Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1941 — Page 3
THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1941
LENINGRAD ASKED 10 FIGHT TO LAST
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Voroshilov and Zhdanov Ask All Citizens to Make ‘Unsparing Defense’ of Second Soviet City Again ‘Fascist Highwaymen.’ MOSCOW, Aug. 21 (U. P.).—Russia admitted today
that Leningrad was in imminent danger from a powerful three-sided German onslaught, supported by the Luftwaffe,
as Marshal Klementi Voroshilov, commander in chief in the
north. called en men and women of the former capital and Soviet second city to defend it to the death.
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By A. T. STEELE Copyright, 1914, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine. MOSCOW, Aug. 21.—As the great struggle in the Ukraine approaches a climax, neutral military experts here are pinning their hopes on the possibility of a powerful Russian stand along the line of the Dnieper River. The Dnieper is the last important geographical barrier between the German wedge and the industrially rich Don Basin. The strategic and economic importance of such cities as Kharkov and Rostov-on-Don is immense and they must be held if the Germans are to be thwarted in their attempt to pinch off the Caucasus and sever the railway link with Turkey. German claims that the Nazi army has reached the banks of the Dnieper, find no confirmation here. That Odessa, Black Sea port with over 500,000 inhabitants, and Dniepropetrovsk, straddling the Dnieper, are gravely imperiled there is no doubt. From the determined spirit here, it is plain that the defense will be of formidable proportions. The admission that exceptionally severe fighting is progressing in the direction of Novgorod, only 40 miles west of the Moscow-Leningrad Railway, recalls that the historic,
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Strong Stand Along Dnieper Is Russians’ Best Chance To Save Rich Don Basin, Steele Writes from Moscow
Even if the Germans reach this railway, they will not succeed in severing Leningrad from the capital. There are at least two other railroads connecting the two cities, though both are very devious. While the Germans concentrate on other key objectives, Moscow is being spared the horrors of mass bombings although minor visitations are almost a nightly occurrence. Moscow's population has stood up well and less than one-fourth of the city's 4,000,000 or 5.000,000 have been evacuated—mostly children. Anti-aircraft defenses truly are impressive in magnitude. The Russians seem to have unlimited quantities or shells with which to greet the raiders. Observers who have been in London say that the volume of shooting is considerably greater here. Long before the Nazi bombers reach the city, flashes along the horizon signal their approach. As they drone nearer, the defense rings surrounding the city burst into action and a barrage of exploding sheels is thrown up at various heights in the path of the approaching planes. From a distance ‘the flashes look like a flock of gigantic fireflies disporting themselves in the blackness. Searchlight flares add to the spectacle and then finally comes the tinkling of shrapnel as it rains onto the pavements and housetops. Driving through Moscow streets,
On the central front,
the east, appeared to be under
Large-scale battles were]
reported raging farther south, around Gomel, and around the encircled Black Seat port! of Odessa, but Russian sources claimed the issue had] not yet been decided. German forces were closing in on, Leningrad from the Kareliar Isthmus to the north, from xret | sepp 70 miles to the west, and from Novgorod, 120 miles to the south where the Wehrmacht appeared to be concentrating its attack. On the Ukraine front, the Ger-; mans were reported in Soviet communiques to be employing air-borne
troops and small tanks transported; in big, four-motored Junkers planes.
Budenning Victory Claimed |
i A frontier dispatch from the Uk-! raine reporte dthat Marshal Semyon Budenny's Army had routed the 94th German division. numbering upwards of 13000 men, after al savage 10-day battle that cost the Germans three-fourths of their effectives in dead and wounded. The afternoon communique said there was ferocious fighting throughout the night in the Novgorod direction, south of Leningrad; the Gomel direction north of Kiev and the Odessa direction in the southern Ukraine. The communique disclosed that) Russian guerrilla forces were Vig-| orously active along the Dniester River, far behind the German lines; at the western edge of hte Ukraine, raiding bridges, other crossings and! German troops. A special dispatch from the
Ukrainian front on the radio reported that Budenny’'s men| had routed the 94th German
Urge Faster Production
Voroshilov and Andrei A. Zhda-| nov, Communist Party chieftain for! the Leningrad area, warned the citizens of Leningrad in broadcast speeches that Leningrad now faced; an immediate threat i They urged all workers to join| the volunteer people's guards and] urged armaments plants to speed; up production to the utmost. He called on women to inspire Shelled husbands, sons and brothers to a unsparing defense of the city. Warning that the Germans might use gas, they called on the people to be ready for that ordeal and to fight on through it. Voroshilov and Zhdanov left no! doubt that they intended to defend the city to the bitter end under Russia's unclinching scorched-eartn
policy. ‘Our Homes and Our Honer’
“Leningrad, cradle of the Revolution. an industrial and cultural center, never was and never will be in enemy hands,” Voroshilov said. “We are not living and working in this beautiful city. we have not created big plants, great buildings and gardens, to hand it over to the Fascist highwaymen. “Rise te the defense of our ons our homes and families, our hon and our freedom. Discharge Sur | duty. Relentlessly fight the enemy. Be vigilant and merciless with] cowards, panic-mongers and de- | serters. Determine to be firm to| the end. We shall not spare our lives and we will fight the enemy and crush him. Victory will bel ours.” Neutral
military quarters here seemed not pessimistic over the situation in the Ukraine. They|
German armored forces that pushed east of Smolensk were reported to have been halted by fierce Russian counter-attacks and Moscow, 230 miles to
/have been dealt with thoroughly at | Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s conference with Mr.
| purged of German
{Britain and Russia had delivered a second note to Iran last Saturday {demanding the expulsion of 8) per
that Iran had sent a tentative oral j reply
chosen as one of the main lines of]
the United States. {of that route would increase if the
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no immediate threat.
FDR 0. K'S PURGE OF NAZIS IN IRAN
Agreeable to “io Any British, Russ Action Constraining Trouble Spot.
LONDON, Aug. 27 (U. P)— President Roosevelt has approved | whatever action Great Britain and | Russia deem necessary to purge Iran (Persia) of Nazi influences, an
authoritative source said today The Iranian question, now approaching a climax, was said to
Roosevelt. An informant said Mr. Roosevelt showed the fullest understanding of the British view that Iran must be “tourists” and safeguarded as a supply route to Russia and a source of oil for British Middle Eastern forces.
Britain Sends 2d Note
The disclosure yesterday that
cent of the German residents, and
that was “not wholly satisfactory,” indicated that the show[down was not far off. Authoritative quarters said that { “preliminary indication of the nature of Iran's impending written reply to British representations has (not given a favorable impression.’ A strip of western Iran less than miles wide is all that separates the British Middle Eastern army from the Russian Caucasus. With the German army driving across the lower Ukraine toward the Caucasus, the strategical importance of | Iran increases daily.
Spies Overrun Iran Furthermore, the route through the Iranian Gulf and over the Trans-Iranian Railroad had been
{supply to the Russian army from
centers in Europe.
though now unimportant town, was once one of the most populous
you can find only occasional evidence of bomb damage.
By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Copv Tigh, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times The Chicago Daily News, Inc. LONDON, Aug. 21.—Reports that the Russians have blown up the Dnieperstroi dam and the power station at Zaporzhe are not confirmed in London. But it seems probable that they will do so if they have not already. The dam itself forms a solid bridge across the Dnieper at a key point and it would require careful preparation to complete its destruction. Those who witnessed the struggle of Russian men and women, working three shifts a day winter and summer, to complete the dam and the power station, cannot resist the sensation of sickness at the thought that they may have to be sacrificed The inauguration of the dam,
which was attended by many Americans, was a spectacle this correspondent will never forget American engineers supervised the job from start to finish and to this day they are honored in Russia for the high skill and unflagging energy they displayed. If Dnieperstroi is destroyed, the lower reaches of the Dnieper would presumably be flooded for some time and German operations would be handicapped in that area. On the other hand, the water in the upper reaches would subside materially and a German crossing of the river, north of Zaporzhe would be made easier. The principal motive in destroying the dam and power station would be to deprive the Germans of a bridge and to deprive industry throughout the area of power supplied by the station.
3 FAIL TO APPEAR AT COURT SAFETY FILM.
Three young traffic law violators who had been “sentenced” to attend the safety movie at Loew's
The importance
Japanese menaced shipments to] Viadivostok.
Indications that the Germans had
| their eves on that supply route were |seen in the British- Russian protests |’ [that Iran had let its communica-|
systems spies, |
tions and transportation be overrun with German saboteurs and agitators. Germans were said to have swarmed | into Iran in such numbers as to endanger the country’s independence, and that has been the basis of the two notes to the Iran government.
IN AUTO PRODUCTION!
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (U.P).— | Defense officials were to confer today with representatives of the automobile industry on methods of | further curtailing 1942 model production to free assembly lines for the steadily increasing flow of tanks, airctaft parts and other war materials. The rising output of arms was [cited yesterday by Defense Produc- | tion Chief William S. Knudsen. He
Theater today failed to appear. Juvenile Court Judge Wilfred]
| Bradshaw ordered the missing boys| brought in to explain their ab-
e. Thirty juvenile traffic offenders| | saw the movie, “Coffins on Wheels,” | las part of their penalty for law, violations handled in the new juve-|:
These | je traffic division of Juvenile, Tre.
Court. Six more young drivers were ar-| raigned in court this morning for | violations. The driving license of one was suspended because he gave a false age in his application. The five others were released with a severe lecture by Judge Bradshaw and members of the Chamber Safety Committee.
Nurse Becomes Spy for Soviets
MOSCOW, Aug. 21 (U.P)-—-A nurse, Elizabeth Yershova, was a hero in Russia today. An article by Gen. Ivan Boldin
in the Soviet Army publication Red Star yesterday credited her with wandering through German-
x OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. 8. Weather Bureau
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow: not much change in tem- | perature.
Sunrise ...... 5:02 Sunset TEMPERATURE —Aug. 21, 1940— 5%" 1p. MM iain BAROMETER TODAY 6:30 a. m..... 30.07
i Precipitation 24 hrs ending 7 a
Total precipitation since Jan. | Deficiency since Jan.
MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana-—Fair in south, partly cloudy in north portion tonight and tomorrow, a few widely scattered showers or thunderStops tomorrow afternoon and in extreme orth portion tonight; little change in
Mlinois—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with scattered showers and thunderstorms in north and central portions; little change in temperature. Ohio—Fair and warmer in south and cloudy with light scattered showers and slightly warmer in north portion tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy and scattered showers over central and north portions. Kentucky—Fair and not so cool tonight: tomorrow increasing cloudiness with moderate temperature, followed by scattered showers over west portion tomorrow afternoon or night
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES,
Stations Weather Amarillo, Tex, Bismarck. N. Boston Butte Chicago ..
6:30 A. M.
Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Jacksonville, Kansas City, : Little Rock, ATS, Los Angeles Miami, Fla Mpls -St. Mobile, Ala. .... New Qiicans New York Okla. City. Omaha, Neb.
Great Soviet Dam Reported Dynamited
The Dnieperstroi Dam . . . built by American engineers at a cost of $110,000,000.
'Those Who Saw It Built Can't Resist Sick Feeling’
DAM IS INTACT, BERLIN CLAIMS
Nazis Reach ‘Immediate’ Leningrad Defenses, Informants Say.
BERLIN, Aug. 21 (U. P).—German sources today reported failure of an initial Russian attempt to block the Nazi Ukraine offensive by blowing up the $110,000,000 Dnieper River dam and indicated that Adolf | Hitler s Northern Army was driving | against the “immediate” defenses of Leningrad. On the vital Southern front, where the High Command claimed capture of the Dnieper estuary port of Kherson and victory in a great battle for Gomel, the Russians were reported unofficially to have succeeded in a limited flooding of the lower Dnieper by dynamiting several small dams. The swirling waters of the wide, swamp-bordered river thus released may temporarily slow down the German advance, according to unofficial information, but the Germans asserted that attempts to blow up the big Dnieper dam near Dniepropetrovsk had failed.
Guarded by Nazi Artillery
The Nazi version was that an attempt had been made to destroy the Dnieprostroi Dam after Russian troops had used it as a bridge to cross the river, but that it was so big and strong that it proved impossible to destroy it. The German artillery then moved up to within range of the big dam, according to information here, and the Russians resorted to destruction of several smaller dams farther down the river. At the same time, German forces “re-doubled” their drive against the besieged Black Sea port of Odessa, which is under terrific Luftwaffe attack and has now been brought under heavy artillery fire.
Close In On Leningrad
On the northern front, a tremendous battle for Leningrad, huge industrial center and Russia's second city, appeared to be builcing toward a climax with the capture of the key towns of Novgorod, Narva and
Kingisepp and the arrival of German forces on a comparatively flat
RAISE DEPUTY SHERIFFS’ PAY
County Council Also Allows
Higher Juvenile Court Wages in Budget.
The County Council today tentatively approved salary increases for deputy sheriffs and some Juvenile Court workers, but indicated that pay increases sought in other departments in the 1942 budget would be denied. Salaries of deputy sheriffs were boosted from $1800 to $1920 a year, and a sliding scale of increases for probation officers and a few other Juvenile court workers was approved. At the same time, the Council cut $4600 in salary increases proposed in the County Clerk's office, and eliminated small payroll increases requested for the offices of the Recorder and Auditor. Items for new equipment, such as furniture and new automobiles, also were being eliminated by the Council. It is expected to complete its paring of the remaining departments’ requests by tonight or tomorrow.
The Trainee Is
FOR MOVES TO OPEN SHIPYARD
Talks With Kearny, N. J, Official in Effort to Settle Strike.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (U. P) —President Roosevelt conferred today with Myron C. Taylor and L. H. Korndorff, head of the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., in an effort to work out a settlement of the 15-day strike at the vast Kearny, N. J., shipyard. Mr. Taylor was summoned to the parley because he formerly was chairman of the board of directors of the U. S. Steel Corp., which owns the shipbuilding company. Neither Mr. Taylor nor Mr. Korndorff would comment after the onehour conference with Mr. Roosevelt. “The source of information is the President s office,” Mr. Taylor said. Mr. Taylor refused to say what other conferences they would attend. When Mr. Korndorff was asked what he had scheduled, Mr. Taylor answered, “He's non-com-mittal.” ’ Stephen T. Early, secretary to the President, asid Mr. Taylor and Mr. Korndorff would go later to the Navy Department for further conferences with: Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, associate OPM Director Sidney Hillman, and William H. Davis, chairman of the National Defense Mediation Board. Mr. Early said that Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Korndorff might return to the White House after the discussions at the Navy Department. Conferences between Mr. Korndorff and Mr. John Green, head of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers (C. I. O.) collapsed yesterday, giving rise to fresh speculation that the President might intervene and take over the plant under an executive order.
This Little Fire Was a Defeatist
HULL, Mass., Aug. 21 (U. P.) — Fire which broke out at Pemberton Inn here last night didn't have a chance. Only one alarm was sounded, but 500 fire chiefs responded. The International Association of Fire Chiefs was holding its annual banquet at the Inn
A Frugal Man
THE AVERAGE trainee seldom spends more than five dollars a
according to a stateby Marion
expenses, ment released today County Draft Board 6. According to a recent survey, the five dollars covers such items as barber bills, tailor bills and
month on personal and incidental |
‘ARMY BUYS KITS HERE
| The War Department today ordered 100,000 first aid packet pouches from the Indianapolis Tent |and Awning Co. at a cost of $15,350. | Other Department contracts inFrei Indianapolis Machinery and Supply Co., Inc. $3700 for milling machines, and Quality Tool and Die
Co., Indianapolis, $3713 for gauges.
PAGE 3 Goebbels Rival
“Even better than Goebbels’” is the way London describes the propaganda turned out by M, Lozovsky, above, Russian propa ganda chief. .
GATES CALLS G. 0. P. PARLEY
Meeting to Discuss Party ‘Policy and Finances’ Is Sept. 4.
A meeting of the Republican State committee to discuss party organizations and finances was called today for Sept. 4 at the Clay« pool Hotel by State Chairman Ralph Gates. It will be the first meeting of the committee since Mr. Gates was elected to succeed Arch N. Bobbitt, ousted state chairman. Mr. Gates said the meeting “would just be a regular session” and that general party policy and party finances would probably cone stitute the chief items of discussion. ‘Nothing of a special nature is scheduied to be considered,” he said, It is expected that the party lead« ers will begin making concrete plans at the meeting for next year’s election. They may schedule a series of off-season rallies in each dis= trict to keep up political interest throughout the state. One of the chief political probe lems before the Republican leaders is how to keep control of the House of Representatives. Some of them think their chances of win« ning a majority in the House again are seriously periled because of the influx of defense workers, a large number of whom are known to be Democrats, into the State. Accordingly, it is expected that a party program will be worked out espe= cially for the defense area.
Strauss
minimized the loss of Nikolaev, and | warned, however, that the nation said the Black Sea Russian fleet still is not showing the proper spirit bases at Sebastopol. on the Crimean lin the defense effort and that out- |
Pittsburgh Portland, Ore. ....... San Antonio, Tex. .... San Francisco
occupied villages in the disguise of a peasant girl, and obtaining valuable information from Ger-
approach to the city. The extent of German advance
peninsula, and Novorossisk, on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, secured the defense of the Crimean and Caucasian coasts and would permit the Navy to prevent any attempt at a German naval expedition against Batum. the big oil port.
AUSTRALIA AIDING RUSSIA
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 21 (U. PB.) —Australia is sending large quantities of supplies to Russia, Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies said today.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
| subsequent months.
put still is unsatisfactory. e said the nation’s apathy to-| ward the defense program possibly was due to the fact that “no one has dropped any bombs on us yet.” Auto representatives predicted the industry will be asked at today's meeting to hold down production of passenger cars and trucks during the next three months to approximately 600,000 units, almost 150,000 less than were produced during the corresponding period of last vear. They anticipated even further |drastic cuts during December and
man staff officers. Boldin’s article described how his troops—to which Miss Yershova had been assigned—were trapped west of Minsk six weeks ago, fought their way back to Russian lines after 45 days in which they killed more than 1000 German officers and men, destroyed 26 tanks “camouflaged as Russian machines, five artillery batteries and picked up reinforcements from other Russian pockets en route. They maintained com-
Here Is the Traffic Record |, Daughters of America, Hote! Lincoln, all
County City Total 36 43 kt 42 86
1940 .... 1941 ...
Teen
Accidents .. Arrests WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid
$215 26
. 19 | Injured
Violations Speeding 5 Failare to stop at through street. . Disobeying traffic signals Drunken driving. All others ..... “
8 20 6 250 21
$548
MEETINGS TODAY Jasal Crder of Moose, ail day,
Linco Daughters of America, all day, Life 1 vertising CHD of a dianapels, ma n is Athletic i 1 Club, noon, Hotel Severin. Tngianapolic Camera Club,
Hotel Hotel noon,
HO E. Ninth
8p Beta Theta Pi, noon, Canary Cottage. Indianapolis Motor Trausyortdtion Club, Inc., Fox's Steak House, SO a Nu, Columbia Club, Indiana "Rociety of Professional Engineers, Clay 1 Hotel. 5 p Indiana arketing Qusta "Pr Protest Association avpoe! Hote American siness ‘cub, 1 Athletie Club, noon.
MEETINGS TOMORROW
St.
Indianapolis
Loyal Order of Moose, Hotel Lincoln, all] In
day.
xchan Club, Hotel Severin, noon Clad, Columbia Club, noon. Theta, Columbia Club, noon. Delta’ Tan Dales, Columbia Club, noon. Kappa Si haa, Cottage, noon. Sigma Chi, of Trade, noon. . State Welfare Re pantimens. Hotel Severin, a m. Farm Security Hotel Severin, 10 a. m.
MARRIAGE LICENSS=S These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in fames and addresses.
William G. Jackson, 21, of 953 TRxede: Barbara Lee Anderson, 21, of 1339 L
Conard C. Case, 29, of 26 S. Somes: Ben M. Barber, 21, of 1704 N. Pennsylia.
Charles R. Young, 24, of 5525 Greenfield Ave.; Naomi M. Beene i» of 748 Roach
che. John Marter, 30, R. Fitzger ald, 25, of 112 s fr Ra ME Market;
LaJ. Newmier, 18 of S32 E.
Wo aude E. Hixon, 24, & IN? N. oJilinels: Luella B. Johnson, 22, Robert H. Jackson, ington; Katherine Smith, 20, 10th. Reid, 54, of ae Clifton;
us, O. of 1751 E. Raymond; Flora H. Winans, 18. of 2134 S. New
Jerse Ar Cohee, 25, Washington, D. C.; Dorothy E Allee, 23. of 4022 raceland. Haydne Murreil, 36, R. R. Irene Westfield, 35 of 1136 N. Pershin Louis A. Schneidewind, 28, Ruckle: Martha Lupton, 25. of Yozs Pennsylvania. Harold Todd, 21, gen Noun Ruth Mec-
Carey 13 < 1465 A rs, 29, Clermont. Ind; Mil- | cagal rmont, Ind.
"Je. Clerm rbyshire, 2 Ma gd
Administration,
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munication with the Red Army by radio.
BIRTHS Girls Charles, Rosalyn Carter, at St. Robert, Olivia Apple, at City. William, Verna Jones, at City. Timothy, Agnes Sullivan, at Coleman. John, Olive Shanahan, at Coleman. Everett, Mildred Parks, at St. Vincent's. Chester, Pear! Enders, at St. Vincent's. Charles, Louise Carrigg, at St. Vincent's.
Carroll, Emma Chambers, at Lo W., Jeanne Savage, at Methodis Aaron, Helen Kaiser, at 936 Ia tiia.
Boys Jesse. Helen Trent, at St. Francis.
Francis.
ncent’s. cevilliam, Charlotte Sherrer, at St. Vinnt's Eimer, Helen Thompson, at St. Vincent's. Leslie, Grace Fenley, at Methodist. Clarence, Elsie Finney, at Methodist. Norbert, ett, at Methodist. Paul, Emma Strange, at 818 E._ St. Clair.
Jasper, Elizabeth Turner, at 308 Black-
Carl, Ellen Grever, at 231 Hanson. John, Janie Hallins, at 333 Douglas. , Juanita Miller, at 2206'2 Roose-
DEATHS as M. Lawless, 47, at Veterans, lung at 902 N. Pennsfl-
SS Alice Gallivan, Sh vania, coronary occlusi vin Me nideth. 53, = ‘Methodist, acute dilatation of heart Lillian Edwards, ST. at 1403 N. Senate, cardio vascular ren Ben Rivers, 65. he City, tyhereuiesis. Mary Jones, 47, at City, pell agre Louvenia Réasohorer. 5 at 1743/8. Keystone, diabete: Nancy Shelby, 49. at St. Vincent's, cere-
br Then, Oliver Ruse, 47, at 3418 College,
dom vascular renal. Reed, 13, at St. Vincent's, endo-
{| Washington, D. C.
hy i Stucker, 28, at Coleman,
;_ Goldie C. Cl ock, 18, R.
ula SRR « at St. Vincent's, cere-
St. Louis Tampa, Fla. 3 «+..Clear
LEASE-LEND MISUSE IS DENIED BY BRITAIN
LONDON, Aug. 21 (U. P).—The British embassy in Washington has handed to the State Department a lengthy memorandum denying that Great Britain has mitused lend-
lease supplies from the United States, it was learned today. The memorandum, dated July 30, claimed that Britain was not re-ex-porting lend-lease material. It said that profiteering was not permitted and it promised that no (leaselend) goods would be re-exported in the future. It was admitted, however, that certain lend-lease commodities which had become ingredients in finishing British industrial products, such as machinery, had been exported. But, it was pointed out, American and British authorities had agreed that it would be mutually disadvantageous if the
‘| British Empire ceased to be a go-
ing concern commercially. The memorandum also did not deny that Britaih occasionally had used United States tankers to import oil from Latin America. But, it was stressed, it was obviously essential to the conduct of the war to use tankers over the shortest possible distances to conserve time and eliminate waste in operation.
NEW REPUBLIC ASKS DECLARATION OF WAR
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (U. P).— The New Republic today called on President Roosevelt to propose and Congress to approve a declaration of war against the Axis nations. The magazine said there was a chance of “immediate and complete” victory over Adolf Hitler if the United States, Soviet Russia and Great Britain launched a comhim.
beyond Kingisepp, 70 miles from Leningrad, or other captured towns was not disclosed, but authorized sources indicated that the drive now was against the “immediate” defenses, which are reported manned by 1,500,000 men. German forces driving on Leningrad from Esthonia in the west have captured Narva, 80 miles west of the old Cezarist capital and have proceeded on to take Kingisepp, 15 miles to the east, the High Command said in its communique, issued from Hitler's headquarters.
Announced With Trumpets
Picked “ss” shock troops of Hitler's personal bodyguard stormed
and captured Kerson, 90 miles east of beleaguered Odessa, the communique said. The battle in the Gomel area 120 miles north of Kiev in which Germany claimed a big victory in a special “trumpet-fantare” communique last night, has now ended with the decisive defeat of the Russians by German infantry, motorized and armored forces with the aid of the air force, the communique said. It was asserted that the Russians suffered “bloody” losses in the battles and that the Germans took in all 84,000 prisoners and great quantities of war materials, including 848 field guns, and 144 armored vehicles. Expect Odessa’s Fall
Nazis said that massed German armored forces and dive bombing planes were attacking remnants of the Russian Army of the Ukraine mercilessly day and night on the west side of the Dnieper and that the “successful conclusion” of the great German offensive was imminent, Some informants asserted that the fall of Odessa, as well as the capture of the last Russian bridgeheads on the west bank of the Dnieper, was a matter of days. At the same time there were indications here that the German High Command was already preparing for the possibility or even the likelihood of a winter campaign in Russia, after driving as far eastward as possible before the great freeze,
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