The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
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 Hitler"s Hopes Blasted
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Hitler"s Hopes Blasted
 He said that Russia has blasted Hitler'S hopes of short war and clear that the most immediate prob lem of Britain and the United States Is the provision Of vast supplies to the Soviet to replace those shot away in the hree months of vast conflict on the easterin front.
 Britain, he said, Is making major sacrifices to divert American mate- rails and war supplies to Russia. But that Is no enough, he emphasized. The United States must increase It's production, must build or divert new industrial plants and must reduce normal civilian consumption in critical categorles if the coalition against Germany is to gain the strength necessary for success.
 Churchill paid tribute to the aid given by the United States, partic- ularly to the American safety patrol in the Atlantic but frankly added his wish for more help and more effective help.
 He revealed that there had been radical improvement In the shipping situation in the Atlantic despite em- ployment by Germany of an increas- ing number both of submarines and airplanes and of widespread Nazi mine laying, including the laying of e new type of acoustic mine, de- tonated, 1t appeared, by the sound waves given of by Q ships propeller.
 Britain, Churchill said, sank in July and August three times as much Axis shipping as she lost--a coIn- plete reversal of the situation pre-. vailing in the earlier months Of the year.
 Nevertheless, Churchill warned against "vain" talk that the battle of the Atlantic had been won.
 Sacrifices of Britain
 The authoritative London spokesman" covered almost every current aspect of the war.
 He declared that Britain Is mak- ing great sacrifices to bolster the Russian campaign-sacrifces in the diversion of American war materials to Russia.
 It was indicated that these sup plies include both armaments, planes, guns, munitions, and raw materials such as wool, lead, jute and shellac.
 The sctatement said that British shippilng losses have been reduced sharply in July and August, to a level only one-third of the tonnage lost by the Axis. That was achieved, 1t was revealed, despite Nazi em- ployment of a new type of acoustic mine, apparently detonated by the sound of @ ships propeller.
 From 30 to 40 German planes, 1t was revealed, are busy every night sowing mines of various types in British waters. With the aid of force of 1000 ships and 10000 men, however, the coastal waters around the British Isles are kept fairly clear.
 American naval patrols in the western Atlantic. 1t was said. have aided greatly in cutting British losses.
 At the same time another Ameri- can vessel, the freighter Steel Sea- farer, was sunk in the Red sea by an Axis bombing plane. This was the second American freighter to be lost on the Red sea supply route, the first being the Robin Moor, tor pedoed and sunk some weeks ago.
 The Steel Seafarer sinking was the second encounter in five days of an American ship with Axis armed forces. Last Thursday the U. s. de- stroyer Greer was fired upon by a Nazi submarine off Iceland.
 It was indicated that the chief object of the forthcoming British American Russian conference at Moscow will be discussion of meth ods of replacing the big losses in war materials suffered by the Soviet in the huge battles fought since the start of Adolf Hitler's attack on Russia.
 2,OOO,Oo Naxls Gone
 The estimate that the Germans already have suffered casualties greater than those of any one year In the World war would indicate a casualty toll of approximately D. OOO, 900 men.
 There was no indication of the total of Russian casualties thus far but 1t seemed obvious that they must have been on an equal scale.
 The military situation ct the mo-