Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1943 — Page 14

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TENSION GROWS ON RUSS FRONT

Germans Keep Defenses;

Have Launched No New Offensives.

By DAVID M. NICHOL

Copyrignt, 1943 bv The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc,

MOSCOW, May 28.—There is an

uneasy situation along large sectors of the Russian front with an .apparent increase in patrol and .re-'

connaissance activity, which might be a prelude to the outbreak’ of summer campaigns. The spring lull already has extended longer than many ob-

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possible— certainlv longer than it did last year when

tions were far less favorable for the movement of

alk By this time Mr. Nichof last year, there

had already been,

two major engagements, both of

which contributed to the course,

of the summer battles.

One occurred on the Kerch] peninsula, a 25-mile-wide arm of | the Crimea dividing the Azov and Black seas and stretching out to-!

ward the Caucasus. An all-out Nazi attack against the Soviet defenders who had taken up positions across the

peninsula’s narrowest neck, at the

end of 1941: began on May 8 and: continued for: 10 days, = during which the Russians literally fought to the death.

Reds Advance Slowly

The second was the Soviet army offensive against Kharkov, which

was launched on May 13 in an effort to forestall the Nazi drive, which was being prepared becween

there and Rostov. It was a bloody two-week affair, but if the objective was primarily the upsetting of German plans, it may well be said to have succeded. The only approach to fighting cn» this scale this year has been on the Kuban peninsula, where for six weeks there has been a savage due! in which the Russians have made important advances, but have not’ succeeded in dislodging the Ger-, mans. i The stubbornness with which the Germans are holding their positions | should ‘be a good indication of the: importance they attach to secur-. ing the southern end of their long line. Perhaps they are not willing | to launch a major drive so long as there is any -doubt about it.

Enemy Patrols Active

Meanwhile, there has been =a steadv increase in what is described as “reconnaissance in force '— fighting of,a type designed to show the enemy strongpoints, location of batteries and Junctions between fighting units where tanks might break through. These have occurred near Sevsk, near Rostov: at Lisichansk and Izvum, where the Russian army holds important bridgeheads, and as far north as in the Kalinin: region and somewhere near Velikie Luki. | The bulk of activity seems concentrated, however, in the Germans’ Donets basin Salient between Kharkov and Taganrog. |

POLICE ELECT HEADS AND CLOSE MEETING

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.. May 28 (U. P.).—Delegates to the annual meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police returned home today, prepared to draw up plans for combatting local juvenile delinquency problems for presentation ‘to city officials. William Schulte, ‘Evansville. was elected president of the organization. ‘Other officers were Arthur, Low, Indianapolis, vice president; ! Francis Knight, Ft. Wayne, secre-tary-treasurer; Walter Bowman, Elkhart, conductor, and Edward Smith, Goshen; Leonard Krulewitch, South Bend; Clessie Kendall, Richmond; William Head, Terre Haute and Otto Bergman, Kokomo, trustees, Indianapolis was selected as tle 1944 convention site.

GEN. PORTER NAMED CHIEF OF STAFF AID

WASHINGTON, May 28 (U. P.). —Brig. Gen Ray Porter has become assistant chief of staff in charge of plans and training, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced yesterday. ’ : He succeeds Maj. Gen. Idwal H. Edwards, who has beconie chief of staff of the European theater under Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers. Maj. Gen Lloyd Fredendall, who has been acting commander of the second army, will become its commander with the rank of lieutenant general on June 1. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Ben Lear.

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