Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1941 — Page 10

DE STEMMED | BY TIMOSHENKO

Russians Battle Against Superior Forces to Save Rostov.

y A. T. STEELE 100 by The Jidiauapolis panes Chicago Daily News, Cc.

Ee Oct. 31 oN Matai ‘@emyon Timoshenko’s newly as‘sumed leadership of the southern Soviet front is beginning to make ‘itself felt in stiffened resistance to (Nazi inroads in ‘the Don Basin—the vestiblue to the Caucasus. Since they took Taganrog, 40 miles west of Rostov, the Germans have been markedly slowed in their march toward the metropolis of the lower ' Don, according to Russian claims, However, i So : several days © A. T. Steele Germans have been utilizing masses of tanks in their endeavor to break through to - Rostov’s outer defenses. The Russians admit that in” the - battle of the Don Basin they are up against numerically superior . Nazi armored forces. Realizing that the great length of the German lines of communication, confined to ‘bad roads, makes the problem of ‘replenishment of Nazi equipment A serious one, Timoshenko has set his forces to reduce the numerical superiority of the German tank finits by every means available. In addition to utilizing such airPlanes, anti-tank guns, artillefy and S as he can spare, he is organg groups of volunteer “ti de_Btroyers” who are specially trained fo deal with Nazi tanks and remove them from agtion, Don. River Fortified

~ While the battle for Rostov con‘ginues in fully fury, the Russians are most actively preparing a line Of defenses along the Don River which is the most formidable renaining hical obstacle on the road to the Northern Caucasus. The importance of Rostov to the a cause needs no emphasis. it is the junction point in the main railway line from Turkey and he Caucasus, the terminus of the peline from Baku, and ‘the port; i populous industrial center of e: lower . Don ‘Basin, it is not surrising that the Russians are g to make heavy sacrifices for its defense. . The Soviet Army, is ‘powered with "oil from the Caucasus. If Rostov were lost and thé railway cut, the ; problem of supplying the various . fronts with fuel would be compliated. There are other routes but : one with equal capacity. The An- ! Sic-americun supply line from Iran ould also be jeopardized it . would mean utilization of circuitous secondary routes. Rich in Coal Reserves

The Don Basin is best known for| vast. reserves of high-grade coal representing 10 per cent of the total known coal deposits. Around the mining areas have grown up industrial centers of great: importance. t first they were financed largely “by British, French and Belgian ~ capital but after the revolution “their development was given tremendous acceleration under the five-year plans. It is there that the : nov movement was born in 35 (dramatizing the nation-wide friction speedup program and its name from an unknown “coal worker Alexei Stakhanov who ‘fchieved a hrilliant high for inoie, daily coal output, Aug. 31, 935, in the Central Irmino coal fine in the Don Basin). Two very important industrial bates of the Don Basin—Stalino 8nd Taganrog—already have been dost. On that sector of the front, in the center and in the north, Russians consider that time is their favor and that if they can off the Germans another onth or two winter will become “their active ally in the defenses of e Caucasus. Machinery Moved East ‘The Don Basin and the northern

"Booby Tree War Adds Grim Note on Weilers Desert

By RICHARD MOWRER CT na RS sg Time ON THE WESTERN DESERT, Oct. 30—~The war has a grim humor all its own and that “humor” .|1s thriving out here in the forward areas pending bigger developments. An adjunct to the patrol activities referred to in the communiques is the booby. trap war. When the Germans leave their daytime observation posts at dusk

sitions a. few miles back, they also leave behind a variety of devilish tricks all associated with explosions and intent of death. These are booby traps and the idea is for the enterprising Britisn night patrols to fall ‘for them and suffer. the consequences, This booby trap war, however, works both ways and although your correspondent is not permitted to go’ into detail about it at present he is able to quote a member of

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