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La gaceta., 1941-12-02
pide la consumption
Derotados los ingleses en- Libia
de mujeres y hombres

en- tanques son ~esperados por
los ingleses.
BESIDE Roma comunican por
la Radio que los italianos Sc a.
poderaron de 1900 prisioneros
ingleses en- la IONA de Rezegh;
los alemanes calculan en- 5000
Ell nGmero de sus prisioneros,
incluyendo tres generates. Ber-
lin asegura que los ingleses per-
dido 814 tanques y 127 aeropla-
Nuevos refuerzOs inglesas sc
estan -desembarcando en- To-
bruk.
Mussolini anunci6 hoy, tam
bien, ell hundimiento de un cru
Zero ingles de la clase del "Au-
rora'.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02
Ell DEL GIN
C~UENTENARIO DEL CEN
TRIO A

Ell primer paso effective pa
ra ell banQuete de las Bodas
de Orc, luego lie anunciado ell
Menu por Casimiro Herman
dez, uno de los duenos del
Columbia, fu6 ell abrir anp-
che, en- la secretaria del Cen
tro Espahol, un libro para a
notar las adneSioneS.
En- menos de diez minutes
Sc recibieron 81 adhesiones
teque fueron aSentadas por ell
secretaric, Sr. Carlos Torrens
en- presencia del Sr. Angei a
lonso, sogundo vicepresidente
Y de otros miembros del conf
te crganizaIcr.
Una sola familia, la de Je-
s1s Aberdi, ell simpatico
"Chuspi," tom6 cinco cubier-
tos.
Como va hemos dicho, ell
banquete Sc servira en- la sa-
la alta del Centre Espanol y
ell entremes sc comera EN- la
sala baja, donde seran recibi-
dos los invitados de honor, ell
gobernador Holland, ell sena-
dor Pepper, ell alcalde Chan
cey Y otras distinguidas per
sonalidades.
Llevara ell entremes ell nom
bre de Bautista M. Balbontin,
ell dnico socio fundador que
aun vive.
lEl Menu anurciado per la
cocina del Columbia es ell 81
guiente:
Puchero Madrilena,
Una cOpa de J6rez Anon
tillado,
Fargo Alicante,
Ensalada Espahola,
Capones a la Riojana,
Postre Aniversario,
Vinos: Sauterne y Borgona.
Cafe Columbia.
Ell precio de cada cubierto
es de $500. Sc propone ell "Co
lumbia" mandar cuatro coci-
neros a una cocina especial
que Sc instalara en- ell Centre
Servira ell banquete, bajo la
direction de Mariana Salaba-
RIA, 80 camareros.
L comisi6n organizadora ha
sehalado un objective de 500
cubiertos.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02

que los ingleses han ordenado
a los barcos de Su bandera, en-
csc puerto, Sc dirijan inmedia
tamente a Hong Kong.
Tr}io 5'cierbra 2.-Esta reu-
nido ell gabinete iapon6s y es-
tudia eli estado de las nego-
ciaciones con Washington.
Los peri6dicos nipones asegu-
ran que los ingleses Sc prepa-
ran para atacar a Thailand.
Moscu, Die. LA derrota
de los alemanes en- Rostov y la
fuga de las tropas del general
Won Kleist, producer hoy in
tensa algeria en- TODD ell terri
torio russo. FL mando Sovietico
admite %pequenas ganancias
del enemigo en- Kiln Y Volo-
kolomsk.
MoscG, Die. Eel mayor
general del ej6rcito rojo, V.
v. Novitkoff, comandante en-
jefe de las tropas del Cauca-
so, opina que Hitler no ataca-
ra ell CaucasO y los pozos de
Baku antes de la p%rimavera.
Las mOntanas tienen una altu-
ra de 10000 y es impossible
recurrir a la guerra mecaniza
da hasta MARIO. Ell tango en-
los wales es algo como no exis
te otra cOsa en- la terra. Mu-
chas veces los hombres Sc ven
obligado sa andar con ell fan
go ha,ta la cintura. Algunas
personals Sc entierran en- Ell y
no pueden salir. Gracias a la
ayuda anglo-americana, Lee
ningrado Y Moscd pueden re-
sistir. Turquia es igual al as
no en- ell proverbio russo, que
meersla muera el leon antas de
pcnerle la pata encima del
cuerpo.
Washington, Die. 2.-Los a
gentes del gobierno federal
arrestaron hoy a 80 individuos
en- Detroit, Chicago y N. York
Les acusan de robar pleas de
automobiles, a la cOmpahia
Ford. valuadas en- varios mi
Homes de pesos.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02
Sumner WeIIes pide al gobiemO
japones una prOnta contestaclon

columna de vehiculos sali6 de
Rangoon, en- Burma, para a
gregarse a las trOpas inglesas.
La tension aumenta.
Los peri6dicos japoneses di
ce nuue Chang Kai Shek bal
la al son de Ia mGsica que lie
tocan Estados Unidos, Ingla-
terra v ell comunismo. LA es-
fera de Influenza y acci6n de
los iaponeses no podra ser cor
tada por nadie, por cuanto ha
sido decretada pOr la providen
cha"
Ell primer ministro del Man
chukuo, Chang Chung-Hui, "a
segura que ell "nuevo orden'
no podra ser restablecido has
ia que las maniobras de los e.
nemigos del Eje sean desarrai
gadas.
"Debemos tener complete
fe en- 81 JaF6n.'
Todos los diarios nipones a.
nalizan ell problema en- tono
pesimista y algunos dan a en-
tender que la guerra es indvi-
table.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02
LA FUNCI0N DE LAS DA-
MAS DE RECREO DEL CEN
TRIO ESPANOL

Una amagle inyitaci6n traJe-
ron hoy a nuestro director las
bellas y cultas damas de la Sec.
.ci6n de Recreo del Centre Espa-
mol.
Ell jueves verificaran elias SD
grandiosa function annual, en- Ell
teatro de Ybor, con el estreno
de la comedia MAMA Ines.
La Sra. Elvira Paniello, pre-
sidenta de la Secci6n, dirige to-
da la hermOsa labor realizada y
a la que sc pondra el %jueves dig
no remate.
Mama Ines, dirigida por la
Sra. Carmen Ramirez, con RAJ
mon BermGdez de a%puntador, Sc
IA iinterpretada por Mayita Lii
mia, lAngelita Alvarez, Jennie
Rodriguez, Joscfina A. Pizzo,
Margarita Fernandez, Perfecta
Colmenaras, Don Seyerino Quin
taniila, Ramoncito Alvarez.
Mauricio Gutierrez, Antonio
Blanco y Damian M6niez.
Participaran en- u nextraordi-
mario acto de variedades, Lolita
Lado, la linda sehorita Ramon
Alvarez, Eileen Gutierrez, Elyi-
rd PanieRo, Patricia Paula y
Manuelita Fernandez.
FL 6xito esta asegurado.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS
Otra "espantada" de los fascistas. Rostov y
los nazis.-Petain ell incompetente.-Eric (trai-
dor) Scavenius. Aumento en- la criminalidad.
-Exceso de leyes y educacion inadecuada.

Los fascistas italianos, com
ponentes de la division "Arie-
te", Sc echaron a correr en- Ii
bia, como sus "hermanitos'' lo
hicieron en- Guadalajara.
No son ratoncitos nj conejos.
es que estan cansados de comba-
tir para satisfacer las ambicio-
de Hitler. Mussolini va no es O.
ira cOsa que un lacayo y los sol
dados italianos "monigotes' me
vidos desde ell Quartet general
delos nazis.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02

Ell Bur6 Federal de Investi-
gaciones afirma y prueba que la
criminalidad aument6, en- TO
que a asesinatos y violaciones Sc
refiere, en- los primeros nueve
meses de 1941.
Comparados los nueve pri-
meros meses de 1941 con los nue.
We primeros de 1910, Ell nimero
de asesinatos aumnt6 en- 10 por
ciento y ell de violaciones en-
7.2 por cientO.
Disminuyeron, sin embargo,
quiza pOr ell aumento de traba-
jo, los asaltos y robos, ros y
hurtos.
LOS arerstOs de mujeres "a
cusadas de conducta describe
nadacrecieron en- I'm 31.3 por
ciento; los arrestos por guar ba
10 la Influenza Ge bebidas al
cOh6licas subieron en- I'm 28.3
por ciento, y las detenciones de
mujeres, por robar autom6vi-
les, en- I'm 24.3 por ciento'.
La reincidencia en- los crimi-
males Sc ha comprObado con es-
tos datos: las 165,086 personas
arrestadas en- los primeros tres
'mese de etc ano habian cometi-
do, anteriormente, 511,187 deli
to.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02

"Pertinax", ell ilustre perio-
dista frances, recUerda la in
competencia de Petain, en- la
guerra mundial, y dice: "El ge-
neral Weygand me lego, hace al
gunos amos, porciones muy i'm
portantes de sus memorials.
"A principles de 1913, segGn
los parrafos que Weygand me lie
vera, Petain habrfa perdido Id
guerra para Francia y los Ala
dos, 81 no Sc lie hugiese puesto,
s~dbitamente, a las o6rdenes del
mariscal Foch, a petici6n de
Lord Miner y del general Sir
Henry Wilson, los que Sc asus-
taron al leer las 6rdenes dadas
al ejercito frances ell dfa "a de
MARIO de 1918. Petain creia que
ell destino de los ingleses estaba
Sellado y que la mission de el
era proteger a Paris. Eli maris-
cal Foch tom6 ell OpuestO punto
de vista y en- una carta a Gle
menceau pedfa quela brecha en-
tire la Inca francesa Y la inglesa
fuese cerrada, a cualquier cos
to-. Foch estaba en- 10 cleric y
Petain equivocado."
Despues de esas palabraS de
"Pertinaxxx'', oportunO eS re-
cordar que Petain, siendo minis
'tro de la guerra, hizo burla del
coronel de La Gaulle, ahora ge-
neral, porque insistia en- la COM
pleta mecanizaci6n del ejercito
frances.
Este Petain que aver confe-
renci6 con Ell mariscal Goering,
es ell mismo individuo, reaccio-
mario e intrigante, que fuera
mandado a Espaha como emba-
jador de la Republica cerca del
traidor francisco Franco.
Sc entendieron el y Franco
porque hablanel mismo o pare
cido 'lenguaje'; Y probable
mente ell mariscal Sc entendera
con Goering, por cuanto los dos
piensan que la democracia es
una "grave ~enfermedad' de los
"pueblos debiles o debilitados"
Francia mantiene en- la Jefa-
tura del gobierno a un militar
"incompetente" y a un caballero
de ideas a-ntiUdemOcraticas.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02
CoRTE DE 10 CRIMINAL

En- presencia del juez Hines
Sc declararon aver culpa6les,
25 individuos de la raza ne
gra. de defraudar al Estado,
hacienda falsas reclamacione3
bajo la ley de compensation,
La gaceta., 1941-12-02

Hemos capturado a Rostov, la
puerta de entrada a los campos
petroleros del Caucaso-decfa
ell mando Nazi.
Las trOpas rusaS echaron a
los 'bandidos teutones" de esa
ciudad y aver Sc afirmaba en-
Berlin: "una posici6n de poca
import9ncia hemOs perdido,
RostOv, en- ell Dom.
LA cara de cemento que al
gunos tienen"-como dicen los
tabaquerOS.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02

Dinamarca tiene su Quisling
ndmero /: Eric Scavenius, su
ministro de nogocios extranje-
ros.
Este individuO que entiende
la dignidad a la manera nazi'
a espaldas del rey y del gogierno
Sc comprometi6 afirmar ell Pac-
to Anti-C omitern. Sc comprome
tic y 10 hizo.
Luego de firmar el documen
to, Sc present6 en- una reunion
del gabinete v mostr6 Ell papel
'de su eterno deShcnor'.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02

Los ministries y el rey quisie-
ron echarle del m~inisterio, por
traidor, pero Hitler y Won Rib
bentrOp Sc opusieron.
Ell gobierno tuvo que aceptar
la imposition ''nazi"; pero los
ciudadanoS de Dinamarca grita-
ron en- las GALES AbajO ell trai
dor ScaveniuS!
La gaceta., 1941-12-02

Los rs fueron condenados a
80 dias de carcel y pagan las
costas del proceso. 81 no pa
gan las costas tendran que pa
sar en- Ia carcel 80 dias mas.
La gaceta., 1941-12-02
BOLETINES De ULTIMA HORA

La entrevista de Petain y Goering. - Amenaza
bolsevique intervencio american. = FL presi-
dent Roosevelt hace preguntas al Japon.-Esta
reunidoel gabinete japones.-La campana en- el
Caucaso.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-06

The peak Of the season Ia here hiring
the finest quality berries In many
year,. safeway features fancy, large
Marshall berries. fresh picked and
guaranteed perfect for your canning.
n you are planning 10 can We can
only say BUY NOW.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Chest Drive Tops 100000;
Goal Reached for First Time

Officials of the Community Chest
announced today that the annual
drive, extended since November 27 in
an effort to reach the goal, 1000, 900,
finally had been carried over the top
with a grand total of $2,001, ,440.
1t was the first time in a decade
that the goal had been reached.
Represented in the total sum were
246,840 individual gifts, the largest
number in the history of the Chest.
At the last report meeting of the
volunteer campaign workers, held at
the willard Hotel December Is, con-
tributions stood at $1,978,987.11,
short $21, ,012.89 of the desired mark.
General Chairman j. Clifford Fol-
ger announced at that time that the
drive would be continued until it
went over the top.
Mr.. Folger revealed that the cam
paign had been carried on con-
tinuously since then and that the
final balance needed to reach the
goal was obtained today through
four additional. contributions from
public utility firms. These included
81 900 from the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co., $1,000 from
the Potomac Electric Power Co., $3.50
from the Washington Gas Light Co.
Evening star., 1941-12-24

The tragedy occurred as Mrs. Holt
was driving home-having pur-
chased a Christmas tree and other
wise completed plans for the fam
ily's holiday.
The child was thrown from the
car when the two vehicles collided,
and was crushed between the auto
and a lamp post on the northeast
corner of the intersection.
The mother, Mrs. Mary Estelle
Holt, 81, of 1916 Bay street Sc, and
another child, Catherine Mudd, 13, a
cousin of the dead girl were taken
to Casualty Hospital in an automo-
bile and released after being treated
for head and leg injuries. They
were not seriously hurt.
DANES father, George Holt, is en-
ployed in the mailing room of the
Washington Times Herald.
Three other daughters of Mrs.
Holt and Mrs. Hollis mother also
were understood to have been in the
car, but they apparently escaped
injury.
The fatality was the 93d attrib-
uted to traffic accidents here this
year, 16 more than during the same
period in 1910.
Police said the truck, owned by
the Merchants Transfer & Storage
Co., and driven by Robert r. Rus
sell, colored, 66 Pierce street NV,
Evening star., 1941-12-24

was going east on D street. The
automobile Mrs. Holt was driving
was going north on Fifteenth street
The impact threw the car toward
the northeast corner of the inter
section The child apparently vas
thrown out of the car just before it
hit the lamp post, and was pinned
between the post and the car. She
died instantly.
The truck driver was said to have
been employed by the Merchants
firm as driver for eight months.
John Spinks, ABOUT 25, of Hern-
don, Va, died en- route to Emer-
gency Hospital this afternoon of in
juries received when a car in which
he was riding overturned several
times on the Leesburg pike about
two miles north of Tysons Corner,
Fairfax County, Va.
Francis Shipman, about the same
age, whose address was not deter
mined Immediately. was critically
injured in the crash. County Po-
liceman Cecil Brown said eyewit-
nesses told him the car ran off the
road and then threw the two men
out as it spun over several times.
Mr.. Spinks was pronounced dead
by DR.. Thomas Martinez of the
Emergency Hospital staff and Mr..
Shipman was admitted to the hos
pital.
Evening star., 1941-12-24

and $500 from the Capital Transit
Co.
The final push that carried the
drive across, according to the gen.
eral chairman, was added through
the efforts of special flying squad
ron" headed by Harvey G. Cheston
of Julius Garfinckel g. Co. For the
last week, he reported, members of
this group have contacted execu-
tives of business firms with plea
for additional donations.
Now we can say with pride to
the Nation that Washington has
joined the growing parade of other
Community Chest cities which have
oversubscribed their goals for hu-
man welfare" said Mr.. Folger.
A note of triumph also was heard
from Herbert L. Willett, jr., Chest
director.
Apparently the shock of world
events has aroused people in this
community to keener realization
of the need for adequate attention
to the daily needs of their neighbors
here at home" Mr.. Willett said.
THE unusually large number of
givers is an encouraging sign OF
the growing unity and concern for
others which exist In Washington"
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Dutch Bombers Sink
Fifth Ship in 7 DAYS

BATAVIA, Dec. "A R).-Nether-
lands Indies Army bombers attacked
q concentration OF japanese ships of
Kuching, capital of Sarawak, today
and left one transport in sinking
condition, 1t was announced officially.
Sinking of four more ships. one
tanker and three transports, was an
nounced earlier.
The Netherlands Army commune
que said earlier that its fighter planes
intercepted Japanese bombers at an
undisclosed point over the outer
islands and turned the raiders of
before they could drop any bombs.
Amending its report yesterday of
the sinking of a japanese tanker
of Davao. the invaded Mindanao
Island harbor of the Philippines, the
communique said 1t was larger than
the 10000 tons previously estimated
and that the bomb which scored
a direct hit weighed half a ton.
A Batavia radio report declared
Dutch forces now have sunk an
average Of a Japanese ship day,
making a total Of II since the out
break of the war in the Pacific.
During the air attack on Davao,
carried out in the face of heavy
anti-aircraft fire and Japanese
fighter resistance to implement the
United States defense of Mindanao,
the communique said Dutch flyers
scored direct hits on warehouses
and docks along the water front.
Davao Is about 600 airline miles
from Manila and only about 400
from outlying islands of the Dutch
archipelago. Hence it is closer
target for the Netherlands and, con-
sequently, a potential base for any
Japanese invasion attempt against
the Indies.
All the Dutch planes returned
safely. the communique said, except
one flying boat which was forced
down at sea and whose crew was
picked up.
It asserted also that an enemy
tanker and three transports already
announced as sunk by Dutch sub
marine northwest of Borneo were
torpedoed on their way from Japan
"and therefore had no opportunity
to land their troops, war materials
or supplies"
1T may be assumed" it said, that
considerable losses in men and ma
terial were inflicted on the enemy" B"
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Russians Bear Down
On 0reI as Offensive
Gains Power Steadily
Gen. Guderiun Leaves
Front for Reich After
Rout of His Division
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Russian Army of the center
today bore down on Orel, the i'm
portant communications center mid
way between Moscow and the
Ukraines key city of Khe.rkov, in an
offensive of steadily rising power
Red forces, said military dis
patches to Moscow, were pushing
the Germans westward after occupy
ing Odoev, some 60 miles north Of
Orel itself, and we're threatening to
cut of the rear Nazi columns.
The Germans admitted continued
Russian attacks had driven gaps in
their defense lines at some places.
The Germans were estimated to
have left 1000 vehicles on the roaos
about Odoev when the remnants of
Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian's I'd Tank
Division lied to Orel.
Gen. Guderian ,imself, the highly
pubhcized expert in tank warfare,
was reported to have left the eastern
(see RUSSIAN, Page A-D
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Tanker, Turned Back
In Pacific, Reaches Port

The S. S. Fitzsimmons, Standard
Oil Co. tanker, which was bound for
Russia with cargo of motor gaso-
line at the outbreak of war Decem-
ber 7. has arrived safely at West
Coast port, the Navy Department
said today.
Docking of the Fitzsimmons ac-
counts for the last United States
vessel in Far East waters at the out
break OF hostilities, all others have
reached port safely except the S. S.
President Harrison. which was cap
tured by the japanese, it was an
nounced. The President Harrison,
in Oriental waters to evacuate
United States citizens, stayed too
long to be saved.
The Fitzsimmons was in the Sea
Of Okhotsk, bound for Russia, but
was rerouted through waters where
weather conditions made intercept
ton unlikely. 1t reached port Mon
day, the announcement stated.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Jops, Off Botongos,
Now Menace Manila
From : New Points
Macarthur Takes
Command in Field:
Manila Raids Heavy

Together with his staff, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, commander
in chief of the United States
Army forces of the Far East, per-
sonally has taken the field to di-
rect his forces stubborn fight
against powerful Japanese
thrusts at Manila from two di-
rections, the Associated Press
reported today.
Large forces of American tanks
also headed for the battle along
Manila streets lined with cheering
civilians
With the Philippine defenders said
to be outnumbered and hard pressed
north and south of the capital, the
War Department announced the ap-
pearance of enemy troop ships of
Batangas on the southern tip of
Luzon island. about IS miles south
west of Manila.
The enemy already has landed a
heavy force in the vicinity of Att
monan, Is miles southeast of the
capital, the War Department said,
presenting a threat to Manila from
the south. From the north the in
vader was striking from its foot
hold along the Lingayen Gulf, about
120 miles from Manila.
Manila had four afraid alarms
during the day. and after the fourth,
one of the biggest fires Of the war
f1ared up in the Fort Mckinley area.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Churchill, President
Studying War Roles
For Other Allies
Prime Minister Devotes
Doy to Conferences; Navy
Matters Take High Place

The American and British experts
in strategy working here together
on the master-plan for the war
against the Axis are fitting Russia
and the other allies closely into
their world wide battle scheme. the
British spokesman said here today,
as President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill at the White
House gave their Christmas eve to
minute considerations of joint oper-
ations.
Sir Gerald Campbell, spokesman
for the Prime Minister in the United
States, told the press that none OF
the powers cooperating with the
United States and Great Britain
had yet been consulted directly. He
did not think the Prime Minister
had seen Maxim Litvinof, the Soviet
Ambassador.
Naval matters have been figuring
prominently in the Anglo-American
consultations. and new rumors OF
changes in the status of the French
fleet hinted grave complication for
the Allied plans for the future war
at sea.
Both the United States and Great
Britain have shown great concern
over the ultimate disposition OF the
French fleet ever since France fell,
and it has been made plain to the
Vichy government that the sur
render of the navy to German use
would be considered a hostile act.
Prime Minister Churchill indi-
Gated yesterday that he looked for
new German offensive in some
theater to counterbalance the hu-
initiating reverses in Russia. He
mentioned a thrust toward the Med
iterranean and am invasion of Brit
ain next year as among the posi-
bilities. but said frankly that he
did not know where it would come.
Anxiety Over Philippines.
AS officials waited for the new
pattern of events to crystalline in
Europe, the Capitals holiday spirits
were dampened by the tenor OF
news from the Far East.
And it was becoming increasingly
apparent that Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur had a desperate fight on his
CSee ROOSEVELT. Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Nozis Finish Bases
For Use Against Britain
BY the Associated Press.

by LIE hSSOCldteu fTeSS.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-The British
radio today quoted a German prop
aganda broadcast as saying inten-
sive fortification works along the
Atlantic coast of Europe had been
completed after 18 months. furnish
ing "a complete base and support
for offensive operations against
Britain"
The broadcast, recorded by C. B.
S.. quoted the Germans as saying
new naval and air bases had been
created, many new batteries set up,
bombproof shelters for submarines
built and camouf1aged shelters
erected for land troops.
This will give the Germans not
only an offensive base but greater
security against invasion of Europe,
the German radio said
Evening star., 1941-12-24
British Take BARGE
And Axis Airdrome
East Of Bengasi
RommeI's Army Showing
Signs Of Disinteerotion,
Cairo Communique Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Egypt. Dec. 24.-British
forces, rapidly completing their oc-
cupation of Cirenaica," have cap
tured the important Axis airdrome
at Benina, IL miles east Of Ben
gasi, and the stronghold of BARGE,
about 40 miles further east, the
British announced today.
An imperial headquarters COM
nunique indicated that the army
of Nazi Gen. Erwin Rommel, in
headlong retreat westward, was
showing signs of disintegration.
While the slower-moving main
body of British forces we're occupy
ing BARGE and the Benina airdrome,
1t said, faster, hard-hitting British
armored vanguards appear to have
cut off retreating Germans south
r Iowa