Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-14
BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON

| LONDON, Jan. 14-UP)-Ger-
many reported new Russian often
sives on three front today. admit
ted reverSeS on four fronts and i'll
dicated that Adolf Hitler was be-
coming desperate in his search
through the satellite Balkans for
more fighting men.
German broadcasts reported that
| the Russians were attacking at Vo-
ronezh 2l0 miles northwest of Stall
/ ingrad. and anchor point of the
German line; in the Tuapse area of
the Black sea coast, and around
Ileningrad
LINES BROKEN
Breaks in the German line,
through the Nazi minimized their
importance, were admitted on the
Vorcnezh, Tuapse and Leningrad
fronts and on the Stalingrad-Don
front.
Stockholm dispatches reported
that the Germans were evacuating
generals and staff officers By plane
from the pocket west of Stalingrad,
leaving colonels instead CT major
generals to command divisions and
lieutenants instead of majors to
command battalions.
These reports said the Russians
had thrown at least 100000 strate-
gic reserves into their offensives.
SEARCH FOR MEN
A series of German broadcastS
discussed the conference between
Hitler and Marshal Ion Antonescu,
Rumanian dictator. The Hunga-
rian and Bulgarian war ministers
already had visited Hitler, accord
ing 10 reports, and Berlin annoLnc-
cd that the finance minister of the
Croat puppet regime in Juecslavia
had been called to Berlin. 1t was
reported that the secretary gen.
eral of the Spanish Falange party.
the official government party,
would leave for Berlin tomorrow.
There seemed little doubt that
Hitler was eXerting all possible
pressure on Rumania and Hun
gary to send more men to the Rus
sian front and was meeting with
stubborn resistance He was ap-
parently Urging Bulgaria to send
men tC Russia and in AntOnescu's
case German emphasis on the val
uc of Rumanian oil indicated that
line out of Rumania.
SPAIN HOLDS OUT
Instead of needing the hints in
German newspaper editorials that
closer cooperation with Germany
was desirable, Spain published an
official redbook on the recent
Spanish Portuguese discussions of
the formation of an Iberian bloc
Germany's situation was compli- /,
Gated by increasing firmness Of |
other countries toward its policies. |
Tho Swedish newspaper Dagcn |
Nyhctcr yesterday attacked Fritz /
Saukel, German labor leader. who |
suggested that ncutralS send work !
crs TO Germany.
The neutrals need their workers |
themselves" the newspaper said. |
"SWeGen'S frontiers are closed to |
this kind Of traffic. Germany has .
her own workers, prisoners of war
and all the slave laborers from oc-
cupied countries. These are
TURKS PUT OFF
United Press adviceS said Ger
nanv had notified Turkey that it |
'Culd not complete delivery of 55.- |
coo Turkish pounds CS45, 5,233,000) .
worth Of goods, about one-third of
them arms, by March 81 as sched- F.
ulcd. Germany pleaded that Tur- /
key had changed specifications.
AS the result of the German
velshing-Which was expected
Germany was expected to receive
mitch less chrome and other goods
which it urgently needs from Tur-
key.
British sources quoted the Hell .
'inkj newspaper Soumen Sosial- /
one Of Finland's news
papers, as expressing good wishes
or Crown Princess Juliana on the
approaching birth of child and as