-General James Hertzog's newspaper and the offices of "Transvaler," the Nationalist news- pap Both

supporting the Republican

Red.

offices have been

Full Blast For Allies BOMBAY, Feb. 2 (Reuter):-— The trouble originated on Friday MADRID, Feb, 2 (Reuter) Black smoke was belching from night. Dr van Rensburg, former Free Hitler's reply to Marshal Petain's all chimneys in Jubbulpore gun of the Ossewabrandwag, addressed a State administrator and now leader Christmas message is probably

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in the form of a short letter carriage factory as I passed its cultural meeting. The couched in cold terms, according carefully-guarded gates to be brandwag is an organisation of an

workshops extreme Republican nature. Dr

van to Spanish correspondents in shown the huge

Rensburg's meeting was not political Berlín.

whore carriages of India's guns Wilhelmstrasse circles are op-aro constructed, writes "Reu.and was generally orderly. Clashes,

however,

occurred in. the streets when the meeting concluded. Soldiers parently extremely non-committal on ter's" special correspondent, the subject, but most Spanish ob When I entered the workshops the and civilians were involved. Some were wearing beards servers in the German capitol seem roar of powerful machinery was of the latter to agree that in spite of rumours of a jalmost deafening.

which are favoured by members of possible renouncement of the armis- Amid the fierce glow of numerous the Ossewabrandwag. tie by the Nazis, Germany does not furnaces skilled Indian workmen

Police Intervene contemplate any drastic action, at were manipulating red-hot metal

with a casualness born of long prac- The Polleo ́· Intervened and the least for the present.

¡tico.

soldiers.appeared to resent accepting I saw one of the latest guns com- jorders from policemen not wearing In this connection, the Berlin cor plete with a-now carriage. The old orange shoulder "flashes." These respondent of the Spanish agency, "Efe," says: "It must not be forgotten that a great deal of Petain's strength lies in the discipline and calm shown by the French

Colonial Army and the Frenchi

Petain's Strength

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The correspondent of "Alcazar" de- clared that "Germany has no interest In complications that distract her at- tention in the critical hour of her pre- parations for attaining victory."

Vichy Versus Paris

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No Radical Effects Of

Action Against Reds.

DE CHUNGKING, Feb. 2 (Réuter).—Chinese circles are not at

The Berlin representative of the all perturbed over the Communist situation following the Higħ "A.B.C." expresses the view that Ger- Command's decision to disband the Communist. Fourth Army many may be on the verge of an im-

por in decision vis-a-vis France, last month. The affair is being expressed, ‚ hoj adds, Be

en Paris and Vichy

tween

a

gressing between the Government and Communist authorities for on be After the brief fighting bo- amicable settlement of differences,

in the German press as ANY ISaya

munist troops on the south bank | involving:

The "Arriba," which

boration, to-day writes sceptically on

twoon Government and Com- The Chungking Government is not any Party with the

championed Franco-German collar of the Yangtse, no major fight measures taken against :-the" New Fourth Army and in maintaining the "these programmes of national reing is reported to be taking place mual relations with the Chinese volution shouted from the radios and in any other areas, fel

Communist Party and other political the Proms,"

Meanwhile negotiations are pro- | groups,