Current Events september 15, 1942; NAZI ATTACK SMOULDERS/ U. S. HOLDS UPPER HAND IN PACIFIC:

        Redouble Troops, But Stalingrad Meets Every Blow


                     The Portsmouth Herald
               PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1942
Nazi Attack
Smoulders
As Soviets
Punch Back

Moscow, Sept. 15 (AP) —
Backs to the Volga, the defenders
of Stalingrad stood to their
guns today under the heaviest of
pattern bombing and still held
hills looking down upon the
heart of the city against the redoubled
assault of Nazi troops
and tanks.
"It is impossible to retreat any
farther," a Russian correspondent
reported from the war's bloodiest
battlefield.
But even while the bomb-splattered
city fought for its life, the
Red army kept up its own dogged
punching at the German defensive
lines on the Moscow front to the
north, and reported the annihilation
of about 4,000 Germans and the
capture of a fortified' town in a
three-day fight.

Planes And Tanks Battle
U.S. Holds Upper Hand
In far Pacific, Blandy
Asserts In Washington
(By The Associated Press)
The United States has gained the
balance of military and naval
striking power over Japan in the
Far Pacific, Rear Adm. W. H.
Blandy declared In Washington today,
while other reports said American
forces were nearing the halfway
mark in their fight to destroy
Japan's aircraft carrier strength.
Admiral Blandy, returning from
a 26,000-mile inspection trip, said
that "for the time being, most certainly,"
the United States had
gained the advantage over Japan.
Asked if the Allies were in a
position "to hold the Japs
against anything they might
throw," Admiral Blandy replied:
"Yes, I think we are. But we
can't do it by merely holding.
We've got to keep pushing. The
best defense is a strong offense.
We can't remain static."