Evening star., 1943-10-10
sUNDAY1 STAR WAsHINGToN,-D e. OCTOBER no. 1s4s
Germans Plan Move
From Baltic Nations,
Nazi Sources Admit
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 9.-Reports
reaching Sweden tonight said the
Germans intend to evacuate the Bal
tic states by october 81 as the in
vasion- jittery Nazis acknowledged
that American and British air ar
madas control the skies over much
OF Germany and Europe and that
naval supremacy in the Mediter-
ranean permits the Allies to strike
anywhere in the Balkans.
German heavy guns and troops
already are being withdrawn east Of
Leningrad, and some evacuation OF
troops from the Peterhof district be-
gan last week, Finnish information
said.
The Germans are reported to have
been working frantically to fortify a
line running south from Narva on
the Russian -Estonian border, but
Estonian refugees said the type Of
Notifications being built indicated
they intended to use them only for
delaying action.
Nazi Sources Quoted
The report that the Germans
would move out of the Baltic states
came from Naizs in Sweden. There
was no confirmation from others
in touch with the Baltic states, al
though they said thousands of guer-
rillas in Estonia, Latvia and Lithu-
anla, with large quantities OF cached
arms, some light artillery and even
a few tanks, were ready to fight the
Germans if they retreat before the
Russian offensive. The guerrillaS
would fight independently Of the
Communist partiSanS who already
are haraSSing Nazi communication
and transportation behind the lines.
German cOloniStS have been moV-
ing from the three Baltic states in
recent weeks as reports circulated
that the Nazis would be forced back
at least to a line running from Riga
to Odessa.
The spectacular extension Of the
Allied aerial offensive underscored
United States and British air super
lol llN oNCl dIlhlN tOIl-
Tossing Germany'S inability TO halt
the aerial attacks, spokesman in
Berlin could offer as the only con-
ISOLATION for the Nazis the assertion
that bombing would not win the
war.
Rush FOrtifications.
The Berlin BoerSen Zeitung
printed map showing how Ger
man troops moved northWard from
Sardinia to Corsica then out of the
port OF Bastia to Leghorn in Italy,
and some military observers also saw
in the route a possible pattern for
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to fol-
low with an invasion army to try to
split the forces of Field Marshal
Albert Kesselring and Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel in Italy.
There Is considerable low country
around the Leghorn which makes
landing easier and defense more diff
hcult. Such a maneuVer might be a
way OF preventing Rome from be-
coming a battle zone. Swiss reports
this week indicated italian patriots
control much of Central Italy to such
an extent that keSSelring and Rom
mel are prevented from linking
forces.
The Germans We're reported rush.
ing work on new Notifications in the
Jutland area and to have laid ex-
tensiye mine fields around North Sea
points where the Allies might make
an invasion Try. D..
From NOrWeglanS came details of
large scale antiinvasionf rnane,fvers
conducted by two German divisions
September 81 in the Stioerdalen
area from the Bodoe district in the
north to Roeros in the south. They
concentrated on defending the
Vaernes alrfield. the largest in Cen
tral Norway and near where the
combined American and British fleet
made an offensive thrust this week.
Bombers from an American aircraft
carrier were reported to have dam
aged eight German ships in a CONVOY
attacked by the combined Allied
fleet.