| Show nO 1 G 13 MILES FROM LENINGRAD Russians Admit Dread Danger To Czars Czars' Capital Berlin Warns Reds That Defense Will Result in Fate Such As Devastated Devastated Warsaw Suffered By Associated Press German troops storming toward Leningrad from the south were were reported Thursday to be within 13 miles of the old czarist capital Russia's se second ond city and even even the Russians Russian acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged i 1 that dread 1 edged Leningrad was in iQ danger A Swedish broadcast quoting the the- Berlin BerUn correspondent of ot a Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm Stock- Stock holm newspaper said the nazis were advancing via about 22 miles south of Leningrad Adolf Hitler's high command reported reported re- re re-i re ported that German columns had bad smashed three main bulwarks of Leningrad's outer defense system I Reports Pessimistic Despite severe reverses at both ends of the mile 1500 battlefront from Karelia Karella to the Black sea sea- soviet so official spokesman S. 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S Lozovsky declared in Moscow M There Is no alarm or pessimism's in our ranks Even Hitler and his i his j advisers understand that the war in the east has only begun Lozovsky conceded that the Germans Germans Ger- Ger mans had won considerable successes sue suc but h he said saidon on the basis of Russia's RussIa vastness only a comparatively comparatively com corn small area has been taken and that thit has been left without without with without out provisions containing only wrecked cities clUes ruined factories guerrilla warfare and hatred Challenging an o official Russian order for a fight to defend LenIngrad Leningrad Leningrad Lenin- Lenin grad to the death the Berlin radio declared that if the city were defended defended defended de- de fended It would suffer the same fate as Warsaw which was largely destroyed by nazi and siege guns when the Poles refused re refused refused re- re fused to surrender me Lne red army northwest command command com cam mand admitted that Leningrad i iwas was under direct threat of attack attack attack at- at tack but the Russians expressed confidence that the city's defenses defenses' I with with an estimated garrison of of- 1 would men would men would hold Odessa Reported Afire On the southern front Russia's Russia 4 i great Black sea port of Odessa 5 i iwas was reported aflame blasted by German artillery and dive bombers j I IThe The German high command reported re- re fl ported portes that nazi troops storming J Continued on Page Pace Four Column One Onel German Legions Move Closer to Leningrad Continued from Page Oneto Ont en One One- to toward ard Leningrad from the south had captured the ancient walled city of miles be below below below be- be low Leningrad grad in bitter fighting ag against the red army de defenders Only Wednesday night soviet dispatches declared that a showdown showdown showdown show show- down battle for Leningrad was raging about and that the town surrounded by swamps and myriad lakes was admirably situated for a stonewall defense The German high command re reporting reporting reporting re- re porting the swift fall of al also o announced the capture of of Narva 81 miles southwest of i Leningrad and the rail raily yv y gate ate to Leningrad six miles males farther farther far far- ther east Our troops continue their victorious victorious victorious vic vic- advance a bulletin from Hitler's headquarters declared In the critical battle of the Ukraine the Germans reported that units of wallen S S. 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Sv elite guard had seized the strategic town of on the west bank of the lower river thereby virtually sealing red army tr troops ops in the Odessa sector D N B the official German vs ne news agency said nazi siege guns and dive bombers were raining havoc on Odessa inflicting inflicting inflicting inflict inflict- ing tremendous losses on soviet troops awaiting embarkation on jammed quays Great fires were reported raging in many parts of the city Amid this desperate plight of the red armies in the Ukraine unconfirmed reports circulated in European listening posts that the Russians had opened or blown up the great river dam near in an attempt to stem the nazi onslaught slaught c Built by American engineers the dam is feet high and was the worlds world's largest hydroelectric plant before the construction of Boulder dam German war correspondents said the Russians were establishing establish establish- j ing a shaky defense line along the between and which lies 20 miles above the mouth of the In the critical battle of Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad Lenin Lenin- grad Soviet Marshal Klementi Klement admitted that the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans were attacking the city's approaches and dram dramatically a tic a II y called on the inhabitants to fight to the death Stand firm to the end he ex ex- ex Death to the bloody fascist fascist fascist fas fas- cist German robbers Reports from Helsinki said Finnish columns fighting on the isthmus had captured the he towns of and 65 miles from Leningrad The capital of old imperial Russia thus was under assault from three directions Besides claiming the capture of three key cities in the main Leningrad Leningrad Len- Len ingrad defense ring Hitler's high command announced the crushing crush crushing ing ng defeat and partial destruction of 25 Russian divisions divisions about about ps troops troops-as as well as two airborne airborne air- air borne brigades in a great battle around Gomel on the central front midway between and Kiev The mention of borne airborne troops indicated that the battle was the same ame one previously mentioned by br bythe the he soviet army newspaper Red RedStar RedStar RedStar Star which said R Russian an counterattacks counterattacks counterattacks counter counter- attacks supported by aerial troops had lad blasted the Germans out of three defense lines and recaptured recaptured recap- recap five towns in a three-day three conflict j i Scene ile of Nazi Finn Thrust at Reds o roo ND MILES t r Q LENING t o R MOSCOW Y GOMEL a KIEV AM seer R 0 e eN N Fa 9 4 4 71 i O 9 Sq RUMANIA SEVASTOPOL Black SeQ Seams Germans and Finns continued their thrusts black wedges from north and south against Leningrad 1 in a double pincer pincer pincer pin- pin one a frontal action the other a wider movement ai aimed ned dotted wedges at cutting city's supply lines In center 2 nazis claimed crushing 1 defeat for reds German thrust black wedge apparently w was s aimed dotted wedge at flanking soviet defense line on cast east bank of In south 3 Odessa was under full siege |
