The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
German Report Is Not
 Very Glowing Today
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there Is virtually nothing of a Yniii- tary nature to hinder our attack," !" one story said. '"The smashing of the line would open up the vast in terior of Soviet RusiSa to Germany. Thus the enemy will defend the lire with extreme tenacity."
 German informantS said they be- lieved the Russians had only g di- visions of troops, perhaps SIS 900 men, between the Volyhnia area and the Urals.
 Advance eS0 Miles
 CIhe Germans now are about i,- 400 miles from the Urals in that area after advancing perhaps 25O mileS.)
 German commentators continued to remark upon air force activity in the Russo-G German phase of the war.
 LakaIan1eiger said the Germans had destroyed 800 motor vehicles and 10 railroad trains vest of Kiev and that this was ample evidence of the effectiveness of the German aerial attack. It said the '.undfs- puted" victory of the German. air force over the Russian air force was Sufnciently demonstrated by the fact" that the Russians no longer flew over East Prussia.
 War Bulletins
 Berlin, July S.-CUP)-The Ger. man high command claimed today that % British planes have been shot down by Nad fighters and ground guns in A hours of exten. Sive operations over Europe.
 The high command admitted that the Royal Air Force caused s'cousid- erable destruction" all of 1t in resi~ dential areas, in attacks last nlgllt which were said to have centered on Cologne and Muenster.
 A number of German civilians, ik was said, were killed and wounded in the British attacks on western Germany.
 The high command asserted that In British raids over Germany and the French coast last night l6 Brit ish planes were shot down.
 Berlin, July 0.--(UP) -- German authorized quarters said today that the chancel message read in German Catholic churches Sunday was purely c church matter and wtth- out any political significance what soever.n
 They claimed that political value has been given the message only bv the manner in which it was treated by the foreign press"
 The message was one Of criticism Of the German governments attitude toward the church.
 Shanghai, July s.--(UPl-A Japae nese army spokesman said today thak if Japan ever sends troops to the Netherlands East Indies 1t sheuid. from the American standpoint, have the '-same meanelg" as United States occupation of I6e land.
 The situation would be the same he said, since Iceland and the Indies both have declared their indeperd- ence and the United States and Japan both are neutral.
 Ia IAnea, Spain, July s.-tUR1- British bomberS were reliably re- ported today to have sunk an enemy submarine with depth charges cd Gibraltar.
 Two German sailors were reported taken prisoner.
 The British planes were said q be escorting convoy &0te the 4zsdt teranean at the time.
 The submarine, which was bclieRes to be German, was reported strucs about four miles from 0ihraltac One of the two Germans taket prisoner was an ofieer. The Tr mainder of the crew was believes lost.
 Berlinfi, July e-(Ur)-The ofn cial news agency reported tods that "durnig pursuit Of Tstreatin} Soviet forces.S German troops teQ& more than ll2.000 prisoners between July and July s. (previously Gtyr man statements had claimed a40n' s00.o00 Russian prisonsEsl
 
 New ork, July e.-luPl l--1gie 0.sf man radio. heard hy F. g. c.. <t ported today that Hungarian igc4.N had crossed Co the east bank sf i# Dnsesler river on the UEFer.1F front and were sspulsinH tHa F army.