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Vol. 33 No. 268 NewNewYork, N.Y.—London, England Monday,Sept.Sept. 13,13, 19431943

5thArmyFightsWayWayInlandVital Adriatic PortCapturedby British;EighthStrikesNorth

RedsDrive

To Cut Off

.\aziRetreatFour Russian Columns

SpeedForwardtotoQoseOnly EscapeGap ^^

MOSCOW, Sept. 12—One of thebiggest retreats ininmilitary history,with thetheGermansharriedandpinneddown at six sectorson an 800-milefront asasthey try totomakeaaquick andorderly withdrawal, isis developingfrom thethedrive of thetheRussianarmy.army.

Four Soviet columns strucic westwards yesterday toto close aa vitalescape gap for the Germans—thesingle railway wJiichwJiichthey must use forevacuating tlieir troops inin the Kubanbridgehead,the Crimea, and IheIhesouthwestern Donetz. Facedbybythis threat totothethewhole ofoftheir armies inin thethesouth,thetheGermansarc reforming to make aalast-ditch stand on the easternbank ofthetheDnieper, inin thetheZaporozhearea.

Total detcat oEoE thetheGcrnapnGcrnapnarmy ininthethe fieldfield thisthis winterwinter maymay bebeaccomplishedonce the Russianarmiesare concentratedin t!iet!ieZaporozhearea.

Tiiree Junctions ImperiledIn attempting totomake their last-ditch

stand thetheGermanswillwill bebehandicapped.Russian troops are nownow onlyonly 2020 milesmilesfrom thethethree junctions on thethe

German hands.WUrteWUrtexhe" whole Germanfront mm thethe

south hashasbeenbeenruptured byby thethebreakthrough totoChuplinn, thetheenemypositioninin thethe northnorth isis growinggrowingmore unsieady.TheseThese areare thethelatest reportson northernsectorsof thethefront:

Nyezhinsector;sector;TheThe RussianRussian forcesforces arearelessless thanthan 100100 milesmilesfrom Kiev,Kiev,hivingpushedforward moremore thanthan100 miles ininthethe lastlast1414days.days.Their advanceadvance hashas beenbeencenteredonon thetheKursk-Kiev railway,railway, thetheGermans' lastlast laterallateral lineline linkinglinking theirtheirsouth andandcentral armies.armies.Further adadvancesvances towardstowardsPriluki,Priluki,toto thethesotUhsotUhofofthetheline,line,andand Beresna,Beresna, toto itsits north,.havenorth,.havehelpedhelped toto guardguard thethe flanksflanks ofof thisthismainmainpushpush fromfrom GermanGermancounter-attacks.

Briansk sector: Briansk isisnow inindangerdanger fromfrom threethree separateseparate RussianRussianthrusts. DueDue east,east, thetheRussians havehaveforcedforced theirtheir wayway onon toto itsitsapproaches—approaches—afterafter somesome ofof thethe toughesttoughestfiglging ofofthe whole warwar inin thethethick forests whichformform aabeltbeltbetweenbetween OrelOreland Briansk—and arearealready withinwithinstriking distanceof the town.

-Second Threat ininSouth

TheThe secondsecondthreat comescomes fromfrom thethesouth,south,wherewhere RedRed ArmyArmytroops havehaveforcedforced thethe DesnaDesna RiverRiver inin severalseveral places,places,andand.are.arenow.fighting forfor thethejpwnjpwnofofNovgorod-Syervsky.

Another threatthreat isis developingdeveloping toto thethenorthnorth ofof BrianskBriansk itself,itself, wherewhere RussianRussianforcMforcMareare nownow withinwithin 2020milesmilesofof thetheBriansk-SmolenskBriansk-Smolensk railway.railway. ThisThis lineline isisoneone ofofiheihetwotwo stillstill ableable toto supplysupply Briansk.Briansk.

ICentiickyPilotNamedP47Ace

Capt.GeraldGerald Johnson,Johnson, 24,24, ofofOwenlon,Owenlon,Ky.,Ky.,who left-KentuckyStateStatecollegelittlemoremore thanthan aa yearyear ago,ago, waswasdisclosedyesterdayasas thethesecondP47P47 pilotpilot inin thetheEighth AirAirForcetotobecomeananace—widifivefive NaziNazi"kills" toto hishiscredit.

EighthEighth AirAir ForceForceheadquarterssaidsaidCapt.Capt.Johnsonbecameananace Aog. 19whenwhen hehe downeddowned hishis fifthfifth plane.plane. ConConfirmation ofof thethevictory was delayedpendingstudy ofofthe battle photographstakentaken byby Johnson'sJohnson's plane.plane.

Three AcesAces ininP47sCapt. Charles P.P.London, ofofLong

Beach Cal., was the first F47 ace.Recently Maj. Eugene P. Roberts,ofofsSane. Wash., was announced asanother, but yesterday'sannouncementSosedSosedthat Capt. attammentofofthe distinctionprecededMaj. Jloberts^^MarRob^ertsand Capt. Johnsonareamongthe threepilots Jn this theaterwhobold the ETC r^ordr^ordfor destroyingthreeenemyplanesplanes in'ain'asingle day.day. ..,, ..

Capt-Capt-Johnson,Johnson, whowhoreceivedhishisbasictraining atatRandolphField, holdsthe AirAirMedal wiih oakoak leafleafcluster.HisHisThunderbolt,bolt, thethe "Jackson."Jackson. CountyCounty Fighter,Fighter, waswaspurchasedwith the proceedsofofWar Bondsalessales ininJacksonCounty, Mich.Mich.

Forts Wreck aaNazi Airfield

Allies Poui' Reinforcementsto All SectorsAs Nazis AttemptAttempt toto StemStemDrives;

HeavyBattlesBattlesNearNearNaplesTheTheU.S. FifthFifthArmy, locked ininviolent battleswithwith GermanGermanpanzerunits,

blastedblastedilsilsway inland frot^frot^NaplesandandSalernoyesterdaywhile Britishtroopstroops-which capturedcaptured thethe navalnaval basebase atatTaranto seizedseizedBrindisi, onon thetheAdriaticAdriaticSea,andandmoved northward. FartherFarthersouth, Gen.Gen.Montgomery'sEighthEighth ArmyArmycapturedCatanzaro,giving thetheAllies possessionofofthe toeofofthetheCalabrianpeninsula.^ ÎnIn allallsectors.Allied reinforcementswerewere pouringpouring fromfromthousandsofofinvasion craftcraft butbut thetheGermanswere throwing inineverythingavailable ininananall-out effort toto stopstop thetheAllies, espyeciallyinin thethedrive forforNaples. "Veryseveresevere fighting"fighting" isis goinggoing onon inin thethe hillyhilly countrycountry whichwhich stretchesstretches inlandinland fromfromthethecoastnearnearNaples,thethelatestreportsofofthe fighting said latelate lastlastnight.

StrongStrong NaziNaziartillery concentrationshave beenbroughtupup.and.andthethe LuftLuftwaffe, apparentlydrawing ononhome forces, hashas putputgreatly increasedairairstrengthstrength intointo thethe battlebattle inin anan efforteffort totoholdholdbackback thethe surgingsurgingAllied drive.InIn northernnorthern ItalyItalyField MarshalRommelalso hashasstrengthenedJiis defenses

bybydrawing eh'teeh'tetroops and'and' S.S.S.S.unitsfromfrom thethe Riviera,Riviera, accordingaccording toto reportsreportsfrom Stockholm,whichwhich saidsaidthat Germantroops are moving into Italy "withoutinterruption."

DespiteDespitefiercefiercecounter-attacksbybybothinfantryinfantry andand armoredarmored forces,forces,however.however.Gen.Gen. MarkMark W.W. Clark'sClark's FifthFifth ArmyArmy concontinuedtinued toto makemake slowslow butbut steadysteady progress.progress.InIn oneone counter-attackcounter-attack 1414outout ofof 2828 enemyenemy

JAHHA_.Y^gTg ••destroyed. Allied planes,waswason'Potenza.vitalvital railrail linklinkbetweenbetweenTarantoand Salerno.,

In ihc Salernoare.i, the G