Current Events August 6, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, AUGUST 6, 1943:

Victory-Hushed Soviet forces wheeling southwestward from captured Belgorod today by-passed Kharkov, Russia's fourth city and industrial capital of the Ukraine, in a flanking drive threatening to encircle the great German-held base.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced the occupation of Munda today in a special communique revealing' that all organized enemy' resistance had ceased.

"Munda is now in our hands," the special communique said.

                   The Charleston Daily Mail

CHARLESTON. WEST VIRGINIA. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1943

Reds Take Belgorod, By-Pass Vital Kharkov;

Whole German Eastern Front Threatened

Bryansk May Fall;

Nazis Buckle Fast;

Great Rout Likely

Beaten Nazis Streaming Back From

Scenes of Smarting Defeats; Swing

Drive Threatens to Topple Ukraine

MOSCOW (UP).—Victory-Hushed Soviet forces wheeling southwestward from captured Belgorod today by-passed Kharkov, Russia's fourth city and industrial capital of the Ukraine, in a flanking drive threatening to encircle the great German-held base.

Northwestward 250 miles. Red army forces surged forward in a pincers maneuver against Bryansk, most powerful stronghold on the lower central front against which the Soviet conquerors defensive was picking up momentum.

Munda Fight Over

As Yanks Occupy

New Georgia Base

Organized Jap Resistance Ends,

MacArthur Communique States;

Isolated Remnants Hunted Down

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Southwest Pacific (UP).—

Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced the occupation of Munda today in a special communique revealing' that all organized enemy' resistance had ceased.

"Munda is now in our hands," the special communique said. "All organized enemy resistance has ceased; action is now limited to destruction of isolated enemy groups.

"One thousand, six hundred and seventy-one enemy dead have already been collected."

Field dispatches said the Jast of the Japanese defenders of Munda had been pushed from the western end of the airfield and were being destroyed by the American jungle troops who invaded the Japanese central Solomons stronghold138 days ago