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Guerrilla Siege Threatens Nazis At Vital Bryansk 90 Soviet Divisions Moved Up to Bolster Southern Front MOSCOW, April « 'TNSV Russian guerrilla* have th« kc\ town of Br>r'.n , »k 22<'’ miles rth- U»st of Moscow the fiortv news paper R« d Star n imrted today. The Germans have evacuated all civilians from the cistern outskirts of Bryansk, where the enemy has established strong defense |*>si ttons. Red Star added (Ninety Russian divisions have been brought up to rein* force the 2Jv)*milo sector of ihe WJUThcm front between Tagan rog and Kharkov, according to on Ankara dispatch to Routers. Tne news was attributed by the Ankara radio to Russian re ports » 40.000 MORK KILLED A special communique claimed slaughter of 40.000 Germans in fighting on the central front be tween March 27 and April 3. The Red army recaptured 161 inhab ited localities in this sector, the report added (Russian forces in the Orel sector have advanced 50 miles both north and south of the city, said a Stockholm dispatch to the London News Chronicle. Orel is • R 0 miles southeast of Bryansk. * Red arms - artillery' is heavily shelling Bryansk, according to Stockholm reports.) German planes bombed Lenin grad Saturday night but caused no serious damage, said reports.) Only a few enemy bombers pene trated the city’s defenses and IS planes were shot down bv Russian fighter planes and anti-aircraft batteries. 102 PLANES DOWNED Along the whole front. 102 Ger man jsanes were destroyed in Saturday's fighting, said an official communique. Russian losses were placed at 16 planes. On the south western front. 14 German tanks were destroyed and three cap fired. the communique said. South of Leningrad, where the yth German army is virtually encircled at Staraya Russa. 2 500 Germans were killed in an effort to break through the Russian lines Russians Smash Nazi Reserves KUIBYSHEV’. Russia April 6 (UP).—Sweeping Russian victories forcing the Germans into rapid retreat on the central front and smashing their spring offensive re serves in the Kharkov area of the southwestern front were reported today by the Soviet army news paper. Red Star. The Red Star dispatch said the Germans had been forced back across a river on the central front, and the Russians, in hot pursuit, prevented them from discontinuing the battle. It said all the reserves of the German 6th and 17th armies, which the enemy high command had massed in the southwest for the spring offensive, had been amashed in a determined Russian drive NAZI PLIGHT GRAVE Red Star’s dispatch indicated that the 6th and 17th armies now * are in an acute situation. The 17th • army's left flank, which the Red army crushed, was based at Bar- venkova. 80 miles southeast of Kharkov. The crumpling of this salient forced the Germans to bring in forces from other sectors. Including the remnants of Col. Gen Ewald von Kleist's battered #outhwestem tank command. ' The reinforcements rushed to atiffen the 6th and 17th German' armies already have been put to flight. Red Star said. * Wreford on Draft Board fc: *. William B. Wreford of 7614 Dex- J. ter boulevard, w as appointed today to Wayne County Local Draft Board No. 30. succeeding Byron J. Rivett who died recently. During .the first world war Wieford • : active in public service > Dies at Easter Mass GRAND RAPIDS. April 6 ; . Ir*. Mirhahne Wy«or ki was ’ stricken with a heart attack and died while attending Hast»r Sun ‘ day mass here. OWES Any Hem# I ft ftj£ Any • Wric J (Urn«»«*4l * f ■■ Biivtflana 36 Store; IcIM f * h (■|||OTayVUA^^ oe> PAGE 2 IN THE | NEWS I (CosMnuril from I'agr Oar) folding Rook of Destiny, just as in the rionrd hook of his tory. it is written that tyr-l ann\ and oppression bring forth their own downfall, *od that the irresistible moral forces of the world march on the side of resolute men when freedom is the goal. The high crusade upon which we have embarked ('alls into action every spark, of our genius, every inheri tance of our pioneering spirit, every native skill, every lib erty we cherish, all that we are and ever hope to be. The challenge comes from every battlefield ami every pat riot’s grave to every liv ing heart and heaithstone all over our fair land. In the words of our indom itable MacArthur: "Thru ran hr no earn promise. H e shall win or a i shall (Ur, and ta this t ad. / pledge you the full rt sources at all the inight y power of in;/ country and all the blood of in y country- ■ n. We shall fight till God* white torch melts the chains and the last dungeon door swings wide open to the op pressed of the world. We as a nation face ONE problem. We must face it as ONE nation. To do less would demon strate that a glorious heritage of valor has dwindled to a pitiable pittance of patriot ism. Our liberty is a living, vital and vibrant force sprung from the hands of God and enshrined in the hearts of His children. What God has given no man can take away. While we stand amid the encircling gloom, all is not dark. The light kept shining in the darkness, and the dark ness was not able to put it out. The light of liberty oui fathers kindled shall illumt nate the world! .4// old man, travelling a lone high way. Came at the evening , cold and gray. To a chasm deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim. 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L~,==■ So I told him, ‘Listen, I’ve been in show business frre year* and with my figure, 1 don’t HAVE to know how to act!’ ” "You Hirer again trill pass this nay: "You've, crossed thi chasm deep and wide, "Why build you the budge at eventide ?” The builder lifted his old gray head. "Good friend, in (he path I've route," he said, "There foUowcth after me today "A youth whose fret must pass this ivay, "This chasm that was as naught to me, "To that fair youth may a pitfall be: "He, too, must rtoss in the twilight dim: "Good friend, I am building the bridge for him" Eludes 4, ■| % Sunk by sth U-Boat NEW YORK. April 6 (INS).— A medium-sized United Nations merchant vessel four times out-! sped enemy submarines but fell victim to a fifth, survivors of the! crew revealed today. The ship was sunk recently off the Atlantic Coast, and 29 mem jbers of the 36-man- crow were brought to LaGuardia air base by a Pan-American Airways clipper. Among the six men believed lost -one was wounded and left in a loreign hospital—was the ship’s captain. Survivors revealed the fifth U-. boat was too big and too fast, and came at the freighter with a ma chine gun spitting bullets from ty*r conning tower. Berlin Boasts Of Slave Labor WASHINGTON. April 6 HNS). - The office of facts and figures said today that the Berlin radio has *been boasting that Germany will increase the number of for eign workers in the Reich to more than 4.000.000. “Hitler,” OFF declared, "i* moving with ‘blitz’ »|>eed to ex tend his system of slave labor throughout subjugated Europe. Nazi labor bosses are reaching from Rome to Riga for man power to ship Into Germany.” Italy, according to Berlin broadcast recorded here, provided 3(X),000 workers to Germany in 1941, and another 100.000 are ex pected shortly. Polish workers now in Ger many. exclusive of war prisoners, 'number 655,000. Reporting the presence of 150,- 000 French workers in Germany, Radio Berlin said that since the beginning of last month, a weekly average of 30 trams with about 1.000 workers each have been leaving France for the Reich. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT STORE STATE WM11" ortN I vtMiMGS tin » Defenders Balk Bataan Pincers By Japanese Fieri Tanks in New Offensive Massed for Kayo by Invaders By JOSEPH A. BORS In,-| Nrw* Serslrr C„rrrM>«mdrn» WASHINGTON. April 6 -Ba taan's defenders today snipped off the spearheads of a Jajvanese land and sea-borne pincers movement; with point blank artillery fire that smashed enemy invasion barges on the east coast and threw liack Jap] infantry forces who had the sup port of tanks and dive bombers. Mention in recent weeks that Japanese tanks are being used in the Bataan jungles indicated that the Japanese are gathering all their military might in an attempt to knock out the American-Fili pmo army which has kept the Japanese virtually staiied in the Manila Bay area since shortly after the war began. DIVE BOMBER FELLED Again, Japanese losses were de scribed as "heavy.” In addition, the war department in its communique reported that ("one enemy dive bomber was shot |down bv our anti-aircraft artil lery." “Though the assault was made with great force, supported by tanks, artillery and dive bomb ers, it was stopped by our troops after hard fighting," the com munique said. “The enemy was unable to extend the slight gains made on the previous day.” The second sea-borne attack within 48 hours was rrade by the Japanese under cover of dark ness but the army reported it was "frustrated by light artillery fire from our beach defense." ATTACK WITH BARGES The first attack was made with barges mounting 75-mm. guns and carrying troops, but that also was smashed by American artillery on the east coast of Bataan with heavy losses to the enemy. Meantime. Corregidor experi enced a comparatively quiet week end. “Corregidor was again free from hostile air raids," the com munique said, “but two enemy dive bombers attacked Fort Frank yesterday morning and Fort Drum yesterday afternoon with light bombs. No damages and no casualties resulted." Forts Drum and Frank are near the Cavite shore of Manila Bay. Rabaul Costly to Foe 1,399 Aussies Inflict 2,000 Casualties on Force of 17,000 Japs Capturing Island Port LONDON, April 6 (INS).-A force of only 1.399 Australians in flicted 2,000 casualties on 17.000 Japanese troops that landed on the north coastof New Britain Island and captured the Port of Rabaul last January 23, the Ex change Telegraph News Agency reported today in a dispatch from Port Moresby, New Guinea. The invasion began in the pre dawn hours after days of aerial, blasting by unchallenged Japanese bombers. Dug in on the slopes of Mount Vulcan, the Australians had their first warning when they heard low voices across the nearby water. Then came the sound of boats iscraping on the pebbled beach 'below. The JipuiNC, wiih limbs and Bombs Kill 2,000 In Mandalay LONDON. April 6 (INS).—Be tween 2,000 and 3,000 persons were killed and 5,000 injured in a three hour bombardment of Mandalay Friday by a formation of 36 Japa nese bombers, according to a Man dalay dispatch to the Daily Sketch. Two-thirds of the business dis trict of the Burma city were demolished by the continuous rain of bombs, the dispatch said. The Sketch's correspondent said he saw fragments of bombs taken from craters near the Mandalay station, and believed they were British bombs, presumably left in Rangoon and which fell into Japa nese hands when they captured the Burma capital. Ileroos I nile MacArthur Accepts York Bid for Flag Campaign MELBOURNE. Australia. April 6 (INS). Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur has accepted the invitation of Sgt. Alvin York to serve as “honorary commander-in-chief” of a nationwide campaign in the United States to display the flag in every home. World Famous Comics! Three page* every day In Dally De troit Times. DON’T WAIT! ACT NOW! / While They Last I YOU CAN BUY M A BRAND NEW MOTOR DRIVEN BRUSH EUREKAfI ..... AA 9S ■ M«d«i ★ Liberal Trade-in-Allowance ★ Easy Terms Arranged ★ Small Monthly Payments This Offer Is for a Short Time Only, So Act Now-At Once j Extra Special A FEW Factory Rebuilt ■ Eureka Hwß™ Vacuum Cleaners M 1995 One Year Guarantee Generous Trade-in *** Allowance Brand New Attachments at Small Extra FOR FREE HOME TRIAL CALL CA. 9324 Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Shop 1521 Broadway CA. 9324 Let ut repair your Cleaner if you need tervice. Free estimates. We give Factory Service using Genuine Eureka Factory Parts Monday, April 6, 1942 faces blackened and wearing sing lets and shorts, made no attempt to be quiet as they swarmed ashore. Apparently they believed the point to be entirely unde fended A group of 150 Australians! moved swiftly down the mountain side to meet the invaders, and soon the opposing forces were grappling man to man in bloody combat. Thousands more of the Japanese attempted to follow the first con tingent ashore only to be caught in the areas barbed wire defenses and subjected to a murderous crass fire of machine guns. Bodies were sprawled in piles over two yards of beach front. Overwhelmingly outnumbered, the Australians retired, traveling hundreds of miles through almost impenetratahle jungles. British In Burma Delay Japs NEW DELHI. India. April 6 ( UP Retreating British imperi- ( als fought a desperate delaying' action at the gateway to western Burma's nrh oil fields today as advancing Jafiane.se spearheads! reached Nyaungbinzeik, 15 miles north of abandoned Prome. The situation on the British western flank admittedly was crit ical. The Nyaungbinzeik area is only 80 miles from the Mtnbu and Yenangyaung oil welLs. It was believed the British com mander, Gen. Harold R. L. G. Alexander, was attempting to es tablish a new line along the Irra waddy River, possibly less than 50 miles from the oil wells,-which annually produce 10,000,000 bar rels of high-quality petroleum. The British strategy now was said to he based on all-out de- sense of the oil-producing area while awaiting reinforcements to stem the methodical Japanese ad vance. It was understood increased Allied air support and additional' ground forces have been promised. (London military quarters believed the “reinforcements” would include American forces, hut they did not indicate the possible number nor how soon they were expected > Continued Japanese command of the air increased the difficulty of the Allied position. Report on India Sent to Roosevelt By U. S. Envoy British Cabinet's Reply on Revision of Plan to Be Made Tomorrow By P. D SHARMA I nitrd PrrM staff t fTTir— 4r«M NEW DELHI. India, April 8 Louis A. Johnson. President Roose velt’s personal envoy to India, has conferred with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian nationalist leader, on Brit ain’s offer of post-war dominion status to India and ha* forwarded a special report to the President, it was made known today. Tomorrow Sir Stafford Cripps, British war cabinet envoy who (submitted the offer to the Indians, jis to advise the nationalists of the ■cabinet's “final” reply on the ex tent to which the offer may he changed. Nationalists said they were dis satisfied over the conference Saturday between Gen. Sir Archi bald Wavell, rommander-in-chief in India and Burma, and national ist leaders. They complained that Waved did not “commit” himself on the ‘details of an Indian defense set-up in which an Indian, as defense minister, would share power over non-strategic defense problems. (sandhi's Plan Tells How He'd Beat Japs Without Guns LONDON. April 6 (INS). —The Daily Express today quoted Mo handas K Gandhi, spiritual leader tof India s millions, as insisting he would not fight the Japanese under any circumstances j interviewed at New Delhi prior to his departure for Wardha, where his wife is ill. Gandhi was quoted by the Express rorrespond ent as stating: “I would not surrender India —I would let the Japanese land and then fight them by non violence. “The Chinese made a mistake fighting the Japanese. They have been battling a long time but the war still continues. Van must be Just as prejiared to lay down your life In non-slolent a* in violent warfare. "The Indian people are not armed. 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