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35TH YEAR, NO. 41—44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1941
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Berlin Says;
BLITZKRIEG ROLLING AGAIN
 
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Japan Claims U.S. Plans Depots For -Navai Fuel in Australia-
Newspapers Allege New Step Taken In 'Encirclement'
'WARSPITE' SIGHTED
British Warship Reported Lying Off Thailand Coast
Mr KOBEBT BELUUBB
Tokyo, Aug. 9. (UP)—The Japa¬ neae preaa supported ehargea ef Anglo-Amerlcan-Ruaslan "encircle¬ ment" designa today with allege- tiona that tha United BUtea waa eatabllshing naval fuel depeta In Australia and that the Britlah battleship AVarsplte had appeared eff Thailand in order to "intimi¬ date" that country.
A San Franclaco dlapatch to the newspaper Mlyako aaid that lis American oil tanlcera left Aug. 4 for Australia where the American Navy allegedly waa storing an auxiliary fuel aupply.
The tankeri' departure, the dla¬ patch aald, waa "alg;nificant as part ef a widely reported eneirclina formation againat Japan." The tankera were icheduled te aieat Bteaman heavily laden with war auppliea and Join them In a convoy the dispatch added. The ihipa will aaaemble at Rangoon and aall fer Australia together, it was aald. aaim Britlah Intimidalin( nialland
Tomlurl displayed prominently a Domei Newa Agency report from Shanghai which said the Warapite appeared In Thai watera deliberate¬ ly for Intimidation purpoae* al¬ though it waa en route to the United State* for repair* and had no need to go near Thailand.
While th* Japanese government eenaoUdated 111 occupation of French Indo-China, garrisoning points near the Thai frontier, and continued mobilization of the na¬ tion's military man power, the prea* published but did not comment on foreign reports that the United Statea and Britlah governments were deliberating on a Joint warn¬ ing lo Japan not to extend her ex¬ pansion to Thailand.
The government, in order to eo- ardinat* Indo-Chinese "joint de¬ fense," ruled that all official poli¬ tical, economic, cultural but not military decrees be conaolldated and place under Foreign Offlc* Juriadietion. New Inde-Ohlna BeetricMen*
Dispatche*    to    Yomlurl    from Saigon  said  a  special  order   had (Continued on  Page A-t)
Girls!   Here*s Place Gas Economy Pledge To Reduce Easily
Vichy, Aug. t. (UP)—The fynou* "100 Kilos Club" i* no mere.
The club wa* disaolved when the collective weight of it* 40 memlier* *hrank to a leant three ton* from a pre-war record of *ix ton*. Thirty-aix of the 40 were ImIow the 220-pound mark required fer memberihip.
SENATE LEADERS
study Plans to Raise New Revenue Bill To 4 Billion Level
Bjr JOHN B. BEAL
Waahington. Aug. t. (UP)—Sen. Prentie* M. Brown, D., Mich., to¬ night advocated taxe* on exp*n*ive shoe*, clothe*, and ether "nece*- litie* in the luxury ciasi" a* a means of booeting th* yield of the federal revenue bill to 14.000,000,000.
The Michigan Democrai, ene of the tax expert* on the Senate Fin¬ ance Committee, aaierted that the federal Income tax need* thor¬ ough revieion becauae ef the com- pUcated effect ef normal taxea, *uitax** and d*fen*e taxe*. Bielaa Thaaa Needed
He deuhted, hvwevw, that this eeuld he accompliehed in the pend¬ ing t3,2M,T00.000 Hou**-appreved bill  becauae of th* preating need
, for   enactment    of   exciie   taxee,
: which  begin yielding revenue im-
: mediately.
Brawn  Joined  Chairman  Walter
I F. Oeorge, D., Ga., of the finance committee   in   predicting  that  the
I bill'* total would be Increased, but
l Indicated he preferred holding it to $4,000,000,000 rather than the 15,000,000.000 auggeeted by Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D., Va. In re- ¦pon*e to a requeat from Byrd, SecraUry of tbe Treaeury Henry Morgenthau Jr. promised to *ug- geat mean* ef geting an additional $1,000,000,000. WeiiM Increaee Ineeme Surtax
George thought the bill would be raiaed to $3,900,00)1,000 "plua" by broadening the baae and Inereaa¬ ing aurtaxe*, impo*ed by the Houee beginning at B per cent on the flret dollar of taxable income, to¬ ward the treasury'* proposal of 11 per cent. Brown   euggeeted   that   revenue
j gain* could be made through taxe* on luxuri** in the neeeaalty claai. "You could let a man buy a $5 pair of ahoe* without any tax," he explained, "but if he can afford to pay $12 for a pair of ahoea he could be aaked to pay a tax on them. The aame would apply to sulfa—no tax on the $20 or $.10 suit*, but a levy on the cuetom- mad*   |12S  *ult."
Child Husband Takes Bride, 21
Vichy, Aug. ». (UP)—Police of Bordeaux and the occupied iona were aearching tonight for an 11-year-old "Romeo" who eloped with a 21-year-old  neighbor girl.
Marcel Mary, described aa pos- "BeBSrifg Urt'-phj-ttnufe fc,ra"-«rt«- tude* of a man twice hli age, ran away with Jacqueline La- Forqu*. The girl, unuaually shy, had been courted by her short- panta luitor for a long time and finally   accepted   him.
Police traced tbe couple aa far aa Montmartre by a series of robberies attributed to Marcel, whoae pockets were empty when he  eloped.
You'll he aeeing mere and more I curfew" gain* momentum. Fran- mt tkige atlcker* fer your wind— cee Shier i* *hewn holding one ahieltf aa  BeeMtMjr lekee'  "gaa {  she'* about to *tick on her car
In   New   York   City   In   aupport of    the    gaaoline    cenMrvation
Nazis May Aim at Red Rear via Turkey
Turks to Resist; Encouraged by Soviet Success
(Editor* Note: Richard D. Mc¬ Millan, veteran correapondent with the BritUh forcea in the Middle Eaat, haa Jiut returned from a three-weeka trip through Turkey. Here la hia report on military opin¬ ions he found there.)
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May Ready to Accept New Draft Extension
Bt JOHN L. STEELE
Waahington, Aug. 3. (UP)—Ad¬ mlnlatration leader* worked deeper- ately tonight to mueter *upport In th* Hous* for th* military aervice extenelon meaaure the defeat of which I* threatened by a strong eealltion of Republican* and iaola- Uonist Democrat*.
A vote on the measure 1* ax- parted lat* Monday er Tueeday and most administration leadera ware most apprehensive about the euteonie even theugh the House might 'compromise by accepting tbe modified Senate-approved veriion ef the resolution.
Chairman Andrew J, May, D., Ky., of the House Military Affaira Committee, however, believed thrt the measure would pass. Hereto¬ fore adamant against accepting the milder Senate veraion, Mav Indi- cated that he might be willing to accept It now.
Aak ".^linlmum" Requeat*
The proposal before the House Included the "minimum" request* of President Rooeevelt and Gen. George C.  Marshall,  the Chief of
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I Staff.   It would declare the national Intereat   imperilled,    continue   *e- I lectee*.   National   Guardamen   and I reaervists in active aervice for an j unapecified   period   and   left   the tOO,000 man limit on aelecteea per¬ mitted under armi at any one time. The    Senate-approved    measure declarea the national  Interest im¬ perilled   for   the   specific   purpose only  of  extending  the  service  of citizen   soldiers   for   an   additional 18 months, making their total per- ml**lble eervlce  two  and one-half year*. OOP Votes Form Balanee
Success of the measure, even the modified version the Senate approved, appeared to depend on how many Republican votes the administration could muster and behlnd-the-acenea activity over the week end centered on courting wavering GOP votes. Ona admin¬ istration leader admitted tonight that approval depended upon whether 20 Republican votes could be recorded.
Rep. Dewey Short, R., Mo., lead¬ ing the opposition, predicted that no more than 12 Republicans would support the committee bill. He waa confident that ita defeat was aaaured by a coalition of Republi¬ cans and anti-New Deal Demo¬ crats. He admitted that the Sen¬ ate version might attract. aome support from the opposition but that even that would not suffire to keep the aelectees In the camps longer than on* year.
By RICHARD D. Mc>niXAX
Cairo, Aug. ». .(UP)—Adolf Hitler and hla general* ara debating the wiadom of a lightning thrust acroaa th* Bosphorua In an attempt to turn the Russian aouth flank with a blitskrileg through the Caucaau*. If they undertake auch a movent, Turkey will fight on th* *ide of Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
I hav* Juat returned from a three- week* trip through Turkey a* far aa tbe Bulgarian frontier, and the foregoing opinions are the con- cen*u* of military obaervera and offlcial* with whom I talked. Ruaaiana Encourage I'urks
I found the Turkish government and army eager to cling to their precarious nuetrality but, encour¬ aged by the Soviet reaiatance which ha* taken the *team out of Hitler's blits tactic* on the Eaatern Front, determined to reaist aggreasion.
So far as I could see the Nazis are not laying the groondwerk for an immediate invaaion of Asia Minor. Rumor* have per8i*ted of Urge ecale troop eoncentrationa on the Bulgarian frontier, but I found no aign* Indicating that an attack againat the Ttirka was imminent. But, as one authoritative Turkish offlcial told me, "There is no count¬ ing nn what Hitler may be capable of deciding to do."
It would appear that the Wehr- macht'a difflculties would be in- creaeed rather than diminlihed if the Germane attempted to get at the Ruaslana from the rear with (Continued on  Page  A-9)
U. S. Warplanes Enroute to Russia
Washington, Aug. B. (UP) — Authoritative sourcea revealed today that American-built fighter planes are now enroute to Soviet Ru**ia but no inkling waa given aa to what means are being uaed to deliver the craft. It waa learn¬ ed, however, that the plane* were originally constructed for Bng¬ land. The Ruiaiana are paying caah.
Les* than 100 will be included in the flrat consignment, although the purchase call* for "several hundred." It Is possible that the planes are being flown to Alaska nnd thence across the Bering Strait to Siberian air base*.
TROOPS ARE READY TO TAKE CHARGE AT KEARNY YARDS
U.S. Threatens Use Of Army; Curtiss Shutdowns May Spread
Kearny, N. J., Aug. ». (tJP)— For the second time within three months the federal government threatened tonight to take over an Industrial plant engaged in pro¬ duction vital  to national  defense.
Troops at varioua army encamp- menta in the New York-New Jeraey area were reported ready to march on the Federal Shipbuilding and Dryi Dock Company htre aa a strike of Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workera of America ICIO) ended it* **c- ond  day.
The union asked that the govern¬ ment take over the plant where nearly tSOO.OOO.OOO worth of Navy and Maritime Commission con¬ tracta remain to be fulfilled. The last time a plant waa taken over was at the North American Avia¬ tion Corporation, Inglewood, Cal., two months ago. Contract Caused Strike
The union charged that the com¬ pany had failed to fulfill its re¬ sponsibilities. Some 16,000 workera are affeeted. Contract negotiation* were deadlocked over a union de¬ mand for a modified union ahop recommended by the National De¬ fense Mediation Board. The com¬ pany charged the union had vio¬ lated   a  no-strike   agreement.
Efforts of the mediation board to aettle the dispute failed and the board has prepared a atate¬ ment of facts which might form the basis for a preaidentlal order for government selaure of the ship¬ yard. Whether Preaident Rooaevelt was prepared to act could not be determined, but Acting Secretary of Navy Ralph A. Bard declared in Washington that work must he resumed on tho aix deatroyers, three tankers and two cargo ves¬ sels under construction.
Picketing of the plant continued peacefully tonight. Union apokes- men aald the union waa determined to stick It out. There waa no vio¬ lence.
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May Hit Other Curti** Plants
Caldwell, N. J., Aug. » (UPt—A Curtiss-Wrlght Corporation spokes¬ man said tonight that a atrike of International Association of Ma¬ chinists (AFL) not only threatens a shutdown at the local Curtiss (Continued on Pag* A-8)
Raids Concentrated On Kiel's Docks; Hamburg Also Hit
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE JR,
London. Aug. 10 (Sunday) (UP)— The Royal Air Force, following up night operation* in which British and Russian plane* atruck *imul- tdneouely at Kiel and Berlin, shot down 16 (}erman Me**erschmitts in widespread daylight raids over France Saturday.
The Air Minlatry reported that 10 British fighters, escorting Blen¬ heim* on bombing missions that took them to targeta near grave- linei, were missing, indicating that the daylight operatlana were on a large acale.
Last night's RAF raids were con¬ centrated on Klel'a docks and shipyards, with lesser attacks on Hamburg and others targets, whil* Soviet planes were bombing mili¬ tary objectives near Berlin for the aecond night. Russians Fly CM Mllre
(Stockholm reports said giant four-englned Soviet planea capable of carrying 6,600 pounda of bombs at heighta of 20,000 feet took off from islanda near the Estonian coast for the attacks on Berlin. The lalanda are 550 miles from the German capital.
(The official Russian News Agency, Tass, reported Incendlarlea and aome exploalve bomba were dropped In the Berlin raids, start¬ ing flies.)
The Air Ministry in reporting last night's RAF raids aald:
"The RAF laat night auatalnedly and accurately bomlMd dock* and shipyards at Kiel. Enormous fires were left burning. The attack was carried out in brilliant moonlight. Farther south targeta at Hamburg and elsewhere were attacked. Four planes are missing."
Vhnks Down One Plane
London, Aug. 9. (UP)—The Air Ministry disclosed tonight that the American Eagle Squadron partici¬ pated In the Royal Air Force sorties over France today and ac¬ counted for one of the 18 Measer- ' Kr-hmitts shot down.
Thr lucky American pilot offlcer was W. R. Dunn, Houston, Tex., who bagged his third plane of the war and went into a tie with the squadron's youngest member, Pllot- ! OfBcer Gregory Augustus Daymond '        (Continued on Page A-10)
POWERFUL DRIVES ONMEFRONTS CHECKE^AYREDS
Claim Lines Remain Unchanged Despite Fierce Fighting
By HENRY SHAPIRO
Moacow, Aug. 10. (Sunday)- -Rua¬ alan forcea were reported today In a Soviet war communique to be checking a powerful new German offenaive In the Ukraine and to be holding the Wehrmacht in heavy nonstop fighting around Smolensk and on the Finnish front.
The latest communique indicated that there had been no Important change In the battle linea during the past 24 hours.
Fierce fighting rontlnued tn rage throughout Saturday around Kor- oaten 8S milea northwest ef Kiev, and Belaya Tserkov. SO miles south¬ west of the Soviet third city, as the Germans sought to close a pin¬ cers around the Ukrainian capital.
Large-scale fighting was report¬ ed in progress alse around Smol¬ enak, 288 milea aouthweat ef Mos¬ cow, and Kakiaalmt on the Finniah front. Blaewherei the communique aaid, there were only engagements of a reconnoltering nature. Bomb TranapOrts In Baltic
Soviet naval unlta sank nne enemy torpedo-boat and damaged two others in the Baltic, the com¬ munique reported, adding that enemy tranaport shipa were bomb¬ ed.
The Red Air Force, In aupport of Russian land forces, was said to have struck heavy blows at Ger¬ man panzer and infantry units and to have attacked parked planes at unnamed airfields.
The communique reported that l.< Oerman planes were shot down Friday and gave Russian losses as 12. It corrected the report for Thursday, saying 81 German planes were destroyed Inatead of 21 aa previously reported.
The communique told of In¬ creasing guerrilla warfare behind the German lines and described the operations of one unit that result¬ ed in a German column belng'am- bushed. It reported more than 4S0 Germans were killed and said large quantities of war materials were taken. Holding nerman* in lliraine-
In the Ukraine, the Russians In¬ sisted, Marshal Semyon Buden- ny's armies are holding the Ger¬ man drives in the directions of Korosten, 8S miles northwest of Kiev, and Belaya Tserkov, .'SO miles south-southwest of the Ukrainian  capital.
In addition, a dispatch from the
front reported that Red forces had
halted   an   offensive   by   the   14th
1 German   armored   division   In   an
undesignated serlor after two days
j of furious fighting which cost the
! Invadera  l.'SO tanks.
'     Elaewhere,   It   was   said,   "there
I were scouting and combats of local
significance."    The   Red   air   fleet,
j It was added, "continued to pound
j enemv  panzer  units.  Infantry  and
artillery."
I NEW JAP Ct>NSf L I SEES -SO WAR"
i Sydne.v, Australia, Aug 9. (UP) I-Goto Goto, new Japanese consul to Australia, said on his arrival aboard the Ka.slma Maru todiy that "mv government would not havi aeiit me to Sydney If there was going to be a war." The Kaslma Maru arrived from Yoko¬ hama  eight days  behind  achedule.
Mass Bombings For German Cities
London, Aug. 9. <UP) - Soviet Rusaia will use mammoth six- motored bombers In a full offen¬ aive with the British to turn German cities into "htlls of death a)id destruction" and these Intensive far-flung nttarUs are acheduled to get under way al¬ moat immediately, It was reliably reported  tonight.
The new bombers are tech¬ nically known as L-760's and are believed to be the most powerful weapons of the Russian air force, having two motors moro than tho British and American-made fort¬ ress aircraft which tho Briti»li have used for high altitude at¬ tacks. It is not known whether these hugo ships were used against Germany previously.
30 Reef Divisions Crushed in New 3-Pronged Drive
High Command Reports S8,000 Russians And Three Divisions Smashed at Roslavl As Capture of Korosten Is Announced; 25 Red Divisions Are Destroyed Near Kiev; Soviet Casualties at 4J(fO,000; Finns Cut Off Several Russian Divisions
It appeared la-it night that the famed Nazi blitzltrieg was rollingr again as the German High Command announced rlaims that 30 Russian divisions had been destroyed hy (ierman armies driving deep into the Ukraine along ¦ 4S0-mile line southeastward from Smolensk.
From the Russians came reports that German armies suf* fered large losses and that the Soviet forces were holding their own all along the 1,800-mile front.
Reports  of  Geiman   propai;an(ia  reporters  stressed  the tenaciou.<t resistance of Soviet Riierrilla forces operating on a far flunjf front behind the main fightinjr hne.s and constantly sniping at Nazi troops and supplies columns. Claim Capture of Korosten The High Command gave this picture of developments:       * 1—Capture  of 38,000 Soviet troops at Roslavl, 70     t miles southeast of .Smolensk on the main highway to¬ ward the important center of Br.vansk.   An estimated tliree or four Russian divisions were smashed here.
2—Capture of Korosten, important railroad center .iust soutlieast of the Pripet Marshes, about 85 miles northwest of Kiev. It was believed that one or more Soviet divisions were smashed in this action.
3—Destruction (if 2'^ Soviet divisions with capture of 103,000 troops and 200,000 Russian casualties in an encii-clement action around Uman, 120 miles southeast of Kiev.
The latest reports brought the official estimate of Soviet prisoners   since   hottilities   started   seven   weeks   ago   UH
1,038,000.   It  lifted  unefflclal  **ti-» —
mate*    ef    Soviet    eaaualtie*    te I Kereaten areueed *ome eurpria*
4,200,000.
There   stUl  was  no  eatimate  of German    losses   In   battlea   which have been  fought on an  1,800-mil* front. Battle Compared te Plandrra
German souroes described th* new Nazi offensive into th* Ukraine as a conflict on the scale nf that fought In Flanders and Artnia la.nt summer. They said the High Command la attempting to prevent Marshal Semyon Budenny from withdrawing his defense armies into positlona for a new stand.
Announcement of the capture of
the  fact  that Soviet  forces  wtra
still holding out in thst area hat
, been  generally  unknown.  Germaa
claims    several    weeks    ago    had
I placed    the   Germans   far   l>eyond
' Korosten on the road to Kiev.
Dispatches  of  propaganda  com¬ pany reporters emphasized the na- . ture of  "buah   warfare"   going  on ' behind   the   main   linn   in   which I Russian guerrillas anipe or open up with   machine   guns   on   German troops, Soviets Snipe from Farm Heueee
Many  villages.  It  appeared,  atill ' were holding out and even Isolated (Continued  on  Page A-4)
War   Summary
I By INITED PRESS •     The  Royal  Air  Force  continued
I    _, 1 .     J a .    J        i_i..' its   assault   on   Germany's   aerial
 u?^"n'"^wK""'"*w^   i!^!^^ 7"wi  '"•"t""   ''•"nt-   '•lalming   the   de- thkt   the   Wehrmacht   had   got jt'   , „„  „,  „  Messerschmitt*  In
anti-Soviet   bUtzkrieg   going   «««in 1 d.yHght   forays   over   France   fol- , and  that 30 Russmn division,  had   ,„^,  » 'y^^  ^j^,^^,  „„  x,,,
been destroyed  by German armies  „,„burg   and enemy .hipping in
I   ^^' .1",'? '"'" '»;! " /'   :; i Z  Norwegian fiord.. a 460-mlle line aoutheaatward from      ^^^ »p,,  j^^j„„  aituation  con-
I smoien.K. | jinu,^   t„   .immer   with   a   Joint
The RuMian. countered with re-; warning  to Japan  by th*  Britiah
ports of heavy German losses, aaid  ,nd    United    Statea    governmenU
the   Red   Army   waa   holding   all  ,mong  the  future  events  forecast
along   the   1,800-mile   front   after  {„   London,
seven weeka of the bloodiest flght-      j„   Tokyo,   the   Japanese   press
Ing In modern  history and hinted  continued   to   charge   attempta   at
that  an  air  offenaive  on  German encirclement of Japan by a com-
citiea was  In prospect. bination    of   Anglo-Amerlcan-Rus-
Fernand   de   Brinon   asaerted  at! ,),„   forces.    Newapapers   carried
a  press   conference  In   ParIa  that I atapatchea reporting that the United
It was  "no  business" of  President   .states Navv was establishing aux-
Roosevelt    or    Under-Scretary    of  jij^rv fuel depots In  Australia and
State   Sumnrr   Wellts    If   France  gggertlng   that   the   British   battle-
aeoks nn "honorable understanding; g^jp vVArspite. reported enroute to
with   her   conqueror." ; the United States for repairs,  had
As Chief of Stale Henri Philippe   ,pp„red   In   Thailand   waters   to
Petain, Vice-Premier Jean Francois   "intimidate"   that   nation.
! Darinn and Gen. Maxime Weygand      xn   authoritative   apokesman   In
: conferred  In  Vichy  on  defense  of   London aald that Japan "could not
Frances African empire, de Brinon   misunderstand"    the    meaning    of
wnrntd    that    France    would    not ' Foreign   Secreary  Anthony   Eden'a
tolerate   American   interference.      | warning   thia   week   that   a   more
S. A. Lozovsky, Soviet vlce-com-   ,,ainst   Thailand   would   be   eon-
missar of foreign affairs, described  gidered a threat to Britlah pe**es-.
the   Russian   raids   on   Berlin   as   ,)„„,
"the   first   but   not   the   la.it"   and      British   sourcea   aald  Japan   had
said  that  henceforth  "no  place  in   ^f„^  lOO.OCO  troopa  to  Manchukuo
Germany  is safe from  bombines.    ,„   ^^^^   p^gj   ^j,|,    bringing   her
In   Helsinki   the   Finnish   Hijh  „rrison on Ruuia'. eaatern fren-
Command  announced   the  start  of   ^j^^ j„ 3.')0,000.
a  "second   great  offensive"  north-
Richard    D.    McMillan.    Unltad
east of Lake Ladoga and said that   p^^,,   ^j,,,   correspondent   In   the
"several  Soviet  divisions  were  cut   Middle    East,    returned   to   Cairo
off   from   retreat." i gfter  a   five-week  tour  of Turkey
Tho   Germana  discounted   Soviet   ponvinc^ fmm what he heard that
bombing   raida   with   the   assertion   ^j^,,   Hitler   waa    weighing    the
that   the    attackera   were   turned , ,e„|biiity    of    a    drive    threugh
back   by   anti-aircraft   flre   before   Turkey    In    an   attempt   te   turn
; they   reached   Berlin   proper   ai   I   Russia's   southern   flank.
! asserted their land forces had cap- i     McMillan  said he  was  told that
1 tured     Korosten,     important     rail   Turkey   would   fight   If   Germany
! renter 8,S miles northwest of Kiev, : ^^j^^ -^^  invasion  acros.  the  Beo-
I Ukrainian   capital,  and  made   cap-   phorus  on the side of Great Britain
; tures bringing the total number of   ^^^ g^^j^j Russia.
Russian   prisoners   in   the  49   days       q^ ^^^^ pjo^j^ African  front the ' of war to 1,036.00(1.   UnolBcial Ger-   p^p bombed Benghazi and Tripoli estimates    placed    Soviet   ^^^ j^^.^^  planes bombed th* Sues
casualties   at   4.200.000,
Canal.    Th*   British   reported   th»'^
The Germans gave no figures for \   gptuf,   „f  ,  g„,i|   Italian   patrol
i their   own   casualties,   but   "PO"* , „„„„ ,,.., reaching    Turkey    from    occupied   ^^ Tobruk.
' countries    of   Europe    placed    the    	
1 number    of    German     dead     and   f
I wounded  at about  1,.'M)0,000.
I    The   Rus.<iian   lommuniques   said
' Marshal Budenny's forces had halted the Germans in the direc¬ tions of Korosten and Belaya Tser-
I kov, ,M) miles .south .southwest of Kiev.
hirh ventured near their defeneea'
Diapatchta from Euro¬ pean countriea ara now aubject   to   eenaorahip.
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