Current Events December 31, 1943

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY DECEMBER 31, 1943;

Zhitomir, important railway center in the Ukraine, which had been outflanked by General Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army pushing toward the old Polish and Rumanian borders, has fallen, Moscow announced tonight

 Red forces streaming through the greatest hole yet torn in ! Nazi defenses have broken (link) the outer Bug river dfenses in a driving offensive that has split the routed remnants of Nazi General Von,Mannstein's legions and carried to within 30 miles of the river itself, front line dispatches said today

 American heavy bombers supported by American and R. A. F. lighters smashed at t a r - j gets in France today, it was ! announced, and the. Paris radio said the bombs rained in the suburbs of Paris.

 The Ita l i a n Bari radio said to day Hint of the Allied F i f t h , Army had captured the f'ortified
village of San Villore near Cassino on the road to ; Rome. A broadcast to I t a l y recorded by the O W L said that the village, the last fortified ; town in the valley leading to s t r a t e g i c Cassino, was captured a f t e r  stubborn German defence.

 The Ita l i a n Bari radio said to day Hint of the Allied F i f t h , Army had captured the f'ortified
village of San Vitore near Cassino on the road to ; Rome. A broadcast to I t a l y recorded by the O W L said that the village, the last fortified ; town in the valley leading to s t r a t e g i c Cassino, was captured a f t e r  stubborn German defense.

The Partisan .forces of Marshal .losip Broz (Drug Tito) have suffered irreparable losses in recent
weeks of heavy fighting and 74,000 guerrillas are cut off in the Dinara Alps of northwestern Yugoslavia, an official statement from the royal Yugoslav government in exile said today

                         BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1943

Russians
Tear Bug
Nazi Line
REDS SPLIT ROUTED
GERMAN REMNANTS AS
30-MILE GAP REMAINS
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LONDON, Dec. 31. (UP)—
Zhitomir, important railway center in the Ukraine, which had been outflanked by General Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army pushing toward the old Polish and Rumanian borders, has fallen, Moscow announced tonight.
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
MOSCOW, Dec. 31.(UP}—
Red forces streaming through the greatest hole yet torn in ! Nazi defenses have broken (link) the outer Bug river dfenses in a driving offensive that has split the routed remnants of Nazi General Von,Mannstein's legions and carried to within 30 miles of the river itself, front line dispatches said today.
The Russian column sweeping toward the Bug, Germany's next line of defense along the south-central
front west of the Dnieper river, thrust down the Kiev-Zhmerinkn railway to open a deep wedge in the reeling Nazi army

 Paris
Rattles
in Raid
 ALLIED AIRMEN DOWN 23
NAZI PLANES AFTER BIG
R. A. F. BERLIN SMASH

LONDON, Dec. .31.( UP)—
The Paris radio broadcast, this a f t e r - noon said that 200 people were k i l l ed and 2000 injured in Paris following today's Allied air raid on factories in the vicinity.
By W. W. HERCHER
LONDON", Dec. 31. (UP)—
American heavy bombers supported by American and R. A. F. lighters smashed at t a r - j gets in France today, it was ! announced, and the. Paris radio said the bombs rained in the suburbs of Paris.
Exact nature of the objctlives of the daylight assault' were not anuouuced by American headlqunrtcrs as the year-end aerial offensive—which had sent more than 3,000 planes thundering dgainst
enemy taeges in the previous 24 :hours—raged on to a climactic finish.
American planes last bombbarded Paris on September 10, s t r i k i n g at the Cam ballbearing works and the Hllispano-Siza and Caudron-Renault airplane and motor works.
Other American raids on the Paris region this year were on April 4 when the Renault works was hit, September 3 when the Messersehmltt repair factory was smashed and September 9 when an aircraft engine
factory was the target.
Paris was among the French towns warned in a BBC broadcast on November 17 of impending Allied air attacks.

 Report
Key Italy
Base Falls
SAN VITTORE CAPTURE
LISTED AS 5TH ARMY
RAIDS WEST COAST
 New York Dec. 31(APP
The Ita l i a n Bari radio said to day Hint of the Allied F i f t h , Army had captured the f'ortified
village of San Villore near Cassino on the road to ; Rome. A broadcast to I t a l y recorded by the O W L said that the village, the last fortified ; town in the valley leading to s t r a t e g i c Cassino, was captured a f t e r  stubborn German defence.


VICHY TRYS
FLARE BLOCK
SET EARLY CURFEW
AS INVASION LOOMS

MADRID, Dec. 31. (AP)—
The Ita l i a n Bari radio said to day Hint of the Allied F i f t h , Army had captured the f'ortified
village of San Villore near Cassino on the road to ; Rome. A broadcast to I t a l y recorded by the O W L said that the village, the last fortified ; town in the valley leading to s t r a t e g i c Cassino, was captured a f t e r  stubborn German defense.

74,000 Slavs
Trapped in
Dinara Alps
GOVERNMENT SAYS
TITO PARTISAN FORCES
SUFFER HUGE LOSSES

CAIRO,' Egypt, Dec. 31. (AP)—
The Partisan .forces of Marshal .losip Broz (Drug Tito) have suffered irreparable losses in recent
weeks of heavy fighting and 74,000 guerrillas are cut off in the Dinara Alps of northwestern Yugoslavia, an official statement from the royal Yugoslav government in exile said today.
The statement from King Peter's government, which is opposed to Marshal Broz and his
Partisan government, lacked confirmation from other sources.
Broz.' communiques have announced successful resistance to the German invaders and his supporters in London have estimated that the Partisans have liberated one-third of Yugoslavia. The royal Yugoslav government frequently has attempted to belittle the efforts of the Partisans.)
"They are deprived of all possible support from the outside and are at present engaged in desperate fighting with their backs to Dinara Alps," the statement said.
"Under pressure from German and Ustachi(Croat puppet troops) the forces of resistance of Yugoslav
fighters in Bosnia has been gravely endangered," it added.