Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - August 7, 1941, Kingston, Kingston New Gleaner Mats ATS EAN ORE l ONEY to your Come in and 1 PERIODICAL 1884 K ESTABLISHED 1834 THE SUN SMILES ALL DAX LONG i on with F B RUM Matured in Booa Boated Bond FRED L MYERS SON Bum EIGHTEEN PAGES No 180 AUGUST L PENN Y EIGHTEEN PAGES -I REDS ues AS SHII FING IN August Russian Armies in the Ukraine battled to-day to hold up the German drive on as the Nazis spread their movement north and southwest of the Ukrainian capital The Red Army Command reported heavy fighting had GROWING POWER OF f to-day gave some idea Jf tm i continued overnight in the southwest of and at to the north Heavy fighting continued also around Kholm and and the Russians reported continued resistance in i of the growing power of the Royal Air Force sive During the it was the weight of bombs has more than trebled In July this in spite of bad the weight of bombs dropped on Germany and G erma territory was three and a half times as great as in July last year Mr Attlee -in the House of Com- mons to-day said that last month alone seventeen attacks made on targets in Germany and 76 on targets in tory and he promised that weather conditions allowed the British attacks would be ried out with growing intensity j A Last night British heavy ers the teeth of a gale drop a great the heaviest bombs on Frankfurt arid Karlsruhe British planes t the fires than put The targets could be seeh by the light of the moon The Air Ministry said mat the raid was carried out with success and caused widespread damage One pilot passing near Mannheim during the height of scribed it as a veritable Another German raid on Moscow last night was turned back The claimed that only a few planes reached the centre of the city Some bombs were but it was asserted they did not damage any vital communique from cow troops are ing stubbornly against the enemy along the whole front There was Reports Insist Churchill See Roosevelt Aug For the first time since he assumed Prime Minister ill today failed to deliver the Government's statement to the House of Commons on the con- duct of the war Mr Churchill's absence from the Commons coincided with persistent Washington reports that Aug Foreign in the House of Com- dealt at length with the situation in the Far East and declared that any Japanese Action threatening Thailand would be of immediate con- cern to Britain i i Similar was voiced in Washington by Mr Cordell United States Secretary of State He said that his Government had made clear its vital interest in opposition to any moves of aggression in the Pacific Mr Hull said that any Japanese move into Thailand would be considered as menacing American security JAPS PRESS ATTITUDE Mr Eden in his speech said that the British Ambassador in Tokyo had drawn the attention of the Minister to the route to see President or already with him London sources declared that only the gravest state would have made Mr Churchill delegate the delivery of his statement on the war to the Lord Privy Mr Attlee It was indicated that wily a trip such as the rumoured visit with Mr Roosevelt was rd as mure urgent than a war the several sectors of the front Our air force delivered blows on enemy motorised and mechanised units and artillery Yesterday 14 enemy planes were destroyed while we lost 7 The also reported the sinking of two German trans- ports SPECIAL NAZI BULLETINS Adolf Hitler's ad- today that the Red Army is the most formidable and heavily armed foe the Nazi legions have yet claimed successful con- of the second phase of the Russian campaign and announced t a In a series of four special the German High Command issued a cumulative report on ations since the start of the in the on June 22 ures of alleged were revised the July 11 and ntw claimed staggering losses had inflicted OKed Army This made from one of the British participating in the bombs bursting among Nazi shipping in Rotterdam harbour in great daylight on Tht of Information said that some 27 ships were bombed and crippled The bom hers flew ni a announcement said Parts of the plane that can be in the picture Banana Checker Commons Hear Pravda Reports According to count of n Lane Hotel apparently dut U broken overtook a at a city lane hotel Most yesterday morning and created a statement to the Commons The whereabouts of Mr Churchill are at present un- also those of Mr Harry Roosevelt's sonal envoy and Lease-Lend biggest British bombs on an trial plant at Karlsruhe There was a blinding flash and buildings all around crumbled and fires were observed on the railway lines Another pilot said it looked as though the industrial part of blazed from end to end on page It is believed both he and Mr Churchill have flown across the Atlantic to join the dent Enquiries ui official circles have failed to reveal the abouts of the two and their are being guarded as a war less AUGUST SWEEPSTAKE TAKES IN the Nazi the Russians i sensation in of lower have lost 8957000 men in ston because the presence of a taken by the German armies The blood near ike body communique asserted that Soviet troops killed and wounded were at least twice the number of prisoners Russian losses in material were guns of all types and planes in Berlin that this report had been held up for reasons of military secrecy and had been issued lo counteract for- eign reports on the campaign in the east Concluded the special of its superiority final the German armed are ready to new operations and sectors in the war of destruction which begun a series of the greatest UNEASINESS m The August Sweepstake Conducted by Knutsford Park Ltd grossed of which under a guarantee tvilt be equally divided between the drawers of the two first prizes Local hospitals will benefit to the extent of while Government by way of stamp duty receives The following statement was issued The Knutsford Park Kingston r We have audited the vouchers arid of the British West Indies based on The Jamaica promoted by Park and held under the authority of Chapter 425 of the Revised Edition of the Laws of Which will be drawn ly at Park Race Course on 9th and we certify that the undermentioned figures are Number of Tickets entered in the per Ticket Bonus Tickets to Vendors on Sales 4 0 12 0 V 12 0 B f ft Under the and in accordance with terms published on the back of each ticket the sum of is distributable ri Jamaica Hospitals Promoters Government Stamp Duty at per Receipt V U as per DRAWERS OF WinninK Horse 2 First Prizes of each f Second Horse 2 of rach 2 Third of each Fourth Horse 2 Fourth 125 each All 68 divide Three Hundred anl Fifty Cash Prizes divide SELLERS OF TICKETS Horse 2 First Prizes divide Second 2 Second Prizes divide Third Horse 2 Third Prizes divide Fourth Horse 2 Fourth divide All other 68 divide 4 10 3 2 750 9 0 S From comes a said High Command Virtually admitted today that it bad been compelled to issue its special communique on the Russian war to quiet growing uneasiness in In the preamble to lengthy analysis of the eastern ation Hitler's headquarters said the High Command had to face the possibility of false representations being spread at home as well as misleading rumours in hostile tries The necessity for military secrecy was pleaded as the reason for with holding day to oh the progress of the campaign Meanwhile the German Press continues to stress the difficulty and violence of the campaign One paper says the Germans have been outnumbered and brought to a Another paper writes of columns fighting desperately to get through the fanatical population RUSSIAN ORDERS RELEASED It is learned in London that lions of worth of orders Russia have been unfrozen by the United States Officials in ington said that an be- ginning made m the ply of materials to Russia and the led the curious crowds to believe that there had been tome foul play The unfortunate man was 35 years of formerly a feur but more recently a banana checker He had been in bad and very poor health for some time and his last known settled address was at a Foster Lane which he had left months ago It appears that on Tuesday night he took lodgings Johns paid his and retired for the night Nothing happened during the and there is evidence he was seen alive at 6 the But shortly afterwards his body was found in a pool of blood on the pavement between the hotel and one ot the with a trail of out- building The conclusions drawn from all the circumstances is he was Aug most encouraging report on the start of hostilities was presented to the House of Commons to-day The report was made by I V the Privy M R Attlee 9 speaking for the in the absence of Prime Minister Churchill Mr Attlee dealt with the Germany and the war at in that order His disclosures at times brought members cheering to their feet He declared it was apparent from the communiques that the Nazis have been rather dis- agreeably surprised at the courage and fighting qualities of the Russian It- clear that the Germans were suffering very heavy losses said all Britain been stirred by Russia's splendid resistance UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS Mr Attlee think it is abundantly plain that of the German High Command for have hot More Opposition l B Against Germans Aur The long ago as July 13 te claimed the Stalin Line Was pierced at all decisive points and the roads to Leningrad and seized violently started to Moscow Kiev were open This bleed through the and that he collapsed before he could get back to building After Detective Corporal Detective Acting Evans and Detective had made exhaustive enquiries and the body was re- moved to tHe mortuary where the autopsy was performed The pers in connection with the case will go to who will decide whether a formal inquest is necessary MIS BASES AT DAKAR AND CASABLANCA Aug The official Tass Soviet agency quoted reports tonight that Germany has ed demands on the Vichy ment for the establishment of German bases at Dakar and Casa Blanca The Paris Press its at- tacks against the States with accusations that America intended 4.000 0 0 500 0 250 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 Chartered 0 Chartered Accountant OF EXPENSES Printing Stationery 12 ft Rent 130 o 0 SaUries and Wagei Advertising Audit Fees General Operating Expenses 152 76 2 U 13 9 30 9 2 304 it B 2 1 602 12 10 158 16 4 250 00 IS 10 0 10 Before the German invasion sia had some dollars worth of orders pending in United States mostly for machine tools and other industrial ment A Polish military mission has ar- rived in Moscow from London This followed b ment that General had been appointed Chief of the Polish forces in sia General Anders is under 50 and commanded a cavalry Brigade during the Polish in 1939 A Czech staff officer is also in Moscow The Czech Press Union said he is organising Czech units in Russia under the Russian High Command in accordance with a re- cent and Canadian Press by Cable and less City Police Held i Blameless In Case Of Isaac Simpson claim certainly was not It those open all these why have not the Germans marched on their the Far Murmansk remains in hands The Russian resistance is stubborn and the enemy has a considerable way before the railway lines from Leningrad Murmansk are ed the south shore of the Baltic the thrust made no real progress recently Tremendous fighting is now taking in area but the way to Moscow is still far from open while in the Ukrajne the capture of which the Germans claimed three weeks is still a bastion in tjie Russian defence Mr Attlee disclosed that Britain every effort to fulfill Its pledge of aid to the Russians and he said significantly that the Empire One paper declared that France must reply and the Paris Soir declared that France was obliged to defend her empire against United States ambition The Vichy Government has handed Admiral the United States a note replying to a Washington request for an today to the Germans is increasing in occupied Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia The newspaper asserted the Slav peoples of these three nations and Russia now have joined in the struggle to crush Hitlerism Pravda said that during the last part of July there were eleven railway accidents in Czechoslovakia in which 250 German officers and men were killed In one of the a train load of explosives con- signed to the Skoda munitions works was said to have been blown up The Communist Party orjan said similar occurrences have been reported from Yugoslavia and IS Duff Cooper Visits explanation uf Vichy policy for the defence of its REPLY TO WELLES According to authoritative ters in Vichy staled this evening that the note replied also to Stunner Welles recent criticism of Vichy's action in surrendering Indo China to Japan The spokesman stated that the note emphasised the difference between Syria and Indo China and outlined the guiding principles of French policy as de- by Admiral darlan and eral Weygand The statement said Mr Welles ex- pressed doubt about the energy with which France would react in case of attack on her said heroic resistance of French troops in Syria should be Lisbon On Way East ri h Aug A message from Lisbon said that Mr Duff Cooper arrive here to-day from London and he is expected to leave to-morrow for the Far East Mr Duff on tone recently adopted by Japanese newspapers towards Thailand This was such that it could only mean that someone in authority in Japan was trying to manufacture a case for action The British Ambassador sized that any threat to Thailand was a threat to Singapore and that would immediately concern this country He expressed the hope that Britain's words might yet be heeded He emphasized that the freezing order should be applied 10 which the British were ting with the United States and the was being but put into The Chinese Government had accord asked that the freezing order should be applied to China so that it might be more effective against Japan Every fresh forward move by Japan brought Britain and JAP of anese on Thailand reported troops are now the Thailand border has occupied Another report stated that Thailand re- plied by sending mechanized to the frontier Reuters News Agency reported T T to-day Thai Japanese transports an arriving the rate ef five a day at the French Indo-China port of with troops and supplies for the forces in the French colony Reuters said much of the equipment was American made and that Japanese troops using it were moving up to the Thailand border in increasing numbers the news agency said the Japanese have not yet brought up any heavy artillery which would be necessary for a campaign The headquarters of the Thai eastern army is at thirty miles from the head of the great lake Gayda declared today that an explosion in the Pacific was proaching Thailand behalf the War is on his way to report on possible means for coordination of various administrative tical the Far Wireless NEAR TO Sir Shenton Governor of the Straits at present living in a state very near to tension We don't know what may happen soon on FAR EAST It that the Kingston are in contact with Police certainly were not to blame Russian IN WEST of pur fleet at ered an adequate and Petsamo in the north show how The Vichy statement went on to the strange case of the death of Isaac Simpson at Montego whoever Turning to the great air war In have been lax in the the west Mr Attlee said that the matter continued nightly attacks allege that Syria was of aggression while Indo-China wasj between the Japanese forces and the meagre at France's disposal in fully explained position which confronted Vichy in j According to the records at the oC the while the Nazisms inevitable consequences What i Detective the fact were engaged m were of Shad happened in no way missing was reported prime importance there on July 31 and they j Summing up the comparative persons making the report to j activities of- the British and telegraph to the Montego Bay man air Mr Attlee lice about the matter This advice think the Royal Air Force shows from French rights A Government spokesman in i Vichy was reported to have said that France would give no military facilities such as Japan was taken Montego Bay the continued superiority of our 1 ja to anv outside power fe to 4 J J i IT police were telegraphed about men and and later replied that madia inquiries but could not trace the on man To assist the worried down to Montego Bay the Kingston As readers are when the other part of the French empire The spokesman went to say that Vichy acceded lo ing District demands because Indo-China i vised them to go at to relatives went to Montego Bay lego Bay where they might help the search since they would be able to describe the man personally or to identify him After receiving this the relatives they pursued inquiries which them to find the hitherto ered body of the man they had missed for so and whom the police had failed to find was cut off from France and it was impossible to safeguard the country The case of Indo-China would not be repeated because circum- stances elsewhere in the empire wore different particularly in French THAU l ri Points on the map troop concentrations wore Hainan whorp warships and troop wore Saigon where Japan has boon to S where Royal Air Force reinforcements were landed
