Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1942 — Page 24
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Russ Village Retaken From Nazis.
By ILYA EHRENBOURGH Soviet War tho” Dafied. Press ‘Written for
{ THE RZHEV SECTOR DRTHWEST OF MOSCOW, Oct. (Delayed). —My map says that
spot was once a village. That| hard to believe. For today it is|
a maze of captured Gefman
uts, of. shell craters and of |
bris of war.
troops are here now but the y still is firing \up the road even as I write this the whizz bang of the shells almost dead“my thoughts. ® Our men languidly lying in the Bhell craters or on the patches of s that are left, calmly roll cigarets and comment cryptically on he accuracy of the German arery. i Nazis Poor Noxksioen vershot,” one says as a shell s its Way overhead. : oser,” another says as the d shudders under impact of a g one. Pe er into this ‘scene of desolation there is projected a strange sight. Over a hill, silhouetted gainst the sun, come a peasant woman with her head knotted in a kerchief, a thin little girl with pigtails, ‘and a little white dog trailing ng behind. The soldiers, through eyes red and swollen by the recent sleepless |
The woman explains that she: and her daughter have come back for some of their possessions buried in the ground when the Nazis forced them to flee weeks ago. They dig from a carefully marked spot a ovar and frying pan and sack of
A Child's Description
A shell whistles toward us and e woman and daughter and even war-wise pup crouch closer to
the ground for a moment. The}
ttle girl: is talkative. ; “That dugout there,” she says, “is ere the (Nazi) chief lived. He rdered the dugout made very deep “was so ‘scared. This used to be well ‘so they made it into a ugout for him. “When our soldiers came near he
“Jumped out in his shorts and tried
to get away on a bicycle. But our
- Soldiers knocked him down and : there’s his bicycle. It’s broken.”
Our troops now hold the northern
- outskirts of Rzhev, some 30 blocks
of desolation where there isn't a e undamaged house. The Ger-
mans have fortified every yard of|
ground and protracted fierce battles are fought for every block, for } dozen square yards, for even a dugout. New Attack Begins - Just ‘now German dive Bombers] ve opened a new attack. Now e ‘artillery storm begins and it ns certain that the armored col- - and the infantry will soon f themselves again at us. Now the sixth attack of the day in
st our forces. ‘They “Advance e 300 yards with the German antry right behind.: Then the hole Nazi force stops. It has been ted. There is blistering exchange of fire there at the point of farthest fdvance before the Nazis give up. Their infantry now is falling back and now the tanks turn to go, but tanks remain behind. They )ave been hit. All through this brief engagement -signalman at the field telephone a dugout shouted intd his mouthpiece Syer the din of battle. Stube repeated the'tall signals— “Valley X X X valley X X X this Danube XXX this Danube” —until ally a colonel came to the other ind of ‘the phone and officially nded the engagement, Status quo restored,” he re-
PERKS ON DENTISTRY
James’ Robinson, sales manager of Thomas J. Dee Co. Chicago,
ll speak on “Dentistry Today and| - &,
of ithe Indianapolis Dental soonday.
Mr. Robinson ‘taught dental ecomics for three years and estab. hed the first school for the clini-
Salning of dental assistants in country.
Yrs. in he Same ation.
“councilor and Charles, Junior
Charles Harold THREE COUSINS, Russell, Harold and Charles Van Treese will be Installed as officers of the Indianapolis chapter, Order of . DeMolay, at 2 p. m. Sunday at the chapter house, 1017 Broadway. ;
Russell will be installed as master councilor, Harold, senior’
councilor. Others to be installed are Walter Gilchrist, senior deacon; Raymond Davis, junior deacon; John Keenan, senior sfeward; Dow Hickam, junior steward; Robert Cullom, marshal; William Hoover, chaplain; Albert Dehart, orator; Robert Kramer, George Rasley, Fred: Corya, George Keenan, Otto Klingstein and Marshall Brown, ‘standard bearers; Gene Runyon, treasurer and Robert Starkey, _ seribe; William Carder will be installing: ofcer.
MAP PLANS FOR PENSION RALLY
Leaders of New Program Founded By Broun to
Assemble Here.
Final plans for the meeting of old-age pensions group leaders from many parts of the country, Nov. 15, 16 and 17, An this city will be com pleted at a meeting of the Indiana
Castle: Hall, B. J. Brown, founder of the Indiana program, said today. “It is our plan,” Mr. Brown said, “to unify the efforts of the numerous pension’ groups. ‘ We believe
eral pension. Present indications are that the convention will be largely attended by many pension advocates who are eager to sscurs pensions at an early date.”
Seek Concerted Action
pension groups was issued two weeks ago by Mr. Brown, who stated at the time that “the sole intent of meeting was to get concerted
different organizations was in mind.) “Such action as is contemplated at the November meeting will give each pension group a voice and at the same time deter any one group from dictating, or, rather, attempting to dictate congressional action.’ »
EX-TRUSTEE DIES
LAFAYETTE, Oct. 9 (U. P)—~ Charles J. Weaver, 70, former trus= tee of Deercreek township, died yesterday. Physicians said death was’due to & heart attack. Funeral services will be held: ‘Saturday.
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action and set up a definite pro-} gram, and that no consolidation of}.
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You can maintain recreational centers for ~~ give—with the income from one shining
soldiers, sallprs and marines, near every hour in each month. One hour of your pay
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