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Main Oil Districts Occupied
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Resistance By Iran Troops
Only Slight; Few Casualties
Ifi’-Boroe Troops To Safepnard British Families
London, August 26th.
^eP°rts from the Middle East state that British and
j lan troops under General Wavell’s command entered
jJ*n at three points early yesterday morning. It has now
^ n disclosed in London that these three points were the
^°htier near Basra, Naft Kaneh about 100 miles north east
thi^a^at* an<* at Han^ar Shapur on the Persian Gulf. At
j s Port two damaged German and three Italian ships were
fo^d ^ere has been no serious opposition to the British
fces and the population has shown no signs of hostile
ng- The main oil districts have already been occupied.
TErrjxorial CLAIMS
Sentlrbo«e troops have been
the a sa^e§uard officials of
the' n^lo'lran Corporation and
port^ families- The R.A.F. sup-
the laíld f0rces and have
down
An Air-Minded
English School
P^ople and make no terri-
ctaims. Because of the
^dvance of the British
the^^0^ boWn leaflets where
fj0n reasons for the interven-
stre are stated and it is
are fbal -^ritain and Russia
- aot Waging war against the
. a° F- '
tcriaj
'Uhck
there v,
Ca oave been very few
^b^lties among the Iran
anh the resistance
red is said to be very slight.
CROSS AT
POINTS
havee ^Ussians state that they
cr°ssed the frontier at
^rorn ^0tnfS’ ln Caucasus an(1
8ea tbe coast of the Caspian
ÍH„ otb columns are advanc-
vanc0tVafds Tabriz and had ad-
jCed thirty miles last night.
arjjji^ not known when the two
atKj ,, are expected to meet,
c°díit ^ °ccPation the entire
CgSs ^ight not even be ne-
are ^ 11 the German agents
'««n?ytUred or run out of the

íheSTERS SEE SHAH
the
Russian and British
Sters to Tehran called on
Shah
yeserday morning to
acquaint him with the fact that
Britain and Russia had decided
to take a joint military action
against his country for reasons
formerly stated. A lengthy dis-
cussion followed but the Shah
has not protested and the Brit-
ish and Russian ministers have
not been requested to leave the
country. Neither has the Iran
minister in London been asked
to leave.
A military spokesman in
Simla today said that the Brit-
ish had used airborne troops in
Iran. They had been sent to
the oil districts to protect Brit-
ish civilians. British fighters
have destroyed there Iran
fighters which were taking off
for an attack on British troops.
The British minister in Teheran
has wired that British citizens
in the town are well.
Tank Output in Chrysler
Works to be Increased
The director of the big
Chrysler works has told news-
papermen that the output of
tanks in his plant would soon
be greatly increased. He said
he was not allowed to give any
figures but that he could state
that the present output was
ahead of the scedule by five
tanks a day.
Ripon Grammar Schocl, Yorkshire, England, has its own aero-
plane and specially-fitted workrooms where its air-minded boys
assemble and dismantle aircraft and engines. The school has an
Air Cadet Corps of 60 boys some of whom are here seen át work
in a morse decoding class.
Tanbs And Anti-
Tanh Equipment
Essentisl
Beaverbrook Says Tank
is “Growinp Dp’,
American Maites Are Good
London, August 26th.
Tanks and anti-tank equip-
ment is the principal charge
of the Ministry of Supply at
the present time. Lord Beaver-
brook emphasised this point in
outlining production conditions
and progress in Britain, Canada
and the U.S.A. whence he re-
turned to London some days
ago.
“THE COVENTRY”
“We need more and more of
both,” said Lord Beaverbrook,
“until we have more of these
supplies than we have troops.
At present we have no more
troops.” Stating that tank pro-
duction was constantly moving
towards heavier types, “the
R.A.F. Sweep
Over Germany
And France
Large Fires Cansed
London, August 26th.
Objectives at Manenrheim
and Carlsruhe were atta.cked
last night by bombers of the
Bomber Command. Several
large fires were started. Three
Spitfires attacked a power
station at Cherbourg and
caused large firés. Six British
planes are missing.
tank is growing up,” he said,
and revealed that Britain would
soon have a new heavy tank in
service to be named ‘Coventry’.
Lord Beaverbrook refuted
the suggestion that no Ameri-
can tanks had arrived in Brit-
ain. “They have arrived in this
country and in Libya in con-
siderable numbers,” he said,
adding that the American tank
design was remarkably good.