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Evening star., 1943-11-05
Miller, D. G., Gets Title
In Yuma Army Boxing

LAS VEGAS, New, Nov. 5.-Light-
heavyweight champion and the most
popular tltleholder in the tourna-
ment were distinctions held TODAY
by Staff Sergt CASTOR Miller of
Washington, D. c., stationed at the
Yuma tAriz) Army Air Field, who
defeated Sam Stupar of Minneapolis
in a Servicemen's Golden Gloves
event here last night.
Boxers from 20 military posts in
five States competed.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Mixed Pin Loop Planned

24-team all-star mixed doubles
bowling league will blossom at King
Pin next Friday night starting at
9;15 if Manrger Bob Miciotto's plan
materializes. Already the King Pin
pilot has lined up 10 crack two
SOmeS
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Trio of Midwesterners
Named to AII-Stur Five
Er ~ Assnclatna rn..-

By The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Threo Mid
west basket ball stars-Otto Gra-
ham of Northwestern, Bob Taught
of Notre Dame and Johnny Kotz G.
Wlsconsin-today were added tc
the l943 college all-star squad which
Will meet the Washington, D. C.
Bears, national pro champions, II
Chicago Stadium December 3.
The all-stars will be coached BY
Dutch Lonborg of Northwestern anC
Doug Mills of Illinois.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Trojons in Danger
In San Diego Tilt

BY NE ASSoclated Press.
SAN DIEGO. Calf, Nov. s.
Southern California will risk its
undefeated, united and unscored
upon football record here to-
morrow in game with the Naval
Training Station team and the
Trojans are given little better
than an even chance. Some see
the Navy eleven as victor.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
They Won One for Giop

Rockne repeated that request tc
his 1928 team. He climaXed thai
story merely by saying, Men, this
is that game but Gipp'S request
had hit home. Out of Yankee Sta
dium's innards poured sobbing
stirred collection of Fighting Irish
to battle the Army. Rockne had
saved that story for the proper mo-
ment.
Notre Dame took a 60 lead and
as Jack Chevigny fell across the
goal line with that initial touch
down he was crying. Here's one
of them, Clipper" soboed Chevigny
but Army bounced back to tie the
score
Later Notre Dame swept to
Army's 32-yard line and Rockne,
pacing in front of the bench
wheeled suddenly and barked a
command. Johnny O'Brien, an un-
heralded trackman, tossed aside the
blanket under which he had been
huddling all during the game, and
dashed on tho fold
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Made Passing Popular

On the next play OBrien sprintec
down the field toward the distant
Army goal line. Johnny Niemiec
f1oated a long, leading pass to him
OBrien clutched that pass in his
arms and toppled into the end zone
Tor the points that meant a 1875
triumph, then left the game as
abruptly as he had entered it. That
touchdown was his lone play of the
day.
Notre Dame was the underdog in
1888, too The Irish had defeated
only Indiana and Northwestern, had
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Win, Lose or Draw

BY BURTON HAWKINS

Army-Notre Dame
more dranac collegiate
pulatng OF these Noe ee struggle Before that
Coach
told his Fighting Irish the
NoIe Dame came unde-Gog
e ana Georgia Tech but in the hush the dressing preceding
oatte Rockne transformed
the death bed Gpp fabulous figure in Notre
Danes football o 49, 1N
BY that ean hallowed
Evening star., 1943-11-05

aC Notre Dame. The moss Of time
hadn't blanketed the name of Gipp
all-America back and hero of dozens
OF Notre Dame football stories
Glpp'S fame fingers at Notre Dame
despite his death in 1920.
AS he faced his squad in 1925
Rockne rolled back the years to The
time he went to Gipp's hospital bed
Gipp sensed he was going and said
to Rockne, Some day, Rock some
tlme--when the going isn't so easy
when the odds are against us-ask
a Notre Dame team to win one for
me-fOr the Gipper."
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Owen Loses Appendix

ST. LOUIS, Nov. ) lPl.-Mickey
Owen, Brooklyn Dodgers catcher,
underwent an operation for appen-
diciis yesterday. He came through
satiSfaCtCrily.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01

sportsmen, sports writers and
radio commentators.
Warmerdam polled 1,101 votes
while the runner-up, Bill Smith,
Hawaiian swimming star of Ohio
State, polled $40. Ed Hennig OF
Cleveland, veteran gymnastic
champion, took third honors with
317 votes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Sailors Defeat
Stanford Hoops,
By 57-4l Score

NEW ORLEANS - Twenty-Five
top-ranking athletes run off the
six-event annual Sugar bowl track
meet late today to complete the
mid-winter preliminary sports pro-
gram.
A quint of sailors from the
Great Lakes training station
ignored Stanford's reputation
last night by defeating the
National Collegiate champions,
51-4l.
Great Lakes Bob Davies.
former star at Seton Hall. led
the attack on the West Coast
quintet by accounting for ~
points, high score of the night. Ed
Risks. formerly OF Notre Dame.
followed his teammate with IT
points. Fred Linari shot Is Of
stanford's points.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Tulsu VS.. Vols

NEW ORLEANS - Tennessee
Coach John Barnhlli kept close &c
the trunk Of the tree today as hs
put his rough. tough volunteer
team through its final light drill
before tomorrow's Sugar Bowl
game with Tulss.s undefested
Golden Hurricane.
Asked directly what he
thought the final score would
he. the careful Vol coach re-
fused 10 push out ON any
shaking limb and replied;
II think the outeoms Of the
game depends largely on Tulsss
passing attack. The seasons
scores prove that Tulsa can hsst
q team badly vhen their ssrlals
are clicking"
Tomorrow morning both teams
come 10 New Orleans from their
training camps on the hlsslsslppl
gulf coast. Starting time for the
ninth annual sugar Bowl frsess
10 2.2l p. m. lcwT), Hsv Years
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01

DALLAS, Tek.-Taklng all pos
sible precautions against staleness
and oyerconfidence, Coaches Dana
X. Bible of the University of Texas
and Bill Alexander of Georgia
tech sent their teams through
light workouts today on the eve
of their Cotton Bowl football
game.
Both coaches said they were
satisfied with the condition of
their squads. Ralph Plaster,
Techs varsity fullback, and
the only regular not sebed-
uied 20 start. was handicapped
by n knee injury hut Alex
ander said he was certain 20
zee action.
Football fever began 10 rise e.
q holiday crowd gathered in this
metropolis Of the the southwest.
with Texas a sentimental fayorite
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Warmerdam. Pole Vaulter,
Awarded Sullivan Trophy

NEW YORK-The worlds best
pole vsulter, Cornelius Warmer
dam of the San Francisco Olympic
club. has been voted the James f.
Sullivan memorial trophy as the
amateur who has done the most
toward advancement of sports
manship during 1912, the National
Amateur Athletic union announced
today.
wsrmerdam, only 15-foot
pole vaulter In the world. was
voted the trophy by a tribunal
Of 500 Of the eountry's leading
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Doubles Tennis
Title Decided

NEW LEAN s. Charles
Mailman of New York and Will
lam Talbert of Cincinnati yester-
day won the Sugar bowl doubles
tennis championship.
Mailman and Talbert took two
s~ts from Earl Bartlett of New
Orleans and Jack Tuero of Mem
phis, Tenn, 6-2, Sc, Gil, and
were leading 5-3 in the last set
late Tuesday when darkness
forced them to postpone play until
yesterday.
Mailman and Talbert played
only one more game when play
was resumed, winning the set o-5.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01

MIAMI. Fla. - Boston colleges
Robert hsngens. q hsifbaek who
runs with thu speed Of q hunted
hare. may be q thorn In the aide
Of Alabsms's Crimson Tide whsn
the two elevsns tsDgle In ths
Orange Bowl New Years day.
II he runs tomorrow - be has
done In practice sessions here for
the past two weeks. he may EN-
barrsAs Alabama.
haBgens viii start a. left half
back. lie and Nike Holovak, b. c.'s
sil-Amsrics hsifbsck will do most
Of the carrying, running from the
T-formation which befucdlsd all
hut one Of the EaFiss' nine oppon-
snts this season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Yacht Race
On Schedule

The annual New Year Day
race scheduled by the Tacoma
Yacht club tomorrow IL the
only event of its kind in the
country. club officials say.
The race will be run down
the NarrOws until the skip
pers decide II is time 10 turn
back. Calculation has much
To do with the race. II not
calculation. then guesswork.
The club Is holding a dance
this evening and members
viii breakfast Friday morning
at the clubhouse. The races
get away at noon.
Sail crews will he out in
competition over a triangular
course in the harbor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Hoop Results

wyoming IS. ST. Francis 81.
New York L. SIS. Washington
State IS.
kechester IS, Ohio state 81.
Great Lakes 81. Stanford Al.
So. California AZ, Temple 50.
Indiana 40, Nebraska 80.
Bradley 81, Harvard SO.
Oklahoma City Tournament;
Rice AZ. Baylor 20.
East Central (Aba, Okla 49,
Navy Zeonsers Al
west Texas IS. Springfield IS.
Rice As, East Central AZ.
Texas IS, Maryville 50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
]. ]. Are Fighting Irish Letters

Belarmines Bells known as the fighting Irish, al
though certainly moi heavy percentage have been
Celts Ces.
STILL there's Sullivan another
Kelly, who the
Irish
Kelys An me boy .hur,
and they J j
What glorious Irish fighting initials
There were James j. Jeffres James j. Corbet
Tunney James Baddock all heavyweight fighting
the mentors initials something that
Listen -.
Sailor John F. Griffin writes from San Diego that he's
doing his best and getting along okay Keep up Johnny,
and the best to Say, guy, sister the other
day, and She too, is fine Word also from Soldiers Louie
and George COzza brothers. who doing their share at
Camp White Ore. Our Coast basket teams doing
quite WELL thank the eastern Charlie Graham,
where blow dollar
plenty for all of
nights what will he taken spike Didn't
until few old Thompson
on
miles
IT with Met The athletes Of old Camp
soldier we'll had don't find
the khakicads H. b." Sl r. soldiers fighting
fronts doing masterfu job Maybe they their spirit
the real action The outstanding athletic feature
it's extreme aness Not blamed thing
blood warming point And 1943 look
achievement
Stadium at football the first Abe In Stadium bowl
Coach Eddie Schwarz turned the trick
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01

Ell PAso. Texss-The Sec
end Air Force Bombers of spo-
kane. football service champions
Of the West Coast, and Hardin
Simmons, title winners of the
Border conference, hold light
final drills today for their sun
bowl meeting tomorrow.
Coach Red Reese who brought
his army filters here In flying
fortresses Tuesday laid that his
injured players had recovered
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Sentiment for
Uclans Grows
Both reoms bicker
Among Themselves

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01

and that all 4s would be- ready
10 play.
The Hardin-simmons squad
arrived late yesterday and
scheduled = final practice ses-
sion today.
The bomber team Was favored
90 win. Its line averages foi
pounds against IsH for hardin
simmons and its bseksield aver
ayes ,oi compared With lao fer
the cowboys.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Majors Avs
Lands Ca: :: :: :
wAsHiNGTON-Bs

WAsHfNGTON--Bs a
mates were awaiting "a
today from commIss'i
saw NJ. lands 10 ar,
ma .or league msstlnf m
they may be asked
changes calling for a Sys
son. no sast-wsst con tore,
fewer players taken III
lands. new sn -
asge. met with ISsfs Ser
portatisn Director 4
Eastman ysstevss !. .
ideas for essseSs Ises.sf
travel In 1919 snAotog
men acre IN eof.------.----
regarding propesr CRU
BY The COMMUNIST ------
would comment -
~sat The lsnos eoe'o
b.. 10 mir
However. . coflss'ssss
disclosed that II -
good bunch" tina NJ
proposals would No"
number Of pisys,irs room;
This would be DE . gun
Gated. without -
,i.v.. ,.,ns, com with ~
maintain rs
Leave five On. twin bsas:
Eash player se~tt
carry his otom for rent
$50 red. Main So
Rent yo,sd Apsrfms
Times Wa -. 80. :,
sfk Tor scoapis oniy. Wsiz
Want = 20 Eye q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Those Other Bowl Games !.

because travel conditions limited
the number of visitors. Texas will
field a heavier team but the repu-
tation of the invaders established
In winning nine straight games
this fall made Georgia Tech . T.
to-6 betting choice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
Warner Lauds
West Outfit
Old Fox Coils II
"A Dreom Tenn"

SAN FRs>Ct>oo-odds favor
ing the all-eus, team 10 defeat the
vest in the 18th annual Shrine
crippled ohildrens benefit game
tomorrow were quoted at l0-e to-
dsy.
Reports from Santa Clara,
where the east squad has been
billited. claimed Coach Andy Kerr
had his players keyed up 10 avenge
the sorry showing. Of their nnsde-
eessors IN the past five Shrine con-
tests which show three west wins
and two ties.
The casts attitude was ex-
emplified b, a statement from
"Pes>in' Paul" 6ovcrnali. Co.
iumbia quarterback. who stood
out In = long offensive drill
yesterday.
After completing losses to Ends
Dave Sehreiner of Wisconsin and
Bob Dove OF Notre Dame with
monotonous regularity. Governsi
said:
Il can do better than that and
! will with a little more work"
EAST TEAM GOOD
Kerr has not named starting
eleven but the "A" team In prac-
tiee has consisted Of Sohfeiner and
Dove at the flanks: All-Amerieans
Dick Wildung of Minnesota and Al
Wistert Of Michigan al tackles;
Harry Wright Notre Dame. and
John Billman. Minnesota, guards;
Spencer Moseley, Yale. center;
George ceithaml. Michigan. quar-
terback. Governsh and Bill Daley,
Minnesota, halfhaeks, and Steve
Fihpowicz, Fordham, fullbaok.
Grin babel Hollingbery.
who has been known more as
nm optomlst than a pessimist
during his 20-odd years at
Washington State, has gone
out OF character with dire
predictions on the outcome of
the game.
This team hasn't the balance
OF previous west Squads he de-
elared at Stanford.
POP WARNER TALKS
But the general feeling OF gloom
WAS broken when Glenn fPop)
Warner, the "old fox" of the grid
iron. walked over To the practice
field from his Palo Alto home and
described the west as dream
team"
Hollingbery's starting lineup
may be as follows:
Ends, Al Reals, Santa Clara,
and Nick sueoff, Washington
state; tackles, I'd Sismm,
Stanford. and Norm Nerry,,
Southern California; guards.
Bruno BanduccI and Chuck
Taylor, both of Stanford;
quarterback. Willie Zapalac,
Texas A. and M; halfbscks,
Bobb Kennedy, Washington
State, and Bob Steuber, Mis-
souri,; fullback, Tom Robin,
Oregon; center. Walt Harri-
son, Washington.
Stamm and Kennedy were
elected co-captains by their team
mates.
In the overall history Of the
game, the west has triumphed on
10 occasions with six decisions
going to the east.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-01
East and Georgia Favorites in Bowl Battles
On Ohe Gam :!
Win ELLIOTT METcA;r

me MutcGHkee icH take Advantage of the enforced
.osHe OF as Hpak SKI Bor Snoquaie Pass aud pru oct
W some real improvement irork That tuH make II better
paee Ior the skers the first irter ofter the lights 90
again al ouer The world.
The Jurkovich Case -.
Jun Jurkoyich has been selected BY Coach Babe Hoing
perry As the main mail carrier for the West
mats rather risky gamble. but long As the Cali.
ora oackfield ace is his feet in the game he'll he
threat against the Eastern stars
JurkoNch
MAJOR fault brittle egg she'll
he gave promise TO become
rambler old California
because of repeated head trouble
You probably will frequently easily knocked
OUT OF play In his junior
because his head couldn't
of the grdron by the school authorities
bu ne insisted on trying this the bosses
nun take another fling HE has he
attained the promise he held when he four
Fresno oahf, ss Splinter touchdown
Not many knowing they
would have ventured
on the sidelines keeps
IL would be fitting the big greatest
oil days tomorrow and carried to victory.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association chieftaias
mare decided to hold oil nine Of the organizations champ
snip meets IN 1915. Well maybe they t0H and maybe
they WOnt. The situation tciU decide that
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Militia Action Seen
In Ohio Gas Strike
Stote Guard Officials
Sent to PuinesviIIe

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dec. Sit.
Gov. Paul M. Herbert, acting at ths
request of Northeastern Ohio Of
ficials, today ordered State guard
officials to Painesville, where a strike
has cut off gas for heating and
cooking to an estimated $4,000 per.
sons.
PAINESVILLE. Ohio. Dec. .-,F
More than $4,000 residents OF 10
Northeastern Ohio communities had
little or no gas for cooking and
heating today. as negotiations broke
down in a strike of 1000 workers
which halted all operations Of the
Diamond Alkali Co. and its SUBJ
sidiary. the Standard Chromate Co..
at nearby Fairport Harbor.
A company spokesman said an
agreement was reached last night
as basis for further negotiations
to end the stoppage, which report
edly started in a dispute over a
foreman
Pajlesville City Manager Clifford
S. Fullerton called air-raid wardens
and other civilian defense workers
into action to visit homes. warning
householders to turn of pilot lights
and other automatic gas appliances.
Towns affected include Paines-
vile, II 900; Ashtabula, $4,000; Con-
neaut. 10000; Fairport, 5000; Will
loughby, $500: Geneva. 1000: Men,
tor, $500; Saybrook, 800; Perry, 500,
and jefferson, 200.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Nazis Report Anarchy
Is Sweeping France
Vichy Cont Check 1t,
Poris Radio Asserts
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Dec. ga reign of
anarchy is sweeping France and
the Vichy government is power
less to check it, the German
controlled Paris radio said to-
day in a broadcast recorded by
the Associated Press.
The Paris broadcast quoted the
newspaper Aujourd Hui as saying
that people are being killed on
every street corner. There is robbery
and pillage all over the countryside >
Marcel Deaf, a leading proponent
of collaboration with the Germans
said in an article in the same paper
according to the broadcast:
"Banditism is becoming daily more
audacious. 1t is no longer question
of isolated terrorism committed
under the pretext of patriotism.
I'VE are faced with a vast move
ment of destruction. Highwaymen
and assassins are everywhere. The
little man shouts for help, but the
government is desperate and help
less.
Forces are now being organized
however, which will stop this
anarchy. and brutal reaction in the
near future is inevitable"
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Eight Die in Explosion
AT Naval Stores Plant

BY the Associated Press
GULFPORT, Miss, Dec. 9.-Eight
persons were killed, another crit
ically burned and three injured
today in an explosion and fire at
the Phoenix Naval Stores, Inc, plant
miles north of here.
Company officials estimated prop.
erty damage at approximately $3.50.
600.
Firemen and others at the scene
removed the charred bodies from
the mass of smoldering debris. Seven
of the dead were colored.
Another colored man was removed
to Gulfport hospital, not expected
to live.
The explosion centered in the ex-
tracing unit and two large tanks
were blown through the side of the
building, one carried about $50 feet
Iby the blast.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
BY HELEN LOMBARD

A special pocket edition of THE
Natives Return" by Louis Adamic,
Yugoslav American Communist
sympathizer, in which the author
suggests an American leftist revolu-
ton is inevitable, is being prepared
for shipment to American service
men overseas with the blessing of
the War Department., it was learned
today.
Titles of books selected for the
armed forces abroad usually are re-
garded as military secrets, but news
that Mr.. Adamic's work was among
the approved volumes came recently
from a left-wing paper, Prosveta,
published in Chicago and circulated
among the Slovenian population
The foreign Language paper said
225,00O copies OF the book we're
being printed.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
New Britain Defenses
Heavily Bomborded

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 9 LP,.-One
of the most sustained air lombard
ments of the Southwest Pacific war
is levelling japanese shore defenses
on New Britain Island in the very
area where it is open to invasion by
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops on
New Guinea.
Since the last week of November
more than 1900 tons of explosives
have ripped at gun positions and
supply dumps even as Australians
enlarged the potential jumping off
place on New Guinea in hard fight
ing on the Huon Peninsula.
The bombardments were opened
against Gasmata, an air base and
plantation area on the south-central
coast which was hit with more than
400 tons in six raids at cost of only
one raider. 1t also was shelled by
destroyers Of Vice Admiral Thomas
C. Kinkaid.
Then the bombers switched to the
Cape Gloucester area on New
Britain's western tip. That air base
(See PACIFIC page AGO.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Red Forces Threaten
To Encirc|e NaziS in
Lower Dnieper Area
Soviet Lines Reported
Still Intact Despite
Losses in Kiev Bulge
BY HENRY CASSIDY,
Associated Press War Corresponden n,


MOSCOW, Dec. 9.-Smashing
Red Army gains, which out
f1anked the strategic Dnieper
bend rail center of Znamenka
and severed the important
Znamenka Nikolaev railroad,
threatened the encirclement to-
day of tens of thousands of Ger
mans concentrated on the west
bank Of the Lower Dnieper River.
Russian tank forces spearheading
infantry columns outfanked Zna-
menka by capturing the town of
Sharovka. IS miles to the south,
after swift l5-mile advance from
Pantaevka, a Soviet communique
announced.
Soviet troops also cut a branch
of the Znamenka- -Nikolaev road
running eastward to the iron and
manganese center of Krivoi Rog.
which the Germans have been te-
naciously holding for weeks against
repeated Russian thrusts.
One Nazi Escape Route.
Today the Germans hold but one
rail escape route from Znamenka. a
line running west to Kirovograd. and
this was threatened by yesterdays
capture of Elizavetgradka, l3 miles
northeast of Znamenka and 5 miles
north of the Kirovograd spur.
Against these Red Army successes.
gained in the bitter cold of the Rus
sian winter, troops of Gen. Nikolai
Vatutln's 1st Ukranian Army in the
Klev bulge north of Chernyakhov
were falling back before a mighty
German drive which front-line dis
patches said was powered by more
than 1000 heavy tanks. 1t was the
second Russian retreat in this sec
tor in two days.
The Germans were paving for
their gains, however. The Red
Army war bulletin said at least 1000
Germans were killed and "a tanks
destroyed in yesterdays fighting in
this area
Lines Remain Intact.
Gen. Vatutin had moved in mobile
artillery over miles of muddy roads
to meet the onslaught and front
advices said his lines remained in
tact, although number of popu-
lated places" had been evacuated in
favor of strong positions on a new
defense line.
Gen. Vatutin apparently was
oldlng his time, waiting for the Ger
mans to use up their reserves. which
the Nazis were said to be rushing
into battle as soon as they arrived.
A Berlin broadcast said the Ger
mans in 48 hours had advanced q
miles northeast of Zhitomir in the
k1ev bulge. Advances also were
claimed south of Korosten. The
German communique said "stubbon
resistance" was encountered.
The German communique empha
sized the fighting in the Dnieper
bend. where the Russians were de-
clared attacking under cover of a
dense fog. A Transocean dispatch
said the battle is swaying to and
fro' in rivers of mire caused by late
torrential autumn rains in the gen.
eral area bounded by Cherkasy
Shela, Znamenka and Kremenchup
The Germans admitted small
penetrations' in their White Russian
lines between the Pripet and Bere-
zina Rivers, and said the Soviets
were massing for a new assault on
ROgacheV