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In Lom cum Lommand cummand ( .uniniand uniniand . mand of 01 the American China air task tallk tsak force lorce TUNISIA : Btg Blg Big PunchWorking Punch PunchWorking Working as al a team Allied armies armieshave armieshave annleahave have thrown thetr theIr big punch at theAxis the theAxis theAxis Axis in Tunisia Tunflla TunisiaWith TunfllaWith TunisiaWith With Allied planes flying tying ( ylng over the theaouthern thesouthern outhern aouthern southern front tront In waved waves wave " bombing and andatra andstrafing traflng strafing atra ng the enemy the British BrlUsh 8tharmy 8th 8tharmy 8tharmy army opened a powerful assault aasauit assaultagainst aasauitagaln.t assaultagainst against agaln.t agalnt . the Mareth line Unit Units * ofthis of ofthis ofthis this army smashed Imashed through the left lett leftIde lettaide leftaide aide Ide of the Axis Axil positions and racedto raced racedto racedto to within 20 miles of Gabea Gabe Gabes . a vitalcommunications vital vitalcommunications vitalcommunications communications center for tor theenemy theenemyAt the theenemy theenemy enemy enemyAt At the same lame time Lleut Lieut Gen GenGeorge GenGeorge GenGeorge George Patton led hi his . armored armoredAmerican armoredAmerican armoredAmerican American forces torce . Into MaknalllY Maknassy MaknalllYwhich Maknassywhich Maknanywhich which . stands .tands tands 20 miles from trom the theGabes theGabea theGabes Gabes Gabea coastal area Patton s I a men menheld menheld menheld held their positions posltlonl despite de.plte deplte . the fierce fiercecounterfire fiercecounterfire fiercecounterflre counterfire ot of German dive bombersIn bombers bombersIn In the welter of ot fighting it ap- ap appeared appeared ap appeared - - peared as though the British were weresucceeding weresucceeding .ucce ucce succeeding . ding In herding the Germans Germansback Germansback Germansback back up the coast while the Amer AmerIcans AmerIcane Amerleans Icans Icane were driving eastward to cut cutoft cutoft cutoft oft the retreat from trom the rear En Enjoylni Enjoying EnJoying joylni joying air superiority .uperlorlty uperlorlty . the Allie Allies Alliesclaim Alliesclaim . claim to have bagged 24 Axis planesIn planes in the early stages .tagel tagel . of the fighting toa to toa toa a loss Iou of seven .even even . of their own . . . KISKAJap KISKAIap KISKA lap Iap Air Ar A r BaseThe Base BaseThe The silence shrouding Japaneseactivities Japanese Japaneseactivities Japaneseactivities activities on KIska Kllka Island Illand in theAleutlans the theAleutians theAleutians Aleutians was broken with word ofAmerica of ofAmerica ofAmerica America s I a stepped Itepped up air olensive olensivedesigned offensivedesigned offen live livedesigned designed primarily to prevent the theenemy theenemy theenemy enemy from trom accomplishing accompHlhlng the task taskof taskof taskat of building an air field on the moun tnoun mountalnous tnountainous mountainous talnous tainous Island baseAlmost baseAlmost base baseAlmost Almost three times as many raids raidswere raidswere raidswere were made In March as In Febru February Februcry February ary cry The Japs are working 24 hours hoursa a day to construct a flight Itrlp strip Itrlphorn stripfrom stripfrom horn from which they can operate land landplane landplanes landplanes plane planes . 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' to operate a weather 813 stn 813tlon stnLion slatlon tlon Lion 60 on the Kamchatka perunsula peninsula perunsulawhicH peninsulawined pemnsulowhicn whicH wined Culow aIlowa a"now anow " . an accurate gduge goluge gauge of ofn ofatmospheric ofatmospheric n tmospbeTJc atmospheric conditions in the B Ber Bering BcrIng < : r rwg wg ing xea sea R RUSSIA U SIA : Deeds , Few Fetv F etv fiords Worels Words fiordsEven W WordsEven orels Even while the Germana Germans were wereclaiming wereclaiming wereclaiming claiming new gains In the area westof west westof westof of Kursk 120 miles north of ot Kharkov Khar Kharkov Kharkov kov Moscow communiques told ofbeaten of ofbeaten ofbeaten beaten Nazi forces torcel up and down theline the theHne theline Hne line running from Smolensk to Rostov RostovRussian Ros Rostov Rostoy tov toy tovRussian toyRussian Russian dispatches told of strongGerman strong strongGerman , German forces which had smashedagainst smashed smashedagainst smashedagainst against the Moscow Bryansk Bryanak Bryanskrail Bryanakrail railtrunk rail railtrunk railtrunk trunk The Nazis were reported tohave to tohave tohave have lost 7 7000 000 officers and men Inkilled In Inkilled inkilled killed alone atone The Russians said the theNazi theNazi tr ; Nazi offensive had ceasedIn ceasedIn ceased ceasedIn In their Own offensive olTenllve west Wl'st Wlst ' of Mos Moscow Moscow Moscow cow toward Smolensk the Hod Red army armycaptured armycaptured armycaptured captured capturedan an additional addiUonal number of ofpopulated ofpopulated ofpopulated populated places On the Donets Donetsriver Donetsriver Donetsriver river front tar far to the south BOUth the theRussians theRussians theRussians Russians fought foulCht deft nsive nslve naive engage engagements engagements engagements ments with German tanks and Infantry infantry in | fantry In the Belgorod area Belgo Betgo- Betgo Belgo- Betgorod Belgorod Belgorod - - rod about 60 00 miles mlles northeast 01 of 01Kharkov ofKharkov ofKharkov Kharkov is held by the GermansFor GermansFor Germans GermansFor For the UIC first time In weeks the theRussians theRussians theRussians Russians announced an advance In Inthe inthe inthe the Kuban area of ot the Caucasus CaucasusThere CaucasusThere CaucasusThere There they captured the district center cen center center ter and large la rge railway ra ilway station sta Hon ofSlavyanskaya 01 of 01Slavyanskaya ofSlavyanskaya Slavyanskaya 45 miles northeast 01 o1 o1Novoroasisk ofNovorossisk ofNovorossiskS1EELAnd 01Novoroaslsk NovoroasiskS1EEL Novoroaslsk Novoroasisk Sl S1EEL EEL- EEL EELAmI - S1EEL-And S1EEL And AmI And Faked Telts Te'lts Tects TeltsCharges T ects ectsCharges ' Charges of ot crookedness vs patrlotism patrl patri patrloUam patriotism oUam otism were aired before a senate investigating In InvesUgaUng investigating vesUgaUng vestigating committee when officersand officers omcers officersand omcersand and employees of the Carneg e a 111 111ools Ill ] 1111nols ! ools nols steel corporation acknowledged acknowledgedthat that testa tests teats had been faked on steel steelproduced steelproduced steelproduced produced by It its I Irvin Pa plant to tofill tofill tofill fill war warrders warrdersSteel ( rders rdersStE'el rdersSteel Steel StE'el ' c mpany officials steadfastly steadfastlydenied steadfastlydenied steadfastlydenied denied thtre tht.re there . was any motive moUve excel excet t tpatri tpatrl t ' patrl patri patriitlsn lUsn itisn a Q desire to win the warChalrn warChairn war | Chalrn Chairn Chalrrran an Harry S Truman of MIs Miss S un un UTI sa said Id he hI ' considered the prac prat praclice prattice practice lice tice jIsl Jfist J ist Isl fist plain crookedness and andchen andcheat andchent chen cheat I g on the gwernn g ivernn wernn entJ entJ ent entJ J Lt Ltster Lester s ler Perry I ( { resident reslden I of 01 the theCOIl thecot thecoii COIl cot i < ( r rit It i 1 testlnel tesUfie"l tesUfiel testlfie I " that the re regretlablt regrettahte regreltahle gretlablt grettahte ' f ( I re r . to carry ( ut testll test lest testIr lesthg Ir hg g pr ceduns edurts ( t'dUI tdUI ' (5 5 ( tin un on steel i Ihtes ilztes lites f rthe r rthe rthe the navy n 11 Brit arlt ant n e commission OlnnUS810n tomnussuon ( aidlen al at d dlen dten len ten i ilea lease t ' w s h t I kn knn \n n vn \ t II ( theh Ihe the Iheh theh h .her her "her ( " . , her n nll/ nll nllr i i it / . , ii ( r z t I id r d let iedared teclared la red heIntel he heInlel heinlet Inlel inlet It 1 I t tle I > dedr clear ( -le le - r It 4 II it 4250SV 250S\V 250S V 250 JAI J "P P \ " ' VI PI 1'I 1I ' AM A\I A I A \ I Iu'ited ' Snin I3h1cted I3h1ctedat /u'ited u'ited uited / u'itedat ' ted fit at attnbnnl Knhniil UI/mul UI mul /tnbnnl tnbnnl / KnhniilThe tnbnnlThe ! 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