The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-15
Red Army Battling
 Desperately Today
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Russian defenSes of the Ukraine along the Dnieper river and swing down into the Don river basin which is the seat of one of the biggest and most important Soviet industrial developments. From the Don basin the Germans would be in e strategic position to strike south into the Caucasus ollhelds.
 There seemed to be e good possi- billty that before their campaign in Russia has developed much farther the Germans will attempt to bolster their attack on the Ukraine with naval operations in the Black Sea.
 Reports end rumors of imminent Bulgarian collaboration in such 0 move have been increasingly fre- quent in the last few days. The Germans have built strong naval vases at Varna and Burgas on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
 On the other Russian fronts - Leningrad and the central sector where Soviet counter-attacks have won back considerable ground - there were no notable developments. The Nazi high command claimed its ring around Leningrad has been frightened but admitted sharp Rus- sian counter attacks, led by tanks and fighting in which casualties have been heavy.
 There was belief in Berlin that the Nazi high command will issue, possibly this week, another detailed report on operations in Russia, rnak- ing new sweeping claims of success. The Wehrmacht admitted the loss of another general on the eastern front, this time Colonel General Eu- gen Ritter Won Schobert, comman- der of mixed German-Rumanian army operating on the southern front. He is the highest ranking ofl- cer of the Nazi army to be lost 50 far.
 Russian War Effort
 Wallace Carroll, United Press staff correspondent, dispatching his first report since arriving in Moscow from London, reported that he was impressed by the totality of the Russan war effort. He described 1t as much more comprehensive than anything he has seen in Britain since outbreak of the war or of the war efforts he witnessed in Spain during the civil war.
 There were new signs today that Finland is trying to ease herself out of the war = difIlcult task in view of the strong German forces now in that country.
 V. A. Tanner, foreign minister of Finland during the first war with Russia and now minister of trade and industry, said in 6 speech which admitted the existence of a big Finnish peace party that Fin- land would fight no longer than necessary.
 He indicated, however, that talk of a separate peace between Finland and Russia was unrealiStic.
 The situation appeared to be that Finland would be glad to get out of the war now that she has won back most of the territory previously lost to Russia but that the Germans re- fuse to let her quit.
 Britain was beginning to make her aid to Russia felt. A wing of Royal Air Force fighters, complete with ground crews, and pilots, has arrived in the Soviet and now Is in operation, 1t was revealed. probably on the far northern front where its task would appear to be to aid in keeping the northern supply route open to MuTmansk and Archangel.
 Size Not Revealed
 The size of the wing was not re- vealed. Probably 1t numbers three or four operating squadrons, possib- ly 60 to 100 planes.
 London believed that British and American bombing planes will ar- rive in Russia shortly to back up the Red air fleet in its terrific task of dealing with the Luftwaffe.
 At Helsinki. Finland, a munitions ship blew up in the harbor Saturday night. rocking the whole town and probably causing very serious daIn- age and many casualties.
 Stockholm reported that the Ger mans have cancelled hunting licens- es in Norway. apparently fearing that the Norwegian hunters may turn their guns against human game.