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Five Years Needed To Raise Sunken

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Japanese Ships

Iliroshima, Nov. 16.

The Japanese Maritime ! Burenu reported to-day that salvage operations have begun on warships and other vessela sunk in the Japanese Inland sca but estimated it will take live yours to complete the raising of the sunken ships in the area.

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The announcement Knid 126 170 warships,

merchantmen, motor auxiliary vessels and smaller craft are submerged in the vicinity of Kure between Southern Honshu and Shikoku around the in- land, gen.

The Agure includes Japanese wor- ships sank by aerial attacks before engaging in naval action.

In ho Shimonoseki area facing the on Korean Straits 1.287 shlps are the bottom representing a total of 440.470 tona.

The salvage operations on the shlps lying between Honshu and Kyushu are reported to be progress ing favourably-United Press.

COCOA SMUGGLING

British Customs On Lookout For Illicit Traffickers

wor-to the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY," NOVEMBER 18, 1946.

THE GRAVEYARD OF HITLER'S Why Most People SHOWING

AMBITIONS

(By Peter Lovegrove)

THE conception is growing, as the details of World

War II begin to fade out of clear memory, that the great achievements of the Red Army were due largely to overwhelming superiority in numbers and to the fact that they were able to withstand the very hard weather conditions of their homeland' better than the Germans. ·

Facile generalisations are never more than half-truths. One of the best examples of the fallacy of the above theory is undoubtedly the defence and relief of Stalingrad, liberated by the great offensive the fourth anniversary of which we celebrated to-day.

This great Russian victory, which will find a place in history and was in fact only the preludo to more astonishing successes, was not due to either of these factors.

On the contrary, it was won against attacks of unprecedented weight and ferocity; won through superlative

the Don to allow the deployment of

are forces.

Further south the Russians, acting. on the principle that it would

be unwise to try and hold everywhere, evacuated the Rostov area, rica in coal mines and wheatfields on July 27 (more precipitately actually than

intended, lind been

fact which cost Voreshilov. his command), and retired fighting stubbornly all the

Have Minor Deformities

#randiose objects they had set them selves had nowhero buen achieved: they were pegged down in Voronezh and Stalingrad, which they had in- tended using as suring-polats for fresh drives, and even their Cou- casus drive had been halted 100 miles from the Caspian Sen,

The Germans Intended to use the

Seventy per cent of the people aro de- coming winter for rest and reor in the United States ganisation. For ronsons of prestige, formed because they don't cat Hitler would not witharaw bis stongated sallent to a shorter and or sleep properly according to leas exposed winter position. No Dr Nathan D. Mininberg. doubt hin military ativisers

found

He said the other 30 per cent were reasons to feel secure, they had normal or had deformities over which large army in- and around the kidney had no control, a United Press Verdum: the Russians had taken

hard knock and were

mesange, states. pressed tack

Dr Mininberg. a manufacturer of to the banks of the Veliga, and even equipment to correct acquired de- before the river froze traffic across

It would be difficult owing to doat-formities, recently addressed the on- ing blocks of ice. Troops guarding dressern and

nual convention of the National Hair- Cosmetologista Asso- the flanks were mus.ly stelllto

clation. formations, of dublous quaily, but Tis idea of a deformed person la for several weeks Russian counter- attacks had been going on fruitless- anyone whose body is out of line be- elongated or under- ly on the sides of the salient, and developed arms or legs, tilted or stooped shoulders or enlarged jaws, all had been contained.

"They may not seem like much, but actually they can cause serious com-

cause of

Light Counter-Attacks Egbtness 01 these counter-plications." he said. anacks were no douot intended He sald a study of deformed per- had revealed that most people alse sons 10 to a ku the Germans acuse of

to use only one side of their bodies most security. For wiado Ruwer of

of Nazi youth was uying in of the time.

"They think, the other side is there Jie courreu- anu tattered chy, pre:

for parations

isussian, just for balance or decoration, I guess, misty

un because it is hardly ever used," he counur-plow had be counter-

Boing Austi Jugn sold. command did no. allow Swlinginu's "As a result they have one leg or pidiongea agony to series

with arm longer than the other and tiited

courage, highly eleient planning, a way to Stalingrad. Once again, they unoservca.

high degree of secrecy in preparation ana perret unionig.

Though very different in exécution, It had many points in common with the battle of El Alamein, which pre- eeded it by a bare month. It occur- red at the extreme limit of the encaxy's advance; it followed a similar period of disaster and stubborn last- ditch stone-walling; the cuemy was also taken

ken completely by surprisa; and its results marked the turning point in the fortunes of the Red Army. As in Africa, the Germans never re covered from their staggering reverse Con-between the Don and Volga rivers.

London, Nov. 17. Polke and customs officers on the British South coast, are to-day on

inkle for smugglers the lookout

Britain cocoa--unrationed dupughout the thent where it is finding ready buyers in the Black Market, Francer and Norway are the chief countries wifere cocon is being sold อมด returning travellers Boy that in France it can easily be exchanged for brandy or wristlet watches and Even expensive periumea.

Although cocoa is unrationed in Bricunt is now in very short supply and the latest figures show West Africa, where Din British more than 30 par cent of the world's cocoa beans are grown, is 50,000 tons down the year-Router.

TAIWAN'S SUGAR BOOM

Talpel, Nov. 17. The sugar industry of Talwan pro- vince (Formosa) which is China's bli-

centre, is head gest sugar

fortable boori as a re sult of the formation of the Chinese American Sugar, Industry Research Group for Improving the quality of the island's sugar cane.

The establishment of the Research Group, auggested by the United States Agriculure Department, was recently approved by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The Group consists of three American and one Chinese experts in the sugar Industrial field.

Mr I. W. Brandes, of the U.S. Agriculture Department, who arrived in Shanghai on November 11, hends the Group. The other two Amerl- can members are expected to arrive here from Hawati shortly-Central Newa

LL

were putting into practies one of the tent Immutable of Russian warfare; fight Ing with ground, as Peter the Great!

were beung concentracu WIKIL had done in 1708 ugpinst the Swedes, gon, id all the time reserves heads and shoulders." and Kutusov against Napolcom in

of arkness cover

and an kreat 1012.

A Model City

we German silent.

determined were our Allies" reat-

спция

however, went much

moro

IKO

Dr Mininberg said persons who thelr chew with only one side of screcy to the north and scula of jaws usually end up with the arm and leg on that side longer than on the other. Their faces are fuller The Russion plan was simple: on that side and tho unused part guard actions that the Germans arstly, two sumunaneous out is under-developed. were well behind on their original ing movements nanog to encucle "It affects the sight and hearing 4. muscles on the unused side, as well time-table, and I was only on Augustine enemy in the city, and cut

two rauways on when it depend.dns muscles the foll length of the 2 that they reached the outskirts of Stalingrad. Their drive to the Cau- tor-suppites; secondly, prevent the body," he explained.

attemp the Germans would to break the ring from outside. The smoothly at first,

Stalingrad, tiled largest industrial first required montus of preparations

in the Soviet Union, bore no

precise sat work, complete sccrecy The same thing goes for sleeping, resemblance to the wooden-hutted

of movement and perfect uming. he said. Most people sleep township of less than 60,000 people

Success at Alame and the land- on one side, preventing the other of Czaris: days. It was born in

Atrica assisted our side from developing, he explained, 1927 under the first Five-Year Planings in North

aules n two respecs: many Lute while others get stoop-shouldered and covered a long, narTOW along the western bank of the Volga watte squadrons set for the media from doubling-up

on 40 mies. Its model

model rancun, and reinlercementa desand "bed.

relive the to

were tired troops fata

Golfers, carpenters and and

community atversed to the suas of trance and players also deform themselves, be- one of the chief clues of the Ukraine, centres, modern and treelined strenta Iuly to meet a ansable threat there. cause they use one side of

factories, theatres

The German Advance

city

was the second year of war u the Soviet Union. During the first suramer the Germans had achieved hugo territorial gains they had isolated Leningrad, got to within of close few miles of morsow, taken Kharkov, workers'

area

und fine open square and parks, were the pride of the Russians. It had no less than five universities and 21 technical colleges,

over-run the Crumen-but failed to and museums, destroy the Rusalan armies.

In 1942, they changed their tactica. Hitler's' strategy was infurticed by pollucal facas. Instead of attacking all along the front, they launched A very highly concentrated muck along 140 malies of front in the South 120 which though it would not destroy the main Russian armies, was intended to bring about the moral coupse" of tho fighing men population.

ta

Their primary

Se

cars,

and the working world, turned, aut 60,000 vehicise right da si Jon In 48 hours. The

لكن لانا

Last-Ditch Stand'

took the Germans another ten days to fight their way past the. strong points in the suburbs while ferocious

the fifth

day,

by

very

"It interferes with circulation and digestion and is likely to have crip- pling effects during old age."

their bodies in

violin

their

ITALIAN SHIPS

New York, Nov. 16 The US Government to-day form- over to the Italian

terms.

the armistice

Her sister hip. the Saturnia, now in Brooklyn Yard, will be handed back next week. Both the ships, used throughout the war as troop transports, will now resume the pas songer service between New York and the Mediterranean pending the ships final attribution by the peace treaty.

Russia had been moved; anu righ alleen years into heaps of ruins and assembled and thrown into battle uners Italy now has 000,000 tons

mans

With the recovery of the two

compared with 350,000 tons war-United Press.

pre-

Toe Russian Dlow was

hardly at all. four years ago-to-day. As Alamudies too much and the other side "People must train themselves to did, it took the enemy completely by surprise, and on the first day or the vary their movements," Dr Minin- deformities advised. "The Its part in the industrial schemo Aghing a 20-mile gap was opened i berg

in the Rumanian

lines on the was

Let they develop through ignorance and to produce, agricultural lank. The Russians

poured amosa meclines, lorries and motor

the Don bend and amazed the world habit can have serious resalts." and before the war its Red Octover by adu

by advancing over 40 miles

against works and Tractor plant, alleged to strong be the largest project or its kind in right achieved similarly spec- the

tacular rugulis: both ralways were a year. Its oil refineries and saw-acu

ver cut on the third day

DAY: contact was mals were no less important; over ut objective was the capture of the Lion basin triangle Rose 30 million tons of goods passed along with the Red troops defend

sue its broad waterway every year; while ing what was left of Stalingrad | ally turned

and the two armles Government the luxury tov-Voronczn-bwung ut,

the vast irrigation plans were being put of which 18 about 250 miles os. crow flies, une dus med bear the into effect, and a canal to link the had linked up before the end of the canis which. Italy, surundared to th

make Volga with the Don, and thereby the month, The tables hau ovvu | United States under

with a lightening stroke, and the Complished, they proposed to

Germans suddenly fund themselves destrucuve drives by s.rong moone Brck Sea, was under construction. counns in two -directions: lett, to

from

besiegers to besleged, with

maintained communications the hussian military economic system by cusung au com-

precariously by transport plines. munications between Moscow, the

Germans Doomed Yuiga (4,950 macs waterway vical for the transport of ou supplies to

RELIEF force numbering 130,000 -other-sec.org of the huge trent), and 1,000 planes carried out

une Uruss, to wauch muny or

ine attacks on the city-and-the-gun.

themen, containing some of the best Lictories of central and southern

hern batteries on the cast bank of

of unlis in the Wehrmacht,, was hastily river, transforming the work arough Nortiera Lucasu

Luuensus and rich

Attor a violent parucularly vicious rald mid-December.

by battle tasting two days, its drive was #yricmural plans to

to the

August 23 way accompanied Sep. near Uize Caspiun

Actor the dropping of leaflets, announcing broken, leaving the Stullngrad Ger- ans Armly encircled and doomed. to Hitter's time-table, ne Wehrmacht

the that the Wehrmacht would Lake Over would be 171 Sanungrad by

hours.

Hitler Everywhere, satellite troops were be that ing broken thern front was rup

and the whole midule of July, and the subsequent the cly within 48

publicly olivos were to be computed by the himself promised

Stalingrad will foll" a retrain the German southern

the end of the year. beginning of September.

which the German population was to tured before

than six less

the enemy

Nanking, Nov.. 10. the week's not The Great Adventure hear frequently in

lost more than 300,000 men, over Poland will hold a general elec-

and about lion on January 19, next year, followed.

2,009 tanks, 4,000 guns

lorries, 40

divisions THE great adventure opened on TH

was learned from diplomatic circles found 10,000 However, Genvered by three amies (une 2nd, teal reais.ance

June 28. The nummer oow themselves up against the most fana- (six of the Panzers) had been com here last night-Central News.

of the whole war. pletely routed; remnants of another bin and 1%) euch supported by Our Allies were determined to pre- 20 were besleged in Stalingrad, and nighty modne tank "alias" (Uevent the Germans

from getting 20 to 25 more ran the risk of be fought on stubbornly it hopelessly, 18, 2nd, and 4tn), represiting sonic

Into small

and refused ing isolated south of Rostov. This broken across the Volga, and they 40 German, intry divisions, 20

pounded merelleaaly, until the final o yield more inun one step at represented three quarters of Kumaat, Hungarion and

time. The Germans found them-

cm, sulellite forces operating In

curtain was drawn on February 2, Permits to Inspect the building command, lazer divisions and may be obtained from the under-eight motorised divisions. None of user comme on manure war and a quarter of the German land 1943, with Field Murshut von Paulr surrendering terellier with 23 other

2,500 officers and A and could only progress yard by

a few Was up to

In the New Yea, the Russians genera signed during office hours.

men--all that remained in marine sard, sircet by sreet, house by proceeded to liquidate the Stalingrad

house, even

even dat

by Bal. Every

where the enemy

German Army group which had "pocket,"

were of

200,000 and weapons and tur quollly of

a sirongpoint, every

running short of food and suffered numbered between arut, it was considered taut eory became

heap of rums concealed a machine

C from epidemics. But the Germans 250,000 men. up.ne A least had been kept power

a super; even bomb craterà lormiuudie force was backed up gun or a

in roadways were used in this tan- by 20 pinnes and Kicatoren's 8th A

C Giruggle. Every

possib.a Air Assault Corps to act as "ad-*

uscu-dive bombers, weapon was vanced" artillery for the spearhead tinks, light heavy [100,9.

quick results were obtained in dry mortars, lenades and aeavy callure

small arins, 152-min Euris, and open country, whien favoured barrels lowered unl! parallel with

make meillä, and by July 7, the de ground, tickled Panzers at aad 768g entered Verma surds range. Once, the

tie German: came up achieved a real break-through and ́agmast strong resistance winen they gained a footing la the factory area;

They uble . subâue.

scrambled the workers

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reintoreemeni.s werd Red Army brought up a few hours later. The reflect- was

quality of the fighting

cu in such officia communiqucupled this: "Red Army men have oct flats Nos. 6, 14 and 128 in the ment house at No. 27 Oraheniaze Street. The Germans suit hold two flats on the ground floor and one on the third."

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Total Resistance

resistance was total. Every factory that was still standing went on turning out and repairing tanks and guns; many Inhabitants, who refused to leave the city, went the caves built in lo ground in clin-like sides of the river, and played their part in the general de- tence.

The Germans reinforced in Sep. tember, tried hard to snatch a vie tory in the first fertight of Octo ber with fierce assaults; each brought them a few more yards of ruins, exceptionally but they suffered

tra, and with their troops heavy losses, morally and physically exhausted, German 0.11.Q. eventually an- nounced that they had obtained their strategic object," and that the rest of the city would be ipid waste

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Dr E. C. Ecker, professor of in-

Westem

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nt threo or MOTO European universities. ***

Dr Ecker will lecture at the University of Madrid, University of Ghent, Belgium, and at one or universities in the possibly two Netherlands.

Born in Holland, Dr Ecker ceived his carly education there, but did his post-graduate work at the