Morgan County News | 1944-06-09 | Page 6 | Baltic States Increase Guerrilla Raids on Foe

baltic states increase guerrilla raids on foe STOCKHOLM SWEDEN sabotage and murders of german troops are increasing in tle the baltic states where two years ago this month some residents greeted the nazis with flowers and cheers as liberators said reports from lithuania estonia and latvia guerrillas fighting behind the lines were said to be well organized and excellently armed these advices advises said there was no indication of the number of germans slain but that the guerrilla bands were so strong that they occasionally took soldiers as hostages compulsory labor service the food shortage and the fact that medicines were largely reserved for germans and their friends were reported contributing to the hostility of the natives