RUSSIAN WAR FACTORIES FRENCH QUISLINGS AGITATED

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15165, 5 October 1942, Page 3

RUSSIAN WAR FACTORIES

FRENCH QUISLINGS AGITATED

REACH RECORD, OUTPUT

(Received 11.42 a.m.) United‘Press Assn—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MOSCOW October 4. Prayda states that Russian war factories in the last three months reached a record output of planes, tanks, guns, automatics, mortars, rifles and am'mmiitibn. Hundreds of factories exceeded their quota for September when the aero industry exceeded its schedule !>y six per cent Tim tank industry has similarly progressed.

ABOUT DAKAR’S DEFENCE

(Received 11.40 a-m.) United Press Assn By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON

October 4

French politicians both in Vichy and Paris expect an Allied attack on Dakar in the near future says Reuter’s French frontier correspondent. M. Deat and other French Quislings arc agitating lor an immediate defensive alliance with the Axis to protect. Dakar from a British American move. Hitler is reported to have offered to take over the protection, of French possessions and the Petain Cabinet is believed to have discussed the defence of Dakar when it met yesterday. Paris radio said: “We expect an attack on Dakar any day and Wo hope that the period l of v. ait and see is ended. Certain Frenchmen, believe that Britain will return the French colonies after the war but if we want them we will have to take them back. Collaboration with Germany is France’s last clmnpe and it is not beyond our dignity to ask Germany for material help in the defence of our colonies and to associate our victors with this defence.”