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FIRST EDITION

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FOUNDED 1831 No. 18930

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Special to the "Telegrante

SMASHING SUCCESSES AMERICAN SUPPLY SHIP CLAIMED BY RUSSIANS IN COUNTER-ATTACKS

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”

MOSCOW, SEPT. 9 (UP).-SMASHING SUCCESSES BY THE LATEST RUSSIAN COUNTER-ATTACKS ARE CLAIMED IN MOSCOW. IT IS DECLARED THAT IN THE SMOLENSK AREA THE RED ARMY WHICH TOOK THE OFFENSIVE 27 DAYS AGO AND AD. VANCED STEADILY UNTIL A FINAL ATTACK ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 5, WHEN THEY VIRTUALLY ENCIRCLED THE GERMAN ARMY.

AID TO RUSSIA

,

ON THE

PRECEDING DAY, RUSSIAN PLANES BOMBED ENEMY AIRPORTS AND

DESTROYED 85 GERMAN PLANES.

After smashing the better part of the eight

ALREADY GIVEN opposing divisions who lost 70 per cont, of their

effectives, the retreating remnants were annihi-

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)"Considerable progress" has lated by Russian artillery which covered the Nazis

been made in providing Russia with economic assistance.

The Minister of Economie Warfare, Mr Hugh Dalton, told the House of Commons that substantial shipments had already

on both sides.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. (UP)—The State Department

has been informed that the Panamanian steamer Sessa, operated by the United States, was torpedoed and sunk on August 17 off Iceland. Twenty-four persons, includ- ing an American lost their lives. Three survivors were picked up on September 6.

The Sessa was a former Dánish vessel which was taken over by the Maritime Commission and operated by a New York firm in transporting supplies to Iceland. The State Department announced that the vessel carried foodstuffs, cereal, lumber and other general cargo owned by the Government of 'Iceland. No arms, ammunition or war im- plements were carried.

Mr Churchill Sums Up The Progress of the War

Special to the "Telegraph"

One correspondent reports, "Our glorious troops are! been made, Including rubber, tin, wool, lead, jute and shellae continuing their pursuit of the retreating enemy, not opportunity to make as Premier, Mr Winston Churchill in the House of Commons to-day sketch- and notwithstanding the difficultica of transport, Britain was giving him a minute's rest or respite.” doing her best to meet the Russian requests in full.

GERMANS LOSE 3 SHIPS

Destroyer & Trawler:

Cruiser Damaged

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter),- A German destroyer, an armoured trawler and another vessel were sunk by the Royal Navy off Murmansk.

The German light cruiser Bremse was damaged and is be- lleved to have been sunk.

There were no British casual- ties.

Built at Wilhelmshaven in 1031 Da gunnery training ship, the Bremse ia a 1,400-ton light cruiser with a length of 339 feet. She nor mally carries a complement of 192 men. Her peacetime equipment is four 5-inch guns and two 20-mm AA guns, Sho is on oil burner capable of 27 'knot-,

Italian Schooner Torpedoed.

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter),--"A large Italian schooner has been tor-

marines in the Central Mediler- ranean, munique.

"Off the harbour of Benghazi,

Commodities which cannot be supplied from the British Em- piro or Allied sources are being discussed in Washington and, afterwards at the Moscow Con- ference.

The Labour Member, Mr Arthur, Henderson, asked whether the forth- coming Moscow Conference would be long delayed.

Mr Dalton aafd that that was be- yond his competence to answer. He added: "My answer applies to non- military supplies,"

RUSSIAN WAR SUMMARY

26-Day Offensive By Soviets

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Sept. 9 (UP).-~ Authoritative British circles

The Smolensk correspondent of the "Pravda"-wired this morn- ing that the Red Army advanc- ing at the rate of eight miles a day for the past two days broke through the maze of German fortifications, attacking frontal- ly and on both flanks, and aro now pursuing the Germans, being within If miles of Yelnya.

The Wehrmacht have, fortified the regions with heavily built permanent blockhouses and ah elaborate system of trenches and entanglements which It was planned to use in the offensive against Moscow.

Flee In Disorder The correspondent added that the ten and sands of unburied soldiers. The

Trial Recalled LONDON, Sept. 8 (Reuter).It is. now definitely

that asserted to-day that Russia had enemy, teeing in disorder left, thou established Colonel Alan Monkhouse, one of the mobilised between officials in Moscow of Metropolitan Afteen million men, and had Russians captured at least 103 guns, Vickers Electrical Company charged inflicted within three months 200 machine-guns and 100,000 shails. in 1933 by the Russians withi sabotage and later expelled, will be greater casualties on the Ger- counter-attacks in the

The "Red Star" reported a Soviet interpreter to Lord Beaverbrook Inmans than the latter suffered in region, as the Nazis were crossing- Gordastopol the-forthcoming Three-Power Connny one year of the World War. Dnieper, 75 miles northwest of Kiev, the River Netrek, a tributary of the ference in Moscow.

Soviet Government have The battle for Leningrad had

Soviet artillery, tanks and aircraft intimated their willing assent,

become intensifted with furious fight destroyed hundreds of motor cars,

hammered at

at panzer columns And ing, Berlin claimed to be confident that the Nazis would

tanks, mobile staff headquarters and occupy Leningrad and Odessa "before the the Russians aley

munition dumpa. October snowfall." Concurrently,

sank several

The

Washington Disturbed

Germans

according to British reports, the ferries carrying infantry and aril- Germans had brought 500,000 freshery and prevented the troops from the occupied areas in from crossing the river. Europe and from Germany against The paper added that the bunks

the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ladoga,

ed n 26-day

persistent counter-

dead.

LONDON, Sept. 9 (UP).-In one of the most optimistic speeches he has ever had the ed in rough outlines Britain's steadily improving war position and the plans to turn the Moscow- London-Washington triangle into a tempered spearhead against Berlin.

Lord Moyne's Tribute

To Soviet Resistance

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)-In the House of Lords Lord Moyne made a statement similar to that of Mr Churchill.

His optimism was sober and the speech lacked most of hin usual-verbal fireworks. But it was based on hard facts, such as- the progress in the Battle of the Atlantic, the stubborn Russian resistance and the expending striking power of the Empiro's Middle East forces, ·

Eschew Rosy Dreams Referring to Russin he said: "Little was known in peace against rosy dreams for the future The Prime Minister cautioned time about the war machine of Soviet Russia but all the world and pounded emphatically through- must now be amazed at their resolution in defence and out the speech at the need for more determination in counter-attack which show not only brilliant In America to enable the Allies to effort, and more sacrifices here and leadership in. control of such vast armies but unsurpassed mill-finally attack throughout the vast tary qualities of the Russian people (Checrs).

arch-like front running from the "Goebbels shows poor appre-

Aretie almest to the equator. ciation of German intelligence urgency for alding Russia with overy He particularly emphaalsed, the when he now announces that weapon and every pound of raw operations are proceeding accord-material that the democracies can ing to plan, The German spear- spare caying that the collapse of heads have been burned up in favourable factor in his tally sheet

Russia would cancel out the ferocity of resistance of and inake the whole war situation irregular bands.”

procarious in the extreme.

Iraqi Army Retaining Its Arms Commons Query

Moyne went on, "I cannot discuss future plans but some of the advice given us would not in any way help Russia in her struggle. The scorched earth policy and the prospect of a Russian

in

pedoed and sunk by one of our sub-Attacks On U. S. Ships defending Leningrad.

states an Admiralty com- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Biggest Soviet Offensive.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UP). General Timoshenko's central frant another submarine engaged two self--Political circles are disturbed successes claimed by Moscow climax. propelled supply lighters by gunfire. by the attacks on two United attack-the largest Russian offensive les on the Rumanians and captured J. C. Wedgewood, asked whether this loped into a mortal wound." Bath were hit and damaged and one States vessels yesterday, and since the start of the war. may have been · sunk,"

Communique

they saw reason to take unusual Reference books show that the seriousness at Mr Churchill's World War totalled 7,142,000 men, German casualties throughout the warning of possible concerted averaging 1,785,000 per annum. Nazi assaults on the United these casualites 1,773,000 were killed, States Atlantie patrol lines.

namely about 443,200 annually.

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter).The Admiralty communique says: "Light TURN to Back Page, Column

President's Mother

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every

Astonishing Statement Mr Churchill's astonishing state- ment that Britain during the past two months had accounted for three

the

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter). [effective ser are likely to be a Umer the Axis shipping as the Ger- the 100-mile long Russian lines from were strewn with thousands of enemy The War Secretary, Captain unlike what followed the battle the Atlantic, was the most favour

as they were against man submarines and Fockewulfs 1812. The David Margesson, announced in not

conditions are Russian Communique

could sink in part of the Battle of the House of Commons to-day in of Trafalgar. We then took advantage able light since France MOSCOW, Sept. 0 (UP)To-reply to a question that under the enemy were least able to retallate. night's communique states that fight-the Armistice terms the Iraqi To-day we are substituting the Mid-

Brillsh

sea power to hit where I and Hitler had based his underwater ing continued along the entire front.

flect from Bergen to Bordeaux. cared army and Black Sea Army was permitted to retain dle East for Spain as this open ulcer. to point out to Britain was

the At same time, he forced marines defending Odessa during the its arms and equipment.

We have tumed it into Hitler's ulcer Unlied States neutrality patrol was past ten days inflicted 20,000 casual-

by means of sea power and American largely responsible for the drop in The Independent Member, Colonet munitions, we hope it will be deve- North Atlantic sinkings and that the considerable booty,

Battle may be, Intensifled on Latest Berlin Claim

was "not carrying appeasement to a

the ridiculous extent."

United States side of the Atlantic the petent German military quarters that was not the view talen by Of BERLIN, Sept. 9 (UP)-Com-

moment the necessity of halting Captain Margesson replied that states that German troops have com

desire to avoid pletely cut off Leningrad from Lake those responsible, otherwise this con

States.

the United provoking Recaptured By Soviet

Ladoga and that it can be assumed in the Armistice terms.

dition would not have been inserted A cheque for $500 has been re-

As a result of the favourable turn that the (WAR COMMENTARY BY "ANNALIST")

German troops have contact-

ceived from Messrs. Uloomal and probably Import in 1941 an even In the highscas warfare, Britain will ed the Finnish troops on the Karelian The Labour Member, Mr Em the firm's second donation to the materials and foodstuffs than was

Assudamal Company, Isthmus. day some circles were of the opinion troops have occupied the twecond remaining route of communications Iraqi arms would not be used against to contribute $100 per month. "as mendous importance considering the

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)Our

manuel Shinwell, asked

representing greater tonnage of weapons, raw These claims the

micah that the only precautions have been taken so that panying the gift, the donors promise gan. The announcement is of tro- that Hitler might,

Bomber Fund. In a letter accom- thought possible when the year be In desperation, Yelnya," This is only the order attacks just as the Kainer did occasion since fighung began on the for Leningrad by land or sea is the us In 1917, alhough he realises that it eastern front that the Russians have Gulf of Finland which, it is recalled, would probably bring the United named a town recaptured from the according to German competents las

TURN to Back Page, Column 5 TURN to Back Fago, Column 5 been heavily mined..

There has been an almost universal assumption that Hitler would nvold attacks on United States ships because that would be the surest way to incite the United States, but to-

States into the war. 'Simple Ceremony

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" HYDE PARK, Sept. 9 (UP). Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt was buried to-day in the ceme- tery of St James Episcopal church beside her husband,

·James,

The President, surrounded by

rary

Mr Duff Cooper Senses

Lessening Of Tension

LATEST

Governor Due At 11.30

members of his family and several SINGAPORE, Sept. 9 (Reuter)"There would appear to intimate freinds among the retainers have been a slowing down of the tempo if not temperature in of the Hyde Park estate, participated Japan," declared Mr Alfred Duff Cooper in an interview with in the simple ceremony which start- ed in mid-afternoon in the spacious the press here to-day. "This is something to be thankful for."

Only tho President, the First Lady, their sons James, Elliott Mr Duff Cooper arrived here Mr Duff Cooper Bald that he had It is officially announced that and John and their wives, Mrs by clipper from Manila. He little to add to his previous state the Governor-Dealgriate, H.E. Franklin Roosevelt Junior, the Preal-left London on August 6 on ments regarding Japan which can be Sir Mark Young, K.C.M.G., will dent's aunt and uncle and few em- what he described as a mission summarised as that Japan has missed land at Queen's Pier at 11.30 ployees of the 1,200-acre estate were to report direct to the War the bus since Britain's defences in this morning, and the swearing-

Eight voices formed a choir

a choir which Cabinet regarding the possibili- the Far East are now immeasurably in ceremony will take place at sang a hymn selected by the Preal ties of establishing a de-

12:16 pm, at the King's Theatre. dent because it was his mother's contralised, unit of the War favourite and then with a final plea Cabinet in Singapore which to the God of Peace," the rector concluded the rites. Then eight would co-ordinate British policy workmen some of whom have throughout the Far East and served the President for more than eliminate constant references to two, score years——)|fied - the maho gay casket and carried it to the problema to various departments

in London. waiting, hearse,

stronger than a year ago.

Thailand

action to possible further: Japancie Questioned regarding Britain's re- encroachments, for example into halland, Mr Dun Cooper sald: A very serious view will be taken any further Japanese EEC TURN to Back Pare, Colú

whether

Second Donation To American shipments outweighs

Bomber Fund

Captain Morgesson replied: "Yes" long as the Fund exists."

US. NEW ENVOY

TO THAILAND

Attlee Assures All

Aid To

Russia

the

SINGAPORE, Sept. 0 (Reuter), The now American Minister so. Thal- land, Mr Willis R. Peck, arrived in the same clipper here to-day as Mr A. Dulf Cooper, the British Minister-Scal, replying to the debate, said: in reference to criticisms of the Mr Peck and Mr Duff Cooper Atlantic Charter that a general sfatement made by the heads of travelled all the way from the United two great states could not be expected to contain more than States together and took the oppor general principles, It was impossible to elaborate at present'a tunity to have a number or baby detailed programme for the future of the world. be very useful in future. talks which both state will probably

LONDON, Sept. 9 (Router)Mr. Clement Attlee Lord Privy

When Mr Attlee said: "This be done but there was nothing more government and this country are stupid than to make a futtle and dis resolved to do their utmost to astrous gesture for fear someone Gallacher (communist, West their best."

Mr Campbell Outlets our allies. Mr would think they were not doing

Of Danger

Fifo) naked "All the Govern. He added. "We shall give all we ment every member of the can to Russia but remember it, has Mr J. G. Campbell of the Government?" Mr Attlee re got to come out of our production Public Works Department who plied: "Certainly, every member which is not yet adequate for our was taken to the Kowloon of Government. Hospital on Sunday sailering| from the effects of poisoning, was stated this morning to be

danger.

Stupid Gestura

that what could be done in respect of slaistance would

needs. We are prepared to make sacrifices, we are prepared to; in- create that production, but I think you want a little word of warning to remember: always the time slag in thend i18ne