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One Bed armr gained 26 miles northwest ot Stalingrad; another drove §b additional 12 miles ahead to the southwest on a line paralleling the Stalingrad-Novorossisk railread in an apparent attempt to drive straight sore the northern Moscow Reports 15,000 More XJermans Killed And 12,000 Captured Above and Below Stalingrad; Nazi Stalingrad Siege Army Threatened; Berlin Admits Reverses Moscow, Nov. 26.—The threemonths-old Nasi grip upon Stalingrad was weakening today aa a swiftly advancing Red army killed 15,000 more Germans yesterday and captured 12,000, including three divisional generals, in a great winter offensive rolling so fast that some Nasi units were cut down from behind in panicky retreat. Russian official announcements raised the toll of Nazis to 77,000 dead and captured not counting huge numbers of wounded who apparently are freezing to death on the frozen steppes as did other German units last winter in the rout| from Moscow. (Reuters' Moscow correspondent estimated that 120,000 Russians had been wounded in the last few days. This apparently was based on the usual formula of three wounded for each of the 41,000 Germans reported killed.) The Red army's effort to encircle the entire Nazi army stalemated before Stalingrad, estimated at 300,000, clearly, was gaining in power. Two communiques told of vast stocks of war equipment falling to the Red army tide and of tot least one enemy airdrome being seized so swiftly that scores of German planes were unable to take to the air. Inside Stalingrad itself the Rus-I sians, in frontal assaults, also were| gaining whose rear communications have 1 been slashed by Russian .flanking! armies, sweeping across* the Donp river "far to the west More Nana Killed. The regular midnight communique said 900 Germans were killed and dozens of enemy blockhouses occupied in a slow, but steady advance inside Stalingrad, while in the Caucasus, Bed army units cut down additional hundreds of Nazis in successful stands in the Nalchik and Tuapse sectors. This bulletin added some details to the striking Russian success above and below Stalingrad and inside the Don river bend, as announced in a special communique. One Red unit captured a Nazi airdrome so swiftly, it said, that 42 enemy airplanes did not have time to take to the air. Twenty-five of these planes were destroyed, the other 17 were captured intact. Id some sectors there was evident Axis demoralisation because hundreds of fleeing Germans were being struck down from behind as the Red army rolled onward. This waa the third special commuTti ita in three days and it told this story of increasing Red army THE HOME FRONT (By.the Office of War Information) The recent triphammer blows at the Axis—by the United States fleet in the Solomons and by the Allies in North Africa—again underline the immense value of unbroken lines of supply and support extending from the war plants clear to the fighting fronts. In both these largo srsir operations there were lines of sapport which played a vital part in the outcome. In the Pacific area, Genera; MacArthur's planes damaged Jap naval concentrations fat suj£ port of the Solomons action. In North Africa, invaluable support same from French sympathisers who helped pave the way for the American landing. These (lines of support) to our active battle-fronts involve more than military actions. In one sense they include the sustaining morale of the entire civilian population at home. And civilian morale is more than war enthusiasm—with which it is often indentified—more satisfaction in victories and praise of military heroes, more even **«»» buying war bonds or engaging in acrap drives. These and other war activities contribute to morale, they do not include all of it by any means. "Conquered" "People's Morale High. . In many parts of occupied Europe lie morale of the people is still high, recording to reports, ill spite of concentration camps, torture, starvation md firing squads. Not the least of ;he Axis terror is its oppression of education. He Nazis have shot and m prjsoned teachers and students ilike. The Czech higher educational nstitutions have ceased to exist, some 60 percent' of all elementary schools have been closed. Thousands yf Greek teachers have been sent to forced labor camps. Polish hifcher iducation has been destroyed, the yreat University of Warsaw closed, Poles are not admitted to institutions of learning re-opened for the rae of transplanted Germans. A rimilar situation, with varying decrees of seventy, is found in every >ccppied country. Yet the spirit of -he people in most of these lands regains unbroken, and their uitder?round resistance, which has seriousy hampered the Nazis war plans, (rill be an increasing menace to the nvaders as Allied advances promise future victory. On the Home Front our morale is put to the tett by discomforts and restrictions we must undergo for the sake of our* single war aim—the destruction of those forces that threaten the very foundations of civilisation, our homes and schools. Nationwide gasoline rationing to save our precious rubber supply is one of these minor inconveniences. Standing in crowded vehicles may be another. By cutting down all forms af travel—by auto, bus, railway—we will not do away with over-crowding, but we -lessen a far greater danger to onr nation's sectrWyf which the Baruch Committee warned—a breakdown of our transportation system. Our combined freight and passenger transportation has thousand's of tentacles, each a part of the system. DeHv^xy thicks of all kinds, from fuel oil to flowers, from laundry to ice, make up the web of " services to which we hare been accustomed. Well get these services only once a day from the same source, and well have to do a great deal more bundle carrying, Especially of Christmas THANKSGIVING DINNER IN THE TRUE AMERICAN STYLE Sniff the rich juices in the roasting pan ... let your mouth waterat the thought of tart cranberry hum with sweet-flavored^ turkey . . . green and yellow vegetables to balance your feast... succulent fruits,1 and yummy pumpkin pie, all prepared from traditional American recipes centuries old. , Its grand to get the family together again'around the festive board . . . and if there is fa vacant chair or two where John and Mary used to sit, be thankful that you can send a soldier to the front and a worker to the aircraft plant to safeguard the simple Joy of having a family- meal served in a home free from air raids and „ bunting shells ... be thankful that you are able to provide this country with beams of strength in this struggle for the liberation of enslaved peoples and the resurrection of Democracy when the new dawn awakens for civilisation. Thanksgiving Day hi 1M2 ... one of the most critical years in our entire history. It must stand out among all the rest for the weight of its importance as an expression of the spirit of the American- people in thase times. "Lay 'Em Od The Fighting Line" ■* Washington, D. C.—More than 6,000,000 farmers, recipients of Agricultural Adjustment Agency checks, are receiving a leaflet from the Treasury Department urging them to convert a part or all of the payment into War Savings Bonds. Mailing of the leaflets began late in October and is to continue until late winter. State and county AAA workers and state representatives of the War Savings Staff are also to receive copies of the leaflet. The leaflet, in addition to pointing out the benefits to purchasers of War Bonds,, contains an order form on its back to facilitate the conversion of AAA cheeks into War Bonds. It especially emphasises that farmers will get $4.00 for every 13.00 invested if they hold "tfieir Bonds uittil they mature. "Lay 'Em On the Fighting Line," is the title of the folder, which outlines a three-fold financial plan for farmers. It recommends that farmers "Produce all you can on your farm," "Get your debts in shape," and "Invert to the. fall limit of your ability in'W»r Savings Bonds both to help your country and safeguard your own future." Four reasons are given to illustrate that it is both patriotic and profitable for farmers to convert a portion of their income into War BoimJs. They are: "You will be helping to buy the fighting equipment needed by your song." "You will he making the safest investment in the world." ."You will be getting a profitable return on your money," and "You will be doing your part to stave I off inflation." "After the war," the phasizes, "your savings will enable you to bay the necessities and luxuries you perhaps need now but cant get until then. "Your savings will provide you with funds for adjustments on your land M form THANKSGIVING In this year of 1842 when wo come to the special season of the year,when the great mass of American people torn their hearts and minds toward Thanksgiving, I believe that one at the first things we need to do as individuals is to do as the psalmist suggests "BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD". (Psalm 46:10) Yes, in thii dark and difficult time we have lots of tilings to be thankful for, and one of the first things is that we are a freedom loving people; a people perfectly willing to devote and give our lives to die for that very thought if need be. Tea, thankful for our great leaders who are going through a very difficult time, and let us who are Christian pray for our leaders more daily, thai; God's spirit might ,,be manifest at all times in the leadership of our Nation. Yes, thankful for our men and women who are going into battle to defend the great blessings that we enjoy here in America. Yea, I am quite sure that we as a nation need to meditate and really count our blessings far being in this great country in which we are privileged to live. GEORGE W. DAVIS, Mayor of Farmville. Descendant* of the Tyson and May families will Assemble here today, Friday, at ten o'clock for their 22nd annual reunion meeting in the D. A. R. Chapter House. John B. Lewis will preside m the absence of the president, Williaaj Sherrod. Tyson, at Washington, D. C. Mre. CSiarles F. Bvueom will give the welcoming* address. Mrs. C. S. Eagles, of Saratoga, has been invited to speak on the Nazis Slaughter Jewish Civilians Dr. Wise Cites 'Extermination Campaign'; Says Cjoppses 'Process Washington, Nov. 24.—Drt Stephen S. Wise, chairman of the World Jewish Congress, said tonight that he had learned through sources confirmed-by the State Department that approximately half of the estimated 4,000,000 Jews in Naai-occupied Europe had been slain in an "extermination campaign." Dr. Wise, who also is president of the American Jewish Congress and chairman of a committee composed .o* representatives of leading Jewish organizations in America, said these sources also disclosed: 1. That Hitler haa ordered the) extermination of all Jews in Naziruled Europe in 1942. 2. That the Jewish population of Warsaw, Poland, already has been reduced from 600,000 to about 100,D00 . ews. 3. that when ohief Nazis speak of "(xturtmnBting" Jews in Poland, they speak of. "four-fifths of the Jewish population in Hitler-ruled Europe," since that percentage either now is in Poland or en route there under a Nazi grouping {dan. Cwpse Price. 4. That Nazis have established a price of 60 reichsmaxka for each corpse—mostly Jewish, Dr. Wise indicated—and are reclaiming of slain civilians to be "processed! as soap fats and fertilizer.' "He {Hitler) even is exhuming the dead for the value of the corpses," Dr. Wise said during a press conference shortly after he had conferred with State Department officials. He stressed the fact that most of his information came from various sources other than the meat, but said been confirmed Now Reported 24 Miles From Tunis and dose To Bizerte NavalBin; French, Repel Axis Tank Column in Southern Tunisia; Axis Landing: Troops London, Nov. 24.—Allied foroes storming the last Axis strongholds in French Africa Lave driven within 24 miles of Tunis and cloee to the. big Bizerte naval base, and in seathern Tunisia American paratroopers have hurled bade an Axis tank column and taken prisoners, official Allied reports said tonight. Allied headquarters in North Africa announced that American troops assisted by a few French drove back German advance units 24 miles southwest of Tunis while Lieut-Gen. K. A. N. Anderson's British Firet Army forced back a Nasi forward screen a little west of Bizerte. It was revealed in an Allied communique, however, that the Germans apparently are landing reinforcements at the port of Gabes on the southeast coast of Tunisia and are moving them by train toward the Tircia-Biserte area. „ The communique reported four more Axis planes were shot down at Allied aircraft stepped up their bombardment of enemy baste in the Tunisia area to a pulverising tempo, which the Paris radio suggested might be preparation for a seaborne invasion of Tunisia to coincide with the lend drive. "French patrols report continued activity in the southern sector," the communique said. "Our fight- er planes . . . attacked an enemy troop train near Gabea." ; , Axis Troops. Madrid dispatches reported that Axis troops have been landing in considerable force at Gabea and &fhx to the north. The two ports are connected with the Timis-Biderte area by the Tunisian east eoaatg|V| railway which zyports yesterday indicated may have been cut toward its upper end by Allied forces driving toward the Golf of Hammamet. "Local engagements are reported by forward- troops of the Allied force," the communique said, adding that in the southern sector an Allied paratroop unit had repulsed an enemy mechanised column and captured prisonere. British and American planes from Algeria, Malta and the western desert teamed up in the onslaught against enemy dispositions around the Sicilian Narruws, the cental Mediterranean bottleneck known to convey men as "Bomb Alley." Bizerte Mid Tripoli underwent violent bombings, the Morocco radio fetid, while *-.Cairo communique reported that' p)aw» of the Middle East command striking at the north side of the passage raked grounded aircraft at the main Axis base in Sicjly, Palermo. RAF tor- v grig (For Release Nov. 23) . By the Office of War Information Washington, Nov. 21.— President I Roosevelt, in a radio address, said) that "During the pact two have had a great deal of good i and it would mm that the turning point of this wan has at last been reached. But this is no time for exultation. There is no time now for anything bat fighting and working to win." Navy Secretary Knox reported the following total damage inflicted an Japan in the battle of the Solomons November 18-15: Sunk — 2 battleships, one may have been a heavy cruiser, 6 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 6 destroyers, 8 transports, 4 cargo transports; Damaged — 2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 7 destroyers. The Japanese lost between 20,000 and 40,000 troops, as well as large numbers of -naval personnel. U. Sr losses were 2 light cruisers and 6 destroyers sunk. Mr. Knox said U. S. forces are in complete control of the area in and ayound Guadalcanal and "Our hold on the island is very secure." The President said the battle is a major vieory. War Secretary Stimson said army aircraft from Australia and new Caledonia played an active and effective role in the battle. Allied headquarters in North Africa reported that American, British and French troops are driving into Tunisia from all sides, closing in a ring around the Northeastern triangle of Biserte and Tunis. The British First Army, reinforced by U. S. and French units, engaged Axis mechanized columns in Tunisia and drove them back, the War Department announced. Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters reported November 21 that American and Australian forces are driving hard againnt the Japanese, who are pinned along the north.-! pastern coast of New Guma* tween Bona and Gona on a narrow! beachhead extending 20 miles along | the coast and 6 miles inland. ■ Selective Service. President Roosevelt ordered registration for Selective Service for all young mfcn who have reached the age of 18 since July 1, as follows— Those born July 1 to August 31, 1924, inclusive, to register the week beginning December 11; those bfern September 1 to October 31, 1924, to register December 1&-24; those born November 1 to December 81, 1924, to register December 26-81. Young men reaching 18 after January 1 will register' on their birthdays. Selective Service Headquarters ordered distribution of questionnaires to 18 and 19-year old registrants, who will be. inducted as their order numbers are reached. "To make sure that no one who is really irreplaceable shall he separated from an essential position,'' the President ordered the Secretaries of War and Navy to "see to it that present Government employee*, who have been deferred, are not enlisted or commissioned . . . unless they can produce the approval of the head of their agency." Mr. Rooeevelt said that after his order November 17 for cancet|»tion of all deferments already made on the basis of service, there was a rush of ment •smployees to get into uniform, i his new order should apply only to the regular civilian employees of the ''"verament "but also | to employees in Army arsenals in navy yards and niav lishments owned or oj by the J e 4 %
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