The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Allied Airnen
Taking Fight
i. to Japs
lR. lntsrnatlonal 20 s.r,le.l

Inc Red Army accelerated Inc
pace OF It's drive toward Rumania
today and sent a spearhead OF ar
mored forces surging toward the
Ukraine stronghold Of Vinnitsa
which lies within so miles OF the
Itumanian frontier.
The goal OF the column sweep.
ing southwestward from the Be-
laya Tserkoy region was the vital
Odessa Warsaw railroad. II this
Soviets succeed in cutting this
line some 100000 Nazi troops still
remaining in the Dnieper River
bend will be placed In grave peril.
In Italy, meanwhile, the western
sector OF the fighting front rocked
with continued clashes between Al
led troops and the Germans as
Lieut.. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Fifth
Army sought TO blast the Nazis
from Qualifications defending Cas-
sino on the highway 10 Rome.
Ground activity In the Far Pa
cific was on lesser scale Than
IN recent days but Allied airmcn
continued 10 carry the fight to the
Japs with blistering new raids ON
Rabaul, New Britain. and military
targets on New Ireland.
Closing Plneers
The Soviet Ukraine forces we're
closing a pincers drive on Vinnit-
sa and front dispatches placed the
spearhead OF the Russian steam
roller only 80 miles from the
Odessa Warsaw railroad. The In
creased threat 10 Vinnitsa was dis
closed only a short while after tho
Soviet high command announced
that another ITO localities mad
been liberated from the hands OF
the Germans. Road communica-
tons leading into Vinnitsa from
the northeast and southeast were
severed by the jaws OF the closing
Soviet pincers.
The possibility also was seen
that the fsst-movlng Russians
might not tarry TO lay siege to
vinnitss but would bypass the
city in an effort TO reach and
cut the Odessa Warsaw rail link
as soon as possible. The speed
with which the soyiets are advanc'
ing was emphasized in the capture
OF Zhornische, southeast OF Ninnii.
sa and only 81 miles from the rail-
| line.
Near sarny
Troops OF the first Ukraine
Army drove still deeper into pre-
war Poland and the vanguard or
these forces was reported only
seven miles from the important
rail junction OF Sarny
Nail propagandists, either pre-
pairing the home front for further
bad news or seeking to confuse the
Allies as they prepare an invasion
/ Of western Europe, circulated new
reports that German troops may
| be forced to abandon much OF the
occupied territory In eastern Eu-
rope. including the Balkans and
possibly part of Scandinavia.
The latest report concerning
probable Nazi Withdrawals came
in a Stockholm dispatch TO the
London Daily Mail The dispatch
quoted a Nazi spokesman as tell
ing the people OF the Reich that
the Germany army may be COM
PEELED not only TO abandon the
greater part OF Poland but also Ru-
mania, Bulgaria, Finland and part
of Norway. Estonia. Latvia and
F., Lithuania within the next three
months.
Receive Support
Nazi forces in Italy. receiving
backbone support from the Her
man Goering and 10Th Panzer gre
nader divisions. fought back saw
agely against the Allied advance
through mountainous terrain on
Casino, gateway to Rome. Gen.
| Clark's troops inched their way
forward in bitter clashes for strd-
tegic heights in the embattled San
Vittore sector and moved up TO
within five miles OF Casino. Amer
lean forces which smashed the
Nails out Of San Nittore In house
TO house combat and then pushed
III eGermans from the hamlet OF
San Guista continued northward
along the Via Casilina and locked
again in battle northwest Of the
village.
Reuters received a dispatch from
Allied force headquarters in AZ