Syracuse Herald Journal (Newspaper) - July 29, 1941, Syracuse, New York ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS CHICAGO DAILY NEWS FOREIGN SERVICE WEATHER Mostly cloudy with occasional showers tonight and tomorrow Slightly warmer tonight and tomorrow SE EDITION NO TUESDAY JULY 1941 HOME DELIVERY TWENTY CENTS A SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS w 7 r A Greece Under Hitler Nazis Greek Government Leans to Italy Duce's Force of tion and Conquered People Get Along IS NEAR Likely to Forced Out by the of Greek Set-up This is the fifth of George exclusive and sored series on Greece in Nazi chains By WEIXER Special Correspondence by the Chicago Daily Inc German government of Gen George having weathered several storms in the Nazi period of is now steering to Italian which are slightly more propitious The Greeks seem to get along well enough with the Italians as long as does not make victory for they feel that Greece defeated Italy and anything is better than having the Germans remain in force The Germans have retained men in Greece beside an Italian force that is probably twice that But while the Greeks deeply and bitterly hate the they are able to laugh at the and sometimes the Italians are good enough sports to join in the laugh we are just a lot of Mediterraneans trying to get along in a hard the Italians frequently say When giving out milk for Greek they arc careful not to play the as the mans have but the tors Some of the soldiers Germany gets don't forget we took care of But the does not like the Italians and they do not like him made his armistice on the Albanian front with the after the ians had sacrificed thousands of men before Greek artillery a last effort to gain at least a few feet of soil before Greece fell But the general has always though not for he and the Greek army were and that the Italian lated the terms of the armistice engineered by the Germans According to the Greeks surrendered their arms to the German peace commission that occupied the no man's land between the two forces during the But the to save the face of the did not collect their and as on Page Column KEEPS HIS July 29 rained almost before the lage clock finished striking mid- night upholding the tradition that it always rams here on July 29 Since It has failed to rain only three times on this last time in 1937 German and Russian Troops Declared in Moscow Reports to Be Locked in One of Greatest Battles Nazi Invasion VIOLENT FIGHTING STILL MOSCOW RAIDED FOR SIXTH TIME By the Associated Press One of the greatest battles of all time is reported raging along the whole front as Moscow said Russian counterattacks against Germany's invading armies spread today Nazi losses were described as heavy Military observers said the Germans still were trying to push forward in the Smolensk sector but both there and in the Zhitomir region of the Ukraine they were reported breaking against the firmness and stubbornness of the Red Throughout the a Soviet communique violent fighting raged in three main sectors of the the Nevel and Smolensk guarding and the Zhitomir front in the protecting the Russian Ukraine capital of Kiev It was one of the most optimistically worded Soviet communiques contrasting sharply with yesterday's report by the German High Command that Nazi troops were on the of victory in the Smolensk 230 miles west of Moscow A German military spokesman had even asserted that a direct assault on the Soviet tal itself might come next The Nazi communique reported that the last encircled Russian troops of were facing annihilation and that a great number of prisoners would be reported in a few days as a result of tremendous battle of The Russians reported victories in the air and at sea as well as along the land front The Red fleet in the Baltic was said to have sunk two patrol vessels and a torpedo with a loss of one torpedo boat Russian planes downed 109 German aircraft Saturday with a loss of 36 the Moscow war bulletin said In Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned Britons of the possibility of a German invasion attempt against the British Isles in invasion season is at he said armed forces have been warned to be at concert pitch by Sept 1 and to maintain the most Moscow had its sixth air raid of the war last night with some fires touched off and an undisclosed number of casualties Nazis Mopping Up Smolensk Berlin Declares July 29 man High Command claimed today that the pockets of Soviet troops in the Smolensk area have almost been cleared out and the forces have swept across Bessarabia to within 28 miles of the big Soviet Black Sea port of Odessa The High said that two more big pockets of encircled Russian forces now face final pocket to the east Smolensk on the highway ward Moscow and the other in the Lake Peipus area where the mans are pushing toward The High Command promised shortly to issue a tabulation on the great numbers of prisoners and war booty captured in the huge annihilation The advance in Bessarabia was said by Nazi sources to have placed troops In session of 28 miles southwest of Odessa German troops have been ing heavily in the Smolensk region in order to clean up large Soviet forces which remained in strong positions In that sector despite the pushing of a Nail spearhead on Page Column Late News Bulletins Sicily Raiders Destroy 34 Plum July 29 Axis planes were destroyed widespread attacks on Sicilian airdromes an R A F Middle East communique today i Front of German prisoners in the border East command 21 mis Blame Diet For Arf July 29 German tlw ffef that the Dies of United Howe responsible for tnf Action of In Wring German Moscow Labels Struggle One of World's Greatest By HENRY CASSIDY July 29 Russian against Adolf ler's invading legions were re- ported today to have spread to all major sectors of the front in one of greatest battles of all time The Soviet atmosphere was one o Germans are still trying to push particularly in the lensk sector of the central military observers but both there and in the Zhitomir of the Ukraine are against the firmness and of the defenders Nazi losses were described as heavy Authoritative advices as late as yesterday said that the battered rail and highway center of 230 miles west of the Soviet was still in Russian hands after 12 days of bitter fighting A modified form of trench fare was reported in the northern about with the Germans meeting stiff resistance MI Grimm Poles Accept An Soviet Peace July 29 Gen premier of the Polish government in said day that his government had reached an agreement with the Russian government honorable The Polish leader made his an- at a luncheon of the Foreign Press where Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden also spoke Sikorsky has been negotiating with Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky for an agreement ting resumption of diplomatic relations and the ing of some Polish war prisoners now m Russia ft is would be into a Polish legion to fight against itish Armed Forces Warned to Be Ready by Sept 1 PRAISES S AID Battle of the Atlantic Is He Tells Nation July 29 Minister Winston Churchill said today that the United States ad- in rising wrath and con- viction to the very verge of but warned neither Russia nor the United States would win the war for Britain Churchill spoke in the House of C opening a full dress de- fa tte on British war production i He Invasion dangers are still acute British armed forces have been ordered to be in a state of full preparedness by Sept 1 Russia is fighting off the man onslaught with Britain is slowly forging ahead in the battle of the aided by ship duction far in excess of the World War period Germany's air superiority been and Britain has doubled her bomb discharge on will double it again in three months and redouble it in the following six months Churchill made his statement in categorically demands that he appoint a single minister of production to coordinate the en- tire task of Britain's war time out- put He said he would willingly risk a vote of confidence on the asserting that such an ment would add an additional to the war effort and cause delay he show that production in all its forms has gone on steadily not only in ume but even at this high altitude even in Germany still retains vast ing power as a result of her inten- sive military preparations and con- of territories containing vast Churchill said think it is my said give a serious on Page Column Roosevelt Decides To Ask Congress For Price Control July 29 dent Roosevelt will ask Congress for price control legislation in a message Congressional leaders reported today efter a con- ference with the Chief Executive was a general discussion the legislative ing price said Senate Majority Leader Barkley the President will send his message to Congress on that subject A final draft of legislation has not yet been Barkley but there is complete ment on the general policy which the measure will embrace The price control measure is to provide legislative sanction for already undertaken by the Government to keep the defense program from boosting the prices beyond reasonable Large Nipponese Forces Occupy Camranh Bay in Move Into Saigon Loss of Dutch Oil Heavy Blow U S EXPECTED TO AWAIT RESULT OF FIRST ECONOMIC PRESSURE DISCARDS HIS BOWLER Fueling in an Infantry tank is named for Prime Minister ston Churchill speaks over a wireless telephone during the trip He discarded his famed hat to don a beret of the Royal Tank Quick Action On Selectee Pushed House Committee Weighs Concurrence in Senate Approval AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES in Japan cease all sales and Dutch East Indies oil embargo takes effect Nippon immediately oil and gas ROOSEVELT RETURNS to Capital to confer immediately with official and political chiefs on foreign UNITED STATES EXPECTED to take no further steps in Far East until effects of first economic moves are observed JAPAN'S OCCUPATION of Southern Indo-China goes into high as ips and troop transports bring troops and military into Bay At Hanoi it was announced Japanese troops would be stationed in Southern Landing of the main force Saigon was set for tomorrow Taken Saigon Next Main Japanese tion Possibly Nears Its Goal French July 29 The Japanese Army and July 29 ministration leaders in both bers of Congress threw their took over the French naval fluence today behind requested legislation to extend the military training period of National Guardsmen and re- serves The House military committee was called into executive session today to consider a service sion resolution paralleling in most respects the one approved by the Senate military affairs committee last week Chairman May of the House committee forecast approval of the but changed in at least one particular from the ate to insure continuation of the Guardsmen May said the War Department feared the Senate sion lacked specific authorization for retaining the members of the guard in service beyond one year Senate passage of the measure appeared White House strategists made a quick canvass of the yesterday and declared opponents could muster no more than 30 votes out of 95 Chairman Reynolds only member military affairs committee to vote against the that it would be approved on the floor Spurred by such two Administration Senators Lee and Pepper called on their colleagues to on Column Kent Flies to Canada For Defense Survey 23 Duke of youngest brother of King arrived here today to begin an inspection tour of air training establishments and see other phases of Canada's war effort Arriving at after a transatlantic flight from Great the Duke was met by the Governor the Earl of Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King and Malcolm high commissioner for the United Kingdom After a his Royal ness drove to the er where he hft company were officers of Greig and Flight J Ferguson Also in the group was the private J A- who came to Canada last week to make advance arrangements t The Duke is expected to stay In Canada about six weeks Informed persons said there were no plans for him to visit the United States or to meet his oldest the Duke of now Governor of the Bahamas The official announcement said no fixed itinerary could be given out for the Duke Is to travel by air and his moves will depend somewhat on weather He will visit every province and may In- volve a program as arduous and extensive as that by the King and daring their tear base of Camranh Bay ning in force the occupation of five garrison posts and eight air bases in southern Indo-China which may become the seat of future operations in eastern Asia While troops swarmed ashore from a fleet of transports and ships at Camranh Bay a clicking Japanese headquarters Saigon sped directions for the ther occupation Maj Gen head of the Japanese military working in his shirt walked up and down long rows of desks covered with adding chines and offering gestions to and the staff Of considerable interest among foreign circles was the disclosure that a French residence next door to the home of the British consul here had been requisitioned for the Japanese army By taking possession of ranh the Japanese were in possession of a base about midway between British Singapore and Hong Kong of Camranh followed by 24 hours the arrival of nese forces at two other east coast bases in southern Indo-China Tourane and Nhatrang is about 200 miles on Column Where to Find It Section Amusements 1 Classified 2 Comics 2 Contract Bridge Crossword 2 Daily Short Story 1 David Lawrence Paul Mallon Hugh Johnson Clapper Our Viewpoints Financial 1 Page of 1 Radio 2 Social News Weather Women's Features 1 Your Horoscope 2 Page 8 21 to 23 8 24 11 16 Tokyo to Get Personal Report Of Embassy Aid July 29 Standard Oil Company selling oil throughout Japan as the result of the Japanese freezing order and an immediate curtailment of already was expected to result At the same time American tion picture companies suspended distribution of American movies until the situation was clarified Standard acted because of the impossibility of depositing re- and remitting profits under the freezing order Though it was believed possible that the sion order might prove pending clarification of freezing the oil shortage was expected to be intensified at once Well informed quarters forecast a reduction in the already small number of taxicabs and private motor cars now operating in T including those of the American Embassy The government had already re- the daily gasoline allotment for taxicabs to seven gallons for August The National City Bank re- closed today while finance ministry officials checked its books under the freezing order The bank holds yen in American including more than yen belonging to American motion picture companies The news agency reported in a Washington dispatch that Ad- miral Kichisaburo nese had ordered Minister Kaname of the embassy to return to Japan at once to report direct to the Foreign Office on the situation between Japan and the United States The dispatch said that Wakasugi was expected to board the Asama Maru at San Aug 8 In a statement which indicated t sionist Fumio chief of the research department on Page Column Far East Policy Gets Backing of Congress Chiefs July 29 dent Roosevelt came back to the- Capitol from his Hyde Park N home today with a review of United States foreign policy at the top of his calendar In early consultations with some of his most trusted it was expected that Mr would determine whether any tors of that policy should be particularly those touching the problems of aid to Russia and Japanese expansion A weekly conference with ate and House leaders this ing provided an opportunity for a check on important legislation such as that to authorize longer service for National Guardsmen and reserves It also gave the Chief Executive a chance to find out how Congress feels about the sterner attitude toward Japan and how the so fat as they have relayed their thoughts to their are reacting A Russian military mission ar- rived in this country during the week-end and while it may not be necessary for the mission to meet him some said the Chief Executive at least would want the benefit of in- formation its members have before determining just how and to what extent America will aid Russia As for eastern some sons keeping tabs on it suggested the Administration would proceed analyzing the effects of the freezing of Japanese assets and the calling put of Philippine troops before taking any other major steps The domestic problems requiring attention were intermeshed largely with the defense program One of them was the difference of opinion between the Office of Production Management and the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply over the curtailment of automobile production While the President had ex- on Pago Column pp The War Today Nazi Propaganda Goes Wrong in Russian Campaign By HEWITT MACKENZIE 13 14 21 10 18 to 20 13 11 17 Editor's News dispatches are s One of the grim aspects of the great conflict in the Russian which today's reports indicate Is continuing with fierce intensity but in fs that it has developed into a savage and primitive battle of extermination which it costing the lives of un- told thousands The Nazis early announced and frequently emphasized complete destruction of the Red army as its primary objective The matter pre- was publicized by Berlin for the purpose of breaking Bolshevist but for once Nazi has been uniformly clever in this to have gone wrong Somebody overlooked the fact that there were few announcements likely to make the Reds fight harder The Muscovites instead of far the ordinary stakes ting accepted the German of war That which of the two gage and in kind to the or Hitlerian methods of liquidation is to haven't limited to the They ttre
