Current Events August 31, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, AUGUST 31, 1943:

A vast encirclement movement in which Red Army mechanized divisions and Cossack cavalry drove to the Azov Sea coast 28 miles west of Taganrog led to the fall of that Nazi anchor city and the freeing of more than 150 settlements yesterday, the Russians announced today

Danish troops were reported today to have fought until their ammunition was exhausted against the German divisions bolstering the Nazi military dictatorship which has taken over the Government of Denmark and arrested its leaders. (The fate of the survivors was not stated in this dispatch. Presumably the Danish survivors
were then interned.)

Japanese defenders of the Salamaua air base in New Guinea, making another of their desperate stands in contrast to their flight from New Georgia, have forced Allied troops to fall back slightly at some points.
With the just-launched aircraft carrier Hornet illustrating his words, Navy Secretary Frank Knox promised today that the Japanese were going to get volume delivery of the bombs dropped on Tokyo "as a small sample" last year.

          The Titusville Herald
           TITUSVILLE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1943

Reds Take Taganrog on Azov Sea,
German Right Wing in Jeopardy;
Danish Cabinet Resigns, Arrested
Great Area
Is Regained
Bv Russians
Encircling Movement
Apparently Crumbles
Nazis' Southern Anchor.
150 VILLAGES FREED
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 31.—
A vast encirclement movement in which Red Army mechanized divisions and Cossack cavalry drove to the Azov Sea coast 28 miles west of Taganrog led to the fall of that Nazi anchor city and the freeing of more than 150 settlements yesterday, the Russians announced today.
Horsemen and motor-borne troops were reported to have 'knifed from Donetsko-Amvrosievka, 40 miles northwest of Taganrog, to Veselo-Voznesen- 28 miles west of Taganrog, to fix a pincer jaw complementing that of the Russian lines east of the town. Then the pincer closed.
The Nazi stronghold of Stalino, 70 miles northwest of Taganrog was threatened. The surprise smash left the
entire German right wing in Jeopardy and apparently crumbling. The Russian communique, recorded
here by the Soviet monitor from a Moscow broadcast, said that remnants of the Taganrog garrison "are being
wiped out."
                                                          Report 5,000 Nazis Killed

Battles Rage
In Some Parts
Of Denmark
Stern Measures Taken
To Down Rebellion,
Many Reported Killed
SOME DANES ESCAPE
BULLETIN
STOCKHOLM, Tuesday, Aug,. 31.
(AP)
Danish troops were reported today to have fought until their ammunition was exhausted against the German divisions bolstering the Nazi military dictatorship which has taken over the Government of Denmark and arrested its leaders. (The fate of the survivors was not stated in this dispatch. Presumably the Danish survivors
were then interned.)
                                                                  By The Associated Pres
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 30. —
Danish troops still battled the Germans in at least one Danish zone today as the Nazi military dictatorship held King Christian X and most members of Premier Erik Scavenius' Government under some form of arrest.
Both the resignation and detention of the Scavenius cabinet were announced tonight. The Germans had seized all civil and court functions in Denmark and warned that courts martial would punish disobedient Danes, with penalties including death.

Allies Forced
Back Slightly
AtSalamaua
But U. S. Forces Land
Unopposed 011 Arundel,
West of New Georgia
By The Associated Frits
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 30.—
Japanese defenders of the Salamaua air base in New Guinea, making another of their desperate stands in contrast to their flight from New Georgia, have forced Allied troops to fall back slightly at some points.
This reverse, although minor, is the first reported by Gen era!-Douglas Mac- Arthur's headquarters since the offensives in New Guinea and the central Solomons started last June 30. "*In the Solomons, however, American forces continued then- progress with an unopposed landing of Arundel island, until recently occupied by the enemy. Ground units, which went, ashore Friday, were reported to be consolidating.
Arundel lies just west of New Georgia island, which is completely in American hands since the Japanese evacuation of Bairoko harbor last week. Occupation of the tiny island provides positions from which artillery can shell the Vila airdrome on Kolombangara island, three miles north.
The Japanese defense of Salamaua, where Allied troops have been closing in, is typical of the fierce resistance
they put up at Guadalcanal in the southern Solomons and on the Papuan peninsula of New Guinea • several
months ago. The Allies took those places only after exterminating the enemy.
Air units, supporting the American and Australian soldiers at Salamaua, made low-level attacks against the
harbor there. Flying Fortresses, also dropped 2 tons of bombs on Voco Point near Lae, 20 miles northeast of Salamaua. Twenty barges and three jetties were destroyed there.

Raid on Tokyo
'Only Sample,'
Sec. Knox Says
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. Aug. 30.—A/P)
—With the just-launched aircraft carrier Hornet illustrating his words, Navy Secretary Frank Knox promised today that the Japanese were going to get volume delivery of the bombs dropped on Tokyo "as a small sample" last year.
Speaking at launching ceremonies that were delayed for 45 minutes by improper working of the hydraulic
launching mechanism, Knox praised the valor of the late flat-top Hornet that mothered Doolittle's bomber brood and later was sunk in the Santa Cruz islands, and then said: "And that first raid on Tokyo, I can assure you, is only a small sample of far-bigger raids to come."
The bubbles of champagne were still glistening on the Hornet's sleek bows when the Navy Secretary hinted at the ship's new mission.