The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-17
interpreting
The War
BY kIRKE L. SIMPSON
ASSOCIATED Press War ,,

deadlier in battle than the o r,~sons,
bombs of man-made war 9 IL an'
deploying its forces this ro; Gs on
tober weekend. N'oc'
Another Russian winter is o,.
at hand to cut at the vavo a.oSe
Dnieper "blooS wall Of Na9 ing
vaders, to slash with icy blast r- ~. In,
numbing cold at the foe narb a'i0
to turn another German fore a i,apS
owed retreat into a greater d 5'sau'
ter than crushed Napoleon's gra 'o
army on the same bleak swe =. p',a
west-central Russian plans
From the Baltic to Kiev w;n.
freeze-ups will come now aIr' ',e,
any day. Rarely are they later tb.
early November. Their onset tS.
year bodies evil for Nazi Ieoi ,,ns
rocking insecurity on the Rus Ss,'
punctured Dnieper line and ahor,
TO the Baltic or below to the BIsog
Sea.
The worst winter of dread Hito.
has known in Russia is at HI,
throat. 1t could do more than RI.
sian or Allied lighting power fo,
all the year of unbrokeu victoria,
to break the will of the Germ
people and tumble Nazjism IN w.
doom that Fascism has met and IL
closing in on japanese militaris,'
1t can no longer be doubted tby,
the vast Russian summer offensive
which has swept the Nazi foe bacl,
across the Dnieper was Moscow
designed from its inception in rnIv
to merge without a break into an.
other Russian winter attack Al.
lied approximations that Red az
mics would exhaust themselves and
afford the foe opportunity to brace
and stock new defense lines have
proved unfounded.
There has been no halt anywbe-o
in Russia since July to give tbe
enemy a breathing spell. Fail
rains could not check his retire.
ment once his line of last winter
was broken at Kharkov, at ORE.
and Bryensk at Newell and now
far to the south where the Dniepel
turns finally westward to reach
the Black Sea, at fallen Zaporo,
zhe.
The great retreat TO shorten Nazi
defense lines has been skllfulLy
managed, but it is not over by ev
cry sign. 1t has not shortened The
1,2OO-mile fighting front from the
Baltic to the Black sea only the
supply lines in the center, The Ge
man high command needs more moi
fewer troops, to hold that battered
'blood WALL already virtually split
in two by the Russian leap beyond
the river near the pripet mouth Of
the eastern rim Of the Pinsk mar.
shes.
Moscow reports no sign yet Of a
German evacuation of the Crimea
or the badly denied Dnieper bend
front. Both are menacing traps
that could engulf and destroy great
er enemy forces than were over
whelmed at Stalingrad when the
Russian march to the Dnieper be-
gan last winter. 1t is beyond mill
tary comprehension that the IN
vaders dare risk much longer 50
crushing a disaster in Russia as
the isolation of the Crimca or the
closing of the Dnieper bend trap
Nor is the indicated situation
brighter for the long left wing Of
the Nazi line above the Dnleper
where sub-zero cold and the ter
rible menace of Russian winter
maneuvers will strike first
The Newell rail key is already lost
the Orsha and Vitebsk basfi01'
quaking under unabated Russian
pressure. And a Nazi winter re-
treat from Leningrad and The VoIN'
how and the Loval could involve i''
less dangers than the seemingly M
escapable withdrawal from the CI''
mea and the Dnieper bend
On all fronts, the scene l0r UIs
United Nations is bright BY COIL.
trast with the face it MOVED yea
ago this mid October. bu' Ho,
where is it so bright. so lrausA'
with tremendous PROSTITUTES j."
the months just ahead, as III Nu,'
STA. And it is there that the gLe''
est ally of them all. another NV
sian winter, is marshallhg fof n5'
action that could bring on !ne u.
cisive battles Of the war Ill I"
rope before sprnig comes again.