The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

to DO concentrating chiefly on clear ing the way for the immediate Nd- vNnoeS of the NaRi land forces An otaciA news agency dispatch in Berlin said that German dive hoMh- CTS had bombed and destroyed lS Soviet tanks and transport trains crowded with troops, The dispatch said the Russian soldiers were blown many yards by the e6neuS- sion" of the bombs,
 The greatest German progress Np- peAred to he Into the Baltic states and from the Polish front toward MinSk, London viewed the Soviet eommuntque as indicating that the Germans had reached Kaunas and possibly Wilma, in Lithuania, while a swedish report said both Wilma and Riga were in German hands and that rebellion against the SovietS was spreading in that area,
 It was indicated that the Rus- sians were making possibly their strongest stands along the River Pruth, frontier between Soviet BeS- Sarabia and Rumania, and in the PrSemysl region of southeast po- land.
 In both areas there were reports Of fierce -eiIensiveS by the Red Army which have hurled Maxi forces back,
 London reported that the heaviest lighting of the war was in progress on a l00-mile front from Wilma to BarNnovichi and observers there be- heVed that failure of the Soviet war eommuniQuo to mention Wilma indi- eatetl 1t had fallen,
 Lenlngrad Is Next
 It was believed that Q NaN of tensiVe against Leningrad, the sec- ond largest Sooiet city which is only q few miles from the Finnish iron. tier will he started soon if 1t was not under way, Leningrad has been heavily bombed by Nasi war planes aud with the emergenee of Finland as a virtual full partner of Ger many in the attack on Russia, 1t was expected that action on this front would quickly intensity,
 London heard that Germany has moved a division of 7,S00 Alpine troops across Sweden from Norway into Finland, The Swedish govern mont after urgent consultations granted Germany permission to move one division from Norway to Finland, It was not known whether the Alpine division was that con- eerned in the Stockholm dehbera- tions or whether the Swedes were giving e%poSt facto approval to a move which Germany had already undertaken,
 The British were giving urgent consideration to the position of Fin land and Sweden, It appeared that Finland had become a virtual bel- ligerent and that Sweden was on the brink of losing her long defend- Cd neutrality,
 The Russian air force bombed HelSinkt at 3 &. m, today, Q Finnish dispatch reported. This was the first Russian air attack on the Finnish capital, HelSinki had several pre- viouS air raid alarms but no bomb- ings. However, fairly widescale Rus sian bombings of airports, including the Heisinki airport. and German troop concentrations in Finland, have been carried out.
 Unprecedented Warfare
 Both Germany and Russia con- tinued their unprecedented air war fare. The Russians reported 76 Ger. man planes shot down and admit ted loss of l7 Russian planes. It ap- peared likely that this figure mini- mixed Russian air losses. The Ger mans claimed they had won air su- periority but not air control over the fighting fronts.
 The Germans also reported some 400 Russian planes destroyed on the Bessarabian front. The Ger mans have estimated unofficially that l,200 Russian planes have been destroyed. The Russians admit the loss of more than 400 planes thus far. most of them destroyed on the ground.
 Berlin admitted that "weak" Russian air forces had attacked Ger man territory. The Russian com munique mentioned attacks on Memel. Finnish ports. Constanza, the big Rumanian oil port, and many other points. in East Prussia and areas adjacent to the fighting lines.
 Berlin also admitted attacks by the Royal Air Force and the word- ing of the announcement indicated that these attacks were heavier than those of. the Red Air Fleet. Limited Damage" was caused by the British attack, Berlin said.
 Vri.a ariffal, asRa1afk u,ns nonean.