Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-21 | Page 1 | Troop Activity Bothers Turks

TRO TROOP TROOP- TROOP ACTIVITY 0 ACTIVITY BOTHERS TURI TURKS S Germany Masses Mass s Men In Balkan States I ISTANBUL Aug 21 21 UP-Re- UP liable advices coming Thursday through the blanket of nazi censorship censorship cen- cen in the Balkans told of a as as s series rl ri s of important developments that hat indicated grave fear of ofa ja a new German thrust in the so southeast despite serious setbacks in the war against Russia The developments as reported by y travelers arriving from Rumania Rumania Rumania Ru Ru- mania included Germany is assembling new armed forces in including luding aviation In n Bulgaria Indicating that Adolf Adoll HitIe still is planning to move I on the near east through Turkey by force if necessary in coordination coordination coord i- i I nation with the nazi offensive into south Russia and probably depending depending de- de pending ending on developments along the he eastern front At least 00 German troops were reported near the Turkish border Axis war vessels including half halfa a dozen German-built German Rumanian submarines have been moved to the tie Black sea area for use against the he red fleet Rumanian sources believed that any ny attack on Turkey would cause a serious uprising against Germany Germany Ger Ger- many in the Balkans if the Turks resist resisted d seriously Great opposition tion ion to the nazis was reported in B Bulgaria and Rumania with the Rumanians feeling th that t they were victims of a Germanic plot Russian air raids have caused tremendous destruction In the Rumanian Rumanian Rumanian Ru Ru- manian oil fields and on communications lines reportedly cutting off ff important supplies for the axis armies annies in Russia Hospital trains from the eastern front were pouring scores of thousands of German wounded into nto Rumanian hospitals and so many nany school buildings have been taken aken over for the wounded that the he schools probably will not be permitted to reopen this autumn All Jews in Bucharest between 18 8 and nd 50 were ordered to report to o the war department for labor assignments