The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15

close gaps which had been knocked in the Stalin line.
 The attempt failed, said, DINE, when the big Soviet tanks were blasted by German tanks and ar- tillery.
 Great Fleet of Tanks
 The great fleet of tanks, rang ing in weight from 50 to 70 tons, were thrown hurraedly into gaps which the Germans had smashed in the so-called Stalin line in their drive toward Kiev Sunday, the agency asserted.
 The Russian tanks collapsed" under Q "hail of fire" from 0er~ man tank and anti-tank units, 1t was said.
 It was added that "all" Russian counter attacks had been smashed with bloodieSt losses" in the "Kiev region"
 The Russian forces were scat tered end partly" hurled back into woods while others were en- circled, and the greater part" of the Russian forces were complete ly" destroyed, 1t was said.
 (Russla had reported its troops counter attacking the Germans on the Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev fronts. As Russia put 1t, however, the Germans had been stopped and 1t was the Germans who suffered the heavy losseS.)
 Rome reports said Italian troops on the way to fight Russia had passed through Vienna and Buda- pest.
 Insists on Advances
 German informantS insisted that the German land allied" forces on the eastern front were smashing deeper into the heart of Russia ell along the front"
 Spokesmen said the German forc- es already had "won more terri- tory" in the drive on Leningrad after smashing "part" of the Bunk CT forts the Russians had estab- lished behind" the Stalin lines.
 It was said that the Russians also had been driven from new lines east of Vitebsk, on the Mos. COW front, with bloody losses"
 Dispatches reported the German air force operating constantly against "retreating" Russians in an attempt to keep them from taking up new defense positions. It was said that the German command was maintaining supply bases close to the front in order to overcome the normal obstacles of 6 drive through great areas cf country.
 An official news agency dispatch said that German and Finnish troops encircled and partly an- initiated, partly took prisoner" two Soviet battalionS (possibly 2,o00 men) on the northern Finland front yesterday.
 Two days ago, the agency said, complete" Soviet infantry divi- sion, (perhaps lS,O00 men) was a11- initiated on the same part of the front after having been encircled by German Finnish forces.
 Naxls Accuse Roosevelt
 Berlin, July l6.--(UP)--Autlaorized Nazi quarters said today they had every reason to believe that reports President Roosevelt has ordered United States warstipS to fire on German submarines are "l0 per cent correct"
 The reports, attributed to the Stockholm newspaper Aftonhladet, were give great prominence in the German press.
 The Nazi quarters said that the German government is observing with great watchfulness" these de. velopments and promised that "our answer will be given at the appro- priate time."
 "There is not the slightest doubt of the truth of this report" they said, because 1t fits in completely with certain indications of Roose. velt's intentions that recently have reached us."
 These quarters charged that the alleged orders were typical Of Roos- evelt's unscrupulousness and in line with his intentions and Jewish pet- tyfoggery," adding:
 "The fact that the German press published this report prominently Is new confirmation of the German governments watchfulness regard ing Roosevelt's actions. It gives us new material for judging United States policy, particularly that Of the president and his determination to use every possible provocation in order to throw further confusion into the European conflict.
 'The fact of our publication of this report shows that German lead CTS, are willing to discuss these ma- neuverings of the United States president not only for the entire world but also before the German people itself. This Is new proof Of the connection between the three- star constellation of Stalin, Church s1f naS DAAzAuM1tO