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SLAUGHTERED IN SEINE JEFENSE Prisoner Says Two-Thirds of Company Lost in Futile Effort to Stop Yankees By Robert Richards United War Correspondent With American Forces, Be yond Seine, Aug. 21 (U.F9 It was plain slaughter and it did not make sense. But a small force of Nazis, making fanatical and futile counter-attacks against Ameri can infantrymen who swept across the Seine in force in the vicinity of Limay about a dozen miles north of Paris asked for it and were getting it. I stood behind a stone wall observation post on a high hill this afternoon and watched while the infantry's 105 cannon hammered i dump" of frees where the enemy was concealed. Doesn't Make Same 'It just doesn't make sense," said 1st Lt. David W. Hall of Ridgewood, N. J., forward ob server for a cannon company. "They started coming yester day afternoon and they're still coming. Look at those fellows. They're either dazed or Just too damned cocky for their own good." Through field glasses I could see five or six German soldiers staggering along as if still at tempting to advance despite overwhelming adds against them. Now and then a shell would splatter the earth near one of the figures and he would fall never to rise again. Directly below us the loud bark of guns could be heard as American troops moved against another group and drove them steadily back. One group of Germans at tempted to fortify a building and hold its position. Within a few minutes it was a smoking ruin all the occupants either dead or captured. "It beats me what they are trying to do," 2nd Lt. Lawrence R. Maroon, Cleveland, O., said. "It's plain murder but they're asking for it and we'll give it to them." Knocked Off Balance Most of the American officers V; "The earth must have more than a thickness of ten miles of air around it . . . that isn't a year's quota for me! vfiXiL I DO from morning il to night is pump air into these blankety blank tires!" snorted Joe Smith, who works for i Gilmore Independent Dealer. "The more tires, the more air the more air, the more tires I'm in a rut." The fact is Citizen Smith is 1 swell tire man Fussy, mind you, and at times he's secretly irascible But he's so good at keeping motorists tires lasting for extra thousands of miles his Gilmore 'In dependent Dealer boss has him concentrate on this essen tial service. But that's the way Gilmore Dealers are they know how to pass years of know-how experience along to their customers. rSuper:Fortresses Roll Off Assembly Ones INI m .. lattttftiL. mill ii i u u -aJi tier, r Eiiiniiiiirwiiiiiiiiiili in (Aetna Tetephotot Like huge dragon flies ready for flight, these Boeing B-29 Super-Fortresses reach last station of final assemoly line at huge Wichita, Kas., plant while dozens of sister ships can be seen at right and In background In vari ous stages of completion. More and more of the giant bombers are rolling off assembly lines throughout th nation In largest production program ever conceived for a single weapon of war. were convinced the Germans were knocked off balance by the rapidity of the American crossing, made in assault boats some of which were lashed to gether and powered by out board motors. This morning a pontoon bridge was firmly established and troops and supplies rolled across unchecked. There were no' American casualties during the crossing. Five GI's have been killed sinca landing. "It looks to me as if these boys we are shooting at were sent on an old mission to keep us from crossing," a colonel con jectured. "They don't know at German . headquarters we're crossing yet arjd think this small bunch is enough to hold us on the other side of the river. One prisoner told us most of their officers had been killed. So I can imagine their stubborn and stupid non-coms telling the men: 'We're supposed to stop these guys and we're going to do it.' ' Another prisoner said two thirds of his company had been slaughtered. Many of the dead were scat tered through the woods, sprawled where they fell after attempting a flanking move on bicycles yesterday afternoon. Woods Full of Dead Stretched out on the hay In a barn, Pfc. Gershell Marshall of Poteau, Okla., told me: "I looked through a crack In the wall and there were five Jerries creeping along the fence. I let go with my automatic rifle I and killed a heap of them. But I that didnt faze them. More i Germans kept coming. When i we got through shooting the woods were full of dead. Most of the Germans appear ed young and probably were en gaging in their first battle, the colonel said. "But I'll say this for them, though," he added. "They haven't much sense but they're good soldiers. I watched them i through glasses when we were ; pouring it to uiem. iney cms . in but as soon as the firing was us again.' TRUCKS, CARS RELEASED BY ARMY TO CIVILIANS Washington, Aug. 23. (U.R) The army has released 52,000 light trucks and 7,000 passenger automobiles for civilian con sumption in the last few months, Maj. Gen. Lucuis D. Clay, direc tor of army procurement, told the house committee of postwar policy today. Testifying on surplus mater ials and equipment in the armed forces, Clay said the passenger automobiles and 20,000 trucks have gone into civilian use and the remaining 32,000 trucks were released to the treasury' procurement department in the last few days and will be avail able for civilians soon. INCREASE IN AID Washington, D. C, Aug. 23 (U.P -An increase of $1711 In a previous federal contribution for recreation facilities for service men In Medford, Ore., was an nounced today by Major Gen eral Philip B. Fleming, federal works administration. The president's approval has been given on the increase and there has been an extension of the period of assistance for one year through June 30, 1945. The total of the fund Is now $8606 and will be used to continue the operation of a Junior Officers' club to serve about 500. An Icelander, Thorfinn Karl sefni, settled for three years in Vinland in 1003 A. D. Ashland Sawmill Installing Pond For Log Storage Ashland, Aug. 23. A mill pond to hold one million feet of lumber is being constructed at the Jansen Lumber company mill at East Main street at the railroad tracks. The adjoining deck will have a four million feet capacity and the deck and pond, when full, will hold enough logs to operate one shift four months. The part of East Main street which passes the mill is being raised about tlx feet so that the logs may be floated under the street from one pond to the oth er on their way to the mill. Provisions are being made for unloading at either pond. Deck ing of the logs will be done with a gas shovel. The street will be resurfaced and plans call for space to be provided for the city to place sidewalks past the mill If they should care to do so. At the present time, traffic Is being routed via Garfield street and California street. "KING FOR DAY Gloucester. Mass. (U.R) Pvt. Joseph Albert, 28, a former fish erman, knows what it feels like to be literally "King for a Day." 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