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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
ALL TO VISIT MARQUETTE

Next week, tho entire parole
board has scheduled special hear
inCs al Marquette. Today they are
IN lOnia.
For a reason unknown 10 his
office staff Supt Of Public In
>truction Eugene p. Elliott is IN
Inc Upper Peninsula this week
School let out up there two
months ago
Highway Commissioner Charles
NJ Zi6gler left for Saginaw the
other day con Lake Huron be-
cause he thought II politically OK
pcdlcnt 10 address the Rural Mail
Carriers Association convention.
Others. including Purchasing
Director Eugene a. Gump. Az
dItor Gen. Vernon J Brown and
Civil Service Director Thomas j..
Wilson. were just out Of the
city 10 callers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
Kissed and Made Up
but Id Cost Her SIOO

house and l got into the car To
60 look for him. Yes. ran the
red ligiTt, because I was worry
ing about him"
Did YOU get everything
Strengthened out with your hus-
band ." the court asked.
ayes, we kissed and made
up" Mrs. Grain replied, beam
ING.
sentence suspended, when
YOU pay for damages TO the
other car" Hannah ruled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
Mine Strikers Denied
Unemployment Pay

HARRISBURG. Pa. July u
(UP)-Labor ard industry Secre-
tary William II. Chestnut an.
nounced today that the approxi-
ately 100000 Pennsylvania
miners participating IN coal strikes
the past three months are ineh-
gible for unemployment compen-
sation benefits for the time they
were idle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
Weather

The sun will set AZ 90 p. m today
and rise tomorrow az $40 a m
The moon will rise a. 6.13 p N
today and set tomorrow AZ 4.13 a n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
MAY CHANGE CHARGE

This charge VIII he changed
il any Of these people die"
said tho court referring 70 the
L. S. Rubber co. workers who
were hurt last night when Kru>e
plowed into The zone at r.
Jefferson and Bellevue
Bond was fixed al $500
The defendant. who lives az 99l
r. Nevada. admitted Two bottles
Of beer on an empty stomach and
the possibility that he iClcd
slightly before rho accident
Police SAID approximately -
persons. including many women,
were standing IN tho zone on The
north side Of jefferson when
Krusc'S east bound auto SweTycd
into them from the unprotected
side.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
STAYS IN NORTH

Sunday II was the dedication Of
the 500 Locks and now he is at
the Police Chiefs convention at
CharlevoiX. Liquor Chairman r.
Glen Dunn spoke 10 the chiefs
Yesterday, too.
Atty Gen. Herbert J. RuShton $
whereabouts remained mystery
1T the capital although some
yenturcd a guess ne may be at
his home in EScanaba.
A few cracks in tho walls Of
the State tuberculosis Sanatorium
AZ Gaylord turned up this spring
These seemed important enough
for Budget Director Fred {. Strif-
flcr 10 make a personal inspection.
Corrections Director Garrett
HCynS is making an inspection
tour Of Marquette Prison this
week Marquette is very cool IN
the summer. being on the shore
of Lake Superior.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
RAILWAYS SCoURGED

The northwest African forces
sank the two enemy merchant
ships. heavily damaged two de-
Stroyers. wrecked 100 trucks.
damaged an equal number and
reduced 10 scrap six locomotives
and As freight cars.
Forty-two Axis aircraft we're
shot out of the skies; Allied losses
totaled only seven Uncounted
other enemy planes we're wrecked
on their airdromeS.
The two heavily loaded mer-
chant ships were sunk north of
Sicily by torpedo-carrying Beau
fighters. one plloted by young
Flying Officer Spanky of Reneau,
Canada.
American ASS Mustangs dam
aged the two destroyerS, also near
Sicily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
Purple Gang
Accused in
Liquor Plot
bowling Links Monsters
TO Smuggling From
Illinois Into Michigan

The fount Of Illinois liquor
which has been illegally sitting
across the Michigan border is for
mer members Of the notorious
Purple gang, Prosecutor Downing
charged today as the latest rum
inquiry jailed Charles Letter. 40,
prohibition character and graft
trial co-defendant Of Frank d.
Mckay
In his statements Bowling did
not lie Letter 10 the eX-mobsters
but declared recent investigation
convinced him.
"All evidence points To some
One-time Puppies. i don't think
they are well organized vet and
the illegal flow into this state
has been In small case lots,
However, we know the Chicago
house they do business WITH
LETTER SEIZED IN TAVERN
Letter, acquitted with Mckay
Republican national committee
man. on federal liquor graft in
dictmcntS in 1871. was arrested
after alleGedly being caught pour
ing cheap whisky into higher
grade bottles in his Frankenmuth
Inn tavern at Second and West
Baltimore.
Mrs Letter and Jack Wolf his
bartender, were also picked up
Police seek an explanation 10 Il
cases Of Illinois whisky found in
tho Wolf apartment.
Discussing specifically the Lei
ter case, Bowling said that the
defendant probably would be
turned over to federal authorities.
WARRANTS TO BE SOUGHT
We will get warrants
charging violation Of state
liquor laws" said the proSecu-
tor. but l think the govern
ment can handle the case moro
adequately for evasion of fed
eral liquor taxes"
Sgt. Lloyd Dunnigan Of the Be-
thune station said he peeked into
the Frankenmuth at 3 a. m 20
day and saw Letter Juggling his
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
Doing Driver
RunsD0Wn 13
In Safety Zone
Beer Drinker Denies
Gull; Faces Grave
Charge if Victims Die
Picture on Page -

Uncertainty over the fate Of his
13 victims weighed heavily on tho
shoulders OF Frank Kruse. IS.
beer-drinking safety zone cr8sher,
when he was arraigned on rcck-
less driving charges today.
With bowed head after 4 plea
of not guilty, ne heard Traffic
Judge Maher set Aug. 20 as the
date OF his trial.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14

vanced along their entire south
Sicily front, capturing Comiso.
Marc, Palma, Porto Olivio and
Ragusa.
The American advance was
from six TO 10 miles to points as
far as 30 miles inland.
ALLIED HQ., North Africa.
July IA (UP)-Allied warships
and air squadrons, laying down a
curtain of high explosives in
front of assault troops, carried
the Sicilian offensive northward
against Catania today following
the occupation early this MORN
ing of the important east coast
naval base of Augusta.
(Radio Algiers said that
American troops on the south
coast of Sicily had captured
the important Axis air base and
the town of Comiso and the
airport at Porte Olivio, near
Celia. thus extending their
bridgehead inland in heavy
fighting against Italians and
units Of the Nazi Hermann
Goering division. Ten big Nazi
Tiger tanks were reported
knocked out and the Americans
were landing additional armor.)
CATANIA HIT HARD
Catania airport was shelled
from the sea and smothered by
many tons OF aerial bombs, ac-
cording TO today's communique,
which said that Decentralization
operations-which previously had
been unofficially reported near
Catania - proceeded smoothly"
The points OF Decentralization
we're not given in the commu-
nique.
While erican warships
smashed Axis tank columns and
air fields on the south coast Of
Sicily, the British and Canadian
drive up the east coast toward
Catania smashed an entire Italian
division and boosted the estimated
number of prisoners to around
5000, mostly Italians.
ANS MAKES STAND
(Axis breakfasts reported
that big battles we're develop
ing in the mountains south Of
Catania, indicating that the
Germans and Italians were
making their most important
stand so far
Can ms dispatch. quoting
Reuters, said that British units
we're in sight Of Mt. Etna, only
80 miles south of Messina)
HARBoR FACILITIES INTACT
The Augusta harbor facilities
were almost intact and the Italian
206th coastal division virtually
was destroyed in the operations
on the east coast. where Catanis
airfield was heavily shelled by
Allied warShips early Tuesday.
The communique said that de-
spite some enemy bombing
the Decentralization pro-
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14

DIR. J. c. TooLE. DENTIST, 10
w. Lafayette al Mich, Opp City
Hall. Hours; 90. Tel CA. $3.50
ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14

ALLIED HQo North Africa,
July IA CUP)-Allied planes, sup
porting invasion armies with the
greatest nonstop air offensive Of
the war, wrecked or damaged
two supply ships, two destroyers,
800 trucks, six locomotives and
IS freight cars, and downed AZ
aircraft in "a hours of attacks
designed to paralyze the Axis de-
Tense Of Sicily, it was announced
today.
Supplementins new naval bonn
bardments of the now captured
Augusta and of Catania. both on
the east coast, Flying Fortresses
literally rained bombs on Catania,
which an Raj statement de-
scribed as the most important
Axis coastal air base.
HANGARs STRUCK
The Fortresses struck directly
ahead of Gen. Montgomery's
northward driving Eighth Army,
the Raj said and direct hits
we're scored on at least two large
hangers. Dispersed aircraft were
also wrecked
While the northwest African
command concentrated on Sicily.
L.. S. Liberators from the Middle
East swept across the Medter-
ranean and dropped nearly 425,0
pounds of bombs on the Cotrone
and Who Valentia airdromes in
southern Italy Three hangers
were wrecked at Who Valentia.
|, Significantly, the Liberators
met no fighter opposition over
.Cotrone, supposedly a fighter base.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14
Wreck a Ships, AZ Aircraft,
$40 Trucks; Blast Railways

ALLIED HQ. North Africa, July
IA (UP)-American forces adj
vanced along their entire south
Sicily front, capturing Comiso.
Marc, Palma, Porto Olivio and
Ragusa.
The American advance was
from six TO 10 miles to points as
far as 30 miles inland.
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HARBOR FACILITIES INTACT

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WARRANTS TO BE sought

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
Buck White Matched
with Chief Rival

DETROIT, Aug 6-.P.-Tho
important prize money won't be
up This time bat O'Ncll lBuck)
White little known golf pro
from Greenwood. Miss, Will set
-st-rrt-rr-r- C-rzrTCU STTrrav 70 vdT7
qus1 Harold jug McSpadon,
recent winner OF the rich Chi
caCo Tam Shanier meet
In pairinGs announced today
White was named as McSpaden 5
opponent lu 36-holc match play
competition Of the war-or-
phancd Ryder Cup series at Jim
my DcmarctS Plum Hollow
course. whore some $4,000 S
expected 90 bc raised for the
American Red Cross Four team
matches are scheduled tomor-
row.
a fortnight ago the 32-year-
old White lost an l8-hoio playolf
by one shot 20 McSpsden,
smooth s'rokng Philadelphia,
for the Chicago title, but this
time over the longer distance
he'll have his chance al hand-to-
hand match play.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
Mills Brothers
Circus Enrouie
Will PIoy in City
on Tuesday, Aug. 10

Mills Bros Circus which is
booked - to appear in Mount
Clemens Tuesday, August 10th
for two performances at 2 and
8 pm. on the American Legion
Circus Grounds, under the aus
piceS Of The American Legion,
Will present many new features.
The performance opens with
grand parade and closes with a
magnificent patriotic spectacle.
Two hours are filled with arenic
exhibitions with champion tight
wire artists, troupes of Whirl-
wind acrobats, daring high
perch displays, spectacular
aerial ballet, daring iron jaw
and swinging ladded displays.
There will be fun for the chill
dren in pleasing acts by troups
Of trained CANNES, company of
tiny trained shetland ponies,
groups of performing monkeys
and goats and the ever ridicu-
lous old style clowns who make
merry and intersperse abund-
ant comedy. Lovers of horse
I flesh will be thrilled by the
Mills Bros. Circus dancing,
prancing menege and high
school horses. Big Burma, "
standing twelve feet high and
weighing five tons will be the
main attraction in the animal
/ kingdom.
The American Legion will re-
ccive far greater percentage
on all Circus tickets that are
sold in advance of the show
date. and are available from
all members Of that organiza-
ton. Special reduced children
tickets are now on sale for the
afternoon performance at the
Goodrich store.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

James c. Rich. Jr., 20, of
Camp Wallace, Texas; to Willie
Frances BailcY.-1a--a f-A659
Gates, Route No. 4, Mount Glenn
ems.
Bernard Hall, %, of Sellridgc
Field, 10 Phyllis Lewis, 90, of
1854 Second street, Grand Rap
ids.
Leroy Mcdonald, Jr., 81. of
1920 Little Mack, ST. Clair
Shores, TO Merle Wallace, 10
27345 PinehurSt, Roseville.
Darist Alderman, Is, 13640
Leonard, East Detroit; TO Isa-
belle Leigh, 81, of 1850 Leon
ard, East Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
WHAT. AGAIN?

INDIANAPOLIS = { o r p
Vance Jackson, who arrived
home last summer on furlough
20 discover his folks were en-
route 10 Camp Carson, Colorado
TO surprise him, has arrived
home on Through again.
When he went home ne dis
covered the folks had sold the
place and we're on their way to
Camp Carson
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
BY BETTY MACDONALD
NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 90 49,
Because the manpoWer shortage
has hit the laundry and dry
cleaning businesses throughout
the country, causing many a
small cleaning establishment
10 shut down, industry members
are now considering an unoffi-
cial rationing system among
their customers.
AS a conservation measure, as
ISOLATION representatives ar e
suggesting TO the War Man
power Commission that certain
non essential items be dropped
from laundry lists for the dura-
ton.
The following are included on
a tentative list. tuXedos and full
dress suits, evening gowns. ex-
cesSiVely pIeated garm en- I 5,
white suits Except service uni
forms). riding habits, hunting
suits, gloves, pocketbooks, leath-
or Jackets, panamas and straw
hats, washable collars and cuffs,
stuffed toys, lampshadcS, shawls,
tapestries, table scarfS. fancy
curtains and Grapes, play and
bathing suits, nightgoWnS, lip
narc
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
MORE EGGS

OKLAHOMA CITY - NJ p.
W0odmanSec foreman in a
poultry and dairy plant. through
It was shame So many workers
broke eggs
He devised a system TO syn
chronic their hand movements.
He got a 50 $50 reward, the
10000 women workers in the
firm S various plant got Synchro-
nlzed, and customers get 10 per
cent more eggs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

DAYVILLE. Conn - re
Chief Russell Watts knows now
that reSCues can be made with
out lsdderS-and that there S
more than one use for a fish
hook.
When other means failed he
pulled a puppy out so foot
well by hooking the tloShy part
OF It's back with fish hook The
pup was none the worse fox has
experience
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

Rene Charles Leduc, 26, 1921
II Mile road, Utica, TO May
Louise Petrie, 10, 1921 II Mile
road.
John Nehls. 81, so North
Rose, Mount Clemens; 10 Alice
Harder, %, 3755 North avenue.
Arthur Miller, 81, 1884 Jack
son, Base Line; 10 Edna Stanke-
WITT, 20, of 8244 Tempkln. Van
Dyke.
Donald Benjamin. 81, Sell
fridge Field; TO Lucille z Car
vcth, 405 Gratiot, Mount Glenn
ems.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
AERIAL SUPREMACY

SANTA CRUZ. Calf. - Rae
coonS raided Joseph Majors
ranch
He set traps on the ground,
dangling chunks of meat over
them.
Next morning he found the
'coons had climbed the tree
from which the bait dangled
They'd pulled up the strings
eaten the meat and left the
cords thoroughly tangled in the
boughs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

The Brooklyn Dodgers definite
~ are going west Cor their new
crop Of baseball PLAYER, They
opened one school Al Gary luo,
and today began another here.
The tryouts, originally SChca-
uled for tho Wesleyan Iu.Ncr-
sity Field, Will bc held a. I.,i-
nois State Norma. ana WILL run
three days
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
HANDY

BROADUS. Mont Kay vii
son. 10. is a farmer daughter
Her father needed help I'M
having SO Kay operated the
horSe-draWn mower, then the
stacker until the horses were
exhausted
Then she hitched UP the fam
ily car The hay kept rolling
ia
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
EASIER

KANSAS CITY Kas - MIR.
and Mrs. Victor Joseph Ore
ChoWski and their five adult
sons and daughters asked court
permission today to change their
last name ia Farrell.
0rzcchoWSki, the mother ex-
planned, is a name you always
have 10 spell out when 1t IS pro-
nounced-and spelling 1t is not
easy"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
SYNTHETIC FOR SOAP

Only a ConnoisSeur Of old, pre-
war soaps Will be able to tell
that manufacturers are now no
longer using imported pcrfumed
oils in>theIr products. Instead
American ingenuity has turned
10 synthetic oils with chemical
bases. Meanwhile, industry men
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

LOS ANGELES-Judge En-
met H Wilson wondered why
anyone with a name like Walker
would want 90 change il 10 Cas-
soWary which is an ostrich-like
creature.
Archie Walker, 46, Negro, ex-
planned.
He belongs 20 a religious or
der which believes all members
should take the names Of birds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
ODDS NJ ENDS

War has hit the travelling ped
dler, with issuance of the latest
Office Of Defense Transportation
ruling allowing a peddler to take
his truck out only once daily to
one sales location Of his selec-
ton, and transact his business
from that spot only q.
Stripped of appetizers and des-
serts, railroad meals are now be-
ing served al dollars and cents
maximum prices, with break
fasts at a top ceiling Of IS cents,
luncheons at 81, dinners al
Sl.10.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

The tallest known eucalyptus
tree in California, 200 feet high,
is on the University of Cali
fornia campus at Berkeley.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

The FAIR Haven chapter OF the
American Red Cross is $3.50. l6
richer because Of the roller Skat-
ing revue staged by Nicky Dunn
at the FAIR Haven Roller skating
ring, last Saturday night This
amount represented the entire
net receipts of the show and has
been carmarkod 10 qup a rec
rcatlOn room at Sclirldge Field.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

world sugar consumption
reached a nigh of 27I88, 900
tons in 1885.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

The luxury dish of the world,
caviar. is an ordinary staple food
of peasants in Rumania.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
NOT MUCH CHANGE

Economists, with an eye on
the markets, can't see much of a
change in July meat point
values, especially since the beef
situation has remained about
The cnt,nn
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
PRE.WAR QUOTAS

With OPA'S announcement
that the next two coffe stamps
Will be valid for three weeks
apiece, average coffe drinkers
VIII be buying about as much
as they did before ratiOning The
reason is that shipping has i'm
proved between here and South
America and supplies are in
TrnacitAu
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
Cleaners May Purge Items
from Laundry Lists for Duration

are reprting a growing scarcity
in the essential animal and Vege-
table oils used in soap manufac-
ture. aside from perfumed oils
which are also necessary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
Barnet, Band
Open at Park
Eostood Books
Feature Attraction

Charlie Barnet and his band
Will open an engagement At
Eastwood Gardens Friday night.
This Is Barnet FIRST visit IN two
years. Known as the sax SEN
sation ne has gathered about
him an unusual aggregation Of
musicians including the talent
ed vocalist Mary Ann Mccall
Barnet, the greatest white
tenor SaXophoniSt M history, IS
one Of the top name orchcs-
ira attractions OF the current
era. With a style all his own
Barnet quickly gained the cheers
of the public and has kept his
pace through changing music
cycles. To the dancing and en-
tertainmcnt seeking pa bile,
there is Just one Barnet
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06

At jefferson Beach'S lake
" n d Wept ballroom Shep
Fields, the former Ripping
Rhythm" maestro, goes into his
second week Fields new or
CheStraton has caught on with
the Beach dancing crowd and he
is going over IN great style.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-19
BrOWnLashes
Back-Biting


NEW YORK, Feb. 19-(R-
Characterizing Congress as in
dulging in back biting and un-
der-the-table talk which must
STOP Prentiss M. Brown, newly
appointed office of price admin
istration chief. made a plea yes
terday for unity behind the ad-
ministration's efforts to combat
initiation.
Touching on numerous ad-
ministrative problems, Brown
made some of the strongest
statements to be given out by
any Washington officials in re-
cent months in his talk before
the technical association of the
pulp and paper industry here.
1.-THE OPA cannot accede to
demands in the bituminouS coal
situation" he declared, adding,
''there must be no strike and
there must be no compromise"
Brown is sure that the Amer
lean people will back the infla-
ton fight, he said. He declared
See BROWN-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-19
Soviet Forces
Forward
in New Attack
Menace Germon
Retreat Corridor;
Toke VitoI BOSTON

LONDON, Feb. 80 (E) -
Soviet forces have thrust into a
railway town only Is miles
north of Taganrog to furnish
new peril to the remnants of the
Germans retreating from Ros-
TOW along the sea of Azov
Shores, the Russians said today
The early Russian comunique
&C recorded by the Soviet radio
monitor here placed the Rec
Army advance at the distric'
center of Mateevkurgan, on the
only railway leading northwest
ward out of the area between
Taganrog and Rostov.
SWEEPS AHEAD
1--WE of Rostov on the Don our
troops kept developing their Of
fensive and captured several
populated places" the war bull
letin stated.
At the top of the southern
Russian front, Red Army troops
we're reported extending their
arc north Of Kursk around Orel,
the only remaining German
stronghold of the 1913 spring
battle line.
In a series of Furnishing blows
that counted the enemy dead in
the hundreds and brought the
destruction of war. materiel, the
Russians said their troops had
pushed into the railway town
and district center Of Zale-
goshch, 80 miles east of Orel
Verkhnaya Sosna, As miles
southeast; and Pokovoskoye, 4O
miles southeast.
POISED TO STRIKE +,
A column has been poised
northeast of Orel in the Tula.sec
tor, and columns have been pre-
viously reported forging north
ward up the railway since the
Red army recaptured kursk.
hopping up the Kuban coun-
try west of recaptured Krasno-
dar, the Russians announced the
capture of Starovelichkovskaya,
80 miles northwest of Krasno-
See RUSSIA-Page 2