RED ARMY IN i
ALL-OUT BID
FOR WARSAW
1 .
| MOSCOW, Aug. 16.—<AP>—
The Red Army appeared to be
making its real allout bid for
Warsaw, against the bitter resist
ance in the Praga district, just
across the broad Vistula river
from the capital, it was disclosed
today. j
Another menace to the German
defense system is enclosed below
East Prussia, where Soviet troops
are driving through a 15-mile de
fense belt toward the German
rail center of Lyck, in the East
Prussian, Masurian Lake region.
Marshal Rokossovsky’s army
has been within gunshot of War
saw since late in July, and for the
first time in many days the Sov
iet communique mentioned the
Warsaw battle, and disclosed the
report that 32 tanks and 800 Nazi
troops were destroyed in the Ger
man counterattacks at Praga.
Rokossovsky has completed his
assault plans, built up. his re
serves, strengthened his commun
ications, eliminated strong Ger
man threats to his right flank,
and today has struck at the heart
of the German defense zone be
fore Warsaw.
There are indications that the
struggle on the east side of the
Vistula river is in its final stage,
as the seasoned Russian and Po
lish troops are dug in on a semi
circle around Praga, the great in-t
dustrial district.
Their massed artillery and
planes are strewing the battle
ground with derelict tanks and
sprawling German dead.
The Russians announced that
Konev’s army, which has taken
1,500 square miles west of the
Vistula river in the area 100
miles below Warsaw, and 35
miles from Krakow, has killed
140,000 Germans, and injured 32,
360 others, in the month ending
August 12th.
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Monday's Games
National League
New York 3, Cincinnati 6.
Boston 6, Pittsburgh 7. (12 inn
ings.) (Unfinished game of July 2,
started with ninth inning).
Boston 0, Pittsburgh 5.
Philadelphia 6, Chicago 1.
Brooklyn 2, St. Louis 4.
American League
Chicago 1, New York 2. (13 inn
ings).
St. Louis 1, Boston 5.
Cleveland 5, Washington 8.
Detroit 5, Philadelphia 7.
Tuesday's Games
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 2, Sacramento 4.
San Francisco 5, Hollywood 4.
Only games played.
American League
Cleveland 1, Washington 0.
St. Louis 6, Boston 5.
Detroit 3, Philadelphia 2.
Chicago 1, New York 3.
National League
Boston 5, Pittsburgh 7.
Brooklyn 3, St:. Louis 6.
New York 3, Cincinnati 6.
Philadelphia 1, Chicago 4.
PREMATURE
BOMB DROPPING
KILLS SOLDIERS
TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 16.—
(AP)—Ralph Allen, the Globe
and Mail war correspondent in
France, said in a copyrighted
story today, that an estimate 500
loads of bombs fell prematurely
from RAF supporting aircraft, on
Canadian positions north of Fal
aise Tuesday, and that “many sol
diers were killed, many were
wounded, and some were shell
shocked.”
CAPTURE OF
ISLANDS MAKES
! SUCCESS SURE
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By KENNETH DIXON
WITH THE ALLIED AIR
: FORCES TAKING SOUTHERN
: FRANCE, Aug. 16 —(AP)—With
i the capture of two island yester
I day, it made possible the success
of the invasion of southern
France from both the naval and
air points of view.
The islands were literally brist
ling with heavy guns and em
placements phis antiaircraft bat
teries, and lie due south of Cap
Negre, like watchdogs off the
mainland.
Before a landing could be made
the islands had to be neutralized,
so two allied outfits, representa
tive of the United Nations, were
| sent to do the job.
They accomplished their mis
sion so welL in the darkness of
the night preceding the invasion
! hour, that they not only silenced
! the guns, but did not even dis
turb the mainland, and nothing
was heard from them. But when
! planes, gliders and ships began
! streaming over and around the is
lands without even drawing a
single shot, it was apparent the
two crack neutralizers had done
their job well, although their part
i in the invasion was not mention
ed until 12 hours after the beach
, head* were secured.
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NEGROES RAID
ITALIAN TROOPS
SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—< API—A
raid by Negro soldiers on sleep
ing Dalian soldiers, members of
a military service unit at Fort
Lawton, was reported officially
in a statement by the office of
the Port of Embarkation, which
said: “The body of one Italian
soldier was found hanging from a
-nearby tree.”
The melee started at midnight
Monday when the Negroes gath
ered up rocks and entered the
barracks. Twenty-four Italians
were taken to the hospital, while
eight Negroes were less seriously
hurt.
The military police arrested all
of the attackers and started an'
immediate investigation.
The statement carefully avoid-1
ed placing the responsibility and i
said, “There was the possibility
of suicide, which would be inves
tigated.”
BUREAU HEAD
VISITS IN NOME
Don Foster, general supervisor
for the Department of Indian Af
fairs for the Territory of Alaska,
is spending a few days in Nomej
on his tour of the cities, towns*
and villages of the Territory.
Mr. Foster is acquainting him
self with the people of Alaska,
and his department, and expects
to return in the near future to
discuss matters pertaining to our
local departmental problems.
He is planning to go to Seattle
to meet with the heads of the
Fedral House Administration for
plans 0o re-build, the village of
Hoonah, Alaska, which bunked
recently.
BROADCAST
SAYS JAPANESE
‘RETIRED’
LONDON, Aug. 16.—(AP>—A
Tokyo radio broadcast acknow
ledged that Japanese forces had
retired from northeastern India
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into Burma.
The broadcast said: "Japanese
forces engaged on the India*
Burma frontier region, have been
transferred into Burmese terri
tory, where they are being pre
pared for further battles.”
The broadcast was also record
ed by Associated Press.
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