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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-11-16
GORTNER

These aren't ratoned: The beau
ties of sunset or the sound of bab-
bling brook; the scent of a rose, the
Joy of seeing old friends, the mem
cries Of happy experiences; the prom
Use in Gods word
Come to church on Sunday morning
and Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ernest Gortncr was a visitor
in Clarksburg one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Beachy re-
turned to their home last Saturday
from Stuart's Draft, Va.
Miss Betty Lee returned home on
Sunday from Keyser.
Miss Salome Byler, of Wilmington,
Pa, spent several days here as the
guest Of Miss Lena Swartzentruber.
Miss Audrey Sanders visited at her
home here over the Weekend
A. j. Lee was guest at the home
of Roy Lee and family several days
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Pctersheim and
children and Henry Yoder spent Tues
day with Mr.. and Mrs. John Wcnger
at Meyersdalc. MIR. Wcnger has been
suffering from heart attack,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk spent last
Thursday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Foley near White Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wecse and
sons, of Keyscr; Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Martin and daughters, Hazel and
Gladys and son Harry; Mrs. Isaac
Beckman and daughter, Lee Rdder
and members Of the Riley family were
guests on Sunday OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey Roth had as
guests recently DR.. and Mrs. Harold
Miller, Miss Ora Wolfe, Mrs Leipha
Gustavson, of Eglon; Mr., and Mrs,
Harry Nicholson, Mrs. Anna Bittin-
ger, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk, Mrs.
Elmira Nicholson, S. W. Slabach and
Mrs. Paul Welch. Mr.. Roth has been
quite i'll for several weeks.
Mrs. Howard KEEPER accompanied
her husband to Cumberland on Fri
cay, who left that city Friday after
noon for an army camp in Rhode Is
land where he was to report Saturday
morning for future assignment in the
armed forces, He had been in the
South Pacific for two years as 4
member of a construction unit.
Willard Swartzentruber accompan.
led c, A, Spiker to Cumberland one
day recently, Mr.. Spiker had an eye
operation at the hospital there a few
weeks ago.
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AURORA-EGLON

Several persons from this area at
tended the funeral rites, Friday, No
vember 10, at Beaver Run church, for
Alberda Whip, who died in a Keyser
hospital Tuesday evening, November 7,
following the collision of two trucks
at Red House, earlier in the day Her
daughter, Miss Virginia, received la
ceratiOnS and bruises, while Roy C.
WOtring, driver of the truck in which
they were riding, received apparently
light chest injuries. The Whips had
been residing at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wotring for a number of years.
A surprise birthday celebration was
held Saturday evening at the homo of
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Lantz, near Au-
rora, in honor of Mrs. Lantz's birthday
anniversary. About sixty guests were
present to which refreshments were
served. Mrs Lantz received many
beautiful and useful gifts.
Rev. and Mrs. JOS Miller and family,
of Broadway, Va, and Miss Virginia
Lois Fikc, student of Bridgewatcr Col
lege, were weekend guests in Eglon.
Rev. Miller conducted the worship ser
vices at Maple Spring church, Sunday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Biscr. who
have been remaining at the home of
Mrs. Saloma Slaubaugh, at Eglon,
moved last week to the home of their
son and daughtcr-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellie Biscr, at Oakland.
Mrs. Hazel Hughs and daughter,
Lulu, of Aurora, spent the weekend
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
HughS, j., at Fairmont.
Mrs, Lydia Fichtncr, Of Sunnysidc,
is spending this week at the home of
her nephew and niece. Mr. and Mrs.
Gilmour Fikc and family, Eglon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Arts, of Poto-
mac Park, came last Tuesday to the
home of their son and daughter-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Arts,
of near Gncgy church. Another son,
Paul Arts and family, of Cumber-
land, spent the weekend in this area
and Sunnysidc.
I Mr.. and Mrs. George Lantz and
family moved last week to their prop
crty near Aurora, which for a number
of years has been occupied by Mrs.
Mamie Stcmplc and family. The
Stcmplcs moved to a house nearby.
Mrs. Nellie Loughric and daughter
Barbara. of Baltimore, came Sunday
to their home at Aurora for the pur-
pose of completing some necessary
work before returning to Baltimore
for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin SIaubaugh
and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Hollis and family, all of Kingwood
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NEW GERMANY

Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Otto, Betty Otto
and Kathleen Bcachy were Sunday
guests of Rev. and Mrs. l. s. Nom, at
Salisbury.
Mr.. mad Mrs. Lloyd Kamp and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert War
nick. Of Grantsvillc, were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Warwick.
Mrs. Okcy Michael and Mrs. Laura
Michael, Of Westcnport were week.
end guests OF Mrt and Mrs Asa
Fresh.
Mr., and Mrs. Ralph WlIand and
family spent Sunday with relatives IN
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JENNINGS
A little endured
A little explained
A little forgiven
And a quarrel is cured.

Election is over and all is serene in
this little town, their thoughts now
diverted to the Thanksgiving turkey
and who will help to eat it.
Mrs. Hillery Resi- who has been a
surgical patient for the past four
weeks. was discharged Sunday from
Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Hazel Resi- Hoover, WAC, has
returned to her base. Mrs. Hoover was
called home due to the illness of her
mother, Mrs. Hillery Resi-.
Mrs. Jervis Resi-, was taken to the
hospital in Meyersdale, early Friday
morning for an operation.
Mrs. Stewart Stahl was admitted to
Memorial Hospital Tuesday for a min
or operation.
Mrs. Clyde Stark attended the fun
eral Of her uncle, the late Joseph Ash,
near Bittinger, Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. J. U. Kcefe remains in seri-
Gus condition at her home here.
Homer Butler, USN, and wife, of
cambridge, returned to their home
here for a 48-hour furlough. Mrs.
Butler remained here.
Clyde Yommer, of Frederick, spent
the weekend with his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferry Hare, Washing
ton, came home last Monday to cast
their vote at the election, returning
to the city Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Morris and chill
dren of Aliquippa, Pa, were visiting
the latter's parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Simon burst
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Stanton, Bit
finger; and Mrs. Zula Resh, of Akron,
visited briefly with Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Resi- Sunday.
Miss Vcrda Baker is employed at
the B. e. Kesncr Store.
Mrs, Jesse Broadwatcr and Mary
Wiley went to Akron, Ohio, where
their sister, Mrs. Rosa Foy, is serious
| ~ i'll in a hospital.
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MT. LAKE PARK

Mrs. f. NJ. Murphy is in Fairmont
for a few weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Stambaugh, who
spent the summer months here, an
nouncc the birth of a son in Balti-
more on Monday, Nov 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Frame Of King
wood, visited Mrs Cora Bishop, Sun
day.
Mrs. Bessie Zahn is spending sew
eral days in Oakland the guest of
Mrs. Kenneth Stahl.
Mrs. F. NJ. Deanc of Jefferson,
Iowa, is here for visit with her
brothcr-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Stevenson.
Miss Wilma Hardcsty, who is locat-
ed in Washington, spent the week end
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ora Hardesty.
Miss Catherine Duckctt, who has
been confined to her home with an
attack of grip, is improving,
Mrs. |. D. Hill is spending the win
ter at Clearwater, Fla.
Miss Barbara Martin has returned
to her studies at FroStburg State
Teachers College after visit here of
several weeks with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Brjtton Martin. Miss Mar
tin was recuperating from severe
major operation she underwent a few
weeks ago at Memorial Hospital
Cumberland.
Honoring the Rev. George Coker
and family a donation party was held
at the Baptist Church on Monday
night. Fifty members were present.
William Landon, Jr.. U.S.N., is hero
for a short leave with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Landon, He is
stationed at cambridge,
Mrs. Mack Vincent, of Fairmont
visited her son-in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs, Edgcworth Bowen, last
week.
Mrs. P 7, Lipscomb was a visitor
/ to Cumberland this week.
Corporal Harley Dawson, U.S.A
who is stationed at Fort George
Meade, arrived here Sunday for 3
short furlough with his father, George
Il. Dawson and Mrs. Dawson. He has
been taken quite i'll and is now unable
to return to his station
Erwin Leroy King, of the U.S.N
and his wife were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Right Wednes.
day evening.
Darrell Mcnear, U.S.N., was a Sun.
day guest of Mrs. Emma Stottlemeyer
Mrs. Ida Shaffcr, of Terra Alta
was the weekend guest of Mr.. anc
Mrs. William Rishell
Sgt. Adons Sisler has notified his
wife that he has arrived in England
Jimmy Ford, young son of Mrs
Robert Ford, was taken to the Me
mortal Hospital, Cumberland, OF
Tuesday night for an emergency OPP
Grafton. Rev. George Coker accom-
panied Mrs. Ford to Cumberland
The Mems and Women's Bible class
es of Bethel Methodist Church will
hold their regular monthly meeting
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Army Nurse Writes To
Accident Relatives

Gladys Miller, first lieutenant in
the army nurse corps, stationed some
where in France, recently wrote to
her sister, Mrs. Ralph Ault, in Acct
dent, relating a number of interesting
events. A portion of them are reprint
ed below. Lieut.. Miller is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Llyod f. Miller, of
Accident. A sister, Kathleen Miller,
is also in the nursing corps, stationed
in the South Pacific. Two brothers
are also in the service, Paul Miller,
somewhere in England, and Robert
Miller, U. S. Navy, somewhere at sea.
Her brother-in-law is Chief Petty
Officer Charles Strauss who has just
returned to Davisville, Rhode Island
after serving two years in the South
Pacific in a Navy construction batta-
lion.
She writes: We seem to have pick
cd out an ideal location this time. The
town is small. clean and filled with
hotels. The place was used to give
mineral bath treatments. same as the
warm springs back in the states. Peo
pie from all over the world came here.
The hotels arc large and the archi-
lecture is beautiful. The hotel we live
in is fair, large park surrounds the
hotel where the hospital is going to
be. The town has never been bombed
and the people do not appear to be
affected by the war. Three of US
have large room and adjoining wash
room. The furniture is pretty much
worn out. We have running water in
the rooms, we were so happy about
having hot water and then the hot
water went off. We haven't any heat
and just about freeze to death. Dur
ing the day | wear so many clothes
that | can hardly move about. The
nights are very cold. Wen have snow
here but maybe by that time Wen
have heat.
Since coming we have had plenty
of social life. Went to a dance which
was held 20 miles from the front. |
could see flashes of light against the
sky from artillery fire. The officers
were all glad to see us. They have
nice club and many Of the officers are
allowed to come back from the front
every now and then. The club was
heated by fire place. We danced to
the music of French orchestra.
Yesterday we went riding through
the country. We passed several vii
lagos. The house and barn are COM
bined so there were cows and horses
in the front yard. 1t looked more like
barnyard, Most of the people here
make their living from dairy products.
The country side is much like home.
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Frank Gannctt, Rochester publisher
proposed a national coalition party
to unite the Democratic party of the
South and the Republican party of
the North on national questions"
A physician in st. Louis has stated
that the use of Sulfa drugs in treat
mcnt of skin diseases is being gross
ly abused"
The rebuilt home of Barbara Frit-
chic, in Frederick, was sold for $4,000
at auction. Frederick interests will
continue the home as a shrine.
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buck. Mrs. Hoffman had the lesson.
Pvt. William Clary, Camp Bland
ing, Fla, visited his mother Mrs.
Frances CIary.
Mr.. and Mrs. P S. Rodchcaver are
visiting relatives at Falls Creek, Pa.
The All Club will have a Thanks
giving program at their regular meet
ing, Saturday, 2:l5. All members are
urged to be present
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left for Marietta, whore she plans to
spend the winter months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Less Harsh, of King
wood, and Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Roth,
of Dellslow, were weekend guests
at Eglon. Lloyd Harsh went Monday
to visit in the Less Harsh home.
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your home
Remember one thing: you do not
do them a favor when you buy an
extra War Bond. You help your
country, your fighting relatives and
friends and yourself. The Victory
Volunteer gives his time and his
energy in a great cause. He or she
makes it easy for you to do your
duty by buying at least one extra
500 War Bond over and above your
regular Bond purchases.
THE EDITOR.
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Brigadier or per
haps a Bondadier.
Whatever the des-
ignation, he or she
is performing a
practical patriotic
service. In this
community in the
next few weeks
you will meet many
of them at work, in
the theatres, at
your workshop, in
the banks and in
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Miss Hattie Haas, who has en-
ploymcnt in Baltimore, spent several
days last week at her home in Aurora.
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Single copies of The Repubh.
can may be obtained at the HaEnill
Book and Stationery Store, corner
Third and Alder streets, where the
current issue of the paper is
placed on sale every Thursday af-
ternoOn. Price, 5 cents per copy.
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TO the People q
of this Community

The Victory Volunteer goes by
many names in the Sixth War Loan.
Sometimes he or she is called a
Gallant. sometimes a Blue Star
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Traffic Safety Slogan For Week

Drive at 10 miles per hour or under
its better to kill time than to kill
people.
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at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norris /
Welch this Thursday evening at 8
o'clock.
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OPA planned probe of the ciga-
rettc black market
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-22
literature t$}'t)Mayas

art architecture and leading pleasant life
From better understanding of the meaning
behind some of their ceremonial rituals Dr. Spin
den believes it might be possible to learn the
principles of conservation of natural resources
which the Mayas undoubtedly must have obeyed
Even in the present age of synthesis, he suspects
such knowledge might prove invaluable.
When fernando Cortez, the Spanish general
who TO conquer Mexico and inject the in
nuence of the Old World into the New first
arrived at the spot where now stands the city Of
Vera Cruz, he Aztec Indian making
sketches a piece of cloth. The Spaniard
didn't understand the meaning Of this but his
title Indan-save sweetheart, Marina, explained
hat the crude drawings represented white men
on horses. the ships and guns of the invaders,
and would be taken to MonteZuma, the great
Aztec ruler, a written message announcing the
arrival of strangers to the land.
Such abbreviated sketches of persons, dieties
and events formed considerable portion of both
Mayan and Aztec writing, in addition to the
glyphs and certain ideographs or conventional
lied pictures of some incident to which a single
word meaning was given.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
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started keeping track of the days. presumably by
the simple process of placing a bead on a string
for each unit of time from sun up 10 sun up
or shutdown 10 shutdown as the case might be.
black bead might indicate that there an
eclipse that day. blue one would signify some
other common occurrence in the heavens
Such simple counting and recording of events
may have gone for centuries before anything
more elaborate was attempted but, according TO
DR.. Martin the formal Mayan calendar began on
August 13, BIB B.C.-our time. 1t started with
the Mayan year zero.
From remarkable temple observatories the
pagan priests kept check the movements of
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Cortez, on that early day when he saw
the Indian scribe's handiwork. was only
amazed But later he and his soldiers all
came to regard the strange books of these
pagan natives as works of the devil or in
dications Of black magic.
There must have been many disduiet-
ing scenes. as the conquest progressed,
where precious documents were consigned
to flames while Dona Marina looked on
not daring to protest that these comprised
the priceless literature of her people.
The final burning took place m Tlate-
lolco, the market square Of what now Is
Mexico City. Thousands Of valuable
codices were collected from every quar-
ter, piled into huge heap and set afire.
There was nothing the horror-stric<en ma
tives could do to prevent this ruthless an
Inhalation OF centuries of learning.
From that time on ignorant soldiers
destroyed every scrap Of writing they
could lay their hands on. and only the
few documents that were kept concealed
remain today as testimony Of the achieve
ments of the Mayas and Aztecs.
The most beautiful of the Mayan CO.
dices, the Dresden Codex, now Is in pos
session of the Nazis in Dresden, and
although copies of II exist in this country
II has been suggested that return of this
historic work Of art might be one of the
peace exactions made on Germany.
There Is no question that the main
interest Of the Mayas, and the greatest
OF their writing, was astronomical or
tn mathematics.
'dy knows when the first Magyar priest
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health policies. So successful race must
have had sound economic principles and
plans Of social organization far more ex-
tensive than the meager knowledge we
have OF them. so far. has disclosed.
There are suggestions Of games, but
perhaps they INDUCED I'm important ath-
letic activities on a scale that Is as yet I'm
suspected.
Ruined temples. ancient pottery. scuip-
ture relics all testify to their superior
achievements in art. Even their religious
ceremonials were artistic. But what Of
their music?
1t scarcely seems possible that people
who worked out two of the most abstract
sciences to a peak of perfection should
have neglected other intellectual and cul-
tural achievements.
II Is existence of these as yet undis-
covered advances In Mayan development
that science now hopes to prove.
But just taking into consideration the
resent knowledge, DR.. Herbert J. Spin
den, noted ethnologist and Indian curator
OF the Brooklyn Museum. points out, men
and women In the world today could
profit by many of the old Magyar precepts
They knew how to be happy without
cutting the threats of their next-door
neighbors. The Mayas had no science of
war but fought only occasionally in self
defense. They apparently had no unem-
ployment problems or food scarcities.
With their carefully worked out system
Of agriculture one person could raise enou
TO support half a dozen others and tho
didn't need 10 work could devote their
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planets recorded and predicted eclipses-yet they
had no telescopes or other modern instruments
One Of the things that makes the deciphering
of Mayan dates complicated is the fact that these
early Americans had three different calendars
One was a sacred year of only go days.
II had nothing to do with the solar year
nearly like our own-which consisted of $50 days
divided into Is months of 20 days each To this
as early as $50 AID. the Magyar priests already
knew that the year actually about six hours
longer than 365 days.
The Calendar Round -or third method of
keeping track of time - divided the passing years
into 52year periods each consisting of 49, $50 days.
To read simple Mayan numbers it's necessary
to master the bar and dot SYSTEM one dot stands
for l. two dots for q etc, until 5, which Is repre-
sented by single bar. bar and / dot, etc,
until 10 which is designated by two bars
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merals" with the face of a differen
god for each number.
The page from the famous Troan
Codex, reproduced on this page, show
date glyphs along the top and left side
Here and there an amateur can recog
nize simple dot and bar numbers.
The picture story on the right ha
been interpreted as a warning of tn
misfortunes that might ruin crops dur
ing the coming year.
The human figure, with hands anc
feet tied, that is being dropped onto
heaD of stones renrpSentS a Sacrific,
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which should be made to ward off disasters.
god can be seen flying earthward to receive the
sacrifice. Corn is growing out of the jar which
rests on a snake and a second god plants corn
The lower half of the picture shows the great
Maize God seated at the right a sign that tells
the year. The blackbird about to land on his
headdress apparently is a warning to guard
against bird invaders, but the Rain God at the
left is a good omen and again luxuriant corn
sprouts from the center jar
The guess that this prophesied a good corn
year seems pretty obvious and illustrates what
sketchy reading ability we still must apply to
much of the Magyar lore.
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A Ceremonial Sacrifice Offered as Q Preventive
Of Drought and Bird and Insect Crop DestrOyers
Which Might Be Better Understood III Glyphs
Could Be Read as Well as Pictures. page From
Troano Codex Now In Madrid.)
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content Of their writing, astronomical or
dealt with mathematics.
Nobody knows when the first Magyar priest
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of agriculture one person could raise enough food
TO support half a dozen others and those who
didn't need TO work could devote their time TO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-08

Continued from Page u
command of the folly Of attempting
TO invade western Europe, asserted
that 7,7o0 heavy guns had been
mounted along the Atlantic coast
from Narvik to the Pyrenees. In ad-
dition, the broadcasts said. more
than 5000 heavy anti-tank guns
have been set up from Denmark to
southern France.
Other formidable defenses along
the Atlantic Wall" were said tc
include giant flame throwers, pill
boxes and millions Of mines"
The Berlin correspondent Of Ma
drid newspaper said the Germans
were not excluding the possibility
that the Allies have no intention OF
landing In northwestern Europe, but
instead will ship 1000, 900 TO 3,000,-
900 American soldiers to Russia for
action on the eastern front.
British warships which sank the
Scharnhorst last month, the news
paper said, were escorting the larg-
est convoy that ever piled the Arctic
route to Russia. The convoy was
carrying troops. especially filters, in
addition to arms and other war ma
terial, 1t was said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-08
Meet Practically No
Resistance From Foe
Continued from Page H.

southwest Of Berdichev to capture
Yanushpol and cleared the Berdi-
v-Shepetovka railroad almost TO
the dividing line of the Zhitomir
and Recommendations administra-
tive districts.
The Ukrainian column striking
across the plains of old Poland adj
vanced to within gun range OF
Sarny, key of the only north-South
railroad still in German hands east
ofb Brest-Litovsk, with the capture
Of Klesov after a 12-mile advance
from Rakitno in "a hours.
Although, Vatutin's LIST Ukrainian
Army captured more than 10 tons
and villages around 300-mile
front from Klesov southeast to the
Dnieper yesterday. Five thousand
Germans were killed and many TAX
en- prisoner, while 10 German
tanks and armored cars, IA self
propelled guns. and "a field guns
were destroyed.
Booty captured included severa,
tanks, six self-propelled guns, 81
field guns and much other equip
ment.