Current Events February 6, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY FEBRUARY 6, 1944:

By Associated Press

The Red army march into Poland in the last few days has reconquered 200 towns and hamlets along the main railroad to Warsaw, carried the Red army to within 50 miles of the Russian-German 1939 boundary, and to within 290 miles of Germany proper. Two Hungarian divisions were routed and 2,000 German and

Hungarian prisoners were captured in this victory.

 New York, Feb. 5.—(AP)—Premier Hideki Tojo, speaking to the Japanese diet, warned today that the war keeps "increasing in ferocity day by day and we are now being confronted with the situation where the fate of the GEA (Greater East Asia) sphere and the rise and fall of imperial Japan will be decided.

U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters,

Pearl Harbor, Feb. 5.—(AP)—

Carrier-based planes still roam widely over the Marshalls, su group, Adm. Chester Nimitz said today. Eniwetock atoll, in the northwest, corner of the Marshalls, an important, enemy supply base, was bombed Feb. 3, he added.

 
Soviets Rush
Onward to
Old Boundary
 
Many Enemy Troops
Captured During
Relentless Advance  

By Associated Press
The Red army march into Poland in the last few days has reconquered 200 towns and hamlets along the main railroad to Warsaw, carried the Red army to within 50 miles of the Russian-German 1939 boundary, and to within 290 miles of Germany proper. Two Hungarian divisions were routed and 2,000 German and
Hungarian prisoners were captured in this victory.
The Russians in this area are now in territory captured by the Germans in the first week of their Russian invasion in June, 1941.
Announcement of the great victory was made in a special order of the day by PremierMarshal Joseph Stalin who ordered a salute of 20 salvos from 224 Moscow guns in celebration of the "well-executed outflanking
maneuver" by Soviet mobile units and infantry

Tojo Advises
War Hits
Fever Pitch

Jap Chief Declares
Nippon Must Be
Ready for Trouble

New York, Feb. 5.—(AP)—
Premier Hideki Tojo, speaking to the Japanese diet, warned today that the war keeps "increasing in ferocity day by day and we are now being confronted with the situation where the fate of the GEA (Greater East Asia) sphere and the rise and fall of imperial Japan will be decided."
The premier spoke in response to a plea by a member of diet  for the Japanese people to stand united in the face of fierce battles in the Marshall islands, New Britain and New Guinea. Tojo also emphasized the need
for unity and declared the way to win the war was "by total mobilization of the 100,000,000 people (of Japan) and to concentrate consistently and firmly the total power of the people on one point—to win the decisive victory."

Airplanes Give Cover
To U. S. Forces
Gaining in Marshalls
U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters,
Pearl Harbor, Feb. 5.—(AP)—
Carrier-based planes still roam widely over the Marshalls, su group, Adm. Chester Nimitz said today. Eniwetock atoll, in the northwest, corner of the Marshalls, an important, enemy supply base, was bombed Feb. 3, he added.
He also announced that Wake sland, 600 miles north of the Marshalls, was bombed for the 11th time Friday night by two squadrons of Coronados.
No U. S. planes were lost in any of the raids, winch apparently were carried out to keep down any possiblc Japanese attempt to bring in additional aircraft.