SPEEDY AID

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1941, Page 5

SPEEDY AID

PROMISED TO RUSSIA ' BY U.S.A. SHIPMENTS TO PERSIAN GULF. FIRST TO LEAVE SOON. NEW YORK, November 1. The “Herald Tribune’s” Washington correspondent says the Government ihas taken a significant step to speed aid to Russia by preparing a 'regular shipping service between American ports and the Persian Gulf, .which is the safest rcute for supplies to Russia. The Maritime Commission has completed its plans, and the first ships* plying between American ports and Bandar Shapur—terminus of the Iranian railway on the Persian Gulf —will sail soon. Tanks, planes and guns are to be transported in. everincreasing quantities by this route. The “New York Times” says: “The fast-moving events in Russia have prompted the adoption by the Administration of a policy whereby combat planes and war materials are to be supplied to the Soviet even at the expense of the United States army, subject only to limitations of transportation. One possibility now is that the United States might shorten the time for hurrying cargoes to Russia by sending existing material from Hawaii or the Philippines, replacing it by consignments from the mainland.” SOVIET REPORT BATTLES ON ALL FRONTS. DESTRUCTION OF ENEMY TANKS & TRANSPORT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) RUGBY, November 2. A Russian communique received early today states: “During Saturday our forces waged battles with the enemy on all fronts. Five German planes were brought down near Moscow during the day. In the central and southern sectors 50 German tanks, several hundred lorries, ammunition and numerous guns were captured and enemy ammunition dumps were set on fire. Our troops inflicted heavy casualties on enemy infantry and cavalry units.”