GERMANS’ HOPES

Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21836, 17 September 1942, Page 4

GERMANS’ HOPES

DESPERATE GAMBLE WELL BEHIND SCHEDULE SETBACKS IN RUSSIA (United Press A ; i. tier'. Tel. Copyright; (Received Sept. 17. 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK. Sept. 16 Germany's internal economy and war effort were so geared to an all- ! out short-term policy that she is ; staking everything on the destruction of the Soviet armies before the This is the information reaching economic experts from inside the Reich, says the Herald-Tribune’s London correspondent. If this objective is not reached serious repercussions on the German war industries and civilian life are predicted. Already von Bock is nearly 30 days behind schedule, and each day Stalingrad delays him lessens Hitler's chances of winning the desper • ate gamble. All German civilian needs have been neglected in order to supply the armies on the Eastern front. There are shortages of all kinds of civilian supplies draining clothing to housing. In addition the army is draining manpower from industries, and as a result the production of war materials has greatly lessened. AIRMEN PRISONERS SHOT DOWN' OVER GERMANY (United Press Assn. K!*>r. Tel. Copyright! ( Special Correspondent; LONDON, Sopt. 16 Two New Zealand flight-lieutenant D.F.C’s. who were shot down over Germany are sharing the same room in a prison camp. They are FlightLieutenant A. G. L. Humphreys. Christchurch, and Flight-Lieutenant R. Simich. Auckland. Squadron-Leader Alan Deere, D.F.C. and Bar, of Wanganui, was among the Rattle of Britain pilots who accompanied Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Downing when he related the story of September 15. 1940. at the Ministry of Information this week. Their photographs appeared in every and were invariably captioned “Some of the Few.”