The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-23
War


Yanks have improved their posi-
tons on Tarawa and Maxim. Ad.
miral y mitz reported despite con-
siderable resistance from the Japa-
nese ground forces. Heavy fight.
ing on all three invaded Atolls Is
continuing.
There was no indication from
Admiral NimitI's headquarters that
the Japs had called their navy or
air force to try to check the Ameri-
can assaults.
However, the japanese radio did
emit some fantastic claims in tell.
ing the world about the war in the
Gilberts.
The Japs-whose fantastic re-
ports concerning the Bougainyille
Island battles we're blasted as
sheer fakes by American military
and naval spokesmen-repeated
their Bougainville propaganda tao
tics by reciting astronomical fig
ures to be American casualties
suffered In the Gilbert attacks.
Tokyo claimed one medium-sized
Allied aircraft carrier and one des.
troyer had been sunk, and 1875
planes shot down in the Gilbert sec
tor since Nov. 10. In addition. the
Jap propagandists continued, three
other Allied aircraft carriers, one
battleship or heavy cruiser, and
one transport had been damaged.
In committing all this mythical
havoc. Tokyo claimed. only 10 Jap
planes were lost which the Tokyo
broadcaster said had either DELHI
erately crashed into enemy obJec-
tives or not yet returned to their
base"
But the world has had taste OF
Japan's propaganda claims before
and has found that II these Tokyo
stories are to become part OF
ones diet, they must be taken
with a very large pinch of salt.
Another possible turning point
in the war may be going on at this
very moment in Russia. where fur
ious Nazi counter-attacks at many
points along the front have been
repulsed by the Soviet army.
Beaten Back
West Il Kiev. inside the Dnieper
Bend. in the Korostyshev region
east OF Zhitomir and at other wide
" separated points German coun'
ter-blows were beaten back and
the Red army held firm, costing
the Nazis enormous losses In both
manpower and material.
But the Soviets we're not satisfied
merely to hold frm. In other sec
tors, and always against strong Ger
man resistance, the Russians bat
tered forward, and an indication OF
the fury OF the battle may be gain
ed from Moscow's claim that 1000
Nazis were slain In Mondays fight
ing.
Soviet advances were scored In a
particularly bloody battle at Krem.
enchug. in the central front sector
west Of Gomel and Rechitsa and
northwest of Kiev. Numerous stra-
tegic localities we're reoccupied by
the advancing Red troops, and in
two days OF fighting 176 Nazi tanks
have been knocked out.
The home front" OF the enemy
received another terrific blow from
the British Royal Air Force, which
threw another concentrated night
attack by heavy bombers against
the very heart of Berlin.
The Germans themselves admit
ted that last nights raid, second
concentrated attack on the Nazi
capital in four days, was a heavy
one. A German wireless broadcast
said damage was done to several
embassy buildings in the raid. indi-
eating that the very heart OF the
Reich was hit
The air ministry in London said
26 British bombers were lost in
the attack.
In the Southwest Pacific, too,
the Allies brought the battle right
into the enemy's camp.
Near Stronghold
Gen Douglas Macarthur disclos'
ed that jungle-wise Australians
with tank and artillery support
pounded IntlT way W WllHlH a udlA
mile OF the Japs' New Guinea
stronghold OF Sattelberg, northwest
OF Finchhafen.
simultaneously Allied airmen
struck new blows from the sky at
enemy shipping and sank five Jap
cargo ships and probably destroy
ed at least three more.
During all these operations our
planes shot down eight Japanese
planes. destroyed a ninth on the
ground and damaged at least Ave
others We lost two aircraft.
In Italy the British Eighth Ar
my moved forward on the central
sector of the Allied battleline TO
threaten two key points in the
Nazi defense system-Castel di
Sangro and Alfedena, At both
these points Germans were observ-
ed demolishing stores and wreck
ing structures which might be
valuable in Allied hands. Due 10
rains there is only patrol action
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