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The first excerpt is continued from yesterday.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

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Genichesk Seized – 2-3
Red Army Cracks Nazi Line in Center – 3
The Nazis Picture Their Retreat in Russia (photo) – 3
Mondragone Falls – 4-5
Swiss Say Nazis Confine Mussolini – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Allies Increasing Hold on Solomons (Kluckhohn) – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 7-8
Eisenhower Seen as Chief of Staff – 8
The New Head of the British Commandos (photo) – 8

The News of the Week in Review
The Russian Army Drives to Trap the Nazis (map) – 9
The Fronts – 10-11
Twenty News Questions – 12
Russians Threaten Foe Everywhere (Parker) – 13
Midwest Kindly to Moscow Parley (Horne) – 13
“Something Hard to Halt” – 14
Allied Drives Point toward Rome (map) – 15
Driving Nazis from Italy a Tough Job for Allies (Shalett) – 16
Air Blows Herald Pacific Attacks (Kluckhohn) – 17-18
The Pacific War Grows in Intensity (map) – 18
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 19

The New York Times Book Review
“Here is Your War,” by Ernie Pyle (by Edward Streeter, first-time contributor) – 20-23
The Best Selling Books, Here and Elsewhere – 23