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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-01
Both High and Grade
Schools Give Program
cleft Out Last Week

BENTON CTTY-An exceptionally
good Christmas program was given
by the grade and high school stu
dents Friday evening in the high
school auditorium. The first, Sec
ond, third and fourth grades pre-
sented broadcast from Santa
Workshop" directed by Miss Anne
Gossett, who wrote the continuity.
The four upper grades put on "The
Christmas Story" directed by Miss
Gosset and Mrs. George Reed. The
accompaniment was played by a
violin quartet. The orchestra play
ed four selections and the high
school glee club sang three songs.
The Kiona-Benton school was dis
missed Friday for the Christmas va
cation. School will be resumed De-
cember % and close again on We'd
nesday for the remainder of the
week for New Years and take up on
January S. Supt. M. w. Roop has
been notified no school hot lunches
will be served December %, 80 and
81.
Teachers leaving Friday night and
Saturday were Miss Anne Gossett to
Wilbur and Spokane, Miss Eleanore
Bushnell to Ellensburg and Seat
tie, Miss Jerrine Brooks to her
home in Goldendale, Brian Robson
to StanWood, Supt. M. w. Roop and
son, John, to visit relatives in Seat
tie and his parents, MIR. and Mrs
Maston Roop at Sumner until Tues
day, when they will continue to
Portland to join Mrs. Roop and Mil
ford Jr. for Christmas with Mrs
Roop's relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Rolph are with their relatives
in ProSser.
Sidney Jones, student at"the Pill
grom Holiness Bible School in Spo-
kane is spending the Christmas va
cation with his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Cyrus Jones in Kiona.
Nolan Champan left Friday fol
Seattle to take his final examina-
ton for enlistment in the navy. ID
accepted he was to continue to the
training station at San Diego.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Morton re-
turned Sunday from Seattle, where
they spent a week with their sol
and daughter-in-law, MIR. and Mrs
Don Morton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-01
Highland Residents
Visit i'm Walla Walla

HIGHLANDS-M and Mrs. Grin
Beinhart and family accompanied
by Mrs. Dave Beinhart and
daughter, Anna Marie, motored to
Walla Walla Christmas day and had
dinner at the home of Orin'S Sis
ter, Mrs. Reese Brunton and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Knight en-
tertained with a family dinner on
Christmas day, the guests being
their sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Knight and son, Billy of Kent, and
Mr.. and MRS. Tommy Knight and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Ray at
tended a family dinner at the R. H
Jones home Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Shields and
son spent Christmas with Mrs
Shields parents, MIR. and Mrs. Dave
Lewis in Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Robbins had
as house guests over Christmas
week, MIR. and Mrs F.. M. Robbins
and family of Puyallup.
MIR. and Mrs. w. S. Green were
Sunday evening guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brand.
MIR. and Mrs. Bruce Lampson were
Sunday dinner guests at the home
of Mrs. Lottie Lampson in East
KenneWick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Sonderman and
baby of Spokane spent the holidays
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence SOndermau.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-01
Family Dinner Enjoyed
at Carl Bennett Home

HIGHLANDS and Mrs. Carl
Bennett entertained at their home
Christmas day with family din
ner. Covers were laid for Mr.. and
Mrs. Rowland and son, George, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Rowland of PaSco
MIR. and Mrs. Stanley Cochran and
children, Mrs. Alma Turner, Mrs
Guernsey and MIR. and Mrs. Ben
nett and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Soper oi
Yakima visited with his parents, MI
and Mrs. Hubert Soper in Kenne-
wick.
Norris Shields of Vancouver spent
Christmas with his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Bud Shields and family.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-01
Family Gathering Held
on Christmas Night

HIGHLANDS - Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Liebel and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kermit Liebel, Mr.. and Mrs
Ward Rupp and daughter, were
Xmas day guests at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Palmer in Pasco
In the evening, the group Journey
ed to the Henry Liebel home for a
family gathering.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
Spoiled Oldest Son Chops Down His Father, Mother With Ak In St. Louis
Confessed to Police, Say- ing He Had Just Lost
 His Temper
By PAUL DIX

United Press Staff SOrreSpOndent)
 St. Louis, Sept. 24 (UP) A spoiled oldest son, Robert Smith Nash, 26, whose younger brother is studying for the priesthood, con- fessed today that he had killed his mother and his father with 8 hatchet.
 With his father already lying dead on the ground, his mother had sought to defend herself, striking at him with her fists. In this way, the tried to mitigate the savagey with which she had been done to death-with no less than 20 stout blows from her husky hatchet- yielding son.
 He blandly admitted that he had footed his fathers body of $25 but denied he had chopped of his mothers ring in order to steal her diamond engagement Ting. He couldn't explain the ring being miss ing and suggested she had lost the finger in lifting her hands to pro- tect her head from the swinging hatchet.
 Nash was careful to put into his confession the possible basis of an insanity defense. In 1941, he said, he had suffered "a semi-permanent head injury in an automobile &C., cident. He was charged with mur- der on the police blotter and will
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
272 AMERICANS LOST IN BATTLE
Destroyer Jarvis, Trans
 port Little, Were Sunk at .. Solomon Islands

Washington, Sept. 24.-(UP)-The Navy today announced the loss ot the destroyer Jarvis and the auxili- ary transport Little in the Solo, mons area. Loss of life was be- Ieved to approximate PIP men.
 The 1,50O-ton Jarvis was damaged by enemy air attacks off Guadal- canal and was presumed to have gone down at sea, the Navy said.
 No trace of the ship or her per- sonnel has been found. Her nor- nal complement was 172.
 The 1,O6O ton Little, World war type destroyer, which was convert ed to be fast transport for marines could carry crew of approximately 100 and about 100 troops. .Approxi- mately one half of the personnel of the Little were saved.
 The Jarvis was lost en route from Tulagi, in the SolomonS, to a south- ern repair base. An intensive search by ships and aircraft has failed to locate her and it is as- stunned she was sunk by enemy sub AId4 A11CS UT d4ACId4G, II1C NdVy SdAu.
 This brings to four or five the number of American ship sunk in the Solomon area. In addition five others have been damaged.
 The navy announced on Septem- Der 5 the 1,5OO ton destroyer Blue and the 1,060 ton transport Colhorn had been lost in that area.
 Earlier Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-c chief of the U. S.. fleet, announced the sinking of a cruiser and damage to five other ships. It never was established def- initely whether he referred to loss of an American or an Australian cruiser.
 The Japanese have had at least "A ships sunk or damaged in the Solomon area since operations be- gan there early in August.
 The Jarvis was commanded by Lieut.. Comdr. William Walter Gra- ham, Jr., of Phoenix, Ariz., and the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
Red Army Forces, Fighting Like
 Demons, Smash Into Nazi Hordes
Furious COunterblOWs at Hitler's Army on Stalingrad Front; City Almost in
 Ruins, But Still UncOnquered
By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent

The Red Army today aimed powerful counter blows Adolf Hitlers forces the Stalingrad front and half dozen other sectors bringing the great Nag offensive to a temporary halt and driving the Ger mans back at some points. Reports from both Mos cow and Berlin indicated that the Russians wers fighting the Germans to standstlI with the prospect ha the ultimate decision may hinge the speed with which fresh and supplies be hastened to the blazing fronts.
 Real Picture of Situation
 Stalingrad Moscow said that a supreme Nazi effort crash through the city with 200 tanks had been smashed
 Northwest of Stalingrad: powerful Soviet counter attack rolled through the first Nazi defense lines driving the Germans from town and fortified positions. The attack appeared to be gaining in momentum
 Rzhev: Berlin admitted that waves of attacking Rus SianS were pushing forward One unconfrmed London report said the Russians had bypassed Rzev and advancing westward
 easing at points, presumably due to diversion of forces to the Stalingrad sector Some German positions abandoned and the Russians believed the Germans losing their opportunity for decisive results before winter grips the Caucasus.
 31st Day At Stalingrad
 Reports emphasized that no previous conflict of the matched it in fury The model city of Stalngrad itself almost entirely in ruins but each side fought in the of ruined buildings Soviet dispatches indicated that actually two main battles being fought in the Salngrad sector One that which ragged in the city streets The other clash of larger forces north west and southwest of Staingrad in the open country. German reports were giving more and more difficulties encountered at Stalngrad The Naz high reported that strong Soviet counterattacks were in progress and that the battle being waged with "undimniShed bitterness" The TranSocean NaI News advantage the attackers due to their prepared fo fled positions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
MRS. HARRINGTON
 IS UNDER ARREST
Shot Husband, Wouldn't Let Children See Their
 Dying Father
BY MARTIN KANE
United Press Staff COrresponden

\ON1LcO KTcSS SbaM OOATcSpUMUCnLl
 New York, Sept. "A - Up0 = Mrs. Anna Harrington, who shot her husband fatally in an 'in-law" quarrel and then, for most of the three months he lay dying, bitterly opposed efforts to have their four children visit him, was arrested to- day on a homicide charge.
 Detectives found her at the Queens Villege home of her mother, Mrs. Anna Mira, after seeking her since late yesterday when Alan Har- rington g, died of a bullet wound in the spine. She shot him in the back during quarrel about some money she had lent to her mother.
 The 21-year- Mrs. Harrington, pert and pretty, was married when she was IS. The oldest of her four children is 5. Harrington, facing death or at best the life of a para lytic, had begged in vain that she permit the children to visit him. He
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
Secretary Of War May Put
 ''Kibosh" On Louis Conn Fight

Washington 24-(UP-Secretary of War Henry l. Stim- shocked by details the for the heavyweight cham between Billy Conn which recently given approval
 did specify which details he referred to- but hned charges might be made.
 didn't the details of that fight until this morning he question T shocked at the situation making personal investigation which hope will be finished in 48 hours" ;,
 believed that the secretary referred to arrangements the fighters would share the proceeds to satisfy creditors Originally understood the entire proceeds Relief the committee subsequently plan whereby share would be retained for creditors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
AXIS LEADERS IN
 CONFERENCES
Hitler MussOIini Expected to Meet Soon to Talk
 Over Situation
By JOHN A. PARRIS

.OAAAtGA \ ACSO 0tAAA OVAAC0ks@SAANAAJ
 London, Sept. 24-(UP)-A series of conferences among Axis leaders strengthened the belief today that Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini soon would meet to discuss the ser- lous situation in southeastern Europe and that they would try to force Bulgaria into the war against Russia.
 It was made known that Hitler and his foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop. had conferred se- parately yesterday with Ante Pave lie, chief of the Puppet Croat State in Jugoslavia, and Mihai Antonescu. vice premier of Rumania.
 At Budapest, Adm. Nicholas Horthy, regent of Hungary, received in separate audiences Franz von. Papen, German anbasador to Tlr- key who Is on his way to Berlin, and Vittoriou MuSsollni, son of the Italian dictator.
 Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, shlef os the German high eom- mand. took part in the HitieF-Rib- bentrop conference with Pavelic.
 The only clue to the reason for the Pavellc. Antoneseu conferences with the Germans was given in . Berlin broadcast
 Tt is pointed out that totalltaTian waF against BolMievisn. which ln OmhaFacing all of Europe, is EeAs.s
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
Nineteen Persons Are
 Missing In R. R. Wreck
Two Passenger Trains, Freight Train Crashed To- get1er in Maryland; Believed Many Died in
 Burning Passenger Car
BY SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Dickerson, Md, September 24.- (UP) = At least 19 persons were missing and it was feared many of them had been burned to death when two Baltimore and Ohio pas senger trains and a freight crashed half mile west of here today.
 Of those missing and unaccounted for, IS were passengers in the rear pullman of train No, 18, the B. and O,'s night express from Cleveland.
 The 18th was mechanic aboard the Diesel locomotive of the Afnbas- sador, fast passenger train from De troit, which plowed into the rear of No. IS at 7:35 a. m. in a deep cut where the Cleveland train had halt ed for minor engine repairs.
 The rear pullman of No. 18 was derailed and showed onto an adja- cent tarck where a vast bound freight ran into it.
 The Diesel engine of the ambas- sador and the baggage car behind it caught fire and the flames spread to the derailed pullman.
 B. and O. officials said 21 persons were in the smashed Pullman and that IS were unaccounted for. Sev- eral persons in forward cars were injured by the impact and at least 28 were taken to the hospital at Frederick, Md.
 Intense heat and oil smoke hampered rescue workers. A car load of pipe from the damaged freight piled into the cut, almost blocking it.
 Fire Fighters Arrive
 Fire fighting apparatus from nearby towns, a Standard Oil Com pany (N. J.) fire truck, Red Cross and hospital ambulances, volunteer doctors and nursese, and a relief train from Washington were dis patched to the scene.
 There was some doubt as to the exact number of persons in the derailed pullman. Crew members of No. 18 thought there were 8 or 24 but B. and O. officials placed the figure at q.
 The accident occurred about 7:30
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
BOSTON MUCH PUT
 OUT OVER ALERT
Two Friendly Planes Was Cause of Signal; But Re.
 spOnse to Call Bad

Boston. Sept. a = (U.P.) = Civ ilian defense and Army authorities sought today to straighten out snags uncovered when the Boston area was ordered blacked out bee cause of the presence of what proved to Dc the friendly Airplanes near Cap Cod.
 The Boston information center of the first fighter command ordered . blue aleTt-the second in the series Of cir raid waTnlngs--at e:lO last night and sirens scroeched the hIackout warning In Boston 30 min- ttes later.
 Two fighter planes were dis patched from Providence, R. T., to Investigate tho planes and anli-air. craft batteries near Boston were alsFted. one of the planes wag iden- tlGlod halore the hlaekout began and the otsAer one shortly after. l (conilnnad on nass O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
U. s. FORTRESS
 DOWN JAPANESE
Two Giant Flying Boats of Japs Crashed Down
 in Pacific
By WILLIAM THREE

United Pres Stan COrrespOndent)
 Headquarters. United States Army Air Force. Hawaii. Sept. 23-(UP)-- Delayed) Army flying fortresses have shot down two giant Japanese fling boats and sent Q third fleeing in dog fights high over the Pacific perhaps the first on record between tour-motored planes, it was made known today.
 Tn each flight. the Doelngs at- tackled Japanese navy Kawanishl boats. modelled after the big British short flying boats for which the Kawanlshi company held the Japa. nese building license, and believed to Dc powered by Japanese-Iiaade Rolls Royce motors.
 The planes met thousands of feet up over the Pacific and hundreds oG miles from theiF homo bases.
 The forlresses had taken on on patrol duty from thelr tiny Jungle air field on . South Seas AAand
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
Extension Of Voting Hours May Be Dropped Was Planned to Have Closing Hour Around O'Clock, But Legal Action Against It Is Brought
 By Greenwich

Plans to extend local voting hours to g D., m. this year to give war workers an opportunity to vote may have to be dropped as result of a legal action by the Town of Green wich against Secretary of State Chase Going Woodhouse. The case will be heard before Judge Frank F. McEvoy of this city in Bridgeport superior court tomorrow.
 Mrs. Woodhouse some weeks ago notified city and town authorities about the state that in her opinion the Statutes do not forbid extension of voting hours. AS 8 result. Hart ford's aldermen have already or dered voting allowed until p. m., and the Waterbury aldermen au- thorized a similar extension. The local vote, however, was worded so as to provide such extension only if definitely ruled legal.
 The Town of Greenwich contends that the statutes do not allow vot- Ing beyond D. m. and has chal- lenged Mrs. Wo3dhouse's ruling. It t1AS AokSu Ju0kc ACGNVJ 4VS a uS~ claratory judgment.
 The stand of the Greenwich ofii- cials Is backed by Attorney General Francis A. Pallottl. who also said that the law makes 6 p, m. the vot- ing deadline. He contends that the i2-hour period ffSsa c q. m. to 6 D. m. Is sufficient to allow all, in- cluding war workers, an aInple op- portunity to cast ballots.
 Mir Pallotu asserted yesterday that Mrs. Woodhouse had no rlghs to make any legal pronouneement on voting hours, claiming that the matter should have been submitted to his office for an opinion.
 The aldermAnlc vote allowing the polls Co stay open in Waterbury uIi. tll . D. fn. was in tho form of an amendment 10 q motion autho' lEing e committee lo five poillpg Ellapo The Arnananank v'ps nfuposed hy AlaeFm&n 0eoF8a L Kingston tll)s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
MACARTHUR HAS
 WRECKED BASES
Planes Have Blasted Them Everywhere Along 6O-
 Mile Front
By DON CAswELL

Limited Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Head quarters. Australia, Sept. 24.--(UP) Japanese huts, installations, sup ply dumps and invasion barges have been wrecked along a 60-mile trail of ruin blasted across northern New Guinea by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's planes on the 10th straight day of 6 ferocious offensive in sup port of Australian ground forces holding the northern slopes of the Owen Stanley mountains, It was an- nounced today.
 Fighter planes made three sep- arate attacks on the Buna area on North New Guinea coast. base of the Japanese forces who had driven across the mountains to reach Iori- baiwa vilalge. only 32 air line miles from the great Allied citadel of Port Moresby.
 Another force of fighter planes at- tackled bridges. pack trains and other targets along the road between Buna and Kokoda, on the northern slopes of the mountains, the jump Ing of place for the enemy combat forces.
 Doelng flying fortre@es made c big night raid on the Buna air. drone and hurled 2000 bombl which started big fires among In. Htallatlons.
 There were tFong indications that the Allied plane offensive had pun. lnhed the Japanese severely and ths possibility vas seen that unless tis picture changed she Japanese wht had eroased tho mountains io tf, YeFibalwa erea might soon be facet with disaster ik Aiaut. Gen. MiF Nl6. lConilnund nn pngs 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
Assistant Secretary of Navy Slams at Labor
 Unions, Employers
GOVT. ITSELF IS PUT
 RIGHT ON CARPET
Most Spectacular Speech Ever Delivered During
 Course of Any War
New York. September 24.

New York, September 24. UP) - Ralph A. Bard, assistant secretary of Navy, told an International labor convention today that: we are still losing this war. It will take all we've got to win what are you going to do about it?'Bard, in abrupt and spectacular language, dis dainful of "pep talk" bunk about how Eve can lose the war, but dropped tho. :aSutg ana gave the Industrial Union of Marine and .Shipbuilding Workers of America lC O a hard bitten summation of defects in Americas war effort. He hit all classes.
 Bard, who was appointed Assist ant Secretary of the Navy in Febru- ary, 1941, previously had been a business and industrial executive
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
SENATESTANDINC
 PAT ON INITIATION
Congress Has But One Week Left Before Dead-
 line Set By President
BY JOHN R. REAL

Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 washington. Sept. 24 - U.P) = The senate farm bloc, after a meet ing with leaders of agricultural or ganizations, voted today to stand pat on its demand for an amend ment which would increase farm prices under the administrations $ anti-infiation bill.
 The farm bloc apparently had the votes to write into the bill the same provision that was adopted yester- day by the house. This would re- quire that the cost of all farm labor be taken into account in computing parity ceiling prices on farm pro- ducts.
 Administration leaders contended this would increase the cost of hv- ing by five per cent or about $3,- 800 ,000, 900 year.
 They predicted this would cause Eresident Roosevelt to set aside the new imitation bill by veto and take direct action to stop rising prices .ader h1s general war powers.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
MILESOF
 HIGHWAY ENDING
Connects Alaska Up With Canada; Will Be Ready
 About Dec. I
RY REIIEL s. MOORE

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Washington, Sept. 24.---tUPl-The Canadian Alaskan military highway, 8 vital link in Alaskan defenses and a supply line for the series of air bases stretching across Canada, will be ready for use about December 1, several months ahead of sched- use. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced today.
 U. s. army engineers. who have been building the road since March, now are planning to have traffic moving over Its 1900 miles by Dec. 1, and continue until April 1, ie4S, when spring thaws probably will make it Vnusable for heavy traf- flo for two months.
 Engineers originally planned c rough "pion Ter" { road to be cogn- pleted in 6 Year. It has turned out to Do Q Vell-graded, weil-drained stuck higAway for practically It's enliEe .sngth, many long stretches of which will afford two-way traf- fic.
 starts at Dawson Greek
 The highway begins At Dawson Creek, D. C., north of Edmonton, and extends northwest to Whltea horse yakons and then westward
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
MEAT DELIVERIES
 TO BE CURTAILED
2l Percent Average Cut to Be Ordered for Last }
 Months of Year
RY HILLIRR KRIEGHBAUM
United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Washington, September 24. - (UP) - The food requirements com mittee Of the War Production Board announced today an average out of 2i per cent in deliveries Of meat for civilian consumption for the last three months of the year and ap- pealed to civilians to limit their consumption to 2 i-2 pounds per person per week until ratloning starts.
 The WIFE committee. through It's chairman. Secretary Of Agriculture Claude R. Wlekard, said limitation orders on restricted civilian meat deliveries by packers would he drafted and Issued hy the Office Of Pyico Administration within c Jew dAEs.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24

Rome circulated fantastic stories about ingenious Soviet defense ar- engagements, claiming the Russians had erected invisible bridges across the Volga-bridges built under wa ter so that they could not be seen from the air. Another Italian story told of Soviet troops disguised as SheaveS of wheat.
 The tenacity with which the Red army was holding on at Stalingrad led British military observers to express increased hope that the de1 fense of the Volga city might prove successful.
 Reports that Field Marshai EeduE Won Book had been dismissed as German commander in charge Of the Stalingrad operation continued to circulate in Stockholm despite strong denials from high Berlin sources.
 The latest Won Book rumor was that he had proposed that the Ger mans dig in on the eastern front and shift the bulk of their strength to the west, rather than attack Stalingrad.