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...north, where bright-faced Marshal Klimente E. Voroshilov was back in action after organizing new armies to the rear, the Russians drove their spectacular wedge between the Moscow and Leningrad fronts a little deeper. This drive had already cut the lateral line from Leningrad to the central front...
...Germans were still engaged in "strategic retreat" in Russia, they were strangely unstrategic about it last week. They allowed the Russians to drive a huge wedge between their Leningrad and Moscow fronts which, if it could be maintained and extended, might prove to be a major strategic defeat for the Germans...
...sudden thrust, Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov advanced 65 miles in ten days, swept around the Valdai Hills; recaptured Kholm, only 110 miles from the Latvian frontier; and cut the Leningrad-Vitebsk railroad, essential to German communication with Leningrad. In addition to claiming the death of 17,000 Germans, the Russians claimed the capture of 1,000 barrels of gasoline, 10,000 cans of Norwegian food, 150 freight cars of war supplies and "large stores" of good French wine...
...years has the Sea Cloud put to sea. On her last voyage, she brought Mr. Davies (then Ambassador to Belgium) and his wife home from Antwerp. Before that, when Mr. Davies was Ambassador to Russia, the yacht was moored in Leningrad's harbor. Before he took the Sea Cloud to Communist Russia, Mr. Davies was somewhat fearful that such capitalist swank might trouble the proletarian waters. He said as much to Russian Foreign Minister Molotov. "Of course, bring her over," said Molotov. "But would she be safe from sabotage?" persisted Mr. Davies. "Sabotage?" said Mr. Molotov...
Fine acting, expert photography, and an excellent script depicting a modern Florence Nightingale make "Girl from Leningrad" fine film-fare. With its authentic Mannerheim Line scenes showing the Soviet troops in action against Finland and Germany as a background for a Red Cross nurse romance it packs a terrific wallop...