The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-07

Important changes of position, al- though the Germans claimed to be Battling in the Qualifications of the Russian naval base at sevastopol in ihe Crimea while artillery and alve-bombers attacked the center oe the city.
 New Finn, Nazi Drive
 Stockholm also heard reports that a new Finn.qerman drive against the Russians in the far north was in progress, but London said that any important advance there was doubtful,
 On the Moscow front, the Ger mans said that impossible wealth CT" conditions had brought all major operations to Q halt. The British and Russians continued to report fighting on unchanged posi- lions around Moscow including gains by Russian coun,sr-attacks at several points but analysis of these reports indicated that they were largely a re-hash Of front dls- patches for the last six or seven days.
 Tn general, it appeared that tho Russians had stopped and perhaps driven back the Germans from the vital munitions center of Tula, lad counter-a attacked and gained some ground on the Mozhaisk.Volok0l- hmSk sector west of Moscow in Inc last week and were fighting strong ly ct Kallnin to the northwest.
 A broadcast by the Soviet official news agency Tlss said that the Germans were moving reinforce nents to the Moscow front and the Hupgartans continued to claim progress in the Donets basin,
 All of these reports, however, seemed to boil down to a compara- tive Hull due to weather on the Moscow front and at least mo- mentary stalemate in the Ukraine, either due to Soviet the need for reorganizion of forces. Only in the Cr;nea did there seem to be big-scale action and the Germans admittedly were meeting with obstinate" resistance,
 Heavy Fighting
 Dispatches from Berlin, London and Kuibyshev reported fighting still was heavy in the Tula, Mo2haisk and Kalinin sectors outside Moscow, but for the most part these dis patches repeated the story of attack and counter-attack that has been the same for six or seven days.
 Tn the Crimea, the Russians still fought strongly in the mountains and on the road 10 Kerch and the naval base of Sevastopol, although the Nazis claimed they were making progress behind heavy diye-bomber attacks in both the Crimea and the Donets Basin.
 Northward, on the Arctic front, the Films were said by Stockholm to be pushing new drive over q 30- mile route from Kiestinki toward the Murmansk railroad and the White Sea coast in an effort to tie up that important Russian port for keeps.
 There was every indication that, under German pressure, the Films would keep on fighting and an ofil- cial denial was issued at Helsinki Of reports abroad that the Finnish radio had said the war was drawing to a close as far as the Films were concerned.
 Finland Will Fight
 Finland was expected today to de- lay further her reply to the United States suggestion that she make peace with Russia but there was lit- tie doubt that the answer would be, sno,"
 A Finnish government spokesman denisd that any statement had been made by the Finnish radio or any other Finnish source predicting that Finland plans to end hostilities against Russia.
 (The United Press listening post in London heard radio Helsinki broadcast teh statement that "as far as our country is concerned the war is drawing towards a close.' The broadcast said Finland will not carry on the war longer than is nec- essary for her own safety and de- 4ense. For our country the was is clearly defensive one.)
 Finland's negative reply was in- dlcated after the dominant social democratic party demanded that the government hold secret debate in parliament before making its ans- wer to Washington.
 There was no indication whether the demand would be acceded to but a forecast of the Finnish attitude was provided by an official govern inent denial that Russia had, as the United States contended, offered tc make peace with Finland August IS
 On the air front, the Russians re. ported they had shot down 90 enemy planes in two days, mostly on tho A1c ow front where it was indicated