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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
Holding Stalingrdd
Was Turning Point

BY September 7, 1912, the inn
mense and highly mechanical Ger
man army had forced the Russians
back 100 miles from their borders.
On the 18th began the siege of Stain
grad, Russia's great steelproducing
city. Here the Russians determined
to make their stand With equal
firmness, the Nazis decided to take
the city, although sounder military
judgment would have dictated by
passing it. AS the months dragged
on, the city became a symbol and a
point of honor on both sides. Hitler
gave orders to capture Stalingrad at
any cost. Stain told his troops to
die in place rather than yield an
inch.
Slowly the Germans cleared the
suburbs. Then the battle for the
city itself opened. Attack and coun-
terattack held the fighting to the
outskirts day after day Sometimes
the Nazis would claim a small adj
vance. Then the Russians would an
nounce that they had repulsed the
enemy. The slaughter was fright
full, with neither side apparently car
ing what the cost in lives would final
ly be.
Street Fighting Begins.
Fighting in the streets started
about the 18th, in the northwestern
corner. Bitter hand-to-hand strug-
giles held the Germans at the bor-
ders. Meanwhile bombing planes
and artillery were leveling the build
ings as the Nazis blasted at the stout
defenders All the civilian popula-
ton had long since evacuated. There
was an army in the city, and one
without.
On November 8 the Russians
launched an offensive south of Stain
grad and a smaller one north Of
the city. Gradually the prongs of
these curled together, cutting the
Nazi supply lines. Nevertheless,
fighting of unprecedented ferocity
continued within the city Every
weapon known was employed, from
siege artillery to bayonets. Men
struggled from building to building,
month after month The dead lay
where they fell. There was little
heed paid to wounded It was saw
age beyond description.
Nazis Feel Pinch.
BY the end of the year the isolated
Nazis were beginning to feel the
pinch. The generals in the field adj
vised abandoning the siege, fearing
a disaster. But Adolf Hitler, always
mindful of prestige, sternly ordered
that the city be taken. His ''intui-
ton" told him to tell his men to
hold on, to continue fighting in bitter
cold, without supplies, against an
enemy who had no thought of yield
ing.
January, 1913, saw the col
lapse of the German besiegerS.
Many thousands were dead. The
remainder became penned up i'm
a corner of the city, fighting
merely for their lives. The Rus
slams attacked relentIessly from
all sides. The battle turned to
slaughter. AT last the Ger
mans realized the futility of their
position and began surrendering,
division by division. The last
stubborn holdouts gave in ON
February 2. The Germans lost
more than half a million men,
killed, wounded or captured.
The holding of Stalingrad marks
the turning point in the Russian war.
During the summer and autumn of
fensives of 1913, the Red army rolled
the Nazis back nearly 600 miles. 1t
was the beginning of the end for
Germany.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
500 FIIERs ARE FREED

Approximately 800 allied fliers
forced to land on Spanish soil
since the allied invasion Of North
Africa have been freed by Spanish
authorities.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
Strategic Bombing
S0ftened Europe

Soon after midyear 1941, the ne
cessity of employing all available
Allied air power to hold off the Ger
man attacks on Britain diminished.
On the other hand, rapidly increas-
ing numbers of planes and pilots
based on the British Isles provid-
ed the opportunity for offensive ac-
ton The time was not ripe for the
grand invasion of western Europe.
In the meantime, a softening up
process was determined upon, by
means of strategic bombing of inn
portant enemy detectives.
These included shipyards and sub
marine bases, mines, factories,
docks and warehouses, canals, rail
road yards and airports. The pat
tern of attack called first for de-
struction of plane factories and air
defenses to reduce aerial opposition.
Then industrial and communication
detectives were to be dealt with.
Indirect damage to houses, sewers,
streets and so on also hampered war
production in Germany and Nazi-
occupied countries. Success in these
raids often had the effect of disrupt
ing a distant front.
Nazis Shift to Fighters.
BY the end of 1913, the Allied
bombing offensive had forced the
German air force to put the en-
phasis on fighter planes-in other
words, to go on the defensive, and
practically to abandon their own
bombing tactics. During the same
period, British and American plane
design improved rapidly in all
categorieS.
Most notable, perhaps, was the
American Flying Fortress that could
protect itself on long missions with
out fighter escort, if need be. Me-
dunn and light bombers, as well as
fighters, exceeded the Nazis in per-
Torrance.
During 1943 more than 1900
German planes were shot down
during raids. BY early 1914, the
Luftwaffe frequently offered lit
tie or no opposition. 1t eventu-
ally became apparent that the
remaining planes of the German
air force were being saved for
even greater perils.
Industrial Targets.
Strategic bombing stretched in an
overwhelming arc over Europe. The
400 to 800 mile zone including key
German cities such as Lubbock,
Nurnberg, Stuttgart, Rostock, Leip-
zig and Berlin, and the Skoda works
in Czechoslovakia, and the northern
Italian industrial cities of Milan, Tu-
rim and Genoa were pounded freely
and often.
The British Raj depended upon
night bombing with huge planes
Lancasters, Strings and Halifaxes.
The American air force made
smashing daylight raids in For
tresses and Liberators, using the
new bombsight for accurate bomb
ing from great attitudes. The Brit
ish and American systems were
complementary, not competitive.
"Around the clock bombing in ear
ly 1914 ripped airdromes, factories
and other detectives almost at will.
Berlin in particular was plastered
for many days. A large part of the
success of the invasion of France is
due to the long softening up pro-
gram carried on by the almost in
credibly daring fiiers of the Amer
lean and British air forces.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
VETS ENROLLING FOR
UNIVERSITY COURSES

Eighty percent of World War II
veterans who are taking advantage
of the educational provisions of the
CT Bill of Rights are enrolled in
colleges and universities or schools
offering college level courses, ac-
cording to Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, Administrator of Veterans
Affairs.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-17

druge ljubimce. VISA cast pokoj-.
nj, toda navedem lahko vec i.
men moskih, $ katepimi je bila
vec ali mani znana. Stir price
so izpovedale da SO jo videle v
druzbi nekega gospoda usodne-
ga dne med Is. in IA. uro, to-
rel v casu, ko je nedvomno do
kazano, da Jerancic nj bill ma
Vodovodni cesti. Ocitajo Jeran-
cicu, da je mirno gledal umor-
jeno Faniko. Ali maj bi jokal in
Sc zrusil, ako je nedolzen? Il
kljucujem vsako moznost, da
bi bill hotel Jerancic Petkov-
skovo telesno zlorabiti. Mixer
nj bilo znaka kakega nasilja.
Obtozba molci o tenn kaj je z
denarjem, kljucem, ogledalcem
in rokavicami, XII jih je imela
Petkovskova seboj. Mnogo
vec bi govorilo "a krivdo male
ga svedoka" kakor pa "a kriv-
do obtozenca. Glavne price so
malo verodostojne. zena, XII je
prva nasla umorjeno, je bila
kaznovana .ze Is krat, izgnana
je il Ljubljane, zivi z drugim,
XII je bill ze tudi predkaznovan,
ne zna~pisati in ne brati. Ali hi
Sc ne moglo reci, da je vec SUI
ma pri imenovanih, kot pri Je-
rancicu?
Dokazano je tudi, da je bila
Petkovskova veckrat v druzbi S
castniki. Neki oficir je prisel
veckrat z vozom po MO. Hodila
je po maskeradah.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-17

Nato je 1.-Two slikal usodo po-
kojne Fanike, ki je naofala y
cvetu mladosti 2 donna za vsak-
danjim kruhom. In preden je
okusila tisto m alo zelneljske
srece, XII jo privosei zivljsnje
|ljubeci, mladi dekliei, je 11nerala
potrditi svoje deviske wore 2
lastno krvjo. ~
"Izprijeni Jerancic nj sposto-
val njenih idealov, ker so pusto-
lovska nagnenja davno zatrla v
MEM vsako plemenitejse euv.
stvovanje, dasi mladeilic nit
dvajsetega leta nj dosegel.'
Preskromno je pero, da hi o.
pisal, s kakimi obcutki sem mo-
raj poslusati te "laskavosti'.
Naposled' je spregovoril zago.
vornik:
Take razprave kot je danas.
MIA, Sc nisem videl. Mi nismc
pred poroto, XII sodi umor, am
| pax v moralni Soil, XII obsojs
slab znaeaj dvojne ljubezni, lah
komiselno pisana pisma. Dobi
sem obcutek, kot da bi Sc deli
tev pravice enkrat obrnila ma
robe v TEN smislu, da bi mic vei
drzavni pravdnik ali preiskoval
nj sodnik ali policijsko ravna
teljstvo ne imeli naloge, doka
zati krivdo in doprinesti nepo
sredne dokaze, temvec lie one
mogociti iskanje dokazov tel
reel sedaj: operi Sc sam, mi tt
obtozimo in obdolzimo. V taken
slucaju bi pac lahko zaprli tr
, cetrtine danasnjih poslusalcev
Obtozenec nj primoran, Sc "a
govarjati. V srednjem veku s<
obedience devali ma natezalni
ce, danes ne vec. Jerancic je Il
povedal prava dejstva. Obtozni
ca sama pravi, da nj nobeneg;
direktnega dokaza in sc ozira Il
ma indice. Toda tt indici mora
jo biti trdni in v skladu drug
drugim, ako maj drzijo. Smell
trdim, da danes ia veriga ne DIR
Ii. Drzavni pravdnik nastop;
danes praznih rok. Obtoznic;
pravi, da ne more biti nihc
drugi morilec, kakor Jerancii
ker da je Petkovskova a m
NIGGA ljubila in odklanjala VS.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-17
PET LET POZNEJE
F.. LOJZE JERANC|C
liz dnevniko Cd puseenego koznienco)
ii je priskocila ma pomoc Sc te

ii je priskocila ma pomoc Sc te-
nina, oblacna noe. Prisla sta do
usodepolnega m Ia in OBJ
stala. Prica, XII ju je videla, je
dokazala, da sta bila zapletena
obdolzenec in pokojna v ziva-
hen pogovor, XII ga je cd casa
do casa prekinil n j n zvonki
smeh. Pritajeno, a strastno je
prigovarjal strasni demon svo-
il zrtvi, da hi ga uslisala. Da-
la mu je vso ljubezen, XII jo pre-
more nezna deviska dusa, dala
hi bila zanj pol zivljenja; nj pa
privolila, da bi S sirovo nogo po-
teptal ponos njenega srca. Bo-
leila jo je podla nakana obdol-
zenceva, a Sc je zmagovalo v
njej ljubece cuvstvo, XII nj pri-
puscalo, da bi zavrnila vsiljiv-
ca, kakor .je zasluzil. Umikala
sc je pred MIN nalahko, da bi
+ ga ne zalila, z nasmehom ga je
hotela pridobiti, da bi odnehal
zal, dosegla je bas nasprotno
Ko je videl, da ne doseze, kar
je pricakoval, je spustil vajeti
strastem, potegnil samokres in
10 brezduSno ustrelil. Ko je O.
pravil krvavo delo, Sc nj zmenil
"a zrtev, ampak hitel, da zabri-
Sc sled "a seboj. Slutil je, da bo
vzbudil strel, XII Sc je razlegel v
temno noe, morda vendarle kaj
pozornosti. Zato Sc je podvizal
da bi cimprej dospel ma Dunaj-
sko cesto in Cd tn domov. Med
potjo je mirno razmisljal, kakc
! bi zmesal zasledovalcem "stre
ne'. Donna je legel v mehkc
posteljo in zaspal, ne da bi Sc
spomnil ME, XII je oh istem ca
SUI lezala lastni krvi, umorje
ma Cd njegove roke, pozabljena
v narocju noci >. To je demon,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-17
(Nadaljevanje)

On pa Sc je takrat boril z
zadnjimi pomislcki, XII mt jih je
vzbujala svareca vest. zaprt v
svoji sobi je pregledal samo-
kres, ga vtaknil Yep in Sc ma
potil. Ocividno je bilo njego-
vem nacrtu, da Sc Sc pref pre-
prica, kako DELUXE ma Faniko IL
nenadenje. Cakal jo je V temi,
skirt "a kostanjem in potem
nenadoma stopil pred MO. u
speh ga je zadovoljil, zakaj
zensko prestrasiti, nj tezko.
Pred posto sta Sc poslovila Cd
prijateljice in Sc odpravila pro-
tt usodnemu mestu. IL izvaja-
MIA pric je razvidno, da je Ia
eel Jerancic kmalu napeljavati
svojo zrtev ma to, da bi sc mu
vdala. A nemara, da Sc nj do
volj jasno izrazil in ga sirota
nj takoj razumela, kaj hoce l.
meti. Ko pa sta prekoracila ze-
lezniski prelaz ma Dunajski ce-
sti in zavila ma desno v senco
kostanjev, Sc je opogumnil in Sc
izrazil dolocneje. In takrat je
vzkliknila: "Kaj, ali res? Pa
ravno danes?" Da bi zatrla OBJ
cutek bridkega razocaranja mad
nizkotnimi zahtevami brez vest
mega castilca, Sc je ma glas "a
smejala in izgovorila omenjene
besede. Njena nepokvarjena du-
sa Sc je studom uprla temu,
da bi ugodila pohotnemu lju-
bimcu. Ia pa, razocaran n d
odklonitvijo, je stisnll zobe in
pesti ter Sc natihem zarekel
Moras! Sc nocoj boS moja!
Prispela sta do gramozne ia
me, ma kraj, XII ste 81 ga ogle-
DALI danes sami, gospodje po-
rotniki. Samota je tam, samo-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-17

to je cinik, to je clovek zelez-
nih zivcev!
Drugo jutro Sc je odpravil po
svojih vsakdanjih opravkih, kot
da Sc nj nicesar zgodilo. Trezno
pa je koval nadaljnje naklepe,
kako bi Sc dalo izogniti, da bi
mu ne prisli do zivega. Tail je,
taji Sc sedaj, ker je tajiti dan
danes moderno. Takoj zju-
traj je naroeil vajenki, da DO
sla tekom dopoldneva kupit
skatlo sladkorckov "a Petkov-
skovo. Zakaj j nj tega obdolze-
nee narocil istocasno, ko jo je
nameraval poslati v slasciear-
no. Zato, gospodje porotniki,
ker ie Jerancic dober in natan-
cen racunar, in je pricakoval
vsak trenutek policijo ma svo-
jem domu. In tedaj bi bilo pre-
pozno graditi lid, liza katerega
je Aa,neraval voditi oblasti "a
nos.
Gospodje porotniki! Mnozice,
XII so pred sestimi meseci spre-
mile nesrecno in ubogo zrtev da-
! nasnjega obdolzenca k prera.
nemu grobu, so prisle, da cuje-
jo vas pravicni krivdorek. zr.
tev sama vas poziva il groba
da sodite in obsodite necloveS.
XII zlocin, o katerem ste bill te-
kom obravnave dovolj pouceni
Vasa dolznost je, da poskrbite
"a zadoscenje pravici in da be
mascevana grozovita smrt ne.
dolzne, uboge sestre Fanik {
Petkovskove!"
Ia drzavnim pravdnikom je
podelil predsednik besedo "a.
stopniku zasebne udelezenke -
Fanikine matere. Povedal je, da
sc V imenu rajnicine matere
XII je uboga rudarjeva vdova
pridruzuje besedam drzavnegs
pravdnika.
I "Onstran meja, v daljni Idri
il, zivi nesrecna zena in mate
rinskimi solzami objokuje svo
jega otroka, XII ga il je iztrgals
morilceva roka. Nj ga med ma
mi, XII bi mogel doumeti boleci
no materinega srca, XII p a k {
mad tako kruto umorjeno hcer
ko."
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-17
Mali oglasi
ISCE Sc

D3 ali D5 licenco, poslop-
jem ali brez. Sc tudi zamenja
zidan bungalow. Zglasite Sc ma
15308 Waterloo Rd., ali pokli-
cite KE. 1886.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-17

Columbia, Tenn, prizes its two
Polk homes. It goes about in War
Bond selling so that nothing may
mar them. Samuel Po1k's house, q
two-story brick building with spa
cious rooms and French windows
opening on to quaint balconies, was
built ia 1916. Next door is an al
most duplicate home which Mr.. Polk
built for his daughter. The. resi-
dence Of James *. Polk, son, eley-
enth President Of the United States.
is short distance away. The house
where he entertained Andrew Jack
son and Martin Van Buren, during
the campaign Of 1914, when he was
elected, is also Of two stories and
was erected ia 1870. . Relics 81 fha M
budding years Of this Nation that
must endure, these homes inspire
fhE purchase of War Bonds.
Y. 8. 1teos.yy DsbdyttssMJ
Evening star., 1945-01-14

. slowly, breaking off a piece of yellow blossom
and running it through her fingers The words,
like something tangible. seemed to fiji the
space between them as he waited. And then:
Why, so it is" she said. mo, hadn't
thought of that"
Then what are you doing at Greenways?
What is there for you here?" he demanded
harshly. with glance that passed from the
frivolous hat, the expensive bag and gloves,
to the deserted waste of their home.
Even important war workers have their
hours off. I'm ON my way to the Curtis's for
lunch - I'm due there now" She lifted her
eyes to his. WAS that why you came down
here - to celebrate an anniversary"
Something in the tone of her question made
him pause. He fancied her glance took in the
signs of war and strain on his face - hollow
cheeks from weeks in hospital, gray hairs
for his thirty-three years. Easy to make bid
for her pity, but he remembered what he'd
declared when everything had smashed be-
tween them: Count me out as factor in
your life; won't trouble you again..
So he said: Me? No, only just thought
of it a minute ago. I'm on my way to see
Foster to arrange about selling the place"
"'Oh, you're going to sell, are you?"
Il am expect Curtis still wants to buy"
"Yes. happen to know he does"
Denis jaw frightened. He can have it.
All except one bit. Remember old Thomas?'
She dropped the yellow spray.
Il certainly should" she said. I'VE quar-
relied about him often enough, and his hut
Evening star., 1945-01-14

spelling our view of the best bend of the river"
We'll, it's still there" he answered grimly.
Il send him few quid every month, and he's
not going to be turned out"
Still as sentimental as ever" she said with
a lift of the eyebrows, the ancient bone of
contention raising its tormenting head again.
Maybe. Or just pure obstinacy. as you
always declared"
Taking out tiny mirror, she retouched
her lips. "Oh, well ... it's your property, of
course. But don't think Jack will want to
buy with that as condition"
Denis said with what he knew was belated
malice: "You seem to be intimately ac-
quainted with what Jack thinks and feels?"
"An eyesore of hut that he can't pull
Evening star., 1945-01-14

~~~~ ~~-~-
a grass-covered mound with her foot i
daresay there are bits of my Hepplewhite
chairs under here A total wreck, all rightT
He said slowly: do you know, was just
thinking a minute ago that it looks rather
good like this"
Were you?" She didn't say what she was
thinking
with everything growing wild, and colors
running together like - like split paint pots. F"
Her profile was turned to him now, and he
allowed himself to dwell on it: the subtly
modelled features, the pale skin, the eyes,
narrow and yet oddly full and glowing, like
the eyes of the figures painted on Egyptian
vases. On leave in Cairo, they had often
made him think of Cynthia's eyes.
Side by side they walked over the buried
foundations, he talking just for the sake of
talking, not saying what was really in his
mind - that every nerve in his body was re-
acting to the nearness of her; that he still
loved her, although for years he'd been trying
to teach himself not to.
The contrariness of thingsp'N he said,
laughing. do you remember how you tried
to get those lilies -the-valley to multiply"
She smiled, too looking at the green spread
of them: Experts consulted and special fer
tilizers! And now look at them"
And those forget-me-nots I'D forgot
ten we'd planted forget-me-nots.
'Yes, don't you remember? Someone
brought us some prize seed from Africa"
"Oh, yes, remember. They look fine now"
A PAUSE . Suppose he were suddenly to
take her hand and say her name the way he
longed to; take her in his arms and kiss her
lips as thousands of times before botting
out pain and separation :. forgetting.
But she had turned away and walked over
to the laburnum tree. He followed, took out
cigarettes and lighted them. The smoke united
them in tenuous blue cloud.
She said in minute, after another pause
that he didn't know how to break: Il heard
you were back in England, Denis. Someone
told me that you'd been made major and
got decoration"
How casual she sounded, how uninterested!
Yet surely, if she had remembered this date
and come down here today because of it =?
That's so," he answered. Things do get
around, don't they? Someone told me they
saw you dancing in town the other night
did they? Yes. 50 was. Dancing is still
one of my favorite pastimes."
I'm the intervals of important national
work, of course" he said drily.
She smiled again. "Of course"
Driving generals to conferences, l sup
pose, or amusing tired warriors"
Something like that. You were wound
ed twice, hear"
The words struck cold on his ear. Wound
ed twice hear " She might have been
speaking of her ex-chauffem.
"Yes." he said. ''The last time it looked
Evening star., 1945-01-14


that just there in front Of that hearth he and
Cynthia had stood in their last quarrel?
Above the lark's song he could hear their
voices again, cruel with suppressed anger
Lighting a cigarette, he strolled the length
of the vanished room. How small space the
house seemed to have occupied - now that
there were no walls to limit the eye. Here,
where the entrance to the dining room had
been, there was the ghost of an archway
covered with trails of woodbine.
AND the ghost of Cynthia. too, stood in
that doorway. head on one side, considering
some arrangement or other, endlessly con-
sdering - the lighting of the table before
dinner party, a piece of white Sevres reflected
in the eighteenth century mirror. Just here
one day she'd cried - actually burst into
tears - because Donny's muddy paws had
marked her white Mexican rug.
I'VE should live in penthouse" he had
cried, with doorkeepers to shoe out any
touch of nature" He'd whistled to the dog
and strode out to the garden, leaving her with
the maids and their soap and brushes.
But all the memories weren't like these;
the past would have lost its power to hurt
him if it hadn't held joy as we'll as pain
Just few spans from here to the front door.
You come to meet me here, Cynthia; and
I'm carrying you. laughing. over the thresh-
old, back from our honeymoon, still drunk
with the happiness that shall never end. =.
Cynthia opposite him at breakfast -.
green light striking up under her chin from
an apple-green plate.
This was the foot of the stairs and this
their bedroom. Her dressing table had stood
just here . Cynthia brushing her hair -.
hundred strokes night the lamp light
shining on it as he lay and watched.
How wonderful your hair is - the way
the waves overlap - like birds plunage."
She laughs. What bird?"
Il don't know. What kind is it that's not
red and not gold but bit of both? 49,"
The wind blew through the grass, and the
picture faded like breath on mirror.
In the silence twig snapped. He turned
sharply Cynthia was coming across the ruins
towards him. Giddiness took hold of Denis
The ghosts were too real! This couldn't be She
Bur it was. She was stepping over the
once rooms, lovely as ever = lovelier than
ever She was wearing a spring suit and
little spring hat. the bright hair sweeping up
to meet it; looking, as always, the perfection
of expensive simplicity.
A few PAGES away from him she stopped,
and he couldn't fathom the expression in her
eyes, Was she surprised to see him? AS sur
prised as he, perhaps. He couldn't tell. He
only managed to say: "Well. Cynthia?'
And she spoke quite ooolly: 'Hullo, Denis.
No more for a minute - just their eyes
resting on each other cuIiousy.
Thor the full imnlicati0n of her coming