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Vol. 44 No. 11

RedSeizureOf ZhitomirIs ImminentRussiansWithin 10 Miles

OfOfRail Center; GainGainOnOtherFronts

Dispatchesfrom Moscow latelate lastlastnightnightpid thatthat thethecapture ofofZhitomir, key German basebase onon thethelastlastlateral railway beforebefore thethe PolishPolishborderborderwest ofofKiev, was expectedhourly.

LatestLatest reportsreportsplacedoneone prongprong ofofthetheRussian thrust westwest ofof thetheUkrainian capitalcapitallesslessthanthan tenten milesmilesfrom Zhitomir after another swiftswiftadvance.advance.TlieTlieRussian.slastlast nightnightwereWithinWithin shellingshellingdistanceof thethe town.town.

ItIt waswasbelieved thatthat thetheRussians,afteraftertakingtakingZhuomir. wouldwould strikestrike northwardnorthwardatatKorosten,alreadybeing threatenedbybyanotherRedRed ArmyArmy column.column. KorostenKorosten liesliesasindeasindethetheLeningrad-Odessarailway.

Gains ininWhite Rus^AsAs thethe RussiansRussians rolledrolled forwardforward inin anan

ever-widening arc westwest ofofKiev,Kiev,newnewgamsgams werewerescored bybyother RedRed ArmyArmyunitsunitsininthetheRyechitsaareaarea atattlietliesoutherntiptipofofWhite Russia. There thetheGermans were pressed back farther toward^e Pripei, and Nazi forces ininthreatenedGomelGomel hadhad butbut twotwo cscapecscape routesroutes left.left.TiieseTiiesewerewere thetheendangeredPinskPinsklinelineandand thethe railwayrailway totoMinsk.

StrongSoviet attacksononalmost everysector of thethelong front ininRussia werereported bybyBerlin, which saidsaidthat ailailwerewererepelled. Berlin claimed that GerGermanman unitsunitswest ofofK.iev werewerebeing reinforced toto halthalt thetheSovietdrive, thethedangermmwhich hashas beenbeen admittedadmitted bybySertorius,GermanGerman commentator,commentator, whowho stressedstressed thetheperilperil ofof encirclementencirclement itit heldheld forfor NazisNaziswithm the DnieperBend.

InInthethe KerchKerchPeninsula thetheRussiansfoughtfought theirtheir wayway toto thethe approachesapproaches toto thethe

1/Lt,1/Lt,JohnJohn G.G. WinantWinant Jr.,Jr., sonson ofof thetheU.S.U.S. AmbassadorAmbassador toto GreatGreat Britain,Britain, whowhowaswas listedlisted asas missingmissingafter hishisFortresswaswasshot down inin thetheMunsterraid Oct.12,12,isis inin aa GermanGerman prisonprison camp,camp, itit waswasdiscloseddisclosedyesterday.

NewsNews ofof hishisson's safetysafetyreached thetheambassadortwotwodays agoagobut hehekept ititaa secret until formal War Departmentnotification reachedMrs. Winant at thefamilyfamily homehome atatConcord, N.H. AAmessagefrom Bern, Switzerland, said aaSwedish representative of the International YMCA talked with the pilot lastweekweek onon aatour of Germanprison campsandandfound him iningood healthandandgo^spiriLsspiriLsat air camp three.

Fellow fliersflierssaid that Winant'sbomber.TechSupply,waswasshotdowndown byby aaGermaninterceptorwhile flying at 25,000feet overHolland, after the target had beenbeenbombed. Five parachutes were seendrifting from thetheTech Supply.

It wasLt. Winant's13th^mission.Fliers and ground crews at Winant's

station were overjoyed."it's wonderful news," saidsaid Col.Col. EdgarEdgar

M. Wittam. of Portage,Pa., post commander. 'it also provides ususwith muchhopehope forfor thethe remainderremainder ofof ourour menmen whowhowent down on the Munster raid.

Probably moremore pleasedpleased thanthananybody,anybody,however,was Sgt.Sgt. E,E, M.M.Clark, of Ellens-Ellens-burg,burg,Wash.,whowho packedpacked Winant'sWinant's paraparachute before hehe tooktook off.off."I'm gladglad hishischute opened," Clark said,said,'it soriamakes youyou feelfeel likelikeyou're doingdoing somesomethingthingworthwhile."

KillKill NaziNazi OfficersOfficers TryingTryingTo EscapeGoingtoto SovietSoviet

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12(VP)—SixteenGerman officers werewereexecuted byby thetheNaaisNaaisforfor tryingtrying totoesca-petoto Sweden,Sweden,accordingaccording toto thetheMaJmoeMaJmoecorrespondentcorrespondentoioiDagensDagensNybeter,Nybeter,thethe StockholmStockholm newsnewspaper. ,, .. ,,

The officersofficers werewereundergouig specialspecialtrainingtrainingbeforebeforebeingbeingsentsent totoRussia,saysthethecorrespondent.Accordingtoto thethecorcorrespondent.llK German military policefoiledfoiled thethe escapeescape plan.plan.

NewNew York,York,N.Y,—London,EnglandEngland Saturday,Nov.Nov.13,1943

First P47AceIsAivarde{lDSCforCombatHeroism

Capt. CharlesP.P.London, of LongBeach, Cal., America's first P47tighter ace, has been awarded theDistinguished Service Cross for outstanding courage inin combat withsuperior forces of eneniy fighters,Eighth Air Force headquariersannouncedyesterday.

London, whowho hashascompleted 7070combatmissions.missions.IsIs onon hishis wayway backbacktotothe Slates to lecture and instructstudent fighter pilots.

The figliterfigliteraceace destroyeddestroyed hishis firstfirstGerman planeplaneJune 22,22,and becamebecameananaceJuly 3030whenheheshotdown hishisfifth.

WeatherSlowsAlliesAlliesin Italy;BombersActiveAnglo-U.S. TroopsTroops BeatBeat

Off Counter-AttacksIn the Moimtains

StrongStrongGerman counter-attacks,thickthickmud and heavy Nazi demoiitionsallallbutbroughtbrought thethe AlliedAllied advanceadvance inin ItalyItaly toto aastandstill yesterday,but inin thetheair AlliedAlliedbombersbombers finishedfinished cuttingcutting offoff southernsouthernFrance'sFrance's railrail linklink withwith thethe peninsulapeninsula bybytwotwoheavyattacksnearCannes.

OnlyOnly inin thethe FifthFifth Army'sArmy's MignanoMignanosectorsector waswas therethere anyany realreal fighting.fighting.Germantroops counter-attackedhercely forforthethirdthird timetime inin asas manymany days,days, butbut thetheAmericansandandBritish drove themoffoff andandsloggedslogged forwardforward throughthrough thethevalleybeyondbeyond thethe MignanoMignano heights,heights, toilingtoiling upupslipperyslippery hillshills towardtoward openopen country,country,wherewhereAlliedAlliedtanks can gogo totowork.

BesidesBesidesblown-upbridges,bridges, blastedblasted roadsroadsandandextensiveminefields, iheiheFifth hadhad toto

town ofofKercb^wiiich To ii againstdeepmud that boggeddownin flames, set fire dy tZtZCe^nnT

torcf \\ Mm,, prep.™,AAflare-up in fig\^ting at the nonVi end\\ againststrong^Gerrnanposwionsofof thetheCrimea was refwrted bybyBerlin,whichwhich saidsaid thatthat RussianRussian detachmentsdetachmentswhichwhich hadhad advancedadvanced acrossacross thethe SivashSivashwerewerewiped out.

Sonof Winant\azi Prisoner

Envoy HearsNazisNazisHoldFlierFlierMissing inin RaidRaidOnMunsterOct.10

RAF StrikesStrikesAgainatat GermanGermanSupplyLinestotoItalian Front;Libs Hit ThirdThirdBearingsPlantPlantP47P47KillsKills aa SecretSecretWeaponPlane

U.S. Army Air Force PlioiosThis FW190 nevergotgot aachancetotouse itsits "secret"secretweapon"rocket-guns(slungundereacheachwuig) onon U.S.U.S.bombersenen routeroute toto blastblast Hitler'sHitler'sfactories lastlastweek. AA P47,P47,escortingtheirtheir "big"bigfriends," caught ititoff guardguard andandzoomedinin forfor aa kill,kill, asas thethecameracamerashows:top,top,gunsopenup;up;bottom, bullets find target,target,exploding oneonerocket.

Planes,Planes,TanksTanksSupportTroopsMovin2'InlandonBous:ainville

Railwaysonon RivieraRivieraHammeredFrom

Vorth,Vorth,SouthTheTheAllies' two-way round-the-

clockaerialaerialoffensivewaswastakingshapeshapeyesterdayyesterday asas aa concentratedconcentrated onslaughtonslaughttoto smashsmash everyeveryGermantransportlinelineintointoIialyIialyandand totowipe outout thethedwindling roller-bearingroller-bearing plantsplants thatthatsupply the Wehrmacht and theLuftwaffe.

TheThe BritishBritishAirAir MinistryMinistry announcedannouncedyesterdaythat RAF planesbasedbased ininBritainBritain hadhaddelivereddeliveredanotheranother smashingsmashingblowblow atat vitalvital railrail arteriesarteries alongalong thethe FrenchFrenchRivieraRiviera ThursdayThursday night,night, onlyonly aa fewfew hourshoursafter U.S.U.S. heavyheavybombersofof thetheNorthwestwestAfrican AirAirForce hadhad poundedpounded thethesamesame lineslines atatCannesbyby daylight.daylight.

ThisThis climaxclimax toto aa greatgreat ArmisticeArmistice DayDayaerialaerial offensiveoffensive markedmarked thethe fourthfourth heavyheavyAlliedAllied blowblow atat routesroutes throughthrough whichwhich thetheGermansGermans areare tryingtrying toto reinforcereinforce theirtheirhard-pressedItalian front.

More BearingsPlantsSimultaneouslyitit waswasannounced inin

Africa that Liberators ofof thethe15lh15lhU.S.'AirAirForceForce hadhad sweptsweptjnjnunescortedunescorted fromfromtheirtheirMediterraneanbasesbases toto blastblast thetheball-bearingball-bearing factoryfactory andandrailway yardsyardsatat Annecy,Annecy, inin thetheFrenchAlpsAlps nearnear thetheSwiss border.

JustJust 2424 hourshours previouslypreviously LibsLibs ofof thethesamesame forceforce hadhad blastedblasted thethe largelargeVillaperose ball-bearingball-bearing worksworks nearnearTurin. TheTheimportanceofofboth pljintshadhadbeenmultipliedmultiplied byby thethe Forts'Forts' smashsmashing raid onon thethemain Germanbearingssourceatat5ich\veinfnnaamonlb ago.

Flying 600 miles across Europe toALLIED HQ, SoulWeslPaciRCjISlov.\2 (UP)—Ledby slrongtorccsof Icannes,the RAF bombed the coastal

tatiWs, andandprojectedhyhyaagrcal a\ra\rarmada,armada,A.Trveucanantvy andandMarine between France and lva\^ aiaitroopsdrove "inland ononBouga'mv'vWeIsland yesterdayinin aastrong bid toto\\ Cannesonon thethe northnorthbank,bank,ofof thetheSangroSangror'wer,r'wer,

limited itsits operationsoperations toto patrols.patrols. UsUstroopstroops werewere subjectedsubjected toto intenseintense shellingshellingbyby thethe enemyenemy throughoutthroughout thethe day.day.

NewNew GermanGermanpreparationsforfor withwithdrawalsdrawals werewere evidentevident alongalong thethewesterncoast. ToToThursday's information thatthatthetheeiiemy hashas begunbegundemolishing portportfacilitiesfacilities atatLeghorfl andand PescaraPescara waswasaddedyesterdaythethe newsnewsthat thethebreakwaterwater ofof GaetaGaetaharborhashas beenbeen destroyed.destroyed.

GermansPlugPlug RivieraRiviera GapGapMADRID, Nov. 1212(AP)—The(AP)—TheGerGer

mans areareplugging thethe lastlast gapgap inin theirtheirMediterranean wall defences betweenMarseilles and the Pyrenees,Pyrenees, asas theythey areareapparently convinced that the chain ofshallow bays along the coast would notaffordaffordsufficient protectionprotectionagainst thetheAllied offensive which they fear may ^^imminent.

BulldozerBulldozer BuriesBuries JapsJapsIn BougainvilleAttackAttack

ADVANCED HQ,HQ,SouthwestPacific,Nov. 1212(UP)—The U.S.U.S. hsahsa discovereddiscovered aanew assaultweapon—the"bulldozer."

During thethe landingslandings ononBougainvilleisland, ininthe Solomons, oneone ofof thesethesegiant machines,normally usedused forfor levellevellinglingoutout ground,ground,emergedfrom aalandingcraft.craft. RaisingRaising itsits bigbig steelsteel scrapcrscrapcr asas aashieldshield againstagainstmachine-gunfire, itit thunthundereddered towardtoward aa JapJap pill-box.pill-box. JustJust beforebeforereachingthetheenemy position ititdroppedthethe scraperscraper andandcoveredthethepillbox withaa moundmound ofof earth.earth. ThenThen itit drovedrove overoverthethe mound,mound,crushed IheIhepill-box andandburiedburied thethe Japs.Japs. ''

NazisDraw FinlandTroopsCairoCairo radioradio saidsaidyesterdaythatthat accordaccord

inging totoreports fromfrom Sweden,Sweden,Germantroopshavehave beenbeenwithdrawnfromfromFinlandinin orderorder toto offsetoffset losseslosses onon thetheEasternFront.

capturethe whole ofofthetheSolomonisland.Gen.Gen.MacArthur'scommuniquetoday said thetheAugustaBay bridgehead

now waswasfirmlyfirmlyinin AlliedAlliedhands and reinforcementshadhad beenbeenlanded.^^ "i'esterday,"i'esterday,Marine troops killedkilledhalf ofof

aaJap landing forceforce onon thetheLariuna riverdefenseline.

Meanwhile,Meanwhile, planesplanes hammeredhammered awayaway atatenemy supply lineslinesand airfields on thetheislandisland andand heldheld offoff anyany seriousserious JapJap airairoppositionopposition withwith strongstrong fighterfighter supportsupportoverover thethe AugustaAugusta BayBaybattle scene.scene.

BombersblastedanotherJap<a-uiser<a-uiseratatRabaul, scoringscoring aa"near miss," whilewhileotherU.S. bomberssunkaadestroyernearKavieng, New Ireland. In the centralSolomons,Solomons, aa smallsmallformation ofof JapJap airaircraft attacked U.S.U.S.shipping. AntiAntiaircraft batteries accounted for sevenenemy planesdestroyed.

In aa raid "which"whichproves the AlliedAlliedPacificPacific airair powerpower isis rapidlyrapidly growing.growing.Liberators fromfromAustralia sweptswept 2,0002,000miles across tropical seas totoblast vitaloiloil installation's atatSurabaya, onon thetheformerformer DutchDutch islandisland ofof Java.Java. DespiteDespite badbadweather,returningpilots said thetheraid waswas"very succcssful."

AANaval spokesmanspokesman saidsaidtoday thatthat thetheU.S. paratroopshad left Choiseul island,inin thetheSolomons,afterhavingdiverted thetheattention ofof thethe JapsJapsfrom landings ononBougainville. ..

\^msOptiinismCanLoseWar.^my IntelligenceIntelligence ChiefChief

SaysProductionProduction LagLagMightMight BeBe FatalFatal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Americaeveneven nownow cancan loselose thethe warwar if,if,throu^over-optimism,itsits warwar workersworkersfailfailtoto putputtheirtheir fullfull efforteffort intointo thethe productionproduction ofofweapons,weapons, Maj.Maj.Gen. GeorgeGeorge V.V.Strong,actingactingchief ofof ArmyArmy intelligence,intelligence,assertedtoday inin aastatementpreparedprepared forforCongress.

"Our main advantageinin thethestruggle,"StrongStrong said,said, "is"is ourour abilityability toto produceproduceweapons.weapons.If^, through unwillingnessunwillingness totofaceface facts,facts, wewe givegive upup thisthisadvantage,orthrough over-optimism, wewe slowslowdownproductionand relax our efforts, wewemayfindfindour opportunityforfor victoryvictory escapeescape ususpermanently."

Strong'sreport saidsaidGermanyhasmorethan 300 well-trained divisions and thatoptimism ininthe U.S. waswasbased almostentirely ononRussia'sability toto keepkeepnearlythree-quarters of the German armyoccupied and onon thetheability of Britishand American airmen to continue theirtremendousraids ononEurope.

The Reich, hehesaid, has 35,000,000employed ininwar industry andandamong

people employed inin warwarindustry andamong German armaments there aremanymany newnew modelsmodels ofof tanks,tanks, self-propelledself-propelledgims, rocket-gunsandandother equipment,which in somecasesare better than thematerial supplied toto thethe AlliedAlliedarmies.

10th AF BlastsBurmaNEW DELHI, Nov. 1212(UP)—Libera

tors of the lOtli U.S. Air Forcedeliveredaasucccssful daylight attack ononHehoairdrome on Thursday.

GIs Now May CableAmountsAs Low as $10 Home Free

PanickyRumaniansJamRoads Near Red Front

BERNE, Switzerland.Nov. 1212(UP)—Tens of thousands of panic-strickenpeasantsare evacuatingeasternRumaniabefore the advancingRussianarmiescanreach tliem,tliem,according totoreports hereheretonight. They arearejamming up' allall thethemain roadsalong whichwhich thetheGermansarearetrying toto rushrushreinforcements toto thetheeasternfront.

The German garrisons ininBessarabia,Bukovina and Moldavia have beenordered totostop the evacuation at allallcosts, according totothese reports,

Hundredsof Rumanian refugeeshavealready beenbeenarrested.

In many districts thetheevacucesarc notevenevenwaiting totopack their belongings.Entire farms arearebeing abandonedinin thethemass flight totosafety.

U.S.U.S.DestroyerSunkWASHINGTON. Nov.Nov. 1212(AP)—The

NavyNavyDepartmentannouncedtodaytoday thethedestroyerdestroyerBeattyBeattywafc sunksunk byby anan enemyenemyplane inin thetheMediterraneanNov.Nov. 6.6.ItItwaswas thethetwelfth U.S,U.S,naval vessel lostlostininthe Mediterraneanand the fouith dedestroyer announcedasaslost this week.

The minimum amountthatETC soldierscancan sendsendhome freefreeof charge bybycablehashas beenbeenreduced fromfrom S25S25 totoSIO,SIO,ititwaswasannouncedyesterday. TlieTliereduction,itit isisexpected,willwillenablemore sixthsixth andandseventh grade men toto getget ininon theservice.

MenMennow cancan givegive anyany evenevenamount,SIOSIOor over, totopersonnelofficers or unitunitcommanders,who then turn ititover toto thethefinancefinancedepartmentforfor freefreecabling. AnyAnysuchamountcan be deductedeachmonthfromfrom paypay forfor thethe samesamepurpose.

Soldiers sentsent backback5100,0005100,000inin April,April,

whenwhen thetheservice WasWasinitiated bybyCol.NicholasH. Cobbs,of Montgomery,Ala.,ETC fiscalfiscaldirector. TheThe totaltotal jumpedjumpedtoto$3,220,000 lastlastmonth, thetheaveragetransmittal being $60.

Responsetoto thetheprogram,officials said,has been so great that thethecentral financeofficeofficecable section, under S/Sgt. Hollandland W.W.Cook, of Atlanta, Ga., hashas tententypewritersgoing 1818hours aa daydaywritingout cablegrams.

The money cable service isishandled atatSOS headquartersbyby thethecentral disdisbursing financefinanceofTtfe, commanded bybyMa;.Ma;.ClarenceC.C.Neely,Neely,ofof Coolidge,Coolidge, Ga.Ga.

being heavy andandwell concentrated,accordingtoto anan AirAirMinistry communique

TlieTliedaylight attackattack byby U.S.U.S.bomberswas directed atat thetheAntheor Viaduct,betweenCannesandand St.St.Raphael,whichcarriescarries thethe coastalcoastal lineline acrossacross thethe footfoot ofof'"e'"eEsterel mountains.mountains. ReportsReports fromfromAlgiers saidsaidtliattliatthetherailway hadhadbeenciitciitasas aaresult of thetheraids. RAFWellingtonsWellingtons hadhad struckstruck anotheranother viaductviaductnearnear GenoaGenoa 1212 hourshourspreviously.

Mt. CenisCenisTunnel BlockcdBlockcdTheTheRiviera thoroughfarQbecameparapara

mountmount toto thethe NazisNazis withwith thethesealing ofofthetheBrennerPassPass throughthroughthetheAlps fromfromGermanyGermany toto ItalyItaly byby AmericanAmericanNWAAFbombersWednesdayandand thetheblasting ofofthethe Mt.Mt. CenisCenis tunnel,tunnel, atat Modane,Modane, FranceFrancebyby aaBritish-basedRAFRAF forceforceWednesdaynight.

TheThelunnellunnelwaswas reportedreported toto havehave beenbeenblocked completely. SwissSwiss reportsreports saidsaidthatthat damagedamage atatModanewaswasenormous.

SimultaneouslywitliwitliThursday night'snight'sRAFRAF assaultassault ononCannes,Cannes,RAFRAFMosquitoes,toes, inin oneone ofof theirtheirbiggest missions,bombedbombedBerlin,Berlin,thethe rubberrubber andand transportatransportationtion centercenter ofof Hanover,Hanover, andand targetstargets ininthe Ruhr.

TheseThese nightnight raidsraids followedfollowed Thursday'sThursday'sheavyheavy daydayattack ononMunster, inin northnorthwestwestGermany,bybyBritish-basedAmericanAmericanFlying Fortresses,and assaultsonon thetheCherbourgPeninsulaininFrance byby U.S.U.S.Marauders.

Goering ReorganizingNaziNaziFighter DefensesDefenses

BERNE,Nov. 1212(AP)—ReichsmarshalGoering, back ininfull command of theGerman airairforce, isisdirecting aa comcompleteplete reorganizationreorganization ofof thethe homehome fighterfighterdefensedefense toto increaseincrease itsitsefiiciencyefiiciencyandand raiseraisethethe numbernumber ofof planesplanes requiredrequired inin anyanygiven area,area, itit waswas ascertainedascertained todaytodaythrough aa source whose informationshould be accurate.

TheThe reportreport waswas supportedsupported byby picturespicturesofof GoeringGoering onon tourtour publishedpublished inin aa numnumberber ofof GermanGerman papers.papers. GoeringGoering waswasshownshown inspectinginspecting flakflak surroundedsurrounded bybyciviliancivilian crowds,crowds, talkingtalking toto factoryfactory girlsgirlsandandwatching soldiers atat thetheshootingrangerange ininCologne and other bombedtowns.towns.The "fanfare," thetheinformantsaid,.providedaacloak totoGoering's realobjective which was an alteration of(he air defenses.

Popetoto StayStay ininRomeRomeSTOCKHOLM, Nov. 1212(.iP)—The

PopePope willwill notnot leaveleave RomeRome toto acceptaccept"security""security" inin anyany territoryterritory ofof aa belligerentbelligerentpower,power, thethe RomeRomecorrespondentofof.Slock-holm's itdningen saidsaidtoday. TheThePopeslillslillhopeshopes thatthat RomeRome willwill beberegardedregardedasas anan"open city." AAweekweekagoago thetheGerman envoy toto thetheVatican againoffered thethePope sanctuaryinin lliechsten*stein.