The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-10
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Berlin After
New Raid


important rail junction.
Marshal Gregory zhukovs first
Ukrainian army, In addition TO
surging into Tarnopol. cleared the
Germans from Starokonstantinov
which guarded the approaches 10
Proskurov. an important rail- Juno
ton southeast OF Tarnopol and
one which keeps open a loop line
for enemy troops stlll In the Dnie.
per bend.
While Zhukov's right flank was
scoring these gains, troops on his
left wing went over 10 the often
slve. The Soviets captured 40 or
more towns and villages. including
one a scant 40 miles from Elmer.
inka. which is the gateway to north.
ern Rumania.
Leap TO Attack
To the southeast, Gen. Rodion
Malinoysky'A third pkFainiaR army
also leaped to the attack. It's four
day old offensive overran upwards
OF 200 inhabited towns and infllct.
ed heavy losses upon tho Germans.
Some 5000 Nazls we're slain and
/ 900 others captured
Among these communities seized
by the Red Army tank. Infantry
and cavalry columns in their ad.
vance from the Krivoi Rog iron ore
section was Gorozhany,. also but
40 miles from a key enemy strong
hold. This town was on the ap-
proaches TO Nikolayev. important
Black Sea port and the site OF q
vital enemy held naval base.
Also threatened by this Soviet
drive was Kherson. another inn.
portant Black Sea port at tho
mouth OF the Dnieper River. Kher.
son forms the southern anchor "
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Nine German divisions. totallinE
some $4,000 troops. we're routed
by the Mallnovsky offensive. Tue
drive In four days has carried
from Is TO 3S miles on a 10b milo
front
New Blow
The German aircraft Industry
staggered today under new aer.
ial blow, the Royal Air Force hav.
ing followed up yesterdays CLAM
American onslaught against Der.
lin with a major night attack on IN
important airplane plane near Mar.
settles.
Huge four .motored Lancasters,
IN daring assault all the way
across Naziheld France, blasted
the Martgnane aircraft factory
near the southern French seaport.
Official sources said the Raj raid.
ers found their target clearly dis.
cerniblo in bright moonlight aud
and reports indicated the bomb
ing was both accurate and con,
! centratedss
Spread Desolatlcn
Within Germany. meantime,
widespread fire and DISSOLUTION was
added to the ruins OF Berlin by
American heavy bombers. The
raid was the third in as many daSs
by United States bombers, and set
a record for minimum number u
planes lost in comparison 10 those
employed
Only eight U. s. planes-seveB
four.motored bombers and a single
fighter-failed to return from the
mission which came scarcely full
day after another American airs
craft dealt the bomb-pocked Ger.
man capital its worst fire raid ia
| history.
Persons arriving in Stockholru
| from the flame-seared city der
scribed the situation in Berlin as
"acutely critical and one eyew 1.
ness to the Allied assaults said
the raids ARE causing havoc moth.
ing short OF fantastic,
Marines Advance
In the Southwest Pacific, Gen,
Douglas MacArthur's' marines adj
yanced three miles from thsir
beachhead on wiilaumez peninsula
on the north shore OF New Guinea.
Their advance over terrain litter.
ed with Japanese dead brought
them to within two miles Of the
district capital OF Talasea, and all
but severed the strategic peninsulas
Other United States positions. ON
captured Los Negros Island In tn
Admiralty group were considerably
improved with destruction Of Jap
batteries overlooking Sea EAsl0
Harbor. which American warshtp1
and supply vessels already are
using. -
Both American campaigns ~
viousiy were aimed at the il
stronghold Of Rabaul. In rortheaf0
ern New Britain. That enemy bae<
ton once more received - reg
ular daily bombing again vithoute
single Jap plane challenging IA
Yank< raiders, One EippQ1e<H
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