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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-11-11
Recent Deaths

BURNS-in New York. Ben
jamin Burns, 1865 seth st. Fu-
neral services Oct. 20 from
Johnson's Funeral Chapel.
McGIRT-in Roxbury. Mrs.
Nancy McGirt, 10 Ruggles st.
Funeral services Oct. Fl from
the New Hope Baptist Church.
]. B. johnson, Funeral Director.
KENNARE-in Roxbury. Mrs,
Geraldine Kennard, 1853 Cabot
st. Funeral services Oct, "a from
Peoples Baptist Church. j, 3
Johnson, Funeral Director,
HODGES of New York. Will
liam r. Hodges, 70 First st. Flu
neral services Nov. 3 in Albany
N. Y,
HESTER--in Roxhury, Philip
Hester, 80 Humboldt vac. Fu-
neral services Nov, 3 at ST.
Johns Church, Woburn, Mass.
HAZZARD-of Gloucester. Ro-
bert Hazard, ls Maplewood ave
Funeral services Nov. 4 from
Johnson's Funeral Chapel.
PATTERSON - in Roxbury
Mrs. Vera Patterson, 500 Shaw
NUT ave, Funeral services Nov. 4
from Johnson's Funeral Chapel,
FOSTER Roxbury. George
Foster. 1913 Humboldt ave. Flu
neral services Nov. 8 from john
sons Funeral Chapel.
BRAY-in Roxbury. Master
Lawrence Bray, 7 Humboldt PIX.
Funeral services from Johnson's
Funeral Chapel.
JOHNSON-in Roxbury. VIII
liam Johnson, ll9 Lenox st.
Funeral services Nov. 8 from
Bethel Baptist Church,
CALLOWAY--in Roxbury. j.
B. Galloway, 100 fremont st.
Funeral services Nov. 10 from
Johnson's Funeral Chapel.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-11-11

under the previous ceilings
which had been in effect since
December, 1912. The increases
afford the minimum measure
of relief to permit the con-
tinued operation of these laLn-
dries, OPA said.
Power laundries are not at-
fected by this action. Hand
laundries are defined as those
finishing wearing apparel by
hand ironing done on the
premises, employing ten or less
persons, and giving little, If
any, delivery service. Most of
the laundries affected are oper-
ated by Chinese.
Previous ceiling prices for
shirts in this area ranged from
IL cents TO Is cents. The new
ceiling is is cents The former
ceiling on sheets ranged from
IS cents to is cents. The new
ceiling Is 10 cents,
The complete list of new
ceilings follows:
Shirts, Ice; pajamas, use; pill
low cases, Sc; collars, Sc; trous-
ers and Stacks, S5c; nurses uni
forms, 45c; understands. 10c;
handkerchiefs. Sc; overalls,
soc; shorts, 1oc: hand towels,
&c; coveralls, 4oc; union suits,
zoe; bath towels, Sc; overall
pants, use; socks, Sc; sheets,
13c; overall jackets, Csc.
OPA said that consideration
had been given to the general
level of hand laundry ceilings
along the East Coast, as well
as the ceilings of power laun-
dries, in the establishment OF
the new schedule. 1t said that
division of the area into zones
was no longer desirable.
All hand laundries affected
are required to post the new
ceilings on their premises with
in 80 days after the issuance
OPA pointed out that 1t will
not be possible to obtain in
dividual adjustments Of these
ceilings, as allowed under the
previous ceilings. All previous
adjustments are revoked, and
no surcharges or percentage
surcharges can be added. Low
er price than the ceilings es-
tablished today, can, of course,
be charged by any hand laun-
Of the schedule. November /.
dry.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-11-11
Higher Ceilings
Announced For
Hand Laundries

Hand laundries in the Bos-
ton area, were given generally
higher ceiling prices by the Re-
gional Office of Price Admin
istration Monday. Occasional
items were given lower ceilings,
but in most cases increases
were allowed.
This action, made effective
November 6, has been neces-
sary to relieve hardship ex-
perience by these laundries
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-11-11

This week pay tribute only those courageous men
who fought and fell in World War added that honor
roll these mems awart who bavey fight and fall
World War fght and fall in valiant effort the Peace
that ckered and burned after the last bloody battle 1914
1918.
On this Asce Day Of 1914 let pause with prayer in
hearts-o those who did from the last WARRIOR
those who will not return from this WARRIOR the speedy
Of those who still fght-for Total Victory and Lasting Peace
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14
Food Prices
Hiked 74%
Since 7o47
THREE YEARS AGO, you could get

THREE YEARS AGO, you could get
SIS worth of groceries for 81
today they cost you STA.
That's the heart OF the rise in food
prices since January, 1941. Not 40.2
percent as the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics (BLS) says, but TAP percent.
It's real difference, especially when
you remember that the Little Steel
formula allows you only IS percent
wage increase to cover all living cost
increases since January, 1941.
It's real, and It's based on CLIO and
AFL studies of actual food budgets,
carried out with the aid of thou
sands Of working class housewives,
so that Philip Murray was moved to
say at last months CLIO Executive
Board meeting:
"There Is no academic reasoning
here, no theorizing with life; you
are not living in Washington, writ
Ing up a lot of artificialities. You
are visiting woman who UNDER
stands these problems, who has the
responsibility of running house
and the best economist ever devel-
Oped in the history of mankind has
been the housewife"
Why is the "best economist" the
housewife, paying sta for what used
to cost 81, and why does the BIS keep
coming up with this figure of a 40
percent rather than a "a percent in
crease?
According to the joint CIO-AFL
cost of living report, based on actual
field interviews and studies of thou
sands Of food items, the difference lies
in the way the BIS goes about the job
of getting its figures on which its
Index-and the Little Steel formula
are based.
To begin with. the BIS takes only
q limited number of foods into its
calculations. This limited number Of
foods In turn are the foods most
firmly price-controlled by the OPA.
The OPA doesn't operate nearly so
efficiently on foods not in the BIS
Index, and naturally they 60 up
much faster.
So here you have a business done
CONTINUED on Page b
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14
Rent And
Clothing
Prices Zoom

CUPPOSE you went into store TO
- buy something for 81 and the clerk
said I'm sorry, but thatl cost you
S1.23,h and then he said, excuse me,
it really cost you $1.43Ee.
You might protest and say, but it's
marked on the tag 81, and the clerk
would say, yes, ma'am Cor yes, sir),
but things have gone up and it's too
hard for us to write down how much,
so you'll have to pay $1.4312 today
take it or leave it.
You'd be pretty mad, wouldn't you!
At least you'd be likely to think that
stores pricing policy was pretty crazy
and take your trade to a place where
they knew what they wanted to charge
you before you walked in the door, and
stuck to the price.
Now that, roughly, is what's hap
pened to your living cost budget be-
tween January, 1941, and January,
1914.
Today, you're paying $l.4Slz for
what cost you ST. in 1941. That's the
average. On some pretty vital items.
like food and clothing and house
furnishings, you're paying more.
On food, you're paying $1.74 for
what used to cost you 81; on cloth
Inc, S1.72; on household goods, $1.62.
These are the figures made public by
the combined CIO-AFL study on the
cost of living done by CLOS r. J.
Thomas and AFL's George Meany.
They are from labor's joint report to
President Roosevelt, who appointed
"Presidential Committee on the Cost
of Living" about three months ago.
Also on the Presidential Committee
are representatives of industry and the
government, who haven't reported at
this time of writing.
The labor survey fatty contradicts
the figures of the U. s. Bureau OF
Labor Statistics Hereinafter re-
ferred to as BLS) which say that the
cost of living has gone up an aver
age Of only 2S.4 per cent since Janu-
airy, 1871.
These BIS figures are important to
YOU as a war worker and as house
CONTINUED on Page b
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14
Go Shows Cost
Of Living Up
43.5 Pct!

The American workers cost Of Iiv-
ing hos risen 43.5 percent from january.
1041. to December. 1943 - nearly twice
the 23.4 percent estimated by the U. S.
Dept. Of Labor's Bureau Of Statistics.
The 43.5 percent-soid TO be thigh
Iy conservative" estimate was DETER
mined by detailed survey conducted by
the Go and AL.
A report on the survey. submitted to
the Presidential Committee on the Cost of
Living by labor members R. J. Thomas and
George Meaney, said:
"In view of the fact that the cost of Iiv-
ing has actually risen by at Ieost ass per cent
since Jonvary, 1o41, whereas the BIS Index
shows rise Of only 23.4 per cent, conclude
that the BIS Cost Of Living Index is unreliable
basis for wage adjustments during the
war period. Sole reliance upon il will result in
continued serious injustice wage corners and
lower saluried workers."
Main factors causing the average price rise are dis
cused in this special Clio NEWS Cost of Living Supple
ment Briefly the lineup Of price rises for basic items Of the
average workers family
l. The cost of food has risen 74.2 per cent The BIS
estimate is 4o.2 per cent
BIS estimate is 1877 per cent.
g. The cost Of rent has risen Is per cent The BIS
estimate is per cent.
A. The cost of house furnishings has risen 81 per cent
The BIS estimate is 27.8 per cent.
Facts supporting these statistics will be found on this
and the following three pages.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25

poi S spostovanjem, napol {
strahom, kajti vedeli so, kaj po-
meni: Drugi je vseboval podrob-
nosti O proslavi zetve, XII Sc be
vrsila v Lattski Soil v obliki ma
| skarade. ,s>c, ys..-. . ~.
.Karli je prinesel to novice do
NOV. Kaleb Sc nj zanimal "a
oglas proslave zetve, toda obraz
Sc mu je kisal OBJ pofoeilu, da
SO Bjarnassonovi ma vse zadnje
nasi, kar so vse leto iskali. ~
"Vse leto bi bill lahko jedli
ribe, &c bi bill incl koga tro-
hico soil v glavi, da bi ga bill
postal popje," je potozil.
Ko SO bill tisto noe vsi otroci
re v postelji,. je cital Kaleb pri
svetilki svoj gospodarski list.
Amalija je pridno pletla in raz-
misljala O napovedani veseIici.
Sklenila je, da nobeden cd otrok
ne DO smell til ma veselico, kajti
Judite ne bodo smell pustiti sa-
me donna.
Kaleb je dvignil oci. "Morali
bono po posti narociti blago za
to maskarado, ali ne?" je vpra-
Sal prijazno.
"Ne," je odvrnila .Amalija.
"Nasi ne pojdejo."
Kaleb jo je pozorno pogledal.
Nato mu je smehljaj sprelete1
lica. Dvignil je obrvi. Ne poi
dejo? Cemu ne?"
Amalija ga je pogledala in
opazila njegovo veselost. Hipo-
ma il je bilo jasno, da je ma
pravila napako. ooh, no, &c
Jim dovolis. JAZZ sem mislila,
da 81 ne bi mogli privosciti te-
ga"
Povesila je oci mad svojim
delom, da ne bi videl njenega
strahu. Radovedna je bila, ali
je uganil "a pretvezo njeno pra-
Vo misel. Nemara pa je ,mislil,
da je Ama1ija brez skrbi glede
Judite kakor sam. Skoraj brez
dina je pricakovala, kaj bo III
nil.
NO." je zazehal udobno, "bo-
mo videli. Bono videli. Imamo
Sc dovolj casa, kaj? Pojdiva
spat. Staram sc. Zdi sc mi, da
| Sc staram."
- Z, /, -
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25

Amalija je sla spat in je mo-
lila v postelji, da bi Kaleb pre-
povedal otrokom iii ma veselico.
Prepricana je bila, da judith ne
smejo zaupati. Pod njeno po-
lkojnostjo zadnjih dni je bilo ne
kaj, kar je Amalijo mucilo in
Ivznemirjalo. Ne p restano je
oprezovala zaradi njenega spre-
.menjenega vedenja in jo neiz-
prosno opominjala, kaj jo caka,
&c bo kljubovala Kalebu. Tcda
vkljub temu Sc Judita ne bo po-
misljala, &c bi Sc il nudila pri-
lika "a beg v svobodo. Amalija
je molila, da bi Kaleb prepove-
dal otrokom ma veselico.
Kaleb Sc je obrnil obrazom
proti stem in Sc je smehljal
sam pri sebi. To je bila zopet
nova potezica, XII mu je delala
zivljenje zanimivo.
Ma podstresju sta medtem
Judita in Linda tho kramlj jail,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25
Marta O.tenso
(Nadaljevanje)

Ella, Judita in Amalija so cd.
sll v gozd, XII ga je bill Kaleb
kupil cd Fusija Aronsona, nabi-
rat divje grozdicje, XII je raslo
tamkaj. Diva trta je visela niz
vejevje gladkega brestja, XII ga
Je prerascala kakor mreza. Trta
Je bila polna drobnega modrega
drazljivo sladkega grozdieja
zenske SO odnesle vec vrec groz-
dja domov. Modri sok sc je ce-
dill skozi belo platno. Potem 50
izdelovale marmelado, sokove in
vino "a Kaleba. Tako je bill sled
Mi dan izpolnjen delom in
slednji vecer je prinasal potreb-
mega spanca dust in telesu.
Linda, XII je opazovala Ca
rovem gospodinjstvu neverjet-
no obilico della, XII so ga oprav-
ljale zenske, je zacudeno raz-
misljala, kaj bi bilo temi de-
lavkami, &c bi nenadoma IL
gubile svoje nepretrgano opra-
vilo. Spoznala je, da jih sprico
Kalebove eemerne cujecnosti
zgolj delo ohranja zdravju
in jih drzi v r&vnovesju vkljub
najstrasnejsim razmeram. To-
da socutje do Judite il je raslo'
cd dne do dine. Sprevidela je,
da Sc Kalebova oblast ne da
omajati, in 81 je zaman posku-
sala predociti, kako bi Sc dekle
moglo osvoboditi. Vrata ma
skednju so bila Sc zaklenjena
in Kaleb jih je kdaj pa kdaj
ogledal, da bi Sc preprical, ali
jih nj morda kdo poskusal od-
pirati. &c ne bi bila cutila Lin
da velike ljubezni do Judite, ne
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25
Zivahna polka
Vadnal valeek

Imamo tudi druge slovenske in
hrvaske plosce
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25
Nova pIoSfa

Ravnokar smo prejeli novo
tretjo Yankovich plosco
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25

in Kari ma visoko nalozenih vo-
zovih z njiv. Mlatii so ga media
lee Cd hleva. Linda je sedla ma
tia ter gledala rumene pleve, XII
so Sc usipsle velikem loku il
lijaka mlatilnice. V zaru zaha-
jajocega solnca so bile podob-
ne drobni, zlati prhi. Uciteljica
je bila radovedna, ali vidi Ju-
dita z visoke kope ia krasni pri-
zor. Ozrla Sc, je proti dekletu in
sprevidela, da je Juditino oblic-
| je brezizrazno in da Sc il roke
magic premikajo in nihajo z vi
lami enakomerno kakor nihalo.
Ko jo je Linda nlotrila, Sc je
ozrla Judita. proti njej, kakor
da je iznenada opazila njen po-
gled. Linda je pokazala S pr
stom proti zlatemu slapu, XII je
prsel IL stroja. Judita je priki-
mala, Sc nasmehnila in je pri-
dino ko pref vihtela vile.
Zadnji dan nlatve je odrinil
Kaleb preko strnisca k lani, XII
edini Sc nj bill pozet. Ian je bill
pocasno, svojevolno rastoce, ne
zno billie, ponos slehernega
kmetovalca, XII ga je 'mogel
uspesno gojiti. PRAY tako kakor
tedaj, ko je bill Ian Sc v modrem
cvetju,, Sc je splazil Kaleb pod
omrezjem ma sredo njive in ne
kam bojece bozal T. roko sirove
vrsicke polne semenja. Nato je
stopical s paznimi koraki glob-
lie v lanisee, Sc kdaj pa kdaj
dotaknil bilja in pohlepno blo-
dill z ocmi po' poiju.
Ko Sc je naazil krasnega raz-
gleda po laniseu, Sc je vrnil pre-
ko pokosenih poljan domov. Ne
kaj mu je lezalo ma srcu in mu
kahlo zadovoljstvo z zetvijo.
Mark Jordan ga je bill dejansko
napadel vprico najuglednejsih
cerkvenih obcanov. Tega nj mo-
gel Kaleb odpustiti ali pozabiti.
Steer je bill zatajil svoje, poni-
zanje in malomarno prezrl to
zadevo, toda vedel je, da Sc bo-
do vaski jeziki neprestano spo-
tikali oh ta dogodek. Bal Sc je:
da bodo v cerkvi prstom kaza-
Ii mani in kihali V pesti. Mega. |
nedotakl jivega, cascenega mo-
za, je zgrabil in zalucil kakor
lutko v gruco najuglednejsibl
cerkvenih veljakov. Zavest, da /
mora vrniti fantu to sramoto ]
samo ma en- naein, nj bila POI i
polno zadoseenje zanj. zelel je,
la bi vsaj trenotek usodnega
odkritja Marku izbral pc svojil
,olji. sprevidel je, da. mora
lraniti 'strumf" "a kako novo
talitev svoic osebe ii zadeti I'll
him tudi Amalijo. Potemta-
sesl je sIlsnil mirovsti, dekler
e ne bo kaj pripetiIo, kar mu
10 opravicevalo razodeti Mar
u Jordann njegoyo pravo po-
Iolenies IN. III vetino obra6unatiI
NINA. Moral bo pazitis da Sc
% dogodila usodna prilika pred
larkoyim odhod dom y lnesto.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25
Marta Ostenso
STRASTNI BEG

bi bila mogla prenasati zelezne-
ga ozracja Garove hise. LIE zve-
Ger, kadar je zagledala Marti-
ma, Sc il je zdelo, da il postaj ja
telesno breme nekoliko lazje.
Cas-, ko Sc je susilo Tito ma
njivah, je Bill "a Judito doba
preizkusnje. Niti enkrat nj vi
della medtem Svena in poroci-
la, XII jih je prinasala Linda, so
le povecavala memo nestrpnost.
Cello po dneh najhujsega napo-
ra je bedela ure in ure ' poste-
Iii ter mislila nanj. Tema jo .je
pritiskala kakor breme. Izogiba-
la Sc je Amalije in njenih H..
prasujocih oei ter 81 prizadeva-
la, da Sc ne bi srecala Flo, ka-
tere zmagoslavna vdanost il je
bila priskutna: Eli Sc je obraz
"a stalno prevlekel S smehlja-
Jem, zaverovanem v Iastno pra-
vicnost. Bila je ocividno zado-
voljna, ko je gleda1a Judito po-
nizano in 81 je ma them cestita-
la, da Sc je sama ma vse zadnje
odrekla temu, kar bi jo sprawl
10 v pray tako gorje, kakrsno
mora prenasati Judita.
Martin Sc je nekako otresel
sanj, XII so Sc mu med okreva-
MEM nerIestano motale po gla-
vi. Vsaka ura, XII ga je zopet
priblizala zemlji in njenim zah-
tevam, ga je oddalila cd privi-
dov, XII so ga motili, ko je incl
cas- "a sanjarenje. Utrujene ra-
me so Sc mu zopet povesile in nj
bio poznati, da so SIC nu kdaj
zravnafe. In ko Sc je naposled
ozrl po njivah, XII so bile pokrite
S stozeastimi kopami, je cutil
zgolJ olajsanje sprico misli, da
kaleb ne bo incl prilike graja-
ii njegovega della. =
w
Dospela je mlatilnica in 2 MO |
vred trije zajetni, sirevi mia /
tici, kmetje severnega obrez-
ia Lattskega barja. Nastanili
so Sc prizidanem delu sked-
MIA, kjer sta jim Ama1ija in !
Martin napravila Ma tleh 1ezi-
Sea IL cedrovega vejevja in sla-
me. Toda jedi so q druzino vred
pri isti mizi. Linda 81 je ma vso
moo prizadevala, da jih ne bi
med kosilom opazovala toda ma
posled Sc 'je odrekla mucnemu
samopfemagovanju in je hodila
tri dni, ko so bill najemniki pri
hisi, ma kosilo in veeerjo k
Sandbovim. |
Judita je delala z Martinom
vred poleg najemnikov, kajti
kaleb nj hotel najeti posebnega
delavca.
10 je prisla Linda koncem
prvega dine IL sole, je zagledala l.
Juditino promo mlado telo,
ozarjeno cd solnca vrhu velike !,
zitne kope. Dekle je metala z
vilami snope v po-
ziravnik mlatilnice. Martin il je
pon1agal.
Linda je stopila mimo kope k
koncu nflatilnice, kjer |
so delali mozakarji. Tito so bill
oripeljali. Judita, Ella, Martin |
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25
STRAIN s

tako da ju Ella nj mogla cuti.
Odvii sta stem in sedli ma Lin
dino posteljo. Judita je cesala
uciteljici dodge, krasne lase.
(Nadaljevanje)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-08-25

Gez nekaj tednov bi mogli Ian
pozeti in omikati ter prodati
seme "a lepo vsotico ma juznih
trziscih. Da, d.. stvari so Sc
prav gladko razvijale, zares
prav ghadko.
ENOINDVAJSETO
'.. POGLAVJE
Y Johannesonovi trgovini sta
bila nabita diva oglasa. Prvi je
naznanjal, da jer ribarjenje V
Bjarnassonovem jezeru tacas
prosto. Vsi so citali ia oglas ma
Evening star., 1944-10-14

he became the Premier Of Hungary and
In January 1919 was proclaimed the
President Of the newly-created Peoples
Republic. He lasted only two months
and was overthrown by his rival, Kun,
who started q regime of terror in the
country which thrived until the inter-
vention OF Allied forces under the COM
mand Of the French Marshal Franchet
d'Esperay.
Count Karolyi's chances are con-
sidered good not only because he is q
strong follower of the Communist ideol-
ogies, but also because for very long
time he has been strong advocate OF a
Hungarian Russian union. He urged
q Russian Hungarian union many years
before the World War.
y
Because of his noble birth he Is
likely to be acceptable to the British
government, too. So far as Washing
ton is concerned, neither the White
House nor the State Department takes
much interest in who Is what" in that
section Of Europe. The political issues
which are arising now in Europe are
matter Of vital concern to Great Britain
and the U. s. 8. r. According to the
views Of our policy trainers the United
States Government has no particular
interest in any of these issues. The
only thing which interests President
Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull
is that all differences between our two
major allies should be ironed out to
their own satisfaction.
Neither the new personalities which
are appearing on the scene in Europe
nor the future forms of government are
of any consequence to Americas war
aims, as seen by the administration.
The general outlines of Europe's political
problems were reduced to a simple COM
mon denominator at Teheran where
the various Russian and British zones of
influence were blueprinted. 1t is up
to these two powers to get together and
settle the many details which are
springing up every time another satel-
lite country falls.
The present policy of the United
States in Europe is being summed up
in the highest quarters in these few
words: 1--WE are in Europe to defeat
the enemy and establish lasting peace
and the less we mix ourselves up In the
present squabbles the better it will be
for all concerned"
Evening star., 1944-10-14
BuItic Cumpuiun


The breaking OF the German de-
Tense lines in Lithuania and the
attendant menace to the German
province OF East Prussia focus re-
newed attention on what has been
one of the most puzzling Of the
battle fronts.
The enigma arose when the Soviet
offensive of last summer broke the
center of the German defense sys-
tenn in White Russia and drove
rapidly through the gap across
Eastern Poland to the Vistula line
around Warsaw. Strategically, this
meant that the German left wing in
the Baltic States was left more or
less in the air, and 1t was generally
thought that a quick withdrawal
would be made to the intensively
fortified bastion of East Prussia,
both to shorten the German lines
and to provide reserves for strength
ening the vital center along the
Vistula.
However, this did not take place.
The Germans held to their Baltic
positions despite the .>eril to the
southwark. At the time, most foreign
military commentators explained
this tenacity by the need for keeping
contact with Fin, nd and the desir-
ability OF keeDing the Red Fleet out
Ct the Ealtic SEA. Eut Finland pres
o-'''v made it's own peace with
: y "a, and this in turn gave the
Ted Fleet an exit from the Finnish
Gulf.
That, to be sure, did result in Ger
man Withdrawals from the Northern
Baltics, under Russian pressure. Yet
the Germans held onto Riga (now
reported captured by the Russians)
and the corridor leading thence
through Lithuania to East Prussia.
Now, that corridor has been cut,
leaving an undetermined number of
German troops isolated in the Riga
region, while the Red armies press
their attack on the northern frontier
of East Prussia. Although the entire
province, constituting as it does
jutting salient from the main body
of the Reich. has long been heavily
fortified, those defenses are strong
est along its southern border, where
deep belt of lake and forest inter-
poses natural barrier between East
Prussia and Poland. No such natural
defenseS exist on it's northern and
eastern sides, and it is here that the
Russian armies are concentrating
for what appears to be a major Of
fenSive. With Germany's obvious
shortage of trained manpower, it is
not clear why German strategy
should have lost or compromised so
many good troops in the Baltic
States when an eventual Russian
offensive against East Prussia might
have been foreseen. The answer will
probably soon be disclosed when the
Russian attack on East Prussia has
been developed.