The News From the Battlefields is Good

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But first, he has John Daly with a summary of headline news as received in New York. The news from the battle fronts is good. The newest United Nations' Offensive, the Red Army's middle-donna text in Russia and the British move into Jeff Helgimer are making good progress.

In the North Africa, the Allied Pinses are slowly closing around the Germans and Italians, as Hitler frantically tries to hold on to prepare the defensive against an Allied invasion of South Europe. In Russia, in the middle-donna offensive, the Red Army is sweeping westward at a speed comparable to the Nazi advance eastward last July.

They have taken Katamorovka, only 55 miles north of Nirofel, and now threaten the entire railway line from Voronesh to Milarovo. Milarovo is a junction point of the Moscow Rostov railroad. It has already been cut. In Russian hands it can and probably will be the base of a Russian offensive south to retake Rostov and smash or trap the

entire German force in the Great Stullengrads Salent. Once again the Russians report that they have taken thousands of German prisoners. This time well over 10,000. That fact alone is extremely significant. It's unlikely that the Russians want to take any German prisoners and will not, if any semblance of resistance is offered. The thousands of Nazis that are falling into Russian hands confirm