The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-28
BERLIN ENGUL FED BY FLAMES
Churred Ruins
Churned Anew
BY RICHARD McMURRAY


BY RICHARD MeMURRAY
Associated Editor
Huge new fires licked the remons Of Berlin to-
doy otter very strong" force Of British bo"bers
assaulted the Germon eopitoI heovily Lost night in
their remorseIess compoien Of oblteroton.
Allied troops enlarged their Rome bridseheod
ond the British beot down strong Germon counter
ottoeks capturing mony prisoners. French troops
advanced north Of Cossino the main ItoIion bot
tIefront and Americans between Cossino ond the
Mediterranean seoIed mountain height ond od-
voneed toword others.
BLAST HEtGOLAND
Besides Berlin, other British pIones ottoeked the
Germon island fortress Of HeIsoond in the North
SEQ. and unspeefied torsets in western Germany
and northern Fronce Striking up from itoty, Flying
Fortresses and Liberotos bothered three German Dir
bases ground MorseiIe and Montpelier in southern
Fronce into Of flames and destroyed at least
II koz fighters. The British lost "a planes in the
north and the Americans lost Liberotor in the
south.
Russion forces. striking out from sese-free Len
insrod captured the important rail functions OF
VoIosovo, 80 miles from Estonio, and Tosno, eleor-
ing all but 80 miles Of the Leninsro Moscow trunk
line. Some 1900 Germans slain many in SOW.
ose eounterottoeks in the lower Ukroine and the
Pripet morshes.
Allied worships pounded the Appon Way be-
tween the Cossino Gorisliono and Rome fronts for
the third successive doy while Allied planes in ltoly
flew thon 400 sorties strategic and toeti-
col missions. The Germons sombIed one Of the lors-
est Dir formations in weeks over the Rome bridge
head ond OF Ieost "a Of these were destroyed at
total cost in the south Of seven planes.
HIT ITALIAN CITY
One Of the Allied torsets Vsetri, Appion
Way town l8 miles from Rome, refuted Germon
serons that the Fifth Army had captured the place.
Only potroIIns was reported in the Eighth Army
front the Adriotie where full Comedian Army
corps in the line.
YueosIov portisons were reported by Radio coiro
TO be fighting within sight Of Belgrade Morshel Tito
asserted he had cut the roirood from the eopito to
Zosreb in six places.
Three eobinet members Of extreme kotonoIistie
views resigned from the Argentine government be-
eouse Of the break with the Axis President Remi.
rez banned all commerce with the Axis ond wornsd
Germany ond japan shorpIy osonst reprisols The
koxi newspaper Pompero shut.
Pressure wos applied to Spoin by cutting off her
oil from the Caribbean. Sore spots in Allied relations
with Froneo the presence Of Sponish troops
the Russon front the failure to reeose Itoion ships.
the activity Of Nox spies ond soboteurs in Spon and
the continued shipment Of critical moteviols 70
Germany:
The Germons asserted thot Uboots had sunk
four destroyers ond seven merehont ships from A.
lied conveys ond thot one bound to Arctic MUIR
monsk wos particularly hord hit"
The Germons called the British essevlt on Der
lin heavy terror raid" their woy Of seyins dew
ose and casualties were Jorge. Swift Mosquito bsmt
ers flew the rubbed eepitoI hour sssss ~
big loneosters had delivered the main b0ew end:
Sow lorae oreo Of eonfioasotions."