The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-25
Russian Line
Holding at
Zhitoniir

ny International <sVs Hsr Iesi
Bomb. battered, fire swept Berlin
today still covered by pail of
smoke from the slillburning firek
caused by the Royal Air Force rec.
ord raids OF Monday and Tuesday
night apparently vas spared
third night OF terror last night be.
cause OF bad weather conditions
hich prevented British heavy
bombers from again attacking The
Nazi capital
Although there has a. yet been
no official statement regarding last
nights RAF activity. observers
along the English channel cossL
believe some targets In the Reich
were bombed before dawn today.
These observers reported waves Of
bombers roaring overhead. travel.
ing toward Germany. But II was
understood that these we're medium
bombers. and that no heavy bomb
ers. such as were used In Monday
and Tuesday nights raids, took Off
during last night.
But that does not mean that Be-.
lin has had its last raid. Far from
It, for an Raj spokesman sad
thu recent superraids on the Nazi
capital were merely part OF series
OF attacks designed 10 nullify and
obllterate the Reich,s heart"
Unbelievable Havoc
Stories told In Stockholm TODAY
by sootyfaced. begrimed travellers
returning from Berlin described al.
most unbelievable havoc in the Ger.
man capital. Fires still burned ey-
erywhere In the city huge heaps
OF smoulderng rubble and debris
sent up clouds OF smoke whioa
blanketed the city and the populaCe
with SCOT and cinders. these neutral
Witnesses said
One Swedish business man said
Adolf Hitler himself narrowly 80
capped injury in Monday nights al.
tack
Hitler was in the chancellorv
when The Raj bombs BEGAN scream
ing down from the night skies, this
witness related Immediately the
Nazi Fuehrer went TO the air raid
shelter. and although the chancel-
loi was hit and damaged, Hitler
himself was not harmed Hitler
lefi Berlin In an automobile early
next morning, and therefore waaS
not endangered by the second mon
ster attack Tuesday night
Not solely on the home front
were the Nazis taking II on the
chin today. on the Russian front
fierce-fighting Soviet troops had
halted the Germans two-pronged
attack menacing kley and the i'm
portan railroad center OF Korosten.
Everywhere Moscow claimed ar i'm
provement IN the Red army's battle
line positions.
In the area east OF Zhitomir. the
Germans have flung into battle yast
quantities OF men and tanks but
they have been held to a complete
standstill and the Russians have
no. yielded single yard in the past
q hours according 20 a battle
front dispatch to the Russian Army
newspaper Red star.
The German offensive in this
part OF the Ukraine has been costly.
said Moscow, and az least one regi-
ment OF the enemy. mum bering al
least 1000 men. vas wiped out dur.
ing wednesday and s. Nszi tanks
were destroyed
on the Italian front as well. only
reyerses faced Nszi arms. Veteran
fgL -
Montgomery's eighth army had bat
led their way 10 within IS miles
southeast o. Rome. and today were
reported fighting forward along a
mountainous short cut" road to-
ward the Italian capital. In a six
mile advance Montgomery men
captured the important road june
ton Of Alfedena and four other
villages san Angelo. Nslcocchi-
arc. Caprecotta and Montenero. all
located on important high ground
commanding the Sang:o River val
ley.
Light American naval units sank
four japanese destroyers and dam
aged a fifth today in a riproaring
Thanksgiving naval battle. in which
small I. &. warships daringly
chased the enemy craft into the
danger zone covered b. Jap land.
based planes
Only one OF the Japanese de-
stIoyeTs OF the SIX that we're EN-
gagged by the American units es-
capped scotfree in the sea battle.
which took place between the biz
enemy naval-air base az Rabaul.
New Britain. and Bougainville. In
the Solomons. recently invaded by
r : forces There was no damage