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Nazis Assume Control Of RUSSIANS MAY FLOOD

Vital Frontier Railways

Special to the "Telegraph"

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UP).—A dispatch from Rome to-day disclosed that the German army and secret police authorities have assumed control of all railway passenger traffic between Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain.

The message did not indicate at which point along the Swiss frontier the Germans had established control, but in- dicated that the Germans might have re-routed trains soʻ that they will pass through the German occupied zone into. France to Switzerland and Italy.

GERMAN CITIES AGAIN BOMBED Cologne, Duisburg, Berlin

Special to the "Telegraph" LONDON. Aug. 19 (UP).—The Royal Air Force is giving German Industrial cities and the Channel ports no rest,

According to the Air Ministry, a great number of heavy bombs were dropped both on Cologne and Duisburg, many large

fires being left burning.

Roosevelt Looks To 1943

Long-Range View Of The War WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Reuter).The war would con. tinue through 1913 if necessary and Britain and the United States would make a survey of needs and production through that year,

stated President Roosevelt to-day. ..

The docks at Dunkirk were also effectively bombed.

Eight British planes are miss- ing from these attacks.

Encouraging News ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Router).—The announcement that Dritish bombers over Genmany frequently number over 300 a night and the publlen- tion of figure of bembs dropped in

NAZIS IN UKRAINE BY

RELEASING HUGE DAM

-SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”

NEW YORK, AUG. 19 (UP). THERE ARE REPORTS CIRCULATING HERE FROM LON- DON AND MOSCOW THAT THE RUSSIANS MAY BREAK THE TREMENDOUS DNIEPER- STROV DAM WITH THE PURPOSE OF FLOOD- ING THE GERMANS IN THE LOWER RIVER AREAS.

After two months of the Russo-German war, the Nazis claimed to have taken all the Ukraine west from the Dniester, comprising about 130,000 square miles, and to have captured 180,750 prisoners in the past ten days. However, informed quarters in London and Moscow deprecate Berlin's allegation that the Red Army in the Ukrainian area is in the process of dissolution, and indicated that the Red forces are intact.

London experts assert that 400,000 Russian troops have

in the past four days.

DESPERATE withdrawn across the Dnieper

FIGHTING

three weeks over the Ruhr, Colog Hope For Soviets In

and Hamburg has impressed publie aplnilom as never befort with Britain's air might.

air-

Elastic Defences

LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter)..

Moscow claims counter blows i against. the Nazis un the Smolensk front.

95 Miles From Leningrad The Nazis are now about 05 miles from Leningrad-the central front defending Morcow' reportedly holding It has also done much to remove

Bun. the misleading impression created by

Russian losses in connection with un- German communiques when they military commentary by the Dnieper withdrawal are

ak about isolate: Bitish craft" and so on.

“Annalist” states that "desperate jocially estimated at 150,000 men.

Aerlat warfare continues with Berlin Bombed

fighting is proceeding on two German and Russian bombers up- MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (Reuter)-sectors on the Eastern Front: inparently attempting to raid enemy Soviet planes raided Berlin area last the north near Narva, and in capitals without particular success,

New Fighting Planes night, necording to the Moscow radio the south, the Ukraine. The SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" Incendiary and high explosive bombs

-Germans have apparently been MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (UP).--Russia'u were dropped on military and thustrial “objectives where Gres and assembling their resources for test nighting planes, reported to be explosions were observed,

another big thrust towards faster, better armed and capable of than any machine The President told t press

Leningrad and like all ofensives flying higher conference that that was one ofį

hunched with weight and inten-therto available to the Russian air

force. is to

to go into action to-morrow some (Wednesday). the subjects discussed at the LONDON, Aug. 19(Bruter)eity it has met with

This was announced-in--Moscow to-day, when it was revealed that the Soviet aviation industry had now prepared suficient numbers of these planes to enable them to go into combat.

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All the Soviet planes returned safely to their bases.

Nazis Lose Eight

luncheon menting with Lord; Eight German fighters were Beaverbrook.

President Roosevelt told reporters that he thought his conference with Mr Churchill would result in what ¦ one newspaperman called more punch In helping the democracies world,

of the

Meeting Arrangements Discussing the arrangements pre- ceding the Churchill-Roosevel! meet ing, President Roosevelt said that from the American end the

whole

idea was to assure the security and

safely of Mr Churchill and his stuff.

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JAPAN-THAI RELATIONS

ne-initial success.

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Malta Bags Three Planes. Without Loss

MALTA, Aug. 19 (Reuter).- Enemy fighters which

they

The Russians admit that have fallen back from Kingisep but there is no indication of any breach in their line.

Simultaneously a Moscow dispatch Their defences increase in number and strength the nearer the front was released regarding the south- approaches Leningrad, and if the TURN to Back Page, Column 3 defence, yields a little graul under pressure the toll taken in casualties

the

is probably so high that even U. S. Awaits

Germans must eventually

that

Find the

Explanation

price higher than they can afford.

It is probable

similar nffensive is approach-Smolensk and Kiev as it would be

ut! being prepared consistent with German traditions to exercise the maximum pressure

points the same time.

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NATURE'S RÉPLY TO NAZI BOMBS

Hitler's bombs may des troy beautiful churches, historic buildings and the people's homes, but Eng- land's flowers continue to lift their heads proudly in defiance of the aerial blitz. This typical scene shows the tulips in the churchyard of the famous church of St Bride's, which has been hcnyily damaged by bombs.

FLEET AIR ARM SMASHES HALF AN ENEMY CONVOY

CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Reuter),-Half of an enemy convey in the Mediterranean was sunk, beached or set on fire as the result of an attack by the Fleet Air Arm on Sunday night. A communique from R.A.F. headquarters in the Middle East states:

U.K.-JAPAN BARTER RUMOURS

Swordfish aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm carried out à highly

successful attack on an enemy

convoy consisting of five large merchant vessels and a tanker

Repressing

escorted by six destroyers in the Communists the night of August 17-18. One In France

Central Mediterranean during

| vessel of 6,000 tons was hit by

torpedo and sank after two

London Explanation our

The tanker

Severe Vichy Measures

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Japanese Refusal statement was issued in London mainder of the convoy reported later that the Government is prepar-

To Issue Permits

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A second merchantman was then Communist agitation will be orpedoed and reconnaissance or the considerably increased as in the TURN to Back Page, Column 5 occupied zone where German

was also hit by a LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter), torpedo and violent explosion The following authoritative followed.

VICHY, Aug. 19. (UP).—OM- Aircraft which shadowed the re-sciul French circlos said to-night and shot down three without loss to

British fighters 'intercepted · them all

In the Ukraine, the Germans claim

last night. "Rumours of nego that the tanker was still en fire and themselves, states communique.

ing extremely severe measures have

tiations for a barter trade agree- Ive got to the lower reaches of

.ad stopped. One fighter pilot shot down two of the Dnieper, but Marshal Budchny's

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHO ment between Great Britain Scenes of considerable confusion for repression of Communist the enemy and one of the raiders rearguard is putting up stiff re-

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UP) -- | and

have were taking place, anti-aircraft guns activity in Free France. The Japan

to seem was shot down in flames over Steily, pistance on the cust_of_the_ river

fired in all directions without penalties provided by law for being further north in the bend, and at no At a Press conference to-day Mr arisen out of a communication to any definite target. Admiration

Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. place has a crossing been forced.

the Yokohama Specie Bank for said

United States that LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter)The

the Few Prisoners

still awaiting

a complete and satis- information as to the banking PIJ War Appeals Board has voted £200 Iowards the Malta Relief It is significant that the Germans factory explanation of Japan's refusal machinery which they would be Remain Unchanged by the island

court martials may now sentonce depart Fund "in token of the admiration felt make no big claims as to captured to permit Americans to

colony for another prisoners and

French Communists to death. this would suggest

He asserted that the reports so for permitted to use in connection the main boxly of island colony that is so splendidly that

Submarine Cachalot Marshal reecived from Ambassador Grew are with any. movement of goods BANGKOK, Aug. 19 (Reuithstanding the brunt of enemy alrudenny's army is still

In Marseilles, the police arrested intact and not suflciently complete to enable which might exceptionally be

21 cell leaders, and chlefs of Com- ter).-Foreign press

Lost But Crew Safe munist militant groups including the reports attacks in the Mediterranean."

licensed in the future. TURN to Back Page, Column 5 any definite United States action,

Earlier, Mr Hull conferred briefly

editorial staff of the clandestino Com- with Secretary of War Stimson. The The position is that in order to

LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter).The munist weekly. "Rouge Midi." lotter said that the discussion was ensure that the effect of the freezing | Admiralty announce that "the sub- solely a general exchange of infornu-order will be fully maintained, frozen marine Ceclalat, commanded by

Protest Against Arrest tion regarding International funds will not be released to finance | Lieutenant H. R. B. Newion, D.S.C., VICHY, Aug 19 (UP), The Puris situation.

exports to Japan.

is. overdue and must be considered morning newspaper La Franco Au Arrangements are, however, being lost. Enemy broadensts seem to in-Travail" to-day says that M. Jacques made to secure that if in any parti dicute that the entire crew of the Dorlet, leader of the "P.F-French sular

case it is decided to licence Cachalot have been rescued and are Populist Party-has protested to the Imports, payments for such llcenced prisoners of war."

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that Japan has presented various demands to Thailand and has fixed yn eight-day lime limit for a reply are denied in n com- munique broadcast by the Bang- kok Radio to-night.

The communique reveals that the Charge d'Affaires of the Japanese Embassy called on the That Premier to deny these`re-' ports.

Besides denying the reports, the communique re-affirms that Japan ese-That relations are unchanged.

Economic Pressure Is Making Japan Squirm

Special to the “Telegraph”

LONDON, Aug. 19 (UP).—The Japanese-inspired reports of an impending, barter agreement with the British and Dutch which have been denied by the British is regarded as evidence that Tokyo is beginning to squirm under the economic pressure of the democracies,

with the Bank of England in connee-

.

Amy Johnson's Authoritative Dutch quarters tion with a barter dent is not true.":

Life, Film

Wishful Thinking admitted that private firms in!

LONDÓN, Aug. 10 (Reuter).— the Dutch East Indies, especially dealers in coffee, tea and sugar There is no confirmation in authorita- tive circles in London of reports NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Reu-have been discussing an export emanating from Japanese sources ter).-Anna Neagle, the film license which the Dutch authori- that trade negotiations have eitner star, and Mr Herbert Wilcox, ties show no sign of granting. been or are about to open between Jupen, Britain and the Netherlands the producer, have left by clipper These same quarters stated that East Indies. for London to make a film of the Dutch ell exports, and the inclusion origin to Japanese wishful thinking

there is no question of resuming Such stories probably owe life of Amy Johnson, the famous of rubber in the discussions with but have no foundation In fact. British aviatrix who was drown private firms is improbable, pr

It may be recalled that Mr Van

war work.

the Yokohamn Specle Bank, Viscount lary

conducting Miss Nengla is travelling under Kano, to-day told the "United negotiations with Japan, resigned Other name. of Florence Marjorie Preas:" "The story that, the Yoko about a fortnight ngs on his. func- hamia Specie Bank Is negotiating TURN to Back Pogo, Column 5

ed last year while engaged ́in- The head of the London Branch of Mook, the Netherlands

Robertson.

who hns been

their

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Imports will be made to a clearing account, the balance on which will

be available only to pay for licenced exports.

exports.

Export licences will be granted for approved goods only within the limit

of the funds available on the clearing account.

Similar arrangements ore being made in other parts of the Empire,

The maintenance of diplomatic and consular representation will be Ananced in a similar way.

Tobruk Artillery Exchanges

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Japan

Declares U.S.- War Inevitable

NEW YORK, Aug, 4 (By Clipper from 'Central News) — “War between the United States and Japan is just as inevitable ns was war between Great Britain and Germany, and for the same reason it is impossible indefinitely to maintain good rela- tions with a bad neighbour." This is the prophecy made in a widely publicised article by Mr Hallett Abend, former Far East correspondent of the "New York Times," which appeared yes- terday in the magazine “Look.” Mr. Abend's article says that, For a week in nightly nation-broadly speaking, the fact of shell-fre in one sector of the British wide broadcast "Look" has been Herr Hitler being a bad neigh- defences. Our own artillery obtain-advertising this feature, which bour is the cause of the present ed many direct hits on parties of the has been termed the most blight-chaos in Europe, and that enemy.

Ing indictment of Japan yet to Japan's being a bad neighbour In the Western Desert, the situa- appear in any American' periodi-la responsible for the inevitable, tion is unchanged, states a Middlá

enl. East communique tö-day.

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CAIRO, Aug. 10 (Reuter).----AL Tobrukt there has been heavy enemy