Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 29 February 1940 — Page 6

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BITTER BATTLE ON WEST FRONT Bitter Band To Hand Fighting Reported On Western Front Berlin. Feb. 29 <U.R> Bluer hand to hand fighting in » forest noithwest nt the Benin* sector of Ihe Western from yesterday w« reported In the tnllllai-y dlspati he* of the offj< lai German news agency l». X H today D X It said •.•outing activity on the front had been "lively' and that the fighting In the Betting sector in curred after "fairly strong German scoot troops' had penetrated enemy territory. 'Titeapei tedly the German* and the enemy found themselves face to face in a dense forest.' the agency report said "There was a moment of confusion and then the Getmans. who had been especially trained In hand to hand fighting, rushed the enemy with determination and Inflicted heavy losses " Several Germans were reported to have suffered slight wounds hut the scouting troops returned to the German lines intact "Very Hot" Duel* Paris. Feh 29 <U.R) Increased patrol activity on the western front west of the Vosges mountains and "very hot machine gun duels between opposing pill boxes all along the Rhine sector were reported In military dlspati he* today Military dispatches were confirmed by French war office com munlque So. 357 which said that advance units had le-en active west of the Vosges and that there had been casement fire between the fortified lines Spring rains, poor visibility and low ceilings hampered aviation operations Freni h and German air forces each made two long dislance flights Into enemey territory Rriilah royal air force planes were leterrted to have again flown over rhe German Sorth Sea naval and air base* in the Helgoland Bight

RUSSIA POURS (CONTINUKD moa FAOB OMRI down, only to !>«• r.pla< *-d from the vast Russian reserves It watt laid that whole new divisions were moving into the battle. <The newspaper Brrlingske Tldende at Copenhag- n estimated that there were from 25 to 30 Russian division* on the isthmus and 'ha' the Rusalsns controlled four railroads and live of the main highway* on the isthmus. making their communication simpler i Report* from Svanvtk, in northern Norway near the Finnish border. said - that fighting in the Pet*-i amo region, which developed on ■ major scale earlier In the week, had aubsided after the U'-mile southward withdrawal of the Finn* Thia withdrawal wa* said to have moved the Finn* back out of artillery range from the famou* Salmljaervt nickel mine*, developed with American and British capital. and that the Russian* already were hard at work trying to complete new mine shafts and start exploiting the mine* The Russian* were *ald to be moving cautloualy in the north, fearful of falling into trap* If they advanced, and knowing that the Finn* had mild defence line* near Nautsi. to which

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they had withdrawn A fat tor »aid to be aiding the 1 i Finn* along the t-oaat of the Nthmu*. north of the wreckage of the ' Island fortre** of Koivisto that the I Russian* had taken, wa* that Rus-I slan heavy artillery was ternpor- j arlly out of the fight These big gun* had stood almost hub to hub , In 'he assault on the first Finnish defense line below Summa, but apparently their ammunition had beep exhausted after four weeks j of constant fire, or they could not be moved Into position to attack the second Finnish line. On other front* only limited ac- , 1 tlvlfy was reported It wa* estimated In Finnish quarter* that Russia had lost 5“5 1 airplane* and 1.2*8 tanka in the • campaign Six Russian plane* flew over . Helsinki sft an altitude of *.OOO feet today but they did not drop bomba. , Th<- plane*, which caused an air I raid warning lasting from 12 Id p m to one p. m. drew conaider-

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, able anti-aircraft Are from batter--1 |e* outside the city Machine gun* also went Into , action against the plane*. HOOVER PIEIOS FOO HOGE FUND Herbert Hoover Pleads For Immediate Fund For War Relief Washington. Feb 2» — (VP»— Fortner president Herbert Hoover today declared that ‘ the whole of Europe will be a starvation spot ' after the- war and called on con.grwaa to make a start toward a genI era! European relief program by appropriating 110.b00.000 to 520.imm.ooo Immediately. Hoover presented hl* plea to the house foreign relations committee

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in hi* first appearance before a congressional gtoup In 12 year*, | He declared a program of general I I European relief would in no way violate American neutrality und I Im- placed on a "pure humanitarian Itasls." , "I have no doubt." said Hoover, ["that the whole of Europe will lie a 'starvation spot after the war My t impression I* that it would he a [fine thing If we had general authority to appropriate money ” He suggested an Initial figure of 110.000.000 to 120.000,000. but made no estimate of the ultimate amount which would be needed Belgian relief which wa* administered by Hoover during the world war coat a total of fl! 200 000.000 Bill I* Paaaad Washington. Feb. 2ft <U.R> -Congrass hearkened to the plight of Europe's war suffer* today, giving final approval of a hill for new loans to Finland and hearing eg- - President Herbert Hoover warn ' that the whole continent of Europe

FRENCH ORDER BREAD RATION Drastic Measures Ordered To Prepare For Extended Mar Parts. Feb 29 'UN The gov eminent of Premier Kdousrd Data dler today approved a series of drastic measures- - Including bread rationing designed |o prepare France economically for a long war to the flnlit against Naslstn President Allvert lx>brun. at the conclusion of a session of the court ell of ministers, signed about a score of decrees for intensification of production, limitations of Im ports, conservation of financial and other resources , The government approved Issti ance of bread rationing cards and strict control of bakeries as It was decided to enforce—for the first time In France since the war started a system similar to that already effective in Germany and Britain The greatest emphasis in the decrees was placed on production of food supplies and one regulation even provided for the army to cultivate farm lands In the army gone. The cabinet also Issued a decree restricting the consumption of sicohol and oil products A third announcement was of a new credit agreement between the government with the bank of would he "a starvation spot after the war." The senate approved and sent to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature the 1i00.000.I OOP bill authorising the Export-fnj-I port bank to make new loans of up :to 120.000.900 each to Finland, i China, and other distressed nations at Its discretion. 300 Proposals I aJE Jr „ xm B*’ 8 *’’ 1. Primrose Orrock r i Ona of Britain * trading songbirds, Primrose Orrock. 19, has received more than 300 proKale of marriage from both Uah Tommies and French Poilus and also from many of- . fleer*. The offer* peured in on ' Mis* Orrock in London follow- - ing her tour of France, where > *hs entertained th* troopa >1

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France The French action was designed to Intensify agricultural and Industrial production during war time, to restrict consi'inptlon of dispensable goods In order to keep French finances as strong as possible and to prevent price fluctuation In labor. |i The mobilisation of thousand* of Polish and l't«h farm hands In France Increased the nation's ag-1 ricultural labor shortage, which was caused by calling hundred* of thousands of peasant* to the color* lan fall - - — -• — Strategy gave* Hi* Llf* Perth, Australia — <U.B — Death ; from hunger and thirst was avert ' ed by Thoma* Hamilton, fil. after I wandering lost for three days in 15 foot high grass when he reached a telegraph line He still had enough | strength to shoot off one insulator and sever the wire with a second ; bullet. The repair crew, which arrived from Broome, go mile* away, found him exhausted In * hole which he had dug with his hands In search of water. o — — Maimed Rog Cos* to Hospital Chico. Cal. —tt’Pt- Intelligence j of German police dogs reached a new high when one with a crushed I paw reported of It* own instincts I to the emergency entrance of the I

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