Vag* 1 lonaary 15,1M4
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MEET THE HELLDIVER
rOlDiNG ' Jl^
T'JR'LEaACK
THE WAR THIS WEEK
Allied Bomber Fleets
Resume Pounding Of
German War Targets
LONDON~( I—'WMt bound ionnotiona oi American
bombers, shepherded by dorting swarms of fighters, re*
turned from across the Channel Friday, op^iorently from
their first raid since the mammoth oir battle over Germany
on Tuesday.
The Allies at the some time resumed their big air of*
fensive against the Germans' mystery targets on the north*
em French coast. All day relays of medium bombers and
fighters streaked across the sun*lit Strait, returning after
short intervols.
Tile AJr SfinMry siso -— —
S Win SAhvgh f© keep vp with speedy flgfifer
•uoft, file Navy's new dive hember, the Neff*
dfvtr, mode Hs combat dobut with a smashing
victory ©vsr tho Japanese. It carries o groator
bomb load latfer and farther than any ether
dive bomber. Whet con be reveoled Is charted, 1
Rir
MPROVED Hfc.
3-BLADED
PROPEUFR
that RAF TypboaoM snd tltfMers
- bad abot down eli^t enemy idanes
!n tbe oourse of offensive patrols
over aortbem nance. One Ty-
pboon was lost in these forays.
Fresh details meanwhile, oon*
lined to trickle hi on Tocaday's
peat Amertcan dayUght raid'on
Oermany.
An official announcement li>>
creased enemy flpiter leases from
100 in s tabalstion “not yet com-
plete/* credlUng bomber gunners
with IK snd fighters wltb^, snd
gave new detalla of damage to
plants that spawn a great propor
tion of Nasi warplanes.
Tbe actual munber of en
emy fighters that fen before tbe
biasing gims of tbe 700 American
bombers snd MO escortlns loanee,
however, may never be laewu.
“TtMae figwea," the Eighth Air
dltloD to tbe three aircraft en>
ers west of Berlin that constituted
tbe msjor targets.
Tfaese were a railway eompo-
nent manufacturing eenter at Bie
lefeld. 86 miles northwest of Dort
mund and 900 miles west of Ber-
Ud. and armament installations at
Mem>ea, on tbe Dortmund-Ems
Osnal, M mllee south of Ebnden.
Of the enemy warplane facto
ries. that at Oecnerskmen, said to
be tbe moat Important producer of
Focke-Wulf 190^8. apparently was
J lven the worst dmboing, faw the!
u ■
Russo-Polish Border Dispute
May End in Blow At Prussians
enemy flgbters
doobieOIy ^ere shot down by Unit
ed States bombers whUh fougbt
to the last In the tblclcetf of battles
snd ot which (be total loes xk>w Is
known to Ve 60.*’
lids added saotber to tbe M
bombers aheady listed as
and OEficlaUy estahUMbed tbe .
cost of the decisive blow as 00
bombeta and five flgbters — tbe
bsartest loss In any U. 8. air op-
eratlea ef tho'wmr.
Tbe oClctal ststenwnt alao die-
eloeed that the Amarleans had dio*
patched bonAer detachmmds
It begins to look as thotwb tbe Poland dlsjOaes ttM Btavonlo peoples whs
7T7r~>ir7i luTTTi I ~nt t-»riii-ii.Li jbavlng to bring part of certain formerly Inhabited It, must be oo*
the Alessersehmttt — 110 jMroduo-Rtwoo-PolWi (errltonal dispute, jounBan territories within iier Its Oenr^
tto^c»ter at Brunswick also were may In tbe Vmg ran bdp tbe Allies boundaries. . re-eduoated (this area comprisK
solve one of their most difficult “Certainly tbe territorice east of a large section of Prussia.)
Uverllbi •
iunkers plant at Balbentadt andl
hit hard.
It was disclosed offlcls
A problema-tbat of wiping out the the RlverBbe. tbe area Oenaany “fiuesla suat retnm to Poland
w^^..2Stl^«iL*|arrogant. swaggering. buOytog ^ Pnisala most be extermlaat«
— — —m— — new o. K F^lB Mustang, longest- »'»*“ *“•» q* Herrenvolk after trTiaa to mi ft miut hm nArt ac wniAtwi •*
Force announcement saldT^do not range single-englDe figfierplane mlbtarlam. ■■ be part of Poiaan. _
biclude enemy flgbters that no- In & world. An improved versko Russia bas offered
improved versko’ Russia bas offered to negotiate
the P-61, which has been In ac- gg of tbe eo-called Cur*,
tlon for months In tbe Medlter-j” ™ "T!***^
nntxa ud PmUIc, th, m pUme roughl. It Uw
is expdbted to pace any land in-'frontler adopted by the Red Arssy
vaslon of the conttnent. - Iwbao It occupied eastern Pidanl
mlselng firmed an ^niraBko of tbe dtoer-
betotal lean filera that tbe welgtat of tbe,£* ®““* ad|ustajente of
throw most
against two other objectives In ad- tbe first ttne.
» wca«u» w ■- - --
.. of tbeir available ^® border,
into tbe defenaa. I In sddltlco' ond this Is wbers
A dermsn military spokesman!the fate of Prussian ndlttarlsat Is
alM told Bwcdlab d .. the Russlsna offer P(y
that a new tepe of hlgb-cUmbinkllbnd aeman tenHory wMeli gre-
Nasi fighter jmim equipped wlw!sumably would Inclnde Bast Pxus-
'gUdlng bomb” was used for sis and part of
More JapTroop Barges
Sunk By Allied Forces
AOVANOID AUmBD HEAD* »TH5wtd)nt said.
QDdBTXBS, Hr* OokM I. BoUi as. ud point m la
'**“ “*dnity of W
Anssmllans
stata of tha nrioh. Moo*
— Poland
Siege Guns
Shell Nazi
MOSCOW—^ Sovie^ siege guns pounded tbe out*
flankgd de^ngsg.QipIlQayr at^'SedfaAuVRnr flttpUrtaiR r^T.
centers on tbe northern edge o! the Pripet Morshes, as Gen.
Konstantin Rokossovsky'g White Rnsskm Army gained
momentum Friday in its dr^ toward Pinsk, 14D miles to
with a ***«*" atfsady mads by fin i the west on the Moscow-Wc^wet# loQway.
PoUsb Oevemment. I * .Qn the lower side of the froxen Pripet marshlands 160
LsA Autumn P^l. Pol-, miles to the southwest, Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's first
iSttiSrt% A. L doMberg, an!Ukrednion Army took the rail station at Tutovichi, 11 milea
Associated Press oorrespondent In west of Sarny (in Old Poland) on the Kiev-Warsaw railway,
~ mdon: {His troops also captured Korets, 20 miles west of Novogrod
-AD the United Volynski, and Brykov, nine ndlet further west.
^odplaaos snd light naval craft, of Osnoany,
tartber imdannlnlng tbe Japeasee! enemy frffsteep^lBtom Se'S(Moeamry!7ls *vloue *>»«,S5-an^th^i‘
peelttop In nwtneasteni New OuId-.north bank. The Aussks have been'Pclea. knowing tbe Oennane bett«, j-
VatuUo’s center also peneferatsd O-
Important area of Ifeil
ttoiiif barsea a«d banunered tbe'onwsitko ae tbev move toward'tbe obtlsatko of acrvlng aa occu*|creaBed on Boyn. .
bMaand troop center atjSeAmerican l&mrton force at>patkn uSScriUee. T& win axSt ot^Bvoy: « miles to the
AlexMiafen with IN tone cf.Baldor. aboot 66 mllee northweet
bnmke The movement of loaded bargee
The naval craft, probably speedy.In this coastal area baa made R
FT patrol beats, aank three barges , evident that the enemy Is ai
carrying acoand 90 troops off Bekilng to avoid destmeckn In t
Potet and got two more whoa the closing Jaws of the Australian-
enemy wee loadtag them at SM, Amerteen trap by evaeiiathig tbe
On. Douglas IsacArtbttr's eons- coast.
.iwancp oFddoftoa,
~ “CrOPPING EH£fAY TAfiK.
mNP£D wrm f/kb
TOMMY 6UN/"
SKicrir tmmn s
wad mpm BmB&i
etamewT werDce a
SMemr twocs.
FDR Gits fowl
News Aidief set
WABHUKITOII • FiaSdent
IMoestsll, lacf^ beranse of ex
tensive «ar-tiaie travoie and oc-
cssknal Uteenee, spgamtty bas
discarded bis stwlnle of twloe-a-
la IMS be set a new low of M.
averagtng a BMIe more than one
PreshSenttal
seed to be hdd almost wltbost faU
every Toeeday afternoon at four
o^clock and Friday morning i
U:S0. The schedule wae fODowe
to pceiu itine even when
ed
Ur.
travelling or was
vhMtag hie bomm et Eye Park.
H. T,, and Wann BprhiM, Oa.
Beporim amempantm lum on
every trip end conferencee were
bdd ovoD on trains, Milps or by
tbe side of a road.
Only on rare onsebins, slaet
Pear) Harbor, bave tbe nevnmen
aeslipied to tbe White Bouae been
tihiwed to travel with the Chief
gone
Jour-
.. Cai
ro end Tdwraa.
Ootn pared with tbe M news cote
ferowea lest jeer. Hr. Rooeev^
beM M pk INI; Sl M IMl; W ta
IMO and V in IMS when be Rmnt
m ^ White House
- knee his toangoratkn oe
Uareb 4, MS Is flW.
Nice Nov. 8, two days bsforu
s left Sor tbe war. iibmcOi at
OUro and Tdwan, tbe PisUdent
bas met wltb pram end radio ro-
pertera Jmd Oraa ttmaa. ~
from tbe eeanSfir dor five
e Hd Md Ns eon'
-11. fbe-dite be pet baob to
HUM wtoTlwr OM nsa. m,
imtd m
onUklrts cd Uomr and BAltn-l^
vkbl.. juneikm of tbe Uceoow
Ptnsk-Warsaw and Lenlngrad-Odca-
sa railways, five miles to tbe north,
Thursday, a Russian oonununlque
reported and Friday tbe two oedters
were outnaoked and aO but suru
rounded. Uore than lAOO Oerataae
were killed and many prlscsMn
tbe oommuslqne added. More than
wwe taken In this sharp advance,
40 towns were captured, including
ZlmovtAebe Hoseyevka,
CoBifeat Crsws
southwest, and Kovel, 80 miles to
the east.
Lwow ta Danger
Loes of this area or deep p«ke-
tratloDs such as are being effected
would all but isolate the key city
Of Lwow by rail from tbe north and
would make a tremendous bottle-
ne^ of that Junction, already bur-
doied by. the heavy traffk moving
through It on tbe Odosss-Warsaw
trunk railway. Lwow Is M mike
southwest of Luck.
West of Sarny, Vatutin's ti^it-
Ding units were roaring out of the
Pripet Uarshes and beating down
miles east of the.'Ourson Line”— m wcrldwldecombat acnes tbe
tbe demarkatko line between l^lwar rnipaniiinil announced tUe
land and Russia whldi was pro- week. Tbe btimele are In two
posed by an ADled eommlsshrn at Bleee, the larger OM) made fbr
the ttid of (he fUA World War and tbe average crewman, while thoM
tbe line which the Soviet Oovern. In crowded gim tarrete wiD wear
ment has tndleated It Is willing to toe smaller H-4 headgear. A can-
accept as a basts for negottatkelvae cover enckees the bebnets.
now. whiflii In turn are worn over tbe
Fight Alsog Bivws leattaer Hying helmet.
Tbe Oermans were avalUng them*
selves of the numerous riven hi
this area to make a stond but Bed ‘
Star dlspatebes said ^ Rad In
fantrymen were tfarowtog them out
of one poaltloa after another,
te tbe extreme eouthem aeetor
AAFTrampsrts
Ferry WMnf ef
ibu
bis legnlar report to
•iem pe^e, Oen. B. B. Ar-
Qf tbe long frmii VatuUn’s left doU. Commanding Oenerml of the
wing smashed repeatetf savage AAF, dlecloeed toe efflcfency of
oounter-atte^ east of Vlnnltaa as toe medknl evacuation transports
toe enemy fought deeperalely to Ndsr the dbeetlao of the Air
H«it the Soviet edvanee on tto Surgeon. Stace Pml &rbor. UB,-
UknO^ Bug River and toe Odes^ Momjnd wexmded have been
sa-Warsaw trunk raDwsy, prtndpal
supply artery for German forces to
toe lower Dnieper Band.
Othsp units of Vattote'stoRw8w 2*S;*S52
eonfinuod thsir .advmme to teS aSd^Sl
Bodic)^ ssete 1^ fytoOr east ^SSSsNMto^
•• A prime gkample of thii
Okrabiian Arjay Imprund ttl PoeK emitocw wm aim demonstrated to
Bona meet anfLnoitbweri of^ feSrevo- Se^mtatan^^mpetN mhm om
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