The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-22

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ago by General Macarthur.
Sub Toll Reported
That confidence was buoyed too
by news OF the toll taken against
German submarines IN the Atlantic
and Jap sub-surface raiders ia the
Pacific. The Atlantic fleet has
accounted for q Nazi U-boats that
will never aeain see their home
ports. And In the Pacific. quoting
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox,
several Japanese submarines have
been effectively dealt with.
Swaps Horses
Meanwhile. Adolf Hitler gather
ed into his own hands the reins Of
leadership of the Nazl army
snapped horses in midstream with
his so-Called "inyiucihle' legions
on the run IN Russia and in Lihya
Hitlers decision was studied
more for the things he left unsaii
than the reasons he assigned There
was a definite uudertone OF worry
over the torment and trouble ne
acknowledged beset his armies in
Russia. There was the mysticism
Of his own inner CALI that led
him 20 FIRE the COldly ruthless but
pithal brilliant Field Marshal Won
BrauChitsch.
He knew. he said that the army
would follow him blindly, obedi-
emily Loyalty. He knew II SO. well
said Hitler. that he was telling the
army he was sure Of it.
Seek Warm Clothes
But observers linked his oddly
assigned reasons TO other thlngz.
Morale Of the German people IS
suffering as Herr Goebbels goes cap
IN hand 10 beg for warm clothes
for the German army. That army.
ia bitter sub-Zero cold. is 20 fight
ing rearguard actions against a
Russian army that Hitler proclaim
ed "annihilated' only a few weeks
after launching his eastern adveu-
ture.
Hitler had to give his ill-nourish-
ed followers some recompense-
so he gave them himself, as com
mander in chief. There is no doubt
Of the disquiot aud uneasiness IN
Germany over the situation in Rus.
sia, and IL is echoed by concern Of
the other AXIS partners. Italy and
Japan. over the consistent triumphs
Of the British Ia Libya.
Triumph in llbya
The German and Italian armies
in Libya have been spit into three
isolated groups, piecemeal prey for
the advancing British. One group
OF Nazis is fleeing down the coast
road from Benghazi, another across
the interior road from Mekili. The
Italian forces are somewhere IN
the Jebel Akdar Mountains. sub
jected TO systematic "mopping up"
operations.
Virginia Gayda, M|ussolinf5
mounthpiece, is quoted as saying
outcome Of the battle Of Libya VIII
mark the decisive turning point Of
the war. Match that with the
tacit admission Of Japan that Lib a
IS lost TO the Axis and Hitler's
worry is apparent. The admission
came from General S~enjuro Hay
ashi In Tokyo when, in calling for
a joint Axis attack on the de-
mocracies, he said that failure 70
launch such attack would permit
the British to move troops from
Africa (Libya) to the Far East.
Cling to Posts
In the Far East. the British gar
rison at Hong Kong chung TO its
positions and returned japanese
fire while Chinese forces hammer
ed or the Jap rear lines TO relieve
pressure on the besieged British
base.
Jap troops hurled into the battle
OF Manila suffered losses in an
abortiye assault on the new battle
line established by British i'm
perial forces. The British lines
held arm and the Jap attackers
wers flung back In confusion.