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The Omaha guide., 1943-01-23

Peglers or other ''quislings." The
New Masses, he continued, consi,1-
cred the question Of Negro rights
as important as the opening up IF
the second front and for this rea-
son put out special numbers on o3tn
Of these topics.
The next Schomburg forum on
January q, will take up the contro-
versial book, mo Day Of Triumph"
Some critics have praised it as a
great book; others have condemned
it .~.-saying that it never Should
have been written. ]. Saunders
Redding. the author. will debate
these issues with a southern white
liberal author, Harold Preece. and
the managing editor of The Negro
Quarterly, Ralph Ellison.
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WEST POINT COMMISSIONS
TWO MORE NEGRO OFFICERS

WESTPOINT. n. Y, Jan. p IAN
p. Before several thousand
guests, including prominent civil
ians and the highest ranking mil
ftary officials. two Negro cadets -e-
ceived their commissions this week
from the hands of sec. Of War Hen
ry L. Stims0n.
The cadets were Robert Bernard
TresviIle. who received a second
lieutenancy in the United States
Army Air Forces. the first Negro to
be commissioned from the military
academy into it. and Clarence NJ.
Davenport, who was commissioned
a second lieutenant in the regular
army.
The ovations were loudest whaa
these two men received their COM
missions and became among ths
first to graduate from West Point
in the accelerated wartime classes
in three and one half years instead
of the usual four.
These youths were the sixth and
seventh Negroes to graduate from
the United States Military academy
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ALLEN ON CONCERT TOUR

Greensboro. \. c.. January % a
MP William Allen. talented con-
cert pianist OF the music school
staff Of Fisk university. played a
delightful concert at Bennett col
lege here Friday evening. Mr.. Al
len has developed a program dem
ocratic in its Structure for this tour.
It opens and closes with compos-
itions by native Americans Of all
colors. Chopin. Brahms, Schum-
ann, Rachmaninoff. Shostakovitch
and Still are among the composers
whose works r featured.
Mr.. Allen plays at Barber-Scotil
college. Jan. p, at Howard univer-
sity. Jan. %, and then returns to
Fisk where he gave the introduc-
tory program last Sunday.
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EDITORS SAY
NEGRO RIGHT
TO VICTORY

NEW YORK, Jan. p amp ..-
Before one Of the largest crowds
Of the season, editors of The Sur
vey Graphic, New Masses. Annals
Of the American Academy of Pol
itical and Social Science and The
Chicago Defender debated the col
or question and the war" last Thurs
day at the book forum Of the Sch
omburg collection of Negro liter
AZURE Of the New York Public Libr-
airy. These publications have all
put out special issues on this ques-
ton. The audience expressed amaze
ment an dgratification that four
periodicals with greatly different
points Of view and political tend
encies agreed SO completely that
the extension Of full rights to the
Negro and other minorities was es-
sential to victory in the war and a
real peace afterwards.
DIR. Alain Locke, who spoke for
The Survey Graphic, said that his
magazine represented constructive
liberalism" and that their SPECIAL
ceived wide circulation outside of
number OF last November had re-
the United States as well as in this
country. DR.. ]. P. Shalloo spoke
for The Annals. He said that their
special number of last September
was barred from Shipment abroad
On the grounds that axis propagan-
dists would pounce upon the ac-
{ nts f o~rscr:nraa ia III i.
country. DR.. Shalloo insisted that
scholarly. sober. restrained articles
IN The Annals did the most good.
Harry McAlpin, chief Of the Wash
ington bureau Of the Chicago De
fender, said that the Defenders
special number Of Sept. 26, The
Negro and Victory" was designed
to Unite all elements in the coun-
try-even the Westbrook Peglers
and the governors of Georgia and
Alabama. This assertion started a
c~ross-fire of questions and comm
ents from the audience and Other
editors.
A. B. Magil Of The New Masses
disagreed. He held that there could
not be any worthwhile unity with
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WHITE
RESIGNS
COUNCIL
FOR DEM.
O S

New York, N. y. Because Of
the Council for Democracy's refusal
to accept responsibility for the pub
LEGATION Of an article by Warren
Brown, one of its paid employees.
~slandering the entire Negro press.
Walter White, executive secretary
Of the NAACP resigned this week
as a director Of the Council. The
Brown article appeared simultan-
eously on newstands last month in
the December, 18th Saturday Re
view Of Literature and the January
Readers Digest.
Ernest Angel, president Of the
Council for Democracy in answer 10
Whites query as to whether the
position of the Council was indie
ated" by the Brown article said:
The Council is not called upon
either TO endorse and adopt every
statement made in its general con-
illusions, nor to repudiate the part
ocular statements and general con
illusions. The article is not in the
formal sense an official Council
publication. 1t was written by a
regular member Of our staff. We
knew it was being written, we saw
the piece before it was turned in for
publication. We did not see then
nor do we see now any reason to
disavow it or to modify it."
White charged that the Brown
article is not a well rounded pres
entation and would do infinite
harm" because Of it's immaturity
and false emphases. He pointed
out also, that the appearance of a
reprint of the article in a recent
Texas daily newspaper alongside an
advertisement Of the Klu Klux Kan
was an unpleasant coincidence. Ac-
complaining Whites resignation
was a Statement by Roy wilkins,
assistant NAACP executiev secre-
tary. Crisis editor and veteran news
paper man. wilkins asserted that
evidently there was a plan for this
article. perhaps before it was writ
ten and that someone was very n
ious to place the z million circula-
ton of the Readers Digest behind
Browns statements. He said that
information had reached him tina.
the Readers Digest had had this
article originally and had approach
ed several magazines including Or
p%ortunity to get them to publish It
SO that the Digest could digest
it. Finally it was placed with the
Saturday Review of Literature ana
published simultaneously in the
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KEEPS FRIEND IN
CONGRESS ASPURGE FAILS

Washington, January % amp -
According to a noted Washington
writer, Frances Payne Bolton, on
gresmai from Cleveland, was slat-
ed for a purge by the Democrat
ic opponents Of her district. Had
this occurred. humanity would have
lost a champion in congress. For
as Marcia VIM points out, much
of the progress made in recent
years in army nursing came as a
result Of Congressman Bottoms per
sonal efforts back in 1917, when
she first came to Washington vita
her husband who had just received
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PETITION PRESIDENT FOR
COMPUTATION OF DEATH
SENTENCE FOR SOLDIERS

Washington, D. c.. .Commutat-
ion Of the death sentence Of Sam
ME Mickles. U. S. Army private
serving in Great Britain and con
victed Of the murder Of Jan Clap
ciak, Polish seaman, was asked this
week Of President Roosevelt by the
National Association far the Adv
ancement Of Colored People.
I nthe communication to the
White oHuse, Walter White, MA
ACP. executive secretary. remind
ed the President:
American race prejudice which
is being transplanted with the arm
ed forces TO foreign countries Is
manifested by the frequency and
violence of unprovoked attacks on
Negro soldiers and Sailors. The
silence and Indifference of the gov
eminent to the abuse Of Negroes in
the armed forces by prejudiced
southern whites, is developing into
a standing invitation to the VARIOUS
peoples Of the world to adopt, with
impunity. the same attitudes of con-
tempt and aggression. IN the light
of these conditions the Ease Of PR.
vate Mickles is significant of a pat
tern which will tend to spread un-
less definite steps are taken to
check it.
According to the account carried
by the Associated Press, the deeas.
ed provoked the alteration not only
in that he manhandled the young
woman accompanying Private Mic
kles, but to the extent that he as
saulted and wounded the defendant
with a wood chisel.'
1T is Dur earliest belief and de-
sire. which we know you share,
that every possible doubt, with par
ticular reference to the element Of
generalization. be resolved in favor
Of this young man who was in the
service of his country abroad"
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TO SUSPEND FOOD STAMP ON
MARCH I

Washington, Jan. % amp The
food stamp program will be suspend
ed March 1, probably for the dur
alton Of the war. according 10 an
announcement made last week ~
the [. s. Department of Agriculture
However, it also was announced AZ
the same time that the Departments
program Of providing foods for
community school lunches and child
day care centers will be continued
AT its peak in 1871. the food
stamp program gave assistance IA
100000 people, of which nearly .
million were Negroes, and served ~
move large quantities of agricultnr-
al commodities. School lunches ara
nov reaching 2.7OO.O 600 Youngsters
including nearly a half million coI.
ored children.
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WASHINGTON. Jan 20 amp 80
The War Manpower commissions
Fair Employment Practice Commit
tee is slated for a thorough over
hauling and until this is perfected,
its functions are to be subjected to
a cooling off" period. it was re-
ported around Washington early
this week.
A decision to reorganize the COM
mittee, which has been investigat-
ing war industries believed pract-
cling discriminatory methods. is said
to have emanated from the White
House.
It is said the committees recent
adamant stand against the Capital
Transit company and its extensive
and thorough preparations for the
now defunct railroad hearings caus-
ed the White House considerable
concern.
Considerable speculation has arts
en- over the action of the commit
tee when 1t meets next. The com
plexion of the committee is due for
a change because of the attitudes
Of certain members. However. to
date, none has rendered his resign
alton.
AT the next meeting, the members
will be told that their functions VIII
be shelved pending a reorganization
Paul McNutt has made no addit-
ional statements as to the future of
the committee, nor has he implem-
ented his initial statement ON the
calling off Of the railroad hearings.
The shock of the announcement
has not fully subsidized in Washing
ton vet and there are those who are
hopeful Of reviving the issue later.
What the governor meant when
he said the manpower commission
would have the opportunity to test
its power to the fullest now ana
that the problem would be solved
in a normal manner leaves plenty
to the imagination as to what trans
PRED behind the scenes
The full committee is expected to
meet on January rs at which time
action will be taken as to what it
intends doing and how it expects
to function in the future.
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Political
Pot BoiIs
SEEKS TO ELIMINATE AID
ERMAN EARL b. DICKERSON
WHO AIDED HIM IN NOV.

CHICAGO. Jan. % amp Pre-
liminary skirmishes in Chicago's To-
cal political arena got under way
Immediately the w year was ush-
cred in. The first repercussions,
however. came Wednesday night
when the Democratic organizations
OF the famous Second ward met and
acting under the command Of Con-
gresham william L. Dawson, who
is also committeeman, did a near
throat Sitting job on Alderman Earl
B. Dickerson by refusing to endorse
Dickerscn for reelection to his post
in the Chicago City Council.
Instead Dawson put forward and
secured the aldermanic endorse
ment for one of his own lieutenants
young and little known William
Harvey. Harvey. who. has been a
city fireman for a year, has work
ed as a secretary in Mr.. Dawson's
political office for some time but
his advent into big time politsss
with SO large a plum packed within
his grasp has rather startled the
old regular politicians.
Congressman Dawson's action, a
climax to the long fight which he
and Dickerson have carried on, puts
q DINNER temporarily at least on
the brilliant career of the alderman
who was his opponent for nomin-
alton as congressman on the demo
cratic ticket last spring, and gave
Dawson sweet reveneg for the de-
feat which Dickerson handed him
when the two were opponents fnc
the job a salderman four years ago.
At that time Dawson was a Repub-
hcan and lost to Dickerson in a
four way primary.
@ Congressman Dawson, a power
ful cog in the political machine led
by Mayor Edward J. Kelly, and
Dickerson have been rivals for
years. Dickerson has never had
the sympathy or cooperation Of the
regular machine and has been con-
s~istently frowned upon by Mayor
Kelly but has made a remarkable
record in the Chicago city council.
He has been an active campaigner
Continued on pager74j
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M~INISTERSDROP
PENN Road AFTER JIM CROW
BAN

Chicago, Jan. q (ANP}-A suit
charging the Pennsylvania railroad
with discrimination in its seating
accommodations at Chicago was
dismissed this week after the com
pAinants SECURED written assur-
ances from the company that the
practices would end.
The suit grew out Of charges
brought by the Revs. Junius c.
Austin. pastor Of Pilgrim Baptist
Church. and Rev. William McDov-
ell, pastor Of Monumental Baptist
Church, against E. NJ. Holt, general
passenger agent for the carrier.
The two charged that on Dec. "A
Holt denied them seats they had
paid for on the crack streamliner,
South Wind. running between Chi
cago and Miami. and assigned them
to seats in a jim crow coach behind
the engine. This, their petition
claimed. was in violation OF Illinois
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BARBER INVESTS PENNY BANK
SAVINGS IN WAR BONDS

Camden, n. c., Jan. % amp -
Or ,ating under the theory that if
you; save the pennies the dollars
will take care Of themselves" Dess
Kennedy, a local barber, began
saving the "coppers" several years
ago.
Patrons to his small barber shop
often ribbed the ~tonsorial artist for
his penury. but Kennedy's frugal
ity was to bear fruit.
This was evidenced last week,
when, accompanied by his wife,
Kennedy walked into the CONNER
cial bank here and deposited a sack
holding 5000 pennies on the coun-
tel. when the couple departed
they carried with them $50 worth
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an important war assignment.
A member OF the important for
eign affairs committee Of the house
she still continues her active inter-
est in nursing and through her eff
forts, in 1910 a fund was inserted in
to the budget whereby student nurs
es would receive aid and in 1912, she
was instrumental in the passage Of
a bill equalizing the pay Of army
nurses with that OF officers Of sim.
liar rank. The discrepancy long
has been a detriment to the recruit
ing Of nurses for the service.
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Farmers Called
Most Important
Negro Group

Washington, January p amp
The most important group Of Ne
groes in the United States is the
agricultural group, say experts who
have sized up the situation. Own
ing a total acreage Of 11,19S, S93.
this is enough land to form a strip
three miles wide stretching across
the country from Boston to San
Francisco.
However, the census figures Of
1880 showed a decrease over those
Of 1920. With no figures available
for the 1O4O comparison it is inter
estiong to note some of the figures
Of a decade ago.
There were $50, $50 farm operators
or IA percent of the total in the
United States. There were Negro
farmers in all states and in two
thirds Of the countries in the entire
United States.
The average acreage for the Ne
gro farm was 1926 acres. The val
ue Of the land and buildings was
assessed at s1.4O2, s45, 100, all figur-
es being considerably lower than
those of the previous 10 years..
The average farm was valued at
1889 and the total value of farm
Products in the south was s646 ,6k1.
ZIG or about 1892 per farm.
Whether the figures for 1910
would show a further decrease is
problematical.
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civil rights statutes.
Holt was subsequently arrested
on Dec. 81 an dfaced prosecution
along with the railroad on charges
Of violation Of the civil rights law.
When the case was called for hear
ing in the packed courtroom Of
Municipal Judge Mason S. sullivan
Atty. Oscar Lindstrand, counsel for
Holt and the rail company confer
red with the ministers and their
lawyer. Atty. George c. Adams and
announced the agreement.
The agreement read in open court
stated that hereafter the Pennsyl-
vania railroad would not Jim crow
colord passengers on any Of its
trains bound for the south and part
icularly on the South Wind.
After the agreement was entered
into and approved by the court the
case was nolle pressed.
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ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA
DIRECTORATE TO MEET

Detroit, January % amp The.
directorate Of the Alpha Kappa Al
pha sorority will meet in St. Louis
Feb. 1923, Supreme Basileus Beuiah
7. Whitby announced this week.
The session will be a business one
as the body is not having a con-
vention this year.
Among the directorate who will
attend are: Ethel H. Lyle, Phila-
delphia; Louise j. Macdonald. New
York City; Rosetta E. Nolan, Kan
sas City; Irma F. Clarke, Chicago;
Trussie Smothers, Kansas City;
Zatella r. Turner, Petersburg, va.
Zelma W. Duke, Los Angeles: Mary
G. Wright. Cambridge, Mass; Mar
guerite NJ. Adams, Charlotte, n. c;
Laura T. LOvelace, Cincinnati;
Blanche L. Patterson, st. Louis;
Maude E. Brown, Louisville; Con-
ME Yerwood Odom, Tyler, Tex;
Manila Darden Hickman, Tulsa and
Manila Hudlin Smith, Phoenix. Ariz.
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ID TO BE RACE
RELATIONS A

CHICAGO. Jan. 81 tANPeDr.
Preston Bradley. white. pastor Of
the Peoples church Of Chicago, has
announced that the annual race re-
lations program viii be held Sunday
Feb. IA, Immediately after Lincola's
birthday and that "A. Philip Rand
clph. president Of the Brotherhood
Of Sleeping Car Porters, viii speak
on the subject, America and Glob-
al Justice Now"
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Though in his ninth decade and
with 81 years in the ministry Of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
the Rev. ]. D. Dowden Of Opelika,
Ala, still faithfully travels the
Tuskegee Mission District of the
East Alabama Conference, super
vising his preachers and inspiring
their congregations with his quar-
terly meeting sermons.
According to Bishop w. Y. Bell Of
Cordele, Ga, this 86-year old is the
senior presiding elder of the G. NJ. E.
Church nor does the Bishop know
Of any other active pastor who has
served so long in the itinerancy.
Unlike most parsons Rev. Mr..
Dowdell will never need an old-age
pension. He collects rent from SO
houses and owns a fertile farm Of
800 acres. He studied in Talladega
College. Says his Bishop: Brother
Dowdel is a good preacher and q
safe counselor"
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Digest. 81 think" wilkins con
cluded, that the publication Of this
indictment of practically the entire
press Of a minority of Is million
people is indicative of misjudge-
ment Of and contempt for the abil-
ity, aspirations and feelings of the
great masses Of Negro citizens.
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HASTE
TENDERS
HIS RES

ASKS LAUTIER, GIBSON
TO REMAIN AT POSTS

In a statement issued to the Ne
gro press, January 10th, Judge VIM.
II. HASTE, Civilian Aide to the Sec
Rotary of War, notifies us that he
has rendered his resignation from
his job. to them.
The statement is as follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, ID. @.
January 16, 1913
IN the past, replying to inquiries
prompted by rumors and ~specula-
ton, I have stated that, II and when
1 should leave the War Department
the press would receive direct and
authoritative information. Accord
ingly, the press is now advised that
I have submitted my resignation as
Civilian Aide to the Secretary Of
War, effective at the end Of Jan
uary, 1913.
1 have asked Mr.. Louis Lautie-.
Administrative Assistant in this Of
flee who has been dealing effect
vely with matters involving civil
ian personnel to remain at his post
1t is my belief that he can contir-
ue to contribute substantially 70
gains already represented by the
placement and advancement OF thou
sands of Negroes and the satisfac-
tory adjustment Of many employee
grievances
I have also asked MI. Truman X.
Gibson, Jr.. Assistant Civilian Aide
to remain at his post, at least thru
such transitional period as may be
necessary to prevent and disc0n-
tinuity Of effort in matters which
have been undertaken by this Office.
I wish to state.my sincere apprec-
iation for the measure OF friendly
support and cooperation which my
office has received from the press.
] shall have no further or ampli-
tying statement to make until after
my officials duties shall have term
mated.
WILLIAM H. HASTE.
Civilian Aide TO the Sec
rotary OF War
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WAR
Washington, ID. @.

of war bonds.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-13

Senzacijska vest je prisla IL
Berlina bas, ko so Anglezi Ease
dli italijansko pristanisce Brin-
dist ma jadranski obali, XII lezi
ma drugi strani pete italijanske-
ga skornja, nasproti laramie.
Dale so Anglezi okupirali tudi
mesto Cantanzaro.
Krvava borba "a Neapelj
Krvava borba "a Neapelj in
ozemlje okrog mesta Sc NADIA
daljuje. Tu so V akciji ameriske
cete pete armade in drugi "a
vezniski oddelki.
Receno je, da ojacenja priha-
jajo ma pozorisce z yU5jo brzino
kot pa Je bilo predvidevano.
Nemski radio je prosli teden
trdil, da je bill Mussolini po ME
govern zadnjem pogovoru kra-
ljem ugrabljen cd italijanskih
karabinerjev in odveden V vo-
jasnico.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-13
Nou grob

V drzavnem sanatoriju je OBJ
9:25 uri snoci preminil George
Benovich, star 46 let, stanujoc
ma 97O E. 70 St. Delal je V A
merican Steel and Wire Co., ma
E. 67 St., v bolnisnici pa Sc je
nahajal osem mesecev. Bill je
clan drustva sv. Josipa st. SO
H. B. 2.
Tu zapusca soprogo Joseph
inc, rojeno Ivas, hcer Dolores in
sina George, v start domovini
pa zapusca mater in brata.
Pogreb Sc DO vrsil v cetrtek
oh 9. uri zjutraj IL Grdinovega
pogrebnega zavoda, 1853 E. 62
St., v cerkev sv. Pavla in nato
ma Calvary pokopalisce.
Bodi mu ohranjen blag spo-
min, preostalim sorodnikom pa
nase sozalje!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-13
Italijanska vojna
mOrnarica v "a
vezniSkih rOkah
Zadnje vesti pravijo, da Sc
je predalo vsega skupaj
So ladij, XII so ma varnem
v zavezniskih lukah.

Vecji del italijanske vojne
mornarice sc nahaia v zaveznis-
kin rokah V pristaniscih, XII so
pod zaveznisko kontrolo.
Prvi del italijanske mornarice
je kapituliral ter priplul v "a
vezniske luke proslo soboto. Ma
begu je bila ena velika bojna
ladja cd nemskih bombnikov
potopljena.
Drugi del italijanske NORMA
rice je priplul luke, XII so v O.
blasti zaveznikov, tekom wee
rajsnjega dneva.
Po zadnjih vesteh Sc nahaja
v zavezniskih rokah So ladiJ
italijanske vojne mornarice. Cd
teh Sc jih nahaja ma Malti 32.
Prihoda nadaljnih italijanskih
ladij, vojnih in trgovskih, Sc
pricakuje vsak cas-. Vest IL Lon
dona pravi, da Sc sedaj nahaja
v zavezniskih rokah pretezna
vecina italijanske vojne NORMA
rice.
Gen. Eisenhower je v tel I'VE
ri izjavil, da imajo zavezniki
vso pravico, da italijansko NOR
narico rabijo v aktivnen boju
proti sovrazniku. Predaja itali-
janske mornarice pomeni, da DO
velik del zavezniskega brodovja
V Sredozemlju osvobojen "a ak
clio proti Japoncem ma Daljnem
vzhodu.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-13
Move ruske
image
200 nadaljnih krajev Ease
denih. Brijansk je resno
ogrozan.

z Moskve Sc poroca o novih
zmagah Rdece armade ma vseh
sektorjih JUNE in centralne
fronte. v soboto so Rusi okupi-
rail- 200 nadaljnih -naseljenih
krajev, vceraj pa so iztrgali ma
cijem zeleznisko postajo Belle
Berega, XII Sc nahaja samo II
mill cd nemske baze v Brian
sku.
Okupacija oznacene zelezniske
postaje pomeni, da so Rusi Sc
daj v stanu obstreljevati Bri-
jansk S tezkimi topovi. Kadar
pade -Brijansk, DO zdrobljen
zadnji tecaj, XII veze opotekajo-
&c sc nemske cete ma centralni
in juzni 'front.'.
Vceraj so Rusi pobili 3,7O0
Nemcev in osvobodili 1000 rus
kin civilistov. v njihove roke je
padlo tudi mnogo vojnega pie
ma.