Stockholm, June 25.
The Swedish press last night reported that vigorous detonations, believed to have resulted from gun-fire and aerial bombardments, were heard on Monday night and yesterday moming ff the south coast of Sweden, particularly near the island òf Gotland. It was considered possible that the detonations indicated a moval battle, between German and Russian fleet units—United Press, Russian Armies on Offensive Ankara, June 25.
Military quarters who have close contact with the Axis powers declared yesterday. that the Red Army. far from, employing the withdrawing tactics which defeated Napoleon, has taken the offensive. on all fronts and was using tactics almost identical to those of the German High Command.
These sources said that two main. German spear-heads at present were driving on Kiev from bases in Lublin and. Doróhoi. Within the lo formed by Cernauti, Lublin and Kiev, South of the Pripet Marshes, the Ger-were hoping to surround the 35 crack Soviet divisions known to be concentrated there, "Another German spear-head, known jo based at Warsaw. was being @t Moscow through Grodno Pupils of the Cathedral School for Girls gave an elocution recital yesterday afternoon at the school on Avenue
various recitations, including a short aig, Girls of the senior school gave passage from Shakespeare's Richard Ti, Miss W. M. Penfold, headmistress of the Cathedral School, explained that those senior girls, who were reciting, were not ni the best from each class but were those who had not taken part in the school's recent production, "Iolanthe." Each girl rendered her piece word-perfect and with excellent diction and expression, The slight nervousness on the part of one or two, was quickly overcome.
The Junior School, composed of classes Io, Th and La, gave a fine selection of short recitations, crowning their programme with chorused elocution. Cleerused elocution differs from ordinary choruses, in that it has no melody, no fixed timing and no piano accompaniment to help the parti pants; its success depends entirely upon clarity of diction and precision of phrasing, The Junior school girls really excelled themselves in this, giving a selection from "Hiawatha,"
Finally everyone joined in singing "God Save the King", Three cheers were offered for Mrs. L. Corner, elocution mistress. who is to be congratulated upon offering such an en-pertaining programme. The parents and friends who attended in large numbers, viewed the exhibition of school work, at the conclusion of the recital,
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