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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
ArmOrSviIle

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ream, Mrs
Clyde Klingler, Jr., Mrs. Charles
Montgomery, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Montgomery and daughter Sue spent
Sunday afternoon with Pvt. Chas
Montgomery of Camp Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty
Miss Margaret Guider, Mrs. Bertha
Shelly spent Sunday afternoon in
Kenton.
Tom Bell, Mrs. Ivan Montgomery
and children called at the Mrs. Anna
Koontz and Mr.. and Mrs. Myron
Stratton homes Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Hosafros
took Monday dinner with Mrs
Elizabeth Hosafros of Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty
called at the c. E. Klingler home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler called
on Jane and John Rayl Sunday fore
noon.
The l.. A. S. and w. M. S. will
meet with Mrs. C. E. Klingler Thurs
day. afternoon, Feb. 18th.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

OF the three Japanese-American
students at Bluffton college last se-
mester only Robert Kumada, from
the state of Washington, is in school
at the present time. Despite the
easing of restrictions on employment
and induction into the army, it is
expected that Kumada will finish the
semester.
Richard Okada, from Honolulu,
Hawaii, has transferred to the Uni
versity of Missouri, where he is TAX
ing specialized work in business and
economies. Shigera Matsunaga, also
from the state of Washington, has
left school to accept employment in
one of the western states.
The action of the War Department
in easing the restrictions is part of
the program which will enable all
loyal American citizens of Japanese
ancestry to make their contribution
toward winning the war whether in
war production employment or mill
tary service.
Japanese-Americans are already
serving in the army, but there are
no units of the size of the combat
outfit which will number several
thousand men.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
B!uftoss W0sfsdss
Starts WAAC Course

Miss Martha Mae Edgecomb,
daughter of Mrs. Bessie Edgecomb
of zehrbach apartments, Main and
Vine streets, has begun training in
the Woman's Auxiliary Corps train
ing center at Des Moines, Iowa.
She was Immediately assigned to
a Receiving Center company for a
weeks elementary military training.
Here she is issued clothing and
equipment, instructed in rudiments
OF drill, and given Army classiica-
ton tests. These tests will help de-
termine the job she will all in the
WAAC.
For the following four weeks, she
will be assigned to basic company
for more detailed training preparing
her to replace man in non-com-
bat Army job.
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X X \
WANT-ADS

Wanted-Clean light weight cotton
rags, will pay 6 cents per pound.
Bluffton News office. If
Wanted-Clean used clothing and
bedding for relief; mending and re-
modelling will be done in the relief
room in Science Hall on the College
campus. Workers will call January
80 and Feb. in the afternoon. Al
Wanted-Responsible farmers to
sell high grade fertilizer for an old
established company. Make and
save money. Write P. O. Box 155,
Wapakoneta, Ohio AZ
Wanted-Girl for general house
work for one month. Call Mrs. Fred
Hahn, West Elm st.
Wanted-Farm hand by month or
year. Address: P. o. Box 81, Bluff
ton, Ohio.
Wanted-Office desk. Phone 231-Y.
For rent-Apartment at 43S S.
Main street, three rooms and bath;
garden if desired. Call Jenera phone
a..
For sale-S0 acres Az miles north
west of Ada. Good barn, double corn
crib and we'll fenced. Sc acres in cul-
tivation. No dwelling. Priced for
investor buyers where it will pay good
dividends. Edwin Lockwood, author
lied representative for Aetna Life
Insurance Co., sol Cook Tower, Lima,
Ohio. Al
For sale-Apples. Augsburger
Fruit Farm, phone 648-W. tt
For sale-Four girls bicycles and
8 mems bicycles; all new Schwinn
built. Bluffton Bicycle Shop, 139 n
Lawn Ave.
For sale-Alfalfa baled hay, sec
ond cutting. Sam Badertscher, Bent.
ley road.
For sale-Eating potatoes; few
seconds left. Also rabbits and per
cheap. J. C. Deppler, Bentley road
For sale-The Emil Garau farm O
8s.71 acres, located one mile south
west of Bluffton. Terms for paymcn
can be arranged. See Dan r. Trip
| plehorn, Atty. for Pauline Heckathorn
Administrative. AZ
| For sale-New Idea heavy duty ha,
loader good as new, made 25 acres o
hay. Geo. Clapper, miles south an
| 81 mile east of intersection of route
1O3 and SO.
| Lost-Small celluloid folder wit
| gas ration book and other valuable
| in Bluffton or Ada. Reward. Wilbu
III. Augenstein, Wren, Ohio.
L
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Pandora

Pvt. Charles Lemley, who is sta
toned in Chicago, was home on Sun
day.
Mrs. John Schneck has been i'll
for several weeks.
Lysle Steiner of the Fort Wayne
Bible Institute spent the weekend
in the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Steiner. s
Joel Lehman and daughter, Doro-
thy Of Vaughnsville visited in Pam
dora, Sunday. ,
Miss Justine Cook, who is en-
ployed in Ann Arbor, Mich, spent
the weekend here.
Miss Anna Ruth Steiner, who
teaches in Byhalia, Ohio, spent the
weekend at the home of her par
ents.
Rev. and Mrs. P. j. Boehr and
family were Sunday dinner guests
in the Mrs. Barbara Welty home.
Noah Bixel is on the sick list. ss
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hilty had a
birthday dinner for their son, Mel
win, Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Hilty, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence AM
stutz, Miss Elizabeth Hilty, and Mr..
and Mrs. George Fruchey and
daughter were the dinner guests.
Amos Bracy is still very ill at
the Bluffton hospital.
Haydn Steiner took Mrs. Sidney
Steiner and children to Charleston,
West Virginia, Saturday, where they
will live while her husband is work.
ing there.
Miss Ruby Kleck, daughter of
Mrs. Lavina Kleck, formerly of this
place, now of Los Angeles, Calf,
was united in marriage to Henry
Martin, short time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Schumacher
and daughter, Karen, of Lafayette;
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Schumacher and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Miss Mary Jane Huser were Sunday
dinner guests in the Noah Schu-
macher home.
Ben Burrys purchased the house
in which the Richard Krohn family
is living. Krohns have purchased
the house in which Mrs. Cleo Neu-
enschwander lived.
Mrs. Fannie Dice was taken from
her home, Monday, to live with Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Walker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Where Our Soldier
Boys Are

H. ]. Clark HA &c
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland
Pvt. Joe c. Birchnaugh, 35015227
Qm. Bn. 0051
A. P. o. $50, co Postmaster
San Francisco, Calf.
Pfc. James F. Birchnaugh, 35015219
Co. A, 112th Qm. Bn
A. P. o. 81, co Postmaster
San Francisco, Calf.
Pvt. William ]. McCafferty
1st Platoon, Co. B,
30th Bn. c. S. C. r. T. C.
Camp Crowder, Missouri
Pvt Howard j. Lugibihl
10Th General Hospital
Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Pvt. Morris H. Amstutz
Btry B, 73rd Armd F. A. Bn.,
9th Armored Div, A. p. o. 259
Fort Riley, Kansas
Lieut.. F. C. Reel
4th Section 10th Group
Medical Field Service School
Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
In MemOriam

In loving memory of Henry Mat
ter who passed away three years
ago Feb. 5, 1910.
February recalls memory
Of a loved one called to rest;
And those who think of him today
Are those who loved him best.
Our lips cannot tell how much we
miss him,
Our hearts cannot tell what to say.
God alone knows how we miss him,
In home that Is lonesome today.
Mary NJ. Matter,
Mr.. & Mrs. c. r. Reynolds
& son David Ray
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Lima Mission Debt
Reduced To S5,25l

Debt on the Lima City Mission
has been reduced to s5,251, it was
announced this week by the Rev.
Adam Welty, superintendent of the
institution.
During the month of January 482
men were fed and lab were given
lodging for the night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Farewell Party

In honor of Fred Herr who ex-
poets to leave shortly for army serv-
ice, members of the Bluffton Radio
club held a farewell party at the
home of Don Ream of North Lawn
avenue, Monday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

The average American eats about
l8 pounds of tomatoes of the bottled
and canned varieties in the course
of a year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Travelling Tubcrculosis Clinic

A tuberculosis clinic that travels
about on wheels in truck is op-
Grated by the state board of health
In Georgia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Federation Officers
Officers of the Bluffton Federation
of Women's clubs for 1943-44 are
Mrs. Orden Smucker, president; Mrs.
R. L. Triplett, 1st vice president;
Mrs. Lenore Myers, End vice presi-
dent; Miss Theresa Slusser, record
ing secretary; Mrs. A. C. Burcky,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. John
Boehr; treasurer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Wedding Saturday

Wedding Saturday
Wedding of Miss Hilda Schumach-
er daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon
Schumacher of Pandora, and Ber-
nard C. Roush of Lima will take
place at the Grace Mennonite church
Pandora, Saturday at $50 p. m.
Both are former Bluffton college
students,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Richland Grange
The Richland Grange will meet
next Tuesday night. The following
program will be presented: Roll
call, Ny favorite song; Biography of
Abraham Lincoln, I. M. Jennings;
music, James Gratz; news, Henry
Huber; reading, Dorothy Jennings;
contest-Writing Love Letters, Flor
ence Schaeublin.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Travel Class
The Travel Class met at the home
Of Mrs. Ezra Moser for a IL o'clock
luncheon Wednesday noon. The fol-
lowing program was presented: Co.
operative, Mrs. Leland Diller; Sulfa
Compound, Mrs. Edith Mann; They
Call it Allergy, Mrs. Edgar Hauen-
stein. Mrs. S. K. Mosiman was as
sistant hostess.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Century Circle
The Century Circle met at the
home of Mrs. A. D. Gratz, Lawn
avenue, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
w. A. Amstutz was assistant hos
tess. The following program was
presented: Under your Feet, Mrs.
B. d. Smucker; Conservation Today,
Mrs. Gilbert Fett.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Alice Freeman Club
The Alice Freeman club met at
the home of Mrs. Cal Steiner We'd
nesday afternoon. The following
program was presented: Anemia,
Mrs. Fred Gratz; Diabetes, Mrs.
Cyrus Schumacher; Heart Diseases,
Mrs. John Maxon; Rheumatism
Neuritis, Arthritis, Mrs. D. w.
Bixler.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Richland Community Circle
The Richland Community Circle
club will meet at the home of Mrs.
j. S. Steiner of South Main street
Thursday, Feb. IL. This will be an
all-day sewing for Red Cross work
and each member will take her own
lunch.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Poinsettia Club
The Poinsettia club will meet at
the home of Mrs. A. T. Worthington
this Wednesday night at 1880 o'clock.
The following program will be pre-
sented: Red Cross First Aid, Miss
Sylvia Biederman; Book Review,
Mrs. A. ]. B. Longsdorf; Roll Call,
Current Events.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Masonic Lodge
Stated communication Bluffton
masonic lodge. Annual inspection
and work in the E. A. degree Mon
day night. Refreshments will be
served. F. E. Wenger, w. NJ, Ralph
Stearns, Sec..
Evening star., 1943-08-18
.FAChief Proposes
Price Support Plan
To Spur Crop Output
Should Be Sufficient
To Cover Added Risks,
Equipment, Jones Says
sy the Associated Press.

sy the Associated Press.
MONROE, La, Aug. 1S. War
Food Administrator Marvin Jones
said today the best method of
securing production of essential
war food crops next year is to
have support, or definite, price
that would last throughout the
production and harvesting sea-
son.
Such price, he said, should be
sufficient to cover not only normal
costs but also the added risks and
hazards as well as the added equip
ment that is closely linked with in
creased production. At the same
time he said it would be necessary
to avoid ANY undue burden on the
consumer"
U. S. Losses Seen Possible.
In a speech to the American Farm
Bureau Federation. the food admin
istrator said that farm price sup
port program would make it neces-
sary for the Government to stand
ready to purchase any surplus of the
commodity that might not flow at
the time into the regular channels
of trade"
In some instances. Mr.. Jones said.
(See JONES, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1943-08-18
BY the Associated Press,

QUEBEC. Aug. 18. - British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
arrived here this afternoon to
join the Roosevelt Churchill war
conference after the President
and the Prime Minister, sur
rounded by the highest military
leaders OF the United States and
Britain. had plunged. into the
task Of mapping the Allies next
moves.
An announcement that the Pres
ident would go to Canada's capital,
Ottawa. next week was the first Of
flcisl intimation that the. conferees
might complete near the end of this
week the task OF preparing formu-
la for the doom of the Axis.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill
talked until am today and were
to resume their delibera tions at 9
an. calling up numerous key ad-
visers from the Chateau Frontenac.
They were busy over their war
Evening star., 1943-08-18
62-Degree Weather
Offers Welcome Chill
Mercury Due for Climb
To "a This Afternoon

Early risers in the District Cere
greeted by downright chilly weather
today as the city's unpredictable
climate swung from one extreme to
another.
The mercury plunged to SO de-
grees at 6:45 am, but the forecaster
predicted it would climb to "a In the
afternoon. Yesterdays high of 50
was recorded at pm. Continued
cool was promised through tonight
and probably tomorrow.
The city, meanwhile, appeared to
be we'll on its way to an all-time
summer heat record with so days of
80 degrees or higher on the books
and more expected. Three more such
days would equal the record, estab-
lished in 1872.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Anthony Eden Reaches Quebec
To Join in War C. Conferences
Roosevelt and Churchill Begin Task
Of Mapping Allies Next Moves

plans on the fifth anniversary of an
address at Kingston. Ontario, in
which the American Chief Executive
laid down fundamental foreign
policy covering Canadian American
relations.
Il give you the assurance" ne
said then, that the people of the
United States win not stand idly by
II domination Of Canadian soil Is
threatened by any other empire"
At noon today the President. Mr..
Churchill and Canadian Prime Min
lister w. L. Mackenzie King were
invited to lunch with the Governor
General. the Earl of Athlone.
Mr. Roosevelt, last to reach the
French Canadian scene OF delibera-
tions which almost certainly will re-
suit In stepping up the war in Eu-
rope end the Far East to a new
tempo. came in from Washington
late yesterday to be greeted by his
British colleagues and Canadian
hosts.
He rode among cheering thousands
(See QUEBEC, Page AL
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Storm Moves Off Hatteras,
Weather Bureau Warns

ATLANTA, Aug. l8 (Ps. - The
Weather Bureau today issued the
following storm warning:
Advisory ll:00 a. M: -.-
"A tropical storm. of unknown in
tensity but probably attended by
dangerous gales was moving north
northeastward with center at 10
a. M, about $50 to ITS miles south
southeast of Cape Hatteras.
'Indica tions are that this storm
will continue to move north north
eastward Is to l8 miles per hon and
pass east of Cape Hatteras late this
afternoon or tonight. Cautionary
storm warnings are displayed on the
North Carolina capes for possibility
Of storm winds. Dangerous winds
will prevail off shore"
Evening star., 1943-08-18
President0rders
Strict Measures
Against Strikes
New Executive Edict
Gives WLB OfficioIs
Extensive Powers
BY ]. A. FOX.

President Roosevelt today
ordered new restraints on indus
tries and unions which flout
rulings of the War Labor Board.
Implementing the statutory au-
thority given the board under the
new War Labor Disputes tanti-
strike) Act. which was passed over
his veto, the President issued an
executive order providing for:
Cd Withholding of priorities and
war contracts from employers, and
seizure and Government operation
OF industries under terms laid down
by the board;
(2) Denial of the check-off and
other benefits to unions whose re-
calcitrance makes it necessary for
the Government to take over a plant.
This. in effect, gives the law a
double -barrelled threat as far as
unions are concerned, for once the
Government assumes control of an
establishment, striking becomes dan
gerous, as instigators are liable to
criminal prosecution.
CD Modification or cancellation of
draft deferment or employment
privileges for offending individuals.
1t is the administrations first
move to penalize unions Tor dis
obeying WLB orders, though en-
ployers have been acted against in
some instances, when plants were
taken over.
The new policy puts teeth in
both upper and lower jaws" a WLB
spokesman said
Boards Authority Challenged.
The restrictions are to be made
effective by the Director of Eco
1omic Sterilization, but In a letter
to Chairman william H. Davis OF
the War Labor Board, which ac-
comparlied issuance of the order.
President Roosevelt expressed the
hope that they may not have to be
invoked" An early test of the force
OF the sanctions seems inescapable
however, As the authority Of the
board is being challenged In a num-
Der OF cases, notably those involving
the United Mine Workers and the
United States Gypsum Co. Board
members declined to comment or
their probable action.
With three strikes in the record
since March 81, when the bituminous
(See WI,R Page A-70
Evening star., 1943-08-18
20o D. c. Births
Reported in Day
Believed Record

A possible high in District birth
recordings was reached today when
200 birth records were received by
the Vital Statistics ONCE Of the
District Bureau of Public Health.
Joseph B. Irvine, chief of the
Vital Statistics Section, said that to
his knowledge this is the highest
number OF birth recordings received
ny the Office in one day.
He added. however, that the Of
ffce had not had time to check the
figures with those of previous years.
Birth records may be filed in
the District at any time within 10
days after the birth of a child, he
continued. so this does not mean,
necessarily that 209 children were
born on one day.
OF the 200 children, l16 we're boys
and % were girls. One hundred
and seventy-two white births were
recorded and 81 were listed as COL
cred.
White boys topped the list with
81 births and white girls reached a
total of 75 There we're 10 colored
boys and l8 colored girls.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Soong Conters With HULL;
Insure Of Quebec Visit
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
China's foreign minister. T. v.
Soong. called on Secretary of State
Huh today for an exchange of views
and information on the inter-
national situation.
Asked by newspapermen whether
he expected to go to Quebec during
the Allied conference there, Mr.
Soong replied he did not know. He
has just returned from London.
Secretary Hull, when asked at his
press conference Monday whether
China had been invited to send
representative to Quebec, said he
was not advised on that point.
There has been considerable
speculation as to whether the Chi
nese government would be repre-
sented at some stage of the Quebec
conversations, in view of the likeli-
hood that the situation in the Far
East might play a prominent part
In the deliberati tions.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Allied Guns in Duel
With Enemy Across
Strait Of Messina
Planes Pursue Forces
Fleeing Along ltoliun'
Highways and Roods
BY the Assoeiated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA. Aug. 18.-Al-
lied guns doomed in duel with
heavy Axis batteries across the
Messina Strait today In a warm
up against the European
fortress.
With the occupa ton of Messina
yesterday. the battle for Sicily had
been finished ahead of schedule"
Allied headquarters said.
Massed formations of Allied war
planes already were carrying the war
to the Italian mainland in pursuit
of the discounted foe, stringing a
trail OF bombs along highways and
roads and blasting troop-carrying
trains and trucks with macrine gun
and cannon fire.
The heaviest of these attacks were
speared at Battipaglia freight yards
south of Naples, a network Of high
ways at Castrovillare near Salerno
south of Naples and a bridge at
Angitola.
So badly torn were the roads on
the toe of Italy that the Germans
were trying to move troops and
equipment northward by sea along
the western coast. and speedy war;
planes at once attempted to break
up this route.
They destroyed eight vessels of
various kinds and damaged %
others.
In the II days between August 5
and August II a total of BOG Axis
ships and boats was destroyed or
damaged while moving the beaten
Axis army over to the mainland, AL
lied headquarters said.
Turning IN a new long range di-
rection, Plying Fortresses yesterday
No NJ . \
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Social Security Record
On Forum Tonight

Eight Years Of Social Sc
curity" will be discussed this
evening in the National Radio
Forum. Speakers will be John
]. Corson, director, Bureau of
Old-Age and Survivors In
surance; Evan Clague, director
OF the Bureau of Employment
Security, and Miss Jane M.
Hoey, director of the Bureau
Of Public Assistance.
The National Radio Forum
is a Blue Network feature ar
ranged by The Star and broad
cast locally from WMAL, The
Evening Star Station, at lo:s5
pm,
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Home Runs

American League.
Heath. Cleveland. lst inning.
Gordon, New York, 9th inning.
National League.
Northey, Philadelphia, 5th inning.
w. Cooper, st. Louis, 9th inning.
Holmes, Boston. I'd inning.
Galan, Brooklyn. Sd inning.
OFT. New York. 5th inning.
Frey, Cincinnati, 5th inning.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
BodogIio Broodcosts
Pledge to Return
SicHions to Italy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Italian Premier Marshal Pie
tro Badoglio told his people to-
night in a radio address that
the numerical superiority of
the enemy has forced us to
abandon Sicily" but pledged to
the Sicilians that they would
be returned to Italy.
The speech lasted less than
three minutes.
While 1t was addressed to
the italian people as whole, it
was directed particularly to the
Sicilians, and the Premier said
"Sicilians, don't despair. A
people cannot perish II it keeps
its faith. You will keep your
place in the affections of the
italian people.
italians, salute the heroic
Sicilians!"
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Red Army Newspaper
Demands I'd Front
Decision at Quebec
Says Allies Are Foiline
To Take Advantage
OF Russion Offensive
By the Associa ted Press.

pf tue ASSOctateo fTeSS.
MOSCOW, Aug. l8.-The Russian
army newspaper Red Star. COM
menti1g on, the Roosevelt Churchill
conference at Quebec, said today
that the Allies had failed to take
advantage of the oppor tunitv af-
forded by the Soviet summer often.
sive to strike Germany from the
west, and repeated the call for a
second front.
"Only such an operation can cut
down the length of the war to any
considerable extent" the newsps per
said.
The Germans revised their stra-
tegic plans since their defeat in the
battle for Kursk. it continued. and
decided in a special assembly of
military and political leaders at
Hitler's headquarters to resort to a
stubborn defense effort to prolong
the war and delay the imminent
catastrophe.
Red Star said the battles at Kursk
and Orel proved the superiority