The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-24
Russian Armies
But p Miles From Germany
Quick End to
w ar Viewed
as Likely


tBy International News Service)
Seven victorious Soviet armies
driving forward on a $50 mile front
from Estonla to the foothills or
the Carpathians smashed nearer to
Germany today, with Russian
troops at Lublin within Is miles OF
the vistula River. last natural bar.
rier between Marshal Stains arm
lie and the Reich.
With Russian forces rolling up
the Wehrmacht along the entire
eastern front. Prime Minister Win.
ston Churchill. giving the first
Official Allied comment on internal
disturbances In Germany said that
there were grave signs of weak
ness" In the third Reich. and that
the war might end earlier than
we have the right TO say"
Russian infantry lighters in the
eastern front smashed into Lublin,
important rail cityi To take their
position close to the Vistula. Other
Soviet forces, to the south, raced
beyond outflanked Lwow 10 reach
the San River on a broad front and
threatened entrapment OF thou
sands OF NaE garrisoning Lwow
and the surrounding area. They
also threatened drive into Ger
man Silesia only $50 miles away.
On the Baltic front. Russian In
fantrymen seized Pskov. last ma.
Jor Russian city In Nazi hands. and
thrust beyond that gateway to
southern Estonla in a drive aimed
at Riga. Latvian capital on the
Baltic, which threatens 10 isolate
some 100000 German troops do
Tending the Baltic States.
Along the entire front, Russian
units overran 1850 towns and viii
lagos In their drives toward War
saw and Germany.
Menaes City
A Russian pincers, with one jaw
at Parczew, 81 miles southwest IT
the Polish capital and the other
jaw at the western Bug River. Is
miles northeast OF the city. menac-
ed the principal city OF Poland.
On the Normandy front. for.
ward positions on both the British
and American sectors remained
substantially unchanged. although
Mani forces counter-attacked 10 re.
capture the town OF Seves, three
miles northwest OF Periers.
Allied headquarters spokesman de.
clared that the American position
north OF the Seves River Is intact.
South OF the Seyes River. and
In the area north OF Esquay and
along the Orns River south OF NAL
tot, Gen. Dwight ID. Eisenhower
latest communique revealed. sharp
actions OF local nature have taken
place.
improve Positions
British forces west OF the Orne
and South OF Maltot improved their
positions slightly despite sharp
Nazi counter.attacka, and hard
lighting continues In these areas.
About five miles south OF Caen
near Etavaux. but otherwise tho
positions remained unchanged
American Fifth Army forces In
Italy. driving up the Italian west
coast toward Pisa, reached the
town Of Marina di Pisa, and estab-
lished themselves firmly on the
south bank OF the Arno River from
its mouth To a point less than 90
miles from Florence
A devastating aerial blow against
Kiel, Nazi naval and shipbuilding
base, launched by probably 1000
IF four-engined bOmbers, was an
nounced today by the British air
ministry, which also disclosed a
Mosquito bomber attack on Ber-
lin.
Swift Mosquito bombers roared
over the German capital I'm a slash
ing night raid. while other bomb
ers blasted robot-bomb launching
sites along the coast OF northern
France.
Nazi aerial activity in the night
saw robot bombs hurled against
southern England. including Lon
don. Some damage and casualties
resulted.
Land on Tinlan
From the Pacific. Admiral Ches-
te W. Nimitz announced that
American forces were battling on
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