The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-29
Lull Falls in
Aerial War
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Triumphant Russian armies ham.
mered forward on all the Ukraln-
ian fronts today. threatening tho
/ enemy stronghoids OF Cernauti and
Odessa. and masslng for their all.
out drive INTO the heart OF the Bal
kans.
The third Ekralnan army OF Gen.
Rodion Y. Malinoysky, capltallzlns
on It's victory IA capturing the key
Black Sea port Of NikolayeY. hurled
two po2 ertul columns In the rec
ton ot odessa az the mouth OF tina
Dnlester River. Nikolayey. site OF
an important naval base and vital
shlp-buildIng facilities. fell before
the Soviet army which smashed
powerfully.prepared German de-
lenses and bested the Nazi garr.
son In furious street fighting.
Having annexed the port. this
force Immediately pressed It's ad.
vantage, and drove 10 Odesaa,
which is the last major city In
southern Russia stIl in German
hands. odessa In some 80 miles to
the southwest.
North OF Odessa
The other arm OF the conyerRins
Russian plncers was at Domaneyka,
so miles almost due north OF Odes-
sa. This town. a district center OF
Odessa Province, was occupied
when the Red army forced the Bug
River northwest Of Voznesensk and
swept forward as much as IL miles
toward the Black Sea
At the northern end OF the active
Russian front. the first Ukrainan
army captured the district center
OF Gyozdets In preswRr Poland.
Here the SoFiet forces were withiu
ten miles OF Kolomya which liet
astride the last major Nazi-held
railroad east OF the Carpathiap'
Mountains--the vital Bucharest.
Lwow line, running through the
rich Ploesti oilflclds
Gain In Drive
TWO arms OF Russian army
gained TN drive tt-ft4ed- Il tia.
Ccrnauti Railroad junction in Buko-
VIVA. while powerful Soviet armored
legions were drawn mp along an So
mile stretch OF the Prut River and
big guns were reported aireaar+
Smelling Jassy, in ancient Romania.
Before the threat presented by
the steady advance Of the Rcd army
the Germans were reported in
Moscow dispatch TO have clamped
martial Law upon Ploesu. The
Vichy radio, heard by Reuters. ac-
knowledged the seriousness OF tho
Na2i position, saying the Hitler
hordes may not be able TO attempt
a stand until they reach the Sereih
River.
The air war over western Eur
ope, which in the last eight weeks
cost the Germans more than Zoo
badlyneeded planes. fell into an APP
parent lull this morning No reports
OF Allied or enemy activity came
from. official sources or from unoi'
fetal coastal observers.
However, that any such breathing
spell granted the enemy would be-
brief WAS Indicated by Lieut.-Gen.
James H. Dooittle. commanding
the Eighth I. S. AIR Force in Brit
ain. In a radio address last night.
the hero OF the first Tokyo raid
revealed that some $1,000 tons or
bombs have blasted Nazi war in
stallations in the Reich and occu-
pied lands during the last two
months.
"Our immediate goal is the de-
struction or naturalization OF the
German air force" Doolittle de-
clared bluntly. "The fiercest Bat
ties Of the war have been fought in
the last three months and We are
prepared for even greater ones Il
they come
or Allied strategic bombing he
added pGntedly. ut won't be
stopped until Germany is defeat.
ed
Bomb in Pacific
Similar strategic bombing vas in
progress again in the Southwest Pa
clfic. where II also was having in
tial success. Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur, reporting that some 292 tons
OF bombs were rained upon five i'm.
portant Japanese positions IN the
New Guinea-Bismarck Archipelago
area. said that the latest assault on
the Kayieng airdrome on New Ire
land had rendered that enemy bas-
ton useless
Among the other enemy strong
holds again pounded we're NewaA,
Rabaul. Hansa Bay and Bougain-
Vile positions.
on the Rurmese-lndian frontier,
Allied Jungle troops sought 10 stem
the fourth Jap invasion column
which last vas reported on the edge
OF the flat Manipur plain. Details
we're lacking OF action In Italy.