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Evening star., 1941-06-08
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, June : LP.-The only
change IN major currencies in foreign eX-
change trading today was in the Argentine
free peso, which was a shade lower in
terms of the United States dollar
Late rates follow GSreat E-:tai. in dol
lars, others in cents)
Canada.
OficiaI Canadian Control Board rates for
United States dollars Buying. ! 0 per cent
premium: selling. II per cent premium,
equivalent to discounts on Canadian dollars
IN New York of, buying, 9.9l per cent; SELL
ing. q 90 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket 113s per cent discount, or S7.37 u
United States cents.
Europe.
Great Britain. oficial Bankers Foreign
Exchange Committee rates., buying, 1 OF &:
selling. 4.04: open market, cables. 4 Oh q;
Germany. 40.05n; benevolent. 2O25: Pin
land. 2.05n: Hungary. l9.77n; Italy. !. .06:
Portugal OIL; Sweden. 23.S5. Switzerland.
'23.2l, Yugosavia, 2.35n.
Latin America
Argentina, official. 2q77: free % 20:
Brazil. official, 6.05n: free. soon: Mexico
2o.10n.
Far East
Japan. 23.4S; Hong Kong, "a so: Shang-
Rates, in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated
Nominal Commercial transactions.
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Railroad Purchases
HIGHEST Since 1929
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June THE Nation s
railroads placed orders for IS loco
motives and 1921 freight cars and
the Government Is locomotives and
100 freight cars during May, Railway
Age reported today.
Orders for the first five months of
the year-3l2 locomotives and So
492 freight cars-exceeded the num-
Der placed in any corresponding
period from 1929 to 1941, the maga-
zine said.
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Wool Futures
Metal Market

NEW YORK June = P,.-Copper
steady; ,electrolytic spot, Connecticut Val
ley. 1900; export. f.as. New York, IL OO-
1900; Tin steady, spot and nearby,
81 62l7; forward, - SO Lead steady; spot,
Zinc steady: East ST. Louis spot and
forward, 7.25. Pig, iron. aluminium, an
timony, quicksilver. platinum Chinese,
Changed.
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EXPERIENCED LONG,
DISTANCE. OPERATORS
TELEPHONE CO.

GIRLS, over 81, experience un-
necessary, for curb service; SAL
ary and meals. Apply SOB WASH
ington-Baltimore blvd. River
dale. Nd.
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With shorthand, typine, bookkeeping and
general once routine experience. in insur-
ance once; give full particulars in first
letter and salary expected. Box 11S-D,
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Ccllege graduate. not over 20 able to take
dictatIon l0O-l2O. tTanscrlbe accurately
ana ne9tly. as secretary to busy executive
Of LARGE corpora ton: salary. Sl95 70 start.
with opportunity for advancement PEI.
manent position Write. stating age edu-
cs ton, experience and whether at present
plnvnd Rn. 04o-D
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Three Lines (Minimum)
Evening star., 1941-06-08

SODA DISPENSERS, 18 to Is yrs.
of age, experience desired but not
necessary. Applicants under 81
must have birth certificate or
other suitable evidence Of age.
Apply in person. Employment
department, Peoples Drug Stores,
II P st. ne. 9 m. to noon daily.
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New York Produce

NEW YORK. June 7 QP-Dressed
poultry irregular. All fresh and frozen
prices UNCHANGED.
Live poultry bv freight, nominal; no
sales: by express. Irregular broilers
crosses New England 20-2l
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STENOGRAPHER,

SI'ENOGRAPHER,
YOUNG WOMAN, EXPERT
ENCED IN STEONGRAPHIC
AND GENERAL OFFICE
WORK. APPLY EMPLOY
MENT OFFICE, 4th FLOOR,
.LANSB URGH'S DEPT.
STORE
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THE CHESAPEAKE g. POTOMAC
TFI ,EPHONE co

Young women desired for switchboard
operating. Regular employment with OPP
portunltIes for salary advancement and
promotion No experience necessary. Ap-
plv 122 18th 81. NV, Room 10l, $50
a m IN x 90 n m
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LADIES, young, high school
graduates; pleasant outside
work; no selling, collecting or
soliciting; SIS wk. to start.
Box 358-D. Star.
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TYPISTS (2), permanent po-
sitions. Must be thoroughly
experienced credit store work.
Salary, $50 wk. Marvins, 734
7th st. NV.
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WOMAN.

Neat appearing, age 30 40. who can
sew. willing to learn TO become a filter
on corsets. good salary TO start. Gail
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IMMEDIATE OPENING.

Alert educated woman. teacher or eZ-
teacher preferred over -. 70 assist local
director of childcraft work. Interesting
full-tlme or summer work. Unusual op-
portunlty for right woman. Box 3s3-E.
Star giving age. eXDerleuce and rhOne l0s
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CLASSIFIED AD RATES
Local Advertisers

Three Lines (Minimum)
! time e'-------23c per line
) times
times or longer. consecu-
lively ---------------1Sc
Claims for errors must be made in
time for correction before the second
insertion.
Situations Wanted
Reduced Rates
lines, ! time, zoe lne------s go
lines. 2 times, 18c ine------- 1.08
lines, 3 times, 15c nne--- 135
Business advertisements under Situ-
ations Wanted will be charged the
regular classified rate.
DEATH NOTICEs-s125 per in
sertion of'l0 lines or less; 15c per
line for additional lines.
Business cards under Special No
tices and all advertisements under
Personal &c per line additional.
The Star Is the great want Ad"
medium of Washington, and the rates
charged are far lower than those of
newspapers in other large cities. Moth
ing is so cheap considering the results
obtained.
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STENOGRAPHER.

Recent high school graduate for COM
plant department of large local corpora
ton; pleasant voice and clerical accuracy
essential. salary. SS0-Sl00. permanent.
Write giving age, education, experience,
if any. and whether at present employed.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
BOOKKEEPER

Young woman Of smart appearance,
thoroughly experienced. must have extra
good handwriting with good knowledge
Of shorthand and typewritine Telephone
D1 500 for interview appointment. Kap-
lOW!fZ. 53I -51:s 18th 81 nv
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COLORED SALESWOMAN.
STENOGRAPHER,

An opening for neat-aDpearinF woman,
age $50. desiring professional work, to
take care OF our coiored customers refs.
required Box 4"7-D Star
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SALESLADIES.

Experienced in medium and better type
ladies ready TO wear Must be Of excel
lent character and have good references.
Phone EN-. $500 for appoin ment or apply
The Essie ODonneH Co, 34O1 Conn. ave.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

CASHIER AND TYPIST,
must possess personality
and good appearance, as well
as ability. Position perma-
nent;; satisfactory salary.
Box sod, Star.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

Over 25, neat. ambitious, for position in
local localities for national grocery con-
cern. Sales experience unnecessary. Full
details a interview See manager, 10 IL
! a m. 5l3 K St NV
Evening star., 1941-06-08
CHINA SATESWOMEN

CHINA SALESWOMEN,
Must be experienced in sell
ing this line of merchandise.
Apply employment office, 4th
floor, Lansburgh's Dept.
Store.
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HELP WOMEN.

vNSFn6INs
BEAUTICIANS (2), permanent position;
good hours. good pay and comm; good
tins. Meta's Beauty Salon. 929 6 NV.
BEAUTICIANS, 2, experienced Lady Fair
Beauty Salon. 2626 14th st. NV.
BEAUTY OPERATOR, experienced; good
hours, good salary, good working condi-
tions. MI. 9247.
BEAUTY OPERATOR. experienced; good
opportunity for right girl. Louis Hair
dresser. 922 18th st. NV.
BEAUTY OPERATOR wanted, all-around
experience. Palace Beauty Salon. 1888
Conn. ave. NV.
BEAUTY OPERATOR; steady position: $50
to start. 1885 r. I. ave. ne. Call North
400.
BEAUTY OPERATOR, experienced: good
opportunity for right party. In. Takoma
Park. D. C. Call RA. 9176 Monday am
BEAUTY OPERATOR. experienced: all or
part time. Apply End floor, 292S 14th st.
NV. Monday.
BEAUTY OPERATOR. experienced all
around; good salary. Call co. 10111
Monday.
sEAUTY OPERATOR, all around steady
position. Helene's Beauty Shop, 1923 10Th
st. NV. ME. $3.50.
BEAUTY OPERATOR, thorouehly expert
enced; good salary. Hestors, 3433 Con-
BEAUTY oPIRAToR, expert nnservaver
and manucurist; steady pcstuon; salary
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Apply Mr.. A. L. Lfvsie. Room No. Ill.
1135 18th st. NV. between and 5 p.n.
STREETCAR,
BUS OPERATORS
WANTED.
Steady work at good pay
for men who can qualify. $50
per week guaranteed after
short training period; many
earn more; no experience
necessary.
Applicants must be % to
40 years of age, 5 it. 7 inS. to
6 it. 2 inS. in height and must
weigh in proportion GAO to
225 pounds.
Apply in person Monday
through Friday, inclusive,
$50 to 10 am.
EMPLOYMENT DIVISION-J.
CAPITAL TRANSIT CO.,
36th and Prospect SITS. NV,
Wash. D. G.
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INTELLIGENT LADIES.
Millinery SaleSlady

Two ladies with cars for city sales
work; salary and commissions; references
required. Box 11G-D. Star.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
MATuRED WOMAN

Opening for serious-minded woman, 35-
As, with knowledge Of sewing capable oi
manaking established business; give ex-
perIence and qualifications. personal in
terview will be arranged Box 42s-D Star.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

LADY, YOUNG, WITH GOOD
HANDW WRITING, FOR
LEDGER POSTING. GOOD
SALARY. ASK FOR MR..
GREEN, EISEMAN'S, F AT
7th ST.
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TO ANIMAL OWNERS.
CALL AT THE OFFICE
WASHINGTON HUMANE

SOCIETY,
1891 NEW YORK AVE. NV,
And Receive an identification Tag for
Your Animal
FREE OF CHARGE.
II lost, strayed, stolen or injured this
tag will be very valuable to you. In the
event of war, more so.
COME-REGISTER
YOUR NAME AND ANIMAL
TAG WILL BE GIVEN YOU.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
HELP MEN.

White men wanted 21 years of age or
older. to qualify as taxicab operators.
Must have up-to-date District of Column
bia motor vehicle operators permit and
have resided within the METROPOLITAN area
81 Washington for one year or longer
(nearby Maryland and Virginia included).
FREE INSTRUCTIONS.
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FOUND.

PAIR OF EYEGLASSES; owner can OBJ
tain same at O'Donnells Pharmacy, 14th
and Colorado ave. NV.
SMALL DOG, male long hair, tan, harness.
Wisconsin g4o1
Evening star., 1941-06-08

LADY, YOUNG, FOR GEN
ERAL OFFICE WORK ,
WITH KNOWLEDGE OF
TYPING. ELI RUBIN CO.,
718 7th ST. NV.
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MATTRESSES, experienced,
age FL to 20; good pay, good
tips; full or part time. Phone
Chestnut 1913 after 2 pm.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

CREDIT and collection man, ex-
perienced; opportunity for ad-
vancement. State age and expe-
rience. Inside position. All appli-
cations confidential. Box 1l3-D,
Star.
Evening star., 1941-04-11

but If the doses are stopped sudden
ly the appearance fails and the hair
becomes shaggy. Thus 1t happens
that, If discharged from his place,
a horseman can have a neat revenge
on his employer and his successor.
No matter how attentive and in
dustrious he may be, If the next
horseman does not know that the
animals have been accustomed to a
regular diet Of arsenic, he will
arouse the ire OF the owner over the
poor appearance of the animals. The
feeding Of arsenic to horses becomes
q form of employment insurance.
Widespread Habit.
During one year have had to
undertake, and pass judgment upon,
in legal proceedings, more arsenic
poisonings than in all Germany in
the last 10 years. 1t Is false to think
that the larger part OF the popula-
ton indulge in arsenic eating. AL
though the habit Is fairly wide
spread among the horsemen, great
numbers of people have. In the
course Of time, abandoned 1t alto
gether."
There are apparently reliable
statements, says DR.. Harrar, about
the capacity Of measured doses of
the deadly poison to restore the ap-
pearance Of youthful and ruddy
cheeks. etc.-although DR.. Pregl re-
ported no evidence of this. The
vampire stories are too persistent to
be discarded lightly, he said.
The final chapter, DR.. Harrar told
the American Chemical Society, still
Is to be written.
There is no escaping the fact"
he said, that this element can bring
Evening star., 1941-04-11
Arsenic Eaters Stay Young
On Poison Diet, Chemists Told

findings to the American Chemical
Society, meeting here today.
DR.. Pregl himself can report
nothing, because of his bad tudg-
ment in selecting his parents.
Spread 1t on Bread.
Nearly in every farmhouse, or at
least in every second" he says, zone
finds an arsenic eater, or an arsenic
mixture. Sometimes 1t Is the farmer,
or else the horseman, without his
knowledge. keeps 1t in some secret
corner. The chief source, of course,
is the iron smelters, from which the
workmen or their friends can read
lily satisfy their needs. Then, despite
rigorous laws which control the
traffic in poisons, peddlers get pos
session Of arsenic and carry on q
lively trade.
'For eating purposes, arsenic
seems to be quite generally pref
ferred in q yellowish form-a sur
vival of certain ancient superstitions
regarding the habit. The peddlers
cater to this taste. They deal in
artificial yellow arsenic preparations,
made by mixing arsenic and sulphur.
These mixtures contain as high as
90 per cent of the original arsenic
contents.
"A method commonly used to
solve the 'getting-it-down' problem
has been to spread the poison on
bread. With his knife the arsenic
eater cuts away from larger piece
that quantity which he estimates
with his eye may be the right amount.
From time to time the quantity may
be increased or decreased, as nearly
as the eater can measure it in this
crude fashion"
Horses Thrive On II.
On the question of the usual dose,
DR.. Pregl was hesitant about ex-
pressing an opinion. but he finally
admitted that it was at least two
or three grams, about 10 times the
amount necessary to kill novice.
He told Of tests with horses. On
steady diet Of arsenic, he said,
these animals acquire a sleek,
glossy, well-nourished appearance,
Evening star., 1941-04-11
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

ST. LOUIS, April 11.-From the
old Austrian province OF Styria, land
of the chamois hunters, for the last
century have come weird stories-of
dead men who walk at night, OF
ancient folk who still appear in the
bloom. of youth, of men and women
who eat daily amounts of the dead
ly poison, arsenic, sufficient to kill
20 ordinary individuals.
The vampire stories, common
through much of the Near East, have
arisel. through the fact that when
graves are opened years afterwards
the dead appear in the bloom of
youth, cheeks full and flushed, as If
they had grown younger in their
last resting places.
Science has frowned on these
stories. Arsenic, after all, is one of
the deadlieSt of poisons. The dead
do not rise from their graves. Yet,
every now and then, supposedly
apocrypal stories have come of men
who eat arsenic, who stay young
and for whom even death means no
difference in physical appearance.
Norman j. Harrar, chemist of
Franklin College, Franklin, Ind,
became interested a few years ago
and, to set the absurdities perma-
nently at rest, ne wrote to the Uni
versity of Gratz, chief institution
of higher learning in the vampire
land for the facts
A few months later he got reply,
from no less a man than Fritz Pregl,
one of the worlds greatest chemists,
winner of the Nobel prize in 1928.
a native of the vampire-infected
countryside, giving his sober Scien-
tific observations on the arsenic
eaters. They start while children
with small doses, gradually increas-
ing them until they can take with
impunity amounts that would be
suicidal in few minutes to anybody
else, DR.. Harrar was told.
DR.. Harrar reported DR.. Pregls
Evening star., 1941-04-11
Delegates ofC. R.
Convene Next Friday
For 4-Day Session
White House Reception
And Stunt Party on
First Days Program
DELEGATES to the 4sth annual con-

Delegates to the 46th annual con-
vention of the National Society,
ChildIen of the American Revolu-
ton, will gather here next Friday
for registration formalities in the
Lafayette Hotel and White House
reception at 2 pm.
Mrs. John Morrison Kerr, ma
tional president, will be attended
by three young flower pages during
the White House visit, which will be
made by all members registered for
the conclave.
stunt Party" Scheduled.
A stunt party" will be staged Fri
day night in Pierce Hall. Fifteenth
and Harvard streets NV. and the
reception of junior national officers
will follow in the Lafayette Hotel.
Mrs. Carl H. Giroux, senior presi-
dent for the District Of Columbia
Society, G. A. R., will preside at the
former event.
Al the morning session the next
day In Memorial Continental Hall,
Mrs. Kerr and Lyons Mills Rowland,
Junior national president, will greet
delegates and the junior national
officers will make their annual re-
ports.
At II am. that day the convention
will recess to Constitution Hall,
where the 5Oth Continental Congress
of the National Society, Daughters
of the American Revolution, will be
in progress, and will be greeted by
Mrs. Henry NJ Robert. jr., president
general of the D. A. r.
Pilgrimages Planned.
The afternoon meeting will feature
a greeting from Mrs. Roberts sue
cessor as president general. Nomi-
mating committees will report. and
Junior and senior officers will be
elected.
A memorial service is to be held
the third day in Christ Church,
Alexandria, Va, after the annual
observance at the Tomb of the Un-
known Revolutionary Soldier in the
church yard. Pilgrimages to Gads-
by's Tavern, Alexandria, and Mount
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about profound changes in the body
which have yet to be satisfactorily
explained.
"A vicious poison, like other great
forces, once it is understood and
properly directed. may become an
instrument OF superhuman power.
The ancient weapon might be made
to save lives it could so easily de-
stroy."
Evening star., 1941-04-11
Donor Dies as Church
Goes Up for Auction

BY the Associated Press.
CLINTON, Mo-, April 1l.-Forty-
one years ago Mr.. and Mrs. w. p.
Craleton donated the ground on
which the Leesville Methodist
Church was built.
Yesterday 76-year-old Mrs. Crale-
ton stood before a crowd gathered
1or an auction. Long unused, the
church had been ordered sold.
Fervently she pleaded that no one
submit bid.
Turning away, she collapsed and
died.
The sale was halted.
Evening star., 1941-04-11

Vernon. are to follow, and the newly
elected national and State junior
officers will take the oath OF office
under the C. A. R. tree planted by
their group at Mount Vernon in
1896
The fourth day will be devoted to
reports of national and State senior
officers and formal installation OF
new senior officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-16
Farmers TO Attend
State Convention

Associated Farmers of Imperial
county planned Saturday to attend
the eighth annual convention of
the state organization in Sacra-
mento Dec. l.
The convention will have three
main items of business. State Presl-
dent Don A. Stevning, Riverside,
said.
They are
l. Elaborate plans for elimination
of tightening union bottleneckS IN
production and distribution of mil
lions of dollars in agricultural
products which arc vital to ma
tional defense.
. Fire the opening gun in the
campaign to have hot cargo and
secondary boycott methods out
lawed-a drive that will sec Its
finale at statewide polls in the
1912 general election.
g. Drafting of a comprehensive
program to forestall a serious threat
of shortage of fam labor, a
formal demand lor priorities on
labor-saving machinery, and plan
for quick and decisive solution tc
strikes in agricultural areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-16
-Four Italian Navv
Vessels Disposed
OF, British Report

LIVERPOOL. Eng NoN - Up
First Lord Of the Admiralty A.
bert V. Alexander said today ;a5,
four Italian destroycys wee s..:.t
or damaged and that I0 >ap?.r
ships were DESTROYED week a..
when a British licht naya. squadron
went into action acans. me:E.ue
Italian conveys south Of Ta:aHto
Previous admiralty assertions said
that in the engaeemon: off Tar
anto the British sank Einc supply
or troop ships and Sc aaoth-r
supply ship afire The latter ship
vas said to have founGercd Thc
admiralty SAID also that three Ital-
ian deStroyerS had been suns and
one seriously damaged IN the action
Some of the destroyer losses Sut-
fered by the Italians were inflicted
by British submarines after tWo
British light cruisers and two de-
stroyers had shelIed the merging
Italian conveys
The admiralty said tia. ,wo heaY-
lily armed Italian cruisers Wh.c.
were conveying the Itaaan sh.ps
fled the scene OF action
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-16
Spaniards jailed
For Assassination

VICHY. Nov. Is CUP = Fernand
de Brinon. Vichy envoy to German
occupied Paris, told Paris news
papers today that two Spaniards
had been arrested for the assassina-
ton of a German officer at Bor-
deauX on Oct 25.
Fifty hostages have been eXecut-
ed for the Bordeaux assassination
and so others, still held, were grant
ed a reprieve pending efforts to
round up the actual assassins.
1t was reported recently that
Communist murder gang of four
men, including foreigner, had
bee narrested for the Staying of Il
German officer at Nantes. Fifty
hostages at Nantes were executed
TO rthe Killing and so others arc
held in the same conditions as those
prevailing at Bordeaux.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-16
Dr.. Hardy Speaks
AT KiWanis Club

Relations between South Amer
ica and the United States were
analyzed by DR.. Osgood Hardy of
Occidental college for KiWaniS
club members at their luncheon
meeting Friday noon in the Bar
bara Worth hotel. DR.. Hardy Is
a past lieutenant governor for this
district of KiwaniS international.
The speaker pointed out the great
differences in culture which exists
between the two Americas and
suggested methods of furthering the
good neighbor policy, pointing out
mistakes that the United States
had made in dealing with South
America.
Frank Harmon Of La Jolla. lieu
tenant governor for this district.
was a guest as were Col. Frederick
Herr and Major Floyd G.. Buchler
Of Camp Seeley
Dad fR. e. Couch celebrated
his birthday anniversary as did
Roy H. Womack special ceremonies
being conducted in honor of these
two members.
Chester E. Gilpin was chairman
CT the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-16

lLOOIS.
VOLOKOLAMSK SECTOR: 1t.
Gen. Konstantin Rakossovsky'S
troops dislodged large German fore
eS attempting to establish base
for an advance along a highway.
MARIO FOMISSK SECTOR: Re
port 5000 German killed and many
transport wagons and trucks des-
troyed in past few days.
NARA RIVER FRONT: Russians
re-occupied several more villages
and drove across a railroad line,
Germans suffered particularly heavy
losses attempting to regain positions
on eastern bank Of river.
RoSTOY FRONT: Situation lit
tie changed III past TWO weeks; Rus
slams improve positions at some
points. forcing Germans on the de-
fensive
DONETS BASIN Italian troops
have been forced to retreat and all
Italian attempts 10 LAUGH an offen-
sive have been frustrated.
CRIMEA: Germans suffered hea
w losses in attempts TO penetrate
kerch defenses: Russian sea forces
and planes baked effort 10 flank
Kerch lines: Nazi tank attacks fail
ed to breach Sevastopol lines.
Murmansk: Germans thrown back
several miles TO western bank Of
riyS k; Russians recapture
height N and hold II despite
counter-attacks in which Germans
had 900 casualties.