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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
ITALIAN BOMBERS
RAID MALTA AGAIN
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Berbera, British Somaliland; and
at Kurmuk, Anglo-Egyptian sudan.
One British plane was reported
shot down in North Africa and
its crew of three captured.
British sources said torpedo-car.
rying planes made another coun-
ter-attack Saturday on the Italian
naval base at Tobruk, scoring di.
rect hits on an oiler and several
transport and supply ships.
Gin north African land and ali
operations, the British reported
continued ~harassing of Italian col
umns trying without success tt
smash through to an isolated Ital
ian garrison beseiged for IL days
at Fort Capuzzo, Libya.
British communicates said a
pony patrol of the camel corps in.
hicted casualties in a surprise at
tack on an outpost at Farenji, Ital.
ian Somaliland, July 10, and told
of a skirmish between a British
patrol and an Italian mounted bat.
talon along the Kenya frontier. y
President Roosevelt's latest
radio speech brought a reply from
the authoritative fascist editor
Virginia Gayda's paper, La Voce
D'Italia, which said Roosevelt was
ill-informed in making violent
judgments on the life and work Of
two great civilized nations" 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
GERMANS LOSE "a
PLANES IN RAIDS
Il 100 :ss1qL 95vd no psnu!4uoO)

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with the sun in the Germans
eyes, three of the hurricans sped
to the attack, striking the bombers
Just as they were loosing tn r
legs" on the ships below.
Up above, the 40 German fighters
each guarding one of the bombers
below, plunged screaming upon the
three British planes which looked
like such easy prey.
The other ghree hurricans struck
at these fighters.
Then for IS minutes the six and
the 80 did battle that ended when
the Germans sped for home, the
British leader related.
There were no British losses, and
the merchant ships below escaped
damage, British officials said.
Elsewhere in the air war, re-
suits for Britain were no reported
so decisive. German planes scat
tered destruction on widely separa.
ted districts of England, following
up British raids on Germany more
and German-held territory.
The loss OF few as notanounc'
ed, but six persons were known to
have been killed in n place and
nine in another. Numerous per-
sons were injured as the bombs,
some of the screaming variety, fell
on homes and shops and in one
instance on a hotel.
The air ministry, announcing the
raids on German territory, ac.
knowledged that five bombers were
lost in last nights attacks on the
German naval base at Wilhelm
shaven, and on Hamburg, Emden,
the Harbor of Emden, the Ruhr
and on Holland and Belgium.
British planes, the air ministry
said, were believed to have badly
damaged a supple ship at sea ane
to have started several fires on the
Bremen docks.
In daylight operations yesterday
including an attack on the wireless
station on Utshire island, near Sta
vanger, Norway, and the airdromt
at Flushing, Hollnd, two British
reconnaissance planes failed to re
turn and four fighters were lost.
Violent Opposition
The air ministry said the Satur
day night bombers met violent op
position, but nevertheless penetra
ted to their detectives and bombed
the Wilhelmshaven dockyard a:
well as oil refneries at Hamburg
and Bremen, the harbor of EN-
den, and aircraft factories, air
dromes and oil depots in the Ruhr,
Holland and Belgium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
WILLIAM G. LEWIS

Funeral services for William
Green Lewis, 6S, who died at his
home at Supply Friday night at 9
o'clock after an illness of one week.
were held from the Mount Olive
Baptist church at Supply yesterday
afternoon at 4:3O O'Clock.
The Rev. G. W. Billiard conduct.
ed the services. Interment followed
in the church cemetery.
Services at the graveside were in
charge of the Junior Order. Active
pallbearers were: W. H. Pridgen, C.
f. Pridgen, F. A, Long, D. E. Robert
son, c. o. Ganey, and w. Fl. Ben
ham.
He is survived by his wife; two
daughters, three sons, Walter Lewis,
OF High Point, Moody Lewis, of
Roanoke, Va, and Leroy Lewis, of
Leland; two sisters, Lunda and Alice
Lewis; two brothers, Reuben and
John Lewis, of Supply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
WILLKIE PREPARES
ACCEPTANCE TALK
Republican Candidate COnfers
With Publishers At
Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo
July 2~1.-R-Wendell L. Willkie did
some preliminary work today on
his nomination acceptance address
and chatted with publishers Gard
ner Cowles, Jr., of Des Moines and
John Cowles of Minneapolis.
The republican presidential can-
didate spent part of the day loaf
ing in his apartment. He will leave
tomorrow for Denver, remain there
overnight and go by train to the
Frontier Days rodeo at Cheyenne,
Wyo., Tuesday.
Willkie told reporters he prob.
ably would fly from the rodep to
Salt Lake City to attend a Latter
Day Saints celebration, then return
directly to Colorado Springs to re-
sumo work on the acceptance
speech. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
MRS. MARY S. BOSTICK

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Susan Bostick, 81, of Wallace, who
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Edwin Schulken, at Audubon,
Saturday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock,
were held from the Wallace Bap-
fist church yesterday afternoon at
S o'clock.
The Rev. J. N. Evans and the
Rev. W. P. M. Currie conducted
the services. Interment followed
in the Rockish cemetery.
Active pallbearers were six OF
her grandsons. Honorary: Davie
Rivenbark, Roy Carter, Albert Hall,
George Boone, H. L.. Byrd, ]. B
Boney and Lehman Rivenbark.
She vas a native of Wallace but
had made her home with her daugh'
ter for several years. She was the
widow of J.. H. Bostick, of Wallace.
The funeral cortege will leave An.
dreWs mortuary at $3.50 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
BLACKLIST DRIVE
BEGUN BY LEWIS
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government agree to comply with
all orders directed to them by the
National Labor Relations board"
Permit the national defense COM
mission to terminate a contract in
event of failure to comply with a
labor board order.
Lewis letter, urging CLIO organi-
cations to give precise and def
mite support to this policy" de-
clared:
"Under the urge of a declared
emergency, the government is
making patriotism profitable f o r
American finance and industry.
Surely it is not too much to expect
of government that it will also pro-
tect the inherent and statutory
rights of labor to organize and
bargain collectively"
In releasing his letter to h e
press, Lewis also made public COR
respondence with President Roose-
yelt which disclosed that the chief
executive rejected on March 20,
1899, a request from Lewis that
he, by executive order, require
compliance with the labor act as
a prerequisite to bidding on gov
eminent contracts.
Mr.. Roosevelt wrote that he
thought the ''only unquestionably
valid" method of instituting this
requirement was by legislation.
Eight months earlier, Lewis had
lost a legislative battle to have
this idea incorporated in statute.
Legislation to this end was approx
ed by the senate, but was bottled
up in the house rules committee.
Lewis went to the capitol to press
a demand for a vote, but Speaker
Bankhead and other leaders fatty
refused his request. Hillman &C.
companied Lewis on that occasion.
The War and Navy departments
have opposed Lewis past propos-
ais along this line on the grounds
that they would hamper defense
contracts. Legislative opponents ar
gued that it was possible that a
firm would be denied a contract
because of a labor board order
which the courts might subsequent
ly set aside. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
LAUDS F. R.
AND RAPS WILLKIE
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Wendell L. Willkie, the republican
nominee, and c. Wayland Brooks,
republican Illinois senatorial nomi.
nee, participated with Biddle and
Rep. Rayburn D-Tex), house ma
jority leader, in a CMBS) radio
forum on the campaign.
Biddle said that generally
speaking, the republicans have
been the great conservative group,
representing big business" and
that this year the old tradition is
dramatically evident - the ex-
president of the Commonwealth &
Southern corporation, adored by
big business, is the republican
choice"
burke commended that Sin view
of world trends in 1910 and parti.
cularly in consideration Of certain
qualities of the present occupant
of the office of chief executive, the
continuance of this rule that re-
quires the surrender of authority
on a fixed day becomes of the ut
most Importance and should be
the decisive consideration"
Brooks asserted that power is
driving free expression and demo
cratic processes from the world
and that the republican party pre-
sented its nominees "as the only
possible protection against the en-
c%roaching military power of Eur
opes and the encroaching political
power in America"
Rayburn inquired which new
deal measures the republicans
would repeal and said that if they
were worthy of support they should
be administered by friends and
not critics." 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
DIR. CLAUDE O. ABERNETHY

GOLDSBORO, July 81 Up DIR.
Claude Oliver Abernethy, 5~9-year-old
Raleigh physician, died in a Colds
boro hospital today of injuries sui
fered last Friday when his car over
turned near here.
DIR. Abernethy was a native of
Rutherford college and a graduate
of the University of North Carolina
in the class of 1902. He taught in
the University Medical school, then
situated in Raleigh, and established
the states first venereal disease
clinic, which he operated alone for
Is years, contributing his time to
the work.
Survivors include his widow; three
daughters, Mary Louise and Pat
Abernethy of Raleigh, and Mrs. Will
liam L. Benton of Hamlet; three
brothers, Ivan Abernethy of New
York city, Ben S. Abernethy of
Washington and former U. S. Repre-
sentative Charles L. Abernethy; and
two sisters, Mrs. Frances Abernethy
Hardenberg and Mrs. Dora Aber-
nethy Blount, both of Washington.
The funeral will be held in Ra-
leigh tomorrow afternoon.
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REDS ASKS RUMANIA
FOR POPULAR RULE
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at a summer resort near t G
Black Sea port of Constanta.
It was reported that shortly aft
er the Soviet note was received,
liking Carol summoned Vice Pre-
mier General Mihail %Ionescu, War
Minister Genral Constantine Nico'
lescu and Chief of Staff lore a
Tyenescu, presumably to confer on
the newly established Rumanian
defense system along the border
of the former Rumanian province
of Bessarabia which Russia occup-
led June %.
Neutral observers believed that
as a result of the Russian over
lures, the question of the extent
to which Rumania can reply upon
Axis support may now come into
sharp focus. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
COMMENT

STOCKHOLM, July 21.-RHThe
newspaper Dagens Nyheter, COM
menting on Finland's demilitariza-
ton of the Aaland Islands (report-
ed demanded by Russia) and the
simultaneous Sovietization of Lat
via, Lithuania and Estonia, declar-
ed today:
1.-THE methods practiced in the
Baltic place earlier statements and
promises in a repulsive light =. .
what are the final intentions and
how far will its (Russia's) extern
sion of power stretch if circum-
stances prove favorable?" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
BALTIC COUNTRIES
ENTER RED UNION
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tremendous shouts responded to pc
titions for union with Russia.
The Latvian parliament chose a
communist farmer, David Kruze,
as chairman, and with shouts for
Stain elected an advisory commits
sariat of eight.
Latvian Premier Professor Kir-
chenstein outlined the measures OF
the past month, including amnesty
for political prisoners and Is to 20
per cent wage increases ordered
for workers.
Communist party Secretary
Squire then proposed union W i t h
Russia, charging the old govern
ment with corruption and t h
making Latvia lone great prison."
He shouted, docs anyone want
this back?" and the deputies who
had been elected without opposition
cried, "No! MOI"
Vote Sovietization
They then formally voted for So
v%ietization and adjourned with
shouts of ''soviet Latvia forever
and long live Stain"
The procedure and the S c e n {
were almost Identical in Kaunas
and Tallinn, capitals of Lithuanis
and Estonia.
Actual Soviet control already i:
accomplished with the Red army
guarding Estonian, Latvian a n {
Lithuanian frontiers. Soviet-spon'
sored governments already r ir
power.
Absorption of the three countries
into the Soviet union will elimin'
ate them as buffer states along the
German-Russian frontier created
by the partition of Poland.
Union will provide new military
bases giving Russia strategical pc.
wer on the Baltic.
Communist and labor delegations
came from Russia by the dozens
for the gala assemblies of t e
three states, begun as republics,
but under rule of Fascist pattern
for the past seven years,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
e. HI. MAYTAG

NEWTON, Ia, July Iii Up E
H. Maytag, chairman of the board
of directors and president of the
Maytag company, died at II p. m.
Saturday at his summer home in
Lake Geneva, Wis, company of
ficials announced here tonight. May
tag was 56 years of age.
The local washing machine manu-
f~acturer had been i'll for a week OF
10 days but his condition was not
considered serious. A severe heart
attack early Saturday evening, from
which he was unable to rally,
brought the end. His wife and
family were all at the bedside when
he died.
Funeral services will be held In
Newton Wednesday afternoon. In
terment will be in the Union Gene
terry here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
7wo Men Are Injured
In Clinton Auto Crash

CLINTON, July 21.-Cars driven
by DR.. O. L. Parker and Wayne
Johnson collided head-on at the in
%tersection of Beaman and College
streets here early tonight.
Both men were slightly injured.
DIR. Parker was headed downtown
to the business district and John
son was leaving the downtown Sec
ton when the collision occurred.
Both automobiles were damaged
considerably.
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n. {. CAR DEALERS
{ Open MEET TODAY
.oo Delegates Expected To
Attend Two-Day Session
At Blowing Rock

uow1NG ROCK, July 21.-lR-
BLo"h annual convention of the
The ST. carolina automobile dealers
S ssSsociation will 10; open aam here sod t0 NOR.
5 sStss were expected to attend the
tV T y speakers will include Rob
inc thompson, director of the
srt u News bureau; Flake B.
otal1o ov of Rocky Mount, secretary
chlpie' association; Pyke johnson,
oo..c III vice president of tn e
eSeerall association; State Rep.tU.
na: p1alock. and R. B. House, dean
,; the University of North Carolina.
OIL oficers will be elected Tues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
FAMOUS BRITISH
SUBMARINE LOST
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the German cruiser Leipzig with
a torpedo and to have damaged
the German cruiser Butcher.
The Butcher later was destroyed
by Norwegian shore batteries in
the German invasion of Norway
April 9.
The Salmon's commander, E. o.
Bickford, was promoted from Lieu.
tenant-commander to commander
and received the D.S.L. for h e
December action. His cfew receiv-
ed decorations.
The brief admiralty announce
ment of the submarines loss did
not give any hint concerning her
assignment. Her normal crew was
40 men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
START HOME

BALBOA, C. T., July I'll Up -
Chairman Charles I. Faddis D-Pa)
and two other members of a house
military subcommittee started home
by plane today after an inspection
of Panama Canal defenses. They
planned to stop in San Salvador, and
continue up the west coast route to
Meyioo Citv'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
NEW UNITS

BUENOS AIRES, July 21-R-
The formation of new units for the
Argentine army-a regiment of anti
aircraft artillery, a coast artillery
battalion and two battalions of
marines-was ordered today by the
government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
JOHN E. HEWETT

Funeral rites for John E, Hewett.
formerly of Wilmington, who died
suddenly Wednesday at East Or
ange, N. j., were held from the
Yopp funeral home yesterday aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock.
The Rev. John B. Gibble con-
Quoted the services. Interment fol.
lowed in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Rob-
ert Meier, John Furlong, Charles
B. Parker, M. F. Parker, R. K,
Weeks and Graham Burkhimer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
FRANCE BORROWS
NAZI-TYPE CODE
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people that the order of things has
changed.
LIE Moneiteur of Clermont-Fer-
rand, now considered one OF the
most important newspapers In
France, warned against the OIL
French tendency of criticism.
sThe Frenchman is a born cri'
tic" the newspaper said" He vol
unteers signs of his independence.
Abuse of this quality has not al
ways given good results. ;.
"Our only duty is to form. solid
ly behind the Petain government
and obey it's regulations" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
SAILORS LANDED

SAVANNA, Dominican Republic,
July 21- up twenty-five British
Iallors from the Davisian, one of two
British merchant ships sunk last
week by a German raider in the
West Indies, we're landed today by
.he Norwegian freighter Left. The
freighter picked them up Northeast
OF this island republic in the deepest
tnoWn waters of the Atlantic ocean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
WOMAN GIVEN RANK

LONDON. July 21.-R-Dr. Anna
Glover became the first English
woman to hold a senior army rank
today with her appointment as de-
putty assistant director of medical
services for the auxiliary territor-
ial service, eastern command. Her
rank corresponds to that of major.4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
EPIDEMIC AREA

LONDON, July 21-CR-A Tokyo
dispatch to Reuters, British news
agency, said today that Shanghai
had been designated a cholera cpl
demic area, necessitating %quarantin-
ing of ships outside Kobe harbor for
examination of crews and passengers
newly arrived from the Chinese city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
MRS A. C. EDWARDS

Funreal services for Mrs. A. c. Ed.
wards, SIS, of $40 Wrightsville ave.
nue., who died at her home Saturday
night at 1O:45 o'clock, will be held
from the Gibson Avenue Baptist
church this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
TIL eRev. Woodrow Billiard and
the Rev. R. B. FARRELL will conduct
the services. Intrement will follow
in Bellevue cemetery.
Active palbearers will be: E. R
Mayhan, Clint Rivenbark, Louie
Page, Jasper Mills, L. G. Bennette
end E. King.
She is survived by her husband,
A. c.. Edwards, two sons, w. P. and
Warren Edwards, and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. E. Mint, and Miss Leslie
Edwards, all of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
PROSECUTION E

BUENOS AIRES, July 81 Up
The minister of the interior was or
dered by the government today to
prosecute the nazi paper Ell Pampero
because it published an anti-Br1tish
article, described by a government
spokesman as obscene and a viola
ton of public morals. --
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
NEGOTIATIONS PLANNED

BERLIN, July 21-(AP-Via Ra-
dio)-The German radio quoting
Soviet Russian sources in Turkey
said tonight negotiations would be
started shortly between Turkey
and Russia to extend their trade
treaty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
r DORA D. FORBES

BALMvILLE, N. Y, July 21.-tR
Mrs. Dora Delano Forbes, aunt Of
President Roosevelt, died this after
noon at Algonac, her family estate
at Balmvile, after a short illness. She
would have ben SO years old next
month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
MRS. LUTHER L. WARD

CHADBOURN, July 21- Mrs.
Luther L. Ward, So, died in a Ra-
leigh hospital this afternoon at 4
o'clock after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held
from the Smyrna Baptist church
Tuesday morning at II o'clock,
with the Rev. Garland Singletary
officiating. Interment will follow
in the Smyrna cemetery.
She is survived by her husband;
three children, Margaret Louise,
Sarah Elizabeth and Luther Ward,
Jr.; one brother, E. L. Flowers,
of Whiteville; five sisters, Mrs. OF.
to Edwards, of Chadbourn, Miss
Mamie Flowers, of Asheville, Mis-.
ses Laura and Esther Mae Flow
ers, of Whiteville, route one, and
Mrs. Lee Hill, of Whiteville, route
two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
FATALITY

ANGLER, July 21.-R-Vernon
Stephens of near Angler was killed
this morning when his automobile
overturned on the Benson-G farmer
highway. His father, Charlie Step
hens, and an uncle, Willie Stephens
were injured, the father seriously.
They were taken to a Smithfield
hospital. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
MRS. ED REGAIN

CHADBOURN, July 21-Mrs. Ed
Regain, 27, died in a Lumbertown
hospital this morning at 5 o'clock
after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held
from the Cerro Gordo Baptist
church Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock. with the Rev. Garland
Singletary, pastor of the church,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
ARMY al KLINE

BERLIN. July 21.-R-Ghe Ger.
man army, with its IL marshals
It'll At their ease in Berlin, mark.
ed time ominously on a fl n I
stretching from Spain to Norway
today, while Adolf Hitler waited
for reason to prevail in threat.
ened England and sent new squad
rons of bombers to give the British
= sample of things to come"
The German radio continued tc
din into the ears of listeners across
the channel the words of the fueh'
rer's last appeal to British ru,
7ers, as the press indicated clearly
the hope that the British people
will disavow the Churchill govern
ment and take the decision OF
..neace or destruction" into their
own hands.
Guarded Secret
How long Hitler might hold In
check his machine for invasion re-
NAMED as closely guarded a secret
as we're the other moves sprung
in his amazing campaign of west
ern Europe.
Sandwiched into radio broadcasts
aimed at England were historical
references that invasion has sue
ceeded before against England
with the clear implication that Ger.
mand think it could succeed again.
The clock of history pushed for
ward at a fast pace" said Mar
shall Goering's newspaper, National
Zeitung. 'It strikes the hour Of
decision upon which hinges the fate
Of the British empire and people
THE fate of prime Minister
Churchill and other criminals, how
ever, is already decided. 80. Soon
they will disappear just as shame
fully as the cliques of Benes For'
mer President Eduard Benes Of
Czecho-Slovakia), Daladier anc
Reynaud CORNER Premiers Edou'
ard Daladier and Paul Reynauc
Of France who just a short time
ago spoke in the same tones"
The newspaper said the British
people, '~bombarded by lies a n c
deception by their own radio anc
press. were being given no chance
TO express their own opinion o.
Hitler's speech.
Informed quarters expressed the
belief that Hitler's recent lengthy
conference with Foreign Minister
Count Galeazzo Ciano of Italy deal
with specific terms which might be
offered if Britain desired to dis
tuSS peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
OBITUARIES

officiating. Interment will follow in
the Regain cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: Paul
Nance, Hugh Sprott, Hubert Kelli-
han, Grady Hinson, Bailey Mercer
and Elroy Mercer.
She is survived by her husband:
four children, Gene, Amanda, Ruth
and Katherine Regan; her STEP
mother, Mrs. D. D. Mercer; two
haf-sisters, Misses Louise and
Marie Mercer; one h%alf-brother,
Floyd Mercer, all of Chadbourn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
REV. w. C.

WHITEVILLE, July 21-Funer-
al rites for the Rev. W. C. Wescott,
SIS, Baptist minister and pastor of
several churches in the Whiteville
area, who died at his home here
Friday night, were held from the
Whiteville Baptist church this aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The Rev. Samuel N. Lamb, pas
tor of the church, assisted by the
Rev. S. A. Hatley, pastor of the
Tabor City Baptist church, con-
Quoted the services. Interment fol-
lowed in the Whiteville cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
JUSTICE POTTER

LANSING, Mich, July 21.-lR-
Associate Justice William w. Potter
of the Michigan supreme court died
tonight in a hospital here of injuries
suffered in an automobile mishap
last Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-22
GERMANS CLAIM
PLANS FOR DRIVE
ARE COMPLETED
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n,;r victories in the face of we'll
siab insurrmountable difficulties.
'7 aTbe concentrated striking power
II tbe German forces, on the front
Stretching from Norway to the
snonish frontier, is ready for the
Offensive against Great Britain"