London, June 24.
Soviet youth was exhorted to work as hard as adults in a broadcast from Moscow today. They were told by the editor of a leading youth journal that their work would be as vital for victory as the best shooting at the front.
The broadcast concluded with—"we mean business to-
"outer.
Propaganda reports described the secrecy with which German advance guards brought highly camouflaged spearhead divisions within several hundred yards of Russian nes. on Saturday Ju readiness for launching the 3 a.m, surprise offensive.
"At 9 a.m. a terrific artillery rage, reported to exceed anything thus' far known in the history of warfare, "began. "Simultaneously. German dive bombers began destroy~ Ing Russian alr elds.
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