Current Events January 7, 1943; PRODUCTION MIRIACLE, JAPAMESE SHIPPING STRENGTH DECLINES / NAZIS CAPTURE CROSSROADS AT MATEUR / NAZIS FLEE ROSTOV / ALLIES AND ENEMY SEEK WEAKSPOTS IN NEW GUINEA / U' S. PLEASURE DRIVING STOPPED:

                Raleigh Register

                   BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1943

FDR CITES PRODUCTION MIRACLE IN SPEECH

Reds Now Within 75 Miles of Rostov Says United

Says United Nations Are on the Move

Roosevelt Says 1943 Will Net Advances On Roads to Berlin, Rome and Tokyo;

Cites 'Mathematical Basis'-of Whipping Japs As Their Shipping Strength Declines.

By Associated Press

President Roosevelt told a victory pledged

congress today the cause of United Nations was

moving forward at last in Europe, Asia, and Africa, back-

ed by a "miracle of production" in the United States, and

said 1943 carried the promise of a very substantial advance

the roads that lead lo Berlin and Rome and

Tokyo."

NAZIS CAPTURE CROSSROAD IN MATEUR SECTION

Germans Announce U. S. Paratroops Wiped Out Behind African Lines

by The Associated Press

LONDON -- Reuters reported from Allied headquarters in North

Africa today (hat the Germans had recaptured positions on both

sides of an. important crossroads West of Mateur.

The heights, 15 miles west of Mateur. which itself is 20 miles

southwest of Bizerte, had been captured the day before yesterday

by a British infantry brigade and commando troops In a dawnassault.

KEY VILLAGES CAPTURED FROM FLEEING NAZIS

Fall of Rostov Would Cut Off Whole German Army Of The Caucasus

By The Associated Press

MOSCOW—The Red army of the lower Don has broken through

German lines on a 20-mile front on both sides of the river and has

d r i v e n within 75 miles of Rostov, key to the whole Nazi salient into

the Caucasus, the Russians announced today.

Dispatches from the front said the Russian forces, commanded

by Lieut. Gen. Constantin Rokossovsky, veteran of last Winters battle of Moscow, had pushed forward 50 miles since capturing fhe Don River bridgehead 
of Tsimlyansk two days ago.

New Guinea Foes Seek Weak Spots

Several Japs Killed In Patrol Actions Near Tarnkena

B.v The Associaed Press

Somewhere in New Guinea

Allied and Japanese patrols were probing in swamp mud today for

weak spots in opposite lines as the allies regrouped their land

forces for an attack on the enemy stronghold at Sanananda.

American troops pushed back one Japanese patrol in the vicinity of

Tarakena, a village midway between the recently won Buna station

and Sanananda Point. They killed one Japanese and wounded another.

Pleasure Driving Stopped by O.P.A.

Visiting Friends And Roadhouses Will be Taboo.