SECOND FRONT DEMAND

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1943, Page 5

SECOND FRONT DEMAND

RED ARMY NEWSPAPER

Rec. 10.20 a.m. LONDON, August 18. Another Soviet demand for the opening of a second front by the Allies was made today by the Red Army journal "Red Star."

Commenting on the Quebec conference, the paper said: "The disposition of German reserves indicates that the Germans do not expect serious Allied operations on a large scale in the near future. The main German effort is concentrated against the Red Army. We have repeatedly pointed out that by a second front we mean action which will divert 50 to 60 German divisions from the Russian front. This is the only action which would considerably shorten the wau."

ARRIVALS IN QUEBEC Rec. noon. RUGBY, August 18. It is officially announced that Mr. Anthony Eden, Mr. Brendan Bracken, and Sir Alexander Cadogan have arrived in Quebec. High officers representing all the war theatres are now there. * According to an Ottawa message, Mr. Roosevelt has accepted the invitation of Mr. Mackenzie King to visit Ottawa at the conclusion of the Quebec conferences. It is believed that the Canadian Parliament will be convened to hear an address by the President.—B.O.W.

TRIBUTE TO MR. CHURCHILL RUGBY, August 17. A great tribute to Mr. Winston Churchill was paid by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Professor Gerbrandy, when broadcasting to the people of Holland. Declaring that not all the factors which would prove decisive in the war could be expressed in figures, Professor Gerbrandy mentioned the importance of factors like the leadership of Mr. Churchill, "whose personality and genius are worth more than 100 divisions."—B.O.W.

EXECUTION OF YUGOSLAVS Rec. 9 a.m. LONDON, August 18.

Herr Terboven on July 16 personally ordered the execution of more than 300 Yugoslav prisoners of war in northern Italy, reports Reuters Stockholm correspondent. Firing squads of German Storm Troopers carried out the execution, which was ordered ostensibly to prevent the spread of typhus, from which several prisoners were suffering.