The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Plight of Nazis Encircled
at Tanopol, Skala by Red
Troops Believed Desperate
Anzio Hospital
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Germans
(By international News service)

(By International News Seryice)
Powerful Russian armored To-
lions hammered relentlessly today
at German forces encircled In two
places on the eastern front-within
the rail town Of Tarnopol and at
Skala and the enemy's plight was
considered desperate.
Most of Tarnopol. key communl-
cations center in old Poland. alrea-
dy was in the hands OF Red Army
troops who probed forward in
n rec hand to hand combat through
the devastated city. The Russians
stormed into Tarnopol four days
ago. smashing strOngly-prepared
enemy defenses aud killing more
than 1000 German officers and men
In their campaign 10 clear the
town
Remnants OF 10 Nail divisions
enoircled ear Skala we're unssuc-
cessful in their frantic efforts 10
break out OF the tightening steel
moose clamped about them by Rus.
sian troops When the Germans
concentrated large groups OF tanks
and infantry and hurled them In a
wedge against the Soviet lines,
Red Army artillery and mortars
poured a whitening fire into the
enemy ranks from all directions
then Marshal Gregory Zhukoys
armored forces knitted in from the
tanks to slash the pocketed Ger.
mans numerically.
AZ the pressure was applied,
the Russian army newspaper de.
Clared that the cnemys position
hal now become desperate.
Although no further details wers
available regarding the Red Army
advance into Rumania. where tho
vital Jassy railroad junction was
imperllled. the Balkans were re.
ported panlcky Not only the SO.
Wet drive left the Axis satellites
shaken; continuance OF the Italian
based aerial offensive mounted bv
tho Allies appeared as n contribute.
Ing factor
Fires Started
Stockholm dispatches said that
night raiders followed yesterdays
American daylight assault upon
Bucharest In which fires were start.
ed and direct hits scored among
the target areas. These Included
the main railroad yards and repair
shops az the Bulgarian capital.
Approximately 200 enemy inter-
ceptors scared aloft 10 give COM
bat to the invading YankE, an Of
fetal headquarters communique re-
vealed. or these. 40 were destroy.
cd IN aerial combat, Only -
American planes were listed as
missing from the operations
The communion gave no con-
frmati of the night raid. which
would have been the second IN
some L. hours upon the city.
The Bucharest raid highlighted
n day In which the Mediterranean
air force flew some LOO sortes.
The other operations We're mainly
against German supply dumps.
bivouac areas, hr dyes and cont
munication lines north Of Rome
and in the Anzio beachhead and
Casino sectors OF the italian bat
tegrounds
In tho Casino sector Italian
forces which several days ago seiZ-
ed Monte Marrone Height beat 3ff
an enemy attack, inflicting heavy
casualties on their former allies.
Both on the Fifth Army beach
head and around Casino. huge Al
He'd artillery batteries unleashad
a whitening barrage against Nail
positions for the second straight
day.
Shell Hospital
In retaliation. the German BAT
teries opened up on the Anzio
beachhead. blasting an Allied eva
cuation hospital and causing at
least one death. A small fire was
started but was quickly brought
under control.
Britaln-based Allied aerial a.
500 WAR payp