Evening star., 1943-11-09

If an invasion from the west is no
Immediately possible, the chanc,
still exists, however, that the Rus
sian offensive and Allied Middle Eas
forces may yet close a pincers on tn,
Balkans.
Unparalleled Opportunity.
! A Soviet drive to the Rumaniar
border-the Red Army was l40 mile!
from the border today-would pre-.
ent the three Allies with an unparal.
leled opportunity to pinch off Hit.
lers southeast salient quickly, joir
forces across 500-mile front along
the Black Sea and drive the Ger
mans back into Germany.
Associated Press Correspondent
Yves Gallagher reported from Italy
yesterday that the Germans realized
fully the might of the Allied all
force being assembled in the Medi-
terrean for winter attack
against Germany.
There is every prospect" he said
that, starting in December, one of
The wars great air struggles will be
fought over Italy"
A dispatch from IStanbul said
today that Germany was reported to
be reor2anizing her Aegean COM
mand and bolstering Southeastern
European defenses. Field Marshal
Gen. MaXimilian Won WEIGHS. COM
mander of the armies in Southeast
ern Europe. was said to have in
spected coastal deferses, giving par
ticular attention to the Saionika area
in Greece.
The dispatch said that Gen Bauer,
former commander in Crete. now
controlled the Salonlka area, while
Crete and the Dodecanese command
has been fused under Gen. Lcintz.
front door. The wind smashed liv-
ing room furniture.
Mr.. Stanton and his daughter,
Judy, IA, were in the kitchen at
about 9 pm. when the tornado
struck. Mr. Stanton said the lights
went out and the windows were
blown in. Mrs Stanton and another
daughter were not home at the time
Car Smashed.
The force of the wind knocked
the house loose from its foundation
but left it standing. A large tree
in the front yard was uprooted and
the front of Mr.. Stanton's
car. The garage was blown down
and chicken coop apparently was
blown so far away that no trace had
been found of it at noon today
A barn nthe property also col
lapsed in the height of the wind
storm. trapping two horses. The
animals were taken out uninjured
today by the Clinton Fire Depart
ment, which also removed the fallen
tree
At nearby Camp Springs, soldiers
reported the tornado cut path
through the grounds, tearing down
trees and knocking down some old
shacks No serious damage of any
kind was reported at the camp.
Fire Department officials in Wash
ton reported they responded to 13
calls to pump out flooded
cellars in scattered sections. while
police answered two burglar alarms,
one touched off accidentally, and
the other caused by a short circuit
due to rain.
Traffic Lights Go on Late.
Street lights were reported out in
the thirteenth precinct, but an in
veStiga ton into the cause had not
been completed by the District gov
ernment's street lighting depart
ment. Traffic lights failed to go on
at the regular hour of a m today
but this was not caused by the
storm An automatic clock which
turns on the lights failed to function
Last nights heavy rains forced
Rock Creek over its banks and re-
suited in negligible damage, and
also flooded the low-lying intersec-
ton at Bladensburg road and De-
fense highway, Md. causing Balti-
mole traffic to be detoured through
Hyattsville. Traffic from Annapolis
over the old Marlboro and Eastern
avenue routes was still unobstructed
Fairfax County in Virginia re-
ported an electrical storm of great
intensity but polise said no houses
Or farm buildings were struck.
The citizens associations meetings
scheduled last night were called off
when the storms velocity increased
just before they we're to be con-
vened. Brentwood Terrace. West
End, Stanton Park, Park View and
North Randle postponed their ses-
sinos.
The tornado that hit Washing
ton Grove was noticed by two
Montgomery County policemen while
they were en- route to headquarters
to report for duty. LIE Roy S. Null
link said he saw the big, fun
cloud on the Redland
road but paid no particular atten-
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