Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - August 12, 1941, Kingston, Kingston iff Welcome it fr Big GLEANER FOOTBALL COMPETITION t D For Each Cross INCLUDING 111 TAX AND 57 OTHER Entries Close 23rd August 1941 See Page for Coupon and Rules ESTABLISHED 1834 in First Prize See Page 10 En L 3 1941 ESTABLISHED 1834 THE SUN SMILES ALL LONG on made with H RUM Matured in Bond in Bund FREP L MYERS SON Tht Sugar SIXTEEN PAGES CVH No 184 AUGUST 12 1941 PENNY SIXTEEN PAGES Thrown HITLER EARLY DECISION THIRD OFFENSIVE against Russia is raging from the grad front to the neighbourhood of the Black Sea port of The fult weight of the German land the drive info the Ukraine Here the Germans report fighting between Kiev and at Belaya and at Uman The Germans continue to make rapid the rivers and but there is no sign of a break in Russian resistance around Odessa Advance but the main Ing scents to be around which lies 150 miles north of Odessa arid is rather nearer to Kiev Military observers in Berlin say that more German divisions than ever before have been thrown into the on- slaught They admit that a decision must be reached this week otherwise the offensive will come to a standstill NAZI PROGRESS FURTHER NORTH Further the Germans seem to have made though fierce fighting is still going on from Berlin emphasize that it would be a mistake to think that because of the onslaught in the Ukraine is any relaxation of German pressure in other sectors Foreign corespondents in Berlin are being reminded that Moscow and Leningrad are still threatened and the German communique again says that going according to FRAUDS Warning To Public There has been an unusual crop of Postal Order in recent and the postal authorities and the police haye found selves powerless trace the thieves because in most cases the sender i i Nippon Mobilized War Australia And Thailand Alert I q Aug Observers opined to-day that Japan's next theatre of action is more b ly Siberia than Thailand and the blow may fail any Leaving the the Duke the Jackson Building for a glimpse of the Kin Hall to the air force headquarters was lined b 1939 when the King and Queen visited the cap Point Cabin from his arduous task of adjoins the suite occupied by the King and Q Duke will leave for Edmonton to-morrow to r was cheered by crowds which gathered around g's younger brother The route from Rideau y cheering reminiscent of the days of ital yesterday took a brief rest at g Canadian air training squadrons This Cabin ueen during their tour of Canada in 1939 The his tour of inspection U S May Break Relations With Vichy m The Russian communique still reports lighting around Smolensk on the Moscow road and in the Estonian sector Messages coming from Estonia report that in the capital factories are still working at high pressure on munitions and the Russians fighting around Nava be- tween the Gulf of Finland and Lake Peipus the west and south 61 Lake f t A v H 00 miles from Leningrad itself The Germans claim successes on this front biut there is no of it from Moscow From the north on there is no fresh news L b f carry raid on the Arctic filled in the name of the to whom the order was being sent The position is that a postal order is not negotiable when the name of the payee is filled and only the name Informed sources at Peiping expressed the belief that August is the latest Japanese could expect to launch a in eastern without a winter stalemate Reports of travellers from the northeast added up to one Something is occurring in Manchukuo Informed sources sifting the rumours are convinced that Japan probably han amassed in Manchukuo at least many troops as the Russians they would encounter in eastern Siberia The best available estimates indicate that Russia still has a normal strength of effectives in including some mechanised while Japan probable has possibly her normal Kwangtung Army strength of Close Analysis of Japanese policy asserted the Japanese move into Indo-China and reported pressure on IN i I II J GERMAN NOTED Aug 1 i tive sources said today two German columns converging oh Odessa from the north and west were making very considerable progress ih t to pinch off the before the rains and develop Base for winter operations is no indication however that the port of Murmansk The formation was broken up and planes were picked off by Russian fighters RAIDS The Russian air force is striking on enemy panzer troops and infantry reports that Berlin was bombed last night incendiary and Wit m Russian line is broken Opinion is high explosive dropped expressed that tanks will find it on military and large hard going in the Ukraine when fires were observed All the name of the payee is filled by the sending the postal order and a Bank cashes the postal order on a false Bank is liable But in the case where no name has been filled the postal order may be cashed by anybody without liability F It is understood that postal clerks are to be instructed again to ad- all of orders to fill in the name of the payee be- lore the so as to be sure that the is the right party F autumn rains start next the country being typically fen land in lost five aircraft in on to NEW BATTLE AREAS Moscow reported that the Red Army reinforced its rising of j resistance and held firm along the I that the fire central but officials knowledged that defence lines at of the fires -1 the north and flanks were drawn back nearer Leningrad and deeper into the I sian Bombers except one returned Of Portsmouth To Honour Churchill hold pBe August To-night Council Of the City of mouth decided at a special to confer the honorary i dom of Portsmouth on Mr ston Churchill and Mr 11 formed quarters said day that the R A F and the Russian air force will ride Europe's lengthening nights in raids that will turn man cities into of death and by Cable and Wireless Ltd a ma e r s Skilled v nV rs The communique said continued throughout last night in the Smolensk at Belaya south of but a new battle was intensifying in the Uman halfway between Kiev and Odessa in the The Russians also reported ing yesterday in another new near directly south of Leningrad and severity miles east of the Estonian frontier It was the first time a com- mentioned the Uman tor which the Germans claimed to have passed last Friday LATEST RUSSIAN REPORT The issued tonight today our troops continued fighting in the Belaya Uman directions Our air force I continued to inflict on panzer troops and at- tacked aircraft on airdromes and they bombed a bridge on the Danube and shipping at The bridge was i Tuesday cow was again raided by man planes during the night Hie official Russian statement says the mass of enemy planes were scattered far from the city and only a planes in getting past the cow defences Hi urn explosive bombs and incendiaries dropped and dwellings were demolished One German plane was shot Correct Position In To Men Who Have Been Sent From This land To U K Our footnote to the report from Daventry Saturday regarding tions asked in th House of Com- mons as to Redrafting in Jamaica why private parties and not bad undertaken Mils was incorrect This stated that the Committee of the Jamaica Imperial Association had sent away scores of workers for the munition tories In England The Recruiting Committee of the Imperial Association has centred its on recruits for the R A F and so far not more than iiI half such The communique went on In re- port t big air battle miles away when sixty or seventy man and Finnish planes tried to have left Nearly two hundred skilled work ers from Jamaica are now in land working in munition as fitters They were sent away in three batches of 60 and 74 and re- ports received shew that their vices were requisitioned within a very short their the United Kingdom In of the question asked in the House of Commons last week by Sir Leonard Chairman of Messrs Tate and regarding recruiting in and the an- swer given by the British ment that the Governor of this land would be ASKED TO REPORT if authority hart been given any of persons to recruit men it is perhaps appropriate to recall the circumstances in which skilled workers were got together and sent abroad Skilled workers were requested by the Jamaica Chamber of Com- merce to enlist for service over- and those who volunteered were given practical and tests by government departments Mr G J.P then Pre- sident of the Chamber of Com- raised money by public subscription to provide the men with warm for the modern and continued his labours after demitting office Subsequently Mr Kieffer opted the services of other men and resolved into a- committee known as the Over- seas Volunteer which has carried on the work of re- ly this self with that formed to recruit men for the five of whom went with the last batch of tion workers OUT OF THE HAS VAST HOST OF READERS The following was published in Reader's Direst for reports from sellers indicate that of the copies sold two months after being more widely read than any other current best fiction or of the printed in aerial form in the Sunday Gleaner last night of a dia- i patch from New York by the tish broadcasting Corporation Americans to break off diplomatic relations with Vichy's week-end was one of public uneasiness and intense governmental activity This capital is of conflicting authentic information be- to approaching a rupture be- tween the United States and France would be the deepest to France since its defeat by and French official circles seem dent to-day that nothing of the sort is in the air Never has America and cans been shown more friendliness by the French than during recent dramatic days And Marshal himself and his entourage con- to emphasise the Chief of State's for Ambassador William B interesting contrast to the attitude of the Paris Press As for yesterday's BBC that is dismissed as mere British propaganda Week-end meetings held between the Chief of Henri Philippe and various members of the Government haps the most important of all was that on Saturday night between Vice Premier Admiral Jean North African General Maxime Jacque Vichy tive in Paris for the and Georges Vichy's Ambassador to on all questions to French war prisoners The confused situation hereabouts may well last for some according to well informed sources It appears likely that Vichy is awaiting new proposals from the Germans Otto ler's emissary to left there for Berlin on Saturday and has not yet returned A NEW PUZZLE A new puzzle developed on when the Important Cabinet meeting slated for that day was postponed The reason given here is that the been making n i a t inh before announcing his decision to the now scheduled at 5 o'clock to-day Between complete acceptance of German demands and blunt refusal there is plenty of leeway But the announcement to-day to the effect that General Weygand is to return immediately to his North African without at- tending the Council of Ministers meeting this be taken as indication that France has taken its l has yet been issued on the outcome of this afternoon's ing of the Vichy Cabinet which was presided over by Marshal Petain Lyons radio stated that the com- would be issued later this evening and another message from Vichy said it was not considered that any important decision would be announced b General Weygand who has having talks with Marshal Petain and Admiral Darlan left by plane to return to Algiers this afternoon It was not quite clear whether he attended that Cabinet meeting or not JSome reports said he did and others that he did not attend the session before the meeting of the an unofficial Vichy man was reported to have told the Press that General Weygand was summoned to Vichy because his Government wanted to ward off any events which might follow the was being prepared The not specify what action was Earlier reports suggested that the Cabinet was meeting to consider the decision which the Vichy ers had presumably reached on the German demands for the control of French Empire bases It was thought in Berlin that while Marshal Petain and General Weygand had shown some tion about accepting the German Admiral Darlan was re- pared to meet them in spite of the unfavourable reactions such a deci- sion might have in the United reported to be reviewing the position of French possessions in the western since the occupation by Germany of bases in Africa would clearly affect the situation as a First Prize RAIDS ON CHUNGKING 1 Press by Cablf cse numbering a hundred Kept the Chinese capital under for 9 half hours four raids Opportunities come and And there is no better lime to em- brace the chances that your way than now for a Entry Tec of is a mighty lot or money these days That's why you should not blind to the golden opportunity that now beckons you to grasp Make up your mind to enter the Current Football Com- petition without fail In fact dp so now and be sure Remember you have little to lose and a lot to so why not enter It's interesting and For the picture puzzle this is one you'll want to study It's Indeed this a BIG Contest in every way See page 10 for the coupon and rules ENTRIES CLOSK SATURDAY 1041 TV United made relations with Government contingent on the de- to be to-day by the Petain Cabinet and it was reported that relations would be severed if the Vichy Government accedes to the latest German collaboration de- mands and permits the Nazis to which they in de- fending the French Empire involved include bases on the Atlantic coast in French African colonies Officials were chary on formal comment but there seemed a disposition to ex- the worst from at Some quarters opined the Vichy Government had a definite purpose in view on Saturday when they re- leased statements made in a Paris interview by the envoy in the Fernand de Brinon These sources pointed out the mary of de remarks was that had decided fo accept the Nazi version of world as opposed the Anglo- American concept It was pointed out that any programme allotting Germany a share in defending French possession would ately bring into question the status of French colonial holdings in the western the island of Officials apparently entertained only a small hope that last-minute United States diplomatic efforts might off a collaboration de- at Vichy The possibility the United States might be forced to sever relations caused conjecture whether the United States might then extend recognition to the Free French forces It is known that the United States regards the Nazi demand for French bases along the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean as a preliminary to a gigantic Axis with Japan thrusting at Britain from the east while Germany strikes from the west Meanwhile the entire Iberian peninsula and Spanish and Portuguese island possessions Europe and Africa provide the Germans numerous bases for- air and sub- marine warfare against British sels in South Atlantic shipping bloc to main event which is yet to come pointed out that with two divisions in Indo-China is not likely to challenge the British in Thailand JAPAN MOBILIZING STRIKING FORCE Foreign Ministry sources at Shanghai agreed that Japan ii mobilising a powerful striking force in Manchukuo but usually Informed quarters there still Relieved Japan would act only if f ou It was announced in Tokyo to-day that the Japanese Government decided to invoke the full provisions of the General Mobilisation including state control of the stock exchange and marine thus tightening the nation toward war footing The set empowers the Government to draft Japanese manpower and economic resources in war emergency AUSTRALIA'S ATTITUDE At Melbourne Prime Minister Menzies declared to-day that tralia did not propose to run away from any responsibility she may have in guarding her own or interests in the Far East The Prime Minister returned to Melbourne from Adelaide early after cancelling plans for an in- tour He attributed his de- to abandon his to a on page PARLEY HERE ON MPORT CONTROL IN CLOSES Five of Visiting Officials ti 1 No Statement B m On Decisions Reached Having settled their plans for standardising and unifying the con- trol of exchange and imports in all the British West the various Government officials who have been conferring here with each other and with Sir Frank troller for West Indian ment and are now ing for the seats of their ments of them left and the others will leave as offers The being purely was held in private and no statement of the decisions reached has been promulgated Mr Secretary to Sir Frank Stockdale and Secretary to the Man Taken From Bus On Murder Charge U STAGE WHIT native of in St was ar- Spanish in the vicinity of the Railway station yesterday morning by Detective Corporal Reginald of the Spanish Town on a charge of dering Arnold St Elizabeth on Saturday night last Whitely was arrested when he was taken off a bus plying i tween Kingston and the try parts The horribly mutilated body of Arnold Sinclair was found in nit to our decisions and our i at St told yesterday that it the was entirely a conference of Government officials to consider greater uniformity of import control among the West In- dian Colonies who came to attend the conference were all Competent Authorities or con- trolling officers in their own Col- and it was not possible to make any public statement because import control work was so secret am afraid we have not been to say anything at all to SUGAR CROP TO END SATURDAY The present sugar crop conclude on Saturday of this week with a production of 250 tons of every ion of excepting the ly small amount consumed locally has been purchased by the British Government and to Britain and Canada Only four factories are still grinding and they Will finish this week They arc Serge Sevens and Preparations are now being made for the next grinding and the estimates show that the coming crop will top the pre- sent one by some tons The present estimates for next crop is Inns but it is only for that Mr Norris declared THOSE WHO LEFT early Sunday morning His head was bashed evidently from sonie blunt hia w i L dos Financial A B tain A ler of E Treasurer St Lucia ward and L P St Windward Islands They all said how pleasant their stay here -had been force it had been very brief and they had been for the most part too busy to see much of the island They all declined to make any statement concerning the work nf the ence It is expected that Mr Sydney head of the Economic of the Colonial who attended the will and to-morrow Mr R H Wood Chairman Supplies Com- British will de- On Friday Mr H with razor As if to make certain of death both of his arms were broken According to collected by the it has put for- ward that there is more than the larceny of behind the the slayer was a homo- sexual pervert When Sinclair's body was Whitoly was sought for ing by the St Elizabeth but no trace could be found of He was thought to be in Old but it was known that he was n resident of Spanish Town some years ago Acting on information Corporal Samuels arrested ly on the bus on which he had to Kingston and was returning He is now in the Spanish Town Jail and will brought before Spanish Town R.M Court arrangements will for his transfer to St Elizabeth
