Current Events August 31, 1942; RUSSIANS STRIKE NEAT STALINGRAD/ JAPANESE INVADERS REDUCED AT MILNE BAY:

                   THE SYRACUSE

         HERALD JOURNAL

SYRACUSE, N. Y., MONDAY KVKNINO, AUGUST 31, 1942.

RUSSIANS STRIKE NEAR STALINGRAD

Drive Opened

75 Miles to

North of City

Thousands of Foes Slain

as Nazis Arc Stalled for

48 Hours

OTHER ADVANCES

Cossack Cavalry

Has Stalled Enemy Tanks

and Supplies

Japs Caught

In Milne Bay

Allied Trap

MacArthur's Australians

"Rapidly Reduce"

The Invaders

ENEMY IN FLIGHT

Warships Take Nips Off

Under Cover of Night;

Fighting: Bitter

General MacArthur's Headquarters,

Australia, Aug. 31 AP—Hard fighting

Australian ground troops,

slashing through the muddy jungle

of Southeastern New Guinea with

United States and Australian air

units aiding from above, have

smashed the Japanese invaders of

the Milne Bay area in a carefully

laid trap and with them a new

menace to Australia,

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in n

special communique today, announced

that Australian troops

commanded by Maj. Gen. Cyril Al.

bert Clowes, an Australian veteran

of the Middle East campaigns, had

driven the unwary Japanese out

on the narrow peninsula north of

Mllne Bay where they are being

"rapidly reduced."

Equipment Abandoned