PACE SIX
BITTER STREET
BUTTLES H AGE
TWO TOWNS
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defense of Cherbourg peninsula.
American armored forces
there smashed the Germans
back, and the Berlin radio ac
knowledged a withdrawal of
several miles west and north of
Carentan, with doughboys thus
apparently cutting half to two
thirds of the way across the
narrowest neck of the peninsu
la. Give Ground
Headquarters "said Americans
fighting in the Montebourg area
had to give some ground along
the road to the sea.
"In some areas we continued
our advance and in others the
Germans had some local suc
cesses," the supreme command
said in describing the whole
batticfront.
The four nazi armored divi
sions plunged into battle around
Caen, Tilly-Sur-Seulles, and
Caumont included the 21st and
12th S. S. divisions. It was not
known whether all the armor
of these units was committed
in battle, but all their infantry
was.
Caen In Flamt
The Germans said Caen it
self was in flames and was be
ing attacked from all sides.
Berlin also reported allied arm
ored thrusts south of Caumont.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery launched a squeeze on
Caen with his thrusts reaching
25 miles inland into the area
southwest of the big anchor
city
Striking as he often did
against Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel in the African desert.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery, allied ground commander,
sent tanks rumbling south of
Bayeux along the central sec
tor of the front. They smashed
through Caumont and Villers
Bocage, then turned east and
north to drive savagely into
the German flank protecting
Caen on the west.
Bombarded
. Caen itself was under heavy
naval bombardment from allied
warships. A flier who flew over
the city said it seemed "scarce
ly possible ior life to exist
there." ,
Villers-Bocage stands athwart
a main highway to Caen, 16
miijM! tn the southwest. Cau
mont, seven miles west and
slightly norm oi v uiere-nutoBc,
commands a secondary route,
olen loartino tn Caen.
The British tanks struck with
"great effect," the allied supreme
. command announced. - .
A fierce German counter
attack was made on British
forces in newly-captured Troarn
in an attempt to blunt or cut off
- a Montgomery pincers coming to
flank Caen on tne easi.
Front Enlarged
Tt was the ' old Montgomery
tactic of attacking on the flanks
to cut off a large force of Ger
mans and take them prisoner or
destroy them rather than push
them back. , , ,
n the western end of the al
lied beachhead, now enlarged to
a 100-mile fighting front, Amer
icans used armored torces 10
break a deadlock at Carentan,
, six miles from the sea. The
. German radio acknowledged a
nazi withdrawal west and north
of Carentan "to spare German
lives."
This several-mile withdrawal
would put Americans between
half and two-thirds of the way
across the Cherbourg peninsula
at its narrowest point.
Villages Taken
Berlin conceded that Amer
icans advancing on strips of non
flooded land had infiltrated nazi
lines northwest of Carentan, and
taken "a number of villages."
A transocean broadcast said
the nazis had lost Tilly-Sur-
seulles, which several times has
changed hands. The German
high command claimed recapture
of a number of unidentified
localities, and declared nazi tanks
breaking into the beachhead east
of the Orne river had inflicted
heavy casualties. The Germans
said allied tank thrusts south of
Caumont and near Tilly-Sur-
beulles were broken up and de
: stroyed.
The allies, aided today by fair
weatner, already have seized a
foothold In France of 600 to 700
' square miles, and captured more
than 10,000 prisoners. Allied
ou leers estimate 230,000 Ger
mans are engaged in Normandy,
Berlin, apparently trvine to nic
ture allied successes as due to
overwhelming numbers, has
placed the figure of allied sold
iers as high as 500,000.
Cut Roads
The allied advance to Caumont
and Villers-Bocage cut two
roads leading northeastward to
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Caen, the strongest point still
in German possession. This
drive swerved southeastward
from the Cerisy forest area.
American troops who plunged
through the Cerisy forest pushed
southwest several miles toward
the important German communi
cations hub of St. Lo. German
broadcasts acknowledged two
advances in that area as allied
forces attempted to throw a
pincers around the town.
The German radio said St. Lo
was a mass of flaming rubble
from allied air bombardment.
Tanks Attack
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery, allied ground com
mander, threw British tanks into
the attack on the German flank
south of Tilly-Sur-Seulles and to
day's communique. No. 17. said
the blow had a "great effect,"
although the exact extent of the
drive was not revealed.
SuDreme headquarters said
Germans were expending a large
number of soldiers in a furious
assault on Troarn. east of Caen
Troarn is the left arm of a
Montgomery pincers movement
closing in on Caen. The- right
arm is tne douDie mow trom
below Tilly-Sur-Suelles and the
Caumont and Villers-Bocage
roads.
Ships Support
In a Berlin broadcast, the Ger-
man transocean agency declared
that nazi forces broke through
American lines and into Caren
tan late Tuesday but "Mont
gomery hastily ordered heavy
British warships to the support,
wmcn, . with all their guns,
shelled the Carentan area,
whereupon the Germans with'
drew again to hill positions more
advantageous for defense."
Transocean said the situation
changes hourly" in the Carentan
area as attacking American
forces try to "widen their bridge
head toward the south and west."
The allied drive has placed the
ground forces out of range of
warships in many places on the
bridgehead for the first time.
American and British battleships
still are supporting the flanks
of the battle area, but the center
is rolling on with the aid of air
support only.
Weather Good
Excellent flying weather
favored the allied air forces this
morning and great fleets of
heavy and lighter bombers as
well as fighters swept into the
attack.
The weather first cleared late
yesterday and about 2000 Dlanes
including American Flying Fort
resses and Liberators, attacked
before dusk, hitting airfields and
a string of railroad bridges
across the foot of the Brest pen
insula irom vannes to si. Maio
a likely route for German rein
forcements up the west side of
the Cherbourg peninsula to the
sector where the American
fourth division is battling below
Cherbourg. The German air
lorce offered little resistance.
At 20 miles per hour there are
12 fatalities in each 1000 auto
mobile accidents but at 51 miles
per hour and over there are 82
more than a seven-fold increase.
BOMBER
HMD
BLASTS NAZI
OIL
LIFELINE
(Continued from Page One)
dun in France; Russels-Mels-brocck
and Eindhoven in Bel
gium. Meanwhile, another American
heavy bomber force, the Ger-
....... ..nrlir. nirl tttirOfVt UU frOItt
Italy for an attack on Hitler's
Europe which underwent m-v
attacks from the south in the
Munich area both yesterday and
last night.
Tho air armanas iook iuu -i-vantnge
of ideal weather in
stepping up tho assaults on Ger
man fighting forces and strate
; ri,.is fur inland. It was
described here as "a marvelous
air support campaign getting
more saiistaeiory every auj.
Support Troops
In direct suDDort of troops
battling in Normandy, large
f,r.e nf American Marauders
and Havocs and fighter-bombers
swarmed across me sun-suMeu-ing
channel all day. The fight
,K owondxd nttnc-kK to German
shipping while a separate force
of American ijigninings p
trolled defensively over the
allies' sea lifelines.
Supreme headquarters said
air chiefs planned to press the
two-ptay air campaign au.-iu
ti.n phnnnni with tnrtlcnl and
long-range, strategic bombing to
split the Germans' dwindling
air force into even greater feeb
leness than li nas snowea ovn
the battlefield so far.
It was estimated that more
than 30 nazi air fields had been
blasted in the past three days.
Tt ic nnw nnthnritfitlvelv re
ported that the Luftwaffe has
been reduced to arouno auuu
planes against the allies' front
Una fnret nf more thnn 11.000.
The Germans are said to have
500 single - engined lighters
massed at fields in the battle
recinn which is under this cur
rent intensive attack.
French Officers'
Invasion Orders
Reported Cancelled
(Continued From Page One)
ing in the name of the British
and American governments, di
rected ' General Eisenhower to
make use of the French officers.
Subseouently the committee as
signed several nunorea oiuccn
to Eisenhower's command in
Britain and they were given spe
cial training with invasion
forces. When General De Gaulle
arrived in London two days be
fore D-Day he brought up for
review this whole question of
the use of French officers and
the' extent of cooperation be
tween the committee and Gen
eral Eisenhower s forces. As a
result and officials here say be
cause he was trying to force
recognition of the committee as
a government De Gaulle sud
denly reversed the long estab
lished French position and re
fused to let tne officers go along
on their assigned missions.
R-lani-d
The insistence of allied com
mands on having some represen
tation for dealing with the
French people finally forced him
to relent to the extent of allow
ing 20 officers to make the trip.
Officials here say Eisenhower's
reports show that the officers
who were forbidden to go were
extremely disappointed.
These actions of De Gaulle
were understood to nave strength,
ened the White House and state
department decision against rec
ognizing the liberation commit
tee as France's provisional government
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Page One)
DON'T expect us to win in the
next few weeks.
- -
VE smacked the Japs hard in
" the Mnrianas, sinking and
rinmaclnii ill) of their ship and
downing 141 of their planes with
a loss to us of only 15 planes
and 15 pilots.
watch iiu.i Marianas ana
Carolines fighting. It's pretty
sure to lead up to something Im
portant.
"VER tn Idaho (on the homo
political front) a follow who
is known as the "singing cowboy
of Pocatello" is running neck
and neck for the Democratic
nomination for U. b. senator.
This writer thinks we' have
enough singing cowboys and
hillbilly blind lenders and sim
ilar ciittlo in congress already
and hopes this Pocatello crock
pot is finally beaten.
Our great need in congress is
MORE STATESMEN.
Russian Tanks Roll
Along Viipuri Road
As Army Hits Finns
(Continued From Pugo One)
seizuro of numerous cannon In
tact with ammunition.
It was apparent that the Finns
still were surprised and unable
to mHko a stand along the Vii
puri highway although soviet
tanks now are pushing through
tne very neart or their long es
tablished fortifications.
Seven Points
The bulletin, broadcast from
Moscow and recorded by the
soviet monitor, named seven
newly captured points and pre
vious advices had placed the Rus
sian vanguard within 30 miles
of Viipuri. Finland s second citv.
fortified centers of Finnish
defense that were captured In
cluded Kutcrkscika G a r v 1,
Mushtalava, Rivarimyakl, Mulm
jaki, Masclka. Vaselia and Flrit-
Jula '' the Russians announced.
Long-range Russian bombers
were officially reported to have
conducted heavy raids Tuesday
night against enemy airfields at
Brestutovsk, major Polish base:
Biclostok, Pinsk, Minsk, Bo
bruisk and UrsMI, starting fires
and exploding ammunition
dumps.
"Many enemy planes were de
stroyed on the ground," it was
announced. Eight of the raiders
failed to return.
Fifth Army Takes
Highway Junction
Beyond Orbetello
(Continued from Page One)
the advance north of Rome
broadened its activities, RAF
night bombers attacking the
Munich area early today, a few
hours after between 500 and
750 American heavies blasted
the same region yesterday.
American Marauder mediums
hit two 400-foot cargo ships in
the harbor at Livorno (Leg
horn). It was believed the Ger
mans were preparing to fill
them with concrete and sink
them at the entrance of the har
bor. RAF coastal Beaufightcrs
roamed southern France, straf
ing enemy vehicles in the Istres
Montpelicr area.
Headquarters permitted cor
respondents to say that the
fifth army forces which captur
ed Rome included the first arm
ored, 85th and 88th divisions.
BIG GUNS SHELL
By J. B. KRUEQER
Associated Press War Editor
Biu nuns as wall as a swarm
of carrier planes poured explo
sives o- U. S.-owuod Guam and
other Muriamia islands during
tho heavy three-day strike
against thuso enemy defenses
flanking tho Philippines, Tokyo
radio acknowledged tooHy,.
. -,!..... Ml. ..I.
AUI11, .livamr .-.mi., v,.-
mander in the Central Pacific, re
ported tho carrier task lorco sanit
13 Japanese ships, dumaged 16
and destroyed 141 pianos, but
did tint claim that surfneo ship
bombarded tho islands. NlroiU
did not say, either, that tho bold
foray into Japan's innor defenses
had been continued.
Ho mid Tokvo oiirced thut
Guam, Snlpan and Tlnlim Islands
of the group lying npproxuniuc
lv isno miles south of Jupun
were the principal targets. Guam,
southernmost mul largest of tho
group, was seized by tho Japan
ese In tho first six days of tho
Pacific war,
Chsngiha Held
This sea action and tho mount
ing battle for Chungshn In south
central China overshadowed de
velopments on tho other fronts.
Chungking rovoulod that the Chi
nese desperately defending
Changsha, key point on mo rum-kow-Ciiiiton
railway, were hold
Ing their own. Tho defenders
turned back an enemy attempt
to cross a river east of the city
and killed 300 Japanese in one
sector. , ,
ChnnBsha Is besieged from
three sides and the invaders ut
one point were within six miles
of tho city. The Japanese need
it to cut off western China from
the allies.
Mnkmer airdrome on Amort
pan. invaded Biak Island off
Dutch New Guinea Is now in usff
by fifth army atrforce pianrs,
Gen. Douelax MacArthur dis
closed. This meant the allies
have a new base within 880
miles and heavy-bomber range of
the southern Philippines. The
field came into allied -use five
days after the Japanese were
pried loose from tne drome.
Continue Drive
MacArthur's troops . continued
driving westward on Blak to
ward two other airfields, Sorldo
and Borokoo. Ono infantry col
umn was within half mile of
the latter.
In Geelvlnk bay, wherein
Biak lies, cannon-firing Mitchell
bombers sank four 100-ton cargo
ships and three coastal vessels.
The Japanese invasion of In
dia, launched with fanfares
months ago. was fast receding. A
ridge 18 miles from once-threatened
Imphal was cleared of en
emy troops, southeast Asia head
quarters announced.
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tache denied today a Washing
ton report that the French gen
eral suddenly cancelled orders
for several hundred French of
ficers to land with the allied
first waves in the invasion of
Normandy.
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With a major diplomatic victory
in hand Sweden's agreement
tn limit auhatantlallv hor bell-
bearing sales to Uermnny the
United states nai conccmraieu
its efforts on Spain and will
ask her to ring down a curtain
between Snanlsh Drodtlctlon lld
the nuils. .
American Ambassador tan
ton Hayes, it was learned today,
Im. hittm liintructed to ask the
Mnmil.h if nvemniniit to bun all
war vital exports to Germany,
not only oi spaiusn imiihbigm,
but of every other commodity
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olive oil, hides, skins and wool,
Germans Expect
New Invasion
LONDON, June 14 (P) The
Germans are expecting a new
allied Invasion In France, their
propagiiiHlit Indicated today,
Vichy radio, quoting a Her
iln military spokesman, said Im
portant allied shipping hud been
sighted In tha Bay of Biscay off
southweatern France, near tho
Spanish coast.
The Berlin correspondent of
l.u bins jo in ucncvu asm ucr
man observer expected "Im
uortnnt new evonts' on the At
lantic coast within 46 hours,
with tho expectations bused on
alleged reports of allied fleet
movements in tne Engl inn chan
nel and activity In British in
vasion ports.
Gable Inactive;
Works For Army
HOLLYWOOD. June 14 )
Although Mai. Clark Gable was
buck In civilian clothes today
after 22 months In the uniform
of the army air forces, ho is
still working for the army.
An official of Uie 43-year-old
actor's studio said that an
air training film would keep
Gable busy until mld-iummor.
Ho added that Gable had no
Immediate plana for a return
to the screen.
Leaving a $250,000 a year
salary to enlist, Gablo spent
more than a year in England.
Ho saw service on five raids.
as combat photographer and
gunner, and is now on the In
active list.
LONDON, June 14 P The
Berlin radio said tonight that
"heavy and super heavy allied
naval gun shelled Le Havre to
day." There was no allied confirma
tion of the report, German broad
casts frequently heve asserted
that the allies were planning
land drive to take the strategic
port at the mouth oi the Seine
river.
Car Plunges Into
Canal After Wild
Trip Down Hill
(Continued From Page One)
roll down hill. The handle was
off the driver's door of tho cur,
and lie reuchud Inside In oporuto
tho inside handle. His hand
slipped off. and on u second try,
ha knocked off lite Inside handle,
Car Rolling 1
By that time, the cur was roll
ing rapidly down hill. Gudorlun
guided it by reaching through
tho open window us It gained
speed and momentum, docldlng
to stick with tho machine rath
er than to turn it loose.
Fortunately, no cure were met
at the busy Ninth and Lincoln In
tersection, 'and the speeding uiu
rhlno went on toward the canal
There were cars parked on both
sides of Lincoln, between Ninth
and Tenth str"t, and Giidnrlnn
was hard put tn guide the ear
between them. HI) body struck
two of the parked cars, but tho
speeding car went through un
touched. Gains Speed
By that time, tha car was
fining morn thnn 80 miles an
lour. As It paused Tenth street,
Guderlan decided to Jump "fur
It" and leaped onto a parking,
skidding and rolling a consider
able distance.
Tho car struck the steel fence
barricading the canal at the dead
end of Lincoln street there. Tho
fence gave, and tho car went un
der It. plunging completely
across the big ditch, striking the
opposite bank and then sinking
back Into the water.
Walks Home
Guderlan walked back to his
home to treat his wounds and
call for aid.
About that time. Malcolm En
ley, managing editor of the pa
per, received a telephone call
from an acquaintance telling
him there was a car In the canal
and suggesting a nownplcture.
Epley callet Guderlan at hU
home lo ask that he take tha
picture.
"Say, Wes," he said, "there's a
car In the canal. Can you get a
picture?"
"Yeh, I know," said Guderlan.
"I rode It right to the bank."
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vary mile of I. P. Una.
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But proud ag we are of our norvice flag;, we are
more proud of the men ita 15,000 stars represent
It's only natural for any company to feel that its
men in service are just about the best Uncle Sam has.
We feel S. P. men are. We know every single one of
these S. P. mon is doing a fine job for this very simple
reason: Railroaders are accustomed to emergencies
-accustomed to battling snow and rain and mourn'
tains and desorts and all the other obstacles that
must be overcome every day to get the trains
through safely and on time.
S. P. misses those 15,000 people-misses them badly
now that we are facing the greatest transportation
problems in railroad history. However, by way of sup.
porting them, and of paying homage tojthe 56 among
them who have made the supreme sacrifice, we have
dedicated June 14, 1944, as Southern Pacific War Ser.
vice Day-a day on which every S. P. mem and womB
here at home personally makes the following pW .
.(1) We will provide the best sorvice wo possibly et -J.
under wartime conditions.
(2) We will promote good teamwork in train ops.
tions and maintenance. j
3) We will help recruit workers to meet our short-
age of employees. .
(4) We will subscribe even more than before to tM
6th War Loan Drive.
(6). We will support the Rod Cross and every otb
War Agency.
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