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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-12-08
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gene @ode befanntseeeben, oaB bit1-
itdtlid bes pdpitli9en gigentuns in
Stalien .ein Mbfommen atpiiden benz
8atifan lro BEN beuti6en militdrbe-
boroen abgeidloiien tporoen iit''.
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uiip. in Staliet, sic Dem 8atifan ge=
boren, bon BEN beutiden 8eborben
>eeiammelt uno ma9 Ser gatifanitabt
iiberfiibrt tperben. 9ie segentp6rtig
fit oas Bublifum geidloienen Weu-
ieen auf oem @eldnoe Ser 8atifanItabt
lperoen oieie &unittperfe aufnebmen."
Dieie Na6ri9t itebt in bolletn &i-
oeripr,1d nit 8eloungen aus Stalien
felbIt uno aus neutralen 2Gnbern,
oaB Die Na3i in Sen bon ibnen beieb-
ten 9td6ten bic &ir6en uno MeuIeen
aIer transportierbaren &unltibdte
bera1bt uno tpas fie nidt mitnebmen
fonnten, 5erit0rt baben.
X X X
Die 3eritorltng oes pdpitliden 900
1aifateliers bur9 cine ,,11nbefannte"
8ombe bat, 1ab Ser Mnii6t oes ame+
rifaniiden aunitfritifers 9eiioer So
liiber Der gan5en @elt uno beionoers
Der religioien Gunit Der Ser. Staaten
eipen unberedenbaren S1aben 5uge-
fiigt.
Ser felt sSSabren nit oen 8boto=
grapbieren bon aunitgegenlt ltGnben Der
@atifanitabt beibdftigte Mmerifaner
bat in ieinem ioeben beroffentlidten
8ude ,,Ebe eternal gitp' oie @unit-
fbase oer Batitanitaot bei6rieben.
Soft ale Mltdre Der ct. Beters Bali-
lifa iinb, erfl6rt Set. &oliiber, nit
Moiaif eitgelegt. Die &,tnitpro6ufte
bes papitliden Moiaifihioio baben fid
iiber bic gan5e Welt perbreitet. Die
Initalt 6atiert 5uriif Biz 5um 16.
Sabrbunoert. Gin neu erfunbenes
gerfabren ermogli1t Bis gu $4,000
nerfdiebene Garbenidattierunsen.
Das @erf der 3erItorung in biefem
Eeile oer gatifanItaot tpar betrddtlid.
Sn ben benadbarten @irden tpurben
ote Geniter 5erit0rt. @elbft in Der ct.
Reter's Baiilifa ,purben 6urd bic
2uferfdiitterung Ge,,iter eingeoriidt.
Das beriibmte Berninifen1ter tpeiit
berfhieoene 2o9er auf.
Brotefte gegen Die gegen aIIe inter-
nationalen 9febte beritoBenbe Bom-
bar6ierang liefen ein bon ben Bifdo-
fen Deutihlanos, Sponiens uno ar1-,
oerer 2dnoer. 49,,
X X X
Sin eigenartiser goridlag fir Die
probiiorifde @egulierung Ser 9feeie-
rungsberbdltniife in DeutfdIm6 mad
oem gn6iiege ser Ser. Nationen it'll
IN elmer Meloung Ser ,,geem Sort
Sinres" entbalten. Die MitteiIuna er-|
bielt bas 9latt ,1nterm IA. geobember
aug ber ihtpeoifden Sauptftabt Stod-
bolm ,1,tb bat folgenoen Wortlau:
Sn na5igegneril9en RreiIen Ser
Inns 1T Nadridten 5ufoIge, Sic beate
Stodbolm errei9en, Ser HIan Iaut-
geuoroen. fit cine l1ebergngs8eit
nod benz ariese, bic DeutibIanb brau-
@en miro, nm al.f oenrofratiidem De-
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-12-08

trieben, oaB iie 6u vgebeinnispoGen"
Erids greifen muB.
Ils 2uftangriffe auf Deuti6lan6
begannen, erfldrten bic Na5is, iie ND.
RI beoeutunslos, mas bon Der 8eb0l-
ferung auBerbalb Der bombarbierten
Srte mangels anoerer Na6ri6ten
nidt nadgepriift peroen fonnte.
sber als Die Mniierten nit 2uft.
aneriffen a,,f bic beiesten 2Gnoer an.
! fingen, orebten bie eaais ibre 8ro-
paganba um unb bauldten bic an.
griffe auf, Inn oie 8epolferune eeeen
Die Iuiierten al.f5ubringen.
9arauf famen oann oie @robon.
griffe aufs &eid, beren Solgen nidt
berbeimlidt tperoen fonnten, tpeiI iie
bie gan5e 8olfstpirtldaft beeinfluB-
ten uno MISUNDERSTANDING
i'm @efolse batten.
@llo tpuroe Die beutide Bropaganoa
in Der Seimat auf bic glei6e 2inie
gebra6t mie In oen beiesten @ebie~
ten - NIT Der Solee, baB oas oeut-
i6e golf INNER dngitliher itatt tpiis
TENDER 1purbe.
Na6 BEN neueiten Mnsriffen, BEL
benen 3. 9. &afiel ebenio augeridtet
tpurbe tpie Samburg, fam cine aber-
lmalige HropasanoaumitelIung: bic
Ialiierten Glieser batten ibre eieent.
lliden 3iele nibt erreidt uip.
Dieie Bropaeanba ertpies fid ie.
oob ebenfans als 1pirfungsIos, un6
10 begann bic Serie bon @eriidten
Iiiber @ebeimipaffen - ,,euen 2eudt.
sranaten, ~oie 6te Radt gum Sage
maden', uno neuen Gaudgeidoiien,
,,oie ben Sag in Nadt bertpanoeIn"
Damn famen @erii9te iiber neue,
| gebeime angriffsuaffen, oeren neue.
ites Die @elbidte bon Dem 8on1ber
limit Rafetenantrieb 1T, Der gleidaeitig
1als Stur5bomber beripenobar iein ion.
| Naiierte &reiie meinten, Elm ioI9es
5lug5etg iei cine feline Sa9e - fir
Die 9niierten. sic erfl1rten. nah benz
auge1blidliben Stanbe Der 2uftfabrt,
uifienidaft piirbe Elm foIdes Slug
|aeug pirflid elm gutter Sturabon,ber
lein aber MIR einnaI, oenn er
tpiiroe aus betn erfen Sturaflue ME
berausfonrmen.
Sm @eeenias au bieien @erii9ten
iino bie tatiadlihen @adri9ten iber
Die neueiten beutiden JIue3euge
ourdaus nibt ieniationen. 3tpei bon
bieien Maidinen, 6ie Iestbin iiber
England eridienen firo, ipur6en beute
beibrieben.
Ser 1,eue Sunfers 1873 lit cine Weas
idine nit elmer @eidpinoigteit bon
1928 Weilen, flint Maidinengetpebren
rno elmer 8ombenlaft bon 6reieinbalb
Sonnen, 3. ;. etpa Der glei9en 2a1t,
Die bic i9ineren 8omber ser @MsS auf
iGren 5liieen nod bem @ei9 mitneb.
men.
! Ser ne1e Meieridmi6t 41O lit
ni4ts tpeiter als Der alte Me 21O nit
eerinserem Eriebitoff - uno auf cine
4 Sonne balbierter Bombenlo6ung, tpas
Die @eidtpinoiefeit atpar erb6bt, aber
bod nod ni9t an bic 499 MeiIen bro
IStunbe Der Wsosquitos beranbringt.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
WILL PAY RIGHT PRICE

w Iii I ~ IlIOII I I IIOG
For desirable, well-furnished apt in mod
ern bldg, living room. bedroom: bath,
15th. 10th. and Irving Immediately or
by July 1st: woman executive. established.
American. GENTLE; no children or pets:
Ext. sos.
WANTED. FURN APT. FOR COLORED: 2
rooms. kitchenette and bath. for soldier
and wife. Call from 5 to 10 p m. DU. 912S.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
HOUSES UNFURklsHEp.

NEAR CLINTON. MD.-3-RM HOUSE
electricity running water, l acre OF land
$3.50 per mo. Spruce O767.
3945 BLAINE ST NE-6 ROOMS AND
bath. recreation room, $77.5O per month";
immediate possession. Phone MA. 1913.
SEE FAIR HAVEN
ADVERTISEMENT
IJNyICTC- &
Evening star., 1943-06-09

ATTRACTIVELY FURNISHED 4-BED-
room. 2-bath house, garage; convenient to
everything: S165.00 per month. Chestnut
Evening star., 1943-06-09
HOUSES FURNISHED.

ATTRACTIvELY FURNISHED 4-BED-
room. 2-bath house, garage; convenient to
everything; S165.00 per month. Chestnut
oi46.
Alb UPSHUR ST. N.W.-BRICK HOME, 4
bedrooms towner wishes to reserve use OF
one TEMPORARILY; electric icebox. coal fur
THos cs f1s Rea
tors 721 10th St. NV, Ma. 0765.
5555 RIVER RD:, JUST BEYOND THE
District S line at Western aye-Delghttuly
3 baths, attractively furnished, $500. May
Be ins4scsed by app4ntmsnt M L. T.
DETACHED BRICK HOME IN EXCELLENT
rent $3.50 per mo: PERCY il. RUSSELL
SHERMAN ,l c1RGLE,BEAuT1FutLY I1l E1 FURN:
owner to occupy one small bedroom. RA.
O415.
Nw-sN BEDROOMS. ~ BATHS; GA
MISS FITCH Sc s'snnRs Ss5
8-BEDRooM HOUSE, BATHS, BE
thesda modern furniture; July and August;
Sl35 per mo. Phone Wisconsin s942.
nished house, 1908 Parker st., W Fails
Church. Va, 2 rooms occupied by owner
efTsd ire is ERG desires essn Convenient
surrounded by spacious grounds and beau
tiful shade trees. S175. Maid available.
81. 562.
ARLINGTON. MODERN HOME, 3 BED
rooms and bath screened porch. beautiful
garden. Maid available. Mid-July to mid
Aug. 500. Call oxford O533.
RUSTIC CLUBHOUSE. EQUIPPED TO
serve large groups: some permanent guests.
Will give home and income to organization
or can be operated profitably by couple.
Large garden: close in good transporta-
ton. Good lease to buyer of furniture.
Box 55-H, Star.
FROM JULY 20 TO OCTOBER AT
tractively furnished. 7-room detached house.
S125 per month: adults only. 20 w. Irv-
ing st, Chevy Chase. Md. WI. 1920.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1 BLOCK
from Shoreham: bedrooms, with addi-
tional upstairs sitting room. Attached
$4,000. Immediate possession. Mr..
Whiteford. McKEEVER g. WHITEFORD,
1914 K st. NV. DI 9706.
SIX r. AND 3, TO SERVICE oFF1cERMoo
Furn'd without S. or l.; reasonable. 61OO
Lombard. Cheverly, evenings. 81
ON JEFFERSON PL. NV. JUST OFF
Conn. ave.-Large house containing Is
rooms and 3 baths; reasonable rent:
THOMAS J. FISHER CO.. INC.
73s 18th ST. NV Phone DI. $3.50.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
$16,95O.

EXCELLENT VALUE.
Club section of Chevy Chase. Md-3
bedrms.,, 2 baths; 2 finished rooms on 3rd
aooT Gear garage. large wooded lot,
| 60x26O feet; prompt possession
EDW: H. JONES & CO., INC,
| WO O2nQ
Evening star., 1943-06-09
ROOMS WITH BOARD.

2O22. G ST. NW.-Walking distance
cooked. well-balanced meals. Desirable
location. Reasonable. NE. 919S.
ROOM AND BOARD. very reasonable to
congenial couple, Protestant, in exchange
for assistance in housekeeping with small
family in Arlington. Phone oxford 297S
after 6:3O pm. H.
1928 18th ST. NW.-Nicely furnished
double and single rooms for young men
1857. FAIRMONT ST. N.W.-Room and
board for young ladies and young man
Pleasant surroundings. Good home cooking
1889 GIRARD ST. N.W.-Delicious meals,
lovely maple furniture: cool, dry basement
space for 2 yoLng men each Also double
basement for either young men or 3
girls: Govt workers preferred.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
SPRING VALLEY,

The Garden Of Beautiful Homes.
Owner leaving city will sell his stone
and-brick home, about l year old. stu
ated on lovely wooded lot. Contains 3
ra brary and a bedroom a' With 's.eh frepIaee and
private bath, large living room dining
room, kitchen with breakfast nook. first
space for recreation room in basement, .
car garage, gas air-conditioned heat
This is not an expensive house, and we
in Spring Valley.
II You Want to Sell Your Home Phone U.s.
w. c. & A. NJ MILLER DEVELOPMENT CO.,
1880 Mass. Ave. NV. Or 4464
Evening star., 1943-06-09
ROOMS WANTED.

ROOMS WANTED.
MIDDLE-AGED GENTLEMAN of settled
habits desires unfinished room near bath
Box 79-K, Star. 1Os
BRITISH GOVERNMENT employe wishes
furnished master bedroom in private home
or apartment in near downtown Northwest
area, gentle married woman: highest ref
erences exchanged Call HO. 6143, Apt.
.5. after $3.50 pm.
LADY of refinement wishes second floor,
front room, Northwest section, convenient
TRANSFORMATION. Box 457-Y. Star.
PRIVATE ROOM, beginning June IS; NV.
section. Call Miss Biddle, RE. 1900, Ext
REQUIRED. two rooms for ladies to be
sole, guests in, apartment or home; light
kitchen privileges: Wisconsin-Fessenden
district preferred. Box 6s-K. Star.
REFINED, SETTLED, young businesswoman
desires nice single room. with breakfast or
breakfast and laundry PRIVILEGES. Private
home. Northwest section. EX. 2O2O, Ext.
46S. %
LADY desires room in an apartment, or
will share apartment with another lady
northwest section, convenient to Mayf1ower
Hotel. Box 61k. Star. O.
Evening star., 1943-06-09

house is less than years old and is in
excellent condition. 1t has sizable bed
rooms and bath and excellent closets on
the second floor and large living room and
garden porch with dining room and fully
equipped modern kitchen on the first floor
The high ceiling basement offers chance
toned oil heat! 1t was built with all the
refnements of modern construction and
every convenience is close at hand 1t Is
most modestly priced and is well financed.
About So 500 cash necessary.
VIM. H. SAUNDERS CO, INC.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
SUBURBAN ROOMS WANTED.

BY GENTLEMAN, room in country home,
convenient to Washington transportation
to sleep Saturday nights, stay over Sun
days. Write MR.. CALDWELL, Sail 14th
st. NV.
SINGLE ROOM with or without board, on
Mayr, DI goo, EX. 25SS as
Evening star., 1943-06-09

Open Evenings 7 Till 9.
HILLCREST BUNGALOW
,2711 Send st. s.e.-Bungalow on large
lot. rooms kitchen: bath lst fioor;
basement. Immediate possession.
MR.. LOWERY. IA. 1875.
BRODIE A COLBERT, INC, MA. Ss75,
Evening star., 1943-06-09
ROOMS FURNISHED.
For better results and
Serpice include telephone
number in For Rent ads.

MASTER BEDROOM, 3 exposures. twin
heds. private bath: convenient transp.; .
closets. WO. S063.
LARGE ROOM, double bed. prefer couple:
Jewish home. Call North S491 from to
q pm.
14Of WEBSTER ST. N.W.-Desirable
single room, next to bath: unlin. phone.
Near 14th st. cars. RA. S11S.
SMALL, single, air conditioned: conv. NV.
section: reference REQUIRED; gentleman.
LARGE COOL ROOM. twin beds, next to
bath; private home. convenient transp.
NO. 416s.
1922 UPWaUR|Single room, near tiled
Sub and shower bath; available 10th; $50.
IA 1882.
Evening star., 1943-06-09

DETACHED BRICK,
SHEPHERD PARK, NV
Breuninger-built English brick, on
lot 50x15O it., near schools, stores and
transportation: 8 rooms, 9 baths. finished
attic. automatic hot-water heat, porch,
copper cutters. refgr, slate roof and
detached garage. Reduced to only $1495O
for immediate sale
PHONE MR. EVANS. Wo O29O.
SHANNON g. LUCHS CO.,
1905 H st. NV National 13A5
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Big Bill Edwards,
Ex-Grid Star, Dies

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-GNS)-
William Hanford (Big Bill Ed
wards. IS, former collector of in
ternal revenue in New York and
cetons greatest football
player, died today at Post Gradu-
ate hospital, where he had under
gone an operation for an intes-
tinal ailment.
Scourge of the Yale and Har-
ward teams of the late nineties.
Big Bill. as he was almost univer-
sally called. retained his erect car
riage and athletic bearing. Slightly
more than six feet tall. at the
peak of his career as a Princeton
All-America guard and later as
a football coach and referee. he
weighed more than 300 pounds,
but in recent years had reduced
that TO about Us pounds.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Willow Run Best Known

The complete list of products includes medium tanks,
the B4 Consolidated bombers jeeps, gun mounts armor
plate transport gders low silhouette trucks the Pratt and
Whitney aircraft engines turbosuperchargers tank engines
which rumored to be the standard for all medium
tanks the future truck and eep motors tires and tubes
for army and cars and lamnated glass for battle
vehicles.
The best known of the plants is of course, Willow
Rum where the huge B-24s rolling off the produc-
tion lines. Begun April 49, 1941 the plant already
at work when Pearl Harbor attacked.
Less spectacular but just important to the war ef
fort the modern aircraft engine plant at Rouge Built in
less than two months time at cost of 100000 the
plant is turning out the Pratt and Whitney engines in
steady stream.
Near the aircraft building is the plate plant
which turns the tough hide for tanks and planes
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
The War Fronts

G u A d ALC An AL-United
States torpedo boats damage
three Of eight Jap destrovers
seeking 10 land supplies.
Page u.
RUSSIA-Red fighters close in
on rail center west of Mozdok
after smashing the German
threat 10 Grozny oil fields:
Russians report large gains at
all points. page II.
NORTH AFRIC A-American
fiiers shoot down % Axis
planes in fierce air battles
over Tunisia; Rommel prepar-
ing for final stand. Nazi
launch heavy new tank attack
on Franco-American forces in
southern Tunisia. page p.
NEW GUINEA- Japanese
forces, trapped in narrow
salient on New Guinea coast.
face humiliation after General
Macarthur smashes garrison
in Buna Mission area. killing
$50 Japs, taking many prison
ers. Page ~.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Sunshine Comes
Span Of Thirteen Straight Cloudy Days Broken;
Longest Previous Absence in 1929

Some kind of a weather record
was set in Detroit today when the
sun broke a span of 13 straight
cloudy days.
A check on weather reports dis
closed that the longest previous
non-appearance of the sun oc-
Cured in 1929. At that time IL
straight cloudy days we're regis
tered.
The sun shone as Detroit and
lower Michigan dug its way out OF
four inches of snow and ice.
Colder temperatures and con-
tinued snow are in prospect,
With about two inches OF snow
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Methods Cut Output Time

Close by are also the new aluminium foundry one Of
the largest in the country the steel foundry and the
plant q
In northern Michigan where station wagon bodies
fabricated broadwinged transport gders
being turned out In Minnesota assembly plant vehicles
of produced Missouri Illinois and Pennsylvania
branches doing the
Every facility of the Ford company has now been
turned to production New methods are reducing
the time, stepping up the rate of output.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
PT Boats Rip
Jap Warships
In So|0m0ns
3 Of 8 Destroyers
Trying TO Land Food
Probably Damaged
- BY JACK VINCENT


WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-The
navy reported today that lightning
fast United States motor torpedo
boats had probably damaged three
of eight Japanese destroyers ap-
parently attempting TO land sup
plies and reinforcements on Qua
dalcanal Island. where American
forces have trapped nearly 10000
japanese troops,
The navy also announced in a
communique that enemy aircraft
bombed the PIT" boats but in
flicted only slight damage.
According 10 the navy. the
motor torpedo boats attacked eight
japanese destroyerS in isolated
engagements off the northwestern
end of Guadalcanal, which is
about 20 miles north Of American
held Henderson airfield on the
strategic island.
THE attacks resulted In one
torpedo hit on one of the de-
stroyers and three possible hits
on two Others" the navy said.
The communique did not reveal,
however, whether the Japs Sue
ceeded in running the American
air blockade over Guadalcanal TO
succeed in landing new troops or
supplies.
With the exception OF Supplies
dropped by parachute on Decem-
Der IS, the japanese troops on
Guadalcanal Island have not re-
ceived any supplies since early in
November and many of them are
reported dying of starvation and
disease.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
British Vessel Sunk;
10 Perish, 73 Saved

AN EAST COAST PORT. Jan.
4 (UP).-Ten men lost their lives
when a medium-sized British mer-
chairman was sunk in the Atlantic
late in September, the navy an
nounced today. A radio operator,
Frank r. Davis OF Cheltenham,
England, and u shipmates sur
vived.
Davis said gunners did not have
a chance 10 shoot at the sub
marine, which launched its tor
pedoes while only half submerged
After Gripping the ship. the sub
marine finished the job with gun
fire. The ship was set afire by in
cendiary bullets and sank soon
after.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05

already on the ground. the pre-
cipitation started at noon yester-
day with sleet and freezing drizzle
which turned to fiaky snow in
the night.
Blown by winds that magnifiec
the cold, the snow drifted as high
as eight inches in outlying dis.
tricts of Macomb and Oakland
counties.
Another inch of snow will fall
before night. weather officials
predicted. The mantle will remain
ON the ground. they said. because
the mercury is expected to hover
around the 2o-deHree mark.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
INSIDE
GERMANY
Hardshi ps Begin TO Tell
on Reich S Home Front,
but Revolt Is Far Off

EDITORS NOTE-What is happening inside Ger
many? For more than year the only information has
been thin trckle through neutral sources, supple
mented by unreliable propaganda broadcasts Much
beclouded by secrecy and purposeful distortion But
from neutral travellers, from reports of Allied agents
and from German newspapers which occasionally cross
German borders it is possible TO begin piecng together
the picture This first instalment is dispatch from the
United Press foreign editor stationed in London
1t will be followed by others
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
copyrEht. 1913, BY United Press

T ONDON, Jan 4-Little cracks are beginning to
happear in the structure of the German home front
as the Reich finds itself in the fourth winter of
Those cracks can be widened by Allied victories
and by additional hardships, but it would be false
optimism to say today that the structure is in imm-
nent danger of collapse.
German civilians are capable of withstanding
additional hardships, and it must be remembered
that conditions on the home front were much worse
in 1918
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05

From the Allied standpoint, recent developments
in Germany can be divided into two categories-good
and bad On the dark side of the picture:
1-Hitlers personal position with the German people
seems secure woman who worked in a German
munitions factory and recently escaped to England said
the Germans blamed all the military and blum
ders that Hitler has committed his subordnates The
Gestapo she said, maintains unbroken grip the
civilian population. particularly in the factory
C-Contrary to published reports there is serious
- dssension between Nazi party leaders and German
generals An authoritative source discussing the
removal of Gen Franz Halder as chief of staff of the
u 81
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Tanks. BOmbers..
.Deeps Roll Out
Firm S Every Facility
Employed; New, Faster
Methods Speed Output
By SILER FREEMAN

The Ford Motor Car Company today revealed as
an arsenal within arsenal" For the first time the War
Department allowed the Ford company to list its entire
output from its converted plants.
Not only are Rouge Highland Park and Willow Run
producing instruments of but the many other Ford
plants throughout the country have been placed
work. the report showed.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Military Rites for Ex-Msestro

EAST ORANGE, n. j.. Jan. q
tINS).-A military funeral was
planned today for Charles Char
lie) Murray, 80, former we'll
known dance band leader who
Joined the United States Coast
Guard three years ago.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Vital Rail CITY
Totters Under
Reds Assault
Fall Of Prokhedneya,
28 Mi. From Mozdok,
Is Reported imminent
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
Emitted Press star Corrs.pond,n.

MOSCOW. Jan. 4.-The Red
army driving the Germans back
from the gateway 10 Russia's vast
store Of Caucasian OIL developed
an attack from two directions to-
DAY on the Axis base at Prokhad-
maya. IS miles west Of Mozdok.
Front dispatches said the Rus-
slams were closing in on the city,
a strategic rail center, and its fall
appeared imminent.
Mozdok. in the hands Of the Ger
mans for three months fell 10 a
lightning weekend assault by the
Red army.
GENERAL ATTACK SEEN
CAxiS sources broadcast re-
ports that the Russians were
maSsing on tho southern front
for what was described AS q
general attack" The Nazi-con-
trolled radio Paris quoted Ger
man reports As saying that Axis
planes were carefully watching
the Russian preparations
In taking Mozdok. their fourth
major victory in six days on their
lloo-mile battle front. the Rus
slams also took Malgobeck. 20
miles 10 the southeast. and Elk
hotovo, 40 miles to the southwest.
REDS IN HOT PURSUIT
They had cut both arms of the
main RoStov-Baku Railroad and
from Mozdok, Malgobcck and
Elkhotovo Russian motorized in
fantry and Klimvoroshilov tanks
were IN hot pursuit Of steadily re-
firing Axis forces.
The fall Of Prokhadnava will
leave the Germans with the choice
OF a general retreat or the risk Of
Continued on Next Pare CoI a.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
Paul
MQLZon's
Column
Long Truce
TO Precede
Peace Plan

EDITORS NOTE: Mr..
Mdllon returns TO-DAY from
his UacdtioH. His column
uiH resume tomorrow as q
daily feature Of the Times
editorial pGgeJ
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
The Weather
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

The sun VIII set A. s.I4 p m. to-day ana
rise tomorrow a. O. m
The moon viii set A. 4.45 m today.
and rise tomorrow Al 747 9 m. ~,