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Communists Attempt Greatest

Assassinate Laval Fisherman

FROM PAGE ONE

former member of the Cabinet, ar- rived from Vichy at 0.30, pan and went directly to the hospital.

In R.A.F.

August 28, 1941

Strong Russian Counter-Attacks

FROM PAGE ONE

for the Germans to attempt to drive As far back. ns. the oldest In a wedgo... stomach in a desert squadron of The Russian contmunique agata the, IA.F. could remember, it speaks of severe fighting all along the Incident Described i LONDON, Aug, 27 (Rduler),... had had nothing in the way of stront but does not mention any place Pierro Laval and Marcel Deat were food that had not come out of specifically. It must be admitted shot at and wounded-though not ins. But, close at hand, the that this severe relicence of Russiary communiques does engender a certain seriously at Versailles this after-hipe, Mediterranean lapped the degree of nervousness especially s noon, says, the Vichy news ngency

The assailant was a young man, sands of the North African it leaves the field clear for resound- const. With a sudden flash of Ing Germing claims fortunately these Paul Colette, aged 20.

nted that they are always Count Fernand de Brinun, French insight, one or two of the more have so often proved to be exagger- Ambassador in the Occupied Zone, astute minds grasped the fact with extreme reserve. afterwards made the following state- ment to the press, according to the that this blue water, Mussolini's very own Mare Nostrum, could! Paris, Radio:

solve the problem of gastronomic monotony,

This afternoon Laval and Deat have been the victims of an attack under the following circumstances:

Leningrad Area

treated

There is no further news of fight- Ing in the Leningrad area nor, mure Fish! Lashings of fish; on significant still, is there any more the doorstep so to speak, Grilled information available on the sub- Inspection of Barracks

at Gamel. Considerable importance "At Versailles the first French soles for breakfast. Lobstersect of the Russian counter-offensive volunteers of the anti-Bolshevist for lunch. Herring, cod, turbot, is attached to this Soviet altack as Legion were to enter their barracks. prawns maybe even a caviar it is felt it may have a decisive in- At the beginning of the ceremony, the French colours were holsted and stuffed sturgeon and an occa-fluence in the Surrlan

to the point of junction between tho La Marseillaise was sung for the stonal turtle for the soup. All Kiev. Here again one is very near first time in occupied territory, they had to do was to get a few left flank of Timoshenko and Thereafter official visitors inspected lines and pull the fish out of the right of Marshal Budenny.. the barracks.

Thousands of the. Versailles sea,

population in a procession, in which

snliont

Af

the

Ilaving failed in their blitz tacties and the palley of attrition not yet having yielded appreciable results, the Germans are apparently trying to separate the three

They get the lines, made hooks I was present, passed under the opened. tius for bait and fished as

with watering teeth, for | siduously, of the barrucks. According to

The fish sniffed porch

hours on end. Lival preliminary investigations, and Deat must have been immediate the bait, sneered and awam off.

It was therefore somewhat tough the one offering the best chance of ly behind me. I heard faint reports

at

mands so as to dent placemeal with

com-

to which I paid no particular atten- on the fish that an R.A.F.V.R. officer, success. If they are able to retain

tion. served Layni, supported by some people. Jie said 'They have hit me

A few moments later, I oba one-time Kenya gold miner, was the initiative these tactics are cer working nearby, blasting trenches tally full of menace but it is pos- out of the rock with high explosives. sible that the Russian commanders "Fish

"ho sak, "ll get you some have some cards up their sleeves.

Borislav Captured

"He was immediately removed to the Versailles Hospital.

"Deat was also wounded.

lost." day he was been walking!

down to the bench with a number of beer botlica In his hand and

BERLIN, Aug. 27 (UP), -Radio

Houses were

Deliberate Attack "The alleged attacker has been posse of stout swimmers at his heels. Derlin to lay announced that Bari arrested. He is a young man who The bottles contained II.E. and fuzes. slav, near the mouth of the Dnieper has admitted that he joined the Shortly afterwards there was a dull river has been captured. The town

rumble, the sea heaved slightly, the was heavily mined. Legion for the purpose of committing swimmers plunged in and returned taken individually with heavy hand the attack.

were Lallons reinforced by pioneers, "Laval was shot in the arm and with schools of stunned fish in their to hand fighting. Five Soviet bai- 1,500 were taken prisoner destroyed, There was fresh fish for everybody and the streets are strewn with dead. In his side. The bullet has been ex-arma. tracted,

that night. The toast in the Mess

According to a special communique, "Dent was also shot in the arm.

the Germans have captured Velikite "The conditions of the victims areas: To the greatest fishermon the

RA.F. has over known."

Luki where they took over 30,000 not considered to be serious."

prisoners and 400 guns. The Soviet dead is estimated at 40,000,

"

Attorney Stumped By Judge

To, Shoot Someone Brought

beforo дл examining

Huge German Losses Magistrate, Colelle said that he was born at Mondeville in the Depart-

MOSCOW, Aug. 27 (UP). ~~~ The PASEDENA, Cal., (UP)-When ment of Calvados. "I only arrived in Versailles this aflemoon as a attorney Clark Edwin Davis was Germans lost 80,000 dead and wound- volunteer," he said.

arrested for speeding, he remember-ed, 200 tanks, 100 guns and 100 planes In the battle of Gomel according to "I had decided to enlist in the ed above all he was an attorney.

idea of shooting Defending himself in police court, a report from General Ivan Bere- Legion with the down someone.

The only

man I he asked, the arresting oficer, Paul zovsky,

Hungarian Claims could recognise among the person- Goble, if he could produce a certi- ages was the former Prime Minister,ficate of accuracy for the speedome- Laval. That is why I fred at him."ter of the officer's motorcycle. He

The inquiry is sill continuing. could not.

BUDAPEST, Aug. 27 (UP)—A communique issued to-day, states that Folice Judge Kenneth N. Newell, Hungarian troops have crossed the several points. conducting the offence, asked Davis Lower Dnieper ni

all available for a certificate of accuracy for his The Soviels "threw

bank forces into the cost

of the Duleper, but counter-attacks repulsed Davis paid a $5 fine.

Uiem."

ENEMY CONVOYSpeedometer,

SMASHED

FROM PAGE ONE

tnetles while its gunners kept up a

fire

спету ΤΗΣ the concentrated planes.

One gunner alone, according to the Air Ministry News Service, fired 1,500 rounds. He saw pieces fall off a Messerschmitt, but there was time for checking scores.

Blenheim Worsted

The flack ships put up a fierce de- fened and one Blenheim was seen to fly-through the thick of the barrage, receive a hit and dive into the sen. About half an hour later, Blen- heims with a fighter escort, found an even larger convoy off the Dutch

two lines Coast. There merchantmen staggered in line astern with flack ships at the four corners of the convoy, and two in the middle

were

on the seaward side.

of

Fighters were seen but they stood)

off not engaging either the Blenheims

or the fighter escort.

Largest Ship Sunk

A Blenheim attacked the largest ship of the convoy from a height of 50 feet, dropping a bomb which blew

Ing

all the top works off midships, cnus- ubillow of black smoke to im- mediately cover the entire vessel.

Another Blenheim dropped a bomb on the same ship which broke quickly and ennk.

us

In all, four other ships were bit and left blanketed with flames.

Both fighters and bombers machine- gunned bridges and decks of many ships, "Nothing could have lived on those bridges after we had put such londs of lead in them", says one Blenheim gunner.

LATE NEWS Soviets Penetrate

Fresh from England

Deep Into Iran

>> FROM PAGE ONE

by guaranteeing that most of the Germans would be expelled within one week, it was stated, "We have been negotinting this matter for some time and have had that sort of promise before."

Soviet Advance Continues

MOSCOW, Aug. 27 (Reuter)-- Information about the progress of the Russian troops in Iran is still laconic but the place names mentioned in the communique leaves no doubt that progress is rapid and is not meeting opposition.

The Soviet press strongly em- phasises that there is no quarrel with the Iraniany.

"Pravda" stresses the largely feudal nature of Iran society and the exorbitant rents being paid to lund- lords and also Hitler's influence over the Fascist offcer elements of the Iran Army.

It is apparent from the speed of the Russian advance into Iran that motorised troops are being largely uscil.

Iranian' Cabinet Resigns,

Report

LONDON, Aug. 27"(Reuter).—~Ac- cording to an Iranian spokesman in Ankara, the Iranian Cabinet resigned 10-day, says Martin Agronsky, the N.B.C. radio commentator, -

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